Hmm I'll try to be as objective as I can.
I know they're supposed to be faithful to the novel but dear Lord, this ep 1 is like an exact copy pasta. For people with proper knowledge of / interested in Nasuverse this episode might be okay, but I bet people who are still new or not a fan of the franchise would call this some boring shit. And looking at episode 1's pace, I predict we will have another episode like this until we get into the interesting part. At least I got kinda worked up at the last 15 minutes, well that's kind of a good start.
About the animation, nothing much can really be said since we only get to the prologue but so far I didn't see any derp faces. and DAT BLOOM
+: So far it's following the original story, passable/decent quality
-: Wouldn't appeal to new viewers, too slow-paced
6/10, all we have to do is to wait for BroskanderxWaver.
On a sidenote, I couldn't stand how TM fanbase now consists of underaged faggots. Now I know how those hipsters feel when their favorite song got popular, goddamn.
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Hentanize wrote...
also damn you SOMESOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME
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