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| This show is Toei Animation going next level with their Vtuber-ish "PS4/PS5 cutscene" 3DCG being like BanG Dream!!! studio Sanzigen, it's actually not that bad, though full-on CG series has always a bad rep with anime if it's not by Orange. FYI, the 5-member girl band Togenashi Togenari has been making waves on YouTube with their songs well before this show came out, which is centered on them. The 17-year-old Nina Iseri, dropping out of high school trying to find success in Tokyo, she first has to find her lodging. Even with the help of her neighbours, Nina is frazzled that her stint to Tokyo has got off to a rather bad start. But after the encounter of Diamond Dust's Momoka Kawaragi, which she is a big fan of, she gets twangled in her affairs amidst the run from a rival group. Nina's clearly been had, but her living in Momoka's house is clearly a sign of change, but her wanting to move out of the music industry after 3 years and not making anything out of it, Nina's clearly frustrated at how she's given up everything, and Momoka is standing in the same shoes as her. With Nina being left with Momoka's guitar, one final push from Nina will make the difference between chasing dreams and stopping at the road of success. Yeah, this isn't licensed by Crunchyroll, they'd better rickroll on this...but one thing's for sure, this show's no Bocchi the Rock!. Still though, this show could be something entirely, and I want to trust in Toei Animation's goodwill. |
KANLen09Apr 6, 2024 4:19 AM
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| After the success of CloverWorks' Bocchi, it's no surprise that other studios would want to replicate that same success. The first to do so is none other than Toei Animation. In March, at the age of 17, in her second year, Iseri Nina dropped out of high school and started living alone in Tokyo. It's a big city where she doesn't know anyone. She came here because she was inspired by a song she heard on the internet. At that moment, Nina meets a street musician playing that song. Nina Iseri quits high school in her second year and sets her sights on entering a university while living alone in Tokyo. Betrayed by her friends, she feels lost and unsure of what to do. Another girl, abandoned by her parents, struggles to survive in the city through part-time jobs. The world constantly disappoints her, and nothing goes as planned. Yet, she yearns for something she can hold onto, believing there's a place where she belongs. That's why she sings. Complain all you want about this being CG, but honestly, this premiere was pretty solid. I'm totally onboard for an emo Bocchi. Count me in! |
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| Decent start. I got some MyGo vibes pretty quickly. Not a very impressive CGI, but it's doesn't really bother me. Looking forward to the next episode. |
SerafosApr 6, 2024 5:44 AM
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| Not licensed in my country 😭 |
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Yuri_Niji said: Not licensed in my country 😭 Yeah no license abroad except for France with ADN. We'll have to wait for a fansub, if anyone will ever makes one. Too bad. |
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Congratulations on the release of the first episode of this anime! Enjoy watching. |
| This was awesome! A little silly at the end with the microphone thing but other than that I'm enjoying the vibes from this. I'm also so happy I was right that this would be really nice looking. The character expressions and faces are really nice and the cgi of them is generally quite nice. There are some moments that look a bit off where I think they would need to have even more movement (cgi typically needs to have much more character movement since it's not frame by frame animation). Also the background characters aren't really all that great obviously, it's hard to do something about for a tv show like this since it's not a billion dollar pixar production, but it is something that makes it look off. If this will have good songs and a likable cast I think this might get some attention despite the cg |
It's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. |
| Good start so far, just hope it continues being this light when it comes to "drama" parts. |
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| Episode was FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!! CG didnt even bother me. Art and Production value went crazy! OST, OP, and ED were all incredibly good. Potential to be one of the best "Band" anime ever. |
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| SO GOOD!!!! Impressive 3d animation ngl Can’t wait for episode 2! |
Nina supporter for life💕 |
| New art style experiment by Toei animation. It looks stunning for me. Let's see what happens next week. |
| I need somebody who can love me at my worst No, I'm not perfect, but I hope you see my worth 'Cause it's only you, nobody new, I put you first And for you, girl, I swear I'll do the worst If you stay forever, let me hold your hand I can fill those places in your heart no else can Let me show you love, oh, I don't pretend, yeah I'll be right here, baby, you know I'll sink or swim |
| Absolutely cheap looking animation and a mediocre story. It's like if Bocchi the Rock was made by a giant soulless corporation. Oh...wait...that's exactly what it is! |
| Healing through comradery and music and pursuing dreams, love the simple message behind the show and it's something I can get behind. A bit cheesy, but the character dynamics seem fun. |
| The environment CG is decent but on the other hand the character models are not polished enough and they don't blend well with the surrounding. The cat is even rendered furless on few occasions. The character acting and expression are decently expressive at least. The music felt rather generic on the first hearing. The show has a good setup for a character drama. |
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| cgi movements are a bit awkward but not bad enough to be unwatchable imo. overall the first episode was okay; nothing too outstanding. some scenes were a little confusing, but that could just be because the one i watched had really messed up subs so the dialogue really didn't make sense at times. her running through the rain with the guitar not in a case and then dropping it on the pavement made me physically recoil. it hurt me internally so bad. hoping the story will pick up a bit more in the next episode or two. |
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| Started this just because I like idol and band stuff, but damn, it's actually so good with an interesting story. I loved the choice they made to portray Nina's negative emotions as lines coming from her body, i feel like it made it much more impactful. Really enjoyed the song and the visuals when they performed, can't wait for more, I guess I'm gonna research them know. |
| I liked a lot the atmospheric vibes for this one. Checked the band songs and they are pretty bangers ngl Character settings of running away from home to find a dream to chase is something I've already seen endless time but not bad Toei is like the only other studio aside of Orange that can do good CGI so I'm liking so far, the weird mouth shapes do annoy me tho... |
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| Pretty good CGI animation, but there was not a line drawn by hand here at least not in the old way. I mean I would have liked it better if at least the main characters and the cat have been hand drawn or shaded, blured whatever in a way that would gave the illusion of an old hand drawing like they do it in other series. We definitely will lose something in this decade, maybe see the last generation that does it the old way. Otherwise it was crisp, the backgrounds would have been seen only in movies a decade ago. Storywise the main girl brought Sayuri to my mind who had been a street musican before she became famous when her music was used in anime openings / endings. Very promising start, I will definitely follow this. |
IshitatesoApr 6, 2024 6:57 AM
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| Pretty decent CG, the facial animation is very expressive. |
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| The CGI is meh as always, the main character is all over the place, it has very silly jokes and some extremely dumb moments. Not particularly bad, but really not what I expected. |
| toei back with more cgi. it isn't absolutely horrid, i can get around it but its still not something i enjoy looking at. welp all my hype is gone now. |
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| This much content should at least be told in 2 episodes. I know it's Hanada being Hanada, but I couldn't quite feel his magic here. Maybe I'm still bitter about Superstar 2, I think he should stick to writing adaptations atm; he's doing pretty well there. |
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