Comments on: Blade of the Immortal 1 [Zainin]

By: Hoshi

Hoshi — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:15:21 +0000

@Valz: you’re right. I’m about to blog episode 2 though, which actually looks a bit better..

By: Valz

Valz — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:05:52 +0000

it was rushed, like the creators just wanted to get it over with….

lacked it’s story line which might not pull in new fans that haven’t read the manga…

By: Hoshi

Hoshi — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:48:49 +0000

@Choux: well, it may get better? Stick around for a while.

By: Choux

Choux — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:51:30 +0000

I blame beetrain… and I had such high hopes for this one too……T_T

By: Hoshi

Hoshi — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:52:30 +0000

@Dirk: I think the music is a little off too, definitely didn’t really feel right for Blade…

Same here, I’m hoping it gets better, and I’ll keep it for a few more episodes, but if it gets worse…

By: Dirk

Dirk — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:50:54 +0000

I agree about it being confusing and rushed, the worst part about it for me is that, the best part about the manga well besides the story is the dialogue, Manji is quite funny in that sardonic cynical way, and I’m afraid with this pace that they have started they won’t be able to really show that, and it will just be a very dark show, and I’m not against it necessarily it could still end up coming together it’s too early to say. I will say though that derivative works in a different medium are going to be different and won’t necessarily maintain everyone’s favorite aspects of the original. My least favorite part of the show was the music, it doesn’t feel right, not the intro not the outro not the stuff in the episode, it’s too grand and orchestrated and I think it would be much better toned down and more intimate, more diverse, I don’t know who the composer is, but I think they might of gone the wrong direction with it, when I thought about the music I thought about more a traditional sounding score.

The Manga is a masterpiece and though this seems to be going into some alternate direction, I’m still going to watch it because I think even a watered down version is still better than half the crap that is passed off as anime these days. I hope it gets better not worse, I don’t want to give up on it just yet.

By: Hoshi

Hoshi — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:06:43 +0000

@Sakura: good idea.

By: Sakura

Sakura — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:01:14 +0000

Well after reading that I’m not very inclined to check it out since there are quite a few others I’m trying to watch and blog about.

By: Hoshi

Hoshi — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:30:56 +0000

@dingsan: Yea, it definitely is dark. Haha, maybe they wanted to accentuate the man’s flying face so they put it on a bright background..

hmmm. no, cause everyone has their own preference. The manga isn’t done, and I haven’t seen any subs for it recently. Even I don’t know where it’s headed now, so no, I don’t think you’re wrong.

By: dingsan

dingsan — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:42:35 +0000

The whole episode seems very dark (literally and figuratively) looking at your screenshots. I might pick this up if the brightness is adjusted (for the record, a T61 is bad at handling glare).

I dropped the manga after three volumes because I felt it wasn’t going anywhere. Was I wrong in doing so?