Medalist Episode 1 Discussion

animejas said:
Medalist's first episode is here, one of my favorite sports manga from the last few years. But knowing that ENGI was in charge and their track record, cautiously optimistic was the way I approached this series when I heard this was getting an anime adaptation.

From the first episode here and my impressions, ENGI have done better than I expected with the animation and CGI use and the pacing, but the actual adaptation feels a bit emotionally flat through execution that is pretty by-the-books compared to what this series deserved in my opinion. Everything about this was safe but lacked the punch and passion that the manga had. At least the pacing wasn't terrible and there are positives to what ENGI did here, but the manga was naturally more captivating with its start than the anime. Given how poor my expectations were though with ENGI, a passable, safe adaptation isn't too bad compared to some of the stuff they have cooked up over the last few years. So far, not too sure how to feel about it just yet but it's not bad.

Flashmens said:
First episode was decent the soundtrack was really nice too, im just sad they cut out some parts that makes this manga a bit dark and realist.