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Topic	Goblin Slayer anime is done. My personal thoughts? spoilers
Jeff AKA Snoopy 12/30/18 12:22:23 PM #1:	I have completed Goblin Slayer's first season. I haven't been as conflicted about an anime as I have been about this in quite a long time. I find the character design, audio design, OST, and general "feel" of the anime really high quality. I watched the sub and it is well acted. The battles and tactics really reflect a reflexive D&D thinker, and it is really refreshing to see an anime based in a Fantasy setting that is more about tactics and just "what works" over fancy techniques and abilities. Need to kill a large enemy? Lure it over a tripline, have it fall down, stab it in the back of the head. No need for some amazing STABBY DEATH move. Later on they do show some "advanced techniques", but beyond magic spells, it's all just movement and dodge type abilities, nothing outside the realistic vibe they are going for. Yet, its overabundance of fanservice and the disappointing shock-value use of sexual assault is really disappointing. Especially since the first episode when it aired did not have a warning about it. My wife, who LOVES anime, was negatively affected by some of the imagery to the point she couldn't watch the rest of the series. It is "triggering" to those who have lived through sexual assault, and there was no warning, no indication that such content would be part of the series.Subsequent episodes did have a warning on screen about the graphic content, but as neither my wife or I wanted to spoil ourselves for the series, we didn't read the light novel or the manga. It seems they learned their lesson, as nothing was as... exploitative throughout the rest of the season, but it was still disappointing. They do have fan-service in terms of boob shots with the childhood friend, but I think that's more about showing a genuine innocence in her feeling comfortable to look that way around him, as opposed to JUST being about "anime fans like boobs, do it!". But, I could be giving it far too much credit. I will personally watch whatever they do next as I feel everyone deserves to learn from their mistakes. The quality is up there, and if you want a more gritty fantasy setting with an intriguing, oddly complex main protagonist, I'd definitely give it a shot. Just be warned, the first episode is VERY graphic. Like, Berserk 1990's level of graphic. --- https://i.imgtc.com/oKFWxht.jpg https://imgur.com/GWG5c3r <cite>Jeff AKA Snoopy posted [p:914923523] in Goblin Sla... [t:77346300]...</cite> <quote>I have completed Goblin Slayer's first season. I haven't been as conflicted about an anime as I have been about this in quite a long time. I find the character design, audio design, OST, and general "feel" of the anime really high quality. I watched the sub and it is well acted. The battles and tactics really reflect a reflexive D&D thinker, and it is really refreshing to see an anime based in a Fantasy setting that is more about tactics and just "what works" over fancy techniques and abilities. Need to kill a large enemy? Lure it over a tripline, have it fall down, stab it in the back of the head. No need for some amazing STABBY DEATH move. Later on they do show some "advanced techniques", but beyond magic spells, it's all just movement and dodge type abilities, nothing outside the realistic vibe they are going for. Yet, its overabundance of fanservice and the disappointing shock-value use of sexual assault is really disappointing. Especially since the first episode when it aired did not have a warning about it. My wife, who LOVES anime, was negatively affected by some of the imagery to the point she couldn't watch the rest of the series. It is "triggering" to those who have lived through sexual assault, and there was no warning, no indication that such content would be part of the series.Subsequent episodes did have a warning on screen about the graphic content, but as neither my wife or I wanted to spoil ourselves for the series, we didn't read the light novel or the manga. It seems they learned their lesson, as nothing was as... exploitative throughout the rest of the season, but it was still disappointing. They do have fan-service in terms of boob shots with the childhood friend, but I think that's more about showing a genuine innocence in her feeling comfortable to look that way around him, as opposed to JUST being about "anime fans like boobs, do it!". But, I could be giving it far too much credit. I will personally watch whatever they do next as I feel everyone deserves to learn from their mistakes. The quality is up there, and if you want a more gritty fantasy setting with an intriguing, oddly complex main protagonist, I'd definitely give it a shot. Just be warned, the first episode is VERY graphic. Like, Berserk 1990's level of graphic. --- https://i.imgtc.com/oKFWxht.jpg https://imgur.com/GWG5c3r</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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