Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
breramei
this show was fun from the start but its so much better drunk LOLLLL im glad i finally watched the anime i remember being like 12 and thinking samatoki and dice were so cooolll
also i getttt that it’s a multimedia franchise and their focus is on music but i wass hoping to see more of them interact or more of their past!! like with samatoki/jinguuji/ramuda especially
i found out that tom and the other ones aren’t canon and omds it makes so much sense. they r so so boring like pls their screen time should’ve been given to the rest of the characters. they literally have 4x3 characters and 3 more if u count chuoku. they r such a waste of space bro boring design boring voices boring character tropes boring arc should’ve just stayed npcs
but it’s a fun show and im excited to listen to more of…
Read at the sourceAshPrince32_
I think, LITERALLY, everyone should watch this anime, regardless of which anime genres you prefer. I really really enjoyed every episode of this anime, even if the use of 3D animation was a little jarring (at first), it has a really good plot which ramps up as you watch so it doesn't really get boring. Compared to other anime this anime is wholly unique, the soundtrack bangs too! (in fact before even watching this anime some of the songs were on my playlist).
So, i highly recommend this anime, not only is the music banger but also the animation style and character designs are so appealing to the eye, there is bound to be at least one character youll continue watching just to see.
Read at the sourceSupersonic_Pain
There are way too many characters for how little characterization they get.
If you check the MAL page, they have every member of the 4 rap groups as "main" characters and calling them all "main" characters is generous. There are clearly leaders of the rap groups and while they don't fare much better, the side characters are each assigned a personality trait and told to stick to it.
Dice is the gambler
Jyuto is the cop who I guess is technically dirty but, like, he seems to be doing his job just fine to me
Saburo is the hacker brother
Speaking of which, I'm not entirely sure what Jiro's deal is. He just kinda exists. If it wasn't for Saburo's hacking, the whole Buster Bros could've died in a fire and I wouldn't have missed anything tbh.
With the exception of Busujima, I don't think an…
Read at the sourceangel1c_eyes
Not gonna lie, the plot was absolutely batshit. Seeing the criminals pull out mics instead of guns was so funny to watch and trying to understand what is going on in this alternate timeline of Japan was certainly fun to dissect. This is basically a so bad that it's good kind of anime that makes it a fun watch due to how logic completely is not a thing in this show.
The music is nice, honestly with multimedia anime projects like these they can make pretty good bangers. I guess the plot of seeing these groups of people from each prefecture crime fighting can look silly since all they really are doing is... rapping and all. My fave is the Ichiro guy lol
Read at the sourceKietsuTsubasa4
Easily one of the most convoluted, pretentious, and trope filled shows that I've ever watched and one that I could not recommend highly enough.
It was the worst show that I had watched this year and also the one I had the most fun watching. This is the picture perfect definition of a so-bad-that-it's-good piece of media.
Everything about it is pretentiously extra. You know how shows usually only have one main character? Well this one has 12.
You know how the main character sometimes has weird hair or unique eyes? Well almost every character in this show has two tone ombre hair, usually in some pastel candy colored shade. Along with multicolored eyes, which are different from the THREE characters who have actual heterochromia, and pupils shaped like an hourglass. In fact, you can easil…
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I'm not good at writting reviews so i'll go straight to the point and keep it short.
I love the characters, especially their designs but the story is kinda shitty. For half of the season they tried to show of the characters but i still fell like it could be done better. I see the potential but i still wasn't satisfied with what they did. The story had some good moments but overall it was pretty boring and i had a hard time watching this anime. At first, before starting it i was actually exited to do so, but later i only watched it for the characters hoping they will do something interesting.
Read at the sourceLilamon
Hypnosis Mic is easily one of the best idol anime of all time. It separates itself from it's contemporaries with absurd storylines, memorable art direction, and most importantly, hilarious writing. Almost every character stands on their own within the show's narrative. The interpersonal relationships and history between the divisions leaves me eager to learn more. The music is some of the best in the genre, with solid raps and instrumentals that bring me back to listen over and over again. For fans of idol content, this is a welcome departure from the norm with familiar staples. For those new to musical anime, I find this to be a great starting point, especially for comedy fans.
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The story is lackluster at best and lets be honest, it takes a backseat to the hip-hop/rap performances. Nothing about the story was interesting; I know I'm not familiar with Japanese hip-hop culture, even though I do listen to a lot of rappers (artists & battle rappers) from that area. Maybe that's why it didn't jive with me like it should have.
The odd hip-hop segment will have 1 character with awesome rap flow but that's it. The beats are terrible; well written on their own, just not good enough to freestyle or rap to. I suggest someone remix it - I don't care enough about the show to do it myself.
The lyrics are the point of how powerful their attack is and I challenge anyone to find good bars in any lyric of this show. Japanese battle rap leagues have great f*ckin' bars so a little…
Read at the sourcemomorin22
so, hypmic's anime.. i didn't mind it, unlike Ensemble Stars's anime adaptation they didn't overshoot or actively try to adapt an incredibly long story that would have been too difficult/cumbersome to adapt into animation; instead they made their own separate canon that didn't veer too far from the main timeline and general premise of Hypnosis Mic as a whole. which is a good thing.
so, a spoiler-free overall thoughts of the anime as a whole..?
again, its fine. nothing mind blowing or overly crazy, found it to be fun and laughed a lot. the only nitpick is the group exclusive to the anime called "Secret Aliens", found their divison to be under developed and admittedly shoe-horned in. There were a few scenes with them but they just weren't executed very well, with dialog being very stilted(b…
Read at the sourcepatchouli_dono
As someone who´s been a big fan of this project since it started, I was very adamant about starting this anime. Usually, anime that gets adopted from gacha idol games ends up being mediocre at best and this was certainly one of those cases.
Art and Animation:
The moment that the A1 pictures logo popped up I knew exactly what to expect. When the characters are standing still and not moving, the art looks fine, but the moment something moves the quality drops significantly. The characters themselves are quite colourful and flashy, but even that isn´t enough to distract someone from the awful 3D animation that is mixed in. I´ve never seen the need to animate the rap battles in 3D as the characters most of the time just stand there flailing their arms about.
Music:
So, this was an incredib…
Read at the sourceSanaeK10
First things first, I'm not a fujo, so normally I wouldn't gravitate towards shows like these, but upon discovering the director for this was also responsible for Symphogear G, GX, and XV (and ...AXZ...), I simply had to give the show a shot. And honestly, this is just Symphogear with guys. Hell the first episode even begins with a Kirika/Shirabe esque moment with the 2 Buster Bros "sneaking" around like idiots.
The show is simply stylish. Similar to Ono Katsumi's work on Symphogear, the act of singing, or rapping in this case, is given such a bombastic and over-the-top flair that it becomes so engaging you wouldn't want to take your eyes out of the action even for a second. While the action is generally intense, ironically the main draw of the series, the rap battles, which only happen…
Read at the sourceKwaxiiiii
The story of the show was pretty good. There wasn’t enough information to pieces 2 & 2 together. Toward the end of the series it had a continuous storyline but in the beginning, the characters’ stories were told at different times but they were connected but sometimes I feel like some information is missing. The story was pretty complex but it's not too much for it to be confusing. It was fine.
The story was pretty predictable. Every episode ended in the same way but it was pleasing to watch. There wasn’t any filler episode and the pacing was alright. There was some comedic stuff here and there but it doesn’t give me the sci-fi vibes. The art is standard-fare is the art style that you usually see.
The art style does fit well with the story. They both have that edgy vibes. They were som…
Read at the sourceKanna_4869
Hi, everyone! Welcome to another review! **Note that this was written at two different 'stages' while I was watching the anime**.
This is what I wrote having watched 4 episodes and I believe I will sustain my POV until the end:
As a rap battle IRL enjoyer, I actually found this anime immediately disappointing. I expected the bands from the opening to encounter and actually DOING a rap battle but this is rapping against bad guys one-sided; hence where's the battle? If you want to watch this because you like rap battles, then take that into account cause you're not getting anything until the end I guess.
The story is so bad and stupid imo. I really don't care about what happens. I feel it's overly complicated to follow and I sense they made it that way to make it look 'serious' and/or 'co…
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To really get any kind of enjoyment out of this series, you have to have prior knowledge of the overall plot/characters. This animation expects you to know what is happening therefore you get random flashbacks with no explanation.
If you don't give a hoot about the plot and just want to watch something because you're bored, give this a shot! It was a bit disappointing that they did not follow the main plot of the Hypnosis Mic manga, but it was a fun watch once you disregard the sometimes lackluster animation.
As someone who is familiar with the Hypnosis Mic project, it was decent and definitely could've been done better. If they decide to make a serious animation of Hypnosis Mic I hope they improve so that it can be consumed by new and old fans!
(Congrats to Fling Posse on winning the…
Read at the sourceMooneLight
The art is pretty much the best thing in the anime, the colors and art style are good, but I got one problem, the 3D animation. The 3D animation makes the rap battles less attractive than 2D. Also, the story doesn't make a lot of sense, sometimes it's a bit confusing. (They don't explain the whole story, just some flashbacks of some people, but can't tell what really happened) Then there's the voice acting, I personally didn't like it, It didn't really match the characters, but the music is fine. (This review is written by someone who hadn't play the game nor read the manga yet :D)
Read at the sourcejauneseul
Almost every episode of the Anime, even if I remember correctly, you really encounter a different rap duel in each episode. You're really excited about the meaning of Rap parties. (I didn't start from the drawings this time :) so as a result, the anime in the music catagory I watched decisively is decisively among those I found successful.
All of the drawings are very good, I was able to choose a favorite until the last 3 episodes.
Doppo, well, I like this character a little more than I like myself.
I think his story was quite original, but the possibility of a new season coming up is hmm... it's a little thought-provoking, maybe we'll get some news next year, but I don't have much hope that you'll come.
Well, I guess I don't have a lot of criticism for this anime.
Read at the sourcedecoboco
you can tell the 2020 pandemic really screwed this show over.
it came really late due to delays, and by that time the series has already begun the second arc. ouch.
the story is a mix of adapting the drama cds and adding some original scenarios and characters into the fray. personally, i don't think they should have added them, because it makes the canon timeline of events rather confusing. and the story itself between the manga and cds is already bananas lol.
most episodes feel like filler, they're trying to show off the characters so you understand them and their goals better, but with the limited amount of episodes it's quite hard to do that. 16 ep would be nice.
especially towards the end where they try and throw in some backstory, there isn't a buildup to it at all and it's literally…
Read at the sourceSklera
"It's time to start the lyrical fashion show"
HypMic is a franchise which started fairly simple. There are rap groups and each of them has an unique style, so everybody should find something they may like. Fans can buy CDs and vote for their favourite, while the writers try to write something
Sounds harsh?
To be honest, the whole concept of hypmic is a creative mess. There are some enjoyable bits, but overall the plot stand on a weird fundation that creates multiple questions. For example, how people get hypmic? What happened to sellers of illegal weapons? What exactly happened when the Party of Words took control over Japan? How badly lives of people changed? Why people fight for the territory?
Unfortunately, I am only talking about the current plot established by track dramas and ani…
Read at the sourceJammyZeppeli
Genuinely amazing. Despite there being very little in the way of believable story, Hypnosis Mic is one of the best anime I've ever seen. Every single song is an absolute banger, the character designs are super fun and colourful and almost all of the characters (both male and female) are hot.
This anime is perfect if you want to just sit back and have a fun time. You probably won't enjoy it as much if you don't like this genre of music though.
Also, the rap battles at the very end were so hype that I was literally sitting on the edge of my seat and hyperventilating.
Read at the sourceTamaki_ki
Very good, damn this is the best brain rot to watch.
If you're looking for something fun to watch while also not having the braincells to think, this is the perfect show.
The raps are great and the dialog is very fun.
The show takes itself very serious, but that honestly just makes it more fun to watch.
Though, I wouldn't recommend taking the show too serious, since it's much more enjoyable not doing that.
Also, a thing I think is kinda rare for music focused anime is having good 3D animations. I'm personally not really a fan of anything 3D related in anime, but HypMic manages to hide it very well since their models are very on par with their 2D art style.
Again, I would recommend this anime for anyone who likes a good laugh and has major brainrot like me.
Listen to more of their music…
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