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I have no knowledge about Demon Slayer. Briefly, and without deriding this thread... is it worth watching?
I have no knowledge about Demon Slayer. Briefly, and without deriding this thread... is it worth watching?
Re: Shin Evangelion beats franchise record for the first day at the box office
Never seen it, but I think it depends if you like Shonen shows as it is a Shonen Jump property. If that's your thing, I gather it's pretty good.
As for me, it really does not look like something I'd be interested in.
Edit: Based on the replies below, maybe I'll check it out. I fully respect that the animation itself is fantastic, but I'm not sure I'm sold on the story/characters. But it's widely available so I may as well check out a couple of episodes.
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Re: Shin Evangelion beats franchise record for the first day at the box office
The anime deserves to be watched for the animations alone. What they achieved is marvelous. The first season itself in terms of plot is pretty much a long prologue that ends on a cliffhanger for the movie.
Episode 19 is great.
Episode 19 is great.
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Re: Shin Evangelion beats franchise record for the first day at the box office
I enjoyed the series, but I wouldn't say it's perfect; well worth watching, though. I took a couple of episodes to get really comfortable with the visual style, but then the animation really is something.
The film I found a disappointment in comparison - still good, but things to criticise in the pacing. Some of the CGI also felt poor, but maybe I couldn't judge that right on a camrip.
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Re: Shin Evangelion beats franchise record for the first day at the box office
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I enjoyed the series, but I wouldn't say it's perfect; well worth watching, though. I took a couple of episodes to get really comfortable with the visual style, but then the animation really is something.
The film I found a disappointment in comparison - still good, but things to criticise in the pacing. Some of the CGI also felt poor, but maybe I couldn't judge that right on a camrip.
The general opinion of the story is that there’s a reason why it had almost finished without anyone knowing about it until the anime blew it up. By most accounts the story is average at best and the ending was rushed and subpar.
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Re: Shin Evangelion beats franchise record for the first day at the box office
I guess it depends where you take the pulse of the anime/manga scene. The manga was regularly featured on /a/, right from the beginning, in the same way that Shingeki no Kyojin had been, enough that it getting an anime came as no real surprise.
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Manga sales before/after the anime (which I think is a pretty objective figure) shows the massive boost it got.
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I think the manga art is underrated. It has such a great human touch and looseness to it, while I would not be surprised if the anime uses heavy AI inbetweens. Some of it just looks unnaturally fluid. The mix of shoujo softness and shonen harshness in the manga also fits the series very well thematically.
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The show's pretty good. I'd definitely sell it more on the designs and skill of the animators/voice actors than the plot, though it's also enjoyable from a story standpoint as well. I'm sure there are plenty of issues to dig into for people who have a bone to pick with KnY, but I quite liked it and am waiting to have time to watch the Infinite Train movie.
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Demon Slayer is way too stock and derivative for me. Can't really understand why it's so big.
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It was a'ight. Not as good as the hype would lead you to believe, at least for me. Zenitsu was also the most annoying thing I have had to bare witness to in a long time and genuinely made me enjoy the show less.
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Yeah I can't do it. When one of the biggest selling points is character design and I don't personally like any of said designs, I don't think this show is for me.
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I can't disagree; the annoyance factor does reduce a bit with time, though (and somewhat more so in the film).
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Zenitsu pisses me off too, but I agree it does get easier to tolerate him over time.
I agree KnY is definitely an overhyped show, but I don't want to veer so hard into overhyped that I make it sound like the show isn't worthy of some hype, which I would say it is. I personally like the character designs, I like the music, I like the animation design. It's a nice little package that may have similarities to some other stories, but I find it a unique and enjoyable viewing experience.
I agree KnY is definitely an overhyped show, but I don't want to veer so hard into overhyped that I make it sound like the show isn't worthy of some hype, which I would say it is. I personally like the character designs, I like the music, I like the animation design. It's a nice little package that may have similarities to some other stories, but I find it a unique and enjoyable viewing experience.
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I mean really, it’s just the Naruto/Bleach of this generation. If you’re older than 15-16 you’ve already grown out of the intended target demographic and have probably developed a taste for things beyond tropey Shonen fare.
MHA is another show I think is massively overrated, but at the same time I do get why it’s so popular. They know their demographic, we’re just not part of it anymore.
MHA is another show I think is massively overrated, but at the same time I do get why it’s so popular. They know their demographic, we’re just not part of it anymore.
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Maybe one day you'll reach your second childhood 

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