#arknights anime

[mui-ka]

[maounosekai]

Yostar had no business making Hoshigoom so cute in episode 11 akjfhkjasd

[skeleton-out-the-closet]

I love how in the S2 anime trailer, everyone is shown being angry or scared and confused

then there's Jessica

she has a gun and by god she's gonna use it

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if there's anything i love abt the arknights anime, it's FrostNova's introduction actual chills

[adlbeay]

The first episode of the Arknights anime had some great stuff overall but I especially appreciated the level of attention that went into the background art. Especially how shots of architecture helps establish a sense of place that couldn’t exactly be conveyed through the VN-style static images in the game. A lot of the visual language of the game is conveyed through urban design and I’m glad to see that’s still a priority for the anime team.

There was a video recently about how Lowlight (the producer of Arknights) was an architecture student before getting into game design, and it’s neat to see a bit of those influences in the art.

If you’ve read the game’s story, there’s often an underlying theme of social issues arising as a result of industry and urbanization, of the struggle between nature and technology. Architecture has always been a big part of this, so I’m looking forward to how the rest of the episodes are going to look.

Aerial shot of Chernobog. You get a feel for how the city is laid out, along with a bit of foreshadowing through the Catastrophe cloud above and the control tower in the distance.

The opening credits has a lot of shots were the architecture just looms over the characters.

Here are some more shots I really liked:

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It's disheartening to see how little talk the Arknights anime has received. Season 2 is a serious improvement and the final episode was a banger.

I wish more people would voice their praises, else we might never get the rest of the story. Which from this point on only gets better.

[superheavyloadermech]

Season 1 of the arknights anime was underwhelming,

but not because it was particularly poorly made; I just don't think the very first story arc of Arknights is that good. It has elements of what will later make Arknights's story good but it's kinda messy and all over the place. It's just "why are you fighting against the infected you should be on our side!" conversations for 8 episodes.

Luckily I'd say I have higher hopes for the upcoming season 2 because they're actually getting to adapt the story once it's started to get better.

It's just unfortunate season 1 is the way it is because I have to imagine that if I wasn't already a fan of Arknights that watching s1 of the anime wouldn't have impressed me.

[hypaalicious]

Arknights anime thoughts

(Very minor spoilers below, but it’s only if you are completely clueless to the Arknights storyline in general)

Pros:

Extremely faithful adaptation of the game story, down to lines directly pulled from the game itself; if you don’t have it in you to read the story then the anime will get you caught up to speed in no time

Beautiful animation style, especially for something entirely made in-house and is HG’s first big animation project

Drama? They know how to do it! Frfr, they will punch you right in the chest with feels moreso than the game managed to do

The Doctor is very NB and while I know that pissed off the fans who really wanted an unambiguously male protag, it fits with how the game wants everyone to be able to self-insert regardless of gender

Gives a much needed spotlight to Operators who are kinda glossed over in the game, like Franka and Meteorite

Amiya’s inner struggles as she tries to reconcile her power and her idealism are absolutely fleshed out in the series. That poor girl is going THROUGH IT 😭

Cons:

Action scenes need a LOT of work. 🤧They have dramatic set up with minimal return and I feel they don’t showcase the martial prowess of our Operators well enough. Ex: Ch’en is a master swordswoman. At most, we see her jump into the air at enemies while yelling, or cutting through gates with her sword. All the scenes where we coulda had some kickass fights kinda fall flat or awkwardly end to transition to another scene

This could be connected to the previous point, but due to Chinese censorship, HG isn’t allowed to show blood or anything really graphic in the animation. Which, if you know how brutal AK’s storyline gets, seems to be a big handicap. They’re doing alright despite it, but they get REALLY vague on some things. Ex: when Mephisto was burning his victims in that Chernobog building but the anime couldn’t show the bodies or mention what exactly it was he was doing… so it just looked like he was an arsonist to an abandoned high rise and then suddenly Meteorite was gagging at the smell

The intro song to season two is TERRIBLE. Like… I can’t remember the last time I skipped an anime intro because I couldn’t stand the song LOL! The ending song is much better, tho.

Overall:

Awesome anime if you’re already a fan of AK, but I can’t really recommend it to anyone who doesn’t already play the game. 🥲 AK’s lore and story is so fantastic but it can be a slog to read through at times, and ofc not everyone’s gonna be into tower defense/strategy games either. Kinda hoped the anime would put AK on the map to those who would never play it, but idk… I think people would be bored after awhile because it’s not flashy like JJK or Demon Slayer.

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Tournament : Main Bracket !

Round 2 Poll QQ

(Maple leaves and hibiscus)

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Margaret Nearl dark souls rolling her way to safety

[a-what-kind-of-entity]

So, the episode 3 of the arknights anime gave us pretty much on how actually big Rhodes Island is

[mui-ka]

[obscureanimeoftheday]

Obscure Anime of The Day:

Arknights: Prelude to Dawn

Aired: 2022

Genres: action, fantasy, magic, violence

[itsmearia]

I can't wait to watch furious Jessica in the new season of the Arknights anime

[lumireta]

do you have games on your phone

what

[yvernmirizu]

i’ve watched people praise arknights a lot on bilibili and then i saw that there was an anime about the game airing so i decided watch it. then i got so invested that i started to play the game and now i am hooked.

i’ve beat SN-2 with level 20 characters after 4 days of playing the game

this is going to ruin my schedule completely oh no