Audience reviews
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Hiru_Napyeer
Neo Ranga is the biggest anime let down and a click bait I've ever seen so far and I HAVE seen quite a few anime.
Propably majority fans got into this anime throught the trailer - three girls with red body paint flowing in the air. It all looks so dynamic and catchy. So you start watching the animie expecting them to be some tribal mahou shoujo. WRONG. Go watch Chikyuu shoujo Arjuna then.
The nice outfits we have seen in the trailer are worn only in th op and ed. You never see then in any of the 48 episodes. Yes, you don't. The whole anime is a slice of life with 3 sisters being rulers of some distant tribal nation in Malaysia. But they live in Japan. RIght in episode 1 a robot- I mean a mecha thing with propably some soul (because its mechanial eyes switch to creepy biological ones from…
Read at the sourceTheAnomalousHost
First season (24 episodes) are great. Second season (24 episodes), well, it's hit and miss with more misses than hits. The attempts at humor go up a few notches during the 2nd half, and that is to the show's detriment. Which is why it managed to become a relief when the over-the-top final act of the show begins, even if it is rushed and confusing as hell. Then the last 2 episodes caused me to change my opinion; there is such a thing as too over-the-top, especially in anime (as many of these shows are prone to do; they're almost never subtle).
The show is at it's best when it tackles how government and organization react to the appearance of the Ranga kaiju. How it evolves from national to international incidents, the political maneuvers, the responsibility of those in power (including the…
Read at the sourceCallistaLuvAnime
I was curious going into the series as to how well they could tell both the story and have good characters with only about 15mis per episode. It was worth my curiousity, as both the story and characters were both well done regardless of time constaints.
After the first couple of episodes I no longer noticed the shortness of the episodes as I was too busy enjoying the shows. The OST was lacking for me, but the sound quality was good, and the artwork was average but I think that worked better for the series.
Its a seres thats worth checking out as it has alittle of everything, politics-romance-adveture-monsters-mystery-fun-human hardship-and so much more.
Read at the sourceggultra2764
Yeah, I can see why this doesn't get much fanfare after seeing it years later when I bought it for my collection. Pretty much, Neo Ranga is focused on how the presence of Ranga makes the lives of the Shimabara sisters turn upside-down when they inherit a kingdom from their dead brother. The first half of the series is mostly a mix of social satire and slice-of-life comedy focused on how Ranga's presence effects the neighborhood in which the Shimabaras live in and how this invites figures like crooked politicians, the mass media, yakuza and the military to get entangled in the hijinks. From how I interpreted things, Neo Ranga was apparently poking fun of the cultural divide between those embracing Western influences and those trying to uphold the older traditions of Japan's past. While the…
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What is right?? What is wrong?? What would you do if....??
Neo Ranga tells the story of three average girls put into an extra ordinary position. After their brothers passing, the girl's "inherit" a God named Ranga. This gift-of-such however is not always a blessing, for the people of Japan are not sure how to accept this newcomer.
The three sisters have their own ideas of how to use Ranga. The oldest sister, concerned about her family's well being tries to profit from their new found fame. The middle sister tries to help the people of Japan with Ranga's power. The youngest sister, infuriated about the welcoming home, tries to use Ranga to destroy the population of Japan and her enemies.
Because of the sisters indecision, Ranga is torn and develops a personality all of his own. The peopl…
Read at the sourceThe_Golden_Witch
Neo Ranga is one of those ‘great shows that no one’s heard of’, only this time it’s underrated as well as overlooked. According to MAL, only one of my friends has seen the show (and he's seen everything) and only a small number of total members as well. What’s more, the collective score is only 6.63, and the results are similar on ANN. Why? How could a show so great get so overlooked? Actually, I’m pretty sure I know.
Neo Ranga is, without a doubt, one of the outright strangest anime I’ve seen. Which is funny, because at the same time, it’s not very far off from other anime of it’s length – the plot progression, general themes, and especially the ending are all pretty familiar to anime fans, but the presentation is totally unique. Neo Ranga is composed of 48 half-length episodes (effectiv…
Read at the sourceVoidHawk
Neo Ranga
As I stated on my anime list, it is pretty much a real Masterpiece
Animation is very well done, classical in its feel, though in some eps different team was clearly in charge of the production, with a lesser quality but that did not affect the flow of the series, and they did no more than 4 eps.
The plot idea may not be really original, as the use of science fiction elements and misticism is not really new in anime production, but we need to consider that Neo Ranga is nt really new, beingf one of those productions that used really well the concept.
The plot has many interesting points and turns, and the action is fair without transforming it into one of those boooooring fighting animes so in fashion (sadly).
The plot is carried well and without filler episodes, being a cons…
Read at the sourceHazelHawks
A bit of a rabbit hole this...
Simply put, Neo Ranga is one of my favorite anime series and, though far from flawless, it gets my vote for most underrated series on this site.
Functioning somewhere between modern-day fable and social satire, Neo Ranga tells the story of the Shimabara sisters who live on a hill in a suburb of Tokyo, and of Ranga, a massive godlike creature (physically - part Godzilla, part giant robot) who comes from the sea to serve them. However, far from a simple girl-meets-sentient-mecha anime, Neo Ranga takes a wide-angle view of the story and is as much about Tokyo and its citizens as it is about the sisters. We are introduced to local merchants, crooked politicians, ambitious tv producers, opportunistic yakuza, a military excited to try out new weapons on Ranga, di…
Read at the sourceceleste2070
This anime is slow and has a lot of fluff, but it is moderately interesting. I was actually pleasantly surprised at how insightful and interesting the last couple of disks were. This series gets much better towards the end if you can make it through the middle. Character development leaves something to be desired, but I'll admit they made an attempt. The music however, is just terrible.
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