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Ballzproblem2:
devilman crybaby, weirdest anime I've ever watched.hopefully I don't have nightmares.

Very sad anime man...
I almost cried at the end

It's weird af...but also very emotional...

I love the show

NeoWanZaeed:
The plot is video game.. so what do you expect?


He's still got a fight with S ranked

There's so many plots left untouched. Perhaps it's because it's season 1

The episode reached 200+.. saw it on YouTube. It's like this one is remake

Even if it's plot is mid...I expected more from characters and worldbuilding.


No, it's not a remake...it's an adaptation of a Korean power fantasy manhwa...
It became popular and led the way for many other Korean power fantasy manhwa like The Gamer, etc...

They're basically all the same...zero plot, zero characters, just fights all through

NeoWanZaeed:
Which aspect of the show suffers o..

I don't know why you're asking this honestly when I've stated the issues in my original post and even the post you quoted...

Here it is...incase you forgot

Erenjp:
Solo Levelling ....... 5.5/10


If I had to describe this show in a single phrase, it is "power fantasy and nothing else".

The show doesn't hide what it is. It just focuses on a character who goes from being the weakest Hunter to being the strongest Hunter. Nothing else in-between matters.

Character writing is non-existent. You could as well delete all the other characters from the show and almost nothing will change.
Every other character apart from the MC is as basic as they come...
They are just stereotypes with no personality...
Any level of importance they have is only for the MC's benefit...
Thus every other character suffers as a result.

Worldbuilding is also quite disappointing. I'm not a fan of the R P G world elements...but it can be done right for instance F r i e r e n
In this show's case, even the few aspects of the world that could be somewhat interesting is given so little screentime since the entire story must always revolve around the MC.
12 episodes and yet they couldn't even do anything with the political elements introduced within the show...

Story?...there is no story....
monsters of the week
Every episode is the same. MC takes video game type quests and fights in dungeons...survives and gain better abilities....rinse and repeat...

Fights....
This is only somewhat good thing about it...the fight scenes are good...however since they lack any emotional attachment and it's mostly just monsters the MC keeps fighting, there is no impact.
It's just like watching someone kill AI monsters in a video game for hours....
It gets boring really fast...

Just as I compared how it handled it's R P G world to F r i e r e n, I'll also compare how it handles combat to Jujutsu Kaisen.

Jujutsu Kaisen excels because it's story and character writing are conveyed through it's fights. Characters learn through fights, characters grow through fights. The plot moves forward through fights...
That way each fight is actually impactful to the story...

In Solo Levelling it is quite the opposite. It is mostly just fights with random monsters with reward of levelling up.
The few moments of character growth in fighting revolve only around the MC since every other character in the show might as well not be called characters...

Another difference with JJK is that JJK has a well thought out power system.
In Solo Levelling, it's all about the MC levelling up and unlocking random skills to use against the next monsters of the week he fights.

To round up, I didn't expect much story from the show...but I was still disappointed.
The few moments or bits of the world that actually piqued my interest were quickly sidelined in 30 seconds conversations between side characters...all in favour of watching the MC fight the next random monster in the next random dungeon


Truly one of the anime of all time to be quickly forgotten until the next season airs and people watch for fight scenes again

Next movies on my rewatch list.

I watched these movies so long ago I can't remember anything about them

The Shambolic animation of Invincible season 2 keeps killing my immersion and taking me out of it.

If only the producers were smart enough to channel all the money wasted on celebrity voice actors into the animation department instead...


We're in 2024 yet Invincible is still parading 2002 animation

NeoWanZaeed:
I don't agree with you on this.

The essence of the movie is how a weak brave man who didn't give up was blessed with powers by the gods to fulfil his wishes and be a man.

Las las.. he'll lose all that's dear to him. System doesn't give anything for free.

It's a good show that and lots of fights is looked up to.

My rating is 8.5/10

To some of us...we care a lot about character writing, themes and world building...

These are things that even you can tell the show does poorly...

It's way to focused on the MC growing from being weak to being strong that every other aspect of the show suffers...

Phant0mStranger:
How true is this 😀

Japanese has always sounded pleasant.
Those who watch anime can relate...

They have the best voice actors in the world imo...


And the Japanese spoken in anime is less formal than that in their movies...

The one in anime sounds even better than the one in Japanese movies

Look at the voice actors of Madara, Aizen, Toji and Dio, Zeno Zokydk, Netero etc

Solo Levelling ....... 5.5/10


If I had to describe this show in a single phrase, it is "power fantasy and nothing else".

The show doesn't hide what it is. It just focuses on a character who goes from being the weakest Hunter to being the strongest Hunter. Nothing else in-between matters.

Character writing is non-existent. You could as well delete all the other characters from the show and almost nothing will change.
Every other character apart from the MC is as basic as they come...
They are just stereotypes with no personality...
Any level of importance they have is only for the MC's benefit...
Thus every other character suffers as a result.

Worldbuilding is also quite disappointing. I'm not a fan of the R P G world elements...but it can be done right for instance F r i e r e n
In this show's case, even the few aspects of the world that could be somewhat interesting is given so little screentime since the entire story must always revolve around the MC.
12 episodes and yet they couldn't even do anything with the political elements introduced within the show...

Story?...there is no story....
monsters of the week
Every episode is the same. MC takes video game type quests and fights in dungeons...survives and gain better abilities....rinse and repeat...

Fights....
This is only somewhat good thing about it...the fight scenes are good...however since they lack any emotional attachment and it's mostly just monsters the MC keeps fighting, there is no impact.
It's just like watching someone kill AI monsters in a video game for hours....
It gets boring really fast...

Just as I compared how it handled it's R P G world to F r i e r e n, I'll also compare how it handles combat to Jujutsu Kaisen.

Jujutsu Kaisen excels because it's story and character writing are conveyed through it's fights. Characters learn through fights, characters grow through fights. The plot moves forward through fights...
That way each fight is actually impactful to the story...

In Solo Levelling it is quite the opposite. It is mostly just fights with random monsters with reward of levelling up.
The few moments of character growth in fighting revolve only around the MC since every other character in the show might as well not be called characters...

Another difference with JJK is that JJK has a well thought out power system.
In Solo Levelling, it's all about the MC levelling up and unlocking random skills to use against the next monsters of the week he fights.

To round up, I didn't expect much story from the show...but I was still disappointed.
The few moments or bits of the world that actually piqued my interest were quickly sidelined in 30 seconds conversations between side characters...all in favour of watching the MC fight the next random monster in the next random dungeon


Truly one of the anime of all time to be quickly forgotten until the next season airs and people watch for fight scenes again

Solo Levelling ....... 5.5/10


If I had to describe this show in a single phrase, it is "power fantasy and nothing else".

The show doesn't hide what it is. It just focuses on a character who goes from being the weakest Hunter to being the strongest Hunter. Nothing else in-between matters.

Character writing is non-existent. You could as well delete all the other characters from the show and almost nothing will change.
Every other character apart from the MC is as basic as they come...
They are just stereotypes with no personality...
Any level of importance they have is only for the MC's benefit...
Thus every other character suffers as a result.

Worldbuilding is also quite disappointing. I'm not a fan of the R P G world elements...but it can be done right for instance F r i e r e n
In this show's case, even the few aspects of the world that could be somewhat interesting is given so little screentime since the entire story must always revolve around the MC.
12 episodes and yet they couldn't even do anything with the political elements introduced within the show...

Story?...there is no story....
monsters of the week
Every episode is the same. MC takes video game type quests and fights in dungeons...survives and gain better abilities....rinse and repeat...

Fights....
This is only somewhat good thing about it...the fight scenes are good...however since they lack any emotional attachment and it's mostly just monsters the MC keeps fighting, there is no impact.
It's just like watching someone kill AI monsters in a video game for hours....
It gets boring really fast...

Just as I compared how it handled it's R P G world to F r i e r e n, I'll also compare how it handles combat to Jujutsu Kaisen.

Jujutsu Kaisen excels because it's story and character writing are conveyed through it's fights. Characters learn through fights, characters grow through fights. The plot moves forward through fights...
That way each fight is actually impactful to the story...

In Solo Levelling it is quite the opposite. It is mostly just fights with random monsters with reward of levelling up.
The few moments of character growth in fighting revolve only around the MC since every other character in the show might as well not be called characters...

Another difference with JJK is that JJK has a well thought out power system.
In Solo Levelling, it's all about the MC levelling up and unlocking random skills to use against the next monsters of the week he fights.

To round up, I didn't expect much story from the show...but I was still disappointed.
The few moments or bits of the world that actually piqued my interest were quickly sidelined in 30 seconds conversations between side characters...all in favour of watching the MC fight the next random monster in the next random dungeon


Truly one of the anime of all time to be quickly forgotten until the next season airs and people watch for fight scenes again

Spiderverse went home awardless

Fallout trailer


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-mugKDQDlg?si=EuYKz6LjJJe38Q4K

Parasyte: The Grey teaser


Seems to be a spin-off based off the anime/manga of the same name rather than a direct adaptation


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-TwWrep9QA?si=rJVqEgnGJe2dexQe

blingxx:
Someone is promoting gay shit on this thread and nobody is saying anything

It's better to just ignore the clôwn

New AOT Final season Volume 5 Blu-ray Cover


Eren standing atop a hill of corpses and bones...

Pretty nice symbolism showing the weight and cost of his choices

NeoWanZaeed:
Halo season 2 episode 5 is lit

Didn't know it was out...
Thanks

armadeo:
Is Pluto that good. Maybe I'll see it.

I'm watching one that there's a tournament of fighters representing business men now. Kengan something or the other.

It's quite interesting though some annoying characters and plenty voice over explanation dey.

Kengan Ashura...

I only saw like the first 1 or 2 seasons...

I prefer Baki over it

Cypherhendrix:
The way Avatar fans have been slandering korra ehn.. even she was just dating everyone instead of saving the world (pun intended)

Korra is literally the worst Avatar canonically

armadeo:
The last scene of ep 1 was epic as F in shogun when the Portuguese pilot Rodriguez gave a voice over as anjin was taken to the Palace.

To meet toronaga sama. Lord of the kanto and threat to the throne.

Omo pilot when they form strong head bow one time.

This is the series of the year.

I also like how the pilot sounds and his accent really old English.

@ bolded
Calm down...let's see how it progresses...
Too early to tell.

But it's epic so far tho...

The political scheming is very well done.

That assassination attempt too was crazy...the maid just dey kill instantly...no long story at all

abduleez1:
Many people watched the anime here.

I have episode 1 downloaded but never get time for it. Consensus is that it's prolly the best anime for last year alongside Blue Eye Samurai.

@ bolded

Vinland Saga S2, AOT, Bleach, Jujutsu Kaisen aired in 2023.

Blue Eye Samurai was good, but no way it was among the best of 2023.
It isn't even an anime.

Pluto too is top 5 at best

OhBritannia:
At the bolded, this is 100% the case.

I haven't seen that guy give any movie above 6/10

It's either he watches mediocrity everyday or who knows

The amount of lies and cope to excuse this in the comments were crazy.

The dude didn't express himself well but his point is that at least in the cartoon, the Waterbenders had enough advantage and power the easily capsize most of the fire nation ships

Someone said it was a surprise attack. Surprise ke?
Another said the waterbenders were weak lmao.
No be the same cartoon we watch?

The waterbenders were certainly capable in the cartoon plus they had a full moon with their powers at Max level...they just didn't consider it. In the cartoon, the waterbenders were stronger than what the movie showed.

We saw what singular waterbenders can do in the cartoon. And these guys had some master benders...even though they also had some Amateurs they were strong enough to hold that stronghold for many years.

It's fiction, it needs to be entertaining, it's a plot convenience. People just need to accept these things and move on. Not spreading lies to cover up. A group of 50 waterbenders would have done insane damage to the fire nation fleet. What made them hard to attack was because they were surrounded by water.

But even at that, nothing would have prevented the events tbh...they'd have just taken out more ships...
Their moon spirit would still be killed anyway

Illusioneffect:
Nah, AOT is my best anime of all time; I was just talking of the Season 1 - boring in the sense that it's a slow burn just like Season 1 of Succession

There were a lot of pacing issues in AOT season 1.

As someone who watches reaction videos...I rarely watch reaction videos to the Trost arc because that entire stretch from like episode 7-14 was so slow. Everything was moving at snail speed.

It mostly picked up pace during the Female Titan arc

Illusioneffect:
The fact you don't even know who Toph is tells me you are watching the animation on Indian Youtube. It's not about being bored, It's about the quality of the characters, dialogue, and writing. AOT was boring- acknowledged, but you know there was a sense of quality in the writing and direction

Was honestly shocked he didn't know who Toph was. She's literally my favorite character in the show.

Without the introduction of Toph and Azula in Season 2, I would have quit ATLA tbh...


@ bolded, what is this weird take I keep seeing here about AOT being boring. It's only on this thread I see posts like that tbh...

While I've seen some complaints of the amount of dialogue in the show... I don't see people complain of it being boring outside this thread.

AOT has served as a gateway into anime for millions around the world.
Many people who don't even watch anime and people who hate anime watch Attack on Titan.

So I don't understand why you guys claim it's boring just because there isn't a fight scene every episode

Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix 2024)....


In my opinion, this was a pretty decent adaptation. It had its flaws but then again it had to adapt the weakest parts of the source material...

Unlike the source material that had a lot of diversion and arcs that felt like filler...this was made to be far more connected. A lot of side tracking arcs were cut out...also many were intertwined...

Personally I prefer a much more direct approach than all the filler and sidetracking in the source material - on that part, I'll say the story was told much better than the source material. I mean season 1 of the cartoon felt too repititive of gang running, being chased and getting captured and escaping again. It was reminiscent of how kids cartoons play out.

So in summary, they adapted MOST of the key story beats well...and cut out the filler..

The part this Netflix adaptation fûcked up the plot was the final arc in the Northern Water Kingdom. The adaptation of this arc left a lot to be desired in my opinion. I was disappointed with how this adaptation handled the arc.
It needed more breathing room. One more episode would have worked...plus the war felt like a way smaller scale than the cartoon (this probably is a budget issue) but the war was just not done well.

Also Aang doesn't know how to waterbend at all in this adaptation. If I recall correctly he could waterbend to an extent even from the beginning of the cartoon. He used Waterbending against Zuko and his soldiers.


The acting was also inconsistent...there were times of very good acting, and times you could see very amateurish acting...
The cast mostly performed their roles very well but there were instances you could tell the acting was weak.

Azula's actress didn't play the role well imo...she wasn't a fit at all...maybe she'll get better by season 2 because Azula wasn't even in season 1 of the cartoon.

What I loved tho were some additions. They showed quite some development of Azula being a victim of Ozai's scheming....but I wished they reduced Ozai's screentime...
The less screentime he has, the more fearsome he would be. This is the part I wished was reduced.


There's also some weird unnecessary exposition sometimes...like a member of the Southern Water Tribe telling the story of how the Avatar disappeared...it was just not needed. The dialogue in general wasn't bad...it was decent even though it had its bad moments.

The dynamic between the main trio was good but not as good as the cartoon...same as with Zuko and his uncle Iroh...good but not as good as the cartoon...


The fights were good. I recall the fights in the cartoon weren't really great in season 1...until Toph and Azula's introduction in season 2. So at least in comparison, this adaptation did well in the combat...even though it wasn't as good as the cartoon.

Music was pretty good. They used original tracks from the cartoon and used them well in my opinion...gave some emotional touch.

The CGI was also decent. I watched in good quality and I'm not seeing where the complaints are coming from. The CGI was pretty good...I kept waiting for moments to take me out of the immersion but there really weren't...
The CGI was spot on...even though they had to tone down the battles for it...

Final thoughts:
I think this is a pretty decent adaptation. ATLA fans should be glad they got an adaptation as good as this rather than ranting.

It's definitely good enough to watch a second season. And I will definitely watch a second season because that is where the Cartoon actually got really good.

I think people who are hating on this show somehow hold the cartoon as their holy grail. They watched the cartoon in their childhood and nostalgia won't let them realize that season 1 of the cartoon was not very good...it was decent at best...but a pretty weak season that even almost made me drop the show if not for it's reputation.

Remove your rose-tinted glasses from the cartoon and watch this adaptation objectively...they did a pretty decent job at it...
It had its flaws but nothing that makes the adaptation awful...

Heck...I enjoyed this more than season 1 of the cartoon... (Aside from the last arc).
I enjoyed it more because it was more streamlined and didn't need to keep adapting unnecessary arcs like the cartoon did. It wasn't repititive like season 1 of the cartoon was.

@those who haven't seen this adaptation, you have nothing to fear imo...enjoy it for what it is

geezyk:
It suddenly feels like we're in a simulation. Tell me why everyone keeps badmouthing ATLA, cos senior olodo critics did same. Do people not have a mind of their own to form an opinion anymore?

ATLA has delivered wonderfully, the first season of the anime wasn't spectacular after all, and the writers of the show has done well to merge many aspects into one. CGI was perfect, Aang was great alongside Sokka too. Was glad to see monk gyatso. Character adaptation and likeness was top notch, felt like I was watching the anime again.

I don't read critics report about shows before watching it, synopsis and trailers will nudge me towards watching, and I form my opinion regarding the show. ATLA has been a great show for me. Make everybody dey follow robots get same opinion, probably the bandwagon effect is taking hold.

The way some people hold the source material like it's some Holy Grail...

These people forget the first season of the source material was it's weakest...maybe because they watched it during their childhood...

the adaptation isn't great but it's not bad either...

I feel like people are comparing the adaptation of the weakest season to the strongest parts of the cartoon...

Illusioneffect:
Maybe you've not been watching a lot of good series or movies lately. I'm a hardcore fan of ATLA and I can't even finish an episode without dosing off. I downloading the whole One Piece series and watched everything in one sitting without feeling bored a bit.
Aang's storyline was just so flat- Aang is 12 years old bro 12 years!! and he doesn't even have fun throughout the show wtf!! He doesn't even have the space to make bad decisions.
Maybe the reason I hate it is because I'm not a regular movie viewer, but When watching movies or shows, I tend to watch their eyes and facial expressions, you can always tell when one is trying to remember a script and when they're not. Look at the acting of Meryl Streep or even the young actors of Stranger Things, you can definitely tell those actors can truly act and treat the Source material with respect. I think the Casting Director thought more about the appearance than the actual talent for this show tbh.
A -3/10 for me. Can't wait for the Animation show - the true representation of ATLA

I don't agree with your rating...
But I agree it does get boring at times...

I finished One Piece at a single sitting...

I slept off 3 times on an episode of this Netflix ATLA. But yet I still don't think it's bad like you're saying...it's just not as fun

Illusioneffect:
I would have preferred if it was a series but I trust the director since he's also trusted by the creator

The way I see it, the only way a movie would work is if they stopped at the Zabuza arc...

But at that rate, how many movies would it take to complete the entire story?


Unless they wanna rush and combine everything...and then they'll introduce Orochimaru in the first movie


A series would be the best bet...you can cover the entirety of OG Naruto in 2 seasons...

Naruto isn't that long if you pace it better...
Imagine it this way...

Prologue + Team 7 Training + Zabuza arc = 3 episodes

Chunin Exam + War with Sand Village = 5 episodes

Total 8 episodes


Season 2-
Naruto Training with Jiraiya + Akatsuki attack = 2 episodes

3 legendary Sannin arc = 2 episodes

Buildup to Sasuke leaving = 1 episode

Sasuke Retrieval arc = 3 episodes

Total 8 episodes

NeoWanZaeed:
Whose toph again

Weren't you the one who said the adaptation so far is better than the source material?

Are you sure you've seen the Source material at all?

NeoWanZaeed:
Just finished seeing it though. I'm really impressed they merged so many scenes together and wrote better story than the anime

Can't wait for Toph in season 2.
Watching clips of Toph 🔥🔥🔥

But I don't have hope for this Azula lol

NeoWanZaeed:
Please o... Why is Godzilla minus 1 never out for download o

No idea

oyaskii:
She was gifted all along that her "intense feeling" was able to break an Iceberg., she was in possession of an ancient "waterbending scroll" that contained all the secrets of mastering, combative technique in water bending , she gained guidance from probably the best water bending master in the lore and she had the privilege of "shadowing" the actual Avatar!, master of all 4 elements.

Surely this kind of person would master waterbending quite fast...No?. Putting it down to just word of advice is a wee bit ignorant imo and saying the trainings were "easy" is out of context, if they showed all the training from said easy to the gruelling training you want will , most likely distract from the main plot line which is infact Aang and the show would have probably, unnecessarily span beyond 3 seasons.

I knew you'd say this...
But having an ancient scroll doesn't mean you suddenly master water bending in a few days...
For example I'm at episode 5 in the show and her growth in just a few days is insane...

And again, even in the source material...many of the training arcs went the same way...
Easy...

I mean it's a common issue in most anime where kids suddenly learn in a short time what should take many years...
But at least those kids mostly take a very hard route...

Here it always feels weird how easy it is...with just a few words and they improve so fast...
Even for Aang being the Avatar, yes he would always be able to bend all elements but shouldn't be so easy imo to learn it...


Btw, at episode 5 and yet to see why you guys are calling this adaptation terrible...it's not...
I can certainly see it's lows, but I think it deserves a season 2...
The season 1 of the source material wasn't even great so the adaptation deserves at least a second season where it adapts the great parts of the main show

Kaycee7:
So! Will it get the One Piece live-action treatment or the ATLA live-action treatment? I'll be watching from the sidelines either way.

It will probably be worse...it's a movie