Black Summoner Anime Discussion
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First episode boiled down to "New isekai first episode: One Each". However the animation, music and VAs were significantly superior to most of the trash isekai released in the last 2 years. Compare the animation to low budget shows like Arifureta, Seirei Gensuki or Smart Phone and I get hopeful that the studio is putting in the money and effort to make Black Summoner a good show.
I'm guessing next episode we get Gerard and maybe Efil added to the party and things should speed up quickly. Tho I hope the anime doesn't cut as much content than the manga.
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@mortcs said in Black Summoner Anime Discussion:
Tho I hope the anime doesn't cut as much content than the manga.
This is my biggest worry for the series. Especially when the manga gets heavyhanded with the trimming shears, like the Divine Beast fight in Volume 4.
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This first episode was way better than I expected. But clotho should be silent. And Faceless...
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I dunno, I like the face. And the noises remind me of the lactic acid bacteria from Cells At Work season 2, which I personally found neat. So... y'know, it's a change, but it's one I don't mind.
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I... I enjoyed that.
My recollection is that what he sacrificed were the details of his life, not his knowledge of Japan, etc.
Otherwise... he'd be starting out with all the knowledge and comprehension of a new born babe in an adult body, which would be bad.Bearing in mind that it's a long time since I read Volume 1 of the LN, nothing seemed off to me.
The VAs all seem good, and the animation felt like it fit.All your libraries are belong to us. | Those who do not read shall not eat.
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@Geezer-Weasalopes Yeah, I recall it being that he sacrificed specifics, but he could still remember general cultural details. Nothing super solid, and nothing about his own life, but he gets most social mores (and I say most because Rion).
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@Geezer-Weasalopes It reads "common sense and general knowledge still remained in my head" from volume 1, but in the anime this wasn't explicitly mentioned so it was silly for him to remember things when the subtitles says "You don't have any memories of your old world." Better yet, before hearing the explanation of no memories he assumes that he is in another world.
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So he didn't actually eat the candy in the LN. Even Mel stopped him. Not exactly the appearance I was expecting for Guildmaster Rio, but I never looked at the manga and I cannot remember any drawings of him in the LN. The episode was pretty good, including the side bar comments from Mel and
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@grobinson2k1 why did romance novel music start playing when he met the guildmaster?!?
And I'm sad that they didn't let Kelvin kill the evil newbie murdering adventurers. Got to make everything G rated i guess. They didn't even explain why the bad guys were killing newbie adventurers for XP.
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@mortcs said in Black Summoner Anime Discussion:
romance novel music start playing when he met the guildmaster?!?
I liked the beat with the outro music, combined with the spinning around the table with the lamp at its center could make for a very mesmerizing scene on loop, if only it were longer.
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@mortcs Ikr. This is not a g rated title.
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Wow the fight scene with Gerard was one of the worst I've seen in anime. For me the fights are what make Black Summoner and honestly after seeing that I just want to cry. Seriously though that fight scene animation was just awful. Yup I'm definitely going to go cry now.
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@Alex232 said in Black Summoner Anime Discussion:
Wow the fight scene with Gerard was one of the worst I've seen in anime. For me the fights are what make Black Summoner and honestly after seeing that I just want to cry. Seriously though that fight scene animation was just awful. Yup I'm definitely going to go cry now.
I thought it looked like they were building a phone based fighting game and this was the advertisement for it.
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@grobinson2k1 I don't know if I'd go that far, it definitely looks like it could hack it on PS4. And you'd really want to use a controller given the number of options you'd likely have.
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@Alex232 Oh yeah I got you. And not only this. Why did they use washed out CGi for this? This way it was even worse.
But on another note. I really like the design of Gerald in the Anime. Looks way better as in the Manga.
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I wouldn't say the fight animation was terrible, just that it was CG instead of normal animation. A lot of anime has been going in this direction because the CG is cheaper, and you have to work within your budget.
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@Nutaris Wasn't is the producers of the new CG trigun that just said like "A common misconception is that CG is cheaper than traditional animation"?
I think frankly whoever said that needed to add a "decent looking" before the "CG" for it to be true.
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@admin I can believe the original statement without "decent looking" is correct. Animating is probably the most expensive part of CG, and animation has almost nothing to do with the rendered look (that's materials, modeling, and lighting). I can't speak for the division of labor when it comes to animated shows/films, but in the video game industry, those are very different art disciplines even if they do collaborate.
As to why CG is getting popular? My theory is that there simply aren't enough traditional animators in the industry. And if Shirobako is at all representative of the actual anime industry, then it kind of makes sense. When it comes to 3D animation, there's at least one entire other industry they can pull talent from: video games.
I was going to make a comment about Evangelion, but I think that'll hit way too close to reality...
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Eek, Guildmaster Leo… I see how they got there, but really!?
Looking to the next few years of Ascendance of a Bookworm.
