After watching the first episode…It was a fun watch. The animation imo doesn’t look bad, the storyline doesn’t seem that out of place for the characters, but it is playing off of tons of anime cliches that separates it from the regular series. They really nailed what they were going for imo.
Idk if the rest of the season is out, I just watched what was free on the adult swim website, but I think people are being a bit harsh.
Agreed. It seems fine so far. The action has been meh, but the reflective, pondering tone of much of it has been pretty nice. The way it plays on Japanese sci-fi tropes (including out of order storytelling and time travel) has me really interested to see more on this outsiders’ take on the possibilities of the R&M multiverse
The first ep was rough but I’m reserving judgment. Some first eps are like that.
“Don’t judge a book by its cover”
“The intro is slow it gets better by mid season”
“The first season is all setup but the next one is great”
“Just get to episode 400 during the Glorp arc”
As a One Piece fan I think I have to treat this comment as a personal attack
I was once trying to get into Gintama and legitimately read a review that said it gets a lot better around episode 300 (or something in that ballpark).
Gintama is a comedy show where the plot isn’t super relevant, so jumping in at episode 300 is fine
I was hoping for a classic anime style with over the top melodrama. Not whatever this is.
It’s riffing on sci-fi anime filled with philosophical reflection and nonlinear storytelling, like Ghost In The Shell, Ergo Proxy, Evangelion.
Not saying it’s as great as those or anything, but it’s hard to tell if it will be good by the time the plot wraps up. The animation for the Space Beth fight in (I think?) Episode 2 was pretty bad, though.
What a brutal dissection. I guess I’ll go in with low expectations.
You have no obligation to watch it.
Just don’t. Not everything produced is worth consuming.
As a Rick and Morty fan (and generally a fan of all kinds of other shows), I’ll take the good with the bad. How else would you grow as a viewer?
“Grow as a viewer” 🤦♂️ by watching new things instead of another corporate remake, that is milking a franchise that you already enjoy.
It’s not a remake. Near as I can tell it’s got a totally original story for the show.
