It was bad in Lagrange, and it's bad here.
At least Ali Baba is awesome as he should be, I love his outfit.
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Fall 2012 Anime |OT| Meet the new world, same as the old world
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It was bad in Lagrange, and it's bad here.
At least Ali Baba is awesome as he should be, I love his outfit.
not sure who exactly he (voice actress is a woman) sounds like, haven't really seen anything ele from this voice actress or others that sound like this, at least right now can't think of any.
Wait, Aladdin is actually voiced by a guy? Wow.
It was bad in Lagrange, and it's bad here.
At least Ali Baba is awesome as he should be, I love his outfit.
Hating on Kaori Ishihara smh
She's on my Chiaki Omigawa list.
It was bad in Lagrange, and it's bad here.
At least Ali Baba is awesome as he should be, I love his outfit.
Hes more interesting than Aladdin who seems like the super generic "lets be friends" shounen lead.
KO Traveling Hobo
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It was bad in Lagrange, and it's bad here.
At least Ali Baba is awesome as he should be, I love his outfit.
Aladdin eventually does get a little development, but it's nothing compared to Ali Baba. It's really Ali Baba's story, and Aladdin is just a convenient device to get shit done.
No, DTL is asking how he (Aladdin) sounds like. voice actress is Kaori Ishihara.
Really? Sounds more appealing now.
The big arc that the anime will be about is ALL about Ali Baba. it took a while for the mangaka to balance out the lead characters, which is one of the reasons why early Magi is kind of underwhelming, but as it goes on, it gets a LOT better, and Ali Baba is a big reason why.
yeah, don't care about him at all, but he's obviously going to get the most screen time. Alibaba seems good. I'm interested to see what kind of character Sinbad is too but that's probably far away yet.
hey anime gaf should I watch that oniichan dakedo someshit anime?
If you have to ask, the answer is "yes", because it means you actually considering doing it, and so you need to be punished by watching it.
that explains the bizarre moving texture of the coat when its thrown
its worth watching for the animation and backgrounds alone
the rest of it is probably dependent on the viewers expectations
And yet you watched SAO, which is worse in every way~
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Counter productive hype is the main culprit me thinks.
Uhh.... the first episode impressions weren't ass unlike Magi.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Asuna wasn't in the 1st episode *badum tish* ;P I kid, I kid.
duckroll is going to cry now.
I haven't seen anyone say its ass...
the ending song on the other hand is definitely ass
It ain't that bad, just give it a shot. I'd say it's more boobs than ass.
well, let me put it this way, using a simple scale of 1-10 so you'll be able to understand. ^^
1 = SAO light novels, aka shit
2 = SAO anime - it's an improvement, so people said positive things! Doesn't mean it was good, though
7 = Magi manga, a solid series
6 = Magi first episode - not quite as good as the manga, so people are pointing out what it did wrong, but still much better than SAO.
There you go! Now go and watch Magi.
hosannainexcelsis
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Wonzo basically said it was ass. His impressions are the worst I've seen though.
Sorry, I should've clarified. The images shots that yall are posting are making me not want to watch it.
If you think the SAO anime is better than the LN, you're full of shit.
Shit....
well, let me put it this way, using a simple scale of 1-10 so you'll be able to understand. ^^
1 = SAO light novels, aka shit
2 = SAO anime - it's an improvement, so people said positive things! Doesn't mean it was good, though
7 = Magi manga, a solid series
6 = Magi first episode - not quite as good as the manga, so people are pointing out what it did wrong, but still much better than SAO.
There you go! Now go and watch Magi.
If you think the SAO anime is better than the LN, you're full of shit.
Shit....
Crash Station
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Hyperbole much? First episode impressions have only been ass from manga readers, and not even all of them. If you don't read the manga, you'll be fine.
KO Traveling Hobo
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That's not a nice thing to say about Wonzo.
Ok thanks for the info I guess i'll maybe watch the anime and maybe read the manga later. I'll most def look at NANA though both manga and anime =D.
It's not ass by any means but the first episode isn't very impressive, it's kind of ok, it didn't make me curious about or excited for future events and the characters, that's what a good first episode should try to do imo. with that said, I'm not into shōnen anime/manga and young kids friendship stories anymore and this was exactly that, not my taste.
KO Traveling Hobo
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Impressions seem to be mostly neutral-positive. Ignore kayos.
I wasn't exaggerating. Yall's written impressions were fine. It's the images that were turning me off. Like I said, sorry for not clarifying.
Ouch dude. I already explained myself... come on.
Ouch dude. I already explained myself... come on.
R_thanatos
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well, let me put it this way, using a simple scale of 1-10 so you'll be able to understand. ^^
1 = SAO light novels, aka shit
2 = SAO anime - it's an improvement, so people said positive things! Doesn't mean it was good, though
7 = Magi manga, a solid series
6 = Magi first episode - not quite as good as the manga, so people are pointing out what it did wrong, but still much better than SAO.
There you go! Now go and watch Magi.
i've seen all of this ( anime ,LN , manga ) and i totally disagree..as kayos said , if you're rating the anime above the LN , then you haven't read them .
Also if we're going to compare first episodes , SAO was much better( following source material , animation colors , first ep cliffanger and so on.)
Not that magi first episode was bad , it's was great minus alladin voice that don't fit IMO )
I don't get it....
it was better than the first episode of One Piece (significantly)
and that ended up being one of my favourite shows
I cant judge shounen by the first episode any more
KO Traveling Hobo
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And that's why I'm telling him to ignore the posts you made prior to clarifying! I wasn't telling him to ignore ignore you.
Regulus Tera
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This seems to be a thing with you.
Still hurts bro... Still hurts...
Kayos is actually a moe character from a KEY anime. That's his catchphrase.
Hint: Yes
Because you're a good person.
Ah, I meant simply the first episode of SAO, not the series as a whole, I should have clarified that properly. >.<
As for your second paragraph, I disagree completely, but that's just me.
I personally like the character designs in Magi a lot more, and I thought the decision to compress so many early chapters into one episode was a very good choice, since as I've already mentioned, early magi is not that good. the scenes with ugo and the plant monster were better animated than anything in the first ep of SAO as well.firehawk12
Subete no aware
Hahaha, that's so true!
Crash Station
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Early parts of shounen should be judged on potential, not actual quality. Quality is only icing on the cake, and I'd say Magi delivers some of that as well. It really becomes something special when Balbadd happens.
hosannainexcelsis
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Haha, I meant in how the impressions judged the show, not the quality of the impressions themselves, of course.
This is a very dumb thing to say, especially when there are shounens that do deliver quality from the get-go. It's fine if you recognize the potential in something, and the series manages to follow through with it, but to say that's the standard by which shows should be judges is incredibly non-sensical. There are far more series with good potential that then gets squandered than there are series that manage to follow through with that potential. It's far more intellectually honest to simply admit "These shows sucked at first, but the author managed to single out the positive aspects and capitalize on them" than to try to twist their poor beginnings into "Oh, this means this will be good (maybe, at some point in the distant future)!"
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I agree. MARU was great. Envelope needs to be... returned to sender!
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