Audience reviews
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W15
i enjoyed watching this anime, i didnt get emersed into it till midway through it's series though; about ep3 or ep4. i didnt care much for the intro & outro as well. the animation to me is similar to 3D Animation from some video games.
so i rated it 8 due to story was good & animation graphics orverall was like 3D animation of some video games. it would have been a 9 if the intro & outro was more interesting as well.
also due to the graphics it's sorta realistic as well. And it has some BGL in it.
if you like stories & anime that's rounded in multi directions; kinda like a little of; boy girl love, adventure, action, comedy, bugs (man eating bugs), abilities, non humans, vilonce, some gore, & ect. then you should watch this.
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I mainly came here simply because of Hanazawa Kana-chan Voice so of course it did not disappoint <3 I'm not good with writing a review with complicated words or detailed criticism so I will just say that I like this! Not the best out there, but still recommend to watch!
As someone who at least watched plenty of Animes, animation or visual is fine! And of course, for my eyes they are pretty great~ 10/10
Plot-wise.. Hmm. Mixed feelings. Its pretty much up to each of us to appreciate it so 8/10. Watch it and decide for yourself.
Characters! 9/10! Some of you may not like Illie-chan and Kidou-kun's relationship but so what? I thought there will not be a touch of romance here but hehe. I was screaming here and there! I so loveeee their interactions. And supporting characters are surely the b…
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The following is an excerpt from the Deep Dive project:
Cagaster of an Insect Cage
ONA, 12 episodes, dubbed
May 2022
Not Recommended
Ah yes, the red ‘N’ of doom strikes yet again with Cagaster of an Insect Cage, a 3D anime adaptation that tries desperately to compete with other sci-fi anime titles. You already know from the rating that this show ultimately failed to make it to even baseline quality; allow me to elaborate.
The limitations of budget 3D animation are all too apparent in all of these 3D anime; in this case, tragically so. Cagaster actually looks surprisingly good at times. Some of the character models aren’t bad, about on par with JRPG characters from the 2010’s scaled up to HD. But like every 3D title I’ve seen thus far, the budgeting goes too far and you get choppy anim…
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*No Spoilers*
Summary:
Cagaster of an Insect Cage is a sci-fi anime based in a post-apocalyptic world in which some humans are turned into massive insects that murder people. The protagonist, Kidou, fights these insects for a living. In the first episode, he saves a girl who becomes central to the story later on. Overall, the story is interesting and not too hard to follow along with. The theme of what it means to be human in this apocalyptic world is well explored, and, if you are new to this genre, I recommend it as a starting point.
Story: 6/10
The story overall is above average for this genre of anime. The characters play a big role in the plot instead of everything just happening to them. Overall, the pacing of the story is appropriate, and the world-building is interesting. The plo…
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Man vs gigantic insects. Who will win?
Story & Characters: Cagaster of an Insect Cage takes place in 2125, when a terrible illness known as the Cagaster starts to infect large populations. This disease morphs the inflicted into gigantic, savage insects. These insects are large, fierce, and kill on sight, sporting large sickles and hard bodyarmour-like shells. Kidou is a professional exterminator, very adept at killing these insects with his quick thinking and strong physic. While on a mission one day, he stumbles upon a damaged car with a dying parent, who pleads Kidou to take his daughter, Ilie, to find her mother, as they're stuck in the middle of nowhere. Taking his request, Kidou takes Illie to live with him in his base of operations where he vows to help track down this mother, with…
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Mushikago no Cagaster (Cagaster of an Insect Cage) is a mediocre anime and shouldn't be a prioritized watch. The plot is different and not cliché, but the execution is overused. The art is a hit or miss depending on the viewer, while the sound is decent but nothing special. Characters are sterotypical and lacked a solid lore. The anime is hard to binge-watch due to dull enjoyment.
The story revolves around an infectious disease that turn people into cagasters (insects.) Think of a typical zombie movie such as World War Z, but instead of human corpses consuming other humans, its giant insects. This is an interesting concept, but the execution fails. There are many routes the anime could have taken to add a more unique experience, but instead, bland. The way humans tenfold in size becoming…
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This anime has everything. I found that a lot of the Japanese animes are either too silly or too serious, this one fits right in the middle. I was mostly attached to the romance part. Our main girl, fourteen Elie falls for our seventeen somewhat edgy protagonist Kidow. People complain about she being too young, but nothing happened, just innocent puppy love. There was a happy ending, I’m now hoping they’ll make a sequel. I love to see how their relationship will develop, but of course they’ll have to be a few years older.
This is definitely worth watching. The artworks and frighting scenes were amazing. It’s definitely underrated, I’ll rewatch it when I have time.
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No Spoilers here because I highly recommend you give it a try. Both subbed and dubbed the show isn't what you might think it is.
The SS and trailer might throw you off because honestly, CGI work is not the favorite of hardly any anime fan. If you do decide to push off this show you're missing out on a warm and destructive storyline that has you on the edge of your seat waiting to see what happens next.
Although its not the best of anime, I will say that the overall rating of 7 is fair and depending on how you feel about it, might even rate it higher.
DONT SKIP THIS SHOW ITS WORTH A WATCH! Could even rewatch it in half a year once I forget the storyline.
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ok so.. uhm.. I actually have nothing to say about this piece of "art". It's okay. No like that's really it. It's neither good or bad. The animation has some flaws (but thats cgi I guess I don't really expect something out of it). I really do like the character designs tho! The big Insects actually looked scary sometimes which is great! I mean they kill humans and are Insects.. they are supposed to be scary. I really just don't like that we've seen 3 different types of insects in this anime like 95% of those insects are wasps and it just gets boring over time. I really can't say something about the soundtrack because I literally forgot how it sounded like which is bad of course but I guess it can't be so bad because I wouldn't have forgotten it. (I think this was the most failed sentence i…
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Ther moment I finished this series I ran to MAL expecting to find a review that could put into words the absolute MESS this anime was, but I was surprised to find overall positive reviews so here goes my pessimist review, for those not willing to lost their valuable time.
The story is as common as it get: an edgy dude with some talent, a semi-loli girl and an apocaliptic world. The twist: oh, zombies? No, that's boring, the problem here are... Insects! Genius!
It was kinda simple but it caught my eye and I decided to give it a go even if the animation was awful, I thought maybe it could be worth it or, at the very least, it could be something to just have playing in the backround while I did the dishes.
It was not.
The story is completely senseless, and I will not spoil you here, but in…
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This will be a SIMPLE Review. No full body paragraph essay here.
The animation style isn't my thing. It's awkward and could've been better BUT, BUT, the storyline was pretty great. I was I instantly hooked on it and binged the show. I liked the characters and the uniqueness of the story. The development between the characters were good. I guess the only 'negative' thing would be the animation. It wasn't good, period. Though if you can see through that you'll enjoy the anime. At first glance I was like 'what the heck is this' and I wasn't going to watch until some inner voice told me why not give it a try. So I did. You'll either hate it or like it. Either way it wasn't a bad anime.
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Decent show - if the description sounds interesting to you, give it a try.
Be careful though, maybe it's not another Hellsing, but many scenes might not be good for sensitive audience.
The concept is nothing really unique, however I think it's good enough to not feel bored. Events that happen are not that predictable to know the whole story after first episodes, so I find it decent.
Art is probably the only "the best and the worst" element in the show. The worst - because not everyone might like how it is made. The best - because it's consistent and if you like it, you won't feel disappointed at any point.
When it comes to sound - many great voice actors, good opening/ending theme, average music put in the background.
Characters - to be honest, it's hard to introduce many characters i…
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My last thought for this series: weird. The beginning of the spread and causes of outbreaks still unknown, or rather i must believe unexplain. Yet the story start with new era of the insect-human hybrid called Cagaster, so why go to past to study the reason? Thats what the author believe for this show. After the outbreaks, all scientist just gone crazy, and think to control Cagaster by making some of the queen. What a story, i shall say weird. Why need queen? Th bug move individually so why need colony, and more over why need the queen? Idk, too simple, so the show just make the whole story parts feel unrealistic and failure to the logical senses.
I can't blame more. This is how the show pointing out the drama near the end of the world full of the huge insects. Even the little girl and a…
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I enjoyed this anime, although the art and animation could be lacking at times, the story kept me engaged and the characters did as well. The most interesting characters did not get enough screen time in my opinion, but the main characters were also interesting and their backstories were cool to watch.
The main problem I have with this anime, although I enjoyed it, was the animation and sometimes the plot was a little cliche, but I did enjoy it overall and these things weren't enough for me to stop watching it.
Overall, I would recommend for a quick watch, and it was enjoyable enough that I would want to watch it again, and look forward to new episodes that will hopefully come out later on.
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Mushikago no Cagaster is a decent show, but doesn't elevate to anything incredible. It's clearly trying to ride the Attack on Titan craze, which unfortunately just makes me think of a better show. That said, the monster designs are great & the animation is solid. The effects work is a highlight for me.
The music is great all around, I'll definitely be revisiting the ost in the future.
Most of the characters are well developed, giving a great sense of who they are and how they became that person. However, there's clunkers in the side cast that were blander than bread. Also, there's some questionable middle eastern stereotypes through out the whole show.
Mushikago no Cagaster isn't something you'll regret missing, but at 12 episodes it's an easy watch.
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The fact that Cagaster of an Insect Cage does not have a higher rating is a serious injustice. It brings me great pleasure to be one of the few who might actually understand the masterpiece behind this anime.
Story: 10
Art - 8
Sound - 9
Character - 10
Enjoyment - 8
Overall - 9
Starting from what is considered "bad" about the show, the 3D CGI may put off a lot of people, but that is easily overlooked when considering everything else the show has to offer. Personally, I also believe Cagaster of an Insect Cage is one of the few shows that pulls off CGI extremely well. The Cagasters are big and creepy, and the large 3D models only help to solidify the creepy atmosphere that the bugs carry around them. By taking advantage of the CGI animation, the fight scenes are well choreographed and hav…
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This is my first review, so it might be a bit flawed, but we all gotta start somewhere I guess. Here we go:
Story:
Mushikago no Cagaster, or Cagaster of an Insect Cage is a Netflix original, and takes place in a post apocalyptic world, where humans are facing extincion after a disease (or something idk) turns some humans into massive, human killing insects. And we watch as Kidou, an executioner who's job is to deal with infected people, and Ilie, a girl that kidou saves and promises to take to her mother, the story then goes on, and we get more dept into these characters, and also get intoduced to some other characters who also has some backstory that connects with the other ones.
The story is what caught my eye when I was scrolling through Netflix. I love post apocalypse shows, and the…
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I'm sure you've heard the expression never judge a book by it's cover, but that's what I intended to do when I first glanced at this anime on Netflix. From the screenshots alone I thought I wouldn't enjoy the animation and art style and was going to skip watching this, but I decided I had enough free time and started episode one. Next thing I knew, I was hooked.
The story starts off slow in the beginning, so you have to be willing to wait a few episodes in before it begins to get interesting.
The fight scenes, between the bugs and humans aren't as intense as you would expect, but the sound and voice acting is top notch and helps the scenes flow smoothely.
The is a wide variety of characters, but overall the development of Ilie, Kidow, and the rest had me emotional and guessing what w…
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Story:
30 yeras after apocalypse, where new disease caused 1/3 of human kind turn into nasty, bloody and huge insects - we meet with Kidow. Kidow is an insect exterminator that in the opening scene happens to be escaping from a huge swarm of flying worms. When he strives to survive from that swarm he finds out that despite him and his friend - he's not the only one person trying to escape. Unfortunately for the other escapists - the car droved by them meets with accident in which driver dies. It turns out that these car passangers are father and daughter. Father dies - begs our MC to deliver his daughter to her mother and that's how the story begins.
Kinda cliche i have to admit, but later on in the story it turns out that that's not some random kid and her father wasn't some ordinary fat…
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First impressions are crucial to how we make decisions. It’s therefore no secret as to why many will choose to avoid watching this show. It’s true that it leaves a lot to be desired visually, but there are positives underneath its rather unattractive surface.
Set in a barren post-apocalyptic future where most of the population has transformed into giant CGI monstrosities in the form of insects. The remaining population struggle to survive in fortified, self-governed cities. Where the people live in constant fear of their neighbour or loved one turning into an insect-like form and devouring them. To stop the insectification from spreading, there are exterminators who take care of the pests. One such exterminator is Kidou. A young man with a troubled past who found his purpose by fighting t…
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