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Kiwi93
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 Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 4:55 pm
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I agree that the adaptation is fine so far, of course the animation could be better but I don’t think it’s as bad as many were making it out to be. One thing I am curious about though, since Japan is an episode ahead i wonder how this will affect the viewership for the rest of the world since some people might decide to just pirate in order to be caught up.
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malvarez1
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 5:16 pm
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I feel like a lot of modern anime fans have become somewhat spoiled by the high-end shows. Sakamoto Days looks perfectly fine, better than a majority of the anime this season even. If the animation stays at this level, I’ll be fine with it.
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FanGamer24
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 7:30 pm
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| malvarez1 wrote: | | I feel like a lot of modern anime fans have become somewhat spoiled by the high-end shows. Sakamoto Days looks perfectly fine, better than a majority of the anime this season even. If the animation stays at this level, I’ll be fine with it. |
I agree it's basically the standard you'd expect to see with most Shonen adaptations like My Hero Academia. I totally get wanting animation on the same level as Jujutsu Kaisen but what we got here is good too.
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Kiwi93
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 8:05 pm
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| FanGamer24 wrote: |
| malvarez1 wrote: | | I feel like a lot of modern anime fans have become somewhat spoiled by the high-end shows. Sakamoto Days looks perfectly fine, better than a majority of the anime this season even. If the animation stays at this level, I’ll be fine with it. |
I agree it's basically the standard you'd expect to see with most Shonen adaptations like My Hero Academia. I totally get wanting animation on the same level as Jujutsu Kaisen but what we got here is good too. |
I feel that a lot of shonen fans are spoiled when it comes to animation nowadays lol, if its not demon slayer quality then its “shit”
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mdo7
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 9:32 pm
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I watched the 1st episode last Saturday, and this anime looks promising and I want to say this:
| Quote: | | In the months between the anime's announcements and its airing, there's been some controversy among fans for having such a hotly anticipated shonen action title being given to a less action focused studio like TMS as opposed to, say, Madhouse or MAPPA, and the footage from the early trailers didn't seem particularly inspiring. |
I wish Bee Train (the studio that was responsible for Noir, Madlax, and Phantom ~ Requiem for the Phantom) would've done the animation if the studio didn't become defunct in 2012 due to the departure of Koichi Mashimo. Given Bee Train's experience with action & gunfight, they would've done this animation really well including the stylized gunfight and action. But overall, I thought TMS's work on this is acceptable to me judging from watching the first episode.
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tintor2
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 10:09 pm
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| mdo7 wrote: | I watched the 1st episode last Saturday, and this anime looks promising and I want to say this:
| Quote: | | In the months between the anime's announcements and its airing, there's been some controversy among fans for having such a hotly anticipated shonen action title being given to a less action focused studio like TMS as opposed to, say, Madhouse or MAPPA, and the footage from the early trailers didn't seem particularly inspiring. |
I wish Bee Train (the studio that was responsible for Noir, Madlax, and Phantom ~ Requiem for the Phantom) would've done the animation if the studio didn't become defunct in 2012 due to the departure of Koichi Mashimo. Given Bee Train's experience with action & gunfight, they would've done this animation really well including the stylized gunfight and action. But overall, I thought TMS's work on this is acceptable to me judging from watching the first episode. |
Honestly, I can't trust Bee Train after seeing their take on Tsubasa and the .hack Roots anime.I enjoyed Sakamoto's animation but I gotta say the flashback of how he got engaged was kinda rushed like a Spiderman cartoon as the love interest nearly kill herself. Also, what's Kagura doing in this anime? She moved from Gintama to Sakamoto.
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TheSleepyMonkey
Joined: 11 Jul 2022
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 10:50 pm
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| FanGamer24 wrote: |
| malvarez1 wrote: | | I feel like a lot of modern anime fans have become somewhat spoiled by the high-end shows. Sakamoto Days looks perfectly fine, better than a majority of the anime this season even. If the animation stays at this level, I’ll be fine with it. |
I agree it's basically the standard you'd expect to see with most Shonen adaptations like My Hero Academia. I totally get wanting animation on the same level as Jujutsu Kaisen but what we got here is good too. |
My Hero has better animation than this. Not to say SakaDays looks bad, but these two are not that comparable.
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FanGamer24
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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 1:06 am
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| TheSleepyMonkey wrote: |
| FanGamer24 wrote: |
| malvarez1 wrote: | | I feel like a lot of modern anime fans have become somewhat spoiled by the high-end shows. Sakamoto Days looks perfectly fine, better than a majority of the anime this season even. If the animation stays at this level, I’ll be fine with it. |
I agree it's basically the standard you'd expect to see with most Shonen adaptations like My Hero Academia. I totally get wanting animation on the same level as Jujutsu Kaisen but what we got here is good too. |
My Hero has better animation than this. Not to say SakaDays looks bad, but these two are not that comparable. |
I mean sure at its very peak but I'm speaking in general. Sakamoto Days hasn't gone on long enough so for all we know it could have a big moment similar to what MHA does in terms of animation.
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ZiharkXVI
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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 2:44 am
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I'm not sure why the animation quality is such a big deal here - the tone is comedic so super sharp action scenes isn't something I need. I haven't read the manga, so maybe I'm missing what the tone is supposed to be? Please don't let it be like that mess of a show with the stupid kid and the weird monk where the show couldn't decide what it wanted to be. That had good animation, but failed hard to be anything enjoyable.
It was a very fun first episode. Definitely going to keep watching.
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FanGamer24
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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 2:55 am
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| ZiharkXVI wrote: | | I'm not sure why the animation quality is such a big deal here - the tone is comedic so super sharp action scenes isn't something I need. I haven't read the manga, so maybe I'm missing what the tone is supposed to be? Please don't let it be like that mess of a show with the stupid kid and the weird monk where the show couldn't decide what it wanted to be. That had good animation, but failed hard to be anything enjoyable.
It was a very fun first episode. Definitely going to keep watching. |
While the series starts off as a slice-of-life action/comedy, it very quickly shifts towards full-on action/comedy, so the action is actually a pretty big focus of the series hence the concern in regards to the animation.
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Sekaro
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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 4:05 am
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This series definitely feels like its filling the void Gintama left behind. Even the chinese lady is pretty much more or less the Kagura equivalent of the show. I couldn't quite confirm from the voice if its also Kagura's VA voicing Lu but it does sound pretty close. I must say I'm not too fond of how they handled Lu's episode introduction as she kinda felt more like a princess in distress & needed saving quite a handful of times in the episode. Even her backstory felt very by the numbers in terms of content & presentation but it was... fine I guess. "Fine" is probably what I'd say about this series based on what I've seen so far. Its not anything exceptional or noteworthy but its doing an ok job.
The animation in the 2nd episode is notably worse for sure. The choreography for the short Lu fight scene at the start wasn't very smooth in terms of movement. It looked stiff at times but it was still very serviceable. Imagine if they gave it animation on par with Hinamatsuri's excellent first episode introductory fight scene. (A absolute hidden gem in the last months of 2018 & still eagerly awaiting for a 2nd season)
The real disappointing animation though is the so-called "special move" of the 2 assassins . Its just a front close-up shot of their faces with repetitive slash effects at the sides of the screen.... followed by a shot of Sakamoto dodging those same repetitive slashes. I definitely didn't feel very impressed by that scene. I dont know how it looked in the manga but I'm sure they could have afforded to do a better job than what was displayed.
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