After finishing watching Kingdom, I feel so empty. This anime is truly a gem among the pebbles out there, and as ridiculous as it sounds, I did learn a few things from this show. Xin's positive outlook on everything has affected me. What he sees is a true eye opener in dealing with situations as a leader. If only this sort of optimism was taught more often, the world would be a better place. This is going down in my list of all-time favorites.
This anime was so good you could see how every one changed espially Xin the anime was slow at first but then picked up pace I am so glad I continued watching it its a gem I wish more people knew about it.
right? Kyoukai was supposed to cradle her sister's severed head, not her entire body. It has much more impact that way. Not to mention, even in the anime, it showed the scene where she finished her off by decapitation, yet when the sister finds the body... it makes no sense that way, not to mention breaks the immersion.
They also cut back grossly on the erotic content, such as sexual exchange between Ryo and the queen, and in essence, removed much of the story's depth. It seems the animation studio is targeting a younger audience than the mangaka, all but tossing out the seinen aspects.
The beginning of Kingdom kind of sucked because of the 3D models but they took it out later on in the first season, but overall the anime is really great !!!
The manga is 10,000% better than the anime IMO, in the vein of Slam Dunk. I never got through the crappy CGI section so I dunno about the second part but they've already skipped a few really important sections and even at least one fairly significant arc entirely. I also don't like how they turned it into a pure shounen kids' show for the anime, personally. The manga is one of the most brutal ones I've read. Just FYI if you like this series also check out "Vinland Saga". Another very cool manga with a similar (though maybe darker/grittier) feel to it and a lot of plot elements in common.
I also hated the 3D animation, it makes the characters look like stick puppets, bouncing up and down, and corrupts the beauty of the original art, which was designed with a 2D templit in mind, and thus does not transfer well to 3D. All weird and blinding effects aside, I suppose its also a matter of preference... in which, I admit, I prefer traditional anime.
I was one of those people. I didn't hate it, but I just thought it would suck. The animation was "different" and the first scene was 2 kids carrying baskets past a battlefield, so I thought it was weird. I actually dropped the anime at that point, but later decided to get a second look... then I saw Wang Qi and loved the show ever since.
+Su Nguyen only when they just move around. when it comes to battles, the poor quality CG strikes and fucks up everything. the CG was half descent in scenes that you can count in 1 hand. for epic manga like this is very disappointing. i'd prefer if this anime had the animation+art quality of One Punch Man, and One Punch Man had this low quality CG animation. i wouldn't give 2 fucks if One Punch Man had low quality CG animation. it's mediocre manga anyway
Graphics are great, music is great, story is great, characters are great, development is great, build up is great. Everything is great in this anime show, in other words this anime got spirit.
@b2king No No No Trust me the manga ia superior in everysingle way! The manga drawing doesn't look amazing in the beginning because its old, but trust me! It gets way better as you go along and the art is Amazing! The manga is so awesome with blood cuts head slices and uncensored things!
all those Anime watchers out there.... season 3 is coming. brace yourselves because it will cover the greatest arc in manga/Anime history , and no , this isn't exaggeration , this is a fact
+MrSuperpoder sorry it was wrong info about season 3 coming. there is an American movie named kingdom too and it's getting a third season and I mistakenly thought that it was the Anime. however , it's not like it will get a third season. It takes time to cover 200 manga chapters to 30 episodes. it will get a third season by the end of this year , I believe. and what I said about the third season covering the greatest arc in the history of manga , that was no exaggeration. I've read the manga , and that arc is by far the best arc in kingdom.
Can you give us short insight for this coming arc? I know Zheng is having a child, will there be any progress to Xin's character? Is the OP female warrior coming back?
foot fast True! the anime first season wasn't so well cuz it was so hard to sync the actions and dynamics of manga but the second season did it !! (not so parfectly but not bad at all )
+foot fast cause unfortunately it gets adaptated by a low budget studio. i know animes even before 2010 that have way better animation. it sucks that epic manga like this get adapted by low budget studio, and mediocre manga like One Punch Man(especially the original manga, not the redrawn one) get adapted by very good studios like Madouse
another bad thing is that a lot of things from the manga are missing from the anime. for example, when Shin is at the borders of Chu(last episodes of anime), they have small fights with some Chu soldiers and 2 young 1.000 man commanders, the battle of Yan vs Zhao is more detailed, and the one that Riboku meets in the meeting in the forest is teh prime minister of Chu. the anime only shows a part of him, but the manga shows him whole, and it says that he's prime minister of Chu, etc etc things missing. as a manga reader before anime came out, adaptation was bad imo. even the 60th something place it has on top anime on myanimelist is surprising. potential is way higher. with a spot on adaptation and nothing left from the manga, and a good quality 2d animation, both seasons have potential to enter in top 10 or 20. 3rd season that has a big war that is 3 times more intense and badass than Bayou where Ouki died, it can easily enter in top 10. i'm sure that those that read the manga agree with me
+Made1nGreece I swear if the Anime was attack on Titan level with similar soundtrack and animation (well the animation was aot level in s2) this Anime would be on #1 on evey website
Ahmed Ibrahim i didn't expect anything better with Pierrot. someone has to burn that shitty building to the ground. they butcher any anime adaptation they do the animation was ok in season 2 when they were talking, but there are cases that it was beyond bad, and it was in fight scenes(for example when Xin and Ouhon were both fighting with Rinko. i wanted to gouge out my eyes). and the censor? fuck you Studio Pierrot. also they left out lots of things from the manga. Studio Pierrot: assassination arc? nah, skip it. fucking losers. i wish Wit Studio had picked this one instead of AoT. i don't want Madhouse cause they'd do 1 season and stop
He is supposed to be a simple person on the rise. From slave to foot soldier 300 man general, it's all about progress. I am a little disappointed that he's not wearing the armor he bought after the first war though.
i think back when they did it the people who do the 3d graphics scored a contract with the owners of the anime.sadly i dont think they will be going soon.
i agree its actually a manga/anime of very high class. deserves way more credit. Fucking naruto ninja shitwar is topseller. dont make me laugh, manga like kingdom deserve that spot
I liked season 1 which had the 3D art I did not like. I love season 2 now even more. + the ending by The Sketchbook(sket dance is one of my favorite anime ever) I just dam love it :D
Knowing the history really ruines the series XD (I still love the Manga though) when Shin promises to the dying Mangoku that nothing like Chanping will ever happen under his watch, it's just the saddest thing, because in real life, Li Xin (Shin) and Ying Zheng (Ei Sei) were both monsters who would go on to commit many other atrocities just like it.
Beni Habibi Damn really that’s crazy to know I’m glad I didn’t know at time it probably would’ve ruined it for me I didn’t read the manga tho How does it end!?
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