Audience reviews
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mouthpiece
This is the third adaptation of a visual novel made by Nitroplus, after Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate. And no, despite all three VNs taking place in the same setting, they have absolutely no connection to each other, besides a few Easter eggs with no relevance to the plot. You don’t need to watch the earlier shows in order to better understand what is going on. In fact, they are so distinctive in their plots and characters, that each one leaves you with an equally different feeling.
- C;H is enraging you for wasting so many good concepts in a messy plot full of stereotypes and cop-out battles.
- S;G is exciting you for having so many lively characters and an interesting blend of mystery and science fiction.
- R;N is making you … feel nothing. Really. There is nothing in it.
The show is anima…
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What about Robotics; Note as well is kind of complicated present something here that elevates the experience.
Robotics; s Note presents a plot with a good potential that is wasted with the follow-up of the plot, it starts to become very visible when trying weapon an element of suspense, where the climax is broken at the moment of revelation, making the plot regress and return to starting point.
The act is repeated a few times, making the story dragged and even a little boring.
There also falls steadily when the anime begins to thrill, the pace drops of nowhere, getting frustrate, this act of ups and downs to get to be unpredictable.
Your end result is quite tolerable, managing raise some moments that worth it, even with all these problems is an interesting anime, with an interesting hist…
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For this review I will make references and comparisons to two other anime: Chaos;Head(2008) and Steins;Gate(2011). While all three of these anime adaptations were made by separate studios, they drawn upon the same series of visual novels for source material.
Now to begin the review. I'll start with the story. Like Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate Robotics;Notes has a story line that could only be described as thrilling. While the story started off at a slow pace it gradually built until I was on the edge of my seat with anticipation. They really pulled out all the stops for this show. Even with the slow start, the constant switch between success and failure in the attempt to build a giant robot as well as the mystery of the Kimijima reports was more than enough to keep my interest. In spite of…
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I don't know why my review on this anime was deleted... it was accidently by me or my last review about Robotics;Notes were not good so the owner deleted it (and think as spam), well... I'm really satisfied with this anime.. the best for me, so i put all score perfect there
I like the story about Robotics;Notes.. it's really not so much scientifical but good if we see it in some sort of point of view
Personally, i dislike any kind of Robot Anime because normally the robot that were showed there were so much imaginable, unlogic, and childish..
First time i heard about Robotics;Notes were in the PS3 game, it was mentionned "Science-Fiction", "Slice of Life", and "Mecha".. at first when i see the poster, i stared at the giant Robot that with Akiho & Kaito in the background... i'd amazed on…
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Robotics;Notes is an anime from Production I.G, you may know them from their work with Ghost in the Shell and the Blood franchise. It's based on a visual novel game by 5pb, the same group that was responsible for Steins;Gate and a list of other games you've probably never heard of. Since their stuff doesn't usually leave Japan. That all sounds pretty promising to me. Let's take a look at the anime and see how long that lasts.
The story follows a young man named Kai and his friend Akiho, who comprise the robotics club of Tanegashima High School. But all isn't going well. They have no funding with which to finish their giant robot and the principal wants to shut them down. To further complicate matters, Kai stumbles upon a mysterious program called the Kimijima report. To its credit, Robot…
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The relatively shallow plot disappointed fans of Steins;Gate, but the enlarged scope of events and more action scenes pump more adrenaline.
STORY
When compared with Steins;Gate (the main reason for this sequel's initial popularity), the plot is much shallower but instead wider. In Steins;Gate most of the struggle of Okabe is within the laboratory members and the concept of time. In Robotics;Notes the struggle is not only between Akiho and her sister, but the entire club/school plus JAXA and everyone related with Kimijima's plan.
ART
Nothing much to say, the art is good and above average, other than the awkwardly drawn characters that can be seen in a few scenes.
SOUND
I enjoyed the background musics and the opening/endings, and overall do contribute to the mood and the intensity of t…
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my main impression: whoever came up with the original concept as well as the script writers for this anime need a really good editor, who can wrangle their ideas into something that actually hangs together structurally and makes sense. because there were plenty of ideas here, quite possibly too many, and the result is a hodgepodge of giant plot holes held together by spit and enthusiasm.
i can't remember the last time i watched an anime that was so meticulously produced, so overall pretty, so well animated and orchestrated, and found it such an unholy mess on the inside, which ultimately left me unfulfilled.
story: there are two main stories here; one consists of a high school's robotics club trying to put together a giant robot, the other is pretty much at the other end of the spectrum:…
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I'd like to start off by saying this is my first review on MAL well, first time writing a review in fact so please keep that in mind when reading this.
Robotics;Notes does what it does in a generic way and it does that quite well. I would classify this anime as underrated and the reason is people who watch this anime have the same expectations as they would if watching Stein's;gate, that's the problem. Robotics;Notes is not Stein's;gate. I highly suggest watching this anime and lowering your standards just a bit and you will definitely come out pleased with the ending.
Now, onward to the actual review.
Story: 8
The story of Robotic;Notes is very well thought while at times it may be easy to predict whats going to happen, it's very easy to enjoy watching as things slowly unfold.
Art: 9…
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A short warning: This is kind of long and I'm a bit of a potty-mouth (I tried to take the cursing out, but some might still be in there). Also, please leave some feedback, especially if you don't like the review. All criticism is appreciated.
The setting is basically this: The Robotics Club at Central Tanegashima High School want to build a huge mecha, and the series follows its members in their struggles with funding and other stuff. Pretty basic. Obviously there's more under the surface than the characters just going at it with spanners, including a mystery slowly being revealed about a conspiracy that would severely endanger a sweeping majority of the people on Earth. It's pretty far-fetched and we're never given a proper explanation why the plan is in motion any way. The series is ver…
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Robotic;Notes the 3rd visual novel made by 5pb collaborated with Nitroplus as most people mention. Overall the anime was pretty good giving consideration to the number of episode length and amount of story line needed to be incorperated.
Sci-fi genre stories are almost always interesting with having a grandiose scale conflict that is built up or connected to smaller events that occur among the characters. Didn't like how each individual character conflict was so simply considered resolved especially with Subaru, practically no resolution for him. Deux ex machina was used a bit too extensively for the story, most likely due to cutting out parts of the visual novel storyline (like in the opening you see them having fireworks at the bench but there wasn't any episode). Also the story skipped…
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Robotics;Notes is the kind of anime that I have to force myself to review. The truth is, I like it. I really like it. That's why it has a 6 and not a lower score: because for all its flaws, it is remarkably enjoyable.
But this is a review, isn't it? I can't just harp on about how fun it is without pointing out how horrifically flawed it is. The primary issues that Robotics;Notes experiences is this:
a) It isn't as intelligent as it thinks it is.
b) It tries to do too much.
I'll begin by clarifying that second point. Picture an anime akin to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: a sci-fi re-imagining of a typical romantic comedy, some decent characters, good comedy and the potential for some seriousness mixed in there. Then take a show like Steins;Gate (which I have yet to watch): a hyper-in…
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Right... so this is not a mecha anime. I was honestly expecting a Gundam-style battle right up till the end, but no. Despite being all high-tech and stuff, the "robots" are the same chunky, dumb and awkwardly moving pieces of metal you see every now and then on the 9 o'clock news. This is a show meant for robotics enthusiasts.
So, Production I.G. on a noitaminA slot, it ought to be good right? Not even remotely. In fact, it smells like the shit they cooked up exactly one year ago. Well, it wasn't that bad, but aside from the excellent production quality we expected from the studio, there's nothing positive I can say about Robotic;Notes. Except for Furugoori Kona, which may be one of the most interesting characters I've seen yet.
You won't have guessed it, but Robotic;Notes turns out to b…
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Robotics;notes can be summed up with one word: enjoyable. This anime certainly showed a lot of promise.
The series follows a few narrative lines which culminate toward a grand finale where all the plot points are meant to converge. The first and primary one being a young student who is trying to keep her robot club alive and finishing her sister's unfinished dream of making a super-large sized robot from a popular - but mysteriously unfinished - anime series called Gunvarrel.
What struck me about the series, and what is perhaps the sole element that carries this anime, is the quirky, fun and humerous characters, namely the protagonist Akiho. Her counterpart, Yashio, counterbalances Aki's exuberant over-enthusiasm with his blase, nonchalance, making for many enjoyable interactions. Combin…
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I was really looking forward to an anime adaptation of Robotics;Notes, the third visual novel written by Hayashi Naotaka-shi for the collaboration of 5pb. and Nitroplus, because previous two series came from it were really neat with ChäoS;HEAd being a rather promising start and Steins;Gate being just stellar. So no wonder I have a lot of things to tell now.
Robotics;Notes begins with our protagonists, Yashio Kaito and Senomiya Akiho, the only members of school’s robotics club, trying to save the said club from shutting down. And that’s a huge step down from Steins;Gate in terms of a story. I mean, Steins;Gate had university students as main characters who invent and mess up with crazy gadgets, and all Robotics;Notes has to offer is yet another clichéd story about saving a school club. Ouc…
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Robotics;Notes, the latest work of Naotaka Hayashi who is also the writer for Steins;Gate and Chaos;Head. If you didn't know that just by seeing the colon in each of the titles then the four lines of pointless philosophy he puts under the titles is bound to tip you off. As someone who has read both his first two works and watched the animes, I can say I have a fairly good grasp of his writing style. Don't worry about any fanboyish interfering with this review. As you can tell, I don't have a high opinion of him.
Robotics;Notes is about robots...or that what it's supposed to be about. Wouldn't be the first of this guys works to have false advertising. The first half of the show involves Aki gathering the members of the robotics club and slice of life antics. This is a common thing in this…
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This is the first of hopefully many reviews from me, so here goes:
Robotics;Notes. When one sees the ";" in the name, their mind jumps straight to Steins;Gate and their hopes for it skyrocket, without any regard to the fact that the same company made Chaos;Head. Playing off this weakness, it seems Nitroplus tried to make Robotics;Notes into another Steins;Gate. Just one problem:
Robotics;Notes is not Steins;Gate.
The story is slow to start and would immediately turn off anyone who isn't familiar with Nitroplus' works. Even when the story starts to pick up, it is incredibly slow. Nitroplus continuously tried to liven things up with countless cliffhangers at the end of episodes, but were only successful in doing so when they decided to kill off one of the characters. This was successful u…
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Robotics;Notes: Take Note, It's Highly Underrated
When going into the fall 2012 season, I was at a loss at how underwhelming I found the anime year 2012 to be. If there were two animes I felt could possibly save it, it would be Gen Urobuchi's Psycho-Pass and Production I.G.'s other hit show, Robotics;Notes, an indirect sequel in an alternative setting to Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate. Unfortunately for Robotics;Notes sake, it seems to draw comparison to Steins;Gate, a tough standard to hold an anime to considering Steins;Gate is considered one of the best animes to come out in recent history. It's also hard to compare since Steins;Gate was produced by White Fox and Robotics;Notes was produced by Production I.G. Still, how was Robotics;Notes as a series?
Overall, I found it to be a pretty so…
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Okay, so Robotics;Notes. I admit it. I am a big fan of Nitrosplus and their works. Hell, remember Steins;Gate? That scientific thriller was one hell of a ride. When I heard that they were going to do another anime adaptation of the science fiction genre, I was very excited. No, I was ecstatic. However, after completing this series, it left me nothing of what I originally had hoped for. Don't get me wrong. I don't like comparing other works from the same company much especially since neither has close resemblance. However, the experience that came out of this series was worlds apart.
Now, regarding technology...
The world of technology can do wonders. In today's world, technology has provided us with so many new innovations for our common lives. In fact, without technology, our lives woul…
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Well. Time for my first review I guess. There will be spoilers, but contained to a small section which is labelled appropriately.
Robotics;Notes (R;N) was originally created as a Visual Novel. It was brought to you by the same guys that had previously released Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate. While both of them were very unique, I absolutely loved S;G while hating C;H...so going into this I had absolutely no idea what to expect. In the end, I got served a big fat dose of "meh".
Firstly I think it;s important to state that if you're looking for a mecha anime, you're going to have a bad time. This is even less of a mecha anime than Guilty Crown was. Right, now that's out the way, moving on with some of the issues.
The primary issue with the series is pacing. Saying the series starts off slow w…
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Robotics;Notes is the 2012 anime adaptation addition to the Science Adventure series, which so far consists of three different series which are all connected by alternative settings: Chaos;Head, Steins;Gate and lastly Robotics;Notes.
Made originally by 5pb while the previous series C;H and S;G were a collaboration of both 5pb and Nitroplus, the anime showed much promise to be an engrossing Sci-fi tale about ipad-like devices named Poke-Coms, mecha and robots all in a near future school setting.
To tell you the truth, for some time after the Visual Novel was announced it was one of top highly anticipated visual novels, and when the anime announcement came before the visual novel was even out I was ecstatic. I thought just like the case of Steins;Gate, that we will need to wait a couple of…
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