Audience reviews
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Gintokiee
well this anime started on a very great node with unexpected actions and mysterious scenarios then they Grow up and it all went to shttt they cliched the second half to so much surprises that it lost all its charm and became the most annoying part of this ...
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it was such great in start seeing a kid with a light dagger against a very brutal world all that mystery and it becomes a love triangle kind of thing till end and even bad they force him to become 'Thorfinn' its just sad and is no fun to watch the story could have been better or maybe it was just not for me so i don't think i'll be able to recommend this anime...
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but 1 or 2 things that this anime did great is showing how does a dystopian world where everything is a challenge makes people behave not for all characters but for tis,…
Read at the sourceSgtSalamander
Jyu-Oh-Sei starts out so strong- It's got some fantastic worldbuilding which supports an engaging premise, complete with a unique alien planet full of horrors, and an abiding mystery that casts its shadow on every unpredictable scene. However, by the second half of this short anime, everything goes off the rails- Romance plots are abandoned, storylines are turned on their head for the sake of cheap 'twists', and it ends on a deeply unsatisfying note, leaving broken promises and unanswered questions in its wake like corpses on a battlefield. This is a show which entirely squanders the potential it had, and seemingly does so for no reason at all, which is the major problem here. Beginning with the story, which is where most of the issues lie, it starts strong and finishes weak and confused.…
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To keep it simple and to the point: It's been well over 10 years since I've watched this. But the reason I am writing this review is to give the person actually considering watching this show a chance to enjoy it as opposed to completely fall apart at the seems from what can only be described as "Teach the dog to read and write so he can finish it" 2nd act of a show.
Never have I been more insulted by any piece of media I've ever consumed than I have with this show. Stale, heavily clichéd , bewildering metaphors, characters and situations stabbed into the viewer like a knife left out on a literal poop deck to just fester and cake onto it all day in the roasting sun, with all the infections you would never imagine could happen to you all at once because someone just handed it to you while…
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A little known and in my opinion underappreciated anime, Jyu Oh Sei, while undeniably flawed, has quite a bit to offer for such a short ride. First of all it's only 11 episodes, so if you're even remotely intrigued by the premise I'd absolutely recommend banging this one out in a night or two. This deserves more recognition.
The first thing that stood out to me, and my overall biggest grievance with this anime, is the English voice acting, pre time skip, of our main character. Women providing the voice work of prepubescent male characters isn't anything new. In fact, it's been done for ages, and in many cases, such as Veronica Taylor voicing Ash Ketchum, it's done very well. That is not the case here. The voice we get here belongs to a preteen girl and doesn't remotely match the character…
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Juy-Oh-Sei is an anime that belongs to a long lost time, where they decided to make anime about men, not about kids.
With only the span of 11 episodes, Jyu-Oh-Sei managed to tell the story of Thor Klein, whose parents got murdered and Thor himself got sent away to a distant planet where he and his brother struggled to survive every moments. What await for their fate is surely something beyond their wildest imagination.
Jyu-Oh-Sei is one anime where I found the world building is rather interesting. So is the cast. But it suffered a lot from the lack of time as mentioned above. With only 11 episode, the plot moves so fast that the director had to use every tricks up his sleeves to connect to story together, from scheming off-screen to timeskip and unexplained abilities... etc. And it is a…
Read at the sourceReyvinHill
This is a review of the anime only. I have not read the manga.
This was an interesting anime. It started off as a standard survival anime but became more complex by the time it was done. While it kept my attention and was generally enjoyable, it felt rushed and was overall, a bit disappointing.
What I liked:
1. It was suspenseful and kept my attention.
2. It kept me guessing as to who could be trusted.
3. I liked most of the characters. 4. It had a lot of potential.
What I didn’t like:
1. Thor’s supposed ages. It didn’t fit with his appearance, his voice, or his behavior. Thor could have started out as a 14yo and progressed to a 19yo and still have been young to be a leader.
2. Thor’s fight scenes. It made no sense for him to win the fights he did other than that it was conven…
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Jyu Oh Sei: Planet of the Beast King. I sometimes refer to this anime as Jyu Oh Sei: Plant World of the Beast King, because of the carnivorous plants. Jyu Oh Sei is a good anime series that borders on mediocrity, but is definitely upper crust of the good to average anime series. The story was a little hard to follow at the beginning until you got into the meat of the story. The story was interesting and sad, even very sad at times. It shows him as he battles through tournaments to become the next beast king. The story is good even very good at times, as the story has a solid ending.
The art and graphics are very good, but the sound is just passable. The fight scenes are well choreographed and excellent at times. The fights aren't as memorable, as say, the Fate series, but still awesome. T…
Read at the sourceChinomi-san
⊥ ⊥ ⊥ ⊥ ⊥ I added “Jyu Oh Sei” to my list after my sister reviewed it, but she warned me that the ending made no sense and neither did the “shoujo” tag. That was back when I was adding anime to my list willy-nilly, and I’m not as picky about anime as she is, so I thought it’d be alright. Looking back, I experienced a variety of emotions while watching this 11-episode show, though not all were great.
⊥ ⊥ ⊥ ⊥ ⊥ I can’t really explain that well why it took me about two months to watch “Jyu Oh Sei.” There were a lot of things factored into that time period… I was watching another TV show (that wasn’t anime), lots of movies, and was preoccupied playing Pokemon, I think. A measly 11 episodes is something a real person could finish in a week. I suppose then I’d have to say that “Jyu Oh Sei reall…
Read at the sourceSumirerireri
(it's Ok, no spoilers here)
It is really difficult to say if this is a good anime or a very bad one.
Let's start with the good aspects.
This anime is very easy to watch. it's short, the plot develops very smoothly and the main premise is very good. A boy who's parents are killed and he is sent to a wild planet without a clue of what's going on around him. When he thinks he has figured out how he should work his way out of the planet in order to find out the answers he's looking for, he starts to discover that things are way more complex than he could have imagined, and nothing is what it seems. At the end we discover a skillfully imagined sci-fy scenario with a nice setting and a nice ethical dilemma. And it is not only that the plot is good but that it also manages to create enough in…
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I have no clue how did this anime appear on my planning to watch list, but, heck, I'm so glad it did!
As it always happens with the animes I fell in love with, I started with being extremely sceptical about Jyu Oh Sei. I'm not entirely sure why, probably there is an anime with a similar name, but I instantly thought it will be yaoi related. With my history of being an underage yaoi fangirl (guilty), it'd make sense, given the fact for how long I've had MAL account and how recently I've returned to anime. Long story short, I was not too eager to watch the series. However, this anime did something the most are incapable of - it caught my attention at the very first episode. From there on, I was hooked on the series, impatiently waiting for the next gym day just to see more of it. At first I…
Read at the sourcePearlescent88
It seems like most people either love or hate this show. I understand why some people would really appreciate this kind of work, but I'm gonna have to go with the "hate" side.
I saw another review mentioned that this is a great show squeezed into far too few episodes, and I think that's a fair assessment- although the biggest problem is exactly HOW they squeezed it in. The Sci-Fi premise is interesting, the setting detailed and forbidding, the set up for an epic struggle to the top all you could wish for in this kind of story. However, the show never delivered on what it promised me. It's like they took this whole complex story arc spanning years and multiple character arcs and decided to cut out all of the most interesting parts. Here's the basic structure of the show- Set up the scenari…
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Jyu Oh Sei hold's a special place in my heart. It's one of those anime that is largely ignored, meaning that most people aren't aware of it's existence. Probably because it isn't amazing, but hear me out on this point. I have always felt that this anime had major potential. One of the reasons why this anime is so unforgettable to me is because I have spent many nights in my bedroom staring at the ceiling and thinking of ways that this anime could have been a masterpiece.
The reason I think this anime COULD have been a masterpiece, is because I instinctively think of many ways that the plot could have gotten deeper, and how the world building and characters could have been profoundly expanded. It's just my imagination playing around, but I truly believe that this anime could have been exp…
Read at the sourceDenzRui
As anime watchers; we've often encountered words such as "wasted potential", and let me tell you, yes you, the one who's reading this, this anime is the very definition of WASTED POTENTIAL.
Story:
The story starts with twin brothers; Thor and Rai with Thor being the elder sibling and Rai being the younger. After coming home, they went to see the dead bodies of their parents and while lamenting their lost; they we're put on sleep and dropped in a plant planet called Chimaera.
The plot didn't have that much "interesting" vibe to it, but once you get to watch the first few episodes, that's when you'll know that it was becoming interesting to good.
But sadly, it was only good for the first part, after the major time skip, this show went suicidal.
Art:
The art for me was really decent. No…
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Story: 8
Great story. It is very engaging, and grips the watcher. I personally enjoy survival themes in anime, and this anime accurately portrays the dilemma of being in a situation between life and death. It starts with Thor and his brother Rai, who are excited to an unknown planet for unknown reasons. Already it spikes my interest, but there are also several plot holes. (which I not name in order to avoid spoilers) However, as the plot unfolds, the story begins to get rushed, especially towards the last few episodes. I feel as though this 11 episode anime could have defiantly improved with 24 episodes. Art + Sound: 7
Considering the time it came out, the animation is very good, but it is a bit choppy during some fight scenes. The sound is very good, and I enjoyed it even if it was not…
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Jyu oh sei Anime Review
Jyu oh sei or in English planet of the beast king is an 11 episode anime released back in 2006. The studio handled the production are the hard hitter bones who have produced many shows ranging from Full Metal Alchemist/ Full Metal Alchemist Brother hood to Space Dandy. Bones is one of my personal favourite studios but that doesn’t mean that every work they put out is going to amaze me. Jyu oh sei is one of those shows which had an intriguing premise but it never lived up to its full potential.
Jyu oh sei is set in the distant star system of Balkan and follows the tragic tale of a boy named Thor. He and his twin brother Rai return home one day to find their parents dead, they are then kidnapped and sent to the Plant of Chimera, a jungle plant where plants rule and…
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I understand that a lot of people really enjoyed Jyu Oh Sei; however my experience with the short anime was dreadful. It was a complicated story crammed into eleven episodes. The story covered a long amount of time and was unable to appropriately develop its characters or make their actions and thoughts believable.
The biggest problem I had with the show was the romance. It was unnecessary and unrealistic. There was no relationship--it felt like instant love and it was hard to wrap my head around.
The anime started off promising, but quickly degenerated. The relationships between the characters were cheesy, the pacing was confusing, and the story was convoluted and episodic. Had it been an episodic plot-line, it could have worked, but the story arc was simply choppy and off-putting.
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This anime was brilliant, even though this anime was only 12 episodes long, it was action packed, and the plot was done in a whole 12 episode, I my view I think the plot was quickly completed in 12 episodes, and left no room for longer episode number or another season. But the anime is enjoyable none the less, at times a few characters became confusing, as in their appearance changed and also the huge time gaps between episodes, but you'll catch up. I found myself emotionally attached to the characters, making this anime unmissable, with happy moments and sad moments, I would recommend this anime.
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Read at the sourceLiveLoveYaoi
This is not a well known or very popular anime. While personally I don't like it, I think everyone should give this anime a chance because it has something to offer everyone. Here's what I thought.
I really like the story. It follows two young brothers, Thor and Rei, who are abandoned on a strange, dangerous planet called Chimaera. Here humans have reverted to a feral state in order to survive. They live in a world where women are in a huge minority, and so they seem to hold some kind of power because they are viewed as 'sacred', and able to chose their own mates. Not a bad plot really, its sounded interesting when I first tried it.
The artwork is really nice too. The world Thor and Rai are abandoned on is covered in strange and dangerous plants, the animation is cool to look at and the…
Read at the sourceMr-Greenrock
I only give three ratings 1-5-10.
it was good so i give it a five
there's not enough to it and the story was rush'd
but there's something about it that was really worth watching
I wish it had more killing and more sex that's all i really care about any way
the story is more or less about " I love you " " i don't like you like that"
or loving some one who do'sent love you the same way or not at all.
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I absolutely loved Jyu-Oh-Sei! I just wished that the anime wasn't so rushed. So many things would go on during the course of one episode so there was a lot of information coming at you way too fast. But overall, the anime was extremely enjoyable to watch. I seriously haven't enjoyed an anime this much in a long time. Just watch it!
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