Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (TV)

[shinta|hikari]

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096	2016	Composer, Opening and Ending theme song composer
The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War	2016	Composer (other tracks by Takafumi Wada)

[MFauli]

Hm, cannot watch this Gundam-series because I haven´t finished the original Unicorn-series. And ... somehow "The Seven Deadly Sins" feels familiar. Isn´t this ... old? But it´s starting in August, hm. Weird. Artstyle doesn´t look like Sawano fits, though.

[shinta|hikari]

The Unicorn one is a re-air with new scenes of the Unicorn movies, I believe.

Seven Deadly Sins might be the second season.

[MFauli]

Yeah, just looked it up, second season.

So no entirely new Sawano-anime then, eh?

[shinta|hikari]

Dunno, I just googled his wiki and copy pasted. That's probably faster than typing your replies in this thread.

[kmkze04]

Well, got to the final episode, and while some nearly non-stop action was nice, along with of course the soundtrack, still definitely rushed as we all pretty much brought up before. Specific example is the white blood being given to Biba then miraculously ending up being hinted as given to Ikoma by Biba. I rewatched the fight and really couldn't determine logically or even reaching for a spot where Biba could have injected Ikoma, unless he turned the white blood into a bullet (that last shot that made the same sound and lighting effect of when every time before it killed the kabane). Beyond that, though I maybe could explain this as another difference between male and female Kabaneri, the effect of the white blood on Mumei was quite flashy and instantaneous. Ikoma... not until they get onto the train? And lastly, there's no logic to giving Biba the white blood UNLESS he was injected with the black blood, which he pretty obviously wasn't or he'd have royally buttraped Ikoma.

Vastly agreed, amazing start, got rushed midway, flopped out ending. There's a lot of blanks that could've had amazing subplots that could build up and tie into the main with just another season's worth of episodes. Why they didn't, who knows...

And just to weigh in a little on the Titan debate, I definitely also see the resemblance in the characterization and storylines, but if we were to make comparisons, I wouldn't tie up Mumei and Mikasa, I'd actually put together Annie and Mumei. Both who seemed like good gone bad or otherwise damaged but have some kind of possibly good intentions, or at least don't seem beyond saving. Both have a more similar tie to the MC, where hell if we were to compare Mikasa to someone I'd think it would be Kurusu, with their skills and loyal natures. Unless we're talking about the Titan movie, which man did they fuck that up IMHO...

[Kraco]

What a Hollywood ending. This was such a trainwreck show. It's always a damn pity to see a promising end turn into a catastrophe by incompetents.

[Buffalobiian]

Yeah, just looked it up, second season.

So no entirely new Sawano-anime then, eh?

Thunderbolt Fantasy

[Munsu]

And now it's my turn to be finished with the series...

Mixed feeling all about. I got over-hyped after the first episode, was incredibly excited for this series. Everything seemed perfect, and then the rest happened. Just a bad series in all, and a shame since it had incredibly high production values. That all said, I can honestly say that I was never bored with the series, and was entertained by it, so not everything wasted in all; good action, good music, and AT TIMES, good characters. Just a big big disappointment.

Mumei had an opportunity to become one of the coolest and most badass characters in the history in anime, and then she got ruined. Everything was ruined.

It would've been nice if the series was longer, like say 24 episodes with more room for the story, plot, and characters to develop. But considering how poorly everything was written, maybe it's for the best that it didn't happen.

And wow, was that last Biba fight incredibly bad and dumb?

Oh well, on to the next one. Just sad the series lead to nowhere, and became this bad after it showed so much promise for me.

And PLEASE! can someone ban Hatanaka Tasuku from voicing characters in anime for all eternity? Thanks, that shouldn't be too much to ask.

[Munsu]

So... we're getting an anime film sequel.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...vealed/.128711

The film will take place half a year after the story of the original television anime series. Director Tetsuro Araki stated that the film isn't a spinoff but a sequel. The official website for the anime lists the film as the "middle volume."

I hope it can redeem itself somehow. And I wonder what they mean by "middle volume", I take it to mean that we'll get another sequel afterwards. Or does it mean that it falls between the series and the game announced.