Audience reviews
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Dennis_King
Welcome everyone to this week's episode of National Animegraphic in which we bear witness to the discovery of a new species of anime. Living deep in the jungles of Otakuzil, this anime is one of the deadliest, thanks to its' poison that can kill a normal sized human in mere seconds. It's so deadly it can kill itself if it bites its' tail.
Glasslip, which was named after the man who discovered it, John McAsshole Glasslip, found its' way to the west and into my fucking room and as i'm writing these words i'm already dead so don't bother calling the paramedics..If you want to chat just buy a ouija board!
Let's find out more about this being that killed me dead within 13 eps then..It's the story of 5 kids and from what i gathered each one of them wants to bang the other or another or the sam…
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I would say the name 'Glasslip' definitely is the perfect name. What? No I don't mean that because the main character dreams of becoming a glass artisan! I mean that this anime is like glass: pretty but with nothing in it. This is the perfect description for an anime with gorgeous art and no story.
To this day I don't think this anime came to any conclusion at all. It was going SOMEWHERE at SOME POINT, but just like glass the plot broke and became worthless.
" But Kitty, there must have been SOMETHING in that anime, it's 13 episodes after all! "
Aha! But you see these 13 episodes were about small and useless conflicts. It's like: This guy was bothered by something and he spent the whole episode talking to 7 different him's inside his head before finally coming to the conclusion that he re…
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I decided to give this anime a try,thinking that it would be good.But as I start watching it, I found my expectations slowly deteriorating,to the point of boredom.Still,I continued watching it,Clinging to the hope that it would become better.But,it didn't and in the end I deemed it to be one of the most boring animes I have ever seen.
Story(3/10)
The story originally showed promise,As the first few episodes are executed well.After the first few episodes.However,The story seems very forced and some subjects regarding the story gets drawn on for many episodes.But they do not really give a proper explanation on why it is happening,Making me more and more confused,as more episodes passed.At the last few episodes,the plot finally seem to be building up to something,Only to have no resolution a…
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Like a light summer breeze, Glasslip, which looked to be a tranquil slice-of-life, floated onto the summer anime scene.
Like summer itself, Glasslip was something that many viewers, including me, looked forward to. I think a lot of us were weaned on the gorgeous visuals, intricate plot, and superb character development found in Nagi no Asukara, which was created by the same studio that made Glasslip. A very sparse summary and teaser video only served to increase the enthusiasm for Glasslip. What I expected was another wonderfully drawn anime with a touch of supernatural and profound character progression.
There was just one thing that was, as I would discover, incredibly erroneous in that assumption.
Well, you know how it works! Keep reading for a flow of text; scroll down for categorizing…
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"The next Nagi no Asukara" quickly turned into the disappointment of the summer for most, but actually entertained me. Are you raising your brow yet wondering, "why give an anime a 7 that's heavily hated on?"
With Nagi no Asukara ending a few months before Glasslip was released, we had high expectations for it thinking it would live up to the hype that Nagi produced. By no means am I saying this anime is perfect, it isn't, it has a bunch of flaws, but still doesn't deserve that amount of hate it's getting in my opinion.
It opens with the group of friends having fun at a summer festival and showing each of their names, along with a unique event that the main character experiences. From there you're introduced to a new transfer student and he causes a stir within the group of friends and…
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I REALLY wanted to like this anime. I picked it up randomly because it looked well drawn and animated. Needless to say, it was well drawn and animated. There were a couple of times that if you were looking you could see some strange CGI usage but it wasn't anything that detracted from the enjoyment.
Here's the problem with the anime. I'm going to real talk you here. No one realizes that it's a set up as you're watching this. I was sure it was gonna be good even up to episode 11, but it dawns on you, episode 12 and 13 make it all to obvious. You've been baited.
Don't Watch this. Please. Please, don't watch this. There isn't a story, nothing happens. the "story" if you can call it that, that does happen will throw you for such a loop you are bound to hate yourself for ever clicking episod…
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I didn't have any bad experience with P.A Works before. I had watched Nagi no Asukara and Hanasaku Iroha. NagiAsu is exceptionally a masterpiece and HanaIro, though it's not really good, it's not really that bad too because of the great art and a decent story. But, Glasslip as the P.A.W. latest work didn't come as my expectation.
Glasslip came with an unique synopsis. It told you about the daughter of a glass artisan family, Fukami Touko. So I thought it would bring you some glass work and several trivial things about it, like HanaIro did. But it didn't. It's such a good example of deception.
But, I thought it's okay because many series have done something like that, as example recently is Rail Wars!. So let's see about the story first. At first, it came really good. It had same recipe a…
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If your thinking of watching this simply because the art is similar to Nagi no Asukara then STOP right there because you will end up wasting your time.
Storyline - 0
Basically David and Touko have just met and already they have a connection, they both can see fragments of the future, we also have Touko's 4 best friends Yukinari, Yanagi, Sachi and Hiro.
Pretty much there is no storyline, its not existant at all and there is no progress in finding out what connects Touko and Kakera (the two MCs) to the ability to see the future.
Characters - 0
The characters (except for Hiro) are utter rubbish, to be exact, there is more chance of finding intelligent life on Mercury then finding even the tiniest of character development in this shipwreck. The worst has to be Sachi (The manipulative…
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After seeing a lot of good romance animes this year such as Nagi no Asukara, Golden Time, Ao Haru Ride, I thought romance/Slice-of-Life anime this year would be great, that is why I gave a shot at Glasslip, believing that there would be some quality in this work, after all it is the work of Kenji Horikawa producer of Angel Beats, I mean c'mon this must be good!
... Boy I was wrong...
After watching each of the 13 episodes, I felt more confused than when I started the anime, but let's break it down
~CONTAIN SPOILERS~
- Story - 1/10
The plot starts when a new transfer student David arrives to the small town where this group of friends are just beginning their summer vacation. Ok it isn't horrible at this point, it pretty much starts like any other cliche anime. So let's begin the reason…
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I had been anticipating Glasslip since I first saw the preview for it. I thought that this slice-of-life anime would be something to mark the Summer 2014 season. Sadly, that was not the case.
Let's start off with some positivity. Obviously, the art is the best aspect of Glasslip. I mean c'mon, it's P.A. Works! This was probably one of the reasons why this anime held much potential. We've all seen the mesmerizing effects of the animation produced by this company from previous animes, so it's not at all a surprised if Glasslip's art is what motivated us to watch the anime in the first place.
This may not be true for all, but I believe that Glasslip's soundtrack deserves some small credit. I like the OP and the other songs in the OST aren't half bad either. However, I think the creditabilit…
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**SPOILER FREE REVIEW**
"The next Nagi no Asukara?” I can’t tell you how many times I heard this anime advertised as the next smash-hit romantic drama series by PA Works following the monumental success of their previous entry into the genre. As a result, there was a LOT of hype behind this anime among fans of rom-drams. While I can’t exactly call myself a fan of the genre, I couldn’t resist giving the show a try considering that NnA was the best rom-dram I had ever seen. What I got not only didn’t meet these (unreasonable) expectations, but it left me in awe of just how much of a disaster the writers managed to make out of what is one of the most basic concepts in writing: love polygons. Whether it’s the horrible execution of the supernatural elements that the show tries to sprinkle in o…
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Okay I know that many reviews have been made for this train wreck, but I really think I need to state some important things here.
Story: 4/10 - In the beginning you think "oh, this is cute. it's about a girl who loves glass making and she'll end up falling in love!" Nope. Wrong. Glass making was on the side. Not even kidding.
Now I think people have bashed this anime enough about the shitty story. But I will tell you something, there is actually a very symbolic meaning to this anime. But holy crap, the execution was god awful. And if I have to physically look up and go on a hunt to search up the actual plot of this anime, then you know it's terrible.
I understand what they were going for, but they did such an awful job it's laughable. And if you've been sitting here since July watching…
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What happened to my comfy slice of life series about glass blowing? I asked myself this question every single time I finished an episode and the ED started rolling. After somehow managing to finish this awful series about teenage angst, forced drama, and supernatural horseshit, I feel disappointed. Not only in this series, but also in myself. Somewhere deep inside me must reside a little masochist devil that enjoys watching me suffer through terrible anime.
Saying that Glasslip had a story is laughable. It's as if the writing behind the series just patched together random ideas and put it on the screen. Even upon completion I don't understand what this series was trying to convey. Be shallow and fall for the good-looking, up-and-coming sociopath transfer student? Believe in and follow yo…
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I really wanted to like Glasslip. I really did. The first few episodes had me convinced that this would be a great series.
Unfortunately, it was not to be.
What's happening? Why is it happening? Who are these characters? Why do they all seem to have some kind of psychological complex? What are they talking about? Do they have real emotions? What the hell does that line mean? Where is the story? What's the point? Is this some deep, meaningful metaphor for living life?
These are all legitimate questions I asked while watching Glasslip. And I got zero answers. Glasslip makes no sense whatsoever and it appears that whatever story premise they were trying to establish simply got thrown aside so that they could include scenes like a girl "confessing" to both a girl and a guy, who both casuall…
Read at the sourceKapodaco
Some critics argue that the most integral part of a story is the climax. It displays the turning point of a certain situation that had been building up from previous events (or episodes) in an attempt to evoke a certain emotion or reaction from the audience. Whether or not this is the most integral part of a story, most would agree that the climax, in most cases, overall helps the story in overall worth. One should also keep in mind that what causes the climax to become as integral as it could be is essential in understanding how a good story works. A story is similar to that of a recipe; if everything is put in at (roughly) the exact amount with the appropriate time allotted to let it bake or stir or settle, then the finished product turns out at a higher quality.
How the concept of a st…
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(This has been adapted from my reddit thread)
Teenage romance is a hot topic in the anime world. Some shows are able to capture this phenomenon quite well (White Album 2, Clannad, etc.) while others miss the mark. But even those shows that don't hit that bulls-eye at least land somewhere on the board. Glasslip is a show that not only misses the board but also hits some stranger passing by, causing a huge debacle that mirrors the contents of this anime. This is quite arguably one of the worst ones I have ever seen.
STORY
Glasslip begins in much the same way that Nagi no Asukara does. New transfer student David becomes friends with Touko. Touko then proceeds to introduce him to her main group of friends consisting of Yuki, Sacchi, Hiro, and Yanagi. Afterwards, the story begins.
And by be…
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As always, I suck at reviews! If u want a good review then. . . . read something else! I'm still sick, so I excuse any typos. . . .
This series was pretty much a way to kill time while waiting for Tokyo ghoul and Zankyou no terror (which wraps today noooooo!) every Thursday. Did it waste my time?. . . Let's see!
Story:
Our main characters and her friends live in a seaside town where all there is to do is to apparently draw chickens! A new guy shows up who stirs things up a bit aaaaaaand it's a basic slice of life from there. While I don't think it's a bad setup for an easy going slice of life there really isn't anything going on until the last 3-4 episodes. The main learns through the new guy (let's call them Girl #1 and guy #1) that she can sorta see glimpses of the future when looking…
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I can see the future. Nah, just joking.
STORY (3):
The story takes place in Hinodehama where Touko's family runs a glass-working business. Touko Fukami hangs out with her friends at a cafe called Kazemichi. The story at first sound interesting just when Touko sees the future by looking at the glass. However, this wasn't brought up again in the remaining episodes. The rest of the episodes are Touko hanging out with her friends.
It basically seems that everyone is doing their daily lives with no consequential events that happen. Everything in this anime is insubstantial.
ART (6):
As always from PA Works, the animation is serene and beautiful just like the sea. However, the animation wasn't fully utilized to its full potential which became a bit stilted. Recycle animation.
SOUND (4):…
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Prior knowledge: N/A
This season had a lot of highly anticipated anime. Mahouka, SAO, and Aldnoah.Zero just to name a few. And in this list of anticipated shows is Glasslip. From the studio that created the original anime show Nagi no Asukara, famous for its pentagonic love-triangle and twist couple endings. An original concept is always something viewers welcome. No doubt many were expecting something of similar quality with this show and from the synopsis it was thought that was what people were going to get. Another original anime show based around some complicated love-pentagon (hexagon?) that expertly resolves itself.
You get none of that.
Story - 3/10
So what's the story of this show? It's a romance show that centers around a close group of friends. The story itself is split into…
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When I think of Glasslip, the show reminds me of a candle melting. At first, the fire shines strong and bright. Then, as time goes on, it slowly burns itself out and eventually into ashes. Honestly, Glasslip isn’t too different. It’s a show that started off with a decent premise but slowly burn itself out. Glasslip doesn’t induce creative drama, laudable realism, or a genuine slice of life. Rather, it’s an empty series that is misguided by its story and characters that almost makes us feel sorry for what it created. Well, almost.
Produced by P.A Works with director Junji Nishimura involved, it’s no surprise that the show share some similar gimmicks with True Tears. The series is a standalone running 1-cour (13 episodes) that isn’t based off of any source material. Yet, this show exists as…
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