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Kantai Collection: The Anime!
So! I've been planning on this for a while now, and here it is! Kantai Collection, or KanColle as known by most of the fanbase is set to hit the television screens some time in January 2015! "Just what is Kantai Collection?", I hear a fleet of you asking? Go here! Anime PV1: Spoiler: show So. An anime adaptation of a card game adapting WWII navy ships into adorable girls. Sounds perfectly fine by me! *rolls manically in hype and excitement* Girls skiing on water? Explosions? Really nice orchestral music? Wheee~! Last edited by KamenAeons; 01-11-2015 at 08:59 AM. |
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Episode 01: I enjoyed it throughout. It was more the enjoyment of a fanboy than that of a story gourmand, I will admit, as the episode was heavy on the nods to fans and light on explanations to newcomers about what in the hell is going on and who these girls are. Spoiler: show
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Copying and pasting this from the KanColle Skype chat. It begins with a response to text Kamen had written over the past week but since no one in the chat was online or responsive it gave me the opportunity to just think out loud the entire time.
But first: WARNING! This post may contan spoilers. There are a lot of fires that both fanart and official game data have fanned regarding some of the series' overarching mysteries and plot elements. If you don't consider stuff revealed by fanart or the video game to be a spoiler, then click away as it's all just me speculating based on what I have seen or know from these two sources. But if you're wanting to go into Kantai Collection completely blind, then you shouldn't click. Spoiler: show
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01-14-2015, 06:42 AM | #7 |
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I'm 8:21 in and I'm sorry but I've largely tuned out. Watching this makes me feel like someone took a Gillete Mach 3 Turbo to my cerebral cortex.
It is boring. It's intended to be moe, which for some guys is just "cute :3" or sexy in an oddish creepy way. Either way, I can't say cute girls doing things is a great way to hold my a-span.
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I think it might be largely intended for people who play the game, because I was bored out of my mind when watching as well. Not only boring but pretty dumb. I think it's something to have to get used to.
I'm still trying to open my mind and see what all the damn hub-bub is all about though! |
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If you don't have prior investment in this franchise, then Episode 01 is probably going to disappoint. My hope is that this won't be the case for Episodes 02 onward.
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01-15-2015, 11:23 PM | #10 |
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Checked out the first episode, and for the most part I enjoyed it. There were a few times throughout that were a bit off, but I could tell most of those were meant for fans of the series from what you guys have said. Mostly though, I'm interested enough to keep watching, and anything I'm not a fan of is pretty minor and personal.
Spoiler: show --- And just watched the second episode before posting this. This one felt a lot a lot a lot more focused, so that was a plus for me at least. I enjoyed it, so I'm definitely gonna keep watching, but not too much in particular stood out for me. Only stuff that did stand out was the animation, and the phenomenal music. Probably gonna download the OP and Ending songs as soon as I can xd
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Episode 02 thoughts later, but for right now, before I forget: this fan edit of a cel from the OP:
Spoiler: show Really goes to show how, despite the show's various shortcomings thus far, the animation really is top notch at times. (Of course OPs are always on a different level, but still. This looks superb.)
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Episode 2!
Spoiler: show Oh, and for Sparky, with love from the KanColle reddit: "60fps WebM of the OP" |
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Episode 4
Kongou made this show 100x better. |
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Watched episode 5. I went from "probably going to drop" to "interested", so that's a plus.
Spoiler: show Btw, Kongou is almost exactly like Karen from Kiniro Mosaic. Same personality. Same verbal ticks. Both half English half Japanese. SAME VOICE ACTRESS! The only real difference is that Karen has an appearance more typical of her stereotype, and she's not a battleship. Here's a Karen scene for those interested. |
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So I was just shown this (from Episode 06). Cute.
Hoping to catch up soon. While a lot of shows I've seen but not written about, KanColle I'm actually frozen in time on at the end of Episode 02. Gotta watch 03, 04, 05, and now 06! :o
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