Audience reviews
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modernamir
At first glance, Release the Spyce seems like a typical, lighthearted anime aimed at younger audiences. But after the first episode, it picks up the pace and starts showing its potential. The story isn’t exactly unique — it leans into some familiar tropes like the power of friendship and characters surviving unrealistic situations — but it still manages to be entertaining, especially if you enjoy the spy/action genre.
The art style fits the tone perfectly, with bright colors and smooth animation that help balance the more serious moments. The characters are likeable, though they’re a bit idealized — most of them are either overly capable or emotionally driven in a way that feels a little too clean. Still, they do show both strengths and weaknesses, which keeps them from being completely f…
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This is such an underrated gem out there. To be clear: it is a "fairly" light hearted story about a group of ninja spy girls looking over the city and fighting an evil powerful organisation that works in the shadows. Do not expect to be mindblown by some deep plot or highly intellectual content, or every detail being completely covered with no flaw whatsoever. There are some aspects or happenings that are quickly disposed of with some ready explanation and you are just supposed to go with it. But there will also be a lot of scenes that will hit you right in the feels and it is not holding back.
That being said! This serie was such a good surprise! I picked it up out of nowhere and with little expectations as I was just looking for something of good company and it's been an absolute blast…
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My first impression of release the spyce was that it was like Princess Principal but not in a European setting. Release the Spyce has its own charm. The story is just average I think. The art was fine too. The character designs are great and it has a decent animation. The soundtrack is absolutely great. The soundtrack and the characters just makes you like it. Haven't seen those types of animes in a while since the trend right now is isekai and most of the isekai animes aren't that good. Like seriously, we need these types of animes more where there's great soundtrack and engaging characters without getting isekai'd.
Read at the sourceKoberu-kun
I started watching Release the Spyce because someone said it was something similar to Toji no Miko (an underrated masterpiece). And yes, the truth is they are somewhat similar, if we are based only on the concept of 'high school girls fighting with a bit of yuri', but they are quite different apart from that.
Story: 6/10
Well, the story is interesting. The 'spies' theme is something I haven't seen in many anime, and this one somehow executes it decently. It places the story from the perspective of an average girl who starts out as a spy in the group 'Tsukikage', it presents us with an interesting plot about an evil organization called Moryo that is related to certain drugs, and through the series, we see the Spygirls defeat various members of other organizations that are related to Moryo…
Read at the sourceAlyfoxLP
I'll try not to be too wordy here. In an absolute nutshell, I love this anime. Sure it's story is kinda cheesy, reminding me of some of the 1980s western cartoons such as GI Joe, Thundercats or Defenders of the Earth. Colorful, packed with action, an overarching plot against a Big Bad enemy. Interesting characters with obviously different personalities and abilities. Great opening theme song and pretty decent soundtrack (well, maybe not Defends of the Earth on that last point). Indeed, its better animated than the three I mentioned, and better voice-acted.
I won't lie and tell you that it has the best story, or that the characters aren't the most interesting in anime, cause they're not. The story itself, because of its reminiscence of 80s western cartoons, is relatively simple and straigh…
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I've been watching a lot of shoujo animes (majou shoujo in particular) recently and i came across this, my first thought was this'll probably a meh but hey i tried it and it was AMAZING like i did not regret watching every single episode of this anime especially the last episodes!!, this is an underrated anime fr, you guys should check this one out i swear this series gives me charlies angels vibes and so i honestly give this one out a 10/10, i'ts even better than madoka ppl, i like madoka but the ending didn't satisfy me but this one did.
Read at the sourceMorgana_Verena
Well, I'll be honest. With NO spoilers.
I really enjoyed Release the Spyce, in lots of moments reminded me of Totally Spies! The score does not give merit to this show as it is actually enjoyable and gave me an overall good time watching. I only gonna warn you that the first 5 episodes are really great, then until the 10th it's a little repetitive.. but to the 10th till the last one, it really gave me some killing/emotional/wtf/great moments. Some said that the plot kinda got predictable, but for me, all the twists got me unexpectedly.
Overall, I really enjoyed it! the soundtrack is really cool, the OP is amazing (gonna miss it a lot), the characters although are not my style, didn't make me feel weird about it and the animation is cool. I recommend watching if you liked totally spies a…
Read at the sourceAquaShldEXE
This show came out of nowhere and I didn't expect it to grab me like it is. I'm not usually a viewer of magical girl shows but this show alone has caused me to become addicted to the genre. It's not a comedy, not a deconstruction, not a kids' show, just a straightforward action show with fantastic writing. I'm not sure what the intended audience is for this show, given that it mixes cutesy highschool drama with actual violence and adult themes like whorehouses; which is a good thing in my opinion as it probably means the creators were just trying to express themselves, to write a show for them rather than for someone else. There's a moment near the end that I disagree with, but otherwise the show's writing is flawless. And the soundtrack...You wouldn't think that rave music would gel so we…
Read at the sourceOhShitBye
I really can't bring myself to like this anime. There seems to be little reason why the girls are so overpowered as compared to regular human beings...because they are supposed to be regular human beings. Regardless of what you say about training methods, it simply feels cheesy and cheap, with no proper foreshadowing towards any of the characters' so called hidden abillities/potential.
I get that this is an anime that really just isn't meant to be taken with any sense of realism, but at the very least make things look somewhat believable. At least Black Widow's fighting style in the movies looked more believable than this. Fact of life, women are physically weaker than men on average. And ignoring sex, being less than half the size of another person with no muscle development leads to ve…
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I really love the spy anime genre. Despite being a pretty niche genre in the anime community they have grossly intrigued with great action scenes, fun and likeable characters and interesting narratives. Read, or Die TV and Princess Principal are my examples of this because not those shows had well-animated actions that perfectly. It was no surprise that Release the Spice was my most anticipated anime of the fall season as I really wanted the great spy action anime to continue and in the end, the show ended up my great spy action streak. It may not be as great as Princess Principal and Read or Die TV writing and character wise but I still believe that Release the Spice is still a great spy action series that has a lot of heart.
Story.
Momo Minamoto is your average, everyday Ordinary High-S…
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*SPOILER-FREE*
I randomly picked this show to binge post-season because I thought high school girls being spies and acting all silly would be funny and entertaining.
Although nothing in this show is ground-breaking, I ended up enjoying it way more than I expected, putting it probably in my fall 2018 top 3.
The "worst" part of this show would probably be characters and stereotypes that I've seen quite some times before, even though there was still quite some interesting character development and relationship development.
The visuals and sound were on point. The OP kinda makes it look like it's just a silly girl spies show but IMO the track is pretty nice. All action scenes were well made over the course of the entire show.
And lastly the story and topics that take place in this show ar…
Read at the sourceYosarian
There's little reason for me to enjoy this show, but I did. The concept is simple. Replace James Bond with a team of cute anime girls that can hulk out eating spices. That's exactly what you're getting here. However the show really embraced it's concept and ran with it, giving you a fun ride.
So, the story for this anime is wrought with spy tropes. You see everything coming from a mile away, but the point of the story for this series was clearly to get you from set piece to set piece. The humor is prevalent but rarely more than just okay. The characters pretty much all have a single dominant personality trait that defines them, with little else going on. With exception to the villain. The villain doesn't even have one personality trait. I swear, if she had a mustache, she would have twir…
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*Sorry for my bad English*
This is Horrible. I don't know how this anime gain score to more than 7? This anime have nothing than yuri girl.
First is Story, In the beginning I'm interest with chasing drug trafficking, terrorism and strategy in every mission, I'm enjoy with them. But but but What that the end? Made smoke that brainwash people around the world? that made no sense! I'm no idea what villain motive all episode 1-10 and motive is this? All villain do is not according to that end! How it come? Finally for short, all of this anime is justice heroine with cringy villain, Main protagonist always good and justice, villain is always bad and no any motive of doing, I'm going to brainwashed people around the world because I'm villain, only that. I don't found other of this, Social Critic…
Read at the sourceLuthfi_Rifki
a simple words to describe this anime is "moe turns into sh*t".
madoka magica, gakkou gurashi, shoujo shuumatsu ryouko everyone!!.
yeah, when you expecting some moe dose anime, and they give you bloodbath instead lol.
lets move on to the review.
Story : story is simple, about bunch of cute girls in a mission (read: princess principal with yuru yuri art style), the story is still enjoyable at last.
Animation : nothing outstanding about the animation. in fact, what's wrong with the last 2 episode lol, those lazy animaton tho..
Sound : the opening is okay but somehow catchy, it stick to my ear for a while. the ending... i don't even remember the ending haha, so i don't think it was that good. meanwhile i kinda like the insert ost, especially in the battle scene, since i'm a fan of dubste…
Read at the sourceSabar_NanoFate
First, sorry if my English is bad.
[Release The SPYCE] [a little review and personal opinion]
From the beginning of making the series (LN / Anime / manga) it did apply Mentor-Pupil ties, as explained by Takahiro as the 'Series Composition'. So it's very natural if the story is very focused on Tsukikage. Besides that, the story is indeed deep and systematic, in episode 10 makes the audience feel 'Shock Therapy'. It's not enough just that, I think it will be fully Happy ending but again Takahiro makes heartache.
A proper ending, let's think, if the Mentor and Pupil are only separated by distance and place, it can still be reunited but if the Teacher and Disciples have shared memories, on the one hand they don't know that being in the same place is painful.
Many unexpected stories such a…
Read at the sourceVentusBrawler
Thanks for tuning to another one of my reviews. I promise I’ll crank these out more frequently now, especially since I’m pretty worry-free this winter break. Look forward to me struggling to articulate the greatness of some of my favorite shows ever in some of the reviews I have coming up.
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Enough getting sidetracked, let’s get straight to the point. I’m doing a review for the recently finished airing Release the Spyce, and I’m doing this for two reasons: one, to clear up misunderstandings about the show for the people who dislike the show after having finished it due to the misguided expectations they had for it. Two, to get more people t…
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Release The Spyce is the worst thing ever written by a human. No really, it's there when you Google "Worst Thing ever written by a human". I could go on and on about how boring the show is, how disappointing it ended up being, how much it lacked commitment with its traitor subplot, or how useless and braindead everyone is without being fun or how Momo never really licked anyone despite it being one of the main gimmicks of the show, but I'm going to spend the rest of this review recommending several alternatives to Spyce instead.
Cute girls doing cute action things? Toji no Miko's got you covered. Cute spy things? Princess Principal. But what if you want something from this season specifically with a trashy atmosphere with ninjas and is generally silly fun? Senran Kagura 2's got you cover…
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Now Release the Spyce for me was a great series. Its rating did change quite drastically at times but overall it was a great series.
One the music for the series is the most catchiest I've heard it a while and it always gives off the hero/spy vibe which really helped me enjoy the series to the max.
The characters are lovable and the whole apprentice/master relationship really makes for some great scenes and really made me like the main two Momo and Yuki.
It also helped slip in some yuri like scenes which I always approve of.
The story is very basic bad guy vs good guy but that's what makes it so lovable as you can just sit back and enjoy the cliché we've seen all the time but with a new refreshing hero spy twist that you don't see often in anime.
The series however also has surprisin…
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Release the Spyce was an anime pegged to be a spiritual successor to Princess Principal, an anime that LA very much loved that LA watched it dubbed and still liked it. So does Release the Spyce live up to this title of "spiritual successor" to Princess Principal or did it do something entirely different from the spy genre?
Well Release the Spyce follows the typical cute girls doing cute things...cept it's spy work. Release the Spyce is set in modern day Japan of Sorasaki where Momo Minamoto voiced by Yukari Anzai, a girl who loves her city and wants to protect it stumbles upon a secret organization named the Tsukikage taking out the corruption in the city, while their bigger goal is taking out the root of the corruption linked to an organization named Moryo. Momo being an amateur at spy w…
Read at the sourceExemplarCayman
Madoka Magica meets Batman TV series.
If you wanted to see a worthy spiritual successor to Madoka, this is what this is. Not because it actively tries to be one, like an entire sub-genre of “dark magical girls Madoka-wannabe” series, but because it’s a show with similar themes that succeeds in the similar ways, while being its own thing and telling a different kind of story.
Like Madoka, this is a show with moe aesthetic, dark tone, yet optimistic message centered around cute girls. Also like Madoka, amusingly enough, in its very first scene it openly sets up a very dark tone, yet some people somehow miss it and get surprised when the heads start rolling.
Like Madoka, it reaps all benefits of being an original anime story, not constrained by the arc/plot structure of the source material.…
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