Author Topic: Black★Rock Shooter TV Anime (Read 7355 times)

Ozzaharwood · « **Reply #40 on:** February 03, 2012, 12:05:19 AM »

RESSURECT!

First episode is out on Nyaa, subbed by WhyNot. (which aren't too bad imo)

I'm DLing right now so you guys should as well so we may discuss. C:

GoGeTa006 · « **Reply #41 on:** February 03, 2012, 07:25:38 AM »

Quote from: Ozzaharwood on February 03, 2012, 12:05:19 AM

RESSURECT!

First episode is out on Nyaa, subbed by WhyNot. (which aren't too bad imo)

I'm DLing right now so you guys should as well so we may discuss. C:

DLing

Havoc10K · « **Reply #42 on:** February 03, 2012, 11:17:20 AM »

Nyaa deaded on me.

datora · « **Reply #43 on:** February 03, 2012, 11:44:26 AM »

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Thanks for the necro & the heads' up! Grabbed the [Whynot], but [Underwater] and [Horrible] are up, too, with a couple more.

Took the opportunity to re-watch the Black★Rock Shooter OVA. Then I moved directly to the TV Ep. 01. I am impress. It's remained abstract and action-filled. Had several moments of "Shades of Holy Paprika!" doing a little mind/dream diving, it seems.

Didn't know what to expect. Thought at first they might pick up Ep. 01 as if it was Ep. 02 following the OVA. Wish they had ... but it's getting a slight re-write & re-telling for TV. Might be a good thing, adding some new characters & depth. If they pick it up on about Ep. 03 where the OVA ended, that could bode very well for the remainder. Soundtrack remains great, so looking forward to a larger music collection with some tasty new tracks.

Only complaint so far is that Takanashi has been redrawn into a different style & character. Liked her look and her volleyball athletic edge from the OVA more. But, we'll see how it pans out as the series airs.

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Havoc10K · « **Reply #44 on:** February 03, 2012, 11:48:37 AM »

Oh, nyaa returns, and now I have 10 torrents up my client

Just finished first ep.
The OVA was quite vague but it all starts to make sense now, looks like this is going to be one hell of a show.

Also, you have all episodes titles in the ED song lyrics.

Airhawk · « **Reply #45 on:** February 03, 2012, 05:26:04 PM »

The OVA made more sense to me than this. Tbh the first episode is lacking in comparison to the OVA

GoGeTa006 · « **Reply #46 on:** February 03, 2012, 07:11:41 PM »

Quote from: Airhawk on February 03, 2012, 05:26:04 PM

The OVA made more sense to me than this. Tbh the first episode is lacking in comparison to the OVA

the thing about the ova is that it was just an ova. . .I dont think they had time to try to confuse you at any time. . .they had to say as much as possible

I liked the first episode, good shit bro

rarely_upset · « **Reply #47 on:** February 04, 2012, 05:09:03 PM »

I thought the OVA was better, but that was an OVA and this is a single TV episode, so the comparison isn't really valid.

I felt the Black Rock Shooter scenes were really quite brutal compared to the OVA. How are they related to the anime timeline-wise? I read somewhere that for the OVA they actually occurred after Mato met Shooter. In this episode it seemed like they corresponded (the spider thing dropping macaroons onto Shooter) but I don't see why Dead Master showed up at the end if it's supposed to be analogous.

AceD · « **Reply #48 on:** February 04, 2012, 05:40:14 PM »

Quote from: Airhawk on February 03, 2012, 05:26:04 PM

The OVA made more sense to me than this. Tbh the first episode is lacking in comparison to the OVA

Considering the OVA is garbage thats saying a lot, might as well just wait till this ends before looking at it.

Ozzaharwood · « **Reply #49 on:** February 04, 2012, 06:30:59 PM »

The first episode was confusing, but it's a series it's allowed to be that way. It'll probably explain itself soon, since it's only 8 episodes. I loved the first episode, I don't know why some of you guys didn't. The opening action sequence with Black Rock Shooter was amazing, and if the series has more scenes like it that alone will make it worth watching.

Havoc10K · « **Reply #50 on:** February 04, 2012, 06:38:56 PM »

I dunno why some don't like the first episode, or the OVA. I liked them so far.
You can't really put a lot into 20 minutes, but both OVA and this first episode had placed a lot of flags and a lot of premise. You should be able to notice that this story might be very psychological in nature, Action from BRS and stuff like that will be there probably but it's not the main point.

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rarely_upset · « **Reply #51 on:** February 04, 2012, 07:01:58 PM »

The opening was stupendous, but I felt like parts of the episode were lacking.

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Havoc10K · « **Reply #52 on:** February 04, 2012, 07:14:36 PM »

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shako11 · « **Reply #53 on:** February 05, 2012, 12:51:03 AM »

I think it made perfect sense other than the character redesign of Takanashi, but that isn't a huge deal. Loving it so far.

th0usand eye · « **Reply #54 on:** February 06, 2012, 02:12:54 PM »

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I hope it is going to be another studio than the one who did the OVA, since that one really sucked.

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I watched the OVA and loved it so i think this should be just as good if not over 9000X's better.

It's by the same studio right?

Nope. Noitamina is doing the series.

I thought the OVA was just decent, and a bit hard to follow (took 2 views before I really got it). I think everybody knew that this was just WAITING to be announced. I mean there was no way so much franchising would be done for a single OVA. I hope that they don't just totally drop the slice of life aspect like some seem to want. If they still have both the school story and BRS action story going on at the same time, but give far more attention to the action than the OVA did then this thing could be

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The OVA wasn't all that bad, but considering it was an OVA it could have used better work. That much I can agree on

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*remembers the horror that was the OVA*

This show gets 3 episodes to impress me. Guns better go out blazing!

Good god. To all of you idiots who bitched about the OVA sucking and wanting a new studio to work on the series, I hope your happy. Now the characters look like they belong in south park because of a non-existent budget and a shitty artist.

Jawdan · « **Reply #55 on:** February 07, 2012, 12:08:39 PM »

The first episode was a well deserved 2/10 for me. The character interaction was crap, the introduction of each character was crap. The motives and reasoning were crap.

Not to mention the plot hole or SUPER ambiguous muck up I found.

JohnnyCbad · « **Reply #56 on:** February 07, 2012, 05:17:13 PM »

Has anyone noticed that the regular characters pupils kinda look like gears? Hints that maybe only select people have the power to....do something. At this stage it's hard to draw any conclusions.

Havoc10K · « **Reply #57 on:** February 07, 2012, 05:30:44 PM »

From a bit more distance all eyes look the same, only on close ups you see the "gears" and pretty much all characters that had close ups so far had them, minor characters or main, without exception.

datora · « **Reply #58 on:** February 10, 2012, 07:27:04 PM »

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wut?

Nobody Ep. 02 yet ..?

Grabbed the Whynot offer from Nyaa last night. I'm getting more impressed. Seems there is some heart in it. Action ... when there's action ... remains intense. Interesting reveals on our psycho wheelchair girl. I'm thinking "case solved" on this breakthrough and Ep. 03 will start a new mini-arc. The OP certainly indicates more characters arriving, which is going to have to be rapid if there's really only 8 Eps.

The counselor has my interest. Some of the things she says, the wording of it, leads me to suspect she knows a lot more about what's going on. Some of her advice is wrong, unless she knows something more.

Nothing mind-ripping epic yet, but the "dream"-conflict scenes are pretty, psychedelic horror shows. Still reminds me strongly of Paprika with the unhinged symbolism of a mentally unhealthy dream world.

Havoc10K · « **Reply #59 on:** February 10, 2012, 08:06:37 PM »

I'm waiting for a release with less shit impersonating a translation thank you. I watched AsukaSubs releases before, just for comparison. I would avoid them.

Great episode, it explained a lot more than I expected. This series will only cover what was in the Ova and probably won't move forward much. Loved what Kuroi said in the hospital and how Yomi behaved there. It was excellent.

Another great episode, now I know almost everything that's going on, all I need now is motive.