Audience reviews
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CodeBlazeFate
*Mild spoilers, particularly for the end of season 1*
How did this happen? Why did this happen? I know season 1 wasn't necessarily a masterpiece, but you could at least make the case that it had clear intentions, contrived as its methods tended to be. Here's it's a gigantic car crash at the beginning and end, occupied by a lot of nothing of note happening! What happened to all the big moments that season 1 was peppered with? What happened to letting characters sometimes have backstories or anything that could help them somewhat resemble actual characters rather than caricatures (not that the antagonists of the first season weren't caricatures anyway)? What happened to the wonky action scenes that often used actual movement and terrain to its advantage sometimes? How do you shit the bed th…
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Goddammit.
As an admitted fanboy of the first Aldnoah.Zero season, I was greatly looking forward to this, the second season.
But, I'm left with simply a feeling of disappointment.
Warning- There may be spoilers.
Story- 3
Disappointing. That's really all I can say. Even as a fanboy of S1, I'll admit that the story was at most, poor. From the cliffhanger of the first season, I'm not sure what I was expecting, exsctly. Inaho might be missing a few brain cells, or there may be a new main character introduced instead. Even that I would've been fine with.
Instead, Inaho is given a new, shiny, Deus ex Machina eye that can pull off spatial calculations in seconds.
Ok, I can work with that.
Oh, the eye apparently has a will of its own.
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I f*cking hate you.
The main focus of this season, to me,…
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I watched this series with a pretty decent amount of interest until the last two episodes.
The ending of the first season hints at how the plot points of season 2 will be and the penultimate episode made it painfully clear how shitty the last episode was going to be. I only skipped through the last episode, because I pretty much knew what was going to happen and even after 12 above average episodes, 10 meeeeh episodes, and 1 "uh... alright..?" episode... I didn't care anymore, I have stuff to do, let's just get it over with. I'm not sure I've ever gone from engaged to dismissive with a series that quickly. I could have forgiven this dumb season if it would have ended in a way as complex as they TRIED to make it.
I almost liked a mecha series. Almost. Way to blow it.
I would have been ha…
Read at the sourceSkrid-Crevasse
Witnessed a lot of bad reviews so it's high time to introduce something different - positive review to this show.
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~PLOT SYNOPSIS~
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Season 1
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Story revolves around the difficulty of what happens when humanity, hypothetically in the future,
is split up into two categories: - humans who inhabited the Earth, known as Terrans
- humans who migrated to Mars and settled at the barren planet (Mars), known as Martians
The humans who migrated to Mars, known as Martians, settled in the barren planet for a long span of time and eventually, the inhabitants established their own government system that portrays their independence from those governing bod…
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Okay, so...I never intend to make a review for this, because of how little of time I'm having now; but seeing all the reviews so far are all so bad and mostly don't even pass 5, I need to write one for this.
Let me ask you one question: What's the theme of this anime? Let's stop a moment and think back.
Maybe because of the way it's directed, you lost track of the important messenger that Aoki wants us to understand: What's the cause of war, and how to prevent it.
The show simply shows it to us through the story of 3 main characters: Inaho, Slaine, Asseylum. Inaho believes in his aspect of war "War is the continuation of negotiation, and it only stops when they get what they want", Slaine believes in his aspect of war "War is there because there is someone to go against, and it only st…
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After watching the entirety of the Aldonah.Zero series (except for the recap, I didn't consider it necesary for obvious reasons), I decided to write my very first review on MAL.
First of all, I would like to clarify something: I'm not a diehard mecha fan. I only watched other three mecha animes, specifically Neon Genesis Evangelion (including EoE and the Rebuilds), Gurren Lagann and Code Geass R1 and R2, and I could say I'm used to the genre by now.
After clarifying this, now I can talk about what are my thoughts about Aldnoah.Zero season 2.
I'll try not to spoil much, but I do need to talk about some stuff that really bothered me. A lot.
STORY 3/10:
So we begin 19 months after the events of the first season. The war between Earth and Vers continues as we find out everyone who presumabl…
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[Adapted From Original Blog Post]
It's a shame it all had to end up like this. If you were to flashback to about a year ago, the first season of Aldnoah.Zero was the most anticipated anime of 2014 for many(including me): the latest brain-child of Gen Urobuchi, directed by Ei Aoki, with music by esteemed composer Hiroyuki Sawano. It was a super-star of the 2014 summer anime season, but by the time it had finished airing it had fallen quite roughly from the spot-light. Problems plagued it: a lackluster cast, odd pacing, as well as mediocre writing, as it soon became the butt of the anime communities jokes. But even so, it wasn't a terrible anime; at least in my opinion. It had problems, but it was still enjoyable, and even showed an occasional spark that it could be something more then it w…
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Coming from season 1 this season 2 falls slightly short from expectations. No spoiler but story takes a more political scenarios, which some people might not like, including me, but I think is nonetheless required for complete justification. But its becoming somewhat predictable, of you have seen similar anime. Still the fight scenes are incredibly enjoyable. Sound is good, not as good as season 1, art is still great, story as I said slightly falls short. Overall its still a very good anime 2015 has to offer.
Read at the sourceModeratelyHuman
[THIS ENTIRE REVIEW WILL CONTAIN HEAVY SPOILERS FOR WHAT LITTLE PLOT THIS ANIME HAS]
PLOT 1/10
The ending of season 1 was quite unexpected. It was a great cliffhanger that made everyone speculate how the story would continue after 4 of the most pivotal characters of the show seemingly get killed. Disappointingly, nothing happens. None of them died. Welcome to my review of AldNoOne Dies Season 2. Did I mention that none of the main characters die? Season 1 ends on an unexpected and ominous note, only for none of them die. Seriously. The only thing that dies is the plot, and this review will be my morbid attempt at describing the dead carcass that is "the plot" as I poke it with a stick.
Basically, season 2 starts off with the princess stuck in a comatose state for a long period of time a…
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Note: this review encompasses both seasons 1 and 2 of Aldnoah.Zero
One thing as an anime fan I've never really been able to get into is the idea that a single name behind a project can generate hype. I think it's better to prioritize looking at the scenario, and the studio's track record first and foremost as opposed to getting excited because of the reputation of one individual. Of course that "one individual" in this case just so happens to be one of the most controversial writers in the business to date, Gen Urobuchi. I'm not really here to get into my personal stance on Urobuchi obviously, though If I was to be honest with you, I am for the most pretty indifferent to his output. So I wasn't necessarily excited to hear that this was his brainchild nor was it much of a cause of alarm to…
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(This has been adapted from my reddit thread. Spoilers ahead!)
Something that everyone struggles with are "blocks." Maybe it's procrastination for that next exam. Or maybe it's the comfort of bed instead of the treadmill. Whether it is mental or physical, there are those times where one just doesn't want to do whatever it is that needs doing. In other words, there is a lack of motivation. So maybe it's the joy your parents would feel by seeing a good grade, or the elation you would have at obtaining that tone body, that motivates you to accomplish that ever elusive goal. Motivation, like those "blocks," is always present; you just need that initial push to really get going. And Aldnoah.Zero 2nd Season is a prime example for when such motivation is sorely lacking.
STORY
Zero Two (the mon…
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*Review for both 'seasons'. This is simply one series split into two halves*
Aldnoah Zero is a mecha anime that pits the forces of the earth against a Martian empire whose technological superiority is underscored by a ruthlessness and pride resemblant of the great empires of earth with centuries of history. The year is 2014, and it has been forty-years years since the Martian empire was founded.
Wait.
Forty-two years?
Okay, let's try this again. Aldnoah Zero is a mecha anime that features plenty of drama, action, and even a hint of romance, but fails to set up its story and characters in a way that any of these elements can resonate with the viewer. The lead character, Kaizuka Inaho, takes the stereotypical self-insert main character to ridiculous length by having no emotions for the g…
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Damn the ending really pi**ed me off, clearly rushed, was forced on the viewers and to be honest makes all the fighting between the 2 main characters pointless.
Story - The second series carries on after ending of the first. Inaho is still alive and was revealed to be shot in the eye and has had it replaced with a bionic eye capable of predicting algorithims. Slaine has risen through the ranks and has gained the trust of several Orbital Knights, and continues thier plan to invade earth from the moonbase. Now onto the most annoying MC, Asseylum who spends much of the season in a comatised state within the moonbase, she wakes up at the ending of the season but has lost her memories. She eventually regains them and during an attack on the moonbase by Terran (Earth) forc…
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Stunning first season,original production, amazing Music by Hiroyuki Sawano, boring second season and terrible ending. I could be talking about Guilty Crown, but unfortunately is Aldnoah Zero.
After the end of season one, i thought "This can't be another guilty crown, right?" I was so wrong.
The season two started really well, but don't be fooled, the story will progress to a point that you will finding yourself hating the characters you used to love and forgetting some of them because it only focus on the trio Inaho, Aseylum and Slaine. The end is weird, rushed and does not make any sense to me.
(spoilers from here)
Although the end isn't what you could say "sad", it was one of the more unpleasant endings i ever saw, they focused so much in the main trio and at the end not a single o…
Read at the sourceRaiye
"BAM!" "BAM!" "BAM!!!". This was how season 1 ended. I was rather thrilled by the sudden plot shift, and dearly looked forward to season 2. Oh how wrong I was back then.
Story: 1/10
The very first episode of season two should have been a warning to me NOT to continue watching. It totally invalidated what season 1 had tried to build up(in the last episode). There was no major plot progression at all. Majority of the episodes followed this simple recipe:
1)Enemy(Martians) attacks
2)Non-Inaho personnels try to fight Martians
3)Martians engage their special weapon
3)Non-Inaho personnels struggle
4)Inaho to the rescue!
5)Enemy Martians get defeated by Inaho
It then spirals to meaningless battles between The Deucalion and The Martians. There was no clear motive by Slaine, the antagonist.…
Read at the sourceDarkDestry
It has been quite awhile since I have enjoyed a well made Mech anime. Season 2 of this anime has some twisted moments but all in all, the plot was developed nicely. Some might say that episode 1's revival of the main cast is bullshit. If you just call it plot armour that like 99.9% of anime out there have, you can deal with it better.
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The plot of this season was somewhat twisted. Slaine took a 180 degree turn and became the main antagonist for a reason that is deep and shall not be spoiled by me. There are as much moments of frustration when you wished something to happen and it took a left turn and crashed down the chasm. Most of the plot devices are somewhat explained in this season though. The ending was one of the best and most complete ending I have ever seen for…
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Thank you, Winter 2015 for producing another disappointing sequel. I enjoy it.
STORY (3):
The story continues where season 1 left off. The story involves the war between Earth & Martians. How will they solve their resolutions?
I enjoyed season 1. It had fun characters and an excellent build-up. Unfortunately, just like Tokyo Ghoul season 2, this sequel suffers from tensionless fight scenes and boring characters.
ART (4): The animation is nothing special.
SOUND (4):
The music is not memorable.
CHARACTER (3):
Oh boy? Where do I begin?
Inaho is so overpowered that he gets the job done easily. The rest of the cast members are relying heavily on Inaho all the time. Inaho barely shows any emotion, just like Edward Cullen. Inaho is just a wish-fulfilment character.
Slaine was an intere…
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With how much I loved season one, I was so excited for season 2 to start. Please, I'm begging you, do not watch season two. Stop at episode 12 of season one. Season two will ruin the entire experience for you. No matter how much you love season one, don't do it. Just don't. Anyway, on to the review:
STORY:
Basically, they take the entire ending of season one, take everything back, and then proceed to stop all over the plot and tear it apart, piece by piece. It's a mess. I'm honestly so upset with hoe bad this was.
ART:
It's almost like they forgot how to draw their own characters. Inaho looks off the entire time, Asseylum looks like a baby whale when she's sad, Slaine doesn't look nearly as good as he did in season one, I could go on. I loved the art of season one. This was a mess, none…
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A mecha show like Aldnoah Zero isn’t without controversy. They say controversy creates attention, and honestly, it’s a bit of an understatement with this show. From the way the first season concluded, one could not help but wonder how they will craft the contents for the sequel. It should be no surprise that many viewers will wonder the fate of our main protagonists (such as Inaho and Asseylum), the state of the war, and what’s in stored for Slaine. However, what blasts off this season is nothing short but predictable cliché writing, a stack of weakly balanced characters, and in general a disappointment that doesn’t seem to be able to correct itself from what season 1 got started on.
Like the first season, the sequel begins directly from where the season 1’s events left off except with a…
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-This review will contain spoilers of season one as it relates to season two-
There's something extraordinary about trainwreck titles. Its ability to draw in viewers like moths to a flame, watching as the work fold in on itself, seemingly out of breath from the layers of its incompetence. The likes of which forming something like a toxic gas that stifles every bit of its production. Good ideas immediately dying off from screenplay pesticide, hovering over everything like a merchant of death and decay. You see, there's a kind of beauty to it all. The way everything topples over like a game of Jenga, with each piece representing a bad aspect of the overall project. The act of "being bad" in itself isn't due to a lack of inherently good attributes, but the fact that what little good is there…
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