Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Cydnee
If you've read it and understand the story then you might like this, but I have not and I have no idea what is going on. I think I thought it was good because it has Bleach vibes, but Rai shows up and he is such an uninteresting character that it makes me question if I liked it at all. It feels rushed to fit important parts of the story into 30 minutes which makes it feel like it misses all development with the story and the characters. The animation was fine, the fight scenes were ok, the dialogue was pretty poor but I guess it's more for the brooding powerful character atmosphere that there was little dialogue.
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This is the first thing in the series I've seen, and I can say with certainty, I will not be watching any more of it. It felt like watching a fever dream. The anime tries to be style over substance, only the substance is zero. You know what happens when you divide by zero? It doesn't work, and neither does this anime.
It got bad enough to the point where I stopped reading the subtitles, and with the basic level Japanese I know, I'm pretty sure I got the gist of what little but ridiculous story there was. The action was well animated, the sound design was good, and the character designs were attractive. But man, the plot and character cast weren't anywhere close to being interesting enough to carry through the awful pacing.
Read at the sourcecustardloaf
This ONA is basically a trailer of the real Noblesse series.
Wow just wow. They literally cutted 30 whole chapters from manhwa into 1 episode.
But, hear me for a sec. This isn't like GoH one.
There are some negative & positive aspects from this cutting part.
Negative:
-the plot is so fast paced, they may cut fillers which some of it maybe side-characters development.
-we can't expect this series to have so many episodes (this is a big disappointment for me who is a big fan of it) -Confusion from the beginning. Because they cutted some parts we can expect some confusion who isn't manhwa readers about the powers, backgrounds, etc.
Positive:
-ok this is the important part, PLOT TWISTS. The reason why it's a positive for the story cause we can expect more plot twists from the start, becaus…
Read at the sourceST63LTH
After reading Noblesse, I came to check out whether the adaptation was any good. I can confirm that the (supposed) full adaptation will be exciting if the animation consistency is maintained in the next adaptation.
Story: 9/10
Compared to the Manhwa, the adaptation seems more descriptive and explanatory such as the beginning scene where the fisherman fish Rai's Coffin from the seas (which reminded me of JJBA part 3 beginning, fishing a coffin from the sea after 100 years) The episode skips all the tiny details such as Rai adjusting to the vocabulary and South Korean honorifics in his first interaction in Frankenstein's school and also Shinwoo's first interaction was cut short. There are many large segments missing from the Manhwa that would have made the overall background of the story m…
Read at the sourceInosenso
Predictable, boring.
More for he kind of people who like pretty boys + vampires. Jojo's Bizarre adventure accomplishes more in 5 minutes than this show did in 30 with its nuanced storytelling and unrelatable MC. When the most impressively tenacious and brave character in the episode is the bro character you know your powers of characterization is weak. The opening was good. The art featured a lot of these bright atmospheric shades but suffered from frankly boring choreography and stiff movement. It's a nice way to whet your appetite and a good time killer but not what I would describe as a springboard into the manwha.
Read at the sourceFireFairy
I honestly don't understand why this got as high of a score as it did. As a longtime fan of the manwha, I was seriously excited when I saw there was an adaptation. I settled down for what I thought would be a treat.
I was majorly disappointed.
This adaptation tried to mash the first 80 or so episodes (aka chapters) of the manwha/webtoon into 30 minutes. 30. MINUTES. As such, the pacing is so rushed and so much is cut out that it's left a major mess. On top of all that, the acting is so poor that it's difficult to suspend my disbelief and invest in the story. That, plus that hackjob animation, was so distracting that I finally turned it off before I had even finished it.
If you watched this and thought it was interesting, then go read the manwha. The manwha has great characters, decent…
Read at the sourceNeah_Walker85
It was a very wonderful episode I loved the character of Raizel and Frankenstein
And I also liked the character of Mary I would be very satisfied that he had an anime component of at least 13 episodes this is a wonderful thing no one pays attention to I do not know what these people would be happy if anime (TV) was composed of at least 13 episodes It does not matter that maybe I read the Manhwa read because Ova very impressed me and I loved this Anime The events were more than wonderful, but unfortunately it has only 2 episodes
Read at the sourcekurosmile
To those who are disappointed with Vampire Knight, Noblesse is the right one for you. I have no expectation at all on Noblesse at first. I dive into this anime blindly, expecting to be somewhat like Vampire Knight. I also had prepared myself to be disappointed but boy, I was wrong.
Plot line: 7
It's not exactly original. After reading tones of fanfics and mangas, I can say it's typical. But what's good in this story is there's no romance involve at all. Which is a huge bonus point because if not, the girl main character would usually be like Yuki from Vampire Knight and honestly, that'll annoy me to the max. Those who wants to see Ikemen minus plain, annoying romance, yes, watch Noblesse you won't regret it.
Characters: 7
Since it is only 30 minutes anime, I couldn't get really in de…
Read at the sourceKyniiss
First off i want to say that i am a very big fan of Noblesse. Noblesse, in my opinion, is one of, if not, the best graphic novels (in this case, manhwa) of all time; the characters, the story, the jokes, it is as close to perfection as a story could get. This being said however, i did not enjoy this little adaptation. So much has been changed or straight out removed that it pales in comparison to its source material, a husk.
The only reason why I would give this an overall score of 4/10 is because of its astounding art and because its Noblesse. If i had not known of Noblesse going into it I would definitely have given it a lower score.
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Going to make this real short since it's almost time to scream out "Happy New Year" to the people I probably won't like.
If you have any intention of watching this show, do it only if you've read the webtoon (roughly 100-200 chapters of it). Otherwise, and I'm being rather forgiving here, you'll find the episode absolute chore, save for perhaps a few scenes of action.
Storytelling-wise, this is a pretty bad OVA, if I'm being honest. Considering everything they crammed in this thing, they could have actually made an entire regular season. What they did, in a nutshell, is take a bunch of scenes from the webtoons, animate them, and put them in a relative, chronological order. They took several arcs, and tried to mold them into a single, cohesive one. Because of this, both fans of the webt…
Read at the sourcePB2BBYSwag
I honestly don't know how you can enjoy this. As a fan of noblesse they butchered so much character development ( imo the complex characters are one of the main reading points) and added nothing. The story makes no sense as a fan of the manhwa, it especially makes no sense if you've never read it. The animation is clean but the fight scenes aren't even as good as something as old as yu yu hakusho, which is like 10 years old. Nice animations but story is awful, character devolpment is awful (contradictory in ways to the manhwa but even worse if you don't know what's going on. Honestly it seems like they were trying to make an OMV for fans yet they still got so much wrong.
Tldr: cringe worthy if you are a fan of the manhwa, makes zero sense if you havnt read it.
Read at the source711nono
I think that anime adaptions of manhwa and manhua are greatly encouraged due to a lot of them having really great stories to tell. One of these is noblesse which is a brilliant manhwa that uses something as generic as vampires and creates something extraordinary with these vampires. However, Noblesse Awakening while being an enjoyable watch, it does not capture the integrity of the source material.
Of course I can't be too harsh, this ONA is only 30 minutes or so and its hard to pack the first 80 chapters of a manga into 30 minutes. Obviously I knew they were going cut out much detail in an attempt to cram as much info into these 30 minutes as possible.
Well let's start with the positives, one, the animation is pretty gorgeous. It was colorful and fairly fluent and I really loved the c…
Read at the sourceKira4President
Lets begin with the sound and art. Seeing how this was a OVA you know a lot of the studio's budget would be going into this one episode, since the studio wouldn't want a potential anime to fall flat in its Ova. So with this in mind the Art and sound were quite good. The Art was in line with (at least in my opinion) what every anime should be looking like in the year 2016. As for the sound i tend to mark sound based or whether or not it was noticeable, because all the anime i watch have sound but the good animes are able to use the sound to add to the viewing experience. In 'Noblesse' the studio was able to accomplish this as the action scene gained quite some suspense with the sound that was added meaning it was used well.
As for the story it left quite a lot to be desired. Now this can b…
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Being a huge fan of the manga, I went into this ONA with high hopes. While N:A is not a bad film per se, I expected more given the knowledge of how much potential the manga has.
N:A has if I recall correctly attempted to conflate over 50 chapters of plotline and character development into a 20-minute short. Little wonder that the viewer is left with the sense of things being rushed. Moreover, N:A has deviated from the original storyline, with the role of the Noblesse being revealed at the very start and with the two vamp-mutants supposedly identifying Rai as this Noblesse they have long searched for. While this may effectively help shorten the film to the producers' desired length, it also transforms Noblesse into your typical strong-male-protag + dark past anime with not much room for pl…
Read at the sourceADIABATICO
This is my first time writing a review and English is not my mother language.
I've already had contact with Noblesse's manhwa. And from what I had read, I can say that this OVA was too rushed. I understand that they couldn't adapt perfectly lots of chapters in 30 minutes of adaptation, but the direction was very bad. Some scenes didn't make any sense, like when Rai gave the teenagers Frankestein's picture, and also when the kidnappers sent Frankenstein a message! The only part that was okay in the direction was the fight sequence.
There isn't much to talk about the story. From what it was showed in the 30 minutes, I can say that it's a good premise and is very interesting. Noblesse, Frankestein and the Gray-haired vampire looked ineteresting characters. The students, to me, are just anim…
Read at the sourceDudewhatswrong
Well, I have been a very diligent reader of the webtoon/manhwa for a long time now. I remember how this started when I was still in middle school (now i'm in uni. GOd knows how many times I 've read this over and over again), and as such a fan, I must say that the animation could not hold all the aspects of the original. However, that is understandable as this is simply an OVA. The manhwa itself possesses so much more charm than this. So, I beg those of you who perhaps disliked the animated version, please go read the manhwa! Because it may just feel like a rush of episodes(well, it practically is though) without the character development if you don't know the original story.
Anyway, as for the overall manhwa itself, Noblesse has the Overpowering Main Character with the looks. But that do…
Read at the sourceSumsulk
Noblesse was introduced to me by a friend at school and i watched it in school only, this anime is a total masterpiece solid 9/10, the reason why i am giving a 9/10 because they never created other episodes and only one is available
Coming on to the character designs it is of real High quality, im sure anyone will enjoy this is Full HD 1080P, the facial expressions are one of the best i have seen for now, the creators of the anime have really spent a lot of time on the designs. The vampires who are in the anime are also very amazingly designed considering the fact that they suck blood
The Sound system is also great, the voice acting perfectly suits the character, i have no problem in this, my only recommendation would be for the viewers to watch the anime with a great piece of headphone…
Read at the sourceVenusz
Ahh, where do I start? Well first and foremost, this is an OVA, not a movie. Please remember that. If you're looking for a fleshed-out, character growth-type of story/show, this isn't it for you. Now, if you're looking for a quick-fix of anime, this is it for yah.
Let's start with the story. The producers did a really good job fleshing out the main points of the story line, and drawing viewers in. They also did a pretty decent job telling the story in about 33 minutes. Of course, because there was only 33 minutes, the story seemed extremely rushed. I found myself asking a lot of questions at the end of the OVA. But then again, this is an OVA. The story gets an 8 from me though. I hope the good reviews of this OVA will give it the green light to be developed into an Anime. It definitely h…
Read at the sourcearolust
So happy to see this, I absolutely love the web comic, have read it more than once even while waiting for updates, but already disappointed. They skipped scenes, and sadly it was noticeable.
It felt like they rushed this episode and tried to fit way to much of the story in 30 min, this should have been at least two episodes, if not three.
Honestly, theres some others who are calling this an "introduction" to the web comic, and does not fair to well on its own.
This should not be used to supplement the first part of the web comic either, absolutely not, as this is already different enough in pacing and even combat than the web comic (mostly thinking of when Frankenstein fought the girl, his attitude and attacking method are different compared to web comic).
In short, even if you watched…
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Ah yes, the studio to one of the first anime I’ve seen (Production I.G) when I started out anime, Attack On Titan; with numerous titles that I’ve haven’t got the time to watch (However I want to) like Psycho-pass, FLCL, Ghost in the shell, that I’ve only heard nothing but greatness about them. This time, is the same once again, with one of the most anticipated manhwa to grace the screen as an anime series (although this time it is a single ONA), Noblesse: Awakening.
Now how did the story go, for a 30 minute ONA... If I could give an analogy to this, it would be that it’s like an appetizer to a full course meal. Something that keeps you busy while we wait for a little moment (well hopefully soon) until the full course is ready.
How was the actual story?
Well, it started out with a Nobles…
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