Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
glttrgutz
(Please note that I haven't watched this in a while, so take this with a grain of salt!)
Not counting things like Pokemon, which I admittedly didn't know was an anime at the time, this was my first anime, and what a great first anime it was! I was only around 10 when i watched this for the first time and I fell in love with it almost immediately. While it doesn't bring a whole lot to the table in terms of story (I do remember being bored at some points), it makes up for it with incredible music (the opening still remains one of my all time favorites!) and its fun, vibrant art and designs. It's hard to look away with how colorful the show can be and its cutesy character designs are still a big inspiration for me. Another big part of the show is its cgi segments during performances--that mi…
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This anime is amazing. It is essentially Precure but with a heavy emphasis on music and rock bands. It even shares the same composer of several Precure tracks, Yasuharu Takanashi, giving Show by Rock a similar feeling.
The world of MIDI City is incredibly detailed, its brightly coloured cityscape and CGI give a sense of both modernity and nostalgia. Pacing is really nice, the story rarely lingers too long on one scene.
The main characters are so cute, and they have no idea how much they have been in this anime series. Cyan and Plasmagica have some of the coolest designs we’ve seen in anime girls. They are strong and capable, and have actual personalities instead of being objectified. Even the side characters are just as brightly coloured and memorable. The boy band SHINGANCRIMSONZ makes…
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Cyan, a shy guitarist whose dream is to join a band, gets transported into Sound World, specifically Midi City, a place where everything revolves around music.
She bumps into an amateur band down on its luck called Plasmagica, joins them and their journey begins.
It's a story that's been done numerous times (minus the weirdly complicated isekai setting), but does this story stand out among the others?
Production-wise and entertainment-wise, yes, but on most other levels, maybe not.
There are two main plot lines.
One of them concerns the bands of Midi City, mainly Plasmagica.
We follow them getting to know each other, practicing, improving and finally performing and competing with other bands.
Plasmagica's members are all different and the development of their relationships are fun, emot…
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The concept for show by rock is not really something new. It's a school girl being summoned from another world to fight of darkness, in other words an isekai. That's it in a nutshell, the only differences is, this time it's in a world of music, and friendship is the key to victory. I love music, so this was a good concept...at first.
GOOD:
Let's get the good out of the way first: Visuals are good, the transition from 2d to the 3D music scenes are great, the music is well written, and the easter eggs for musicians such as when Cyan writes her song is awesome. The sound is really good, and the music other than being well written is done in many different styles which is refreshing showing each bands personality in their own way.
The character of the main president is quite funny and I real…
Read at the sourceTimz0r
Studio Bones, known for One Punch Man, Boku No Hero Academia, Wolf's Rain, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and many more well known anime titles, gave us in Spring 2015 us diabetes for your ears and your eyes in the form of a cute anime show called 'Show By Rock!!'
This anime is an anime adaptation of the rhythm video game developed and published by Geechs for iOS and Android devices and is basicly a show filled with music and fanservice in the form of moe diabetes level from Plasmagica and manliness from ShinganCrimsonZ. We have our main character; Cyan that BECOMES a catgirl in Gothic Lolita fashion and let's be honest; pretty much anyone that likes anime likes neko's. We have a cute bunny girl named Chuchu, we have the cute dog girl named Retoree, we have Moa the pink alien girl that…
Read at the sourceKiraroYuuki
Characters have too many details.
Plot is broken.
Bad mix of characters.
It's not the best thing ever but it could be better. Also for a music genre anime it lacks a lot of music. The characters are still cute and enjoyable with their development and relationship between each other. It also has a good moral to the story, looking forward to season 2 which better have some improvements.
The is very good it just needs to tone down a bit on the details, I know they are main characters but still, too much detail is never good. The bands in the series need a bit more time to develop and get them to know so Show By Rock! was definitely a bit rushed which led to a lot of drama. Not a very good combination of action, drama and feels. At least the music in it was enjoyable, they just had to be a b…
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[Story]
The story is about a girl getting suck into a music game. I'm kind of over simplifying a bit but honestly it's not that deep or complex of a story-line. While understand the 'whole main character getting suck into a another world' idea isn't that original, there are way to makes it seem unique or interesting. Unfortunately, Show by Rock doesn't really do anything new with the plot. I guess you can say it's bit different since its about music but other than added rockband and idols to the mix the story still comes off quite boring. Girl is shy but talented, girl get sucks in to favorite music game, girl joins band and start to gain confidence, girl save world through music.
[Art]
It's okay? I mean nothing about was really worth noting, I did however was kind of interested when t…
Read at the sourceBluePanda09
Imagine if Hello Kitty made her own rock band, then after introducing to enough moe anime she then decides to create her own anime where not only is it based off it's app game counter part but makes it so color, so catchy, so lively that you just wanna watch more? Well this is it people. This is reality at it's finest. Show By Rock may not have it all to be the greatest anime ever, but it's a really decent anime topped with it's own story, colorful cast of characters, and good musical elements to top it off.
From what I can see this show has an average stand point. Not too bad, not too good, but honestly it's enjoyable to watch. It's funny because I'm not into moe anime that much but this is just too kawaii for me to handle, also cyan is best girl.
I hope when season two comes out we'll…
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Okay, Show By Rock!!....What do I say about this anime....
I have to say, it's a bit of a disappointment. I picked up this show because one day out of the blue I had an extreme craving for an idol anime and lo and behold I found this. It also has people with animal traits so at the time, it was a bonus.
Let's start with the story. Girl who loves music ,but is too shy to join the school band gets sucked into another world which allows her for the chance to get into a band. Being sucked into another world has been done plenty of times, but I wouldn't really call it cliche. It's like a writing prompt. Just by that description it might not be unique ,but it has a LOT of possibilities. However, the story is very predictable. A few episodes in you'd probably already know how it ends and it doe…
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WARNING: MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS
I mostly give animes a 10/10 because i could easily enjoy any anime and this is one of them.
I must says, this was really cute, I haven't seen any moe-moe animes in a awhile and this was the one that got me. I usually wouldn't cosplay something I don't like, however I'm planning to cosplay Cyan from this show. I cringed when Cyan went back to her place, to which I really hope that there will be a second season, and it seems it will!
The story was cute. Like any normal Magical Girl anime, they start with a clumsy or 'usagi-like'(sailor moon)character. This was one of them. The story was fluffy and cute, so it really got to me.
For the art, it was beautiful, it was cute for the females or mature for one of the female characters, the males in this anime were r…
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I gave this show 7.8/10, which is about a C. I liked this show. It reminded me a bit of K-On!, as both were centered around a band and the friendships within the band that grow overtime. This show, of course, has a lot shorter of a run time than K-On!, so it was not able to get in nearly as much as character and relationship development, which is unfourtuneate, but not necessary. The show's ending felt complete; it didn't feel like the main plot needed to go further or that it was cut short. However, I though there was a lot of things that were left enexplored in the show. I would have liked to know more about the world the show is set in, as well as the relationship between Shuu and Rom, which is mentioned, but not much information was provided. It just showed the two being antagonistic t…
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I was thrown into this anime by the first screencap i've seen. The art is astonishing, and the moe is real. Very good anime if you want to get an heart attack or get diabetes, because it handles the cuteness factor very, very well. The story was a bit lacking, sadly, but made it up by showing beautiful songs and charismatic characters. At first sight, I thought i would've been a slice-of-life anime, a bit like K-ON!, but instead they brought up a plot that was... not bad, but not that good either. it isn't easy to fit a complex story into so few episodes, but somehow I feel like they could've done better in that sphere.
In the end though, if you're ready to turn your brain off, your speakers up and to squee at how moe, cute, kawaii, etc this anime is, go watch it, definitively worth the t…
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Man, I really wanted to like Show By Rock.
There was something quite special about it for a short time. It strayed very much on the 'simple' side of entertainment, confident more in the cuteness of its cast than anything else, but damn, it worked. It brought me the same sort of joy I felt back in the Middle Ages when K-ON first started airing. But, as seems to be the trend with most anime, it decided to abandon everything it did well and instead shoehorn in a cheesy, boring action story that the characters were obviously not meant to be a part of. Great. I remember telling my friends to give the show a shot beyond the first episode, which, at the time, seemed very misleading and unlike anything that came after. And while I would still stick to my comment that there is nowhere near as muc…
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Ever since K-On's success, there have been a huge surge in both slice-of-life anime featuring cute girls doing mundane things and anime where boys or girls try to get into the music scene. They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery. However, this isn't always a good thing, as there's a lot that can go wrong, such as companies making rip-offs or copies of said show, focusing too much on fanservice and doing what K-On did rather than actually having a decent story, characters, and conflict, or standing out on its own merits. If creators try too hard to copy other works, they won't be appreciated for their own merits, and if a piece of media can't stand on its own merits, then it'll just fade into obscurity. But even shows that stand out and are able to stand on their own merits aren…
Read at the sourceEbiNewin
The Video Review is up, but here the written review.
This cute music anime doesn’t know whether it wants to be a mature show or a kids show.
Story - 5/10
The story starts off as Cyan is struggling to join the school’s band, due to her shyness to communicate with others. However although she is shy and a bit of a clutz, she is actually a rather talented musician. Cyan decides to wait another day, before asking to join the band, until one night, she was playing a music game on her phone and gets sucked into the mobile game world, known as MIDICITY. There is a crisis in MIDICITY, where these gigantic beings known as Dark Monsters are threatening to capture the hearts of every musician in the city. Cyan, quickly defeats one of these monsters with the help of her new guitar and is scouted by…
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Hey!
I picked up Show By Rock!! on accident.
I decided, after the very first episode, that it was an extremely happy accident, not to be ignored in the least.
Show By Rock!! is a quirky, wacky, sometimes just plain silly anime about a girl who gets trapped in a magical, musical world with the goal of exterminating the "shadow monsters". Leaving out the talking guitar, cat ears, alien sheep, and the music, you might think you should take this anime seriously.
Don't.
I warned you.
Even the first episode has an alternate theme song animation that tricks you into thinking it's a K-ON clone. It really isn't.
My Reactions To The First Episode:
Okay, weak female protagonist is too shy to join a band. Okay, fine. Now she's home playing a song. Good. Now she's playing a cool rythmn game. Somethi…
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When this show aired, I must be sincere, I thought it was too cute and "stupid" for my liking; I generally thought that it would be a waste of time, yet I heard some of the music of the show and I decided to give it a try nonethless since I never really watched any idol based anime. Well, I was not exactly disappointed, but I'm going to develop it further below.
Story: 6
It was nothing breathtaking, quite linear and simple, though slightly deep; it had something that just made me come back to watch more. It was cute, fun and easy to follow. I definitely do not think of it as a waste of time. My main issue with the story however, was that it lost the focal point of why Cyan was sent to Midi City to begin with. We were caught in her own internal issues, trying to interact with the other…
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(This has been adapted from my blog/reddit thread. Spoilers ahead!)
There’s this game series that is pretty popular, or at least, it was during its heyday. This video game is called “Guitar Hero.” I was never a music guy myself – I couldn’t play brass instruments, the “cool” drums, or jam out on an acoustic. But I had “Guitar Hero,” where playing was simpler, screw-ups were okay, and I got to have fun with a whammy bar. I got so good at the game that I managed to beat “Through the Fire and Flames,” considered one of the best “boss battles” in gaming history. I was capable of making music, albeit dumbed down, but it was music nonetheless. With it brought happiness and plentiful memories that I’ll never forget. Show By Rock!! looks at “the power of music,” but unfortunately becomes tone-dea…
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Better than most of the music anime I've seen. 12 episodes usually make for a good short and sweet story instead of a stretched out, prolonged one.
I went into watching the first episode of this anime blind. I didn't know it was based off a game so I was pretty confused why there were cgi scenes out of nowhere. I had no prior knowledge of this series so I also didn't know the characters would be turned into these miniature furry chibis. But they were pretty cute. Visually the cgi scenes were the best.
I felt the pacing was kind of slow sometimes and really only picked up when "serious" plot happened. I also felt like Plasmagica's characterization was much weaker than Shingan Crimsonz but it's probably because the anime focused on their growth as a new band while SC was an established one…
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what?
What just happened?
That was it???
no, no, no, no, no , NO!
The songs that were played were nice and the characters were nice (Although it is the typical nonsense kind of personalities)
The decisions they made really didn't make any sense; I mean it suits the series but it kind of makes the viewers do a faceplam sometimes when watching the show.....
It is defiantly for people who wanted to listen to the music cause the storyline was rushed and it feels like a big faceplam....
The music I must say was great tho!
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