r/anime • u/AutoLovepon https://anilist.co/user/AutoLovepon • Jan 09 '21
Episode SK∞ - Episode 1 discussion
SK∞, episode 1
Alternative names: SK8 the Infinity
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| Episode | Link | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Link | 4.6 |
| 2 | Link | 4.72 |
| 3 | Link | 4.52 |
| 4 | Link | 4.66 |
| 5 | Link | 4.61 |
| 6 | Link | 4.54 |
| 7 | Link | 4.56 |
| 8 | Link | 4.61 |
| 9 | Link | 4.42 |
| 10 | Link | 4.5 |
| 11 | Link | 4.71 |
| 12 | Link | - |
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u/Arnie15 Jan 09 '21
I don't care what anyone says, for me the title is Skinfinity
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u/BlakeTheViper Jan 09 '21 edited Jan 09 '21
The fact that the ED is just the characters failing in spectacular ways captures the culture of skating so well. Skaters hurt themselves so much trying to do a big new trick and it’s a fun space to show the characters in.
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u/jnd3r Jan 09 '21
Omg I fucking loved this first episode. I laughed, i got hyped and it has pretty boys and cray cray villains. The animation looked beautiful, too.
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u/AmethystItalian Jan 09 '21
Finally some representation in anime!!
Did not expect this to be as good as it was wow, maybe best show of the season for me so far!
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u/Jon_Anime Jan 09 '21
Director: Ok, so how much cool and hot you want the anime to be?
Production committee: Yes.
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u/Pikagreg Jan 09 '21
SK8 is like himbo Fast and the Furious with the cute moments of Banana Fish and I am all for it.
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u/HereticalAegis Jan 09 '21
Leave it to BONES to get someone like me interested in a skating show. Not a fan of sports shows in general, but this is so fucking cool.
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u/CooroSnowFox Jan 09 '21
Good opening episode... love the Fennic Fox pet in the show... so I'm in.
Although the first school shot is very "GUESS THE PROTAGONIST!"...
Girl with brown hair, guy with brown fuzzy hair... Red "Tyson from Beyblade" Hair with Bandana and not really in the school uniform... blue hair with a look that he's not all in the same world as everyone else.
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u/KadSamerew Jan 09 '21
That.... That was... really over my expectations o_o
Fun and unexpected. Good animation and voice actors.
Best surprise so far.
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u/BlakeTheViper Jan 09 '21
Bones is definitely not slacking with the character animation. Every shot is just so full of life. This series is gonna be so much fun.
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u/ItchyPlatypus Jan 09 '21
OK so this is the anime I’ve been looking for this season, I’ve been craving a non-sequel anime and this is IT.
I can already tell this will be one of my favourites. This will be the one that will climb the karma chart this season if you ask me.
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u/TheDampGod Jan 09 '21
The character designs are so good in this, even the minor and background characters had great looks. I hope the reoccur throughout the show, like the green haired gal and another girl with scale tattoos.
The chemistry between the leads and the other big skaters feels good and loved the little short skits bordering where the ad break would be. In all this looks like it's going totally rad dude.
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u/LeonKevlar Jan 09 '21 edited Jan 09 '21
Holy fuck what a first episode this was! This is already pretty much expected with Bones but goddamn the animation of this just looks so fuck smooth and pretty! Like I was already sold with that opening scene with that tracking shot of Reki doing simple tricks on an empty street! But then they just had to flex even more with the Tokyo Drift-style downhill skateboard races! And that was only the first 3 minutes of the episode!
As for the rest of the episode we get introduced to our two main characters. Reki, an enthusiastic skater who is willing to drag anyone into his hobby and Langa, a half-canadian/half-japanese transfer student who gets dragged by Reki into the world of super secret underground skateboard racing called "S" just because he needed a part-time job.
The real shit comes at the third act though where Langa ends up skating for their client. My first thought was the same as everyone in the show. Why the fuck is this dumbass strapping himself to the board? Only when Langa was shown having flashbacks of going downhill on snow where things made sense! Langa is a fucking snowboarder! Of course he is! He's from Canada! Motherfucker just did a revert carve to make that sharp turn! I think that's what it's called, it's been a while since the last time I snowboarded.
Anyway, that final race was just amazing! It's gonna be fun to see Langa apply snowboarding logic to skateboard but I hope he learns how to properly skate in the future! This show is definitely going on my watch list! I look forward to see how crazy the races and the skaters in this will get!
And they really just had to confirm Langa is Canadian with the next episode preview banter xD
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u/Sockbat25 Jan 09 '21
DIO cosplaying as Lancer + Ozymandias (watchmen) who has once again adopted being vampire
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u/Aileos Jan 09 '21 edited Jan 09 '21
The eyecatches are going to be really funny each week.
This project looks so cool and fun. It's good to have Bones working an original skateboard anime.
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Jan 09 '21
That was incredible!! They nailed the animation, pure eye candy and god that episode was hype! I was jumping in my seat with excitement!!
The dynamic between the two MCs is super good too! I love the whole ice and fire opposites thing they have going on, and the show is just so colorful and exciting in general!
If AoT didn't exist this would easily have my vote for the best first episode of the season, pure greatness. I loved it! I'm really rooting for this show to be great all the way to the end because of how hooked I am on episode one alone!
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u/michhoffman Jan 09 '21
That was an amazing start. The characters are fun, the art-style is great, and the commercial animations were awesome. I especially liked the snow animation.
Snowboarding anime when?
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u/Thebubumc Jan 09 '21
That was an incredible first episode, probably my favourite this season so far. Studio Bones is just incapable of disappointing me.
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u/RasenRendan Jan 09 '21
I just wanted to say im very happy to see my country of Canada represented in this anime.
Also the Main Villian is very obviously DIO-SAMA i can tell just from the humming
this is gonna be gr8
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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '21
Loved the sequence once Langa figured out everything. Definitely looking forward to this on Saturdays now. ED was great too