Audience reviews
18 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Ego_Altar
The fact that this is rated so highly is testament, not to the quality of the work, but to how starved for content anime fans were 2 decades ago.
The plot is worthy of a turn-of-the-century Playstation game and mostly involves a series of unnecessary fights.
The "Alter" ability is interesting and its expression is only limited by the imagination. Here's where the series becomes laughable.
The MC's Alter ability is to punch things.
Really hard.
Of course, sometimes brute force is not the solution. Certainly, punching isn't always enough. That's when our hero steps up, grits his teeth, makes a bunch of new bells and whistles appear on his magic metal fist-
AND HE PUNCHES EVEN HARDER.
There's a rivalry, maybe a love interest. I can't remember because it's been over 20 years and this show was…
Read at the sourceHoumu
If you're seeking for the typical shonen with the typical main characters that just want to fight, well, this is the right choice. But, if you think this is going to be deep and tragic... turn around and run away!
Firstly: I think s.CRY.ed should've been LONGER. If you want to develop the right relationships, the right motivations and add another layer of complexity into your characters (protagonists or not), you should take your time to do that! You can't include so many things in just 26 chapters (or 25, because the last chapter was a total DISASTER with no ending or whatsoever). Ridiculous.
I can't say I didn't like the anime, because it was fun to see with an off-brain. Nothing less, nothing more: fun. Fight, fight, fight! A little cry, and later fight, fight and more fight! Just tha…
Read at the sourceRingrose
s-CRY-ed is an action series that follows the development of two young boys that have polar opposite world views. Both of them go through a character journey, losing things that are important to them and transforming both physically and mentally. Of course, there is a cast of regulars that appear and are interesting in their own right.
An early theme as the backdrop between Kazuma and Ryuho’s battles is Order versus Chaos. While it doesn’t stay the focus forever, it’s interesting to see how these viewpoints impact both the two main characters and the world around them, as well as the people that they meet. In the end, either they change someone’s view or at least take them out of commission.
Not every episode lands or is very important.. there are a few episodes that for half the runtime…
Read at the sourceTemporaryPortal
This anime is criminally OVERrated...
Aesthetically it's a good looking anime with great music. Conceptually the themes are interesting on their own-but fall flat.
While watching, I found myself asking "why?" many times; mostly due to the lack of explanations or reasons presented in the show itself.
This anime is way too long, yet ironically 26 episodes isn't enough to present an idea, build on it, and flesh out a relatively small cast of characters.
Interesting ideas and problems that characters face are forgotten by the next episode, and characters that do absolutely nothing to progress the story somehow get boat loads of screen time.
There is no tension in the show at all. The special abilities that characters posses are not explained at all and the "Alter ability" generally has n…
Read at the sourceYung_Warrior
A perennially underrated gem, S-Cry-Ed will forever have life as a case study of what the late 90's/early 2000's vibe was like. Despite being marketed as a classically cheesy, over-the-top MANLY action series, this show not only succeeds on that front, but does so while including surprisingly nuanced characterization, brisk pacing, and a few daring creative choices that probably went on to inspire other series in big ways.
The setting is twenty or so years after the apocalypse, where a cataclysmic event breaks off a piece of Japan, the newly formed island becoming known as the "Lost Ground". The island becomes a lawless slum in the style of something like the Satelite from Yugioh 5D's or District 12 from The Hunger Games, both of which came after this by the way. Meanwhile, the mainland…
Read at the sourceMr_Yaz
✪ Genre: action, drama, proxy battles, sci-fi (human enhancement, human experimentation, cloning), shounen, superpower with elements of romance (love polygon, unrequited love) and parallel world
✔Positive Aspects✔
◧ Gorgeous soundtrack: it was comprised of a variety of different songs, spanning quite distinct, non-overlapping genres (saxophone/trumpet based smooth 'jazz', uplifting Japanese-pop, nuevo flamenco, new age, and others).
◧ Wonderful animation work: this series was more on the 'cartoonish' side (not on the level of Devilman, though) but with pretty saturated and adequately vibrant colors - I loved the fact that the characters themselves and their Alters were 'popping out' against the landscapes and the man-made structures.
◧ Concept-wise: an interesting take on the good ol'…
Read at the sourceJhale
Story: The story is mostly amazing, but it is also character-centric to a high degree. The reason I say "mostly" amazing is because of its male characters having tons of powerful scenes, but the non-amazing parts of the story are terrible as they deal with the female characters. This anime comes off as very sexist. None of the girls really pose a good fight to anyone and they are all put into serving roles 95% of the time while having minimal personality. I mostly remember them moaning, crying or calling out the male character names. They are basically objects and servants or non-existent. It never makes sense to have physically weak female characters in a world where super powers exist and while there are many, MANY shows that have managed to do it anyway. Even so, S-cry-ed is a tough act…
Read at the sourceJezza_G
This show is awesome and remains one of my favorite of all time. I can't believe it isn't rated higher on this site. It's fast paced and full of action. There are plenty of amusing scenes, heart wrenching moments and everything else you could want in a show.
1. Story - For those Anime purists out there who can't just kick back and enjoy the show without a strong sub plot, the political and socioeconomic undertones in Scryed should be enough to keep you interested. A fight over a large area of land between the mainland, the wealthy citizens living on one side of the wall and the poor people who are doing everything they can to survive on the other side of the wall. The governments bid to harness the power of "Alter" by tracking down and experimenting on alter users. And in the middle of it…
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Despite being a nine out of ten I have to say I HAD A BLAST WITH THIS ANIME SERIES DESPITE IT'S HEAVY FLAWS! The story had some issues it takes place in a isolated island where people with special powers called alters reside and as a result an organization called holy are sent there from the main land to make sure the alters are under their control. The main characters are Kazuma (most awesome main character in the 2000's) and Ryuho (the Seto Kaiba/Ky Kiste of anime) well developed during the course of the series. From Fierce enemies to respectable allies. the other characters arent remarkable but do their parts decently but Kanmie (sorry for the misspelling) does here job well without being so annoying (man directors and mangaka please take notes if you want to do a shohen series.). The v…
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Many things in life have made me stand up and cheer. A goal in overtime, my daughter learning to crawl, an amazing encore at an Alkaline Trio concert. Now, after watching s-CRY-ed, I have a new reason to cheer.
The intro credits blast a mixture between a Mexican mariarchi band and jazzy rock number. You find yourself head bobbing while being caught up in character profiles and fight scenes. You're hooked before the first word is ever spoken. And then the series begins.
Right off the bat, you are introduced to our main lead character, Kazuma. He's not your typical hero. This guy is a fighter, not a lover. He doesn't care about anyone. He doesn't care about anything. Hell, he doesn't even care about himself. He just lives for the next chance to knock someone out. Does that sound like the g…
Read at the sourceKingofHeartsX
First Thing I should touch on is Scryed is alot better than people give it credit for but that's just my opinion so on to the review.
The series starts off strong with the introduction of the character Kazuma who is a native Alter in what is now the lost ground which was caused by an event called "The Great Uprising". In the lost ground there are "Native Alters" and Alters of Holy" which is a government organization tasked with keeping the peace in the lost ground so that native alters do not effect the humans that live on the main land.
The story of Scryed is simple but interesting at the same time the only thing I have an issue with is the charcters. Almost all the characters expect for Kazuma, Ryuhou, and Kanami get any push time. All around though it is a very enjoyable series.
I rec…
Read at the sourceFullMetalTroopa
You ready boys and girls? You ready for men's talk? Sit the fuck down and strap the fuck up. You have just been diagnosed with fucking HIV. You wanna know why? Because this show just had sex with you.
S-CRY-ED takes place on giant island, called The Lost Ground. Suddenly, the place just rose out of nowhere 22 years ago. People with special abilities are born sometimes called Alters. Most of the Lost ground is barren wasteland, With one exceptional city on it. We have 2 groups now. The city fuckers, and the natives surviving outside. In the city, a group exists called HOLD, within HOLD their is a group called HOLY. HOLY is made up of Altars organized to control other Altars outside the city, Native Altars. This story has such weak premises and devices, stuff we have all seen before. But th…
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Okay kids, time for some real talk. Dub Scryed is the best God damned show ever made, and will ever be made, in the history and future of visual entertainment. It's about this badass dude with a nuclear-powered arm and a jet engine on his back who takes shit from no man. Basically he enjoys his life living in an abandoned dentist's office in the slums with his loli fangirl until some uniformed douchebags from the city across the way show up to wreck his stuff and kidnap him. From that point on he, Kazuma The Shell Bullet (the main character. last names are for pussies), devotes his life to kicking their asses, especially this one pompus, justice-obsessed guy named Ryuho. He's pretty much your cliche bishounen hero and serves as the other main character of the show.
The main theme of the s…
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The show itself is pretty average. Most of the characters are pretty much unimportant. The art and animation is pretty weak. The music was subpar. But overall I enjoyed the show alot. It made me excited to watch each episode and expect the next one to be more better. It pretty much delivered on that end because of one lone reason. The main character Kazuma. He is pretty much an anti-hero mold that doesn't take any bullshit. He is very decisive and does not get caught up in the small things. Basically he does not have any of the annoying characterics other popular shonen characters would have.
Honestly I wanted to give this show a 10, because I thought it was purely awesome with its fight scenes. Even if it was extremely cheesy with the characters finishing each other's line and all that…
Read at the sourcel0rdBradf0rd
S-cry-ed is a decent anime. I say decent because there were a lot of things the author could have done better. It was too short, something more could have been done with the characters. The plot was also a little stiff but it wasn't bad.
Enough about the negatives. This series is action packed, if your a fan of DBZ, Yu Yu Hakusho, or One Piece you will be engrossed in this series after about 5 minutes.
The Main character Kazuma is a bad ass, it is hard not to like him, this is one of the reasons I stuck with this series. The fights are intense and entertaining.
The series is good and I recommend watching it, but it could have been great,which upsets me.
Read at the sourceHiGHFLYiN9
The premise of Scryed seemed reminiscent to X-Men, certain people had special powers which led to discrimination from the general public. There's a team of them working to iron out the differences, while others resort to violence. I found the series to be pretty enjoyable despite it's simple plot and progression, although I started to become disenchanted toward the end. Most, if not all of the fights were up-front with little thinking or strategy, and after seeing them play out the same way over and over it became boring. I didn't really care for the way the ending was handled either, but I won't describe it to avoid spoilers. Overall a decent sci-fi action anime, but you could do better imho.
Read at the sourceStormy_77
Story
The Lost Ground was created 22 years ago in the Kanazawa Prefecture when an unexplained geological / metaphysical phenomenon occurred which caused the ground to rise up into peaks accompanied by the release of a lot of energy. There were 2 effects of this. Firstly the Lost Ground split off from the Mainland. Secondly about 1% of the inhabitants of the Lost Ground gained special abilities to manipulate matter in various ways, they are called Alter Capabilists, with accompanying "Alter" abilities. If an Alter Capabilist's ability manifests in the form of a separate entity that separate entity is called an "Alter".
Politics makes this anime very interesting. There is the Mainland who treats the Lost Grounds as a sort of beggar nation. The city part of the Lost Ground has trade concess…
Read at the sourceTeenTitan85
s-CRY-ed is one of my personal favorite animes. The wide set of characters is amazing, and the interaction between them is even better. In some way, all of them are connected through one another.
The story in a nutshell is set a few years after "The Great Uprising" and this in return sets up the character plots. Alters vs. HOLY. Alters are people who gained certain abilities from the incident a few years back, and they live outside the inner city just trying to survive, but HOLY wishes to either eliminate them all, or bring them to their side.
This show is very enjoyable. A lot of choice words thrown out here and there, nothing anyone hasn't heard before. If your a fan of DBZ, you'll most likely enjoy this one too. The story is great, the Animation is fantastic with awesome sound to go w…
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