Audience reviews
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kunimayo
if you played the Hyperdimension Neptunia games then you don't need to watch it unless you are a big fan of it (like me) if you have not played any of the games; i would heavily recommend playing them first, as the anime will definitely come off as confusing to anyone who has 0 experience with the series.
it's totally cute, some of the cast is more likeable here then in the games (cough cough ram and rom) and of course since there's only 12 episodes, the pacing is incredibly rushed and sort-of messy. the transformations are really well done, anyways Noire best girl and i will stand by that!
Read at the sourceDarkshark7000
Yeah, so this is another video game anime which pretty much means it's pretty bad. Then again it's also a video game anime which means I know the characters already and that makes me like it more.
Story; I think the story is pretty basic, pretty mediocre, you know nothing special just kinda meh. not bad, and not good.
Art; I mean the animation itself is pretty meh but I do think the character designs are pretty good I do like how all the 4 goddesses look. And just the world really also looks pretty neat.
Sound I don't really remember the music enough so mid.
Characters; I like Neptunia characters they don't really grow but they're all fun and I still like them all a lot. I do think they are pretty cliche and like they fit into stereotypes but people talk too much trash about that stuff…
Read at the sourceVio_White
Pardon about my bad grammar because English is not my first language.
I immediately became a Neptunia fan series after watching this anime, even I played most of the Neptunia games.
Well, this review is based on my personal opinion. So it might be contrary to your opinions.
Honestly, the most I like about this anime is the character, all characters starting from Neptune, Nepgear, Blanc, Noire, Vert and their little sisters made me fall in love at first sight.
They are all goddesses who guard their respective regions. Aside from his heavy obligations as a goddess, it turns out that the characters have unique and funny qualities when they are behind the scenes. they can look very elegant and authoritative when they have to stand as a goddess in front of their people. But beyond that, the…
Read at the sourceGallade0475
A fun dramedy that stands on its own (at least in my opinion), Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation is a great ride that gives emotional depths, likable characters, enjoyably charming villains, and one of the best dubs I’ve ever seen.
The dubbing team clearly did a great job interjecting their own humor and video game references that help add onto the story, and the jokes are top notch. It’s honestly a good anime to watch dubbed if you’re into those. The VAs give emotion to the characters and interject plenty of humor, but also can really give the serious moments depth.
Admittedly the first half is a tad melodramatic, but the second half manages to strike the perfect balance of action, humor and serious moments that make it a beautiful series. I do believe my perception of melodrama co…
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There was a lot of needless melodrama in this show, but I also realize that if it wasn't for the"antagonists" there really wouldn't be too much of a show, err...STORY at ALL. So I get it. It surpassed my expectations, that's for sure. Most game to anime adaptations are usually garbage, so I avoided this for the longest time like it was the plague. One thing I will say, and I'm not sure how popular of an opinion this is, but I could really have cared less for their whole "Goddess" forms and the like. Yeah they were cool, but I much prefer their base forms.
So in closing, it was fun overall. And Nep DID make me laugh with her antics. That's something I can't say for too much else these days. This was my first review on this site, and I'm used to writing just short little excerpts and let ot…
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It's too damn short and too damn underwhelming to do the games justice. It strays from the games in a way that should work but it wastes it time not developing any of the characters or the world they live in, basically assuming you already knew who they are and what makes them tick. If the Warcraft movie is any indicator, alienating new audiences who have never played the games is a TERRIBLE idea.
Plus the Ultra Dimension mini-arc was terrible and super rushed like they realized "oh shit, we were supposed to give this show an actual plot and now it's nearly too late!".
Really goes to show that David Production should stick to adapting manga.
Story: 3/10
Art: 7/10 (about what you would expect of DP)
Sound: 6/10
Character: 4/10
Enjoyment 5/10
Overall: 4/10
Read at the sourcezraktor
TL:DR I watched this having never played the games but was on the fence about starting them. I am now playing the games.
Its basically like the dead pool of anime with an insane amount of references to anime and video games.
This is how a short anime that acts as an advertisement for your light novel/manga/game series should be. It is self contained story that had a beginning AND an end! Giving you a feel for the world and characters of the Neptunia universe.
The voice actors for the games seem to be largely the same as for the anime which is a nice touch.
I would recommend this even if you had no intention of playing the games
Read at the sourceperpetuate303
Hyperdimension Neptunia is one of the few "based on a game" anime series that I really, genuinely enjoyed. That being said, you may not enjoy it as much if you're not at least a bit familiar with the game series (the creators seem to assume that you are). For clarity, I'll break this into the standard 6 sections.
Story - 7/10
While this anime is based on the game series, this is essentially a standalone plot. The characters and villains are the same, but this is NOT a direct adaptation of any of the games.
It's largely episodic, with a few longer story arcs spanning multiple episodes. This all flows quite well if you're familiar with the series and the characters; otherwise it might be a bit of a struggle to follow at times. They had a LOT of canon material to work with, and while the pac…
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The problem with Neptunia isn’t that the source material doesn’t translate well to anime. The problem is in the process after translation. The content translates smoothly, but there’s just too much of it and the creators can’t make sense of it.
They did make some brilliant decisions. The anime jumps headfirst into the story without exposition. It doesn’t need to. Introducing characters is pointless. If your characters are developed enough, just show them walking around, talking and doing things. We will learn about them as the plot goes on.
That movie is brilliant and works. The cast is wonderful. Most of them are archetypes, but they’re deliberate. The key to making these archetypes work is how they relate to their environment. Blanc is your flat-chested stoic girl, but in a happy-go-lu…
Read at the sourceMashiroHeart
The story is just a chain of events taken place in the games, nothing new or special. The art is good in general, but I can't feel the sadism on the face of Iris Heart, that's a bad point of the art. The musics and sounds are good. Plus, being able to see all the main characters of the games gather together is cool too.
Certainly this is just an average anime, however, since I love the game, I love anime, more importantly, I got to see Blanc moving around, that's dream comes true to me, so I'm going to make an exception and give this anime 10/10 :)
Read at the sourceVulpixieLovee
This is my first review, so please don't get at me if it's horrid. Yet, this anime of made off from one of my favorite video games and off the manga and deserves a review from me as a fan of it. I'll try not to add spoilers and such and I'll try not to rant about how this anime shouldn't have even been made into such a confusing fan serviced mess.
Story: 2 | 3
Now, this anime tries to combine three games all together which does not work at all. I understand this anime if basically for the fans of the games/manga, based off some of the lines that the anime stated; 'Oh, this is a fanboy episode' or stating that there was an 'anime' only character and that she was bland compared to the franchise based characters. It did 'somewhat' go through with the game's story yet it had so many differe…
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Neptune is a light-hearted fantasy world, seemingly absent of all traces of men, where factions of women somehow choose Goddesses (aka CPUs) as leaders. Though not quite a female version of Lord of the Flies, the world's history is littered with battles between CPUs competing for a shiny, mysterious energy source known as "share energy". However, rather than setting us up for a massive battle, the story begins with a truce between all four factions and the ensuing nichijou that follows. Neptune is a barely-comedic action show with a lot of barely-clad, transforming female beings acting like preteen girls. If that turns you on, please see a psychiatrist immediately.
I convinced myself to venture into this expecting something like a mix of Strike Witches and Kampfer. Actually, what really s…
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Now, I wrote a review of this anime on my Humming bird so, if you want a full synopsis of the plot in my own words, go check it out. My username is MatyPatty. Anyway, Hyperdimension Neptunia The Animation was a pleasant surprise but, also a huge guilty pleasure for a gamer such as myself.
Story Rating: 6
This is definitely an original but, odd plot. Simply imagine your video game console as a cute, anime girl. You'll basically have this anime in a nutshell. If you plan for a lot of explaining and backstory, you'll have to play the games to get it because this anime does not explain. So, make sure to study up before watching this.
My major complaint, and it's pretty common with this anime, is the amount of drama it wants to show. While action drama, I don't mind, drama between character…
Read at the sourceNolanAlighieri
So I guess I'm going to throw my hat into this sea of shouting, as if my one opinion will make a difference in the scheme of things.
Let's start by ignoring this stupidly arbitrary "story rating, art rating, sound rating, ect" system that I suppose MAL has adopted. I put 9's across the board because frankly the score not only seems arbitrary, but also redundant.
Neptunia is on my list of favorite animes; sue me. Send your raging fanboner emails to Icantcareaboutyouropinionasmuchasyoucareaboutmine@gmail.com
I came into the Neptunia train a little bit late. During the Steam 2015 summer sale, I picked up Re;birth 1 and Re;birth 2. After playing through the first, I fell in love with the series even though the game itself was filled with a mediocre plot, mediocre gameplay, and 1 dimensional…
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Welcome to me review of Choujigen Game Neptune The Animation!
(Story - 3/10)
The story of the Anime was the one part I wasn't very satisfied with. For a 12-episode long Anime with an OVA, the stories should have been thought and planned out. Yet, while watching the Anime move along, I felt that some of the stories took way too long to pan out. There were also ones that ended way too quickly as well. As you can see, there's kind of an imbalance there. The progress overall felt too rocky and not properly paced out.
(Art - 7/10)
The art of the Anime is one of its plus points. Being in a fantasy world, one would expect the use of vibrant colours and effects to help enhance the art of the Anime. It did. The art was well done; fight scenes were beautifully animated as well. Also, this is an ex…
Read at the sourceEagleshadow
Storywise it's very very bad. But you're not here for the story. You're here for cool character designs, action, great seiyuu cast, nice visuals and moe. And if this wasn't so plagued with bad fanservice, it would have been a good braindead moe action comedy. Still a step up from moe SoL no plot nothing happens right? Especially with character designs this good (if we disregard fanservice that is). Music is also good. And that's pretty much everything positive that can be said about this.
Story absolutely sucks, but sometimes it's also a bit entertaining in it's suckage. Other than retarded unnecessary fanservice, by far the worst part is the portrayal of the gay robot character. As well as the portrayal of the final antagonist, her personality and motivation. I mean it's not bad, it's s…
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This anime is best experienced with alcohol.
Ah Neptunia, Compa's Otaku Bait Cash Cow Franchise. For those of you unaware, Neptunia is basically game consoles as girls. And that's basically it.
Really, just like the games, there really is nothing to this anime. There is no plot to this. Most of the anime is just fanservice that's just there to pander to the audience, and aside from that there's nothing special about this. Fight scenes are so-so, VA is passable (Compa's is terrible as usual), "serious" scenes are cringe-worthy and some of the jokes are just unfunny.
So, is this anime worth watching? If you took a look at my "Favorite Anime" list on my profile, you'd see this anime listed right smack dab in the middle of it. Yes, go watch this anime. I highly recommend it. Now this isn't…
Read at the sourceKasumi_Mamiko
I am a HUGE overzealous fan of the Hyperdimension Neptunia games, and have even garnered myself a bit of a reptutation on DeviantART by creating "Custom Canvas Textures for use within the second and third games in the console series. (mk-2 & Victory)
I LOVE this anime, i think they did a great job mixing the plots of the games together to create a comprehensive story line for an anime that i believe is probably only ever going to have this one season. The art is beautiful and vibrant, and the character designs are as close to the game as possible without Tsunako doing the animation alone. The sound quality is great and it's very funny and entertaining.
As for the drawbacks, there are only 2 that really stand out to me. This is NOT a series you can just pick up just because....because the…
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Forewarning: I am not a fan of the game, and I watched this anime due to the nice art it seemed to contain so I am judging this as a anime watcher, not a fan.
Story:7
The story was interesting, however both the reviews on here as well as my initial feels for the show after watching it have me in agreement that it was extremely rushed, with at least a good 2 seasons, if not 3 crammed into 12 episodes. I also was a little turned off by the fact it was all female cast, and I mean ALL female, to the extent of which it looked like a matriarchy.
Art:7
The art was pretty good, definitly could have been better but it had its perks.
Sound:9
The sound was probably the best part of the anime in my opinion, with a really good intro as well as outro, which I liked listening to.
Character:6
While th…
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Neptunia is a game franchise from Compile Heart and Idea Factory. They are solid games, albeit with some issues, and their Lily system is one of the best things in any video game. Seriously, more games need a system where yuri makes the characters stronger. In 2013 there was an anime version, separate in storyline from any of the games. It was handled by David Production, the same studio behind Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. It's only the second anime I've seen where they were responsible for the main production. How well does it hold up?
Story:
The Console Wars are coming to an end in the great land of Gamindustri as the four Goddesses, Neptune, Noire, Blan and Vert, sign a treaty of friendship that will prevent their nations from taking Shares from one anther by force. Thereby allowing all…
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