Audience reviews
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sajeewa96
This anime delivers on every level, offering a truly unique story that stands out in a sea of repetitive plots. The narrative is fresh, deeply engaging, and unfolds in ways you won’t see coming, keeping you hooked from start to finish.
The main character is great.
The art style and visuals are nothing short of breathtaking. Every frame is crafted with care, and the animation perfectly complements the tone of the story, enhancing both its beauty and its emotional weight. Whether it’s the vibrant action sequences or the quiet, introspective moments, the visuals are consistently stunning.
And then there’s the ending—flawlessly executed, emotionally resonant, and deeply fulfilling.
9.5/10 – A rare gem that will stay with you long after it’s over.
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Overall a great movie. I didn’t get to know about it when it was released. Saw a short on YT and damn it was incredible to watch.
I'll keep it short.
Pros:
Exceptional animation, Ost and soundtracks.
Story was great.
Fighting scenes (wasn’t expecting them, but they were well done).
Cons: I would have enjoyed it more had it been an anime. Felt like the story got cramped into a very short amount of time. Was a bit confusing to keep up with at times, especially with the multiple dimensions.
But yeah, great anime if you enjoyed movies like Your Name, Weathering with You, or Suzume. Pretty similar vibes, but a sci-fi angle to it.
"I just wanted to see her smile again."
That scene hit in the feels.
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I went into Hello World without knowing much, and honestly, it caught me off guard—in a good way. The story pulled me in pretty quickly, and before I knew it, I was fully invested. The pacing is tight, the stakes just keep getting higher, and there’s this emotional undertone that gave me serious Makoto Shinkai vibes. Not just in the romance aspect, but in the whole bittersweet, sci-fi-tinted fate kind of way.
Animation-wise? Beautiful. The visuals are slick, colorful, and super clean. Graphinica did a great job making this feel modern without going full-blown generic CGI. There’s this digital surrealism vibe that works well with the plot. Some of the cityscapes and transitions were just eye candy, no lie.
What I loved most though was the story flow. It didn’t feel like it was stalling or…
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This anime is really underrated. A story that revolves around a different version of Naomi, the main protagonist.
Explanation: Different Version is basically the same person, but in a different universe.
Another core of this anime is Naomi is making another Naomi to be with Naomi's crush.
Yea.... this anime is like as puzzle.
And there are some moments that would make a person cry. There are some battle scenes as well, it was nice and intense.
How they make a Sci -Fi that goes well with romance is really impressive Story: 10/10
Character Design: 11/10
Music: 100/10
The art style are great, knowing that it was made in 2019.
I would say that it is a UNIQUE anime and truly worth checking it out
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Suprisingly a bad love letter to a sci-fi story, unlike what the writer wanna told you.
It seemed that somewhere along the way, the writer felt stuck on what or how to write the story he wanted, but never commit to anything.
Question: What drove the story?
Is it romance, mystery of the world, the adversity, the story within a story, or the characters?
Answer: None of them because it doesn't have any foundations or themes beside 'sci-fi' which is a crime since this genre usually provided you with a societal commentaries or humanity's preservation which also ironic since this movie had a character that preserveration nature in the character yet it can't commit to anything.
It is a character-driven story in a simulation world, yet it never acknowledged the superficial aspect of their en…
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THIS IS A SPOILER-FREE REVIEW
I was browsing through Amazon Prime Video, looking for something interesting to watch when I came across “Hello World”. I was immediately hooked on the premise. I can´t remember when I last watched an original sci-fi anime movie.
Story – 8/10
The premise of this show is extremely interesting. Set in the near future in Kyoto (Thank god not Tokyo again), this anime has some very cool ideas of how technology will be used in coming years, with the main focus being mapping and simulating our world through surveillance. Over the course of the movie, more and more layers are added to the multiverse plotline.
Hello World is separated into two story-parts. There is a huge plot-twist in the middle of the movie that splits it into a funny, light-hearted romantic come…
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This ended up being quite the interesting discover after randomly stumbling across it the other day.
"Hello World" is a Sci-Fi movie with a core theme exploring how far one is willing to go for the person they love.
The story will appear to be pretty standard, maybe even a little less than that on a surface level in the first half of the film. At this point, it's just the beginnings of a love story for the main characters, Naomi Katagaki and Ruri Ichigyou with the caveat that there's a "guide" for Naomi Katagaki that comes from someone in the form of himself 10 years in the future. In the second half of the film you see a lot more of the Sci-Fi elements come to the forefront of the story. Initially I thought some of the directions the story headed towards would have been to the detriment…
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Hello World, much better than anticipated. I came here as usual by watching a short on a different platform and seeing the characters.
The movie doesn't need a massive review but what it does need is recognition for being deep. There are classics like 'Weathering with You', 'A Silent Voice' and 'Your Name' etc. This wants to be at their level, almost but not quite. It is a fantastic watch, it is also slightly rushed but equally any slower and it would have dragged. I know that is a contradiction but it is just that sort of movie.
What's great? The animation, the story, the complexity, and the ending. Some real feelings in this one.
Who knew a world could have so many layers.
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“Hello World” is what happens when You decide that mixing the “Inception” and “Paprika” is a good idea… without the skill to write a logical plot.
I’ll start with this: the plot doesn't make any logical sense and the deeper we go the more convoluted and nonsensical it becomes. That said, I don't think that the plot is the main appeal of this movie. That honour is reserved for the interactions between the main 2… well… I guess technically it’s 3, (I’ll get to that) main characters.
We follow 16 year old Naomi Katagaki. One day he happens to meet himself from the future. A bit on the enigmatic side but the older Katagaki declares that he came to help himself get a girlfriend. Not just any girlfriend. The girlfriend he had and lost due to an accident. The older Katagaki wants to be called…
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The story is unique because it is a FANTASTIC SCI-FI "INCEPTION" ROMANTIC MOVIE
The artstyle for a sci-fi movie could be stale or dank but it's at least 7.5/10 fitting the genre of the show.
The characters evolves mainly between the two main characters but it's solid 9/10.
A tale of both trying everything to save each other.
My opinion, This is so much better than "To Me, The One Who Loved You"
Plot is solid 10/10. Nothing beats this complex yet fluids perfectly after the theory is debunked (on youtube) the drawback of this show too, as you most likely will need to google to know what's happening.
What a great movie, again.
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Is it greed? Or is it Guilt?
First and foremost this anime is completely presented with a 3DCGI animation style, although most of what we see in the background is 2D. It was properly executed and it took me less than the first 10 minutes to get used to it and it didn't bother me at that time.
As you have read the story this is not a simple romance/drama movie, it's a bit more complex than that. I enjoyed the plot turns here and there, but it felt as if the first half of the movie was just a pale try at building a story for the 3rd part of the movie.
Note: I watched this movie on 4 or 5 sets, therefore this is not a review where you will find Spoilers, Explanations, or Specific Details.
I will cover the main points and the basics to explain why I recommend this anime.
Here are some Pros…
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I came into this completely blind, and I must say that this movie was amazing to me up until minute mark 40....
the plot starts off as a "future self comes to change the past" story arc, all the while working on establishing world building, and the rules of the sci-fi plot points...Everything is amazing, the story telling, the romance, the motivations, the morals, the characters, the sound track, etc....until the 40 minute mark....
the romance unfolds and the twist of the movie is revealed, but the movie doesn't give the viwers time to embrace the emotional impact of the twist...instead in less than 5 minutes of the twist being revealed...another, incredibly un-explained, and nonsense twist begins its injection into the story...with no explanation, the movie begins breaking its own world…
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Sci-Fi movie is not for everyone, maybe a lot of people can't understand the plot or the story. But it is the beauty of Sci-Fi, sci-fi can show you the extended version of reality so you can feel it like you are the part of the story.
The story is about time travel. Adult Naomi( about 10 years older version of Naomi) jump back to the present to change it. Because if he cannot change the present, Ruri his girlfriend will meet tragical end of being hit by lightning.
Being able to jump back to the past adult Naomi we will call him sensei/teacher have restriction of not able to touch real thing, basically he just like hologram. So he need younger Naomi to help him going out with Ruri and protect her so the future will change.
Can Naomi and Sensei protect Ruri? Will they be change the futur…
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Hey we need a new movie! Oh there was "Your Name", which was pretty successful. Let's do something in that art style but replace hand drawing with CG!
What about the story? Oh hey there Matrix, could I borrow your concept right quick, but throw a ton of SAO concepts right into the mix? No one will notice, I promise! The girl character should also have almost zero personality! Oh, what did we mix there? Hello World?!
This Movie is good, but nothing original. Don't expect a masterpiece by any means.
It started so good, but when the Sci-fi kicked in, the story was thrown over for some fighting scenes.
Arc 1: good, solid
Arc 2: not thought till the end; sadly poor
Overall: 7; But just very precise, as the second ark was rushed and packed with an enormous amount of Sci-fi. I'm divided betwe…
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I wanted to take the time and write my first ever review on this site for this movie, mainly due to the fact that I really enjoyed it and I found about it in a very unconventional way: a programming meme i saw on Facebook, which led to checking it out to see what it was.
I went in with absolutely no expectations or information, besides reading the quick briefing that it was a sort of love story, which I tend to like and appreciate when done right. What I got was a Sci-Fi film with a romance subplot and some big twists to its narrative on its second half.
For a full CGI animation, it felt really smooth and enjoyable, at times i even forgot it was a 3D animation, the world feels very good and vivid.
The second half completely changes the tone of what was being presented, by switching into…
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Only one spoiler in the story section!!!
Well i wouldve gave it an 8 if it wasnt for the near to the end section. The start and the mids of the movie was good but as it got to the end it was a bit disappointing. But i never had high expectations for endings towards anime movies considering its like 4 episodes worth and wanting to cram everything into an hour plus means they had to sacrifice important buildups and explanations.
Story:
For the story i enjoyed the start till the mids of it. But getting to the end it felt really rushed and i had so much to take in. Though as it got to the end i understood the story more and is still enjoyable either way. it's just the way that the story was connected that maybe couldve been arranged better. Still a jaw drop when it showed that older naomi wo…
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This movie, no calling it a movie would be an insult to this bible of a film created by the mystical species called the "Japanese", this has greatly changed my mind. I never knew that an anime can be this "Deep", to understand this "Bible" is to not understand anything, after watching this "Bible" my brain expanded by 60 kilometers. I would not have watched this movie if it not for my friend's recommendation, I owe him greatly for this experience, I would do a Katagaki and sacrifice my love ones for him if I need to. This anime is a must watch for all, no matter if you're a newborn baby or a old lady going through dementia.
PS: don't actually watch it, my brain hurts after watching this.
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A very extraordinary show, really a Anime Movie that deserves to be called a masterpiece, starting from the Character, the concept of science fiction is so slick and with a very good and stunning Fantasy Storyline coupled with graphics and animations that are so very very WOOOW, this Movie is really very good in my opinion, I think I have a new list in my favorite Anime Movie even this is close to or even exceeds the Kimi no Nawa Movie.
it's just that I don't understand it 100 percent I just fully understood it almost as long as the StoryLine was finished I was just wondering about the last scene where Katagaki-san changed positions with Ichigyou-san at the end of the Movie but I'm sure I'll understand it soon. I was applauding after watching it.
Love This Movie. For many reason i think…
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Some Spoilers ahead. 19/09/21
I wasn't the only one who noticed the use of CGI and 2D animation at the end to portray the virtual worlds and the 'true' world in the Film Hello World. Throughout the entire film, the animation was in 3D but when Naomi Katagaki awoke on the moon, he was in 3D as well as the setting. This is some grade A symbolism even for a small time 2019 film, and I'm glad I took the chance to look at it.
The story was "very wide and shallow" I'll admit despite being a science fiction oriented narrative. I had thoughts of what was questionable in response to the virtual worlds and what was real or how would the changes in this world make a difference for the 'real' Naomi Katagaki 10 years from the future. It was a clever idea to loop that ability for AI technology to pre…
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Okay, I'm reviewing HELLO WORLD
Before saying that this movie is trash 0/10, wouldn't recommend it (or) like a fan, 10/10 made my life! , Listen what I'm saying
I watched a lot of sci-fi movies (not anime tho)
It's just gonna be a perspective of that..
This is gonna be an unbiased review of HELLO WORLD
Let's begin!
Story-6/10
First of all, I will straight up say that this movie has a weak plot.. I'm not going into the depths and write the entire story here but I'll just state the key points..
This movie had a simple plot at the beginning but slowly becomes complex because of more and more stuff added.. like it's just very simple, an aloof protagonist, but he becomes a serious and responsible person at the end
Nice:)
Main problem with the story is that, it never tried to explain the wor…
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