Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu - Anime General Discussion (Archive)

[mangatron]

Hm, zettai leggy's

[Stark700]

Okay for those wondering, it is 1 hour or at least longer than the standard length 23-26 minutes episode for the first episode for a combined length of about 45+ minutes (minus commercials)

My thoughts:

Spoiler:

There's not much real world content (probably 2-4 minutes?) Most of it takes place in the fantasy world. But damn, this is not for those weak to the stomach. Fairly good OST usage and nice animation. A lot of talky dialogues between Satella and Sabaru in the first half. Soundtrack is fairly nice, I love the OST they did with this. Also, the show really likes to capitalize on fantasy theme so expect tons of world fiction content. The LN has more violence but I think the adaptation captured the magic of it.

Also, pacing is decent so far. Now I get why they are making this into an hour special long thing.

Most of the violent stuff takes place in the first half although it's obviously shown that Sabaru has powers. Good start so far, looking forward to more.

[bakato]

Originally Posted by Stark700

Okay for those wondering, it is 1 hour or at least longer than the standard length 23-26 minutes episode for the first episode for a combined length of about 45+ minutes (minus commercials)

My thoughts:

Spoiler:

There's not much real world content (probably 2-4 minutes?) Most of it takes place in the fantasy world. But damn, this is not for those weak to the stomach. Fairly good OST usage and nice animation. A lot of talky dialogues between Emilia and Sabaru in the first half. Soundtrack is fairly nice, I love the OST they did with this. Also, the show really likes to capitalize on fantasy theme so expect tons of world fiction content. The LN has more violence but I think the adaptation captured the magic of it.

Also, pacing is decent so far. Now I get why they are making this into an hour special long thing.

Most of the violent stuff takes place in the first half although it's obviously shown that Sabaru has powers. Good start so far, looking forward to more.

Sounds like they're really going all out.

[Stark700]

Oops, I meant second half. First half seemed more like introducing everything together. Either way, it's twice the length of a standard episode.

[Proto]

Waiting on the Crunchyroll release...

[Iron Maw]

We are probably gonna be in a bit of wait for that unless they got the episode very early. Besides that, I'm happy in what hearing terms of content and impressions though. Seems like WHITE FOX did a bang up job here.

[Sacredus]

Originally Posted by bakato

Sounds like they're really going all out.

Not really...

Originally Posted by Stark700

Spoiler:

There's not much real world content (probably 2-4 minutes?) Most of it takes place in the fantasy world. But damn, this is not for those weak to the stomach. Fairly good OST usage and nice animation. A lot of talky dialogues between Emilia and Sabaru in the first half. Soundtrack is fairly nice, I love the OST they did with this. Also, the show really likes to capitalize on fantasy theme so expect tons of world fiction content. The LN has more violence but I think the adaptation captured the magic of it.

I know only manga of this series but if they want tone down violence and gore... I already see how badly they will butcher 2nd arc.

[Dysprosium]

CR's 1A and 1B are both up now..

[Iron Maw]

Originally Posted by Sacredus

Not really...

I know only manga of this series but if they want tone down violence and gore... I already see how badly they will butcher 2nd arc.

I don"t see issue with that imo. It is airing on tv and not on white sheet of paper so it should be ecpected. As long it is not GATE levels of censorship it's fine.

[bakato]

I'm still downloading, but did they even show the OP?

[Dysprosium]

Originally Posted by bakato

I'm still downloading, but did they even show the OP?

Nope, the ED only.

[bakato]

Originally Posted by PSY.Gangnam

Nope, the ED only.

Thanks. Now we have to wait another damn week to see the op sequence.

[Dysprosium]

Originally Posted by bakato

Thanks. Now we have to wait another damn week to see the op sequence.

It's not that unusual to see OPs being skipped in opening episodes.

Next week's release will be earlier as it will resume back to the standard duration of an episode.

[Stark700]

The soundtrack is so good. I was already expecting it after seeing preview #1 when it first came out but wow, that ending.

[Wade Wilson]

The ED was perfect, loved it!

The sad part is how the animation is full of QUALITY, even the backgrounds are poorly made sometimes but whatever the story is what matters in this case.

[Freeter]

So basically, Konosuba and Erased had a baby and named it Re:Zero. They even got Megumin to play the heroine

Decent first episode, though I hope the premise expands beyond the Groundhog Day setup. Otherwise it'll get repetitive seeing MC get owned at the same spot.

[bakato]

Originally Posted by PSY.Gangnam

It's not that unusual to see OPs being skipped in opening episodes.

Next week's release will be earlier as it will resume back to the standard duration of an episode.

They usually put the music at the end though.

Originally Posted by Wade Wilson

The ED was perfect, loved it!

The sad part is how the animation is full of QUALITY, even the backgrounds are poorly made sometimes but whatever the story is what matters in this case.

The ED was gorgeous.

[HandofFate]

strongest 01 so far imo, even if its two parts so its kind of cheating.

Seems very generic at first, but the production seems high to me.
Very lively moving backgrounds with people that make the town seem alive. Very swift scene transitions and feeling like progress and footwork was done.

[Iron Maw]

That was great!

As was some who's read the source, I've got no complaints other than it this being rare times I find it a shame that I know what's gonna happen. Even then premier still managed to engrossed me. I find the pacing and animation to be quite good, and shows that staff clearly understands the original work. Gore been tone down, but at totally acceptable, you can pretty tell what's going without the need for dark spots or beams covering everything. That said this we are roughly halfway though the first arc.

VA choices are all good so far, I'm actually surprised how much I like Puck's voice particular.

EDIT:

One small nitpick with Crunchyroll's translation though, I prefer the manga's term "Witch of Envy" to the "Jealous Witch".

Originally Posted by Stark700

The soundtrack is so good. I was already expecting it after seeing preview #1 when it first came out but wow, that ending.

I know right? When I first heard a bit of OST in the teaser I had pretty high expectations and I'm really happy to have seen met. They added a lot to atmosphere and made everything that more immersive.

Oh and the ED so pretty nice so far.

[FlareKnight]

Dang....that was a strong start.

Will say...wow this capital has a lot of carriages .

What a first episode (both parts). My condolences to Subaru. Can already get a good feel for the kind of hell this guy is in for. Although geeze why would that girl give herself that kind of fake name ? Tough for Subaru since he did believe it was actually her name. Oh well since he's bound to die again soon anyways....he'll have a better intro planned next time.

I really do feel for this guy. Sure, having a massive reset is helpful but...this is horrible. After all he has to actually experience dying each time. This isn't something as cute as the ability in Erased. This is painful stuff. This is just harsh. He gets this awesome counter attack in....and actually still took the worse of the exchange.

Of course there are options and possibilities which I do think is cool. They have a chance here. If Subaru can clear things up with (girl who in the show doesn't have a real name yet) and combine forces with Felt and Rom then they can probably take down Elsa. They just can't go at her 1 at a time. Both times through the problem was she could easily snipe them down. Either through ambush or not being taken seriously enough.

Really good first episode. Pulled right in.