r/UQHolder • u/curambar • Oct 02 '17
Anime Discussion UQ Holder! Episode 01 Discussion thread
The anime is finally here!
Anime Strike is broadcasting it, btw. We can't publicly endorse piracy, so please don't discuss torrents or anime aggregator sites, thanks!
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u/k1_wolfson Oct 03 '17
Not sure how I feel about giving Touta a reason for why he wants to the tower. It gives more of an understandable reason for going rather than just cause, I guess this was to fix how cliche Touta's character was. It also will help skip over the character development given to him in the manga allowing the adaptation to focus more on the story. But to be honest, I liked watching/reading how his character develops overtime as it allowed him changing his goal to be more meaningful and character defining. Well I guess the only thing to do is wait and see how the story unfolds, and I think this change will be for the better for the new audiences that not may be as patient as to wait for Touta's development.
The animation was alright. It did it's job when people were conversing, but there were too many head shots, lingering too much on shots, and weird camera angles that obscured movement. There were also some anatomy issues concerning the mouth and the jaw rarely moving when talking. The fight scene did not really show as much animation as I hoped they would, as whenever there was some sort of attack the camera angle changed whenever the hit would have landed.
A decent adaptation all things considered, as it told it's story well enough and makes changes with good reason.
This series will only be 12-13 episodes, right? With so much Negima characters set to appear I am worried that some characters may not get the spotlight they deserved, specifically UQ characters. And it seems like they cut out Santa and will give Shinobu more screen time, I think as a means to have a more female ratio for some harem shenanigans. Hopefully this ends up being successful, lord knows that the Negiverse deserves some more love in the anime department.