Audience reviews
18 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
StrikingCarpet7
Yeah, this was a pretty average experience ngl. I came to watch this because the VA of Josee, the tiger and the fish was also on this one, Noruda's VA was good but she massively improved in her role while on Josee. Talking about this one:
1) The visuals are stunning and consistent, I never felt like it was ugly. That's the best part imo
2) The characters are pretty likable, for a rushed movie they did well
3) Story is pretty average because it's rushed and this thing had potential if it was 12 episodes of something or even if it was a longer movie
Overall idk how to feel, if you like good animation and visuals, do give it a try but don't expect too much
Read at the sourceSiluetta
This anime is a bit like a summer storm, it comes suddenly, makes an impression, and before you know it... It's over. 😅The film is only 25 minutes long, so it's more like a long music video than a full-fledged story, but visually it's a little gem.
Characters
The main characters are likeable, but too flat to really move you. Noruda is supposed to be mysterious and “magical”, but apart from her strange aura, we learn almost nothing about her. 🌀This is more of a film about emotion than characters, and it shows.
Animation and music
This is where Typhoon Noruda shines. ✨Colours, light, shots of the sky, rain, water, every scene looks like an illustration from an art book. You can see that people from the former Studio Ghibli had a hand in this. The music also fits the mood, calm, melanchol…
Read at the sourceHaruHaruMon
I feel the need to write a review after quite enjoying this short--I think the rating it has is much too harsh!
I certainly see the critique on the story being underexplained, but I think that's a given when something has a runtime of only 26 mins (3 of which are the ending theme). For the runtime, I think it actually did fairly well to create a cohesive (if vague) storyline with decently established characters--though, Noruda sadly felt more like a plot device than a character. She didn't have much agency in the story, and I found that to be a great shame.
The setting is fun--the school overnight, just before the cultural festival, led to some funny background conversations and setpieces (such as a giant cardboard monkey).
I think my enjoyment was also helped by my slightly romance/BL-a…
Read at the sourceAtsunome
Oh look, it seems I’ve finally found the origin of these terribly explained, water/weather-themed, sci-fi, romance, amalgamation anime movies.
Now, let me lead with a question:
Name for me a movie where a teenage girl possessing some form of vaguely explained water/weather manipulation abilities meets a boy who somehow helps to resolve the issue all while growing a romantic attachment to her. The animation in said film is absolutely breathtaking, a clear attempt to distract from the fact the narrative is disjointed and illogical, while explanations are skipped over or just downright nonexistent. Maybe if the director is feeling ‘creative’, they’ll swap the genders around or change their ages. Either way, I’m sure the core premise sounds very familiar to most of you.
More than likely, mos…
Read at the sourcektulu007
Taifuu no Noruda is a short, original film from Studio Colorido, which I remember as one of the studios behind Burn the Witch and for nothing else. But that one was okay so maybe this one will be as well. Let's have a look.
Story:
We open with a group of students preparing for a culture festival. There's a fight betwixt two boys because... one of them doesn't want to play baseball anymore. Maybe he just wants to do something worthwhile and not boring as hell. The one who wants to quit, Azuma, is about to go home to avoid further conflict when the news comes in that a typhoon is about to hit. The students are all forced to stay in the school while it passes by. Obviously they stay in a classroom with huge windows instead of heading to the assembly hall or gym or somewhere better protecte…
Read at the sourceCainael
A sketched taifuu, that’s it.
My main feel after watching it ? Incomplete. It’s like seeing a sketch before the final painting.
• Story : 6/10 •
It feels really unfinished, there is really too much big action and issues with not enough content and explanations.
It's like "Hello here's all my ideas, then bye!".
There, an attempt to a beautiful friendship between two boys passionate seeing their first fight.
There, a mysterious (naked) beautiful girl
There, an attempt to big deep world-crushing quest There, an attempt to romance
There 25 min of attempting something worth of 90 min.
Everything feels like it’s been just brushed on the surface, a big sketch.
• Characters 6/10 •
2 childhood friends and a mysterious girl.
That was too quick, but I liked the story between the 2 main childhood…
Read at the sourceJustMonika2
I really wish they tried to develop the characters more, or at least extended the film to make it long enough to develop the plot better. It was kind of confusing and just kind of presents everything at once.
Also, the voice acting was a little lack-luster. It didn't feel very expressive, and the characters didn't sound like they were in the same place or talking to each other. They boys' voices were also very deep for middle school students, but that part I don't really mind.
Overall, I think it could have been done much better if they only put more effort into the plot and characters and directing. The main redeeming quality is that the art is pretty nice and I love the ending song.
I just felt like it was really mediocre. 6/10
Read at the sourceRazorcarl
This is my first Review on this site!!!
Story (2/10)
It was Bad. The story seems short, and it introduces more questions than answers. Like, what will happen after the planet was terraformed? Why is the girl even sent to earth rather than other planet? Where did the girl even come from? What is that blue necklace that she wears? The ending doesn't even feel like an ending, It's like "Yeah, OK that happened".
Art (5/10)
The art was decent, nothing really special.
Sound (3/10)
What the fuck is that voice acting? They sound dead. They have no emotion in their voice, I could probably voice them better (PROBABLY). At least the ending song is decent.
Character (1/10)
The weakest aspect of the show. They are all flat. They feel like puppets of the plot.
1.) Noruda - she is a girl, that is sen…
Read at the sourceMahmus
This is just all over the place.
The emotional moments fall flat, it takes itself way too seriously and even the visuals are underwhelming. It feels as if this Ova thinks it's a lot prettier than it actually is, like it wants to be a Makoto Shinkai animation. It's not ugly by any means, but with a story this uninteresting, better visuals could have probably save the whole thing.
Altough I must say I really liked the music. The muscial score is by far the best aspect of this Ova.
I think this would've worked better as a full lenght feature.
It could've fleshed out the boring characters and their boring baseball freindship, and made some of the more absurd elements of the story less jarring.
Read at the sourceSasori_Nagashi
The art of this title was pretty good, I can't call out any real glaring issues and the animation was above average for sure, some of the shots portrayed motion extremely smoothly. The soundtrack was pretty standard, not bad but also not anything that stood out. The reason for my rating not being higher is mostly the LENGTH.
The 30 or so minutes provided were a fraction of the time this story needed to properly flesh itself out. We are thrust into the middle a friendship between two boys being shaken by an argument that comes to blows. We have no frame of reference for how close they are other than other characters loudly exclaiming they usually are practically family. Then in the course of only a few minutes we are introduced to a plot line that should have filled at least an hour itself…
Read at the sourceitsyaboity
I think the main issue about this movie is the length. The Story and the characters fell really flat. The only way this could've been solved is by explaining everything in more detail which would only be possible if the movie were longer. The characters weren't actually introduced, also there wasn't any backstory to it.
Another thing to mention is that the voice actors were kinda bad.
The voices were nice to listen to but there was no energy behind them. Exclamations and moaning and things like that simply sounded extremely "weak".
The Sound was a little underwhelming,
the BGmusic pretty nice expect that it also felt kind of "weak".
Visually it was good, though nothing too special.
The only reason for me to watch this was because I like the band that made the song for the ED.
Not sure…
Read at the sourceKamunomikotonori
Taifuu no Noruda was frustrating.
The thing that I like in the drama genre (well, it was stated that this movie is in the drama genre) is how it will always seemingly attempt to become meaningful to its audience, and the way by which it achieves its meaning can to some extent be separated from the actual overarching story. Both superficially and essentially, what makes a piece of artistic medium meaningful is the general story or message it tries to convey. Most likely, when the story fails, the entire medium becomes trivialized and nonsensical and the viewer has to resort to plot devices, which are often cliched, in order to grasp some meaning into the story. Primarily, the plot devices that the drama genre utilizes are to me, far more effective in creating meaning than most other genre.…
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Taifuu No Noruda is a short anime film revolving around Azuma, Shuuichi, his best friend Saijou, Kenta and the alien girl Noruda.
Story:
Azuma quits the baseball team and this causes him to fall out with his best friend. After a storm stops Azuma from going home he spots a woman on the top of a electric tower. After witnessing her fall he goes to her aid.
The story then goes about Azuma stopping the storm which will inevitably destroy the earth with the help of his best friend Saijou.
Art:
Studio Colorido was in charge of this making this anime. The only other show I know they cam out with was Brynhildr in the darkness. Safe to say they are relatively new. The art wasn't bad and I'd almost thought that it was from studio MAPPA who did terror in resonance.
Sound:
No particular tra…
Read at the sourceBlurredVision18
Not gonna go in-depth as this is only a half hour film.
Well, for this particular film, Ishida and Arai decided to flip their roles of Director and Animator. Arai had been an animator for the late Studio Ghibli, now being quite involved with Studio Colorido, he makes his directorial debut with Taifuu no Noruda. The film takes place on a certain isolated island, at a certain middle school, and on the eve of the culture festival. A boy quits baseball after playing his whole life and has a fight with his best friend. Then, they suddenly meet a mysterious, red-eyed girl named Noruda, and a huge typhoon hits the middle school.
This is the longest film they have made running 27 mins. It leaves something to be desired for it's typical approach to narrative rather than relying on subtext through…
Read at the sourceEroOu
Just like my previous review i won't compare this show to anything else due to the simple fact i'm reviewing this and nothing else.
OK lets keep this pretty quick and straightforward.
1st of all i wanna touch on the story side of things, i neither like it or dislike it ,it's a rushed 30 minute movie i treated it more like an OVA ,which it basically is.
There is a story but its so short there no point on me talking about it ,the synopsis itself tells u most of what's going on.
-Its visual appeal was really good ,i enjoyed the animation thoroughly.
-The sounds, ost's and what not ,are very appealing and fit that.. let's call it setting.
-Characters well they are pretty lovable even within that short 30 minutes ,but i got nothing furthermore to add to that.
To be honest just watch it, its 3…
Read at the sourceIzzyLighto
To keep this review short, the anime is very average. The story two kids, Saijou and Azuma, who get into a fight because Azuma wants to quit baseball. A Typhoon that's about to hit and there's this girl who says the only way to have the world "reborn" is by becoming a pillar. You can figure out the rest of the story. There's nothing deep or sentimental about this anime whatsoever.
MAL said to write a longer review so instead I'm going to recommend an anime. If you want something about natural disasters and a way better story/plot/overall anime in general, watch Tokyo Magnitude 8.0. Plus it's only 11 and not only 27 minutes. Honestly, I feel like they could've done more with this concept. Maybe more backstory on Saijou and Azuma. Episodes about when they were kids, playing baseball, and a…
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Taifuu no Noruda is the result of attempting to squeeze a movie into half an hour. A lot of things are poorly explained if at all. The storyline is incredibly predictable, mostly because the characters are flat and cliche. The art was decent, nothing special, especially when compared to modern standards. The background music wasn't bad, but the voice actors sounded flat and boring. This is especially noticeable during exclamations; the characters do not sound scared or excited at all. The characters as stated before are incredibly cliche. The main character for the sake of wanting to make his own decisions decides to risk his life to save a girl, Noruda. He fights with his friend because he thinks it is lame to follow him. Characters are not the strongest point in this movie. In fact, Noru…
Read at the sourceKelvets
At the time I'm writing this, 366 people have taken the time to rate this anime, but none have written a review. So I might as well be the first.
First, I'd like to point out that this is a short animation, lasting only 30 minutes. As such, it's fair to say you can completely ignore the review and just watch this OVA yourself, as no reviewer can be a better judge of what pleases you than yourself! As at worst you'll only have "wasted" half an hour of your life. However, if for some obscure reason you still prefer to read the review first, carry on.
I'll begin with what impressed me most, the art. It's reminiscent of the works of my favorite anime director, Makoto Shinkai. The backgrounds are drawn with much more detail than the characters, creating a sort of contrast. While the background…
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