No.743714
And here's the sleeper hit of the season, in glorious shit 3D.
As much as the camera panning was crap at times, it was still visually quite impressive, especially the end. Music is good too. And they probably blew most of the budget hiring the VAs.
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No.743717
Is that girl made of glass?
No.743718
>>743717
They're all gems, with their various characteristics inherited.
No.743719
>>743717
>>743718
Also nanomachines, son.
No.743720
>>743718
Are you telling me the nips made fucking Steven Universe?
What is this show's name, and is it going to be the trainwreck I want?
No.743721
>>743718
So this is japanese Steven Universe?
No.743722
>>743718
Ah, so it's an adaptation of that Seven Universe thing?
No.743724
>>743720
Ah fuck, the page got refreshed before I posted, thought it was in the title. Houseki no Kuni, meidos if you see this please add it to the title.
Also sorry to disappoint, but it's good
No.743727
I remember reading the first chapter of the manga, I didn't realize this got an adaptation.
No.743729
>>743718
Lets see if the nips can do it better, definitely looking forward to some autistic cross fan art
No.743732
>>743729
They're all genderless, which in Japanese means cute flatchested girls, but I'm sure tumblr will rejoice regardless.
No.743735
>>743732
Not that I browse /co/ or anything but from what I understand the Jewess creator of SU created the gems as gender less as well which just so happens to mean there all girls, so if your statement is right than we may literally see the Japanese do SU better than the west by taking out all the progressive shit and doing what they do best. What a time to be alive
No.743739
>>743718
Oh I thought you said germs not gems. Anthropomorphised high contrast style germ girls would've been interesting. Anthropomorphised Anthrax hhehhe
No.743740
>>743739
Woops meant italics not underline. Similar enough I guess.
No.743742
>>743732
I was wondering about that. They're all clearly designed to be girls but the doctor refers to the poison bitch with 「かれ」, and I noticed how the subs kept tiptoeing around using pronouns until they finally had to use a singular "they". It seems an odd choice for a Japanese show to make, especially when the designs aren't really androgynous at all.
No.743745
>>743735
I haven't seen SU, but I think this probably is a more serious take on the concept. No idea where it's going though, since I'm a filthy secondary.
>>743742
I figured maybe the original designs were more gender neutral, but that doesn't seem to be the case either. Some of them are slightly manly, but with those hips and legs, the designs aren't really selling the idea.
No.743750
>>743745
Oh man, I don't like that art. They look alright in 3D but that looks like something a mid-tier tumblr artist would come up with.
If this show is actually subversive shit I'm torn because I like what I saw in the first episode but I don't want to encourage this kind of shit. I want to put my preconceptions aside but it's hard to not scrutinize this kind of thing in this day and age.
No.743754
>>743750
The creator's a woman, but then the director did the first Love Live, so I'd guess that even if the original has some questionable shit, it should be rectified in the anime. We'll see, I'm fine with how it was handled in the anime for now.
No.743755
This was posted in /a/ before, when it was a manga, a year ago I believe.
I am not sure how to feel about this really, it wasn't that good and the 3D feels like its going to hit me on the head.
No.743758
>>743714
Friendly warning from a mangafag : Phosphophyllite goes on a shonen power creep and they're apparently all dudes.
No.743760
Nongender yet clearly female designs? There is approximately zero chance of this not turning into some sort of trap faggotry.
No.743761
>>743758
My dick says they're girls, that's good enough for me
No.743762
>>743758
>>743760
Like poetry.
I don't mind traps but this is taking draw a girl and call it a boy to a new level. Not even the faggiest of fujo male idol shows pull this kind of shit.
No.743763
>>743762
I dunno man, Saint Seiya gets pretty close.
No.743764
>>743762
They all have clearly female body types and clothing, yeah, but translators are pretty adamant calling them "he". I don't recall the plot drawing full attention to actual benis-related stuff though (same is also true of girl stuff), I mostly dropped out of this because it deviates way too much from the atmosphere and relations I liked at the beginning. It devolves into phos fighting the moon people pretty much.
No.743766
>>743764
I guess we're to hope the anime's pace is slow enough to not catch up with that. I actually want the encyclopedia writing with Phos and trying to not wreck the place they live in.
No.743768
>>743757
but are their asses cold and glassy as well?
No.743769
>>743764
I wouldn't mind the shounen battle stuff if it maintains the interesting visuals. The 3D isn't the best I've seen but it's far from the worst and they manage to make it look appealing. The moon buddhas aren't very satisfying to kill but they're a step above the usual generic faceless goon they like to throw into battle anime for our MCs to kill by the thousands.
No.743771
>>743766
The breaking point for the story's tone is when some manner of winter event sends all the gems but Phos and one hitherto unmentioned fighter type into hibernation, so watch out for that. Before that it's pretty comfy.
No.743849
>Everyone attributing SJW agenda to some random nippon author
You folks know it can't really be that, right?
No.743851
>>743849
You underestimate them.
No.743852
>>743714
>chapter 57 and 59 are scanned
>no chapter 58
Why.
No.743853
>>743849
I was joking when I asked if this is Japanese Steven Universe, and now I've created a monster.
No.743857
>>743849
The moment you let your guard down is the moment the infestation starts and it grows exponentially once it takes hold. You can't be too cautious.
No.744611
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No.744614
>>743758
>shonen power creep
Not that the series was ever really about fighting
>they're apparently all dudes
Brass tacks at the end of the day there girls and nothing will make me consider otherwise
No.744723
>>743720
>>743721
>>743722
Fucking hell
It's not like Cartoon Network invented gemstones you fuckwads
No.744738
No.744800
>Are they girls or not?
They don't have a concept of gender. This is the whole point, and unlike SU where rock people default to an all female race of lesbians, HnK actually sticks to this concept of immortal, alien rock people. No romance, all the gems use masculine pronouns, they don't have any sexual organs or noticeable breasts, and what mannerisms of humanity they do have are mere echoes of a forgotten past.
Really the problem with voice casting is trying to keep things gender neutral as the gems already look more feminine overall (with exceptions that will appear over the series) with characters like Rutile riding the line. So adding a female VA to most of the gems just pushes people in that direction. Not that the voices don't match the personality though.
No.744812
>>744811
Meant to reply to
>>744800
No.744815
>>744811
Him, Bort , and Antarctite are fairly masculine I'd even argue alexandrite despite his hair being long.
But yeah, there is a spectrum of how the gems look.
No.744819
>>744815
You seem knowledgeable so ill ask you: was the use of female pronouns in the first 20 something chapters a translator choice or was that that accurate to the source as after the TL switches they start using masculine nouns? Asking because I specifically remember one of the girls early on saying "our youngest sister" and I cant tell if the TL didn't give a shit and completely wrote whatever they wanted or if that was intended
No.744820
>>744819
>was the use of female pronouns in the first 20 something chapters a translator choice or was that that accurate to the source as after the TL switches they start using masculine nouns?
Been reading since chapter 1 and I don't recall the manga using any female pronouns. But translations have changed hands a couple of times so it's possible that if it was there, maybe one group decided to go with female. I don't read moon myself so I can't confirm what is most accurate but listening to the anime, and going off this indicator that was in the first chapter I assume that all gems use masculine "boku"/"ore" terms.
No.744823
>>744820
Found it. I use Tadd but I honestly don't know how many people have TLED this thing or which one Ive been using but yea like I was saying what I have been reading uses female up until around chapter 20 and then uses male or terms like them after
No.744824
>>744820
>"boku"/"ore"
>ore
>Gem girls refer to each other as ore
No.744826
>>743757
>>744748
SHINY AND CUT, CRYSTAL BUTT
No.744827
>>744820
>defaulting to masculine pronouns
>"archaic English"
No.744829
>>744723
I wonder, did Steven universe steal the idea from this? It seems to close to be a coincidence.
This came out as a manga in 2012, SU pilot was released in 2013 and wiki says the idea first came in 2011.
They also say Rebecca Sugar is the first woman to independently bring a cartoon idea of her own or some shit.
No matter how you look at it, it seems like she came up with an idea in 2011, but gems weren't in it(wiki doesn't mention gems for the idea in 2011, only the MC). Then she looked to Japan to steal some good ideas from some unknown fringe manga nobody in the west will ever know anyways and found this. When the SU pilot came out in 2013 Houseki no Kuni was going for a year already.
She probably didn't expect it to get an anime 4-5 years after the fact.
What's funny is she is congratulated for how brave and original she is and shit for being a woman and coming up with SU, meanwhile from what I can see Houseki no Kuni's mangaka seems to be a woman as well. Pretty funny, ripping off another womans idea and being congratulated for it in the west, meanwhile in Japan it's no fucking big deal to be a woman mangaka.
Isn't this plagiarism? I haven't watched SU but if you check they have referenced "anime" in the show before, including things like Amigara fault by Junji Ito. References should be fine but if something of this order happened in the west it'd be sued to hell. We live in an age where books about wizards get sued for resembling Harry Potter too much, how the fuck can SU get away with this?
Though while this post is relevant, it might be too off topic from the anime itself. Sorry if this thread is not the right place for this.
No.744839
>>744823
Re-reading the translator note it's stated that individuals may vary so maybe Yellow Diamond is one of the exceptions. I honestly don't care much for the back and forth people have over pronouns so it's possible I just glaze over wording entirely.
>I use Tadd
What is Tadd?
>I honestly don't know how many people have TLED this thing
It's more a linear progression of translators. One group does it, they leave, and someone else picks it up. At one point we had a guy translating from the Russian scanlations.
>>744824
>>744827
Face it, you're waifuing rocks. No matter how hard you try and force it you can't fuck them.
No.744841
>>744839
Why are you quoting me, I just think its funny that gem girls refer to each other using the word "ore"
No.744842
>>744841
It's hard to tell tone or intent through just text.
No.744844
>>744842
I would drop it at this post but I wanted to make sure, you know what "ore" is, right?
No.744845
>>744839
>No matter how hard you try and force it you can't fuck them.
You can fuck anything if you try hard enough.
No.744846
No.744862
>>744844
A masculine form of "i"?
No.744864
>>744862
Fuck me I'm retarded. Ore as in mineral.
No.744867
>>744862
>>744864
I knew something was off.
Good going, anon.
No.744870
>>744829
>What is Tadd
Meant to say Taadd. Pretty decent as far as non-private manga sites go
http://www.taadd.com/
>>744862
>>744864
>Mylittleanoncantbethisnaive.jpg
No.744939
>>743849
>>743857
I'm pretty sure it's just a coincidence.
No.744963
>>744939
What's just a coincidence?
No.745141
>>743760
In the manga they're more ambiguous, fujo-style bishounen types
I assume their more feminine in the anime to tap into that waifu market and increase sales
No.745164
>>745141
Honestly if they cast the typical bishounen male seiyuus for this I'd have dismissed it as yet another of the 50 fujoshit shows we need to have every season and not given it a chance at all, so in a way that might've been a good move.
No.745183
I watched the first episode, sure gave a better introduction to the series than the manga, the CGI does not look too bad. The manga looks absolutely terrible though. Protag gets turned into a snail.
No.745192
Is this the ugly redheaded stepchild of Simoun?
Now I really want to watch Simoun again.
No.745205
>>745192
>Now I really want to watch Simoun again.
>By pure coincidence, the /amu/ stream is VOTOMS and Simoun
They're not even on 1st episode yet anon, hop in. Sage for offtopic, sorry
No.745296
>>744829
Well this isn't the only thing with gem people, but I don't know the odds of Rebecca knowing obscure comics over obscure manga.
No.745833
>>744864
>>744824
Invasion of the metal men who want to put gems inside them when?
No.745851
>>743714
why is the CG animation so bad though?
No.745870
>>744829
>wiki says the idea first came in 2011.
But what's the source for that claim? Ideas are ideas. Claiming that idea is from way back when doesn't amount to much.
No.746065
Those asses, though. Fuck.
No.746338
I tried looking it up, however I have no idea what a bort actually is. Is it some kind of impure diamond?
No.746403
No.746466
>>746040
>Boom!
What did she mean by this?
No.746604
No.746757
>>743739
"The cute adventures of Ebola-chan"?
In a world inhabited by anthropomorphized germ-girls, Ebola-chan and her friends are finally getting their own anime!
No.746820
After watching the first two episodes because of this >>746040 scene, I can say the CGI is actually decent and looks pretty good, but at times it looks choppy as if they capped the framerate. Stylistically it reminds a bit of MMD. I guess that's the difference you get between Japanese made CGI and CGI outsourced to Corea.
No.746824
Started reading the series. The shounen power creep happens at chapter 20.
No.746829
>>746824
But where are we in the anime?
No.746841
Seems to be two manga chapters per episode of the anime, Phosphophyllite being eaten by the snail happens at chapter 4 and her meting Cinnabar happens in chapter 2 of the manga.
No.746845
>>746841
So we'll be getting shonenshit around ep9-10. I guess as long as there is only one arc covered, it should be passable. 12 episodes are announced.
No.747441
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>746845
>>746841
>it will turn into shonenshit
Fuck that, I'll not even pick it up then. I'm sitll mad about the last cute, girlish, kinda gay animu with shiny characters turning into shonenshit. I don't want to encounter the same oddly specific problem twice within the same year.
No.747446
>>747441
This is not in the same vein and you probably should pick it up. Nanbaka was always on the edge and it eventually tipped over, whereas this is far from shonen.
No.747455
>>747441
>Nanbaka
>kinda gay
No.747461
>>747455
Well yeah. Nobody wanted to fuck anybody even though there's a character like Nico around. If you ask me, it wasn't gay enough.
No.748170
>>746845
>Character gains some combat ability
>"shounenshit"
Maybe pay attention to the overlying plot.
No.748176
>>744829
Gem people aren't the only similarities between the two franchises.
The whole reveal about HnK's "antagonists" seem to fit as an explanation on the SU Gems' hatred for sentient organic life. In a way Hoseki no Kuni can be treated as a prequel to Steven Universe.
tl;dr - SU was a HnK fanfic.
No.748240
>>748170
There is a difference between the main character becoming less useless but the story and overall tone staying the same, and the series going from "awkward loser explores a strange world" to "confident badass fighting things all the time"
No.748915
Things that happens before power creep, obviously spoilers:
Bart and Diamond defeat the snail. It shrinks small and stops rampaging, However Photoshop is gone. People start thinking that the snail is her. Cinnamon suggest that Photoshop got absorbed into the snail shell, they manage to reassemble her. For some reason, Photoshop can understand the snail. The snail suggest that she goes underwater for research. Photoshop goes underwater with the snail. The snail made a deal with the moonmen, gets its partner back and fucks off. Photoshop looses her feet to the moonmen. The bones of the shell of the snails partner gets used for replacement legs for photoshop. She gets fast as fuck. However still sucks at combat. A bit of faffing about. It becomes winter... Fuck it, can't be bothered typing out any more. Long story short, Photoshop gets arms of gold and platinum that makes her OP as fuck.
No.749145
>>748915
(I probably should have called Bort Bolt instead of Bart.)
No.749179
>>749139
Is it gay if they're both gems?
No.749228
>>749139
>Eh? Is that really as hard as it gets? Pathetic.
No.749689
>>749179
Just put on your yuri goggles, anon
No.749736
So, is this an example of good CGI or are my standards too low?
No.750024
>>749736
I'd say it's above average. There are some problems here and there, but for the most it's nice.
No.751297
The only thing I don't like is how persistent they are to end on cliffhangers.
>HorribleSubs 1080p is actually high quality and not an upscale
No.751325
I enjoyed the headpats episode.
No.751497
>>751297
>HorribleSubs 1080p is actually high quality and not an upscale
I don't believe it
No.751538
>>751497
Their usual 1080 releases are around 500MB, this one was 1GB
No.751548
This has been the only 3D anime that I haven't almost vomited at upon viewing. Those crystal butts are pretty cute too
No.751754
>>746065
I vaguely remember somewhere reading that the character design is based on masculine upperbodies and feminine lower bodies
No.751763
>>751325
I want more cute gems doing cute things.
>>751538
It makes me wonder how high of a quality the BDs will be in. What kind of touch-ups do 3D shows do for BD releases anyway? They don't have to fix animation errors and the like, but I can't imagine they just release it as it aired on TV.
No.751772
>>751763
There really isn't much to fiddle with. I would actually go and redo some animations and the camera movements on some scenes if I wanted to improve on this, but that again would be altering too much for a BD release. They still do that typical nip thing with
>oh we 3D now, better pan and move the camera around a whole lot
and it'd be better if they used that more sparingly. Though among 3D anime this is above average even in this regard, but there's still some room for improvement.
No.751790
>>751772
>Though among 3D anime this is above average
I don't want to exaggerate, but I'd say not only among 3D ones.
No.751811
>>751754
Masculine as in bishounen maybe.
No.751852
>>751763
For the BD I'd appreciate a higher framerate in certain scenes where it suffers noticeably. That probably won't happen though.
No.751861
Animation on this isn't half bad. I'm enjoying the tricks used to make it look like 2d, like how the mouth changes place and shape depending on angle of view. But
>low FPS for the sake of emulating 2d animation
this needs to stop
Blame! was enough already
No.751866
>>751754
>>751811
Greeks / Roman sculpt fags knew that flat is justice, hence the avoidance of big breasts and the concentration on /fit/ marble statues.
No.754254
Really glad it's being released in not-shit quality, it's a properly beautiful anime that would give even good 2D ones a run for their money.
>lunarians were the gay community all along
No.754266
So knowing that they store memories in their body parts, will Phos start storing new memories in her replacement legs? Because once or if they find her old legs and reattach them, she would lose those new memories she's made and revert to old memories, at least partly. I wonder if she would actually go through all that trouble to get her old legs back, knowing the ability of her new permanent striped kneesocks.
No.754269
>>754266
If the nanomachines integrated the legs, they should be used for memories, but it's probably in the same 30%-ish ratio. I imagine she's gonna stick with these legs for the foreseeable future, since the squids couldn't find her original legs now, it's probably not going to be made into a plot point again.
No.754298
>all those shots just barely hiding the privates when Phos' legs start working
I really want to fuck these rocks. I don't even care what they have between their legs, if they even have anything in the first place.
No.754303
So is that Japanese Steven Universe any good?
No.754323
>>754303
I'd say so. It's kept me guessing so far and it's a pretty interesting setting even if the characters are a bit weak. Visually it's gorgeous though, and probably the best 3DCG anime I've seen so far.
No.754325
>>743720
Other way around. Steven Universe ripped off Houseki no Kuni along with Tenchi Universe and other anime.
No.754382
>>754372
Diamond is purest Houseki. Please do not sexualize.
Also, hate to be that guy, but who is best Houseki and why is Euclase a good runner up?
No.754449
>>754382
>who is best Houseki
Obviously its Cinnabar
No.754500
>>754382
>whatsername
>phos
>cinnabar
No.754503
>>754500
The resemblance to Tsuyu is astonishing in that pic, anon.
No.754506
>>754382
Rutile and Jade are best houseki.
Bort and Cinnabar are worst.
No.756568
Just caught up. I feel a little disappointed about breaking my rule of never watching shitGI, but this one is actually not bad at all. However, I worry of the day where every show will be CGI.
Back to the topic at hand, I'd first like to discuss those butts: These butts are perfect. I can't remember the last time I've seen butts as nice as these, and let me tell you, they make a happy loli out of me. Especially when they're combined with flat chests, cute clothes and legs that stretch for days.
Second, the baka. Not only is she a baka with a fantastic butt, but she is also voiced by one of my favorite VAs (responsible for all the Kumiko noises of Hibike!Euphonium). This is why Phos is best girl.
Thirdly, I'd like to point out that my dick says these are girls and it's totally not gay to want to lewd them.
No.756576
>>756568
I keep telling you bakas there's nothing wrong with 3DCG when it's done right. With fitting designs and artstyle, good directing and a decent budget 3DCG can look great. It's the hacks that misuse it or the people who use it inappropriately alongside 2D animation that are dragging everyone else down.
I hope this show does at least something to teach other studios about how to do 3D anime.
No.756652
>>756568
>these butts are perfect
Said no hetero man ever.
>these are girls
>not gay to want to lewd them
Canonically wrong.
No.756758
>>756652
>look like girls
>sound like girls
>act like girls
>don't have dicks
>don't have any masculine features for that matter
Perhaps it is you who is a faggot for not being able to appreciate such fine female butts.
No.756865
>>756652
>>756758
Calm down gentlemen and consider the following:
> take favourite gem girl
> drill hole where the genitals should be
> put onahole or something similar in there. You might need something for the anus too if unsure
> put removed gem material into butt region and/or breast region
> concept of profit learned
Cheap and easy: Phos and Cinnabar
Expensive and very difficult: Bort and Diamond
Results could vary.
No.756866
>>756576
I noticed that in Houseki there were some small bits where the animation was 2D. I'm talking literally seconds and it pretty much blends very well. I noticed only when rewatching some episodes.
No.756872
>>756865
What about using their mouths?
What about performing "impact tests" on them?
No.756878
>>756872
Unsure about the mouths since they're not made of flesh. Impact tests are a good question.
Looks like we need a mineralogyfag here.
No.756886
Sadly, it's canon that they use male/neutral pronouns. It's even weirder that in the manga "king" is actually referred as "ruler", a more neutral adjective.
Sounds like forced SJW drama of "our show is progressive they are gender neutral, but god forbid we draw any of them masculine in any way they are all feminine but still "neutral" "
No.756887
>>756866
That's because they knew to design it to look good in both 3D and 2D, so those 2D parts don't look horribly out of place, and the way the lighting is rendered also helps a lot. It's not popular but Bubuki Buranki did the same thing, and I think there was another show that also did this.
No.756888
>>756886
I don't think the nips are that corrupted, at least not yet. I think it is just because these are meant to be weird genderless rocks/skeletons. Also I wouldn't judge based on any translations. It's much easier to be gender neutral in Japanese than it is in English, though they seem to go out of their way to use masculine terms.
No.756928
>>756886
There's absolutely fuck-all SJW about it. What it might well be however is jewing, because the male audience can have them be the girls that they fairly blatantly are, what with female body proportions, hairstyles and female voice actors, but the female audience can pretend that they are bishis and fawn over them pretending they are male. The supposed gender neutrality is plot relevant anyway.
No.756960
I guess we're getting to the hibernation sooner than expected.
No.756987
>>756928
The manga came out before Steven Universe, way before SJW-ish exploded.
No.756991
>>756987
Meant to type "-ism"
No.757003
Everytime I think everything will turn out alright everything goes horribly wrong. Was Phos put on the earth to suffer?
No.757036
>>757031
Okay then, you don't have to fap to the gems' big round butts if you don't want to.
No.757066
I wish all the scenes could be as smooth as Pho's arm here.
No.757072
>>757066
It's like they forgot to limit it to 12fps like the rest of the animations.
No.757076
>>757072
If you watch the scenes where Phos is carrying the sword after leaving the meeting, it looks like they forgot it was supposed to be really heavy. Unless that's on purpose and she's getting stronger very quickly.
No.757158
>>757003
Master Scholar sure is a useless baka. Seriously, why didn't she at least run and get help rather than watching her friends get eaten? You know, with her new super fast legs she is so proud of.
No.757174
>>756928
>>756888
>>756886
I think its silly to think its anything to do with western SJW sensibilities. Japan is, for the most part, safe from that corruption. I'm pretty sure using the male pronouns is suppose to create a sense of unease and:
>I think it is just because these are meant to be weird genderless rocks/skeletons
They could use gender neutral terms but it wouldn't have the same affect.
Do they have cute gem penises to go with their gem butts?
No.757218
>>757066
Will the blu ray have all the frames it's clearly supposed to have?
This show would be perfect if it was 60fps. And I guess it would be acceptable if it was only 24.
No.757327
The Lunarians are some of the coolest antagonists I've ever seen. Every time they show up it is the most horrifying shit ever. I love it.
What's the deal with sensei? Any theories? He doesn't seem like a gem, although he has similar abilities.
>>757003
Foosu was put on earth to be bullied.
>>757066
You should have used your skills to webm Dia wagging her butt and getting petted. Or Phosu's laugh shortly after that scene.
No.757332
>>757327
>What's the deal with sensei?
I'm guessing he's a complete human, or whatever humans turned into in this universe before breaking up into the three elements. That would explain why the moonmen were trying to reach him in his dream.
No.757333
>>757327
I forgot to add my personal theory to this post:
>sensei is some kind of brilliant scientist enlightened monk or something that discovered immortality and figured out the meaning of life or some shit
>once someone gains enlightenment they must join the others (lunarians) in "heaven" (this case being the moon) for reasons
>in his great wisdom he decides to say "fuck that" and instead built his own island paradise where he created a harem of android crystal girls that will worship him for all eternity
>that's why some are older (yellow diamond being the first model) and some are much newer
>he covered every archetype in the book to satiate any desire he might have (twins, tsun, baka, etc)
>the space buddhas are pissed off that they didn't figure out this was the true meaning of life and want to steal sensei's cute girls for themselves
Think about it.
No.757341
>they're all cuttingboards because that's his fetish
>sensei is an ass-man
>they rendered the show in 3D to symbolize how he literally made anime real
No.757342
Obsidian is the cutest houseki.
No.757344
Amethyst looks a little creepy, but I guess this show has something for everyone.
No.757353
>>757344
Pretty sure amethyst was meant to be creepy, especially the scene in the second webm. Then the morning scene reminded me of the zashiki-warashi twins from Hoozuki.
No.757357
Next episode we getting Antarcticite.
>>757342
Come to think of it, are the swords made out of her? They're black and all and she seems to be the one making them.
No.757358
>>757357
I'd guess they have non-living sources of at least some of the stones, obsidian in particular isn't too rare.
No.757386
>>757344
I want to rest my sword on her butt too.
No.757408
>>757066
>>757072
I think the 12FPS sensibility is a big part of what's shitting on 3D in Japan. The whole point of using this sort of modular medium is to focus on movement and animation rather than competent stills, and if you give up on delivering those, what's left?
Anything using 3D should be sickeningly smooth.
No.757416
>>757410
It's called canon, not cannon, and I'm saying this because I like girls, and these things look like something right between a girl and a boy.
Not feminine at all.
No.757462
>>756568
>>756652
top is masculine(read boyish)
bottom is feminine aka lewd away
No.757464
>>756865
>Cinnabar
good luck with your mercury poisoning
No.757466
>>757003
>Was Phos put on the earth to suffer?
Yes.
No.757468
>>757416
If they're between a girl and a boy then they would have to be partly masculine and partly feminine, thus contradicting your last point.
No.757473
>>757357
I think I remember diamonds blade being made of diamond or at least studded with it. forget where
No.757484
>>757468
It is though, since masculinity directly takes away femininity, so the result will be not masculine or feminine at all.
Which was obviously what they were going for with these characters.
No.757501
>>757327
>>757332
>>757333
Sensei's name is also kind of a word play, Kongou means Diamond or Adamantine, but it's also Japanese for Vajra. Which means both Diamond and Thunderbolt and it's a weapon that is irresistible and indestructable like Thunderbolt and Diamond.
It also means indestructable truth or some shit in Buddhism I really don't know. Also this:
>The vajra is a male polysemic symbol that represents many things for the tantrika. The vajra is representative of upaya (skilful means) whereas its companion tool, the bell which is a female symbol, denotes prajna (wisdom). Some deities are shown holding each the vajra and bell in separate hands, symbolizing the union of the forces of compassion and wisdom, respectively.
Maybe this is why Sensei clearly looks male while everyone else is feminine.
No.757573
>>757501
That would make me assume that the Lunarians would have also male and female equivalents, given that the other two 'forms' of humanity have them.
No.757601
So is this actually good? Is there reason to watch this besides for the cute gem butts?
No.757607
>>757601
There are a number of good reasons for watching it.
In addition to the cute butts, the rest of the design is good, from the iridescent "hair" of the gems, to the exotic Lunarians, to the solid backgrounds, there is a lot of good stuff to look at.
The quality designs are allowed to flourish because of the high quality of the animation. 3dcg is often a turn-off, but this is one of the cases of good 3dcg.
There is a little characterization, just enough to distinguish the various gems in personality in addition to form. Nothing to write home about, but not a void either.
The biggest appeal to me is probably the mystery/world building. It seems like there is a lot of stuff which we simply don't yet understand, and the veil behind which the answers lie gets pushed back just about every episode. Admittedly, world building tends to be my preferred part of almost every fictional work.
So, to sum it up in a less gushy way: if you want a show that is pretty to look at, with a solid world, and decent action and characters, then pick it up. If you need compelling characters, maybe don't.
No.757637
>>757573
I think they do, we just haven't seen them yet.
No.757643
>>757601
CUTE BUTTS DOING GEM THINGS
No.757661
>>757464
I know. Unless you cover her completely in some sort of mercury-proof material, you might as well stick your dick in a puddle of mercury.
No.757695
>>757661
Mercury isn't that bad for humans on occasional skin contact, not sure about dick contact though.
No.757751
>>757695
I'd worry more about getting it in your urethra than on your dick.
No.758478
>>757607
Well shit. This anime is really damn nice to watch.
No.758525
>>757327
Since the butt wagging already exists, I'll just post this one.
No.758543
I got some things today. Sorry about the shitty phone picture quality.
No.758547
>>758544
>>758543
/a/ - Stones & Butts
No.758566
>>758525
You're a good man anon!
>>758543
>>758544
Didn't know amiami was already shipping Houseki figures.
No.758583
>>758544
>>758543
Man buyfag threads are getting weird.
No.758834
>>751325
>>B-but, that was going to be MY headpat!
No.758838
>>758583
>tfw want to have a nice chunk of alexandrite
>tfw the cost of a tiny piece costs the same as a very nice rifle and a big piece costs the same as a house
No.758866
>>758838
Do what you must for your mineraru.
No.758869
>>758838
A gram of Phos costs about $2000. Gemfus can be an expensive business.
No.759514
>Sensei the last harem MC-theory confirmed
>remnants of humanity REEEEEE at him from beyond the grave for getting to have his anime harem
No.759518
Also the directing in the second half was fantastic.
No.759581
The more Phos loses of her body, the more memories she loses and at this rate she'll eventually forgot about her promise to Cinnabar. The loss of her arms may have even done it, if they don't find them soon. I really don't want to see her forget the reason she's doing all this. Memory loss is too depressing.
No.759583
Was Kemono Friends prescient? I think it might have woken up all the second-stringer companies who have generally have the talents and capability to deliver A-tier concepts with B-tier production, plus or minus brief strokes of brilliance.
Kadokawa took a huge leap when it gave Tatsuki and Studio Yaoyorozu just enough money to make "something", a product that wasn't even meant to be good since the project was considered dead in the water, but they pulled through to great success.
Now, Studio Orange makes their first ever exclusive production, handling the entire damn project to deliver Houseki no Kuni, a manga that hasn't seen astounding success, even thought it was published in Afternoon. Granted, the publication itself has been waning over the years (good! is far more popular, especially for adaptations), but it was still unlikely to ever be adapted without this decision. It's not wrong to say that Orange would have otherwise probably been contracted in to do 3D backwork on some shitty Isekai, in all likelihood.
If it means we get actually interesting things animated, maybe 3D slowly choking the medium to death wont be so bad after all. The age of starry-eyed innovators generating whole new ways to draw and alias left and right has long ended, as much as it hurts to admit. Webnovels, ONA, and even increasingly advanced 3D? Maybe they're introducing new blood, and maybe that'll turn out to be the best thing anyone could hope for. The dangers of the shambling corporates doesn't go away, ex-geniuses and retired innovators alike, but it does open new avenues. Put frankly, the standard 'Anime' medium is getting lethargic, riddled with precedent and tradition, the very same sorts that it didn't have when it was in it entered its most exciting stages. Those stages of exuberance and innovation are precisely the ones that got a lot of anons here hooked on gooktoons in the first place. They're that massive backlog most people have, or their favorite series ever (that ended over a decade ago), an endless well born from the hearts of up-and-coming animators and directors.
But, focusing on this very thread, what tradition does 3D Anime have? I mean, other than traditionally looking like shit, but 2D Anime looked like shit too before it hit critical mass, so why consider that to be set in stone?
Frankly, Houseki is damned beautiful when it tries to be, and Kemono Friends rises above its godawful animation. The two together prove that beauty isn't impossible, and that it isn't the only important factor at any given point in time. I'd go so far as to say that excessive focus on beauty may be to the detriment of everything else, and symptomatic of the issues current shiny-shiny but passionless Anime have. Looking at ONA, too, they eschew and mitigate a lot of typical animation considerations, delivering concepts that may otherwise have been dismissed as 'not cost efficient' or 'too risky', still typically within the 2D medium.
Maybe, just maybe, all of this together heralds the cutting edge of a whole new phenomenon, rather than just being evidence that typical Anime studios can't keep up with the sheer volume of fantastic source material being generated every month. This could be a whole new frontier, the gentle revolt that everyone's been waiting for. Whether it's been mere years in the making or whole decades of mourning, the hero to destined save Anime may have finally arrived, and if it has, it has beaten all of the odds. Regardless of if Kemono Friends was the conductor that got the train rolling or merely a cute passenger who hopped right aboard, I don't think "3D will save Anime!" is a sentence that anyone expected to read, ever.
In summary, post more gem butts. Don't do it for me, anons, do it for the future of Anime as we know it, and do it to help usher in the idyllic era of renewed passion and creativity we can only hope it will pursue.
No.759590
>>759583
I'm not against 3DCG but if you're going to start rattling off saying Kemono Friends was some kind of pioneer of a new age of anime or even good at anything other than being a meme, quite frankly I don't think I can take you seriously.
No.759598
>>759581
Those twig forearms she had shouldn't make for a big memory loss at the very least, if the story goes that way. They broke pretty far down from the shoulders, too.
>>759583
I don't think this is a low budget work at all, I wouldn't be surprised if this was one of the most expensive anime to make this season. The 3D seems to be more of a stylistic choice when they throw around so many detailed 2D stills, some only to be shown for a second. There aren't any signs of them ever having to cut back.
No.759608
Subs are incredibly fucked in this episode. So I got a bit confused by the dialog between phos and the ice. I get that it asked for her to dip her arms into the water, but what was that reasoning?
No.759614
>>759598
The show would have been much more expensive if they had made it with traditional animation. This is the original promotional video they made for the release of the first volume. I'd actually say that 3D looks better in some ways than the 2D animation, most notably with the reflected light and the Lunarians. I'm not quite sure how expensive 3DCG really is anyway. Is it really only a cost-saver for things like cars and mechas, i.e. where they already use it in 2D anime? I think >>759583 is right that we're on the verge of seeing a lot more 3D, but that's only insofar is it can gain traction. 2D still sells more than CG, so until CG anime can be shown to make consistent profits, traditional anime will still dominate. Most importantly going forward though, is that CGI will only be getting cheaper, while the cost of skilled animators will inevitably rise as less and less people learn how to animate, so that over time the profit margins of CGI anime increase while those of 2D anime decrease. It will take a while, but eventually there will be a point where CGI dominates with traditional animation remaining niche. Whether we're going to have another boom like in the 80's and 90's however, depends more on Japan's economy than anything.
No.759620
>>759590
>He doesn't know.
>>759598
Studio Orange doesn't have that sort of cash. What they do have is years of expertise and a solid source aesthetic to work with. Traditionally, 3D was considered more expensive, but that's quickly flipped on its head as relevant tools and production companies (like Orange itself) have streamlined the process. Stills are easy, it's making everything look as nice as the stills that breaks the bank.
Ignoring the explicit price-point of the work itself, the more important element is that Houseki no Kuni's anime adaption was done 100% in-house, something typically reserved for giants like KyoAni. Cutting out contractors and extra fees is a big part of why big studios only ever seem to get bigger.
>>759614
>Whether we're going to have another boom like in the 80's and 90's however, depends more on Japan's economy than anything.
This is a measured and reasonable assessment of the situation. At the same time, the romance would be a new set of college students approaching the medium with wonder.
There's something to be said for the gaping wound that was left in the Japanese culture as the West's social output devolved, too, but I hold hope that the creative minds hard at work on Syosetsu and NND will eventually prevail, not to mention neat manga like Houseki no Kuni that presents something entirely of their own even through more traditional channels. Manga publishers have a whole host of issues, but since the burden of production is both lighter and often only on one Mangaka, it's still a fairly healthy field.
No.759622
>>759614
>2D still sells more than CG, so until CG anime can be shown to make consistent profits, traditional anime will still dominate
I think it's also telling that when Frame Arms Girl turned out surprisingly popular It was surprising, right? 10k units sold per BD volume is certainly more than I was expecting the amount of 2D jumped a lot. Towards the end of that show there was a lot of traditional animation that in early episodes would have been 3D, and while I might be totally wrong I don't see that being what they planned from the start, so there's definitely a lack of confidence in 3D.
No.759695
>>759608
Earlier Antarcticite mentioned that the winter sea and the ice floes would fuck Phos' shit up and grind her into dust if she falls in.
Later we are told that the ice floes and their microorganisms feed on anxieties, so Phos better keep her heart steady.
Phos later considers chopping her arms off, and the ice floes take that first bit of knowledge to say "stick your arms in so we can fuck them up. You want new arms don't you?"
No.759753
>>759583
Do you have a source confirming that this is a cheap production?
Maybe Polygon Pictures are truly incompetent and have fooled us all this time, and have been releasing shit that doesn't really represent the total potential of a full CGI tv show. Pretty sure it's safe to say that Houseki on Kuni and Infini-T (also from this season and not Polygon) look better than any of Polygon's tv series.
And if anyone doesn't think this is one of the best looking series this season then they're blinded by their own prejudice against CGI.
No.759773
>>759753
>Do you have a source confirming that this is a cheap production?
You have to contextualize "cheap" with the general market. For a variety of reasons, this anime's level of production and consistency on its current budget would not be feasible with traditional 2D animation, and I feel that the general pricepoint may even be somewhere in the middle or lower end of this season's lineup.
For an easy to imagine example, Studio Orange is about 70 people. That's about the same as Bones, a studio worth 3 times as much on the market. Orange probably allocated nearly 50 people to producing this anime, since it's their first fully-controlled production, while Bones can have one or two projects at about the same time, about 35 for each or a similar 50-20 split. However, the only reason Bones can manage this is because on many projects it contracts out:
>Huge chunks of framing.
>Almost all of the background art.
>All of the finishing/QC.
>Significant portions of the tweening, too.
>Keyframes and fancy stills.
Eventually, Bones becomes as much a talent bureau and production checking company as an animation studio, accruing numerous fees and expenses in networking, contracting, and from hiring freelances. All in all, it's still cheaper than running 200 people on a project full-time, but you're being hit for that money either way. Meanwhile, Orange is doing it all in-house and with only their limited staff. That difference may give you a very surface level view of why it would be easier for Orange to do something as ambitious as Houseki on a "whim", while Bones might turn it down or ignore it outright.
Studio Orange is anomalous in a number of ways that haven't even been brought up yet, and I suspect the ludicrous things it's pulling off (seemingly) effortlessly is the product of advancements of technology (check the CGI conference's keynotes over the years, also everything ever done by Allegorithmic), new design concepts, or extremely high-quality personnel within the building. In their case, probably all of the above. It just so happens that those conditions being met spurred the generation of Anime as we know it, and that's part of why I think these recent turns of events could be indicative of future trends.
No.759878
>>759695
It's interesting though that they still only took her arms as "promised", even though she had her entire torso submerged.
No.759886
Chapter 46:
>Photoshop slept for 102 years.
No.759921
>Functionally immortal, inorganic soldiers with human characteristics and fancy dress
>in a post-apocalyptic earth where humans have long since disappeared
>fighting an alien menace with inscrutable motives
>soldiers have fought for so long, they've forgotten what the point of it all is.
>There's more going on than meets the eye, and it has to do with why there aren't any humans anymore
it's not Steven Universe, it's Nier Automata.
No.759927
>>759921
I see you found this pic as well.
No.759961
File: 9631b27e54df3fd⋯.png (Spoiler Image, 506.59 KB, 647x890, 647:890, tmp_7408-Screenshot_2017-1….png)
Minor spoilers from chapter 56:
They really don't have anything in their crotch.
No.759963
>>759961
It's just going to take a bit more work then.
No.760029
I just read up to the last chapter, let me see if I got this right.
The moonmen are the souls of humans. They are immoral and they want to die. Sensei is a robot that has the power to let moonmen die. However, for some yet unknown reason won't kill all the moonmen off. The part I don't understand is why do the moonmen want to destroy the gems and grind them into dust? It would seem way more efficient to try to get the gems to go to the moon and explain their situation to them. That is what got Photoshop to agree with them
No.760602
>>759583
>post more gem butts
It would be my pleasure.
>>759614
I hope I don't live long enough to see 3D surpass 2D anime - although I know I fucking will. Sure, the hair is nicer, but there's just something about that 2D that can't be replicated. Regardless, I'm still very pleased with how they handled this show, 3D and all.
No.760888
>>758869
You seem to know a lot about gem prices. You know anything about Euclase's cost?
Bought this chessex dice set while at LC&G a couple of weeks ago because it reminded me of muh gemfu.
No.760902
>>760888
The main cost of gems comes from their cut (unless they are incredibly rare). Also where it is from and thus what colour it is, affects prices. A nicely cute Euclase would go for around $400-500. But you could get something much less nice for like $20-100. I would recommend having a look on ebay.
No.761938
Can you feel the suffering?
No.761973
>>759608
Antarc says Phos would be better with new arms.
Phos considers chopping her arms of and the ice entices her to do it, or else something will happen to Cinnabar that only the ice knows.
Phos accidentally falls in and loses her arms.
No.762050
It's not like it's any worse than before, but I did prefer the more laid back episodes where nobody got moon'd. Phos's new arms are pretty clever though.
No.762067
I think Phos's next upgrade will be a new head if it goes on like this.
No.762073
No.762081
>>762075
>spoiling yourself on a good anime
No.762084
This episode was so fucking cool, oh boy. I'm ashamed to admit it, but the CGI definitely had something to do with it.
The lunarians continue to be absolutely terrifying when they appear. Fousu continues to be a baka made for suffering and A CUTE! And the butts keep getting more and more amazing each time I see them.
>>762067
Yeah, it's getting kind of ridiculous. I hope she doesn't end up changing too much, as in becoming a completely different person gem.
>>762075
Thank you for your contribution to the thread.
No.762092
I guess next episode Fousu gets her legs back? And has heels made out of gold. And gets a dyke-cut (Why must they do this?). And there will be gem yuri with her and second best girl Dia, who is now wearing cute shorts.
No.762093
>>762087
I really liked how that standard power-up trope was actually legitimate for once. In your average shonen the MC just screams harder and harder until they can eventually do the magick thing and kill defeat the bad guy.
Here Phos actually had a psychological block, was terrified of the lunarians, and the nanomachines were following the subconscious instructions, hiding, staying quiet, until she eventually reached her breaking point and really put her mind to fighting back. Then she could control her body properly and cut the xenos up.
No.762095
>>762081
>>762084
It was a wonderfully niche series, with an acquired charm and a great sense of mystery and worldbuilding. But you had to wait until it was served to you with bright colors and attention grabbing sounds before your low attention span allowed you to try it. And when you did hop on, you still couldn't muster up the cranial awareness to enjoy the story. No, it has to be delivered in brainlet sparkling color and music form.
No.762101
>>762093
It literally was a willpower power up though. There was zero in story rationalization for her climactic sudden control of her arms.
>>762092
The gold/silver flows through cracks in her entire body, she can project them out of every orifice. When she gets shattered or damaged later on, it gives a bleeding effect. She loses her hair for the typical cliche female character progression through hair cutting, and she does it again when she gets her next head. Ties with >>762093 's incorrect assumption that the series doesn't follow tried and true cliches. It does.
No.762108
>>762101
I just explained the in story rationalization for her climactic sudden control of her arms, what are you even on about?
No.762112
>>762095
Get over yourself. I wasn't even aware this existed until anons started talking about it this season. Not everyone has time to read every manga in existence - shocking! And no one even mentioned anything about not liking the story (it is great), so tell me where you got that from, you delusional faggot.
No.762114
>>762108
Except that's exactly what a cliche willpower power up is, suddenly getting brave at the exact moment it's needed. Later chapters have the inclusions take months or years to properly take effect, her roadblock for this event was completely emotional, just like the shonen series you're getting all contrarian about.
No.762117
>>762093
I understand where you're coming from but >>762114 is right because psychological block/reaching breaking point = MC just screaming harder and harder
Her weird gold tentacle arms turning into a devastating asset that turns the tide = doing the magick thing
No.762118
>>762114
Okay, but my point was rather that it made sense for her change of heart to have an actual effect, whereas in the typically executed cliche, shit just works. The gold was an inclusion from the moment it started going tentacles, and she was already controlling it to form the cube to hide in and the hands to cover her mouth, but it was her deeper desire to hide over the superficial desire to fight. When her desire to fight finally trumped her desire to hide, shit worked. And that's the thing, because in the cliche it's not an emotional block, it's that through emotion they overcome some vague magic threshold and they're suddenly another level stronger, unleash their true power or what have you.
No.762121
>>762112
If you actually cared about the story, you'd yearn to squeeze out every last bit of it at any opportunity. Which is what a lot of anime introduced people do, they migrate to the manga as soon as they can, because they want the most out of the story. But you however aren't, the chapters aren't enough for you to contemplate for whatever reason, you need the colors and sounds like a child needs a book read to him. I didn't accuse you of hating the story, brush up on your reading comprehension. I'm putting you down for not having the attention span to get the most out of the story, stiffing discussion as a result.
And don't give me that crap about time constraints, 30 minute episodes spread out over multiple weeks don't take more time than reading up the series in half a day.
No.762124
>>762118
It is what it is. Some series do the climactic willpower power up better than others, but the overall trope is the same. That it felt better than other series means the author succeeded in writing out the scene better.
No.762131
>>762121
What you're describing as the ideal is pretty ADHD too
>I could watch this extremely well done series in anime, where the great audiovisuals further enhance the experience and see it for the first time in the best possible form, then read the manga to get more content
>or I could binge read everything that's available in the manga, with the same story, okay art and no audio, because fuck me I can't wait for the next episode, and then be a dildo on my favorite Christmas sweater knitting forum dropping spoilers on every opportunity that presents itself, because I know the story for the next 30 episodes
But alas, if you prefer the second one, that's on you, just tone it down a bit on the unspoilered spoilers. Also this is a retarded thing to argue about, but we'll have a new thread for the next episode anyway.
No.762134
>>762124
Yeah, I never said that it's not the usual cliche, just that it's a particularly good execution.
No.762136
They keep banning every mention that this series contains vore. I wonder why?
No.762139
>>762121
If I begin watching an anime whose manga I have not read before, I choose to wait until the season is over before diving into the manga. You obviously have a different approach that, for some reason, grants you the right to draw ridiculous conclusions about random anons. Some vile autism you have there.
No.762159
>>762156
You can say what you want, but you're gonna be the one getting b& if you don't start using spoilers. Feel free to make a HnK manga thread once the anime finishes airing and enjoy all the unspoilered discussion though, or you can do it right now in the manga general.
No.762164
>>760902
Most gems look like colored rocks without any cut. In essence, it's the cut that makes gems what we know.
No.762165
>>762158
>>762161
Bullshit, I've read plenty of mango that eventually got an anime adaptation and I've had the decency to not spoil shit to people. When an anime adaptation comes out people here are polite enough to let the threads be mostly about the anime, using spoiler tags for stuff that will happen ahead. And I've also picked up plenty of anime that were based on mango and I had the patience to wait for the anime to end before picking up the mango, to not spoil myself, have more fun participating in the threads, and because the manga is usually better so I get to have fun twice in a more optimal order.
This has nothing to do with crutches or obnoxious demands, this is basic netiquette.
No.762167
>>762158
Reading a manga does not require any sort of special ability, you utter faggot.
No.762168
>>762165
To add to this post, a very recent example of people not being idiot assholes was made in abyss. Anime threads all had manga spoilers in spoiler tags, and everyone who read the mango was recommending people to read it, but they weren't getting furious at people for not doing it halfway through watching the anime.
No.762172
>>762158
>anime is a crutch for idiots who can't comprehend muh superior intellectual shounen battle manga narrative
Let that sink in for a minute you colossal arrogant retard.
No.762173
>>762156
You're not even fucking talking to the same anon.
I find it ironic that you keep mentioning how anime-only fags are to blame for holding back discussion when you are literally responsible for turning this thread to shit for the last 20 pre-bumplock posts.
Here's your last (You) from me, and go fuck yourself.
No.762195
>>762181
>>762184
Obviously elitism is good and expected to a degree to maintain user quality, but this isn't the issue here. This isn't a F/SN sittuation where secondaries have had over 10 years to read the LN but actively chose not to, this is an anime about a not very well known manga, and a lot of people are learning about it through the anime, and like people explained before but you conveniently haven't addressed yet, after you pick up an anime, it's usually more fun to watch it until the end before picking up the manga. Are you so perfectly immaculate that you never watched an anime episode before reading the manga it's based on?
And just like elitism is important, so is behaving properly. Your dismissal of etiquette as something to be expected on reddit but not imageboards paints you as being pretty fucking new to me. Complaining that a slow thread is "dead" and going "muh this" and "muh that" are also a pretty strong indicator of newfaggotry.
No.762254
Whatever happened in this thread?
No.762398
>>762254
Autism. Also, I wonder how progressively fucked up Phos is going to get. Already know her head is next. I wonder if she'll even know who she is after enough replacements?
No.762449
>it's a "Phos gets everyone else killed" episode
No.762480
>>762449
>Let Phos get taken to the moon.
>Within a week or so, the moon is in ruins and the moon people are all dead.
>Mission accomplished I guess
No.762712
>>762480
>moonmen endlessly respawn on the moon
>moonboss is a sensei power level tier teleporter with endless respawn as well
>fucked phos up effortlessly first time they met
>the crew of traitors phos gathered are all lower hardness gems and known jobbers
They're screwed. They're all going to get fucked over like how the moonmen fucked over the Admirabilis.
No.762798
Finally caught up with it, I can't believe how fantastic this series is. I've watched a few CG anime that were alright but this is the first time I actually love how the CG looks. It actually adss to the series' feel and looks fantastic, instead of just being bearable.
I think the Lunarians are pretty fantastic too. They faceless, mysterious, Non-character enemies, like Neuroi, Noise or Ceruleans for example, but their design is actually interesting and they have even seems threatening.
I almost wish there'd be a Musou or character-action game based on this series.
No.762799
>>762092
>I guess next episode Fousu gets her legs back?
I wonder. They made on small mistake before but I doubt they'd but it in the preview.
No.763054
I think we hit the bump limit.
New thread?
No.763084
>>763054
How about next week, when the new episode get's released?
No.763936
>>763084
That's the plan, we don't tend to get that many posts during the week.
No.764040
>>760903
I really hope that was a synthetic or chemical diamond, otherwise this is one of the biggest wastes i have seen yet. It's still a big waste, but not as bad.
>Let's just crush a very rare stone of this very rare size for my meme channel XD.
Worthless.
No.769510
I was super cautions even after watching episode 1, but then maraphoned all the other aired episodes a couple days ago and holy shit, is this show absolutely beautiful.
If Kemono Friends taught me that an anime show can be great despite being CG, for this one it's that it can be great thanks to CG.
I think so far I like Zircon's design the most.