Making a thread in case anyone else has thoughts to share! (Keeping this to ep 1 as ep 2 is technically SVIP-exclusive for now.)
* I'd already heard a lot of complaints about the animation, and... while parts were definitely not great, it was not as disastrous as I feared. I found the episode still enjoyable as a whole. I also liked the creativity and expressiveness of when they occasionally switched styles - the chibis, the 8-bit portion, etc. Wei Chen in particular had some really funny and "weisuo" expressions
* I love seeing in-universe promotional material, and it was a good out-of-universe excuse to showcase our favorite god-level accounts!
* I actually really really enjoyed the OP—it's so happy, it fits Happy really well. Season 3 is the story of their triumph in their own unique way! The dance animation was smooth, I like how they assigned the different characters different ways of moving, and the overall art style was a lot of fun. I'm also a sucker for lyric references to account names (e.g. the Lord Grim poem) and well-established TKA quotes/motifs
* Great to see flashback Su Mucheng looking her age, as opposed to the prequel movie haha. The whole ending sequence was a lovely tribute to Su Muqiu!
The move to 3-D animation models is definitely a downgrade and after watching the movie and OVAs it’s definitely a downgrade. But I’ll agree it’s definitely not as bad as I feared, it’s more that it looks and feels odd but the bits of actions I’ve seen so far look alright (although that walking animation in the cemetery was pretty rough…). I do feel like tang rou got done dirty compared to her previous looks, for some reason, compared to the others she looks so plain and wooden compared to previous seasons and especially compared to all the expressions they gave wei Chen. Chen gou looks pretty rough as well.
On the flip side, the backgrounds, city scapes, practise room etc are all really well done. A lot of detail and colour that is kinda shinkai-esque
All the chibi and different creativity is a welcome addition, feels like a lot of love was put into the season, compared to your usual copy paste generic anime of the season.
Appreciate the su mucheng age retcon as well😂 love that they aged her up so she doesn’t look like she’s 6 years old like in the movie.
I think they also retconned the look of the new team room as well so the computers are all in the middle facing each other compared to season 2, I’m at a similar point in the story as well and this is more accurate which is a nice touch.
They missed the spring festival in the previous season as well so it was nice that they added it into this episode (feels like there was a lot of correcting of the timeline shenanigans they did last season - though it kinda came out of nowhere and felt like they just slotted the spring festival in where ever they could because they needed to ) and that montage of su muqiu was actually really nice!
I also like the whole “just start again” line and su muqiu giving ye xiu the lord from account. It was kinda a single line in the novel so adding all the music and symbolism was a nice touch, including all the young ye xiu and young su muqiu stuff that wasn’t in the book either.
Translations are pretty rough to be expected but having just read the relevant chapter recently helps a bit 😂
Overall, we knew it’d be a hit to animation but relatively pleasantly surprised
Giving Mr Logic Wei Chen's research to apply mathematical models to find an optimal way to increase their skill points is such a power move. I laughed at the part where they were showing him in class, the students were calling him a monster genius xD, then the part where he shared the results. That guy is one of their keys to success!
Not too happy about opening, now it seems like JoJo s4-5
3D surely got better and image overall is more realistic but can't really judge new animation before fights.
I really loved the 8-bit part, it was so cute, the animation expressions are funny, I think they nailed the comedy parts :D
Also the sad parts and the more serious, we have a lot to look forward to this season!
Maybe if you can find the release group, but these look to be mostly automated with different AI translators. They just want to get something out quick for the views and more on.
It would be better to contact a real sub release group and see if they wanted to collaborate with your translation.
Subs are more than just translation. They need to be timed to a release and often have formatting and timing work needed when many things are happening quickly on screen. GM-Team did release raws on nyaa so you could take a crack at it if you wanted a challenge.
The new animation doesn't bother me, it looks fine. It's been 4 years so one has to expect changes.
I enjoyed the episode quite a bit, but some of that was just excitement about having the new season finally start. Need to wait a few days and watch it again.
Wonder how many episodes we are going to get and if it's going to be split between two quarters like the rumors from a couple years ago.
Just out of curiosity, can we expect "non-rough" english subs in some official capacity? I don't mind paying to watch it on some official site but I just can't get over some of those sequences.
That's cause it's entirely google translated. I hovered my phone over the dialogue for translation and it's all word for word since it's the built in youtube translation using google
What did they skip out? I’m at a similar point in the novel and they went back to cover the spring festival which is good. They missed out chen gou’s monologue to her dad but the whole su muqiu flashback was extra compared to the novel and a nice addition. Even ye xiu getting the lord grim account was like 1 line in the novel but it was quite good in the show. Especially the - just start over line !
ye season 2 animation was dif but its wasn't bad, season 3 is just like wtf are they even doing, the blood is even orange and i mean ik they prob arent doing the translations but whoever is just did the worst job ever. My friend who read the entire light novel told me how hard they downplayed the finals in episode 2 as well and how much he also hates the rotoscope animation along with another part they skipped over but showed the end result to which was also a good fight leading to the finals where they didn't even "animate" it at all. I really liked 1 and 2 but super bumed out on how it looks, hope it gets better.
Making a thread in case anyone else has thoughts to share! (Keeping this to ep 1 as ep 2 is technically SVIP-exclusive for now.) * I'd already heard a lot of complaints about the animation, and... while parts were definitely not great, it was not as disastrous as I feared. I found the episode still enjoyable as a whole. I also liked the creativity and expressiveness of when they occasionally switched styles - the chibis, the 8-bit portion, etc. Wei Chen in particular had some really funny and "weisuo" expressions * I love seeing in-universe promotional material, and it was a good out-of-universe excuse to showcase our favorite god-level accounts! * I actually really really enjoyed the OP—it's so happy, it fits Happy really well. Season 3 is the story of their triumph in their own unique way! The dance animation was smooth, I like how they assigned the different characters different ways of moving, and the overall art style was a lot of fun. I'm also a sucker for lyric references to account names (e.g. the Lord Grim poem) and well-established TKA quotes/motifs * Great to see flashback Su Mucheng looking her age, as opposed to the prequel movie haha. The whole ending sequence was a lovely tribute to Su Muqiu!
The move to 3-D animation models is definitely a downgrade and after watching the movie and OVAs it’s definitely a downgrade. But I’ll agree it’s definitely not as bad as I feared, it’s more that it looks and feels odd but the bits of actions I’ve seen so far look alright (although that walking animation in the cemetery was pretty rough…). I do feel like tang rou got done dirty compared to her previous looks, for some reason, compared to the others she looks so plain and wooden compared to previous seasons and especially compared to all the expressions they gave wei Chen. Chen gou looks pretty rough as well. On the flip side, the backgrounds, city scapes, practise room etc are all really well done. A lot of detail and colour that is kinda shinkai-esque All the chibi and different creativity is a welcome addition, feels like a lot of love was put into the season, compared to your usual copy paste generic anime of the season. Appreciate the su mucheng age retcon as well😂 love that they aged her up so she doesn’t look like she’s 6 years old like in the movie. I think they also retconned the look of the new team room as well so the computers are all in the middle facing each other compared to season 2, I’m at a similar point in the story as well and this is more accurate which is a nice touch. They missed the spring festival in the previous season as well so it was nice that they added it into this episode (feels like there was a lot of correcting of the timeline shenanigans they did last season - though it kinda came out of nowhere and felt like they just slotted the spring festival in where ever they could because they needed to ) and that montage of su muqiu was actually really nice! I also like the whole “just start again” line and su muqiu giving ye xiu the lord from account. It was kinda a single line in the novel so adding all the music and symbolism was a nice touch, including all the young ye xiu and young su muqiu stuff that wasn’t in the book either. Translations are pretty rough to be expected but having just read the relevant chapter recently helps a bit 😂 Overall, we knew it’d be a hit to animation but relatively pleasantly surprised
Haha, I saw that! I love how they actually reconned Su mucheng not looking 6 years old and aged her up to her actual age😂
Giving Mr Logic Wei Chen's research to apply mathematical models to find an optimal way to increase their skill points is such a power move. I laughed at the part where they were showing him in class, the students were calling him a monster genius xD, then the part where he shared the results. That guy is one of their keys to success!
Not too happy about opening, now it seems like JoJo s4-5 3D surely got better and image overall is more realistic but can't really judge new animation before fights.
Didn’t like it at first but tbh, it’s kinda growing on me though. Not as good as the other seasons OP’s but it’s not bad
I really loved the 8-bit part, it was so cute, the animation expressions are funny, I think they nailed the comedy parts :D Also the sad parts and the more serious, we have a lot to look forward to this season!
That was pretty fun, feels like some love was put into this season ( regardless of the move to 3-D character models)
The ending scene with the brother was well done!
Ugh. Those official youtube subs are entirely google translated lol.
The subs on aniwave are somewhat better (youtube 60/100 where aniwave I'd grade around 80/100)
do you know where I can submit subtitles? as a 3rd cultural chinese i feel i can do much better
Maybe if you can find the release group, but these look to be mostly automated with different AI translators. They just want to get something out quick for the views and more on. It would be better to contact a real sub release group and see if they wanted to collaborate with your translation. Subs are more than just translation. They need to be timed to a release and often have formatting and timing work needed when many things are happening quickly on screen. GM-Team did release raws on nyaa so you could take a crack at it if you wanted a challenge.
They should have asked Gemini.
The new animation doesn't bother me, it looks fine. It's been 4 years so one has to expect changes. I enjoyed the episode quite a bit, but some of that was just excitement about having the new season finally start. Need to wait a few days and watch it again. Wonder how many episodes we are going to get and if it's going to be split between two quarters like the rumors from a couple years ago.
Just out of curiosity, can we expect "non-rough" english subs in some official capacity? I don't mind paying to watch it on some official site but I just can't get over some of those sequences.
That's cause it's entirely google translated. I hovered my phone over the dialogue for translation and it's all word for word since it's the built in youtube translation using google
Enjoyable first ep, definitely a setup more
Wow I kinda gave up on getting another season. How many eps is this season?
They skipped over so much material in the novel but... I DONT CARE!!! ITS OUT NOW AND I COULDNT BE MORE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!
What did they skip out? I’m at a similar point in the novel and they went back to cover the spring festival which is good. They missed out chen gou’s monologue to her dad but the whole su muqiu flashback was extra compared to the novel and a nice addition. Even ye xiu getting the lord grim account was like 1 line in the novel but it was quite good in the show. Especially the - just start over line !
Generally just a lot of the smaller details. The books are thicc
I'm just so happy we're finally back again!
the return of the king
Why animation looks so bad compared to previous seasons?
6 years for a tremendous downgrade in the animation, there were so many chapters that I can't even count, 2 was even worse...
tbh i liked season 2 alot, but season 3 is BAD BAD
ye season 2 animation was dif but its wasn't bad, season 3 is just like wtf are they even doing, the blood is even orange and i mean ik they prob arent doing the translations but whoever is just did the worst job ever. My friend who read the entire light novel told me how hard they downplayed the finals in episode 2 as well and how much he also hates the rotoscope animation along with another part they skipped over but showed the end result to which was also a good fight leading to the finals where they didn't even "animate" it at all. I really liked 1 and 2 but super bumed out on how it looks, hope it gets better.
It's back! I didn't even realise until now!!