Audience reviews
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koji_K
So, having stumbled across this one, I was quite surprised to read the plot premise as I felt I had exhausted what few adults-only, non-mecha, non-isekai, non-high school based, etc etc anime was out there, and frankly this sounded exactly like the sort of show I'd be interested in. First contact based sci-fi dealing with aliens/other-dimensional beings, and some of the reviews even went as far as to note the DMT/psychedelic motifs that accompany the best of this genre (after all, if you're going to see a tesseract, your brain is gonna bend.)
So far, so good. But, so many of the reviews seemed to contain the same critique: "This show started excellent but somewhere around episode 7 (sometimes 6, sometimes 8) it took a nosedive." So, I began the show. I waited with bated breath until episo…
Read at the sourcehuntress1013
Saikasuru Kado. What can I say? This is easily the most disappointing show of the year. The ending of the show really messes so much up it isn’t fun. It has been a while that I have seen a show or read a book that started out this good and then crashed and burned like Kado. It is even worse than “Langoliers” by Stephen King which created an amazing atmosphere a great mystery and had a laughable ending. Why is it worse? Because in the case of Kado, it was not just that the ending was weak. This was Donna of “Doctor Who”.
Animation – 7
I wasn’t very fond of the CGI-only animation but it actually sort of worked here because of the otherworldliness of Yaha and Kado and the CGI emphasised their alien qualities nicely. In the case of the human characters, it would have been great if they had b…
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Have you ever thought about the great mysteries of our universe? About what possibly lies just beyond humanities reach? If you've answered yes to either of these questions, than Kado might be an interesting and thought provoking series to watch.
Unfortunately the important word in the previous sentence is "might". Generally I try to describe the good in an anime, in the hopes of getting people to watch and form their own opinions. However in this case I think I should take the time to warn you in the hopes of saving you from disappointment.
Kado is a mostly good series. It has a strong cast of unique adult characters, splendid art and sound design, coupled with a fascinating "first contact" style sci-fi story. Most of this goes to shit by the end though. This show is an excellent exampl…
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!First Things First There Will Be Spoilers, You Have Been Warned!
I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed. This anime had so much potential and I stand by my belief that things could've been improved even a little by allowing it a 24 episode run time rather than 12, but should nothing of the story and development change that'd all be for naught in the end.
For me this anime wasn't a complete waste of time, I seriously enjoyed it up to episode 8 and actually wouldn't have minded if they ended it there, went on a month long hiatus then came back with a fully fleshed out and well thought through ending instead of the crap shack we got instead. The visuals, the music and the characters for the most part were fantastic, even the story started out well being sort of like the CG anime equivalent o…
Read at the sourceLeibowitzKyouma
As stated in the other reviews, KADO has a top-notch beginning that really gave me a lot of faith in the series. "Finally," I thought, "a mature sci-fi series dealing with the politics of first contact!"
Unfortunately, the show begins to veer off (for me) at the festival episode, and goes downhill from there. The ending in particular was very disappointing to me due to the abundance of tired anime tropes the series had done well to avoid or keep understated so far.
There is also no room left to explore the wider implications of anisotropic tech that earlier episodes seemed to promise.
Regarding the Art, I will say that the anisotropic structures were rendered very well and were unmistakably alien. The music was also very good (especially that opening) and gave an inspiring vibe.
It's…
Read at the sourceUltraKitten
First, I tend to go into shows without really high expectations, and I dont feel I am that hard to please. That being said this is probably one of the first shows I finished and felt completely upset and unsatisfied with.
The concept is great, the first half of the season introduced it well. Sadly it just went down hill, by the end everything about the last episode upset me.
The relationship between the love interest and the main character seemed forced and really unneeded. I felt there was more chemistry between Shindo and zaShunina.
The fact Shindo is the worlds best negotiator but .. never really does that?
all of the big empty mumbo jumbo to explain away things.
I could just go on and on.
Personally I was totally on zaShunina's side the whole time. sign me up for that ending.
Read at the source1eeT
1 word, disappointment.(reason why will be in spoilers) Good plot build up, characters, music, art (despite it being CG it wasn't bad at all). Then they just screw it up.
Spoilers ahead...
Episode 9 is the last episode I enjoyed along with the first parts of episode 10, then it just went straight downhill and made me want to tear the hairs out of my head for wasting over 3hours straight binging it since it was so good. All the amazing plot, the potential, the description of how their world was, how it was introduced/told to the viewers was good. But then they decide to throw all of those in the freaking trash bin and make it a classic drama/romance/fantasy what ever the hell it is cliche. Suddenly we get the MC hook up with some girl we barely got any information on(gave her a backstory…
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This anime started off with a lot of promise in the first episode and it seemed like it was gonna be a mature (Or at least not childish) anime involving a lot of politics and tense diplomatic negotiations. It was far from it, I was really disappointed that it turned out so terrible but I wasn't really surprised considering a huge chunk of anime suffer from the things I found bad about this anime.
Let's start off with the story.
The story had so much promise but it fell short in almost every aspect. The story itself could have been bearable if they fixed one or two things. Those things being Character and not having so much tropes ruining the atmosphere and "tension" of the anime.
Art
Personally disliked it but for 3DCG they did good.
Sound
Not much to say really, had some alright sou…
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Minor spoilers ahead
Story:
So our story starts with a very interesting set-up, a being from another dimension - the anisotropic - comes to Earth and wants to advance humanity and help them find the right answer.
This leads to a couple of interesting questions:
Is it a good thing for humanity to advance through the help of outside forces?
Will humanity be able to handle this much advancement at once?
What are the consequences for the world?
Who is this anisotropic being and why does he do what he does? And what is the right answer?
These questions are the driving forces behind the story of Kado - the right answer and it's up to humanity to find out the right answer to these.
First of all the premise was very interesting and for most of the episodes the execution was great.
The problem…
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When there exists many assured commercial and critical successes sustaining a company or studio money, sometimes they would want to take risks. Maybe they'd hire more auteur directors, try original story concepts or do something to aim for a new crowd that wouldn't previously enjoy their work. That was likely the thought of Toei Animation, when in addition to their successes with Dragon Ball Super and the juggernaut One Piece, they decided to create Kado- The Right Answer, an all CGI original sci fi series having debates about such complex topics such as the ethics of humanity and how prepared they would be for sudden instantaneous advancements in technology. This wasn't Toei's first time doing this. They released the widely beloved Mononoke series which felt above the norm, and to my know…
Read at the sourceGhostFetus
This anime started very well, but towards the end of the show they started jamming in plot twists that didn't fit well with the rest of the show and the dialogue transitioned from legitimately deep and meaningful to stuff you would see on a 6th grader's #deep instagram post. I did not like the ending at all.
Aside from the story, the art was actually surprisingly good for a show that was almost completely CGI, this is an example of good CGI use. Unfortunately, the art wasn't good enough to make up for all the trash thrown in my face.
This show had so much potential but it was all unfortunately put to waste. Makes you wonder what they were thinking when writing it.
Read at the sourceCacahuatay
After hearing lots of praise for Seikaisuru Kado, I finally decided to give it a go. And I was not disappointed... well at least for the first few episodes. Everything started going downhill after the second half. The anime introduced itself as a spectacular sci-fi mature type of anime; however, it trailed off and the sci-fi aspect was completely lost, in my opinion, when the romance was forcibly put into the anime. I especially hate it when a random side character is given a 'main role' for the sake of advancing the plot.
[Story] -- 5: Mediocre
Speaking of the plot, as I mentioned before, I had a hard time following it after a few episodes. There were so many plot holes and so many questions left unanswered. If the anime had gone more into the sci-fi genre, instead of delving into the…
Read at the sourceBalsamina
This show had a lot of potential in its first few episodes. Then it went down the drain.
Story: 4
This anime's plot seriously had a lot of potential. The beginning sets you up with a conflict of technological advancement vs conservatism. It asks the questions related to change. Then, midway through, this show turns into a mahou shoujo romance between Shindo and Saraka. Instantly, Shindo changes his philosophical stance to match Saraka's. The show then becomes a one sided competition between the yaoi pairing bond between zaShunina and Shindo vs Shindo and Saraka's superluminal romance bond. In the end, there is even a Deus Ex Machina who magically, through whatever contrived plotholes, comes with powers to make Saraka's side win. I call this bullshit.
Character: 5
Most characters were 1-d…
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Ah This show, I thought this might be the one show that would prove to me that Toei as an animation studio isn't as bad as I thought it was, after all, every reboot/sequel of a show they've done recently has looked bottom of the barrel cheap (with sailor moon crystal season 3 being a weird exception) and their only good shows this past decade only make up for looking cheap with impeccable or eccentric art design and directing (kyousugiga, Mononoke) so when i see there first real attempt at a 3d show actually look decent I had some hope. add that to the shows premise of a more serious first contact with higher beings science fiction story and you got yourself an interesting show with some potential.
Before I talk about what ruined the show in detail Ill talk about what grabbed my attentio…
Read at the sourceMarkezzo
Sci-fi stories have as of late become more action-oriented or filled with fantasy-tropes, straying far from being speculative stories about our future and how we might change over time. This is why Kado came in like a welcome breath of classic air, bringing up the interesting questions that the genre is well-known for.
Being interesting alone was however not enough to make this series great.
We start our journey of interdimensional exploration with some rather slow pacing, sometimes used well to flesh out characters, other times to waste an episode on watching the futuristic paint dry. Yet it keeps you hooked by introducing crazy concepts, such as what might happen if humanity was given brand new life-changing technologies. Sadly, it only scratches the surface of its own premise, seeming…
Read at the sourceArachnophobic
No spoilers, except just one: this show is a spectacular train-wreck. If you like good science fiction, beware: this show begins extremely well but manages to destroy everything it built up and trample on its viewer's expectations in every way imaginable in its final episodes.
After hearing that this was an anime that had heavy parallels to Arrival, and watching the first five episodes, the sci-fi buff in me was ecstatic. Here was a mature, well-written and absolutely gorgeous looking and sounding sci-fi anime that was headed in a direction that didn't seem hackneyed. It was thought-provoking and sparked a lot of discussion among the viewership. It was a potential masterpiece, I thought.
But as the series progressed, anime tropes that had no business appearing in a mature narrative such…
Read at the sourceBlackCicero
Seikaisuru Kado is a tale of the meeting between humanity and a being from another universe and how events unfolded thereafter. I didn't expect this anime would have been as good as it was and at least for the first 75% of the series I thought the show was very consistent.
The way how the story was constructed along with its premise, allowed the show to have a great base from where the story could go in a multitude of directions. The direction the show eventually went wasn't one that I personally got a lot of satisfaction from but it was still to the point where overall the anime still felt enjoyable.
The art is a blend between 2D/3D and surprisingly I thought that it was handled extremely well. There wasn't many instances where I thought that the animation suffered because of the use of t…
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Here are my SPOILER FREE two cents on Seikaisuru Kado. I starting jotting down my thoughts after the third episode in order to write the best review possible, so I’ve had a lot of time to ponder on this.
Animation:
I’ll be honest, I really don’t care for the animation. I don’t like cgi-blend. The art style in episode 0 was superb, which made the art style for the rest of the series kind of a bummer. However, this is my personal opinion.
Story:
Here’s what I love about the story. Despite the fact that it’s just about as sci-fi as sci-fi can be, the way it plays out is weirdly...accurate. I feel like humanity’s response to zaShunina in this show is realistically how humanity would respond to this kind of event. The central protagonist isn’t some hot blooded 17 year old Chosen One with t…
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Story: 3
Seikaisuru Kado begins with an intriguing premise: An alien arrives on Earth bearing gifts to advance humanity. To ease communication between the alien and the government, a gifted negotiator offers his services. Over time, the alien and negotiator learn about each other and become friends, overcoming their many differences. Meanwhile, the alien's gifts are so vastly powerful and beyond human understanding, that they threaten existing international resource and power relations. Soon, the bigger, more concerning question looms: Why?
That's a lot to work with, and the first 8-9 episodes actually do quite well in exploring these ideas. However, if you're after intelligent, well-considered, or satisfactory answers, you will most likely be disappointed.
In fact, "disappointed" is the…
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A battle of words and ideas between the finest diplomats of Japan and a being from another dimension that comes from a cube.
Please be aware that there are slight spoilers in character analysis and story analysis.
Once every anime season there is a chance you will encounter an anime that has a premise that is completely new and hasn’t been seen before and one that completely engrosses you in both its setting and story and can keep you entertained until the end. In this case Seikaisuru Kado certainly fits that bill as its one anime that I have yet to get bored off and indeed continues to intrigue me episode by episode.
The premise behind Seikaisuru Kado is a relative straightforward one but one that is exceedingly rare within the anime industry. When you think of aliens or being from…
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