Audience reviews
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ephemerry
I originally went against the old adage with this one and judged a book by its cover. The gratuitously lewd shots and the water-balloon boobs (—I would compare their female "extremities" to the proportions in Lord Marksman and Vanadis), sent cold-shivers down my spine. But, fatefully, two years ago... the complete collection of Divergence Eve was on a clearance mark-down for around $10 on the Right Stuf sale, and we decided to give it a try and purchased it. Instead of a softcore hentai, I got a solid story that incorporated space-age physics and Lovecraftian horror... all revolving around a microcosm of existential, character drama! For $10, I would say that this series was a steal!
⚠️ This review will have spoilers ⚠️
—Story/Characters
Let me start out by saying, the pilot episode is…
Read at the sourceCrystalBlue42
I gotta say, this was my real first anime I watched growing up. I didn't really know what to expect, and I didn't really care about the boobs. The story was just so dark, which was so interesting to watch as the colors and characters were rather light. I gotta say, I loved this anime through and through. It was great and I would highly recommend it!
The music was rather fun and the theme song is great and memorable. I loved all the sound effects and like, electronic music used for when the shields are being powered up and such.
The characters are all cute and it's interesting to see their origin stories grow with the show.
The story progressed very well in my opinion and led up perfectly to the second season.
Read at the sourceTheBrainintheJar
Whoever was reponsible for the marketing of this series was on drugs. It’s as if two teams were given the same characters and told to run with it. The marketing team decided to give them swimsuits that only cover the nipples. The storytelling team decided to take the route of every good Sci-Fi story.
That’s a smart move. Divergence Eve wouldn’t work as ecchi. The breasts look oversized and pointy. They don’t look natural. Looking at them is interesting because you can have fun trying to figure out how they connect. It has none of the elegance of Freezing.
Someone has described the series as “a good sci-fi story with breasts drawn on it” and it’s dead-on. The breasts don’t even affect the story. They’re just there, being too big but never attracting any attention. The camera rarely linger…
Read at the sourcektulu007
Divergence Eve aired in 2003. It was created by Tsukumo Takumi and produced by Radix before the studio shut down in 2006. I don't know what to expect from it. I've never reviewed a Radix work before. The only Radix production I'm even vaguely familiar with is Amazing Nurse Nanako and, I have to say, that does not inspire confidence. But that also came out three-four years before this one and most studios have their good and bad moments. So, let's see if Divergence Eve is worth looking into.
Story:
We open with a group of buxom women, and one flat-chested android, being briefed before getting sent in robot mechs to fight some kind of bizarre CG monster. We see one, Misaki, in some kind of pod attached to a bunch of cables while also being on the battlefield, somehow. Then the version of h…
Read at the sourceLoneAngel
I personally would not recommend this anime to anyone. First episode and I could see someone tossing this anime to the side since confusion and disinterest is already taking root to your mind. After watching all the way to the end of this season I am already dropping the second season unless someone stops me and tells me I should watch it.
Some parts of this anime remind me of some cheezy 1980's movie where the main character just did some crack and they go on a "wild" adventure, then there are the parts that actually make sense and then there are the extremely confusing parts that will not make sense unless you go back to watch it a second time but you are not going to because you already shot your head off after the first episode. The season was only enjoyable for the 3 middle episodes…
Read at the sourceVoidHawk
At first I was not expecting that much, especially because the kind of SD used to draw the characters are more commonly used to make ecchi or comedy animes.
Far from those, this is in fact a very well ploted science fiction/horror/drama anime, sporting very well developed characters and a very well woven plot, when linlked to its sequel and final season, Mizaki Chronicles.
This series at one of its episodes has one of the most chilling scenes I ever saw, sad and violent, especially with the little you see and the much you can listen about what is happening. I was sad and impressed with that episode because the character was one of my favorites, and the way it all happened was violent and chillingly perfomed. Congratulations to the animators/producers.
Every episode escalates the plot, a…
Read at the sourcekawaiimisato
Divergence Eve is a show that shows some great potential with its diverse character line up and seemingly interesting plot, but in actuality is quite a bit of fail.
The story, i am actually trying to still figure out myself. Things just don't seem to make much sense no matter which way you look at them. Especially that WTF ending that leads into season two, which i have not finished watching at this time but will get to in time.
The back story is simple enough, and you can understand what is going on at specific moments in the show, but to get an overall idea of what is what, and when is when will twist you brain.
The art work is done very well, the animation is decent, the only down side is the use of of CGI with the anime. This is one case where the two are not mixed properly and it…
Read at the sourceSamildanachEmrys
Now here's an oddity. I've yet to see another series that mixes two conflicting extremes in quite such an inexplicable manner. Allow me to elaborate.
A serious, gritty science fiction horror. A touch of space exploration, but mainly based in one frontier space station. A mildly convoluted, dense plot that's initially baffling but gradually clears while continuing to raise mysteries along the way. A touch of chronological confusion, with the first episode being set after most of the rest of the series. Some intrigue, some bleakness and paranoia, some strangeness and just a touch of the disturbing.
With an almost all-female cast who all have breasts the size of their torsos.
An oddity indeed.
The thing that continues to confound me about Divergence Eve is how this happened. The simpl…
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