Audience reviews
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Zaku88
Set in a fictional future, the world of Galilei Donna is faced with an impending ice age where there is not enough resources to supply the populace. The world now depends on methane hydrate for fuel and is desperate for new power sources. Enter our protagonists, three descendants of Galileo, who in this world is held in regard akin to Einstein. A chaotic series of events forces these three, very different, girls to work together and find Galileo's inheritance.
This adventure is a short but interesting ride with some pretty unique themes and an interesting take on history. I definitely don't recommend using this as a last ditch guide for AP History as other than Galileo's rejection of the Heliocentric universe model and his sketches of the moon, nothing is historically correct. If you're l…
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A series with great potential, let down by a lack of run time.
One of the few things that can ruin a series or turn a series lackluster is that the story they wish to tell does not fit the time frame given to it. That is exactly the problem with Galilei Donna, while the series is pretty enjoyable to a start it gets more and more notable that the shows pacing and development took a severe hit because it was limited to an 11 episode series.
Galilei Donna tells the story of the Ferrari sisters as they travel the world searching for Galileo Gelileis lost sketches, the series tries to to fill itself with stories of sisterly love, loyalty, emotion, corruption and drama but it's all once again let down by lack of development and rushed plot points.
It also sports a big cast of characters who al…
Read at the sourceAta-girl
*TINY TINY SPOILERS*
I feel I have to write a review because of the terrible scores this anime is getting. I'll list my complaints in the beginning then mention the plot score and character score.
Complaints:
There were times when I was watching this anime, and I felt things do get repetitive. The whole evil corporation after them though many of the episodes. HOWEVER, this is part of the plot and I very much enjoyed how the girls had to visit several different countries with different settings to get the sketches. I would have enjoyed the anime a tiny bit more if they changed up some of the action a little. The BIGGEST COMPLAINT is that there are plot holes in the anime. One episode I wondered, "Well if their mecha was just severely damaged, and it looked like it would never fly again...h…
Read at the sourceRenegatz
At first, it looked like a light spot of fun with the addition of awesome airships to spice things up. So, three sisters are going on a quest, pursued by an evil corporation and some colourful pirates, right? "It's fine", I say, "it's normal for anime premises to sound a bit goofy, and the universe looks like it has great potential". So I decided to give it a chance, in the hopes of some good fun, drama, character development and all of that jazz - indeed I got my hopes up in such a way as the show progressed: At a point, it looked like the characters were set for some interesting exploration and evolution individually and collectively. Moreover, I was impressed by the tone of two adjacent episodes in the mid-point in which things became pretty serious all of the sudden with some new, dark…
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Note: This is not spoiler free. Particularly, all the plot elements of the last episode are discussed freely as a point criticism.
This series has become a staple of my anime repertoire as the perfect example of how good setup can end up in massive disappointment.
It started out incredibly promising. The potential for the development of the three Galileo sisters fulfilling their different niches in their relationship while undertaking an arduous journey ultimately proved unfulfilled, however.
In fact, the only character explored out of the trio was the youngest, Hozuki, who arguably had the least room for development. Rather than playing to the strengths of the two elder sisters, Kazuki and Hazuki, it was played on top of a romantic frame between her and her ancestor, Galileo Galilei (t…
Read at the sourceCheesypi
Review #1
Story 6/10
The show had a rather decent story. The characters would move from one location to the next looking for the Moon Sketches. The problem with this format is that it gets quite repetitive and some scenes feel needlessly rushed
Art 8/10
The art was beautiful. Some of the "mecha" (using this word REALLY lightly) is creepy at times but overall the art was a pleasure to look at
Sound 7/10
Nothing special. The music completes the atmosphere nicely and isn't overwhelming. Character 5/10
Here I have a REALLY big problem. Hazuki and Hozuki (Law and mech) sisters were enjoyable to watch but they were rather flat as they receive hardly any development. Kazuki does get development, however her wimpy character makes her very unlikeable. Anna gets a tiny bit of character developmen…
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This is an adventure series with a studio Ghibli meets The Da Vinci Code sort of feel. Unfortunately it never establishes a believable or consistent tone and it feels like the writers were really struggling to bring it all together, so even when they have good ideas, they were awkwardly executed. Plot stuff seems to happen not for logical reasons, but because it has to happen to wrap everything up.
The first two episodes were really good... the rest did not live up to the high standards set by those early episodes. I'm not the only one that had that reaction, a lot of people on the forum said they only stuck with the show because of the strength of the first episode. I'll probably be re-watching the first episode to reflect on how strong it was.
Read at the sourcehaplesshero13
For this, my first ever written review for MAL, I decided to pick a series for which I had zero expectations going into watching the show. That is, no familiarity whatsoever with the source material (this is a TV original, so no issues there), or with the production staff or writers or any other personnel. This was a series I picked up "blind" at the start of the season and finished when it finished.
So just how did Galilei Donna end up being? If you want the short answer, it would be to both anime enthusiasts and casual watchers alike, “don’t bother.”
But I wouldn’t be doing this right if I didn’t go into further detail. Let us go through the various aspects in order and then summarize at the end.
The Story
Three sisters who are alternate-history Galileo's descendants, Hozuki, Kazuki,…
Read at the sourceStellio
Recently, anime adaptations of western culture have become somewhat of an outlandish trend. Not only are these adaptations capitalized by world-building over historical accuracy, but they are also filled with unremarkable plot twists that occur spontaneously. Instead of quality writing and a substantial narrative, one will find uninspired executions of characterization and pretentious attempts at making grandiose, explosive scenes seem more than they really are. Regrettably, Galilei Donna is an anime that exhibits the very shortcomings of this trend.
In retrospect, Galilei Donna had it all: gorgeous sceneries, splendorous mecha battles, and a bizarre but spectacular synopsis. It had the makings of a great sci-fi tale, an epic journey about finding and reconciling with personal insecuritie…
Read at the sourceMightyDingo
“Grand Rosso, start engines!”
So, I just finished watching Galilei Donna and I honestly didn’t plan to make a review on this but as I went to add this series to my complete list I noticed the top reviews and it honestly surprised me why this series got so much hate. Since I don’t agree with most of the reviews about this anime I’ll be writing my own with my point of view about Galilei Donna.
Galilei Donna’s about three sisters, Hozuki, Kazuki and Hazuki, these sisters are descendants of Galileo. They end up ultimately getting in trouble and become essentially wanted criminals and are made travelling around the world gathering Moon Sketches left by Galileo with the objective of discovering the Galileo’s Tesoro and avoid the people targeting the sisters from actually getting it first.
Aft…
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Put simply, Galilei Donna is an abject failure, a complete trainwreck of a show, and by merely reading this review, you have already wasted too much of your life on it. The show's premise seems full of promise, a complicated post-environmental apocalypse world with megacorporations and sky pirates and the ever-encroaching threat of complete energy collapse. Add to this main characters with pluck, and a story that concerns itself with a major historical figure, and you have something for everyone, be they fan of moe, mecha action, American Treasure-style clue-following, or a projection of what our world might become. All in theory. In reality, you have two meaningless protagonists next to Hozuki, who is one of the most dreadful mary sue characters I've seen in a professionally written work,…
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Galilei Donna was a fabulous anime overall. Many people have said the ending is "the beginning" and in a way that's true. The reason why some people were unhappy with this anime was because it seemed a little rushed at the end and there was supposedly "so much more of the story untold".
The characters seem like the typical type, sisters all with different talents and passions who work together to complete some big task. In this case it was recovering all the Moon sketches. I liked the characters though, they were funny and all really helped the plot.
The art in my opinion was really good. It was vibrant and colourful.
I loved the opening and ending songs as well, very catchy.
I think the ending was just fine because the major tasks were all completed and it was the whole happy endi…
Read at the sourceStark700
Galilei Donna. A world of that is filled with science and politics, a world in which space vehicles are a common sight in the form of goldfishes. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the series takes place in a futuristic setting. The technology is there. The conflicts are set. And in the center of it all are three young girls with nothing in common except their last names. They are the Ferrari family and no, they don’t come with a garage.
Noitamina has always been known to present unique series with all types of tropes. This time, they bring forth a new title out of their hats with this little scientific adventure. It’s a ride that started out well with the settings, characters, and themes. Yasoumi Umetsu whom is in charged with the directing is often more known for his work in th…
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