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Megalobox
Apr 20, 2018 13:59:19 GMT
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Post by onepenguin0 on Apr 20, 2018 13:59:19 GMT
Saw the first two episodes. I think y'all are being a bit harsh on this anime. It's... fine so far. Definitely not anything crazy, but nothing utterly shocks me either. That said, I still don't see the point of it all. It's some weird cyberpunk boxing anime that's kind of like a new interpretation of AnJ except not really. The characters look like their manga counterparts (except Joe with his insane forehead cleavage), but they're otherwise basically different characters, even with different names. It's definitely recognizable as an SnJ homage, but it's not faithful enough to be considered a new take on it and it's not different enough to be its own thing. I just don't get what it's going for, right now. But as the weird incomprehensible thing it is, it's not a bad anime so far. Forgettable and apparently pointless, but not downright bad. The third episode is downright insipid. God help you if it doesn't feel like you're having a fever dream in watching it. The crux of review of this series so far, in general, I think, is the deliberately fucked-up video quality. Even if the original product was fine or good, the destructive post-production necessarily lowers the quality of the completed work. Imagine if Hellsing Ultimate's episodes looked like this; the directors and producers would be called lunatics. But, this specific creative decision is largely unassailable due to its production's (vapid) open appeal to nostalgia. There are a great many people who will defend to the death the downscale because, to them, feelings of and evocation of nostalgia are equivalent to the value in and of a work. Were Megalo Box not billed as 'the spiritual successor to Ashita no Joe', or whatever it was, those same people would also berate the creative staff about the unbecoming visuals. So, to the end of a more balanced critical overview, we tend towards somewhat undue harshness and dismissal. That's what I'm doing, at least. Except for what I said about the third episode. I do mean that. |
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Post by dannythm on Apr 20, 2018 19:59:30 GMT
I fucking love this series, and knowing the same studio is doing Baki really puts my hopes up.
What was wong with chapter 3? it's just a slow world building chapter, it was great too.
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Post by K' on Apr 20, 2018 20:09:37 GMT
I just don't like how it treats the watcher like he is retarded. The OP is the culmination of what I mean "GET IT, GET IT YOU MORON!? HE IS A STRAY DOG!" and it continues throughout the episodes. There is no sensibilty or subtleness just the sledgehammer over and over again for 20 minutes.
Plus it borders on boring because of how predictable it all plays out. I could tell right from the get-go the kid was going to steal the gear and Joe would fight the big guy saving him. Nothing so far has surprised me that I'm starting to think they might as well should have made a real remake of AnJ.
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Post by shenlong on Apr 20, 2018 20:26:22 GMT
Yeah, none of this is clever in any way. There's nothing here I haven't seen in a thousand other stories. Again, not BAD, but what's the point ?
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Post by jettatore on Apr 21, 2018 18:27:06 GMT
I just don't like how it treats the watcher like he is retarded. The OP is the culmination of what I mean "GET IT, GET IT YOU MORON!? HE IS A STRAY DOG!" and it continues throughout the episodes. There is no sensibilty or subtleness just the sledgehammer over and over again for 20 minutes. Plus it borders on boring because of how predictable it all plays out. I could tell right from the get-go the kid was going to steal the gear and Joe would fight the big guy saving him. Nothing so far has surprised me that I'm starting to think they might as well should have made a real remake of AnJ. I think the original anime is so good that doing a remake would be a failure. |
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Post by dannythm on Apr 26, 2018 19:57:21 GMT
This 4th chapter took me by surprise, it cut fast on a lot of fat that could ahve been prolonged for at least 2-3 chapters more, which makes me wonder how the series is actually planned.
Anyway the development is great and the focused cast makes it feel very close to the watcher.
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Post by onepenguin0 on Apr 27, 2018 6:03:05 GMT
This 4th chapter took me by surprise, it cut fast on a lot of fat that could ahve been prolonged for at least 2-3 chapters more, which makes me wonder how the series is actually planned. Same exact feeling. I was getting pissed that they spent more than the first half of the episode on one match, but then they chopped out the next two matches in like the last 3 minutes of the episode. Very strange stuff, but that, at least, was agreeable. What bothers me now is the possibility that they might spend more than one episode on the fourth match guy. How much do we really need to know about Danpei in this 12-13 episode series? |
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Post by shenlong on Apr 27, 2018 7:14:02 GMT
Well, this is just the qualification matches. Once Joe's past that, he'll have to fight the tournament proper. So assuming that guy (doesn't seem like he's supposed to be anyone from the manga, I thought Shark could have been Wolf Kanagushi, but they basically have nothing in common except some vague likeness) gets more focused, I guess maybe the fight could take the second half of an episode and the first half of the next. Doubt it'll be more than that.
I gotta ask, though, if the idea was to make Joe fight without robot arms all along (which basically means the robot arms are useless), then why bother at all with that premise ?
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Post by dannythm on Apr 27, 2018 15:05:09 GMT
Ohh so this series is only 1 cour, I was thinking it was a full seasson of 24-26 episodes. That explains the pace now, I guess we'll get the first proper match of the torunament on chapter 6. shenlong they explain in the chapter itself, but it's to hype Joe to climb the ranks faster, I'm guessing the latter half of the series will be with the gear on again. |
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Post by shenlong on Apr 27, 2018 15:16:01 GMT
Well, that and they can't afford one anyway. I dunno about what will happen after that. Either they'll have found a way to buy a new gear, or Rikishi will just decide to fight without gear as well (I honestly wouldn't be surprised).
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Post by onepenguin0 on May 3, 2018 20:51:08 GMT
first pistorius and now this guy
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Post by shenlong on May 3, 2018 21:36:30 GMT
Hm, that episode was pretty good, I thought. Too bad Joe's still insipid as hell, though.
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Post by onepenguin0 on May 3, 2018 23:55:52 GMT
Oh, yes, and I forgot a more legitimate point:
This guy gets to Megalo-Box with metal legs. If that's allowed, then we have even more reason to ask: why is the gear only used for the upper body?
On a tangent to that thought - we've never seen Yuri's legs. Perhaps he's got 'integrated' robot legs like his arms. I'll be amused if that is the case.
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Post by shenlong on May 4, 2018 7:45:18 GMT
The whole gear thing is all symbolism for social stuff, but it raises so many questions it kinda distracts me from whatever point it's trying to make.
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Post by dannythm on May 4, 2018 17:31:49 GMT
I think the gear is just aesthetics.
Still this chapter was great, I'ts really weird they took it so slow when the series is only 13 episodes.
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