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Welcome to the thread for Fall 2017 anime, Children of the Whales! Created by J.C. Staff, this show was picked up by Netflix so you can't stream it anywhere until 2018. It's being fansubbed by the same group that did The Lord's work on Little Witch Academia. It airs on Sundays.  The Main Cast The basic premise of the show is that there is a relatively small civilization of people that live on an island on the back of a large thing called a mud whale that moves through an ocean of sand, and it has been isolated for generations. Seemingly everyone on the island has some degree of magic. Occasionally the town will drift near other chunks of land, which they will explore and loot for basic goods. During one of these scouting missions, the protagonist Chakuro discovers a girl that looks a lot like Hastune Miku named Lykos, his first ever contact with an outsider. Village elders believe this could gently caress over what they have going. Also there's a cat thing. The artwork in this show is quite stunning, particularly the background art (done by Studio Moon Flower). The setting kind of already has shades of Shin Sekai Yori and I'm quite looking forward to the mysteries of the world being revealed. Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCzcjyh3fyU Please spoiler any discussion of the manga, even if its about a divergence in material already adapted (since such material may be adapted later).
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Oct 12, 2017 02:31
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I'll probably check this out. The backgrounds look fantastic, but I think the characters clash with them just a little. Still looks great though.
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Oct 12, 2017 03:39
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The art and setting are neat but I feel like I can predict 90% of the show from the first episode. But maybe I'm totally wrong.
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Oct 12, 2017 12:24
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I like a good mystery adventure in a ruined wasteland; let's see where this one leads.
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Oct 15, 2017 06:42
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I always think people are talking about this Doom map set when they talk about this show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_JuQemvaiY The guy with the tats and long hair is good lookin' and I want the pink hair person's hair, might have to watch
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Oct 15, 2017 07:14
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I liked the first episode of this and it put me in mind of "From the New World" with the carefully managed society and post-apocalyptic (?) setting.
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Oct 16, 2017 11:22
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2nd episode was getting more into the dystopia aspect of the scenario, definitely digging this show so far
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Oct 16, 2017 23:55
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The 3rd episode fell flat for me. It went in a direction I didn't really expect, but I find myself bored with the characters and annoyed at the ideological conflict they seem to be setting up.
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Oct 23, 2017 23:22
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I was more interested in what we learned about Lykos's society than any of the genociding peaceniks bit that was going on, still think the show has merits to keep up with it though
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Oct 23, 2017 23:59
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Poor WhaleKids  Powerful episode
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Oct 25, 2017 11:23
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This episode was a little better just due to the lack of the previous episode's annoying characters. I get the feeling that the story is not going to come together in a satisfying way though.
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Oct 29, 2017 16:13
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Just finished watching episode 4. I am really enjoying the world this show takes place in. I feel that the characters are OK, and with some development, could turn out to be very likable. I do not see the whale island people coming out in good shape in the upcoming episodes, but I have no foreknowledge to base this on. I hope people give this show a shot because I would like to see more shows like this in the future. Give this show a shot if you like good world building and decent characters.
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Nov 2, 2017 12:59
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the last few eps of this show have been a real step up. i think the stuff with Nibi/Ouni was executed beautifully and the weird Nous biology/mindspace bits that followed was great. this week being a more typical anime romp was a welcome break from the constant gloom and death, and i cannot wait to see how this setup pays off in the setting department. splitting time between characters in the Empire and the Mud Whale as it hosts envoys from a third country should give the show a lot of interesting stuff to work with. really bums me out that this only has a few episodes left but i kinda assume the manga wouldn't have quite enough material for two cours, so i guess i'll start on the official release when this ends.
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Dec 14, 2017 04:06
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Wow. I finally got around to finishing this show up and it turned out way better than I expected from the first few episodes. It's a shame that this was mostly ignored because it really pulled itself together in the second half.
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Jan 19, 2018 03:07
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