Audience reviews
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knivessorrows
sadly this show bored me 😭 i thought it would be good as i remember it was blowing up back in 2020 and putting it on my list but i wasn’t satisfied. while it focuses on the family, it does focus on the daughter who annoyed me most times during the show. but then again she is just a young teenager who is literally seeing her country fall apart before her eyes so i’ll give some grace.
animation wasn’t great :/
but some parts of the story made me shocked but understand the realistic approaches they took for the story.
would i watch again? nope!
Read at the sourceYemi_Hikari
Note - I mark this as Not Recommended because I do actually believe "Most review readers will not like this", but the review is still aimed at drawing in those who might still like this particular Anime. There's also some mention of differences from Japan Sinks, the 1970s novel this Anime is adapted towards, but they're not spoilers for the work -- more of things I felt were important to know going into this.
I love B-level disaster movies/series like Japan Sinks 2020, yet I suspect this does not hold true for most individuals. In contrast, A-level disaster movies/series are far more likely to be well-received, though even then, there is a specific group for which this genre will never appeal; the disaster genre is, after all, a genre that falls into the category of horror for certain peo…
Read at the sourcePeter_The_Rabbit
Weird anime. The way that characters just die left and right and everyone just moves on, seemed strange to say the least. All the while Ayanami just loses her marbles on occasion. KITE being a walking and talking deus-ex-machina of sorts also wasn't particularly appealing. The rest of the characters are closely defined, with a few interloping sub-plots that felt unnecessary. Many characters felt outright superfluous. Overall, its compelling plot, but executed in a somewhat unconventional (and not very believable) way. The visuals are interesting, and somewhat compensate the cons of this work.
Im usually a big fan of disaster movies and also anime. This particular intersection of both didn't really make my taste, having a hard time recommending this one, except for *maybe* the first two ep…
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An anime that behaves like a regular TV show for an adult audience. This is the best way that "Japan Sinks 2020" could be described, it is an anime that just does not aim to be one. While arguably over 90% of all anime shows out there tend towards fantasy, the supernatural, futuristic sci-fi, or just have characters with some superhuman capabilities, the show we've got at hand is one of the rare ones that remains entirely realistic at all times and never really breaks into over-the-top action or any other clichés commonly associated with this sort of media.
Nihon Chinbotsu 2020 parts from a very interesting concept: Japan sinking into the ocean due to a mass-scale natural catastrophe. Now, while the premise is indeed interesting, it's merely adapted from the novel "Japan Sinks", published…
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Good anime, quite well adapted to the today's time. My guess for the low reviews is due to the audience being to young and not fare well with "loss" and very adult themes in general. Which is something you will be experience a lot in this anime, sometimes it will be very brutal... and gory hence why I think the artistic direction for this anime fits... here's why:
Artistic direction, although is not your tipical bright Anime show, it actually fits the Anime mood very well. Has the show isn't exactly your happy go lucky show and things don't go the way you expect most of the time.
Sound wise, was good enough in my opinion.
If you been wanting to watch a seinen show, this is one you can watch, I think the middle part of the Anime was a bit weird, but anything past the Cult part is still…
Read at the sourceVonDemus
The first episode is quite good, but after that, the series turns into quite a mess, like a totally different show. The characters often act so illogically that it's almost an insult to the viewer's intelligence. It's as if the characters lack normal human emotions. Just a few minutes after a highly traumatic moment, such as a brutal death of an important character, the characters might appear to have completely forgotten that anything even happened. The promising first episode gave me false hope that the series would improve as it progressed, but unfortunately, it didn't. It's rare for me to feel that a show I've watched from start to finish is a complete waste of time, but this one truly is! The animation quality is okay, but it doesn't redeem this show.
Read at the sourceMutoKaiju
I loved the anime on it's own ! Rare animes about natural disasters and i loved it ! It's not perfect as they could have made some things better and Ayumu less annoying but too sad this website is full of Edgelords the ironic thing is that everyone talk about how the animation is trash but the yare the same ones that simp over Devilman Crybaby, made by the same studio with the same style and even same director and EVEN same OST composer, what a joke. :) i recommand to peoples to give it a try instead of listening the edgelords bellow.
Read at the sourceJoshisikwe
It always confuses me when I watch something I love and I check the reviews/ratings and it doesn't align this is one those times. The 6.44 rating doesn't do this show justice at all because it's a 10!( obviously biased but it's a fact) The storyline is different from what I'm used to but I was hooked from the start to the end. The main characters who are a family are so endearing and easy to get attched to and how they navigate their world essentially ending and fighting for survival from episode to episode is something that was really great and restored some of my hope in humanity.
I don't want to give to much so I don't ruin it but be ready to cry and shout your support for them. Ignore the reviews and ratings and watch it to form your own opinion...Enjoy
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Is this the best show in the world? No, the art looks very old despite its release date and there's a lot of moments that do not make sense. But is this worth watching? Yes, and here's why.
This short series is about the main character, Ayumu, trying to find and survive with her family during a natural disaster. Since they live on the island of Japan, trouble keeps occurring and chances of survival get slimmer the longer the show goes on. But this show is less about the earthquake causing Japan to sink, but rather about Ayumu's journey through this crisis.
This premise sounds normal enough, but whatever you were expecting to happen, this show goes further than that. Every episode has something happening, which means there's no stale moments. It's extremely weird and sometimes very cutthr…
Read at the sourceBluffroom
Why did this even get made?
It had one good episode, and after that it was if the studio writers were egging each other on to write a worse episode than the last. What was extremely disappointing to me was that it appeared as though they were developing the characters, until the end of episode one, where this development was frozen, thrown out of a window and smashed to pieces with a baseball bat.
The main characters were replaced each by a single adjective in place of a personality. I wish I could have my time back, plus 200% compensation. What the fuck was this?
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Masaaki Yuasa is one of the most famous of anime directors, and I've long been a fan, so my expectations were high for Yuasa's studio Science Saru. I'm not sure why, but a lot of the vitality his projects were known for ebbed a bit with this new studio. Ping Pong the Animation has been the best so far, and there are some decent movies like Tatami Galaxy—others have been middling affairs with decent animation or cinematic elements, but they hit rock bottom with Japan Sinks—or, alternatively, Japan Stinks, if you're so inclined.
What audience were they aiming for with this turkey? There are loads of unfunny english phrases, and since it's Netflix, I assume the core audience must be Western or American primarily—and those fat neck rolls the artists kept drawing on the characters were probab…
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Well... it definitely wasn't the worst thing I've ever seen but what a disappointment. After a strong first two episodes, the show quality started dipping downhill real quickly.
The overall creative direction was subpar and the pacing was pretty horrible. Plot elements that were asinine, lazily executed, shockingly half-baked, and just plain uninteresting. Payoffs that felt awkwardly unearned or terribly rushed. Characters ranged from decent to "why the hell is this person even here"
When you can tell that the showrunners were running out of time and were trying to rush the show to completion towards the end, that is always a bad sign. I wanted to like the characters and get into the plot, but I never could. And that resolution, was the epitome of bad and lazy storytelling, opting to tel…
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While Japan Sinks 2020 is undeniably a bizarre mess that fails at everything it tries to do, and can be seen as a complete and utter trainwreck, it can still provide a great amount of entertainment, like any good trainwreck can. As the show grows more bizarre as characters die at random, and are then forgotten about when a picture taking opportunity comes up, you can't help but laugh. Other moments, like engrish rap battles at the end of the world, or the boy's death (you'll know if you've seen it) just further build upon this. Japan Sinks 2020 is easily one of the best unintentionally enjoyable comedies I've seen in a while.
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**THIS REVIEW HAS MINOR SPOILERS**
A kid was complaining to his father that he was cold, so the father responded with, "Go into the corner, you'll get warmer", the kid asks why, and the father replies, "Because it's 90 degrees".
Yeah? Did you get it? Did you cringe? Yeah me too, and I'm ashamed of it, and I only wish to take it back but now it's etched into history forever, at least I now know what it feels like to be the writer of Japan Sinks 2020.
This show is a good example of what would happen if the Japanese anime industry had its own Netflix type production, where you get a director with skill in some cinematics and then they expect their name or style will get them any further with any other concept, you can't grow in the anime industry without growing your style.
Japan Sinks is…
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Japan Sinks 2020 has some really good strengths and not so good drawbacks. That, unfortunately, just leaves us with a mediocre feeling on a show that seems like it really tried to keep it's audience in an uncomfortable position.
Story: Japan Sinks 2020 takes place in Japan, where the Mutou family are going about their daily lives as if nothing can go wrong. That is, until a gigantic earthquake completely devastates the city that they live in. We see this happen as citizens get crushed by buildings and they're really not shy to show this. Japanese authorities attempt to get everyone on boats, but with the earth's crust beneath the island-nation completely tearing itself apart, not even the seas are safe. The Mutou family are joined by multiple allies along the way with a single goal in min…
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Nihon Chinbotsu 2020
Japan Sinks
I've been watching anime for ages and always thought I'd hit the bottom of the barrel and I couldn't find a worse anime. But with "Japan Sinks" a new bar has been created for me.
At first, I thought I could compare this anime to "Tokyo Magnitude 8.0" because they have a very similar setting. And I already realized in episode 1 what a stupid idea this was and that the comparison ended quickly.
This anime is, without exaggeration, even worse than the American blockbuster -2012- which is one of the most famous movies, both for its budget and its inane stupid plot.
Well, let's get to the actual content and why this anime is, by far, the biggest waste of time you can find. I for one am very neutral and try my best to find all the positive and negative poin…
Read at the sourceLia_wa
At first glance Nihon Chinbotsu appears to be simply a somewhat confused and disjointed disaster show. Like most disaster films and shows it's riddled with convenient coincidences and punctual evasions--but that's to be expected, so no grief given. Well, maybe just a bit of grief; this show seems to take it to a whole new level when it comes to quantity of ridiculous escapes, convenient timings and exceptionally moronic decisions made by our main heroes. Though, there is an actual motivation behind it all, which, theoretically, can excuse this. But more to that later.
Furthermore, some classic tired tropes are present, of people becoming evil rapists, thieves(as much as you can be considered one in the apocalypse), murderers and drunkards.
The outlook here always seems to be that the thre…
Read at the sourceJarsAndSuch
Wow. This was amazing! It makes you sad, relieved, scared, exited, and more in just 10 episodes! The concept is interesting, and the actual reality of what would happen is detailed. Each episode leaves you wanting more. Lots of people are saying it’s horrible, but really, you should at least try it. WARNING: there is a short s*x scene (less than a minute) in it, so beware. Other than that, this anime is a 10/10!
Netflix kept suggesting this to me, and I kept ignoring it. Eventually I clicked on it and fell in love with the art. There were wholesome parts that made me smile, even though the setting is dark. Earthquakes destroy Japan, slowly making it sink. Dangers lurk around every corner, yet some parts are heartwarming.
I definitely suggest watching at least one or two episodes, just to…
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This anime was actually my first apocalyptic story that was based on a natural disaster. After experiencing a really strong earthquake last 2013 in my hometown, I’ve become really scared of it. That even a very weak shake of the ground makes my heart pound so hard, and watching this anime reminds me so much of what happened last 2013.
This anime has a low rating on MAL so I wasn’t really positive that I could get past the 1st episode, but look at me now, I finished it hahahaha. Well, let me tell you more about this anime on the following points below.
Animation
The animation and character design of this anime is not that good. I don’t really like to say it like that, but that’s just how it is. I am not a big fan of the animation and some character designs make me cringe. I’m usually pret…
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TLDR: don't bother, it is not bad enough to be funny or good enough to be entertaining.
The plot seems like it would be really entertaining, and to be fair in the first episode it was however it is quickly turned into a convoluted jumble of explosions and running back and forth for no reason.
It really tries to tug at your heartstrings by adding little details to the characters along the way but no one cares at this point and everyone has lost interest.
I will say I did like that they actually made it feel modern by adding a youtuber for a MC and an interracial family which was nice but for every good thing this show does thee are twice as many thing to go wrong. Some of the deaths are so out of the blue it feels like they forgot to put them in till last minute.
The art is nice, n…
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