Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Bensonas
I don't normally swear in my reviews so, I shall apologise in advance. This show, is not the worst show I've seen but my goodness is it shit.
Let's get these good bits out of the way. Animation is good. It is really hard to appreciate it at times however, given that the show is shit, but still, it's very good when you can look past it. Weirdly though, the action sequences, that are shit, animation quality drops in standard. What was a little frustrating too, given that the story is shit, are the moments where there is nothing happening, like a character opening and then eating and ice-cream, are so obviously attempts to say 'ooh look at this smooth realistic human animation' and sadly, it's really annoying. What doesn't help though is that the story is shit. Anyway, animation as far as s…
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Hmmmm, haaaahhhhhhhh,WHAT. IN. THE. ACTUAL FAK did I just watch. I don't even know how to write a review for this to be honest but we'll see what we can do
The story,for this this chapter at least is so FACKING MIIIIIIID, I don't even remember the last time i felt bores watching an anime ugh, what's it even about, Japanese ghost buster? Ghost slayer? What, what am I watching, what's all that about floating, flyin, falling,dying,what,WHAT did I waaaaatccccch(this is your not so good recommendation so far paddy, don't let let it happing again). I didn't vibe with the story nor it's pacing so ot gets a 4/10 for me
Now, what's next... ah yes the characters, I hope the characters were a bit interesting to watch, oh wait,THEY FACKING WEREN'T,characters so boring I couldn't remember any of thei…
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Do yourself a favor, and don't start watching this franchise from the first movie. This first move is completely skippable, and a painful 50 minute experience if you don't know the backstory already.
First time watchers are recommended to watch in release order, if that really is the best way, watching onwards from the second movie and leaving this movie for the last seems a lot better. Honestly though, just not watching it at all is even better.
Let's break it down then.
Art: Good, as one would expect from ufotable.
Characters: Extremely bland, could have been swapped with cardboard cutouts in this movie.
Plot: The movie intentionally has the viewer not knowing what is going on. That would be fine if executed well, however in this movie that falls flat on it's face. The lack of backs…
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GARDEN OF SINNERS: 01 OVERLOOKING VIEW
1) Section 1: Prologue
The Garden of Sinners is my favorite type moon and Ufotable production, why? Because it isn’t Fate/Zero that’s why!
Jokes aside, Garden of Sinners offers high production quality in all aspects. The story is interesting as it loosely follows ideas and re-written philosophy based on something basic. As much as I despise some works that follow this structure, Garden of Sinners was the one that I could easily go back into for something that it isn’t, and that is what makes it an interesting production.
As the series is divided into seven novels, I’m going to write a script for each and every one of them.
2) Section 2: Story & Presentation
2.1) Visual Presentation:
The novel stories are divided into seven arcs, and each ar…
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This is part 1 of the KnK series
After watching one of Type-Moon/ ufotable's best anime of 2012(F/Z)and 2015(UBW), I decided to go back in time to check their (potentially) best work of 2007. I haven't read the novels of KnK so I'm watching the movie series with no knowledge of the KnK series whatsoever. So far, I'm not disappointed but it's too early to judge the series.
(There will be some SPOILERS in my review)
[Story]: (7/10) (SPOILERS)
Please take my story rating with a grain of salt. It does not reflect with I how feel about this movie. It's just my first impression of the story introduced to me.
In the city where Shiki lives, something triggers a spate of mysterious schoolgirl suicides. The connection between the girls who've leapt to their deaths is unclear, although all of them…
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Based on some of the first published, literary attempts of Kinoko Nasu, later of Tsukihime and Fate/Stay Night fame, Kara no Kyoukai already contains many of the traits he would later streamline and perfect for a wider audience, such as the tough female heroine, the sadomasochistic undertones, the complex and rich background always only subtly hinted at, the long and intense fights, the melancholy air and tragic outcomes, and the peculiar borrowing of techniques from literary modernism. What his later works lack is the sort of daring and ruthlessness most commonly seen in young, still unaccomplished writers: In a recent interview he admitted that the novel had partly been meant as a prank. Self-printed in a copy shop and sold at a comics convention, Kara no Kyoukai, despite containing anim…
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Before i start the review, i would like to give a short disclaimer/warning to this anime, if you do not want to read it, that is fine, please skip to my actual review. Okay, so Kara no Kyoukai is a series of 7 films and 1 OVA epilogue to them, please do not assume that each movie has its own beginning and end like normal movies do, i would rather consider this as extended episodes rather than movies as much like Harry Potter, each one ends on a cliffhanger to tell the one same story and while yes each movie does have its own plot, it takes all 7 movies to explain things you may have seen in the first, thankyou for reading!
Fukan Fuukei is the first of 7 anime movies produced by studio Ufotable (well known for Fate/Zero) and is the introduction to possibly one of my favourite anime of all…
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Studio ufotable brings us a beautiful and relatively unique anime that is hampered by an odd storytelling style.
As always, my reviews are spoiler free.
This is a review of the entire series of episodes/movies, but as this is the first it seems the most appropriate location to put the review. Reviewing them individually would result in quite a bit of repetition, so I believe one overarching review should suffice. I will keep this review spoiler free, but it assumes you understand the premise for the story.
Story - 6/10
Kara no Kyoukai follows the lives and actions of those surrounding the mysterious Ryougi Shiki, a girl with eyes that can see the "seams" of the of world, and her friends Mikiya and Toukou. The episodes/movies are generally done in a "one arch per episode" format, but re…
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Kara no Kyoukai animated by studio Ufotable is something I was quite excited to get into but always was postponed month after month.
When I finally got the time and ambition to watch the first movie, I turned off the light, cranked up the speakers and got comfortable to enjoy a supposed great anime movie series.
After about 30 min into the movie I stopped.
I couldn’t watch it anymore because it annoyed me too much.
“What the heck is wrong with it?”, I asked myself.
This show looks so good, this show sounds so good, but damn is it annoying to watch.
Without wasting anymore time I get right into reviewing:
Story
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Mysterious suicides occur in the city our protagonist lives in. Apparently ghosts or demons have something to do with it. A horror, myst…
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I really didn't feel like reviewing each movie individually--therefore, this will actually be a review of the series as a whole. I expect this to get some down votes as a result, but I figured the best place for this review would be attached to the first film in the series.
The plot mostly revolves around two young people, Mikiya and Shiki. Shiki is a gorgeous but weird girl. She frequently speaks in cryptic riddles, and is almost never seen wearing anything other than a kimono. She seems consistently bored and disinterested with what goes on around her. Mikiya is your average ultra-nice guy who always tries to see the best in everyone--and of course, he falls for Shiki hard, in his own restrained way. As he becomes closer to her and she beings to open up to him in spite of herself, he l…
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Last week I looked at an anime that was adapted from a Type-Moon work by Ufotable. That was Fatezero and it was glorious. Why do I bring this up? Because this week I'll be looking at an adaptation of a Type-Moon work handled by Ufotable. This is Kara no Kyoukai 1: Fukan Fuukei which is far too long of a title so I'll just refer to it as KnK for the rest of this review. One of the odd things about KnK is that it's actually a series of eight films and an OVA looking at different parts of the light novel series and two of the films tell a single story. Wouldn't it have made more sense to do an actual anime series or was there some reason they couldn't? Since I like to make up my own explanations for this type of thing I'm just going to say that the Predacons and Maximals were arguing over whe…
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I've been feeling so disappointed in anime lately: lame plots, predictability, standard art styles, the loss of that uniquely Japanese flair to the art of storytelling and visual art. Lately it feels like no one is pushing the envelope any more and the truly great stories are coming fewer and farther in between. Luckily, I came across this series and I was so, so very happy! Kara no Kyokai is a collection of seemingly unrelated stories of varying lengths told in a not so sequential order, and even though they are told in this fashion, I would still consider this a series since the core characters remain the same and the stories are ultimately related. Thus once again my review is for all 7 films + the epilogue.
VISUALS: This is top of the line stuff. I watched this in 720p HD and the art…
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Note: This a review on the overall series, not on the first movie. Due to the fact that I think you should know what you're getting yourself into before you decide to watch this movie, I am attempting to write one review for 7 movies. Also, I feel many people will not watch these movies due to the bad ratings given to the first movie.
If there is one thing that I want to emphasize more than anything, it is this-- do not let the first movie discourage you. If you do, you will be throwing away a chance to watch an amazing anime. I am guilty of putting off watching the rest of the series because I didn't like the first movie. I saw several reviews saying that there was no link whatsoever between the separate movies, and after watching the first movie I was disappointed. "Where was the much n…
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I had high hopes for this movie since there are so many glowing reviews that praise the intelligent story, psychology, deep characters and the beautiful artwork. However, all I found was a forced dialog with forced depth that ended up preaching through most of the movie with lame arm-chair psychology that lacked any depth. I don't mind endless dialog when the characters have intelligent, intriguing things to say but the ideas within the dialog in this movie were neither original or interesting. If you've read some psych books, you've read it before... and if you've watched other psychological shows, you've heard the same concepts explained in better detail and in more depth. I think they did manage to fool the masses into thinking that this movie is a work of psychological genius though. A…
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The only thing I enjoyed in this movie was the art. And even in that department it has flaws (the characters are way too traditionally drawn). The story is, actually, non-existent, and we get to see only a glimpse of character development. There's a wide range of quasi-philosophical mumbo-jumbo which seems absolutely random and pointless.
This movie did nothing for me. I've seen more happening in first five minutes of a series that has 110 episodes, than I've seen in 50 minutes of Kara no Kyoukai: Fukan Fuukei.
The sound has it's good moments. But there's so much silence, trying to unsuccsessfully create an 'atmosphere' that the movie, in my opinion, fails in this department too.
The good parts (art, sparse fight scenes) are slaughtered by Aozaki Touko's lamentations, as well with trying…
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Kara no Kyoukai review Part 1
Kara no Kyoukai (lit. The Boundary of Emptiness), is a series that has taken a long time to become well known. The story was originally created in 1998 by Nasu Kinoko and Takeuchi Takashi (who later went on to form TYPE-MOON), with the first five chapters being released on their doujin website, whilst the final two chapters were released in August 1999 at Comiket 56. The series was picked up by Kodansha for commercial publication in 2004, and this year (2009), will see the series released on the international market courtesy of Del Rey Manga.
Now fans of Shingetsutan Tsukihime will be find many things in Kara no Kyoukai familiar, not the least of which is the fact that they are both created by TYPE-MOON. The stories have several parallels within them, which…
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Kara No Kyoukai 1: Fukan Fuukei is the first of seven movies based on a series of light novels written by Kinoko Nasu and illustrated by Takashi Takeuchi. Despite the first in a septenary - for better or worse - the movie takes a rather disjointed, obscure approach.
You may expect the first in a septenary to chronicle the inception of the cast, or to establish the universe and conflict in the series. Instead, audiences are thrown into the middle of a story which seems like it was written for people with previous knowledge of the Kara no Kyoukai franchise. There's little in the way of introductions, which musters very little connection to or understanding of the characters. The film is shrouded in mystery, but produces very little intrigue - the foundations seem absent; it sets up a plot b…
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Story (9.0) - Interesting but a little confusing. After all, this is the first movie of the anime, so its normal to have questions about it. But my first impression is that the series have pottential and i consider the story interesting.9.
Art (10.0) - My first impression was the the visuals are a great aspect in this movie. Background, light/shadow, envyronment, characther designs and animations, well, its all great...i dont remember to see much better than this. so a 10 in here is well deserved in my opinion.
Sound (8.8) - In first movie i got the idea that it fits very well , and i liked it. 9.
Characthers (8.0) - Characters look great for sure, and have some nice abillities. However, in this 1st movie they are not much develloped.Something i expect to be changed in the next movies.…
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Well before I start my review on this anime movie it is actually the first movie of seven with the first one(this one) subbed released on May 21 and the fourth movie released in Japan on May 24th. And the anime is based on the Japanese novel series, authored by Kinoko Nasu and illustrated by Takashi Takeuchi.
Well enough about ranting onto the review.
Story - 8
Well first of all, any plot progression or story development in this first movie is pretty much stand-alone from the series itself, and since this is the first movie of seven, it can be quite(or very) confusing, even if you read the first chapter of the novel. So don't expect to understand it well the first time watching it.
Art - 10
This category is where this anime truly shines. Everything from lighting effects, backgrounds a…
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Kara no Kyoukai: Fuukan Fuukei is the first movie of the 7 movie series of Kara no Kyoukai: Garden of Sinners..
At first, the people who hadn't been read the novel will be confused with the story. But, I'm sure they will enjoyed the story that supported with awesome story, art, voices, also the character plot that made them couldn't be waiting the next sequel...!!
I saw Shiki as the main character that played by Sakamoto Maaya very outstanding. That's cool! Also Kokuto Mikiya that played by Suzumura Kenichi, very handsome and do the job great!!
I'm very recommended this anime and I'm sure that this anime will be the most anticipated anime in 2008!!!
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