Gachiakuta Episode 1 "Heaven" / Anime Review

The next Blue Lock pushed by Magazine

Synopsis

It is a slum full of trash and a heaven where the rich live.
The rich throw away trash immediately, and those living in the slums survive by scavenging that trash.
The people living in the slums are descendants of past sinners.
One day, the protagonist Rudo breaks into the rich area and steals trash, trying to bring back anything that can be exchanged for money to the slums.
However, he is quickly discovered by the city police, shot, and injured.
Rudo succeeds in bringing the trash back to the house of the man who is not blood-related to him in the slums, but...

An enthusiastic first episode
This work gives the impression that both the visuals and music were made with great enthusiasm,
and you can tell it is a work that Magazine is pushing quite hard, as they have repeatedly made detailed announcements on social media and displayed huge banners in large plazas in America and Japan.
On social media, the reply section for Gachiakuta is full of foreigners,
and it is precisely because it is a work that I felt had overseas popularity
that they must have made such bold announcements.
Some people might have felt that the story was slow-paced in this first episode, but unlike Dandadan, Gachiakuta

hardly has any stories that conclude in a single episode.
The story itself often does not finish even within one volume.
In this first episode, to make a clean break, there are various scenes that fill in the gaps of the manga and additional scenes that follow the context of the story,

and there were scenes that made me realize there were misunderstandings in the first episode,
making for some wonderful additional scenes that made sense of things.

It is a work serialized in Magazine Pocket, and I was attracted by the incredible art style and wonderful character designs, so I currently own all the volumes.

This time, it ends with the protagonist Rudo being dropped from heaven into the abyss and attacked by monsters called Jaju, which are monsters with souls dwelling in collections of trash.
This work is an interesting battle manga where various "things" become weapons and are used to fight, with trash and objects as the theme.
After the battle with the Jaju, Rudo will meet a group called the Janitors, and the visuals of those Janitors are just wonderful.

The unique, eye-catching character designs and the powerful art within the manga are among the best in the industry.

I definitely want you to pick up the manga and take a look!

The fun of the anime

Additional scenes
In the anime, there are many additional scenes that seem to complement the descriptions in the manga, and especially the scene where Rudo is
harassed by bullies in the slums explains Rudo's situation quite well, making his background easier to understand.
There are also parts where scenes that were skipped or simplified along the way have been deepened to make them easier to watch, and the way he falls into the abyss in the first episode was also depicted carefully.

Manga version

The goodness of the manga is, above all, the excellent character design and
the frame-by-frame movement that is just like an anime, and the powerful screen composition
which shows an overwhelming sense of art.
Since it is serialized on Magapoke, please
install the app and at least take a look at the first episode.
Regarding the art, it is overwhelmingly better than any other serialized work from any publisher.

By the way, the rough and powerful lines of the manga become
thin and easier to see when turned into anime, so there are scenes where the original power of the art
cannot be felt.
I suppose that when adapting to anime, if there is variation in line weight,
the drawing might not be stable.

About the voice actors for Rudo and other characters
I had imagined Rudo's voice to be a bit more raspy, but the voice actor was a bit higher-pitched while still matching the character's atmosphere.
The voice was easy to hear, and there were no scenes where the dialogue was inaudible, making it easy to watch.
I am very curious about Engine's voice in the anime!

Summary

Well, I think it was a good anime adaptation that didn't ruin the atmosphere of the work with its clean art style, successfully embodied the reader's imagination as a whole, and added context to the gaps in the story in an easy-to-understand way.

I didn't know the atmosphere of the OP and ED,
but like Dandadan, they are likely enthusiastic OP and EDs.
However, it is tough that Dandadan is a rival.
If they had shifted the anime broadcast to around autumn,
I think they could have left a stronger impression.

Anyway, it was a first episode that I can have high expectations for! It was fun!

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