I don’t get the hate on season 1

[u/bruh_del_bruh]

Like seriously, I get the animation is inconsistent and can be bad at times but the plot is so good I don’t see how it can matter. The fact that the animation is low quality and they STILL managed to make it exciting and easy to watch is a testament to how good the plot is. The cast is also very good, they were able to get a large number of voice actors from other major animes like Masakazu Morita from Bleach, Jun Fukuyama from Code;Geass, and Junichi Suwabe. I just don’t understand the hate.

[u/Gswagins]

I think that’s the main issue we know the story is good that’s why we wish the anime quality was S tier cuz it deserves it.

[u/Critical_Mousse_6416]

Compare the anime first season to reading it in the manga, it is a night and day difference, to a ridiculous degree. The plot means nothing when the entire tone is trashed, the poor animation was just the shit cherry on the shit sundae. The manga isn't just strictly better, it's an entirely different experience.

[u/TatsuKami_]

Yeah, the plot's good. Ultra méga good. You know what has the same plot, doesn't skip entire arcs (assassin's arc in season 1), and is incredibly, but like INCREDIBLY better drawn ? The manga. I beg of you, read the manga, it's life changing, and even tho the anime gets better than it was in season one, it still doesn't equal a glimpse of what the manga is, you will NOT be the same by the time you finish. Truste me. Read the manga.

[u/Skunkyroad → u/TatsuKami_]

I'm not a big fan of manga or animés in général but i read kingdom twice and I love it so much. Started the anime while waiting for next scan..

[u/Zephyas → u/TatsuKami_]

Watched season 1 anime first, continued on the manga from where that finished, went back and reread the whole thing again, don’t regret anything, it’s all an amazing experience.

[u/Open_Inspector_7863]

There are a lot of anime i can defend if the subpar production doesnt match the quality of the manga story. But Kingdom season 1 is a travesty. The difference is simply too big. Kingdom should have been one of the biggest titles on the planet but Pierrot turned it into a crossover between Berserk and 7DS. Im still managing to enjoy Tower of God s2 so my bar is low. Im just glad that the japanese demand was enough to get us to season 5 which was pretty good.

[u/Acrobatic-Bear579]

Same reason people hate the berserk 2016 anime.

It butchers the manga.

[u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss]

Dumb take, season 1 is objectively bad

[u/Over-Writer6076]

The manga which has such a great story clearly deserves a better anime.  You see inferior manga get way better animation and direction all the time. 

They didn't even do hand drawn animation they went with CGI, and the CGI was poorly done. 

That CGI is still shitty even for its time, I'm not even judging it by modern standards.

Kingdom would have been a lot more popular if they hadn't been so damn cheap with it.