Audience reviews
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4Fro
One of the first anime of the "Survival Game" genre, Alice in Borderland shows its audience just how quickly one's greatest wish can turn into one's greatest regret, almost like how a seemingly harmless game can quickly turn lethal. If you've previously watched any other survival game anime/media, the premise of Alice in Borderland alone might not make it stand out. What causes Alice in Borderland to stand out from the crowd is not only its unique characters, but environment as well.
Starting with characters, Alice, the main character, wouldn't really distinguish himself outside of the series, but inside of it, with his quick-thinking and problem-solving skills, he shines. Karube, on the other hand, is an anomaly; a jock who seems to lack all stigma associated with the title. He can thin…
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It starts strong, has an interesting premise, hooks you with a bit of mystery and plenty of suspense, but it being 3 short episodes doesn't allow much of anything. It's completely stunted, plot/character relationships and development feel incredibly rushed, and I truly hated the last episode's outcome - even moreso for how rushed it was. Precious moments are wasted throughout the ovas recollecting on stuff to attempt to flesh out characters/their backgrounds, but it really doesn't work what-so-ever given how little time there is to truly tell anything. They should have done more show than tell in those instances. I honestly can't see what the point of a 3 ep ova was for this, I can imagine the source material is probably great but this just left me dissatisfied and I can't say that ending…
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Well, if anything it was disappointing. It started really strong with great animation, great character and world building and very interesting story only to go nowhere. Three episodes were entertaining but that's all there's to it. Story never went anywhere. No motives were disclosed, no additional information about the world. Just 3 games and that's it.
Review text is required to be of certain length to post but there's nothing else to say other than retell the whole story here and even then I don't think it would be enough text to fulfill the requirement.
It's fun little watch but don't expect anything deep.
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I'm not going to be anything but frank about this. For an "OVA" this is a total package as far as OVA's go. I don't think the people that are strictly fullfilled by only reading the manga truly can appreciate anything else that may spawn out of it. Case and point, when people continuously read what they perceive as to be a good story in reality they wouldn't be reading it if it wasn't already good to them, so it tends to make them focus more towards the story and consequently ignoring everything else like the theme and genre they're reading into, and then they happen to see a second telling from the writers true perspective and all the sudden to them it feels completely alien to them.
I just watched Alice In Borderland. I never heard anything about it before today, although it sounded fa…
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Awesome and Amazing.
(My first review on MAL! sorry for any english mistakes, I don’t live in a english speaking country)
History: 10/10
I've been hearing that there was a live action version, so I decided to watch the anime since it was short, the idea is very interesting and reminds of Squid Game, it had children's games with a darker and murderous atmosphere, especially moments where life is very close of death in some games, and plot twists, it truly is intense.
Art: 8/10
The style resembles the artistic trait of Hiroya Oku, author and illustrator of the manga Gantz, very beautiful and pleasant style. Animation: 8/10
For a 2014 OVA this is great, pacing is adequate, not too breathy and not too slow.
Soundtrack: 9/10
The songs with emotional themes really leave the viewer connec…
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Alice in borderland its one of many cases (sadly) were i find myselft so freaking inmerse and hooked but just end up abruptly without any kind of continuation or in this cases an series adaptation, through the years i have lost the count of so many potentials animes that couldnt ( for whatever reason) to get an secuel or even an complete adaptation of the original material.
The series to me just starts really good and just gets better along these three ovas, the overall plot its so interesting and just make you question and get your full attention as you are moving foward,the characters in the little amount of time that we could see them didnt got so much development but neither felt rushed or anything, this series has that feeling of squid game (though alice its much more older) the ide…
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Alice in Borderland is a brief, entertaining, and pretty typical death game anime. Beginning with the story, it must be said that while it doesn't really break any new ground, it still manages to tread those well-trodden paths in ways that aren't completely stale. While nothing is really explained and things just sort of happen, what does happen is your usual death game fare, and there's nothing wrong with that. There's even a lot to enjoy with their difficulty rating system and game genres as translated to different playing cards. This is not to mention that it was made in 2014, around when the whole horse mask thing was at its peak, so the fact that it's alluded to here is pretty nostalgic. While overall this anime isn't necessarily anything special, its first episode is really strong, w…
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I chose this anime at random, I'd actually never heard of it before...
I love psychological, strategic game type anime. I wasn't too sure about the first episode, I almost skipped to a different show tbh lol but the second episode had me like, "Oh okay! I'm into this"...By the 3rd episode...I thought I knew was what was about to happen, I was so sure..but woof was I wrong. So now I'm awaiting the second season and my mind is racing trying to figure out answers (cuz that was a hell of a cliffhanger lol). December can't come soon enough
I gave it a 7/10.. Only because 8-9-10 is reserved for EXTREMELY amazing masterpiece anime..and with this only being 3 episodes so far, I think 7 is a pretty good place to rank it for now. Or even a 6.5.
My only criticism is that they could do MORE with it…
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First thing first, I really love stories where the characters are stuck somewhere (locked in some sort of place) and if they want to go out, they need to participate in some sort of deadly and psychological game. I simply adore those type of storylines and Alice in Borderlands gave me just that.
The first episode was okay I guess. I did not really understand what the first game was about but the concept and the way it was executed was interesting enough for me to watch the next episode and the anime really stepped up its game from there. Episode 2 was entertaining and exciting and Episode 3, oulala, it was full of emotions and conflict and I just wanted to cry at the end.
I was hooked, those 3 episodes all together hyped me so much and I really wished that there were more episodes. I r…
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As a death game enthusiast who loves the likes of Danganronpa, Your Turn to Die, Mirai Nikki, and The Hunger Games: Alice in Borderland is very refreshing.
It regales a story of 3 young adult delinquents wishing they could escape the monotony of day-to-day life before finding themselves trapped in a world where they must play dangerous death games to survive.
For starters, the set-up and tension of each scene is stellar, and trying to figure out the meta behind each game alongside the characters is a lot of fun. The games are dangerous, convoluted, and may bring future consequences if you don't play your cards right. Ontop of that, the sound design and character design is also very nice.
As for the characters, the friendship between Alice, Chota, Karube, and Shizuki honestly just feel…
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I watched the live action adaptation on Netflix with a friend recently, and I enjoyed that, so I decided to check out the anime adaptation. Together, these are about 1.5 hours long and the same story was told over 3 or 4 hours in the live action show, so I was expecting the story to have fewer frills here. I was pretty much right. And, because I preferred the live action version, I'm going to talk about why that is more than anything else.
But if you're not interested in that, the TL;DR is that you should watch the live action version instead of this, if you only want to watch one. It goes further in the story and reworks it so that everything gels better.
Now, I have not read the manga and I won't until the live action series has finished, but I assume this anime is a pretty straightfor…
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Story 10/10
I started watching this cuz I heard the netflix versions was really good so i chose to watch the anime first. the plot is really good its an amazing idea id like to see more off (so ill probs watch the netflix version).
Art 7/10
The art is standart nothing special
Sound 8/10
The emotional songs are really good in this anime Characters 10/10
I loved all the characters mainly Chouta.
Enjoyment 10/10
This anime really has you on the edge of your seat the entire time, mainly episode 3.
Overall 9/10
I'd recommend this anime a lot, if it had more episodes it would probs have become one of my fav.
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WOWOWOWOWOW
I LOVE THIS SHOW, I LOVE THIS SHOW, I LOOOOOOOVE THIS SHOW.
I am a huuuuuuge fan of survival shows/shows wherein you have to survive/do a bunch of mindbending/psychological puzzles to survive and THIS SHOW DELIVERED.
For me everything about this show was a complete masterpiece. My only complain would be why did it only had 3 episodes?! Nonetheless, the 3 episodes were filled with so much mindbening/psychological warfare that I honestly enjoyed it. Everytime a stage is cleared I always find myself collecting my jaw from the ground (YES IT'S THAT GOOD). Aside from that, eventhough the show was only 3 episodes, I felt like they were able to give each of the characters a pretty satisfying backstory and really made us want more.
If you have any other recommendations about shows…
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What a disappointment
Actually Alice in Borderlands is one or my favorite manga, I enjoy reading each chapter, it has been a while since I read the manga, so I wanted to see these 3 ovas to see how good they are, after all for my Alice in Bordelands it was a great and I knew that, despite being 3 ovas, it could be a good thing from there (well, I was wrong).
The story does not change much, Arisu Ryohei, tired of his life and with an inferiority complex by his brother, appears in another world with his 2 friends after seeing some fireworks, in the "new world" (which is equal to the Earth, but without many people) there are some survival games in which Arisu will have to participate to survive, the plot is simple, but it can unleash many possibilities, but the pacing is terrible, the plot…
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Think Mirai Nikki, Btooom!, and No Game No life wrapped into a neat package of absolute adrenaline. All with an underlying tone of sweet suspense. Missing an ending.
Breakdown:
The Story has elements of suspense and drama, but ultimately is a coming of age type of story. Missing an ending.
Protagonist is definitely one of the most fleshed out characters I have ever seen. His internal conflict is one that many face, and the anime does a great job of detailing his character in such a concise amount of episodes. The supporting characters are memorable, but for the most part cliched.
Art and Sound are good Quality, with the art being outstanding in terms of direction and audience engagement.
Enjoyability: 100%
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