Audience reviews
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1stDecame4Danime
A poorly written story of mostly episodic filler character drama to convey the very basic concept of escapism and waste the audience's time.
The entire series is just a bunch of loosely connected nonstories rehashing the same things over and over.
There's nothing of depth to talk about. There are a bunch of random pedo character asides for no other reason than pedophilia.
The ending is uninspired and all the filler in between could've/should've been skipped to be a movie instead (this has more or less the same notes as Paprika but extremely uninspired execution here).
The reality/unreality of the ending absolutely falls on its face, since the entire conflict of the entire story affecting the entirety of the city gets resolved immediately after fmc arbitrarily faces her trauma instead of r…
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Completely incomprehensible, this anime begins with six episodes centered on a supposed police investigation that lacks coherence. The next six episodes are 'independent' episodes with no connection to the two detectives' investigation, apart perhaps from the urban legend on which the series is trying to capitalize. And even then, they don't add a single new fact or revelation. The story is disappointing, the characters are bland, and the choice to mix designs that don't go together sometimes spoils certain scenes even more. In short, this anime doesn't even have the merit of being a complete 12-episode series, preferring to add more episodes for no good reason, other than to claim a legitimacy it doesn't have. If the story can't be properly adapted into at least 12 episodes, then it proba…
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* dont read if you get offended easily *
it is highly overrated anime among many anime viewers. I will clearly say if you want to see some weird logicless, pathetic and boring anime.. then watch paranoia agent.
the plot presentation is extremely poor, things are left incomplete in between, tons of plot holes in just 3 episodes of starting.
horrible investigation is been shown by the officers it is so highly predictable the police officers work like 10-12 yr old kids playing police thief game. I'm again saying don't need to be offended it's my opinion... there are many more logical shows than this..
no storyline presentation, no soundtracks, 90% of characters are shown mentally ill, more than 5 plotholes in a single episodes, no emotions portrayed by the characters.
paranoia agent i…
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Whenever Satoshi Kon is brought up in conversation, many things come to mind. His excellent storyboards and animation. His humanistic and grounded characters. Or simply the fact that Kon's unfortunate passing at the mere age of 46 is still not only anime's greatest tradgies, but also a great tragedy in the world of cinema too. However, the element of Kon's work that I find to be the most interesting lies in one of his most prolific themes: the blurring to two worlds. The reality and fantasy. In Perfect Blue, the protagonist, Mima, slowly becomes more and more paranoid and stressed over the duration of the narrative, leading into the blurring of her mental world and the real world, while commenting on the overstressed and overworked nature of idols within the industry and the dangers that c…
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Paranoia Agent, a series I literally only picked up because of the kid on the title screenshot with a bat, is one of the most surprising anime I have ever seen. Directed by the late Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Tokyo Godfathers), someone known for his abstract themes and symbolism, this show is clearly not for everyone. Though the plot and over-arching message isn't as murky or convoluted as shows like Serial Experiments Lain or Evangelion, Paranoia Agent will surely scratch the itch of those wishing to use their brain a little more intellectually. Kon’s genius directing is put on full display here, encompassing a robust amount of subject matter and character personality types within its truncated 13 episode run.
The result? A mind-blowing tale with complex characters and an ending that wi…
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Bla bla bla this is experimental you won’t know what’s going on it can mean anything therefore it’s brilliant and not stupid like school harem fanservice bla bla
Now let’s get to the actual review
This anime is, first and foremost, about the atomic bomb. It’s also about a bunch of other stuff, mostly actual psychology. By that, I mean the anime is deeply concerned with humans, their emotions and how they view the world. It doesn’t stick philosophical jargon in the dialogue or has trippy imagery in order to insist how important it is. The situations demonstrate ideas, and psychology rears its head in character actions and thoughts.
We need to talk about the bomb first. The general stort you hear in the West is that America is Big Bad mostly because it’s powerful and has a lot of money (A…
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This anime got such good reviews and high ratings that I, someone who is actually somewhat interested in psychological anime, felt almost bad giving it a measly 4. I'm sorry. Despite all the recommendations for me to watch this, I couldn't bring myself to say I enjoyed it. I got through it and that was about that. Oddly enough, it was an anime that proved to me that a series can have an intriguing premise... with ugly art, boring music, and straight up awful characters.
Story/ 7
The story was the part that I didn't mind. Overall, it was fresh and inspired. However, the answers to certain mysteries seemed so anti-climatic to me. For example, while watching, I was fascinated by what Shonen Bat ('Lil Slugger in the English version) could be a metaphor for. While he did end up representing s…
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Paranoia Agent is a show that starts off with great potential; it's potential immediately diminishes after a few episodes.
I began watching Paranoia Agent off the assumption it would be
an intriguing detective mystery show that would blow my mind.
If blowing my mind meant killing every brain cell in thirteen episodes then
it's safe to say it did just that.
I actually finished the series months ago, but it was so bad I had to make a review ranting about it.
To keep things short, Paranoia Agent is about a murder mystery case.
The idea of a murder mystery is to keep viewers on edge as they attempt to crack the case, correct?
The issue with this murder mystery is you can't apply logic to it.
Why? simple, after four episodes the writers start pulling shit out of their asses to the point th…
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I was very excited to watch this, reading many reviews that raved about the anime. While the first episode had me hooked, I soon became disinterested in the series and found myself forcing myself to finish it not out of enjoyment but instead just to see it through to the end.
The story itself is very interesting, and is what really pulled me in from the first episode. But with the focus moving from character to character I felt like the plot was kinda lost. I understood why they did it, but I personally didn't like the style and really didn't like any of the characters. None of them to me were particularly memorable, most just seemed like they had no substance to them. While their backstories were interesting, I felt that we didn't really see enough of any of the characters for me to real…
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Paranoia Agent is very different from any of your average anime. It can also be pretty hard to keep track of, and there are some parts that are very... strange. The anime could also sometimes be trippy and disordered and also be labeled as creepy. In MY opinion I do not believe it was scary, but as a warning you should be prepared for creepy things.
Story:
If you ever watch Hell girl (Jigoku Shoujo) its something like that. There are a whole bunch of one shots but eventually they come together (sort of). A boy, Shounen bat in subtitles and lil slugger in dubbed, goes around with a golden bat and roller skates and attacks people. There is something strange about him though. He can walk through walls and change his appearance. You can immediately tell that this no normal case, and the more…
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These are my Reviews if they're helpful great, if not, that's great too. I am NOT adept at writing/typing this is merely a contribution to the site. I assume the reader has finished the show.
Story
Paranoia Agent wants to confuse the hell out of you, unfortunately it's way more simple then it would have you believe. It confuses you and uses outrageous metaphors to deliver the most simple messages. Over and over each episode is delivering the same message in a new way, but it never delivers the plot. Which is basically people mentally breaking from minor life issues and blaming it all on a .. was about to spoil, I mean really it's not that difficult. I believe they forgot to tie in the weak story until the last two episodes resulting in a borderline filler middle and a rushed ending. If o…
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Being the only TV series that the late Satoshi Kon ever made, "Paranoia Agent" feels like his sandbox, a playground where he experimented with various ideas. The result is like a bag of pick 'n' mix - an assortment of different, delightful, sharp flavours (okay I admit I'm rather fond of pick 'n' mix so I'm a little biased).
"Paranoia Agent" revolves around the mystery of Shounen Bat, a youth on rollerblades wielding a golden bat who has a tendency to assault people who are on the verge of collapsing under the pressures of everyday life.
The mystery, it turns out, is not that complicated. After leading the viewer around on a string for the first half of the show, it soon runs out of steam and resorts to fillers to fill up the time before finishing up with a somewhat underwhelming conclus…
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Paranoia Agent
It's a mystery to me why Satoshi Kon's animated Dolmio puppet designs get such a positive reception. His reasoning for making half his characters look like disturbing cast offs from glorified passatta adverts is anyone's guess, and for me personally his stories lack the depth that is so often accredited to them. Paranoia Agent is a good example of this kind of over-hype.
A similar thought process occured when I watched Perfect Blue on its release. For the life of me I couldn't work out exactly what it was I supposed to think was so very good about it. The story didn't add up, was impossible to substantiate in a believable universe without attributing dementia to everyone within it, and had character designs far more disturbing than it's own leanings towards controversy.…
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Paranoia Agent is Satoshi Kon's only TV series, a curveball from his usual M.O. of doing films. Like several of his other works, it strives to confuse between reality and fantasy, often doing so by showing the world as perceived by the characters. Paranoia Agent is, in whole, a story of escapism, how society is falling further into it, and the negative consequences that will follow.
The plot begins as Tsukiko Sagi, a woman responsible for designing the well-known plush toy dog Maromi, is being pushed to create a new design, and is rapidly succumbing to stress. On the way home, in desperate need of a way out, she is suddenly attacked by a boy on rollerskates with a baseball bat. At first, the police don't believe her, and think she is making up excuses, but before long, other people are at…
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Paranoia agent is a series that keeps going steadily for 1 direction... worse.
After 6-7 episodes, the story is left behind and taken to a stories wich has nothing to do with the main story itself... It really looks like they had a good idea, big budget and then they messed up, didnt catch any story idea and just told, eh, fuck it.
Ok, so the artwork is great, the story starts decent but then flops totally, not being able to catch up, it just gets worse and worse every ep.
After all, the characters backgrounds are slim as pancake, depth is nonexistent, only good is sounds, but a series with good tunes is only as good as no image.
Sorry, but i dont recommend this to be showed even to your worst enemies, and save your bandwith people. At this point if there was only 2 series left on the w…
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Paranoia Agent
No. episodes - 13
Story -
It is very hard to give a rating for Paranoia agent that can be surmised using the numbers rating system. The story is quite complicated but excecuted with flair. Any dull moments serve to advance the viewers understanding of the complicated characters and scenarios. Plainly the plot revolves around a series of attacks on people who appear to be unrelated. The plot dedicates episodes to each of these victims and merges their paths together to weave a story of connections and basically highlight the power of Paranoia. This is a gritty and mature anime, it deals with issues such as incest, violence, technology and consumerism, blackmail, hatred, the power of the media and the power of rumours as 'Little Slugger' becomes more fiction than fact.
I w…
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For those who aren't used to a Satoshi Kon anime, be prepared. They usually start off as a normal type of anime, and then take a serious turn for the surreal. As for Paranoia Agent, it starts off as a normal detective-style anime but then the plot twists and turns worse than a twist-tie on a bag of wonder bread. For those used to Satoshi Kon's work (Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers, etc), none of this is news. Personally I enjoy a good "whodunit" anime since I also love CSI, 24, Prison Break, etc. These kind of shows actually get the viewer to really think how its going to unfold next or guess who is the real culprit. Just for general information I watched the whole show on Cartoon Network years ago, but then I rewatched the Japanese version and let me tell you there are ALOT of things they (Cart…
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From the director of the psychological thriller Perfect Blue is this 13 episode TV series which is both extremely disturbing and darkly hilarious.
Tapping into the psyche of Japan in the 21st century, the main plot revolves around a teenage boy on rollerblades who smacks people in the head with his bent baseball bat and the myth that is born out of this, but the surrounding random storylines deal with Japan-centric topics such as paedophilia, work-related stress, suicide and degrees of illusion in our over saturated 21st century.
It's weird as hell and builds to a climax that's like Neon Genesis Evangelion humping Akira in the leg. Not a keeper, but worth watching for the hilarious opening credits alone.
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Title: Paranoia Agent
Anime: The animation production for Paranoia Agent was done by Madhouse (famous for work on Death Note and Paradise Kiss), and was directed by Satoshi Kon (famous for Perfect Blue and Paprika). It aired on Japanese television from February 2nd, 2004 to May 18th, 2004. Geneon (soon to be defunct) licensed it Stateside, and the fourth and final volume was released May 10th, 2005. The dubbed version also had a run on Adult Swim, the first of which began on May 28th, 2005, and an encore run on June 6th, 2006.
Story: The first episode kicks off with character designer (Sugi) being pressured to follow up on her first hit and dealing with creative block. On her way home, she runs into an older woman rummaging through garbage and who randomly disappears -- never a good sign…
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Satoshi Kon, director of such classics as Perfect Blue and Millennium Actress, is famous for pushing the boundaries of anime. His latest effort (and first series), Paranoia Agent, is no different. But, like his other works, you’ll either love it or hate it. This short 13 episode series is full of more twists and turns than you can shake a stick at, and the animation style is anything but traditional.
The story begins with detectives Keiichi Ikari (AKA 'the Chief') and Mitsuhiro Maniwa investigating the street assault of Tsukiko Sagi, a famous designer for a toy company and creator of Maromi, a popular cartoon character. She claims she was walking home from work the night before when she was attacked by a boy on roller blades wielding a bent baseball bat. When rumours get out of her attack…
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