Audience reviews
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yoyowhatup
The first 2 episodes are really good.
Skip the rest.
I watched this show after completing the visual novels.
I was really disappointed.
There is nothing unique or interesting about this anime.
Characters are boring.
Story is boring.
Music is generic. The robots are not that interesting.
The BETA are not scary because they do not kill any important characters unlike in the original novels where they were actually creepy. here, they are just bullet sponges and do not pose a threat.
It is a really generic robot mech anime with lots of boobies.
While the visual novels are a masterpiece, this show is boring.
It is like the Phantom Menace. A boring spinoff to a masterpiece trilogy.
Just watch the first 2 episodes and don’t watch the rest.
You are better off replaying muv-luv or watching som…
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Ok, i'll start off by saying that this is probably going to be more of a rant than an actual review and to get into the depths of the things that really pissed me off about this abysmal anime i'm probably going to have to go into spoiler territory so with that in mind and that this may go on for a bit the tl;dr: Watch episodes 1 & 2 of this anime and then throw the rest in the bin, DO NOT WATCH THE REST! (unless, that is, you crave disappointment.)
Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse, imo, is a failure of an anime! This is not necessarily due to bad sound, art, voice acting, soundtrack, characters, plot or any of the other parts that you would normally attribute to such a failure. In fact, in many cases thruout many of these qualities could even be thought of as good. It's just they've a…
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Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse is sort of a mixed bag. How you rate it will depend on your expectations.
To put into perspective, Total Eclipse (TE) is a spin-off of the Muv-Luv Alternative universe. Strangely enough, an anime adaptation of the Muv-Luv Alternative VN will be airing on October 2021, 9 years after Total Eclipse aired on TV.
Total Eclipse is NOT an adaptation of the Total Eclipse VN (as MAL has wrongly put it). Rather, it is an adaptation of the LN of the same name. The six-volume LNs came out first before the VN and judging from the LN release dates, it seems that the anime is based on the first five LNs. The VN itself is supposed to be a concluding sequel to the LN.
The Muv-Luv Alternative universe itself is set in an alternate history timeline where several key even…
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THE STAFF
- Animation is done by studio Satelight. Besides Noein I didn’t like any of their other numerous shows. Their budgets are average to good but they never try too much to create quality shows and anything they do is usually nothing more than dumb fun.
- Directing is done by Inagaki Takayuki, who is a bit known for his work in Desert Punk and Rosario + Vampire. You can easily tell he likes fan service and shits on plot, so you can pretty much guess right away what the show is going to be about.
- Based on the Total Eclipse light novels. Which in turn are side stories in the setting of the action/war/mecha visual novel titled Muv-Luv Alternative. Which in turn again is an alternative setting of the plain titled Muv-Luv visual novels, which were typical school romcoms. Amongst the vis…
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Humans have made contact with aliens while exploring planet Mars. Now Earth is fighting a losing war against them who they now called the "BETA". The war is going so badly that even new trainees are being sent straight to the battlefield before completing their training. Yui Takamura, daughter of a renown family, is the last survivor from her team. Three years later, still haunted by the cruel demise of her friends she reaches the rank of liutenant and leads a team of test pilots as part of the UN Pacific Force's Project XFJ, an initiative for developing the Japanese Imperial weaponry further so that they can get an edge on their alien enemies. Like Yui, the test pilots are comprised of those who lost their home and loved ones to the BETA. Amongst them is rash American born Yuuya Bridges w…
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To Start off If you haven't read the Muv Luv Visual Novel you for the most part won't understand this world of Muv Luv. To make it as short as possible, this is an alternate universe where historical events played out differently and humans put their backs out during the space age. Leading to humans first encountering the BETA, on Mars, then going to war against them on the Moon, until finally, they landed on Earth back in 73'(at the height of the Cold War). This anime starts in 1998, by this time the BETA have already taken(which means they have eaten everyone and everything in their path) the whole continent of Eurasia(and the Soviets retreated to Alaska)
____________Visual novel Spoilers (this info isnt in the anime) __________
BETA:
Are biological machines sent out to planets to coll…
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Prelude
Muv-Luv is a franchise well known amongst westerners as “the best” visual novel ever made, and has a surprisingly big fan base. But most don’t know that the Visual Novel franchise is actually based on a Light Novel series, which no one has probably read outside of those who read Chinese translated books or Japanese…The reason why everyone liked the whole game was because it takes itself seriously and the characters have actual motifs for their actions, not feeling like dolls that can be played around with.
And thus, it became what it is today, but I’m not here reviewing the Visual Novel, but the animated adaption of the side Light Novel.
Review Part: Intro Presentation
Total Eclipse is set in the year 2001 where humanity is on the verge of extinction due to encountering an…
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I watched this Anime because one of my classmates told me that it was a good anime and that it had some good characters... and he was right. I started the anime and i coulnt stop watching it ; the story was good the characters were funny and good at the same time and the Opening was great.
Despite the fact that i dont relly like Mecha animes i relly loved that one.The fighting styles , the guns and the Mechas were great in this anime. I enjoy it a lot and i relly loved it. I recoment you to watch it but it has some violence and nude... so if you watch it be prepered... it is an 18 + anime after all.
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I went in knowing nothing about the story or source material. And so should you if possible. Thus I will do this without spoilers. Also, depending on what type of anime you want to watch, you should either start at episode 3, and go to episode 24, or start at episode 1 and go to episode 2. Really I should be writing two separate reviews on here. I watched subbed, and dubbed, and in my opinion subbed is the only one worth watching.
Humm... what to say... Well I'll start with my favorite parts of the anime. Episodes 1 and 2. And parts like when the "American" talks in english (I died laughing... probably one of the funniest scenes of bad voicing ever). I much prefer an anime with character development driving the plot and other parts being secondary, but episodes 1 and 2 throw you right int…
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First, this is pretty emo-mecha anime. Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse is the first mecha anime that i really like...most interesting is it has a little bit harem theme and also it has nice story combine with alien known as BETA as this stoy villain
Story = 8
the story is sometime has comedy and sometime bring tear
like otherr mecha anime the story is high tension
but most important the story of this series really awesome
it attract you
Art = 8 2012 anime
so the quality not bad or not too awesome like valvave..
th art is decent to me, mecha dsign also not to bad ,it good
the action scene is really make me attact with this anime
coz i,m not really like mecha anime
chara = 9
The main male lead yya is okay to me.. yuuya is to me really egoist
manyl of negative trait in he also he has…
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When somebody says the word "mecha", we would immediately think action and robot vs robot flying and fighting each other. Yes, muv-luv did have these elements, but it also included the mindset of the characters in it.
I'll get straight to the point, Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse was a great anime that was overlooked by a lot of people.
I'll first mention why I really loved this anime.
Storyline:
I feel like the storyline for Muvluv is very original especially since we get to see and experience what is happening in the backlines during an all-out war.
It starts off by giving us a feeling of despair and darkness because even the most advanced mechas get taken down by the B.E.T.A.. However, after the first two episodes it shifts the point-of-view of the anime towards the events happen…
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Must remember you that this is actually a Side-Story. The most completed story takes place after these events and they are available on the Visual Novel: Muv-Luv Alternative.
What I have to say about this side story? I was expecting they could show a bit more of the true story involving the beta, theres so much things about the "Alternative Plans" and they didn't even mentioned them. This side-story is a little far from the true Muv-luv visual novel story. if you watch the visual novels you will know what I mean.
As a global fan of all Muv-Luv story I was expecting a lot lot more..... My opinion about this anime side-story, which could make sense, is that this is maybe an introduction to a better second season where the Visual Novel takes place.
If you loved this anime I recommend you t…
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well i have to say my personal opinion is that with the budget they had they did amazing. though i still do not understand why people under rate this anime
it goes deep if u think about it
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Mecha anime is sometimes for most of people would avoid this one like me. It isnt about taste matter but sometimes we find mecha anime tends to be boring and repetitive. Like, they always about battle, battle and battle. They just focussing on that matters without leaving characters to develop. But back then, i am being suggested to watch Muv Luv Alternative and i must said, it was a great experience
Story (9/10)
Muv Luv Alternative Total Eclipse or should i say, Muv Luv. Is one from many anime that taking mecha as their main themes. But the differences between them, is they didnt focus about mecha vs mecha like gundam. but its more about Mecha vs Alien. in this anime, we called alien as BETA. The story goes when The "BETA" has invaded on the earth. As the humanity is on the edge, UN and…
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Here is a short and sweet version.
Since 1973, an alien called the BETA has been invading earth. Things to know about the BETA: we know almost nothing, There are several categories, and the first three minutes a pilot spends on the battlefield against them are known as the Three Minutes of Death, because it is rare for anyone to survive longer than that, even with giant robots. This story is not about the overall defeat of the BETA, but more like a major point amidst the chaos of the war. The setting is Alaska at a testing facility for the TFS robots and weapons. There are several layers of characters in this anime, such as nation, the facility, the testing groups, the characters themselves, and other entities like Refugees groups and the military. Each character/entity/group is individual…
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I don't know what to say....
Att first I was like naaaah this anime is 5/10 then later on I felt something deep inside. It was inspiration.... my ratings went upp the more I watched I felt special....
I know there will allways be haters and I respect that, but there is nothig to hate about this anime.
The first episodes I was like naah but when it went to ACTION every episode was heaven on earth :S
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The first two episodes of this anime grabbed me by the shoulders and shook me around a little. It was pretty brutal, emotional and intense. It created a very dark tone, which I was pretty excited about but then I got to the third episode and everything changed. Did it change for the worst? Well that's debatable.
The first couple of eps set the scene. It's end of the world humanity is on the edge of extinction and everyone is dying. Afterwords though every episode just seems to neglect the horrid reality of the world the characters live in. Also the tone I first spoke of is gone. Muv-luv actually seems to have trouble trying to decide what its going for. One episode it's a fight to the death with every character in danger the next its a harem party at a hot spring!? If you can get passed t…
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----------NO SPOILERS PAST EPISODE 1-----------
Set in the past. Better technology then we have now? How could anything so ridiculous sounding be great? Well read this if your just looking for a good anime to watch, or if you want to know the answer to my question. This is a review of the Fall 2012 anime: Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse. Enjoy
Story: 10
Muv-Luv Alternative : Total Eclipse was a very unique anime. It is set in a past that has scientifically passed our current age technology. They have mecha-bots called TSF's which they use to fight the BETA. An alien species that is just bent on destroying the earth and wiping out the Humans. When I read the mecha tag I thought here we go again, another mecha anime, but surprisingly this one turned out to be extremely different. Yuuya…
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Muv Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse doesn't know what it wants to be. The dramatic action-packed opening quickly loses momentum and eventually enters love-comedy-harem territory. Just as I was about to pull my hair out, it goes full blast into a suspenseful action-oriented arc only to run itself head first into not only harem territory but tournament too. Finally it picks right back up again for the last few episodes to give some form of an ending that leaves you scratching your head.
The mech action is OK but not altogether memorable. The Beta do not leave you with a sense of dread that they should. Whenever they show up you think "Oh, right, this is Muv Luv Alt." What could have been a thrilling romp through the mech-filled dystopian world of Muv Luv Alt ended up being a giant ball of bl…
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Going going hikari e
Going going shinjite
himeta omoi ima
tsuyosa ni kaete do it
Going going mirai e
Going going mukaou
akenai yo wa nai
aratanaru yoake o Going, going, going to make my review now, waaaaaa ENOUGH! So this is one of studio Satelight's anime for the last part of 2012 eh? So this 24 episode anime is something which was combined with "Starship Troopers" with the usual Jap mech, for me the plot was good, but I really don't like this anime's setting where the BETA onslaught begun in 1973 and it continue 'til 2001?????? I guess the first director, Takayuki Inagaki seems to be shitting us audience. Also, I kinda hate the scenario where the cold war seems to be on, except here the coldwar is a 4 way stand-off between the USA, Imperial Japan, China and USSR instead of the re…
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