Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
mattwo
It's too damn short and too damn underwhelming to do the games justice. It strays from the games in a way that should work but it wastes it time not developing any of the characters or the world they live in, basically assuming you already knew who they are and what makes them tick. If the Warcraft movie is any indicator, alienating new audiences who have never played the games is a TERRIBLE idea.
Plus the Ultra Dimension mini-arc was terrible and super rushed like they realized "oh shit, we were supposed to give this show an actual plot and now it's nearly too late!".
Really goes to show that David Production should stick to adapting manga.
Story: 3/10
Art: 7/10 (about what you would expect of DP)
Sound: 6/10
Character: 4/10
Enjoyment 5/10
Overall: 4/10
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TL:DR I watched this having never played the games but was on the fence about starting them. I am now playing the games.
Its basically like the dead pool of anime with an insane amount of references to anime and video games.
This is how a short anime that acts as an advertisement for your light novel/manga/game series should be. It is self contained story that had a beginning AND an end! Giving you a feel for the world and characters of the Neptunia universe.
The voice actors for the games seem to be largely the same as for the anime which is a nice touch.
I would recommend this even if you had no intention of playing the games
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Hyperdimension Neptunia is one of the few "based on a game" anime series that I really, genuinely enjoyed. That being said, you may not enjoy it as much if you're not at least a bit familiar with the game series (the creators seem to assume that you are). For clarity, I'll break this into the standard 6 sections.
Story - 7/10
While this anime is based on the game series, this is essentially a standalone plot. The characters and villains are the same, but this is NOT a direct adaptation of any of the games.
It's largely episodic, with a few longer story arcs spanning multiple episodes. This all flows quite well if you're familiar with the series and the characters; otherwise it might be a bit of a struggle to follow at times. They had a LOT of canon material to work with, and while the pac…
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The story is just a chain of events taken place in the games, nothing new or special. The art is good in general, but I can't feel the sadism on the face of Iris Heart, that's a bad point of the art. The musics and sounds are good. Plus, being able to see all the main characters of the games gather together is cool too.
Certainly this is just an average anime, however, since I love the game, I love anime, more importantly, I got to see Blanc moving around, that's dream comes true to me, so I'm going to make an exception and give this anime 10/10 :)
Read at the sourceVulpixieLovee
This is my first review, so please don't get at me if it's horrid. Yet, this anime of made off from one of my favorite video games and off the manga and deserves a review from me as a fan of it. I'll try not to add spoilers and such and I'll try not to rant about how this anime shouldn't have even been made into such a confusing fan serviced mess.
Story: 2 | 3
Now, this anime tries to combine three games all together which does not work at all. I understand this anime if basically for the fans of the games/manga, based off some of the lines that the anime stated; 'Oh, this is a fanboy episode' or stating that there was an 'anime' only character and that she was bland compared to the franchise based characters. It did 'somewhat' go through with the game's story yet it had so many differe…
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Neptune is a light-hearted fantasy world, seemingly absent of all traces of men, where factions of women somehow choose Goddesses (aka CPUs) as leaders. Though not quite a female version of Lord of the Flies, the world's history is littered with battles between CPUs competing for a shiny, mysterious energy source known as "share energy". However, rather than setting us up for a massive battle, the story begins with a truce between all four factions and the ensuing nichijou that follows. Neptune is a barely-comedic action show with a lot of barely-clad, transforming female beings acting like preteen girls. If that turns you on, please see a psychiatrist immediately.
I convinced myself to venture into this expecting something like a mix of Strike Witches and Kampfer. Actually, what really s…
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Welcome to me review of Choujigen Game Neptune The Animation!
(Story - 3/10)
The story of the Anime was the one part I wasn't very satisfied with. For a 12-episode long Anime with an OVA, the stories should have been thought and planned out. Yet, while watching the Anime move along, I felt that some of the stories took way too long to pan out. There were also ones that ended way too quickly as well. As you can see, there's kind of an imbalance there. The progress overall felt too rocky and not properly paced out.
(Art - 7/10)
The art of the Anime is one of its plus points. Being in a fantasy world, one would expect the use of vibrant colours and effects to help enhance the art of the Anime. It did. The art was well done; fight scenes were beautifully animated as well. Also, this is an ex…
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This anime is best experienced with alcohol.
Ah Neptunia, Compa's Otaku Bait Cash Cow Franchise. For those of you unaware, Neptunia is basically game consoles as girls. And that's basically it.
Really, just like the games, there really is nothing to this anime. There is no plot to this. Most of the anime is just fanservice that's just there to pander to the audience, and aside from that there's nothing special about this. Fight scenes are so-so, VA is passable (Compa's is terrible as usual), "serious" scenes are cringe-worthy and some of the jokes are just unfunny.
So, is this anime worth watching? If you took a look at my "Favorite Anime" list on my profile, you'd see this anime listed right smack dab in the middle of it. Yes, go watch this anime. I highly recommend it. Now this isn't…
Read at the sourceKasumi_Mamiko
I am a HUGE overzealous fan of the Hyperdimension Neptunia games, and have even garnered myself a bit of a reptutation on DeviantART by creating "Custom Canvas Textures for use within the second and third games in the console series. (mk-2 & Victory)
I LOVE this anime, i think they did a great job mixing the plots of the games together to create a comprehensive story line for an anime that i believe is probably only ever going to have this one season. The art is beautiful and vibrant, and the character designs are as close to the game as possible without Tsunako doing the animation alone. The sound quality is great and it's very funny and entertaining.
As for the drawbacks, there are only 2 that really stand out to me. This is NOT a series you can just pick up just because....because the…
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Forewarning: I am not a fan of the game, and I watched this anime due to the nice art it seemed to contain so I am judging this as a anime watcher, not a fan.
Story:7
The story was interesting, however both the reviews on here as well as my initial feels for the show after watching it have me in agreement that it was extremely rushed, with at least a good 2 seasons, if not 3 crammed into 12 episodes. I also was a little turned off by the fact it was all female cast, and I mean ALL female, to the extent of which it looked like a matriarchy.
Art:7
The art was pretty good, definitly could have been better but it had its perks.
Sound:9
The sound was probably the best part of the anime in my opinion, with a really good intro as well as outro, which I liked listening to.
Character:6
While th…
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Neptunia is a game franchise from Compile Heart and Idea Factory. They are solid games, albeit with some issues, and their Lily system is one of the best things in any video game. Seriously, more games need a system where yuri makes the characters stronger. In 2013 there was an anime version, separate in storyline from any of the games. It was handled by David Production, the same studio behind Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. It's only the second anime I've seen where they were responsible for the main production. How well does it hold up?
Story:
The Console Wars are coming to an end in the great land of Gamindustri as the four Goddesses, Neptune, Noire, Blan and Vert, sign a treaty of friendship that will prevent their nations from taking Shares from one anther by force. Thereby allowing all…
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This is probably one of the most outdated reviews ever for a really unpopular show. But recent events got me into a neptunia phase so I felt like writing this review. Bear in mind that I only re-watched a few episodes before writing this review because I'm lazy and I have not played many of the games. Let's start the review.
First off, people have called this anime a not so great adaption to the video games. But what anime based off a video game is? (I can't think of any) Even for anime standards it is not so great. Little to no story, no fleshed out characters, terrible villains e.t.c. And yes, I will agree to those statements. But why am I giving it such a decent score? In the words of Sokka "This is the wacky, time wasting nonsense I've been missing!" (ATLA, Season three, The Fire Embl…
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I'll be honest here, If you haven't played the game(the anime is based of a game) for this series then odds are you wont like it. The story isn't deep, there little to no character development and somethings are just plain wacky.Then why did I give it such a big score? If you played the game then you already know what your walking into. The game doesn't even take itself seriously, it continuously breaks the 4th wall and its just one huge gag while it tries to be funny.
For people like me who have played the game then this anime is the best thing ever because we get to see the character animated and moving around, not just a picture of them talking on screen. This is why the people who have played the game give it good scores, because it gave us what we wanted out of the series we already…
Read at the sourceGonzyChan
It’s one thing when you are a fan of a video game that all of a sudden has been confirmed to have an anime adaptation and feel nothing but contempt and frustration in the reasoning why they would bother. However, when your game is already one that acts like an anime, you think to yourself that this will already be a slam dunk based on how it was born to become an anime show in the first place. So likewise, I was in the same mindset going into this. What I got in the end for Neptunia the Animation was nothing but partial disappointment that can only be described as a wasted potential for a series that had a lot going for it in terms of comedy and parody.
Neptunia plays off as your typical moe show with cute girls in suggestive positions. I can understand people passing it off as another ge…
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Choujigen Game Neptune: The Animation, or as I call it Hyperdimension Neptunia, sets in a place called Gamindustri, or in English, Games Industry. The game and the anime adaptation is meant to be a parody of the game console wars that took place many years ago and still today. While Hyperdimension is meant to be comedy, parody, sci-fi series, it does has it moments of seriousness and tense moments. With saying that, it slightly falls flat due a fair and mediocre story line.
Story: 6.5/10
When I watched the first episode, I honestly did not understand what the main plot was. It was only through reading what the game/anime is, I realise that it is based of the console wars. It took me a bit longer it was based on the competition with the Wii (Lowee), Leanbox (Xbox), Lastation (Playstation)…
Read at the sourceLuckyKrystal
As a big, humungous, obnoxious fan of the Hyperdimension Neptunia video games, I was overjoyed to hear that it was getting an anime adaption.
Studio David had us believing that they were going to do pretty well by this adaption. And in the first few episodes, that’s the impression you get. But from there on, it all goes downhill. It’s unfortunate, but the end product turned out to be a bit of a rushed mess that only captured a fraction of what was so loveable about the games.
The first thing that’s noticeably off about this adaption is the character designs. Tsunako, the original character designer, is practically the master of detailed and attractive moe character designs. These designs don’t translate too well into this anime. The designs just don’t look as good as Tsunako’s. There w…
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Have you ever wanted to wake up in an anime world? Ever thought of going to a world where there's cute girls, cool technology, and having fun nearly all day every day? I'm not talking about dreaming about it but rather going into one. If I had a choice to journey to any world, it would be Gamindustri, a futuristic world where the fun almost never ends. Well, that's all fiction but there's one thing that came to reality...and that's the fact Hyperdimension Neptunia finally gets its own anime adaptation!
The anime is based off of the game of the same name that debuted in 2010 as a role-playing game developed by Idea Factory. Apparently, it takes place in the world of Gamindustri where its land is dominated by cute girls who are able to transform into gorgeous young ladies in order to fight…
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(This review is made by a person that have already played the video game)
Before I start the review. I want to apology if there are any mistakes on my grammar and spelling in this review.
At first, this anime look like a let down for newcommers. Because of the:
1.)fanservice (it is not that much)
2.)video game adaption, nuff said
3.)bad introduction/ first episode
But, it is actually very good. Actually I recommend for people that like parody series, lighthearted story, and moe.
Story/ comedy(10/10); better than many other animes (in my opinion). The story is very good for a video game original story (even the concept is the same as the second and the third game). I like lighthearted story, so it is a plus point for me. Because this series is a parody series, I do not really care about t…
Read at the sourcemudball2
Before I start this review, it should be stated that I was already a notable fan of the video games beforehand.
When I heard that my favorite video games which had a few credible names working on them: Keiji Inafune and Nobuo Uematsu with the Earthbound Papas, I was thrilled! The only immediate problem for someone walking straight into the anime is that it makes no effort re-introducing a newcomer to the lore and characters of Gamindustri. That was probably done for several reasons, one such being to not keep any newcomers from the video games. Still, I fear it can cause some confusion and avert the attention of someone who might've been interested in the show.
On the other hand, one might be able to catch on to who the characters and their respective countries are supposed to represen…
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*This review comes from a fan of the video games.*
When an anime of Hyperdimension Neptunia was announced, I got excited. I’m a fan of the series (except for the first game; that game was terrible) so naturally I was really looking forward to the anime. The games played well, the dialogue scenes had great graphics, and the characters were likeable for the most part. Depending on if you’re a fan of moe or not, you can even say the voice acting is a strong point. However, the gameplay is what truly kept me playing the games. Western reviewers even praised the RPG gameplay of the latest game, Victory, when Western reviewers are usually very critical of Japanese RPGs. So how would the anime turn out without one of the core aspects? What we got was what the fans wanted, but it may alienate thos…
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