Audience reviews
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AnimeEnjoyer420
I want to be absolutely clear at the start of this review that Animegataris is not actually a 10/10 show. Rather, I scored it a 10/10 purely out of respect for being the first show I have watched that completely transcends the question of being "good" or "bad" and instead exists on its own plane of psychedelic insanity. The series begins as a lighthearted school comedy and ultimately descends completely into surrealism for the last few episodes, blurring the lines between reality and anime, and between the characters in the show and the viewer. When you finish, the first thought that will cross your mind is "well, that sure was something." It's the only appropriate reaction to this series.
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This anime is really interesting. In my opinion, the parody contained in this anime sometimes makes me guess what the anime is. And also made me know famous anime that I didn't know about.
The presentation of the story is different from other anime. The beginning of this anime presents an ordinary club story that is interesting and maybe very very rare in the original world. And I sometimes feel weird myself when watching this anime. Episode 11 is a very sharp turning point. How is it possible from episode 10 that started unusual, changed dramatically in episode 11. Although this episode makes me laugh because of the strangeness.
I also like the cast who voices the characters. There are some of my favorite girls. Especially attractive female characters. Also an interesting character desi…
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This Anime was great at first. Cool characters, fun references, great music.
It was just a bunch of Otakus doing Otaku stuff.
Then we get into the whole "anime is becoming real in the real world" episodes. Did they run out of ideas so they changed the series completely?
They also made the student council so unlikeable it made the story even more annoying...
I have mixed feelings at this point...
Regarding the voice acting, you could tell most of them tried their best. The animation is clean and some of the characters are unique.
Overall I don't recommend watching the anime for the story, you would be better off listening to the opening instead.
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Do you like animes about anime conventions? i do. Why would i give it a 2? because every character is dumb.When i go to anime conventions i don't say ''i hope i buy some very good stuff,this is a rare one john,wow you are so lucky,the cosplay you ar wearing is so wellmade did you make it by yourself you are so talented lets meet next year'' im not that polite at work, imagine myself with my friends.
Why everyone is a goodie goodie go lucky loser?
I want cosplay beefs,broken relationships and bad economic decisions. In this show everyone claps for 2 minutes after buying a poster and they full bow when they buy a bottle of water which by the way there is a 4 minute scene about how refreshing is water at summer.DUMB!!!!
So you have a show about anime conventions, why give it a supernatural…
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Animegataris is a story about anime in the literal sense of the word, it is an interesting take in how a comunity or a club of anime fans can behave and conduct themselves in a way that can let them share the things they enjoy the most and although it isn't the best try at the take of anime in a show it is still deserving of being watched.
The story centers around a girl called Asagaya, Minoa who becomes an anime rookie and makes an anime club along with Kamiigusa Arisu, Kouenji Miko, Mushasisakai Kai and Aoyama Erika. They face the difficulties of having a club and especially one dedicated to something as attention seeker as anime, they have the experience they haven't had yet and truly do their best to make the anime club something worth remembering.
It has some flaws that Derailed the…
Read at the sourceAnimeSpaceBR2
Animegataris, a very peculiar anime; an anime that I do not have much to say, I just really liked this anime, there are some weaknesses there, but overall it's a good anime, starting with the story, although it's interesting because it's about a story about ' animes '' to the letter, the story of Animegataris is a little weak and somewhat confusing, in fact, one of the negative points of this anime is precisely its history, which is not bad, but could have been better.
About the characters, all I can say is that they are very good too, especially the protagonist, she is very charismatic, other characters, I think they could have been better developed, but still, the characters of Animagataris, are very charismatic, nothing much to comment.
The technical part of the work remains ok for th…
Read at the sourceSuperyio123
Story-5
The storyline progressed quite smoothly throughout the anime. The episodes leading up to the climax (last 2-3 episodes) progressed at a good pace, however, the last 3 episodes felt rushed, making it a bit difficult to follow along with the plot and may end up confusing you. I actually had to backtrack and rewind a few parts to fully understand and register what happened. Everything is pretty predictable until you hit episode 10 when things get a bit too crazy and out of hand; trust me, there will be moments when you question the sanity of the people who produced Animegataris. However, I personally enjoyed that aspect of Animegataris because it's an interesting turn that I didn't expect at all. From the build-up and foreshadowing, you know that something's coming and it leads you t…
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If I could say anything that seems to sum up my final thoughts, it is merely this—full of itself. The anime is like a stuck up piece of trash that sees itself as something greater than it is. All this show is, is one shitty attempted plot-twist after another. They even throw in a little pathetic attempt at "love?" and draw it out for a couple episodes, for no real reason. That also sums up this show to a tee—no reasoning. Everything that happens in this show is merely a convoluted fucking mess and the last two or three episodes really, really epitomize this.
Funny enough, even when they were droning on about the three episode cut in the third episode, I thought that this show may have potential and maybe the poor reviews were undeserved. Goddamn was I wrong. This shit is a travesty and a…
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I'll be perfectly honest and that this anime probably doesn't deserve such a high score, I pretty much dropped it after 8 episodes however seeing I was so close to the end I decided to finish it and hell is it a fun ride.
Story 3/10: Holy crap the story is so dumb, but i think I like the satire and stupidity the creators put into it. Most episodes is basically just a guide on how to be an otaku and honestly that's just plain annoying but some episodes I relatively liked 5, 6 in which i get some insight into Otaku culture. The student council constantly trying to shut the club down got repetitive and boring as even Kai mentions in episode 9. However this plot just leads into an even more dumb, stupid and funny as hell plot for the finale. I found myself enjoying the last 3-4 episodes so mu…
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Animegataris is an unique anime, that was different from other anime. The first thing that you'll notice is the title, this anime has the word "anime" in it's title as well. Animegataris means "Anime Talking". From this title you can already indicate that this anime is an anime that talks about anime. This is exactly what is is as well. The story is set in an animeclub in a highschool, this club will do all kind of anime related activities like: watching anime, cosplaying, visiting conventions etc. Most of us animefans will totally love the idea of making an anime about being an animefan and this is also why this anime has been this well received for a while, I write for a while because after a certain episode the animequality all of a sudden goes down.
As mentioned earlier in the review,…
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I don't have much to say about the show, other than it tried to do more than it should. It started out as a cute show about a girl discovering the world of anime fandom, more or less a simple slice of life. This was fine. As a long time anime fan, it was nice to have a simple show about people enjoying the medium and exploring its various aspects. Of course there was the drama with the school council, but that wasn't too bad. Then the show decidedly to suddenly breach some alternate reality stuff and just got really weird as the real world and anime world somehow started merging and overwriting reality, which all made no sense and really had no foreshadowing outside of the talking cat. In short, the plot development was a mess, and honestly unnecessary.
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Well I didn't have high hopes for this anime but I finish this anime laughing during every minute of it.
This anime made a lot of jokes and as a whole is a parody to the anime industry and it's fans on how weird it can get, which made me laugh a lot during my time seeing it. Its a weird anime but its pretty funny and the characters are pretty enjoyable and made fun of a lot of anime stereotypes. The best I can say for the art and sound for this anime is that is decent but, looking pass that, you can find yourself enjoying this anime a lot.
I recommend you to watch this anime to have some laughs and pass the time. If you know more about the anime industry and stereotypes then thats better to go in and watch it. I have a fun time during it and I hope you do as well.
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Animegataris. It is an anime about otakus, and it is anime FOR otakus. Its biggest appeal is being full of meta references from otaku culture and other anime or genres. You'll see a lot of references that otakus practice like ship wars, or the famous three episode rule.
...The anime starts as that. And I loved it when it was only simply that. The anime is full of references from other anime that are just fun to spot, like famous scenes, quotes or characters. Often it's just enjoyable to see a mention of Ru:Zero, Anosuba, or Guden Daran.
But as the episode numbers reaches the end, it becomes much, much more. A masterpiece. Well, that might be an exaggeration, but it just really clicked with me perfectly. These creators made a casual anime, broke it into little pieces, embraced the stupidi…
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I thought this was a pretty good show, so I wanted to go ahead and add a review providing some positive notes and defense of the series. I think it deserves some more attention, and hopefully some of what I mention will help some people who are on the fence about watching it after seeing it's current rating on this site. I'll remain vague about some specific aspects, but the review won't be entirely spoiler free.
I started watching this show because I am a sucker for series that center around the mediums I like, gaming and Anime. If a show is about characters doing something that I also do, or can do, like playing card games, board games, video games, or in this instance, watching Anime, then I feel more of a connection with it. It's something that is replicatable, and makes me feel more…
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So how to describe this anime in one line...
If you dropped it in the first couple of episodes, then YOU DEFINATELY HAVE TO WATCH IT.
When the show started, after watching the first episode I dropped it right away, since this 'otakus are going around doing random otaku stuff' is definately not my cup of a tea. Recently, since I had way too much free time, I randomly checked out episode 12, and boy, I was wrong. After a couple of minutes I decided to give the anime a second chance.
To be fair the anime does a really good job of disguising itself as "your cringefest cliche-filled weekly anime" by being exactly that for half of its runtime.
In my opinion episode 1-6 are quite bad:
In the first two episodes they establish the anime club, I guess you are kinda recommended watch it to get to k…
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Animegataris is time capsule anime of our generation similar to that of genshiken or the even older otaku no video.
What do I mean by a Time capsule anime?
Basically it is an anime that reference a multitude of other anime while making fun of meta elements of the anime fandom/production.
An anime about anime and otakus, for otakus.
It is something akin to a recap of everything we have come to love or hate over the past years, reflecting the anime fandom's many cultures. On the basis of what this anime is supposed to be, they may have earned a very high 8/10 to a 9/10 as they managed to cover all of the many known shows as well as major otaku events and an amazing amount of meta knowledge.
As a standalone anime, it earns a 8/10
It had a lot of twists and turns that only an anime wit…
Read at the sourceEvanLoh
If this anime doesn't want to be serious itself, then why the heck should I be serious with it? I LOLed so hard at the last 3 episodes. So fuckin' hilarious! DON'T TREAT THIS ANIME SERIOUSLY! DON'T! ESPECIALLY NEAR THE END! IT'S JUST MAKING FUN OF ITSELF.
I rated this an 8/10. It was a fun and enjoyable ride. Never have I thought this anime could give me so much enjoyment. I highly recommend this to those who want REFERENCES, PARODY and an anime that CONSTANTLY MAKE FUN OF ITSELF. At first you can relate to the characters easily, but near the end please just turn off your brain, the creators ARe ExTreMely HIgh On DrUGs man!
Have you watched Akiba's Trip The Animation before, if you have, then this is basically the school anime club version of that anime. If you haven't, then let m…
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This anime was great! I'm kind of a novice to anime, but I don't many who love anime. It kind of related to me.
It is a parody anime with a lot of anime references and anime jokes. I liked it because it was fun trying to figure out the references.
I noticed a few like Ru:Zero, Anosuba, Autumn Wars, PreFae, and I think Guden Daran.
The story is very slice of life but the last 2 episodes were just crazy.
Character ideas were really creative and thought into.
The art looked pretty amazing as well.
It was overall an amazing anime and I rate it 8/10!
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It makes sense that if anime characters in an anime start talking about anime in their anime club then something strange has to happen on a (meta?)-physical level within their own story. Animegataris is a school-club comedy anime that sets itself up on a self-aware journey that (kind of) explores why anime otaku appreciate anime so much. And the best way to do that is through its own medium (of course).
There is a lot of anime in this anime. They talk about anime, they make an anime, they become an 'anime.' if this anime is going to be known for anything as this season peters out and some late-comers decide to give it a try, is the stylistic and plot-break down 'twist.' However, it isn't much of a twist if the anime literally becomes stranger every episode. What could have been a last dit…
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When I decided to watch Animegataris, the first thoughts in my head were if this show is actually about anime itself or something more. To be precise, Animegataris is essentially what I envision as a series about anime stories. It makes sense given the title by context and not to mention, this show seems to adapt such a formulaic story by expectations. However, the show turned out to be a bit more than what I had bargained for but in the end is quite a thrill ride.
To be honest, watching Animegataris felt like it was targeted to a specific demographic. At first, I wasn’t really sure if I was part of that category. The show itself takes on the world of anime and rather than using it as a theme, it tells stories through them. It’s super self-aware as every episode makes references and allud…
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