Akame ga KILL

[NeoCybercoin]

Genres: action
Themes: assassins, gore

Plot Summary

In a fantasy world, fighter Tatsumi sets out for the Capitol to earn money for his starving village, and finds a world of unimaginable corruption, all spreading from the depraved Prime Minister who controls the child Emperor's ear. After nearly becoming a victim of this corruption himself, Tatsumi is recruited by Night Raid, a group of assassins dedicated to eliminating the corruption plaguing the Capitol by mercilessly killing those responsible.

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Horrible Subs Ep 01

The anime I have been looking forward to since I first read about it become an anime.
And so far, I am not disappointed. There doesn't seem to be a lot/any censoring which is good with these kinds of shows. Since there is plenty of blood flying around.

[shinta|hikari]

You are certainly not disappointing, having created this thread for us and all.

[NeoCybercoin]

Ha, okay. I did not see that typo.

[vejita613]

There doesn't seem to be a lot/any censoring which is good with these kinds of shows. Since there is plenty of blood flying around.

I was expecting a lot of censoring as well and I am pleased they didn't. It makes me wonder just how long they will go with that though. If memory serves me correctly, this series gets really dark. I wonder if they're going to animate THAT chapter.

[shinta|hikari]

I was afraid they were going to deviate from the manga a lot, but this was a pretty good adaptation. I would have wanted a higher budget for this, but it isn't horrible.

This is listed for 24 episodes, so we are going to get a lot of the story animated. I am so glad they didn't do a 1 cour testing the water approach with this one, since things get really good later on. More violence!

[KrayZ33]

This was great.. I want more. I like that MC didn't hesitate to serve justice in a manner we (hopefully) all consider appropriate.
Finally someone that doesn't hesitate in a situation like this.

It might turn into one of my favorites if this keeps going.. the bullet-time scene looked really well done too, I'm hooked

[lelouch]

A bit sad his friends are already dead

[neflight86]

Not as powerful as I remember reading, but not due to deviance from the manga. Maybe I was overhyped, but I guess it feeling a little subdued works in its favor.

[Buffalobiian]

HS - Episode 02

I think it's mostly the art. It's not gritty enough and feels too happy. All the assassins are in dressed in various colours. So far this reminds me most of History's Strongest Disciple Keniichi (with a head start).

[NeoCybercoin]

Yeah I agree during the day it's too colorful and Akame is not that big in the manga. Never thought I'd complain about that. But man, those killing animations do look awesome.

[neflight86]

Ep 2 felt much better. Guess I adjusted. I enjoy that night raid has made peace with the fact that they are imperfect people enacting an imperfect plan to try and save an imperfect empire; the general lack of niavity really sets this one apart.

[Kraco]

Episode 3 - HS





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the general lack of niavity really sets this one apart.

Dunno, the main character is still pretty naive, although he's slowly being educated in the ways of the ruthless world.

The country in general seems a bit strange. Like the very first corrupt family. Why exactly were they torturing and killing all those people? The episode made it sound like it was just for fun, which sound dubious. The subsequent episodes furthermore painted a similar picture. Generally speaking the wealth/power disparity should be greater than we have seen if the summary killings and torture were used to keep the common folks under absolute terror and oppression. As things seem to be in this case, such wickedness typically means there's some demon or whatever behind it all, and thus there would be another purpose behind the bloody work. I do hope the larger reason doesn't end up being just for fun as that would be quite weak writing for the villains (it would work for the occasional psychopath, but not for all the upper class).

I like all the main characters so far. I hope Akame and Tatsumi grow closer to each other, even though this being a shounen show I guess nothing will happen.

Who was the girl in the preview? Just an illusion created by some illusionist enemy?

[Penner]

I read a little in this thread and decided to check this out... fuck me, i'm just one ep in and i already love it.

Also, ep 4 is out.


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Watched all four episodes, love it even more now. Wouldn't have found it if it wasn't for this thread, so thanks GotWoot ^_^

[NeoCybercoin]

Yep, I am still loving the 'killcams' they do :P

[KrayZ33]

Yep, I am still loving the 'killcams' they do :P

Yup, they are great!

They remind me of a certain computer game trailer/recap video, whether it was the Witcher / Guild Wars or some other game, I can't remember, but I enjoy watching the "kill-scene" alot too

edit: Its really cool now that I think about it... they make each kill look so much more significant and rounds everything up nicely as if its saying "Mission accomplished!"

[lelouch]

Did anyone else not realize the boss was a female until like half way through the 3rd episode?

[Buffalobiian]

Did anyone else not realize the boss was a female until like half way through the 3rd episode?

For me it was halfyway through the first minute that she was speaking at the fireplace way back when... so no. :P

I'm not impressed by this show thus far though. It seems a lot like play-assassin right now. The seriousness isn't enough.

[shinta|hikari]

Hehehehe.

[David75]

Hehehehe.

Feels like it'll become serious when a night raid prominent member dies... And by prominent, we only have Akame and the MC as of yet.

[NeoCybercoin]

Yeah, once it's done with the 'introduction' episodes it should get a whole lot better. Hmmmm Esdeath.

Edit: [HorribleSubs] Akame ga Kill! - 05 [1080p]