Jormungand: “Finally Something for the Military Otaku!”
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Apr 12, 2012 08:25 JST
- Tags: Adaptations, Guns, Image Gallery, Jormungand, Military, White Fox
Lovers of guns, action and pale maidens have been celebrating the debut of Jormungand, which in its first episode seems to have accrued a respectable following and a certain amount of acclaim, as well as possibly the highest number of rounds fired this season, though it likely still faces some competition for bodycount.
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What strange characer design...
"Let's not make anyone too attractive or they won't take the show seriously."
Funny, because I've always thought Koko Hekmatyar is a really attractive character, but she's so much fun that sometimes it's hard to take her seriously. Oh, and this is the same way she looks in the Manga.
So I guess people didn't took Madoka, Evangelion and Code Geass and many other titles seriously then...
I love it. I especially like Koko, she's very cute with a hard edge look about her.
Guns? Anime? I'm in :)
upon watching this reminds me a bit of hellsing and canaan for some reason.
Was my reaction as well.
Hellsing, Canaan and Black Lagoon.
Still, both action and humor aspect was well balanced, and the characters are intriguing as well.
Coco is a bit like a cross between Girlcard and Schrodinger. You'd expect someone more like Balalaika or Mr. Chang, but that's just not the case.
Having said that, I also see parallels with Rock from Black Lagoon. Neither he nor Coco are physical fighters, they're chess players. And damned good ones at that.
military/guns otakus have upotte
Dont even compare
Meh.
FNC changed too much from the manga. Do not want.
I love Moe and Military but strangely enough, I'm not into upotte. Maybe the school life setting turns me off.
That feel when they start calling out gun models and your nipples harden.
they don't know anything about light armor piercing bullets though...
the characters feel lifeless. Good more or less so far, but far from catching many military otaku's attention. Battleharden does not mean boring or lifeless...
Who in the gun world talks about guns and equipment like that? Have you *ever* heard anyone say, "Mil Mi-24D, also known as the Hind-D"? Who the hell says "FGM-148 Javelin"? These are *experts*, they shouldn't be using long form names. It's a Hind D. It's a Javelin.
Also, what the hell kind of military uses a Javelin from a moving Humvee against a civilian car?
Gun porn shows: Not for people who actually know guns.
Japanese doesn't how actual experts refer to gun's term, so it was to be expected.
Also, that is why it is called fiction.
i think they put out the full name so other non-military otaku know wtf they are talking about..
It's called "being considerate to your fans".
My company commander said that exact phrase when he gave the company OPORD last week for our FTX. "Mi-24D, also known as the Hind-D"
I can't think of anyone who doesn't like guns.
i prefer swords... but guns are nice too
Swords in a gunfight? Ridiculous!
Guns in a swordfight? Outrageous!
Guns in a gunfight? Blasphemous!
use this
http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs45/f/2009/129/5/c/Ball_Prom_suit___Gunblade_Zero_by_Gunblade_Zero.png
Fights in a gunsword? Preposterous!
Guns in a Lightsaber fight? OBJECTION!
Indiana Jones has a rebuttal for you.
yeah..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DzcOCyHDqc
Users of demolitions devices prefer to blow things up than use guns.
Darth Vader has a counter rebuttal for you.
swords? guns? I beat you all with my gunblade! RAWR!
damn I was about to mention gunblades as well.... btw they realy existed at the renaissance.... not a lot of them tho... Gunaxe as well...
"they realy existed at the renaissance..."
Yeahok bud.
I prefer Curved swords, CURVED swords
I can't think of anyone who doesn't like guns.
Devil May Cry's Vergil would like to say hello.
Anime that is full of guns and shooting? I am not much of a gun fanatic. But still, I love guns and I will watch this.
It's universal. Deep down we all want to shoot things & see other people shoot things.
It looks very interesting, but these days I don't really handle anime well that are obviously gonna have some heart-rending drama and depressing deaths. :/
Seems like "emotionally engaging" these days always has to mean the main character and/or half the cast dies at the end.
You can be (somewhat) relieved then. Without being too spoilerific (still, read on at own risk): as of volume 10 out of 11 of the manga (11 still not scanlated), only one character from the main cast dies, but this character's death isn't exactly heart-rending (though plenty heroic). There is one side character death relatively early on that was quite heart-rending at least to me, but so far that's been it.
The manga did a very good job setting death flags that in the end didn't result in the characters' death, which has the effect of both giving you that impending doom I-don't-wanna-see-this-happening feeling, while also letting you experience the pleasure of relief when the character(s) manage to survive or get saved somehow. It never feels like deus-ex-machina or in some other way contrived, so no worries about that either.
That actually sounds pretty good, I might just try this out then. Thanks a lot!
Then you should stick to watching shows like K-ON.
...riiiiight. Because every anime is either emotionally crushing, or K-on. lol
I was a bit disappointed in this show, probably because my expectations were too high, i was thinking think would be something like early days of Balalaika from Black Lagoon
Too emo.
Too amazing.
meh too violent!
Finally sumthing that doesn't have moe bullshit & actually has a story & real character development unlike on the other sh*t you guys on watch that probably listed on sum retard top 10 list!
=D yeah, might actully watch this one. looks nice
@09:22 Huh? I personally find Koko Hekmatyar very Moe. The Manga is great and hopefully the Anime is as well. I've sound is also doing the soundtrack!
P.S. You clearly don't know what Moe is, and you're also criticizing a lot of great show this season which you obviously haven't even watched.
Oh yeah, Guns + Darker settings doesn't necessarily mean there will be an amazing story or "real" character development.
Sure we know whether or not there will be real character development in an ANIME ADAPTION. Its called manga.
@13:42 You seem to be forgetting that some studios screw up character development from the Manga to Anime adaption. We don't know if this series will FOLLOW the same exact details of the Manga. There are a "few" adaptations that turned out better than the originals, though.