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I went in completely blind and was completely blown away. The quality is just too good for a TV Series.

The 3D Animation is pretty similar to Spiderverse although not as polished. But it looks really good and where the show really shines is the perfect 3D->2D switch. The 2D Animation is very good and constantly changes between different artstyles as well which is just so peak.

And the soundtrack is handled by Hiroyuki Sawano which is as goated as every other Sawano soundtrack.

The story structure is not exactly as good though since it's supposed to have individual stories of 10? heroes instead of focusing on one character. So more like late One Punch Man. But the current arc for Nice has been pretty good so far and I'm excited about the next episode.

This anime has basically replaced Solo Leveling as the mindless yet excellent quality hype anime.

And yeah, this is from China which is great to see. The potential of future Chinese Donghua industry is insane.

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[–] Aquilae@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The animation alone makes it feel weird calling this anime, though ig it is technically a donghua, not anime. It looks so much like Arcane with a hint of Spiderverse

We might be due for a word to encompass eastern animated shows tbh. "Cartoon" is too broad and "anime" is still considered to refer to Japanese animation specifically

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago

We oughtta stop using nation-specific genre tags in general, or at leas texpand them to describe a style.

Like Avatar TLA is anime. Undertale is a JRPG

[–] TrustedFeline@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago

future Chinese Donghua industry is insane

I feel like we're on the verge of Chinese pop culture blowing up internationally. Like Japan in the 90s (or late 80s?) or Korea in the 2010's.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I'm going to check this out, it looked rad.

Also, if you like Donghua I recommend Link Click if you haven't seen it!

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Also, if you like Donghua I recommend Link Click if you haven't seen it!

Just maybe skip S2 lol

[–] Aquilae@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Haven't watched it yet, but why?

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Extremely different style, it's a single overarching story rather than individual episodes. Mostly drops the themes of the first season as well to become a cop mystery/action show.

[–] Aquilae@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is this a trend with donghua? TBHX has previous seasons too which are nothing like this one apparently.

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

Couldn't say, the only one I've watched was Link Click.

[–] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

You had me at gay

Sorry i thought you had described it as “gay gundam”

[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago

This had me at China.

[–] mrfugu@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

sorry back up a sec. gay gundam?

[–] jackmaoist@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago
[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago

Witch From Mercury

[–] bananon@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

Crazy that the first season of this show was about a toilet salesman who got isekaid into a parallel universe as a fat old guy with super powers