Deep in the Ararat Mountains of Turkey, a secret organization known as ARCAM has found what is believed to be Noah's Ark. However, the U.S. Machine Corps., a rogue organization of the Pentagon, wants to take over the Ark as a means of global supremacy. Only a special ARCAM operative known as a Spriggan stands in their way. Japanese Spriggan Yu Ominae teams up with French Spriggan Jean-Jacques Mondo to combat members of the U.S. Machine Corps. led by Col. MacDougall—a genetically-enhanced boy with deadly psionic powers. However, they must act fast and stop MacDougall before he uses the Ark for his own agenda.
(Source: ANN)
Nenhum episódio encontrado.
Comentários
Calabre006
Netflix’s Spriggan was the anime that I was looking forward to the most this year, while also being a show that I had very low expectations for. Story: 7/10 Good Each episode is a self contained story that acts as a vignette to the protagonist's life. There is neither an origin story or a proper finale, but instead each episode is a different case that needs to be tackled. In fact, each episode ends by showing the last frame as a picture, which adds to the effect that each episode is just another chapter in Ominae Yu's Life. Generally speaking, each episode is pretty similar as well.Basically, there is an ancient relic that needs to be captured and only Yu can do it. There are additional supporting characters that do help him, but these characters are usually confined to the episode they appear in. Speaking of…
Character: 6/10 Fine
Simply put, each character fulfills their purpose, while also not having much of a backstory. They exist for the episode they exist in and don’t offer much else. Excluding the side characters at Yu’s school, the only other character that shows up for more than one episode is Yoshino, a young girl who is after the relics for their monetary value. Yu himself is also pretty enjoyable, and he’s the only one who really gets any character development.
Art and Sound: 6.5/10 Good Enough
What I liked most from Spriggan were the different locations. Each episode took place in their own contained setting that gave it a unique feel, my personal favorite being the bunker in episode 4. How the characters blended into the set is a different story. While most characters are in 2D, which is fine, people who are in armor get animated in 3D, which creates a really weird effect where 2D and 3D characters interact with each other and neither feels like they belong. After a while I got used to it, but your mileage may vary.
I don’t really have much to write about for the sound though, which is why I'm lumping it with the art. There aren’t any memorable OSTs and even though I’m writing this just after I finished it, I can’t even remember the OP or ED. At least the sound effects were handled well and never felt distracting.
Enjoyment: 7/10 Good
Personally, I liked Spriggan. It’s not trying to accomplish any grand overarching story, but instead having each episode be a self contained story. I think that each episode was handled well and there isn’t an episode that I can point to and say it’s the worst, though I do have a personal favorite episode.
Overall: 7/10 Good
Overall, I think that Spriggan is watchable, and if you're looking for something fun and bloody to watch that doesn’t need a lot of commitment than you should give it a try.
R_2_R
There have been a few modern adaptations of old manga that were successful even in our modern era like Dororo, Ping Pong and Parasyte. Following this trend, Netflix made Spriggan (though they did Devilman Crybaby too) that was animated by 'David Production' (studio behind JoJos & Fire Force) and after that teaser and trailer I was quite hyped (like many) to see this action-packed old-civilization story but it had... a lot of problems. This anime is pretty much the same as a certain full CGI Anime that aired last year; "Night Head 2041" which is also a spin-off for the manga "Night Head". They both arepretty terrible in many ways with only one selling point. For Night Head 2041, it's the Backgrounds and for Spriggan, its the decent fights (Yes. Not even good, just decent). Though one main difference is that Spriggan is an episodic story while Night Head had an overarching plot (a terrible one).
Each episode of Spriggan is different and follows "Yuu Ominae", a Spriggan equipped with "Armored Muscle Suit", a high-tech body armor/enhancer working under a organization called ARCAM, whose aim is to find out all the old civilization technology before baddies use it for...you know, world destruction/domination.
One of the main problems with Spriggan is that, it's old school in a very terrible way. Badass 16-year old protagonist with a lot of plot armor (no Pun intended)? Check.
A high-level secret society com organization plot? Check.
Bland villains with non-existent/stupid motives? Check.
Characters with very less relevance? Check.
Unsurprising/straight-up stupid reveals? Check.
Maybe Netflix believed in the "Old is Gold" motto a bit too much, because this Anime is pretty terrible. I'm not saying all these "modern adaptations of old manga" are terrible.
Crybaby, even though I don't like it that much is actually one of the most successful Anime on Netflix; Dororo which is like 50 year old still has some of the most emotional & dark moments; Parasyte falls into the same category and you should know about Ping Pong's legendary status even if you haven't watched it, then why is that Spriggan failed while others succeeded? Because Spriggan is;
1. Outdated: With HS romcoms, isekais and hyped battle shounens taking the spotlight, stories like Spriggan lost their charm. Many are willing to watch trashy power fantasies, self-insertable isekais, high-school romcoms or the next hyped battle shounens than treasure-hunt stories which became very outdated. (Cries in Golden Kauny)
2. Horrible story/characters: I haven't read the manga but I'm definitely not willing to read it because this show is that terrible, like just watch episode 1 and see how the 'reveal' works. I can't say how bad it is without using words like bad/terrible/horrible like a 20 times (though I probably did). Not to mention the story is actually incomplete, we still don't know what those red eyes the MC have or his 'dark' past, but I don't even care at this point. The scale is ridiculously huge too; one episode sets in America, the next in Germany, India, Russia and we aren't even talking about the amount of historical/religious references it makes. If it was atleast a bit well-written or atleast had decent characters, it actually would've been an decent ride. But it couldn't. It gets so bad that I couldn't even enjoy the fights anymore.
(Review for this Anime ends here. Skip to the last part for conclusion. But if you wanna see me talk about "old manga with new adaptations" I like...)
Some Anime like I mentioned above were able to entertain modern viewers despite the source material being old because they were pretty relevant. Crybaby took a storm on the community with those rap songs, uncensored angsty gore/nudity and that soundtrack, all of these elements made it look like a true modern anime and not just as "adaptation of an old manga". But the main thing that made them good is because they also had a solid story or good writing. Even though the gore put off in Crybaby, some of the drama in it is pretty amazing and it's ending actually made me like it when I initially hated it. Dororo & Parasyte, even though they took somewhat of a boring route they're still compelling shows due to either their plot or characters (they also had good soundtracks).
Spriggan is a terrible anime that had no reason to get a modern adaptation. If it wasn't for that decent CGI fights (& above average CGI) I probably wouldn't even watch this.
Have your friends by your side and make jokes when anything stupid; you might enjoy this more that way.
CodenameCMB
I finally got done watching this show and personally I thought it was really good. I never read the manga, so I jumped in blind. I was pleasantly surprised with this show, I liked the action as it kept me fairly entertained (kinda wish there was more though, but it holds up pretty well). It switches in-between 3d & 2d animation for the characters. It can be a bit jarring but sometimes the 3d is really good where it is hard to tell what is 2d and what isn't. While something like episode 4...is very noticeable. I liked the slight continuity of the story carrying througheach episode, you can technically jump in randomly from episode to episode but honestly I would personally prefer you watch all of them. Each one wraps up there story within 45 minutes making it a good binge to see if you like it. All I am saying is, if you don't like the first episode you won't like the series.
I think the character designs are great but I just didn't like the sound mixing too much. Some of the songs they play during the action sequences felt...generic. Yet it was still great overall, I enjoyed the dynamic locations & unique set pieces.
But overall I loved it, I really want more from this concept but I understand why some people may enjoy it. All I am just saying is, it isn't as terrible as some other projects I have seen. So I personally give it a 9/10.
But my opinion may change in a few months on a closer inspection but I still encourage people to give an episode a try to see if they like it or not.
DoodlebugFour
Spriggan is a modern adaptation of a late 80's Manga published by Shonen Sunday that had a late 90's movie that liberally adapted one of the story arcs. Despite only having 6 Episodes produced, there's a post credit scene at the End of Episode 6 that suggests more Episodes may be produced in the near future. Story: Each episode is a standalone mission where protagonist Yu Ominae gets sent out to stop some over the top anime villain from trying get their hands on the Ancient Relic of the Episode. Yu usually has someone helping him out, such as a French Bishonen Werewolf or a GreedyTreasure Thief, but most of them only show up in only one episode so far save for the Thief girl Yoshino, who pops up in 3 and 6.
Characters: Yu is the only recurring character with any sort of characterization/development, most of his allies are only given one episode of screentime, but leaving you wanting to know them more than what we are given. Only a few other characters I can recall were Colonel MacDougal from Ep 2 for how entertainy he was, even if he wasn't as creepy as in the 90's film. And Lieutenant Colonel Maria Clemente in Ep 4 since she managed to have some form of a character arc in the only episode she appears in. Many of the supporting cast fail to leave some form of impression for me and a lot of viewers and I found that tsundere schoolgirl Hatsuho to be pretty obnoxious.
Animation: I was weirded out by it at 1st for being this hybrid 2D-3D mix, but the results turn out alright and the action scenes do get better later on.
Music: Lot of Techno music playing in the background during actions. And I did find myself jamming to the OP and ED themes done by Taisei Iwasaki.
Voice Acting: I have only seen the English Dub, but the VAs do a pretty competent job in their roles. Kyle McCarley as Yu in particular is a standout. Though it did had some repeat castings like Kaiji Tang voicing 3 different characters for example.
In Conclusion, the show is most likely worth watching for the action scenes, science technobabble, and might have a favorite voice actor involved. But the series really needs to evolve past it's episodic nature if it can be able to stand out more than what we are given. Especially since I want a Project ARMS remake to be greenlighted since the manga creator also worked on that.
algoPotaku
The anime is produced by netflix, with mixed animation that fuses 2d animation with cgi. The animation is quite good, I was surprised by the animation, the plot of the anime is not the best but it is very interesting, you always want to see how the story ends with the protagonist. But the ovas do not advance much in the plot, the character designs are very good, the character development is very well done because it gives a background to the world where the character lives, I like that a lot, everything is very organic does. The story tells about a group that has tocapture technological objects before they fall into the wrong hands, that's where our protagonists come in, hitting each other with all the bad guys they find.
En español:
El anime es producido por netflix, con una animacion mixta que fusiona la animacion 2d con el cgi. La aniamcion esta bastante buena, me soprendio para bien la aniamcion, la trama del anime no es la mejor pero es muy ineteresante, siempre queres ver como termina la historia con el protagonista. Pero las ovas no llegan a avanzar mucho en la trama, los diseños de personajes es muy buena, los desarrollo de personajes esta muy bien hecho porque le da un transfondo al mundo donde vive el personaje, eso me gusto mucho es muy organico todo lo que hace.
La historia cuenta sobre un grupo que tiene que capturar objetos tecnologicos ante que caiga en las manos equivocadas, ahi entra nuestro protagonistas dandose golpes con todos los malos que encuentre.
Reonwastaken
Since ratings are heavily inflated these days and we only give art 7 or more seeing a show below it means it's utter garbage and not worth checking out. That is not the case here. The rating is criminally low. Here you have an entertaining show with higher than average production value. The events get crazy at times with high-octane action. The characters are very enjoyable, cheesy, and badass. The CGI can be jarring but is used consistently and looks way better than Mappa AoT. Backgrounds are fire and violence is gory but presented in a tasteful way. Storytelling is episodic and overall very oldschool which is welcome in the current isekai and ecchi trash epidemic of anime. With its unique take on world-building, it tries to differentiate itself from other titles. IMO shit goes hard. Maybe the MAL-community would like it more if it would feature a loser protagonist or more weirdo shit like sexualizing kids.
I watched the show with the german dub. It was surprisingly great which isn't always the case regarding Netflix productions. It features talents like Max Felder or the amazing Marios Gavrilis.
BhriannPhilip
Story: 7/10 The story is good because it has a similar dynamic or premise as Golden Kamuy where different evil groups goes after the treasure or relics for power, but the good side tries to prevent them in destroying peace. Art/Animation: 8/10 The 2d animation blends well with 3D CGI and the CGI is not out-of-place or terrible (similar to how Beastars was animated). The fight scenes are very well animated and choreographed, to the point it gave me an adrenaline rush. Sound: 10/10 David Production still hasn’t failed in the background music and sound effects department. The voice actors (sub and dub) did a very good job invoicing their characters.
Characters: 7/10
I enjoy the main character since he has displayed a likeable and relatable personality and I am also grateful that the anime clarified his goals and backstory so that I could completely support him throughout his journey. I also enjoyed the supporting/minor characters because they have added interesting interactions with the main character that makes the story even more enjoyable whether these characters bring conflict or make admirable contributions.
Enjoyment: 9/10
I wasn’t expecting gruesome gore so that’s a plus lol, the fight scenes are satisfying to watch, has an interesting story, outstanding sound production, and very good voice acting.
Overall: I’ll give Spriggan (2022) a rating of 8/10 and I recommend for those fans that are into military or sci-fi stories but wants to see gruesome gore and very well animated or choreographed fight scenes.
gbupp
I am writing this review from the perspective of someone who loved the manga and found the anime did not do it justice. You will already find plenty of reviews about this anime just as an anime or as an overall storyline concept. I was pretty excited to see this manga get an adaptation - I should not have been. A huge part of what makes the Spriggan manga great is the art. So many of the interesting mythical creatures and areas are intricately drawn and wonderful to observe. It gives the world a huge amount of depth and feeling without having to say itusing words. This goes double for major event reveals or monsters which have a style unto them which greatly enhances the story. The story was never going to be anything insanely complex or heartfelt, but it was a vehicle to get you to these interesting places and see wonderful art/interesting mythology and have a fun action fight mixed in.
The CGI elements and their heavy-handed use ensured none of this charm carried over. This leaves the story to fend for itself on the aspects of storyline and character development - characteristically where the Spriggan manga is weak. Another area the story telling in the anime format fails at is humor. The Spriggan manga is often more humorous, taking itself less seriously and having a lot more humor built in whereas the anime tries to make itself "cool" and a bit more serious. That just cannot work when you over the topics the way Spriggan does - which is silly let's be honest.
Without the wonderful art and beautifully detailed world nor the humor, the Spriggan anime is a shell of its manga self. I highly suggest anyone who did not like this anime or is potentially interested in it give the manga a shot instead.
Rian_Rahmat
I've watched this anime without seeing the original version, I don't think it's too bad to watch. Therefore I have several conclusions about this anime. The character designs are inconsistent in my opinion, sometimes from certain angles the characters' faces look strange, I know this is an old school anime, whether on purpose or not. The storyline which in my opinion has no final goal, Each episode is just filled with protecting items from ancient times. Especially for the last episode, it's really unclear, it just ends like that, this makes me disappointed. It's a shame that this anime only has six episodes, this is another shortcoming in story telling.for example, MC's life at schools, only shows a few parts, even though I quite expected more from this school life.
Less like that, I don't really know why this anime ended with a low score, even though I don't think it's that bad.
KSeca
Written on that tablet was: "Protect our heritage from the wicked" Spriggan is a story that revolves around the non understood almost magical tech of ancient civilizations and the constant power struggle between world powers to shift the power balance by hunting these relics. Oddly it has this strange sort of charm that lulls you in with the huge and incredible worldbuilding of ancient civilizations and advanced technologies which mirror some of today's mysteries and conspiracies, to secondary characters you cant help but cheer for or become invested in. A lot of different shows have this problem where the setting is not well thought out and feels quiteclaustrophobic. But the world here feels vast and endless. And this extra dimension of time just adds more curiosity. this allows them to really drill the concept of the world being in danger.
Incredible OST and sound design, featuring the same composer who created the belle soundtrack, so guaranteed banger.
The ending was somewhat reminiscent of a nujabes and shing02 collab.
A lot of good and brutal fights in here, does not shy away from action. The mix between cgi and 2d can be a little jarring at first but i don't think it was done as bad as some other titles.
Despite the CGI, some of the fight scenes are done wonderfully. It makes me wonder what this team could have done with more resources. Most of the time, characters or scenes involved in fighting have cgi but those that dont are just drawin in 2D fashion? Its very confusing what the intent is here...
However, the exception is episode 5 where the suits are hidden behind regular clothes and the choreography combined with fluid 2D animation is allowed to shine. I guarantee that if the entire series was as good as episode 5 executionally it would bump the scoring singlehandedly to a 9.
Despite the almost episodic nature of the show not lending itself well to developing attachment other than to the main character, I believe character interactions and what limited development secondary characters get is done quite well.
Important to note that the episodic antagonists are not always 1 dimensional. You end up becoming attached to some of them, a mark of good writing.
I personally believe that despite the places it falls short, the series ultimately has solid foundations and provides something that is worth the experience. 8/10.
i-like-this
Sprig-diana Jones. I’ve been fascinated by Netflix’s willingness to invest in modern reboots of very old anime/manga adaptations. Not only are they exposing a generation of newer weebs to source material they probably wouldn’t of touched or thought to seek out, but I’m always fascinated to see what fantasy/sci-fi stories were told before everything became about isekai-ed losers, videos game levels, skills and demon lords. Spriggan takes place in the future (for 1996) where a number of the worlds militaries are in an arms race to find powerful, mythical artefacts and ancient technologies in order to create new weapons. Y’know, things like Noah’s Arch, the Crystal Skulland a big, ancient murder robot. Standing between those superpowers is Yuu Ominae, an agent known as a Spriggan for a secret organisation called ARCAM who find and capture/destroy artefacts so they don’t fall into the wrong hands.
Each episode is a self contained story covering an artefact-of-the-week and Yuu’s mission is obtain/destroy it. Although there is an overarching narrative through these six stories it does mean that some episodes of better than others mainly due to the revolving door of support characters. Two of my favourite episodes star Yoshino the middle school ruins raider/grave robber who has enough charisma to steal his spot light. Unfortunately most of the episodes moustache twirling villains are a bit too over-the-top for me. I really couldn’t stand the psychic, backwards baseball cap wielding freak Colonel McDougall nor the first episodes villain who's name I can’t remember off the top of my head. There are some good villains turned anti-heroes though. Iwao and Maira shone in their repetitive episodes and although there wasn’t enough build-up throughout the series to merit his reveal in the final episode, I did enjoy Bowmans arc.
Animation wise… it’s not David Productions best work. Some of the art work looks a bit bland and choppy, plus the heavily cgi moments are… not great, but when it comes to dynamic, fluid action set pieces Spriggan really shines. There are some phenomenal fight scenes in this show and with a bit more polish to it’s slower, grounded scenes this could’ve been a really looker.
It is only 6 episodes so it’s worth a shot if you’re into your action flicks. It’s fun. If Netflix ever comes through with a second season I think I’d watch it. Overall I had a pretty good time with Spriggan.
7/10 Good.
The_Badguy
First time I watched this I was mostly high, and although I enjoyed it, it didn't really make a lasting impression. I just finished rewatching it and I really loved it this time. Spriggan is basically a no nonsense action flick. Lots of fighting, lots of military, with a touch of Indiana Jones vibes. No romance or feely stuff, just great action with and adventure. It was a little weird that the main character is a kid in school who has more sense than the average adult, but I think that adds to the awesomeness of the show. If like me you're a fan of action stuff, you'll loveit. I feel the low rating is unfair.
Yurg
I read all the other reviews and just couldn't help but think. All of the stuff in this show was just cool and fun to be in the background for. This shows premise is that an ancient civilization that had amazing, very advanced technology was wiped out. Maybe by a war. Maybe a plague. But the tech they made they hid away and in doing so they left a message for the people of today when they find it, and the message is "use the things we've made, or lock it away until you can use it properly,". That's a broad part of the lore. Thosewho lock these things away safely within the Japanese government are called. Spriggans.
Our MC is a Spriggan and each episode is a different artifact and a new challenge for the MC.
Throughout all of the show I feel like it really displays him in a perfect way. Not too much backstory maybe like 11 minutes total of backstory that's not even a narration but a showing of events. Btw that 11 minutes is over the span of the 6 episodes.
Some people have a problem with the fights. But to me, I do not care. So what if sometime it's 2D and then 3D. Berserk 2016 was one of the worst 3D animated animes, objectively. But this is so well animated for both and the fight scenes are just fun to watch and enjoy. Each story is interesting to devour and get my grubby little hands on. Seriously, I played Persona with this on in the background and I put my game down to watch this.
There was one annoying character. She was the treasure thief. Just the typical "all I care about is money" But she actually had a redeeming quality by the end. Even if it was one.
Characters do come in and out, but that's to be expected with a show that's not too long and want's to be different every episode. Does that mean I've forgotten the characters or how cool they were? NO
Also the music, it's pretty good. Especially the ending song, gives me nujabes feels.
This is not a 10/10
but to me it's a solid 9/10
here are my stats
story - 8/10
characters - 9.5/10 - Some were super cool
music - 10/10
art - 9.5/10
enjoyment - 10/10
Probably a 9/10
either way this made my peanut brain bark
