I really, really hate fanservices in magas (ahem FT and Kenichi), but somehow it seems bearable in this manga. I like it. Also does anyone know when will the first episode of the anime be out? It's the 7th of October already, and the anime is starting today.
Magi
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Here's the raw to the anime ,watch it before youtube takes it down.
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I really, really hate fanservices in magas (ahem FT and Kenichi), but somehow it seems bearable in this manga. I like it.
In Magi it's intended to be genuinely funny
In FT the comedic value is half-assed and simply an excuse to insert the titillation
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I found the anime first episode excellent.
They shuffled a lot of events around, and Saasa/Laila pair is nowhere to be found, but it worked.
And the BGM was absolutely fantastic.The OP style of music and the animation was very reminiscent of Fullmetal Alchemist.
God, I can't stop repeating the episode!
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I found the anime first episode excellent.
They shuffled a lot of events around, and Saasa/Laila pair is nowhere to be found, but it worked.That's odd, since they'll reappear in the story… But I guess you could easily make up something to replace them.
Just read the chapters, Ren is really something. They were really amazing, lighthearted chapters are always the best.
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Loved all the new chapters, this manga is really becoming something special. Also, it's quite refreshing to see magic be magic and not the bullshit other series use.
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I found the anime first episode excellent.
They shuffled a lot of events around, and Saasa/Laila pair is nowhere to be found, but it worked.
And the BGM was absolutely fantastic.The OP style of music and the animation was very reminiscent of Fullmetal Alchemist.
God, I can't stop repeating the episode!
To watch the raw or not to watch the raw… that is the question indeed...
Anyone know if/who is subbing this series?
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To watch the raw or not to watch the raw… that is the question indeed...
Anyone know if/who is subbing this series?
It's supposedly going to be simulcast on Crunchyroll, so horriblesubs should be releasing it.
Otherwise, Hadena, gg, & GotWoot are subbing it.
Hadena is outright horrible.
gg subs fantastically for shows they like, they troll most of the time, though.
GotWoot is very good.
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Even though I could only understand minor phrases. It's still gives me a thrill to see that episode. The music really is amazeballs. And the animation stellar.
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Quite a task to browse the last page without getting spoilered by accident. But I found the comments I wanted to see so I'm giving this a try.
Btw Aohige, you don't happen to have watched the version subbed by sage (well duh you'd of course watch the raw but maybe I'm lucky)? Looks like they're the only group doing the show and hearing your opinion on it would be helpful deciding if I should go with them.
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Btw Aohige, you don't happen to have watched the version subbed by sage (well duh you'd of course watch the raw but maybe I'm lucky)? Looks like they're the only group doing the show and hearing your opinion on it would be helpful deciding if I should go with them.
Nah sorry, I watched raw.
I rarely ever watch fansubs, subtitles at the bottom bug me. (especially when it's poor lol)Finally got my Magi fix after last week's break, 157 was sexy.
I can't wait till Aladdin takes that gem off his arms. You know he'd be wiping the floor with every asshole in that entire kingdom when he does.Meanwhile, I'll copypasta what I posted from another forum, just for discussion sake.
@aohige:
^well, Aladdin was originally going to be a spunky female warrior.
Here's a sketch of original concept Aladdin and Alibaba!
Aladdin's feminine design is reminiscent of the author's original concepts.
(Including idea of the wrapped-cloth around the breast)@aohige:
While we were talking original concepts… here's more.
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The hot babe on the left is…. original Sindbad. Yeah, that's right.
And even more shocking, you'd never guess who the two handsome studs on the right are......original concepts of the Balbaad King and his brother.
@aohige:
And more from the original concept arts of Aladdin/Alibaba
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Obviously a later stage of design than the last, as it's gotten more arabic styling.
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So many great Magi chapters today and now the first episode of the anime, this day will be great.
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Is it just me or is that Alibaba also has a bit of Mor in him?
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Is it just me or is that Alibaba also has a bit of Mor in him?
Oh most definitely.
I think the original concept Alibaba pretty much transformed into Morgiana and Masrur's backgrounds.
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Haha. Given of what we've seen Aladdin doing when he gets downtime trying to picture a female Aladdin nuzzling men makes me giggle.
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Oh god, I don't even want to think about it.
For all we know it would have just been a female Aladdin fondling older females.
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finally i caught up really a great manga still whiting for character based on khaled ibn al walid he was one of the strongest sward man in Arabs history and a great strategist
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It's good that aladdin became a kid instead of a sexy babe, there's ist just something about that innocent and clueless starting perspective that makes this character work so well in this big world since we the readers don't know a lot about the world either.
As for the anime I quite like the choice to leave Saasa and Laila out they're one of the reason why the beginning of the manga felt so muddled to me.
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That's a bit of a long shot. Not impossible, but…. here's some data to compare.
To make it accurate as possible, the volume count used is when the total copies were officially announced, not current volume count.[charts]
Magi is in the same time slot as FMA and Blue Exorcist.
For both of those manga, the anime exploded its sales multifold.
So the same could happen to Magi, let's hope so.Even then, as you can see, cracking the top three is a very tough accomplishment.
That's kind of amazing, especially for a series before its 20th volumes. Usually alot of manga don't truly pick up momentum till then. I'm honestly hoping the success skyrockets off the charts with the anime giving it some more exposure.
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Can't get used to aladdin's voice in the anime… expected it to be slightly less female...
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Can't get used to aladdin's voice in the anime… expected it to be slightly less female...
I find it refreshing. He has to have a distinct voice and I was mostly expecting him to sound like Gon from HxH.
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I find it refreshing. He has to have a distinct voice and I was mostly expecting him to sound like Gon from HxH.
Perhaps they're even paying homage to his original character design as shown by Aohige.Ah! that's exactly what i was expecting his voice to be like… Gon from Hunter X Hunter... or Chopper even... but this just sounds like a girl and I just can't see that voice in between girl's boobs...
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Anime Aladdin's girlishness is by the author's request. So it's intentional.
That's kind of amazing, especially for a series before its 20th volumes. Usually alot of manga don't truly pick up momentum till then. I'm honestly hoping the success skyrockets off the charts with the anime giving it some more exposure.
Bakuman and Toriko had much more momentum from early on, but we can chalk that up to the magazine's exposure.
WSJ has a lot more readership than WSS afterall.Fullmetal Alchemist is the most amazing example of them all, really.
Gan Gan is a much more minor magazine compared to Jump, Magazine, and Sunday.
That first anime from Bones, airing on golden time, is what gave that franchise such a massive exposure.
You'd never think a manga from Gan Gan would rise toe-to-toe with giants like Naruto.Once it gained the massive base, the magazine it resided in didn't matter anymore.
People would make fun of that magazine calling it "Monthly Hagaren (FMA)" instead of Gan Gan. -
So the "girl" in pink on the volume 14 cover at the beginning of the last several chapters I kept checking out was a guy, traptastic. Great chapters. In hindsight, Yamu is a crappy teacher. This is how you show characters training while keeping it fun.
Waiting for subs before I watch the anime. Wasn't that into the first chapters anyway, I'm mostly waiting for Mor.
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Just watched the episode.
Even though the appearence of Ugo wasn't comedic like in the manga, and how they adapted a lot of things to make it a good start, the episode was still great; the animation is just fantastic, the voices fit, even Elizabeth's voice "fits" her character :ninja: . I guess the lighthearted hilarious start was tuned down a bit for the seriousness that'll come ahead. The end of the episode gave me chills.
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hmmm
it feels they crammed several chapters in an uneven order. The animation is good, I'm not fond of aladdin's voice and I wonder how they'll incorporate the Leila scenes
for the manga, the appearance of margaret gave me some huge lols
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for me the soundtrack made the episode. absolutely amazing.
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These days shows hit the ground running so I'm not surprised they changed the beginning, least I got to see Mor early. Kept a good amount of humor and Aladdin's motorboating in. Fun start but Aladdin's voice is too girly. Took me out the story every time he spoke. Guess I'll get used to it eventually.
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All changes made sense which is something that can't be said about every adaption.
They wanted to get the viewers including probably quite a bit of people that don't know the manga to immediately get to know as much of the main cast as possible and they did it in quite the sensible manner.
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Chapter 139 is out. Hehe a d20!
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I watched the first episode. Love the music, really good animation. I like it so far, always nice to have another adventure series besides One Piece to follow. Just gonna see where this goes.
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Just saw the first ep… soooooooooooo good. They changed some events around, but still pretty good.
Ch 139 was also pretty good.
! Alibaba is gonna become a gladiator~ feels like an rpg lol.
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I must say I really really enjoyed the magic school chapters. Now I'm interested to see Alibaba's training. I'll watch the anime when I have more time.
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Oh Alibaba, you stupid dick, but I can't avoid liking you.
And yeah, the magic school was actually pretty awesome.
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Oooo.. I see, now both Alibaba and Aladdin are getting training using their basic skills.
Aladdin doing that powerful of a spell without his special ability.
Alibaba can't use Amon….....and I guessed correctly, though it kinda borrows from Naruto a little bit.. he did absorb Kassim... oh man...
....Full Djinn equip is going to be very... VERY interesting for Alibaba. Why do I get the feeling his full Djinn equip will equip him and materialize Kassim as well? I dunno... double team when he does that will seem kinda cool. -
Oooo.. I see, now both Alibaba and Aladdin are getting training using their basic skills.
Aladdin doing that powerful of a spell without his special ability.
Alibaba can't use Amon….....and I guessed correctly, though it kinda borrows from Naruto a little bit.. he did absorb Kassim... oh man...
....Full Djinn equip is going to be very... VERY interesting for Alibaba. Why do I get the feeling his full Djinn equip will equip him and materialize Kassim as well? I dunno... double team when he does that will seem kinda cool.I'm having similar thoughts. I'm so excited to see his equip.
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@ anime episode
Thing I was most worried about with the transition from manga -> anime was how they would do the "reaction faces" (like Alibaba seeing the Usopp-like woman), but they kept 'em in tact!
They pretty much kept the slightly minimalistic style of the manga, also. Another plus. And, know I'm going against the majority here, but I really do enjoy Aladdin's voice. It is weird seeing Mor being red-headed, as in the manga, even though I know she's red-headed from the volume covers, I just usually imagine her w/ black hair.
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Episode 2-3 will cover the Amon Dungeon, and 4-5 covers the Kouga Clan arc.
Five episodes to cover three volumes of manga.Man, they're gonna really zip through these early arcs fast.
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Episode 2-3 will cover the Amon Dungeon, and 4-5 covers the Kouga Clan arc.
Five episodes to cover three volumes of manga.Man, they're gonna really zip through these early arcs fast.
Sounds like a horrible plan. That's totally disrespectful for the story.
On the other hand, the manga has a lot of dark themes, so I guess they'll be cutting out stuff for the anime. Some of the stuff in the manga remind me of Berserk.
BTW, finally caught up at chapter 140. I'm completely hooked. It's possible for this manga to replace One Piece as my favorite Shonen series.
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Sounds worrying but after having a look through the older chapters I can see it working.
There are a lot of medium sized panels that you can cut because they're just duplicates to fill space.Example:http://www.mangareader.net/magi/7/11 The foot zoom
I haven't even looked at panels that display movement which are automatically merged into short animation sequences
Example: http://www.mangareader.net/magi/7/14 Slime appearing
or panels that will be skipped due being abundant
Example: http://www.mangareader.net/magi/7 this can be one scene/picture
The early chapters aren't that dense on things happening. They might also rearrange certain events like chapter 17 being in episode 6.
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ch. 140 is out and Alibaba is
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The previous and today chapter practicaly proves that Alibaba is the author "punching bag"
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Well, with this I guess the djinn equip will really have something do to with Cassim. And Alibaba's still a bastard, making a girl naked, how dare he?
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Wow…. this scanlation group is really fast with their updates. On topic, Alibaba's going to get eaten by an oversized ape. That, or he finds Cassim deep within himself and resonates his magoi and becomes a supa powerful gladiator warriaar with dreadlocks that spontaneously pop out of his head. And is it just me, or do these characters say "eh?" every five speech bubbles? Are they all just canadian?
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Believe it or not, "eh" (by itself) has the same sound and similar usage in Japan.
It's used as "huh?"We're secretly canucks.
….. and "chichi" means boobs, just like in Spanish.
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With Al and Ali learning the basics I wonder if Mor's training will do the same (physical training) or if she'll focus on fighting with her metal vessel.
Wow…. this scanlation group is really fast with their updates. On topic, Alibaba's going to get eaten by an oversized ape. That, or he finds Cassim deep within himself and resonates his magoi and becomes a supa powerful gladiator warriaar with dreadlocks that spontaneously pop out of his head. And is it just me, or do these characters say "eh?" every five speech bubbles? Are they all just canadian?
Hmm. That's basically what they're doing in Inazuma Eleven: Chrono Stone.
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Hmm. That's basically what they're doing in Inazuma Eleven: Chrono Stone.
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http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120905153540/inazuma-eleven/images/0/0d/Jeanne_D´Arc_CS_19_HQ.PNG
That's just… I just can't... this is..... I should watch this anime
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didn't expect that from a football anime lol
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157, Return of the boobs.
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Ok just saw the premiere and i kinda understand that they want to show the main cast as soon as possible so im ok with that.
my only complain to the episode was i click on play everthing was calm i was drinking water and then BAM randon scream if i was drinking on a glass would be bye bye computer.
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Is Aladdin that perverted in the manga?