A note about the version: I was originally planning on watching the original release. However after extensive searching it became clear that all official instances of the original were George Lucased in favor of the director's cut (and this seems to have happened fairly recently, like over the past few months). If you can find a legal source for the original, non-director's cut, I would be very grateful! (I considered buying the DVD and then pirating as a sort of grey area solution, but fan subs are... edgy... for reasons(?)). As it stands for now, I did director's cut episodes 1-4 as single videos (which corresponds to 1-7 of the original) but will likely start breaking them up into "halves" to follow the first release's episode pattern, starting with director's cut episode 5 / original episode 8.
@@pieperson444 It's nothing about the director's cut itself, it's just that I vastly prefer to have 2 regular length episodes than 1 combined episode for a handful of reasons. But it occurred to me that even in the director's cut, episodes are cut in half by title card, so I will start doing those as individual episodes 😄
@@pieperson444 The subs are worse, the music is worse, there isn't any new content (the only new thing is duplicated at the start of S2 anyways), the animation and pacing changes are irrelevant unless you watch it side by side with the original, plus it's slightly more censored then the bluray version. The director's cut is just generally worse, with very little being better then the original bluray version, that's not at all worth the sacrifices the Director's Cut made elsewhere. Most people who prefer the Director's Cut are just misinformed about the differences between the bluray version and the Director's Cut (and often just compare to the original TV release, for which there is an actual argument for, given that it's the most censored version and the least polished version animation wise).
Just a quick summary: They switched out the BGMs at cliffhangers thanks to them not always being at the end of an episode in the director's cut. They don't hit the same unfortunately. It's also worth mentioning that the end of the final arc is actually the first episode of season 2, and the only real change of the director's cut is that they moved a single scene over to season 1, which then appears again in s2. I personally prefer the original, no question.
Bro, I haven't even watched the video yet, but my GOD you have no idea how fast I clicked that notification LOL. I have been waiting (semi)patiently for you to react to this since I started watching your channel back in the ATLA days Edit after watching: I won't say specifics, but you are absolutely in the right headspace for this story and its themes, and that makes me so excited for some things later in the show
Haha this is another show like Hunter x Hunter that has been really high on polls for years. When HxH won the last one I just decided to promise this one to follow it, and here we are 1 year (!) later.
Fun fact: Re:Zero is the largest Isekai story ever written. While the overwhelming majority of popular isekai end before reaching 30 volumes, the Re:Zero LN is going into it's 40th volume and the author's said there's still another 3-4 arcs unwritten yet so there's still another 20ish more volumes to go. Re:Zero is going to be around for a very, very, very long time to come 🥹
@@sonkokun6824 Actually, Inuyasha is a manga, with only 50 ish volumes, which would likely translate to 20 volumes of light novel or less, re zero would translate to double or triple the amount if it was done in manga form, due to the fact that it has more words than usual works to begin with
@@oreoorcagaming7700 Not really, reverend insanity: 5ish million words, lord of he mysteries: 2ish million words, re zero by the end of arc 8: almost 7 million words Not to mention, it seems that re zero is getting longer and longer by the volume
And we're off! "How wonderful, I can see you are loved by this world" might be the coolest description of magic I've ever heard. It's up there with some moments in the Wrinkle in Time series.
Was a bit worried because some of the jokes especially in the first few episodes just wouldn’t land if you didn’t have an understand of isekai tropes, but glad you seems to be aware of them.
It's awesome how you pivoted into the topic of the psychological cornerstones of isekai in connection to how we try to reinvent ourselves in life. I also think Escaflowne is severely unknown by modern audiences so I appreciate it being mentioned. Isekai is just the Japanese word for a literature subgenre called "portal fantasy", which includes stories like Wizard of Oz, Narnia, and Alice in Wonderland, so you've probably already seen a variety of the tropes. I think Re:Zero is absolutely one of the BEST stories within fiction though. I won't spoil anything about the show but I'll just mention something that was not adapted clearly in the anime: Subaru experiences quite a bit of disorientation upon resetting and his behavior in the first couple episodes is quite literally "dying kinda fucks up your mental health". I see you're already further on Patreon, so you probably already picked up on it but it wasn't really explained just HOW MUCH his mind was jumbled up in the first episode
I am so excited for this! Subaru, in spite of and often because of his many flaws, is one of my favorite anime protagonists (and his VA does a great job with the character). I'm interested to hear what you think about him and the others as the story progresses!
Subaru having very noticeable and real flaws as both a character and person is EXACTLY why he's one of my all time favourite protagonists. He's just so unabashedly real, I pass by atleast a few Subarus outside on the street every month, though there's thousands more just hiding in their own rooms back home lol.
I’ve no words, been waiting for this forever and to see that you even did enough research to watch the director’s cut… love you man 💜 Followed you for AoT Vinland HxH, and I can tell you this show is on that level and is an even better character study than the above, enjoy!!
One fun thing about this series is the characters that have tics in their speech. For example, the silver haired woman you met here always extends the word “sugoku” basically adding “reeeaaaally” or “veeery” to everything she says.
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YESYES YE Ever since I found your channel I have loved your intelligent and in-depth reactions so much and wished with all my heart for you to watch this series -- I genuinely am over the moon rn!
Re:zero is very different from most Isekai and mainstreme anime in general. So here's a couple things that knowing should help your re:zero viewing. First to know is that re:zero is a very long story. Best estimates is that it will have over 200 episodes by the time it's fully adapted. Because of this Re:zero can be a slow burn in some aspects, many of it's most important mysteries for example you shouldn't expect to get answers to for a very long time. The next very important thing to know about re:zero is that it's source material is a light novel series that is still ongoing. A common issue with all light novel to anime adaptions is that there are just somethings in the written format that don't translate well to a visual anime adaption. This is true for all light novel sourced anime, but for re:zero's first season specifically they made this season not knowing how popular it would be or if it would be green lit for a second season. For this reason this season has some seriously important bits of cut content that served as major foreshadowing. This was done because they wanted to make this season self-contained in case it was a 1 season wonder with no sequel. Enjoy the show!
sigh, if Goodwin TV is watching this, I guess I have to start watching it too for his reaction~ (just watched the first two episodes so that i can watch your reaction, can't wait to watch alongside you!)
I think watching other isekai or at lesat having a genreal knowledge about them before, greatly increase the enjoyablity of RE:zero because it's a deconstraction(to the point no atoms remanin) of that power fantasy genre.
Oh my goodness I'm so insanely happy right now! Re Zero is my favorite anime of all time and this show is MADE for you in so many ways! Oh man....in my head so many times I always thought to myself "man, Re Zero is so up his alley" AND IT'S HAPPENING OH MY OH MY GOD OH MY GOOOOOOOD!!! SEASON 3 IS COMING SO SOON AS WELL AAAHHHHHHHHHH
YO i had no idea you were gonna start this lets fucking go!!! So looking forward to this. Cant wait to hear your insights on the themes that play out through this one.
Simple way to describe what this story is about "it's about inward and outward growth as a person" And I can't wait to hear your thoughts on this wonderful character work of natsuki Subaru and many other characters.
I just watched this for the first time this year. I loved it so much that i read the entire web novel, which i just finished a couple weeks ago. You're in for a hell of a ride with this show. I hope you enjoy it!
1:33 "... roll with it, he was ready." Narrator: He was not, in fact, ready. Ref the DC. Ah, it's fine. minor differences in some FX. The ending is the ending the TV version of s1 was supposed to have but, at the time, they didn't know if they were going to be able to produce s2 to they went to a different ending that works better if that was the last episode ever. The *real* directors cut is all double-length episodes. That is 1x02 and 1x03 are smushed into one. The stuff streaming now are the director's cut edited back into two episodes. Again, it's fine. There's no reason to search out the TV episodes.
holy shit your aot reactions were incredible and if you give even half the love you did to aot to re zero then this will be the best anime for you to react to after that. very excited to see how you react
I've seen through directors cut episode 4, so original episode 7 I think. And yeah... we are far far away from having a harem. Subaru has different problems
I haven't actually watched the anime yet (not a fan of the gore), but I AM in fact reading the light novel this is based on. So i am very curious to see what you think of the story!
This is basically the only isekai that is the most diffferent than regular generic isekai that has super strong mc for no reason and no plot and a harem
in a narrative standpoint this is the most interesting start i have seen. i have seen a lot of shit man, some is shittier than others but the point is they all comes down to "here's the trend/formula that worked, let's spam it". this episode when i first watched it, i was wondering...wait, the main character gets shit on and he doesn't gain king arthur's goddamn claymore just because? where are they taking this?
Please watch the normal version its way better the editing is not in director's cut and there is no difference than that.....but you already watched director's cut i guess for some episode which actually had the most change when ending plays which was cut and its just silent in director's cut
I dont think this editing format is good. The discussion part needs to be longer and you need to start taking notes. Try to see what other popular re zero reactors are doing ( like Autosave or Blindwave)
I disagree, I prefer this format. He gets to actually comment on things and make theories in the moment. I don't think it would work in a group setting, but by himself it's good.
I stopped watching this show at some point during the second season (I plan on going back) but one thing I will never forget is how unbelievably annoyed I got with Subaru. The nonsensical fixation on a girl he just met just because of 1 altruistic act despite the peril that comes with it will never not be weird to me - an aspect which is put to the extreme in this show. I'm super curious to see how you feel about Subaru's character, and I wonder if something in the later seasons happen to change how I feel about him too
I haven't gotten very far in the show but from a mix of reading comments and talking to friends, seems like there are very polarizing opinions about Subaru, which is fun :D
@@andrewblissett2211 Bro I never said it wasn't fine, i was just disappointed he wasn't watching the dub cause i think it's better and hardly anyone reacts to it.
1:40 technically I think the title is supposed to be re: starting life in a different world from zero (which gets really shortened) the re: part being a play on old email formats where replies always had (re:) in the subject
A note about the version:
I was originally planning on watching the original release. However after extensive searching it became clear that all official instances of the original were George Lucased in favor of the director's cut (and this seems to have happened fairly recently, like over the past few months). If you can find a legal source for the original, non-director's cut, I would be very grateful! (I considered buying the DVD and then pirating as a sort of grey area solution, but fan subs are... edgy... for reasons(?)).
As it stands for now, I did director's cut episodes 1-4 as single videos (which corresponds to 1-7 of the original) but will likely start breaking them up into "halves" to follow the first release's episode pattern, starting with director's cut episode 5 / original episode 8.
If I may ask, what's wrong with the director's cut? I prefer it, honestly.
@@pieperson444 It's nothing about the director's cut itself, it's just that I vastly prefer to have 2 regular length episodes than 1 combined episode for a handful of reasons. But it occurred to me that even in the director's cut, episodes are cut in half by title card, so I will start doing those as individual episodes 😄
@@pieperson444 The subs are worse, the music is worse, there isn't any new content (the only new thing is duplicated at the start of S2 anyways), the animation and pacing changes are irrelevant unless you watch it side by side with the original, plus it's slightly more censored then the bluray version. The director's cut is just generally worse, with very little being better then the original bluray version, that's not at all worth the sacrifices the Director's Cut made elsewhere.
Most people who prefer the Director's Cut are just misinformed about the differences between the bluray version and the Director's Cut (and often just compare to the original TV release, for which there is an actual argument for, given that it's the most censored version and the least polished version animation wise).
Just a quick summary: They switched out the BGMs at cliffhangers thanks to them not always being at the end of an episode in the director's cut. They don't hit the same unfortunately. It's also worth mentioning that the end of the final arc is actually the first episode of season 2, and the only real change of the director's cut is that they moved a single scene over to season 1, which then appears again in s2.
I personally prefer the original, no question.
You might be able to find the original 25 episodes on apple tv, though I think it might be specific to certain countries.
Bro, I haven't even watched the video yet, but my GOD you have no idea how fast I clicked that notification LOL. I have been waiting (semi)patiently for you to react to this since I started watching your channel back in the ATLA days
Edit after watching: I won't say specifics, but you are absolutely in the right headspace for this story and its themes, and that makes me so excited for some things later in the show
Haha this is another show like Hunter x Hunter that has been really high on polls for years. When HxH won the last one I just decided to promise this one to follow it, and here we are 1 year (!) later.
HOLY SHIT IT"S HAPPENING!!!!
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIIIIS!
Ooh i'm gonna make a name for myself here 😂
It's like this story was written for this channel lol
Fun fact: Re:Zero is the largest Isekai story ever written. While the overwhelming majority of popular isekai end before reaching 30 volumes, the Re:Zero LN is going into it's 40th volume and the author's said there's still another 3-4 arcs unwritten yet so there's still another 20ish more volumes to go. Re:Zero is going to be around for a very, very, very long time to come 🥹
Actually, Inuyasha is the longest Isekai. Re:zero will likely be longer when it ends, but not yet.
@@sonkokun6824 Yeah when it ends it'll take that title
Not really, reverend insanity, lord of he mysteries, and many others have thousands of chapters
@@sonkokun6824 Actually, Inuyasha is a manga, with only 50 ish volumes, which would likely translate to 20 volumes of light novel or less, re zero would translate to double or triple the amount if it was done in manga form, due to the fact that it has more words than usual works to begin with
@@oreoorcagaming7700 Not really, reverend insanity: 5ish million words, lord of he mysteries: 2ish million words, re zero by the end of arc 8: almost 7 million words
Not to mention, it seems that re zero is getting longer and longer by the volume
OH MY GOD HE'S REACTING TO RE ZERO! HOW DID I MISS THIS?!?
And we're off! "How wonderful, I can see you are loved by this world" might be the coolest description of magic I've ever heard. It's up there with some moments in the Wrinkle in Time series.
Was a bit worried because some of the jokes especially in the first few episodes just wouldn’t land if you didn’t have an understand of isekai tropes, but glad you seems to be aware of them.
OMG, YES, LET'S DO THIS!!!!! I hope you stick with it, and season 3 is coming out in just a few days 🔥
Accidental timing but I'll take it
It's awesome how you pivoted into the topic of the psychological cornerstones of isekai in connection to how we try to reinvent ourselves in life. I also think Escaflowne is severely unknown by modern audiences so I appreciate it being mentioned.
Isekai is just the Japanese word for a literature subgenre called "portal fantasy", which includes stories like Wizard of Oz, Narnia, and Alice in Wonderland, so you've probably already seen a variety of the tropes. I think Re:Zero is absolutely one of the BEST stories within fiction though. I won't spoil anything about the show but I'll just mention something that was not adapted clearly in the anime: Subaru experiences quite a bit of disorientation upon resetting and his behavior in the first couple episodes is quite literally "dying kinda fucks up your mental health". I see you're already further on Patreon, so you probably already picked up on it but it wasn't really explained just HOW MUCH his mind was jumbled up in the first episode
I see, that's helpful to know :D
@@AGoodwinTV no worries! I don't think it ever comes up again, his brain was just struggling to catch up on the situation in the first episode
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO ITS TIME!!!! REZEROOOOOOO!!!!!!!
No way re:zero?? Let's go!!
I am so excited for this! Subaru, in spite of and often because of his many flaws, is one of my favorite anime protagonists (and his VA does a great job with the character). I'm interested to hear what you think about him and the others as the story progresses!
Subaru having very noticeable and real flaws as both a character and person is EXACTLY why he's one of my all time favourite protagonists. He's just so unabashedly real, I pass by atleast a few Subarus outside on the street every month, though there's thousands more just hiding in their own rooms back home lol.
Re Zero and MHA are my all time favs and your reactions to the latter were great, I can't wait for these ones as well!
At long last indeed.
Hell yeah!🎉🎉🎉
Can't believe it's been 8 years since the beginning of the animated show.👴
3:25 "Wherever you go, there you are." ...LOVE that.
NO WAY!!! This is literally the perfect series for Alex to react to!! Let's GOOOOOOO!!!
I’ve no words, been waiting for this forever and to see that you even did enough research to watch the director’s cut… love you man 💜
Followed you for AoT Vinland HxH, and I can tell you this show is on that level and is an even better character study than the above, enjoy!!
One fun thing about this series is the characters that have tics in their speech. For example, the silver haired woman you met here always extends the word “sugoku” basically adding “reeeaaaally” or “veeery” to everything she says.
I don't speak Japanese but the most noticeable to me by far is Beatrice with "kashira"
Oh no, you poor thing...
No way this is like a dream come true. My favorite commentator watching my favorite show.
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YESYES YE
Ever since I found your channel I have loved your intelligent and in-depth reactions so much and wished with all my heart for you to watch this series -- I genuinely am over the moon rn!
Re:zero is very different from most Isekai and mainstreme anime in general. So here's a couple things that knowing should help your re:zero viewing. First to know is that re:zero is a very long story. Best estimates is that it will have over 200 episodes by the time it's fully adapted. Because of this Re:zero can be a slow burn in some aspects, many of it's most important mysteries for example you shouldn't expect to get answers to for a very long time.
The next very important thing to know about re:zero is that it's source material is a light novel series that is still ongoing. A common issue with all light novel to anime adaptions is that there are just somethings in the written format that don't translate well to a visual anime adaption. This is true for all light novel sourced anime, but for re:zero's first season specifically they made this season not knowing how popular it would be or if it would be green lit for a second season. For this reason this season has some seriously important bits of cut content that served as major foreshadowing. This was done because they wanted to make this season self-contained in case it was a 1 season wonder with no sequel.
Enjoy the show!
you know my head is about to split because of our task of writing rrl, but this almost makes up for it.
sigh, if Goodwin TV is watching this, I guess I have to start watching it too for his reaction~
(just watched the first two episodes so that i can watch your reaction, can't wait to watch alongside you!)
Always wanted him to react to this. Hope he will like the show
Definitely a slow build up but it's definitely worth the watch i would say. Loved your reaction as always. Amazing commentary ❤
Jesus!!! One of my favorite anime watchers watching this show? Never clicked so fast! Enjoy the ride goodwin!
I think watching other isekai or at lesat having a genreal knowledge about them before, greatly increase the enjoyablity of RE:zero because it's a deconstraction(to the point no atoms remanin) of that power fantasy genre.
Oh my goodness I'm so insanely happy right now! Re Zero is my favorite anime of all time and this show is MADE for you in so many ways! Oh man....in my head so many times I always thought to myself "man, Re Zero is so up his alley" AND IT'S HAPPENING OH MY OH MY GOD OH MY GOOOOOOOD!!! SEASON 3 IS COMING SO SOON AS WELL AAAHHHHHHHHHH
Love to see you checking this out, one of my earliest and favorite Anime out there. The duality of comedy and dark themes are real
2:43 "He can't fit into two worlds." :)))))
YO i had no idea you were gonna start this lets fucking go!!! So looking forward to this. Cant wait to hear your insights on the themes that play out through this one.
NO WAY THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT
OOOO YOU DONT KNOW HOW LONG I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
Omg, escaflowne, now there's a name I havn't heard in a long time ;O
@@keito204 Now I have the opening song stuck in my head again
happy to see no copyright problems yet
Always grateful when things go smoothly
I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO GET INTO THIS!!!!!!!!! RE:ZERO IS MY FAVORITE ANIME
I'm pretty sure you're gonna LOVE IT
LETSS GOOO PEAK ISEKAI IS HEREE!!!
fun fact this series was made by the same studio that make steins gate (White Fox)
This is the best day ever
Simple way to describe what this story is about "it's about inward and outward growth as a person"
And I can't wait to hear your thoughts on this wonderful character work of natsuki Subaru and many other characters.
Get ready to have your brain trembling 🧠
Exciting
One of my favourite anime
btw, this is painfully real. if this is a game, it is the only game i could say that i will never play
Yeah this is definitely not an escapist fantasy
I just watched this for the first time this year. I loved it so much that i read the entire web novel, which i just finished a couple weeks ago. You're in for a hell of a ride with this show. I hope you enjoy it!
1:33
"... roll with it, he was ready."
Narrator: He was not, in fact, ready.
Ref the DC. Ah, it's fine. minor differences in some FX. The ending is the ending the TV version of s1 was supposed to have but, at the time, they didn't know if they were going to be able to produce s2 to they went to a different ending that works better if that was the last episode ever.
The *real* directors cut is all double-length episodes. That is 1x02 and 1x03 are smushed into one. The stuff streaming now are the director's cut edited back into two episodes.
Again, it's fine. There's no reason to search out the TV episodes.
my favorite show of all time, im eating good for the next 40ish weeks
Great! A reason to re:subscribe to this channel. (Hope you do Mushoku Tensei next)
I remember dropping this show after the first episode for whatever reason when I watched it back in the day, this time I'll have to follow through
holy shit your aot reactions were incredible and if you give even half the love you did to aot to re zero then this will be the best anime for you to react to after that. very excited to see how you react
One of my favorite anime let’s go
5 minutes in and I think you’ll really enjoy where the story is gonna go
also your probably far into this but the stories main focus isnt harems surprisingly lol
I've seen through directors cut episode 4, so original episode 7 I think. And yeah... we are far far away from having a harem. Subaru has different problems
Ooo, new series alert!! Woop woop!!
Oh I love this show this will be fun
The english dub is EXCEPTIONAL, if you're interested
Yeah i agree i think the dub is way better, but hey its his choice to watch in sub.
Missed opportunity haha
@AGoodwinTV I'd still go and check it out in our own time even you stay subbed here. It hits so much harder for me at least
THIS JUST MADE MY DAY. You're probably way ahead but I'm so excited to see your reaction to this anime (and some specific episodes aahhhhh!!)
I haven't actually watched the anime yet (not a fan of the gore), but I AM in fact reading the light novel this is based on. So i am very curious to see what you think of the story!
Yes!!!
more focus on dialogs. btw why he summon and who summon and how checkpoints is decided is all mystery.
This is basically the only isekai that is the most diffferent than regular generic isekai that has super strong mc for no reason and no plot and a harem
I just assumed you've already seen this with the level of maturity and insight the rest of your reactions had. I'm so excited for this journey
in a narrative standpoint this is the most interesting start i have seen. i have seen a lot of shit man, some is shittier than others but the point is they all comes down to "here's the trend/formula that worked, let's spam it". this episode when i first watched it, i was wondering...wait, the main character gets shit on and he doesn't gain king arthur's goddamn claymore just because? where are they taking this?
oh baby it's time for peak s̶u̶f̶f̶e̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ anime!
nice
Please watch the normal version its way better the editing is not in director's cut and there is no difference than that.....but you already watched director's cut i guess for some episode which actually had the most change when ending plays which was cut and its just silent in director's cut
That was my intention but it's very difficult to find legally (more info in the pinned comment)
i love Emilia 😍
W anime man
Uh, Alex....haven't seen you in a bit. You've grown kind of a weird hairdo if I'm being honest. ;))
OMG
re zero bi- hahaha
I dont think this editing format is good. The discussion part needs to be longer and you need to start taking notes. Try to see what other popular re zero reactors are doing ( like Autosave or Blindwave)
I disagree, I prefer this format. He gets to actually comment on things and make theories in the moment.
I don't think it would work in a group setting, but by himself it's good.
Eeeeeyyyyyy
"Re:Zero BI-" 💀💀💀💀
I stopped watching this show at some point during the second season (I plan on going back) but one thing I will never forget is how unbelievably annoyed I got with Subaru. The nonsensical fixation on a girl he just met just because of 1 altruistic act despite the peril that comes with it will never not be weird to me - an aspect which is put to the extreme in this show. I'm super curious to see how you feel about Subaru's character, and I wonder if something in the later seasons happen to change how I feel about him too
I haven't gotten very far in the show but from a mix of reading comments and talking to friends, seems like there are very polarizing opinions about Subaru, which is fun :D
Yup i find whatever this commenter is saying is total nonsense
Damn wish u were doing the dub 😕, it's so good, bummer oh well.
Bro, it's fine. Let 'em watch the version he starts with for once
@@andrewblissett2211 Bro I never said it wasn't fine, i was just disappointed he wasn't watching the dub cause i think it's better and hardly anyone reacts to it.
1:40 technically I think the title is supposed to be re: starting life in a different world from zero (which gets really shortened) the re: part being a play on old email formats where replies always had (re:) in the subject
6:50 (spoilers)
Who's Rem?
7:00 lmao😂😂😂
6:56 True dat
OMG Re:zero ?! It's one of my favorite anime !! I'm so excited to see your reaction and your opinion !
W anime man