Audience reviews
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Saberismywife
In the corpse party anime there are highs and lows.
For the lows:
It can get very overly edgy at times and most of the time it feels kinda unnecessary.
It's characters in the anime adaptation are very flat and hard to get attached to. For the highs:
The voice acting is honestly pretty good and it makes the anime as a whole a little bit more enjoyable.
The tone and atmosphere. I said earlier that I feel like it can get "too edgy" at times but at the same time I think they did a good job making it dark.
It feels dark while you're watching which is quite good.
Overall: Overall it has highs and lows so it's not bad or good. Just Average.
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Well...this definitely tortured my soul. "Was it because it was scary?" You might ask. The answer is no. It was simply...mind numbingly stupid. And incomprehensibly bloody. Corpse party is an opera of gore which not only fails as an anime, but also fails on every fundamental level of the horror genre.
Plot: 2/10
The story begins with a group of people in a classroom performing a ritual of some sort. They suddenly and inexplicably get transported into another dimension full of other students who are getting killed by these mysterious ghosts as well as each other. While this may seem interesting enough (to those with twisted minds who enjoy watching miserable characters suffer immense pain and anguish), one must keep in mind that the producers tried to fit a ton of material into just four…
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I'll try to tell you why this isn't worth of your time without writing unecessary things or trying to sound cool like so many reviewers do.
Bear in mind that I have not played the games this OVA is based on.
This is as generic as generic gets.
It fails to deliver anything (except boredom) and it tries to cope with its flaws by adding unecessary elements to it - examples being:
Cheap ''sad'' scenes
Even more blood than is necessary (it just gets silly at a certain point) Now - is it bad to have a lot of blood and gore when it comes to horror/gore/slasher media?
Absolutely not, if there is a point behind it.
There isn't one here. They just keep adding it for the sake of shock, but said shock loses its meaning quite fast (I already wasn't surprised with it on the very 1st episode).
The a…
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Welcome, my Beauties, to the first review of horror anime month. Last year, one of the things I looked at was Corpse Party: Missing Footage, a short OVA about a bunch of one-dimensional characters being dull. We saw a bit of blood and carved up children at the beginning, but nothing else to connect it to horror. This year, I'm going to look at the follow up that, supposedly, moves into straight up horror. Corpse Party: Tortured Souls.
Story:
A group of eight kids is staying at school late after an event and telling ghost stories. Before leaving they, along with their teacher, decide to do a charm that will supposedly make them stay friends forever. This naturally results in them being separated & transported into a dilapidated school where blood and gore are everywhere. Now, they have to…
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Corpse Party was a very dark and gruesome anime. The plot was great, but sometimes a little bit confusing. The art was very well done and clean, and it really pulled off the "creepy" effect. Don't watch it for the firsst time at night, you wont even want to look behind you! You felt a bond to the main characters that really made you feel for them, whatever situation occured. If you like horror animes, I highly recommend Corpse Party: Tortured Souls.
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Corpse Party: Tortured Souls brings you gore on a silver platter, well, a silver platter containing dismembered limbs, rotting and beheaded corpses, and a lot of cringe. It’s the perfect package for horror genre enthusiasts or a perfect gateway anime for those trying to get into the genre.
The story is set in Heavenly Host Elementary School, which is an elementary school that was torn down following the murders and disappearances of several of its staff and students. By the start of the story, another school called Kisaragi Academy had been built over the elementary school site. One night, a group of students from Kisaragi Academy are telling ghost stories when suddenly earthquakes start to take its course all around the campus. This earthquake was not your average one, oh no, it was a su…
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Corpse Party: A relentless, extremely violent, psychopathic, fast paced, supernatural horror... That's how i would summarize it anyway.
Despite its overwhelming level of violence, there is (thank god) a very interesting story behind this short show. As you may know, this is an adaptation of the Corpse Party Game, and throughout, the plot as well as being horrifying and dark, is also very vivid, cinematic (thriller styled), and it does come across as well though out. Multiple times i felt like i was "watching" a book!
In terms of presentation, the art (very important for gore), was very good, similarly, the blood splatter sounds etc. also came into their own.
Though, on the topic of sound: why is the intro so upbeat, for such a slaughterous show? it's a little unnerving if you ask me! Any…
Read at the sourceAlicemelon
Naming an anime "Corpse Party: Tortured Souls" is like making a promise to the viewer that you're going to deliver with exactly that. It's easy enough to expect the opposite; after all, for some reason a lot of would-be horrifying, gory anime are hit with the unfortunate black bars of censorship, or the convenient off-screen carnage of PG-13 justice, or otherwise just have a mechanism to protect your eyes from seeing violence, even if violence is the reason you're there. Sometimes the Blu-ray edition arrives months later to fix that, and sometimes it just remained unfixed, forever covered in a shining white light across the screen where entrails should've been visible. In the case of "Corpse Party: Tortured Souls", the title alone brazenly declares that it has torture, corpses, spirits of…
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Easily one of the goriest and most viscerally enjoyable show I’ve ever watched.
The Short Version:
(+)The soundtrack layers fear upon you.
(+)The art is pretty good.
(-)None of the characters are memorable.
(-)The violence is a bit stomach turning.
The Story (5/10): The story behind this show is, when you actually pay attention, very confusing. A bunch of kids try out a school urban legends and call forth a wicked spirit, which in turn transports them to a different dimension filled with ghosts wanting to kill them… Or you could just expect a standard gorno horror flick and take bets on whose going to die first. The ending of the anime is predictable and left me a little bit angry, I won’t say why because of spoilers, but I wasn’t very happy. The ending is predictable and isn’t really gr…
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It may seem weird that the my overall score is lower than every other number on there, but the problem is that while Corpse Party satisfies the requirements of every technical aspect, what it lacks, utterly, is delivery.
I don't know why they decided to make it 4 episodes long (5 including the OVA, which is actually quite important and a lot more well done than the rest of the series) when it could have easily been a standard 12/13 long one. And, to be honest, probably the only reason I enjoyed at all is because I had already played the game. Otherwise, it would have been a lot of general confusion on my part. What baffles me even more is why they add so many unnecessary subplot devices, when they are already evidently having a tough time packing in all this exposition into 80 minutes. An…
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Since the Horror genre in anime is quite small compared to Action, Adventure, Slice of Life, etc --- Corpse Party: Tortured Souls is very often compared to other animes like Hellsing Ultimate, Elfen Lied and all those other Ivy league animes. Sad to say, but Corpse Party just can't compare to any of those when it comes to quality. However, in terms of blood, gore, and (brutal) deaths, Corpse Party has a nice niche that lets it compete with the other bad boys. ***Spoiler Free***
Story (6): Pretty straightforward. A bunch of innocent Highschool kids get transported to an old, abandoned Elementary School after performing a sort of "charm". From there, the fun begins with a story interesting enough to keep you watching.
Art (4): While there is nothing really bad about the art, I found that…
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So I decided to watch Corpse Party because of the intriguing name and of the things I'd heard about it. ("It's so disturbing!")
I wasn't exactly disappointed... I just have high standards. I'm extremely critical of the horror genre because I am not easily scared and they usually lack a good story, which is most important to me.
Story:
It was better than I thought it would be. I honestly expected a half-assed ending with no real conclusion and tons of plot holes. But it was actually pretty good. The explanations for the events in the story were interesting and made decent sense. But that only came into play in the last episode. The first 3 episodes just weren't that original because the overall idea isn't that original. (Kids trapped in a creepy Elementary school?) I'm glad I decided to…
Read at the sourceVolfenstein
Wow, where to begin? I watched this show as it was recommended by a friend as a horror show but this was too extreme. I usually tend to agree with the reviews of my peers on MAL but in this case I did not. I'm not going to spoil it for you but I must warn you of the EXTREME GORE this show is chock full of. It also has some well known voice actors that I like so that lulled me into a false sense of security. In my opinion, this show is extremely depraved. Don't know who came up with it but this has to be one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen. I don't recommend it and I'm going to do everything I possibly can to forget it. Think happy thoughts, think happy thoughts, think happy thoughts.
Read at the sourceilovepandas
Lacking in the "fear department"
Although it was scary from time to time, it had more of a "splatter movie" like storyline. The buildup was ok, although the story was missing the "sitting at the edge of your seat" moments. I didn't cringe in fear once, but were mostly just grossed out by all the gory scenes.
It was also really easy to figure out who the "real" villain was ( pretty much guessed it from the start).
I think a reason for the lack of frightening moments, may be partially blamed on the intro ( it contained way too many spoilers ! ). As well as the fact that it was kind of "flat", and didn't really move forth after the second murder.
Other than the fact that the main characters lacked personality, the other ones had the feeling of being more of an accessory to the plot, rather…
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Before I go into the specifics I would like to say one thing. All of these are my own beliefs and I do not expect anyone to completely agree with them or agree with them at all. But as a person who have watched almost all genre of anime, and countless number of shows (I do not really feel like adding all to my profile), I believe my opinion may help someone who has trouble deciding "Corpse Party: Tortured Souls" is worth their time or not.
*The review is spoiler free.
Story:
The story is absolute nonsense. It is weak, hard to believe, and shoved down the viewer's throat. It is not appealing due to its lack of depth, and is hard to even follow at times. The story seems like it is going one way, but takes a turn for something completely different.
Characters:
Being generic is fine, but w…
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This is my first ever review so please bare with me. And i apologize in advance for the mistakes ill make.
Corpse Party: Tortured souls blew my mind, It was absolutely disturbing to the point that it just made me sick to my stomach and this is coming from someone who enjoys watching horror/gore animes but even though it was disturbing i really did enjoy it.
Although the plot was your typical ''Students trapped into an creepy building'' kind of plot i still enjoyed it and after it ended it left me craving for more.
The blood coming out of the walls, Organs splashing everywhere.. God it was so amazing. The graphics were just so outstanding also the main reason why i kept watching. Yes it was disturbing and yes i had moments where i wanted to put down my laptop and run to the toilet to v…
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Hello. Well this was probably the most disturbing thing I have ever seen in my life. Not only is this the most disturbing animated series I have ever watched, it is the most disturbing fiction work I have had the pleasure of experiencing.
This is one of those series that makes you cringe but you still love it because it takes you on a well written story. Where as this is still not my favorite horror anime, I still think that it did an amazing job with what little time it had. It had a story and a conclusion and we were not left with a cliffhanger like Umineko left us with. But what I really want to emphasis on is the fact that series fit everything into 4, half-hour long episodes. This is amazing for that small length of time.
I also want to bring in the concept of how good the disturbin…
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During this 4-day weekend (for me at least) I've watched 3 animes with, at the very least, good amounts of horror aspects. Those three would be Another, Mirai Nikki, and of course, Corpse Party. However, Corpse Party is different from the other two I watched as it is basically completely horror-oriented, whilst the other two have mystery implemented into it. However, even though Corpse Party did do well enough in the horror element itself, the subpar feel of most of the other aspects of the story kept it from being some kind of brilliant masterpiece.
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Story:
The start of the story feels very formulaic to most media in the horror genre. For the first half or so of the first episode, everything is lighthearted and fluffy, until EVERYTHING GOES…
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Watching Corpse Party is literally like watching a horror movie. There you are, trapped. Can't even shout, can't even cry, the dangers are coming by. When you realize that death is coming before you, screams are shouted out but you won't be heard. But that's just the beginning. For once you're trapped, Corpse Party will take you to a place where your life will never ever be the same again. (that is if and only if you escape alive)
Corpse Party: Tortured Souls - Bougyakusareta Tamashii no Jukyou (or simply known as Corpse Party: Tortured Souls) is a series of four OVA episodes. The animation is based off the game and chronicles the events in which a group of young students tells ghost stories at a school known Kisaragi Academy. However, they soon become haunted by the ghosts themselves aft…
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As a fan of Corpse Party, I was rather disappointed, but still enjoyed it. The pacing was far too fast and it strayed from the plot of the games a little too much with some of the character deaths, but that's my only complaint, really. The best way to look at it is that it's the Wrong End that didn't get put into the game. If you don't like gore you REALLY will not like Corpse Party, there's people dying left and right in the OVA and games. I swear the atmosphere in the games is the worst part, I was tense as hell playing them. Compared to the OVA, I was still pretty tense, perhaps the pace added to that since I could feel my heart race while watching them.
Final Score
6/10, might watch again.
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