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L'Imperatore
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First preview guide without Nick. Man, gonna miss his insight.
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db999
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It’s interesting reading the previews for the first episode of Uzumaki, because I thought the episode was fantastic, but I also understand the criticisms levied at it. Thinking back in hindsight, the episode does juggle and switch between the stories quicker than I would’ve expected, but I feel the only story that is slightly weakened is Kurotani’s but I still think it’s done well overall. The only issue I had was the scene that introduced the third overall story, as I feel moving that into episode 2 would’ve allowed slightly more time to the other two stories. Still part of me is wondering if the reason why I didn’t have a problem with the pacing was because I haven’t read the manga. Since I’m not familiar with how the story was originally paced I didn't think the pacing was much of a problem at all. Still, I can understand the pacing kind of lessening the show for some.
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Hal14
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On one hand, it's nice to see more LitRPGs that aren't isekai, but on the other hand... sigh.
At least Danmachi is premiering early this season unlike before where it comes mid-late in the season. @db999 Watching the first episode of Uzumaki w/out reading the manga, and my biggest issue is that it was funnier than i expected it to be. I genuinely laughed out loud at some points. Which would be great if it were meant to be a comedy. |
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residentgrigo
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The Uzumaki movie is 90 minutes. The manga is 3 volumes. The anime will be as long as the movie but doesn´t even have a cinematic budget and scope to at least bring something to the table. They could have also cherry-picked which stories to adapt and leave behind but nah. Why would a production committee inflict this on itself? I get that the 4 ep show wasn´t actively worked on for 5 years without a break but all of this is mystifying. It does look amazing in isolation of course.
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FilthyCasual
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The production's about what I expected from the PV. I just hope it doesn't utterly collapse. |
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Greed1914
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Demon Lord Retry is quite odd. If I understand some people's description of this, it's an adaptation of source material that basically takes the "Retry" part literally and retries telling the story. I guess what I'll be waiting to see is if it diverges significantly at some point, or is going to be a slightly different telling of the same thing.
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tintor2
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I'm gonna get killed for this but I didn't find the Uzumaki premiere scary. Maybe it was because it was always in black and white and that toned the horror whenever something violent happened. The animation and story is good but the execution didn't scare me at all and I'm get scared a lot. I mean, I found Re:zero scarier and that show didn't went insane with the animation but instead with the style of horror like one death Subaru has when half of his head is split in two and and the entire screen starts being covered by snow as depressing movie plays.
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Gem-Bug
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I can't recall if I finished the Uzumaki manga, but going by the reviews of the anime here, I may have to go do that first.
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Dr. Wily
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I've never read Uzumaki, largely because I've never been a fan of reading horror (though granted I've only ever read horror in prose form like Stephen King, never tried comics/manga), but also because I was waiting on this show to come out. And I gotta say:
I agree. Not about the black & white, I think that's great, but the goal of horror is to scare and... I'm not. Maybe I'm the problem and I'm going in purposefully trying not to be scared like, and I need to chill out and engage the show on its own terms. I just don't know. That said, it is objectively beautiful animation-wise and I think it'll be hard for any show to top it in that respect this season... aside from color work, maybe. Reading these reviews as well as watching it myself makes me wonder exactly why they decided to cut it down to 4 episodes like they did. Was it an artistic choice made earlier in production where everybody just sat down and said "If we make this too slow it might be boring"? Was it that the animation was so involved that it was driving the team nuts? Or was it just as simple as WB having tight purse strings? I'd love to know all the nitty-gritty but I doubt we ever will. Anyway, moving on to another show
Got a laugh out of me. I remember when Lelouch would put in/take out his special contacts dramatically in later Code Geass I thought "This might be more unrealistic than the giant robots!  "
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smurky turkey
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Good lord, it feels like it has only been a few weeks since the previous season started and we are already in a brand new one that is very packed (not that the previous season was empty).
Anyway, a few impressions: Uzumaki is a weird yet interesting premise. I was not sure what to expect and what I got is a story that is not scary but is rather creative and I want to see how the town devolves into spiral hell. Demon Lord, Retry! R has a weird start with an episode that is like a recap but because it is based on a different source material it has differences compared to the previous season so it is kind of a continuation but also kind of not. As a Reincarnated Aristocrat gets right into where the previous season left of and has lost none of its charm. I look forward to seeing how Ars and his group will get things done (those other nobles sure seem less than useful). Loner Life in Another World had a decent enough first episode but besides the snarky loner mc (who is real hit or miss in what you think of him) the show does not do anything all that special as of yet. Let This Grieving Soul Retire! started off better than I expected and the premise of a seemingly weak mc bullshitting his way out of every situation similar to a certain edgelord could be fun. |
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Themaster20000
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I felt the pacing for Uzumaki was fine for the most part. I do wish they had more episodes, but the next 3 episodes are significantly longer in runtime, so it won't be an hour speedup of the material. I honestly think it would just get repetitive if this was 12 or more episodes, while sacrificing the animation quality in the process.
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InfiniteNothingness
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Mostly, I'm just reminded I still need to give Reincarnated Aristocrat a shot.
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tintor2
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I feel Masaaki Yuasa's directing style is more fitting when portraying "normal" environments that get creepier with every single movement. Even before Akira Fudo became Devilman, Crybaby was quite creepy.
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TheReticent
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I enjoyed Tying the Knot, but it's no TenPuru. Curious to see how things develop and how it will or won't balance serious and horny. It looks like it could have a really meaningful story if it wants to.
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MartinWisse
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The biggest question this season: will there be any awkward back of the knee kissing in Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister?
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