Audience reviews
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lrdalucard
Good anime, quite well adapted to the today's time. My guess for the low reviews is due to the audience being to young and not fare well with "loss" and very adult themes in general. Which is something you will be experience a lot in this anime, sometimes it will be very brutal... and gory hence why I think the artistic direction for this anime fits... here's why:
Artistic direction, although is not your tipical bright Anime show, it actually fits the Anime mood very well. Has the show isn't exactly your happy go lucky show and things don't go the way you expect most of the time.
Sound wise, was good enough in my opinion.
If you been wanting to watch a seinen show, this is one you can watch, I think the middle part of the Anime was a bit weird, but anything past the Cult part is still…
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"You're kidding!" -A main character mere seconds before succumbing to one of the stupidest anime deaths this year, Japan Sinks 2020
Hope, while often necessary, can be a ruinous thing to have in the midst of a disaster. Despite the catastrophically negative reception among friends and the similarly dismal scores the show has, I still had hope that it could be at least entertaining in some regard. Even an Inuyashiki tier “so bad it’s good” title would’ve been enough to be satisfying, if still ultimately bizarre given how this is treated as a Yuasa work...more on that later. Unfortunately, this ONA is just an abject failure in almost all regards, and outside of some moments in the second half, is a dull and frustrating slog.
If we’re going to start anywhere, might as well do so at the vis…
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You won't get bored with this anime, but the arguments, the lack of emotions in some crucial points of the story, the unreal behavior of the people makes you think "Why am I watching this?"
The characters are really bad constructed, and as I said before, they do not react as a human being when for example dies someone close to them. It is really painful to watch that moments.
I liked the art, not my style, but it's good to get out of the routine sometimes. The sound is normal, nothing amazing. And at least the story is crap, I didn't like it at all.
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Yeah Ignore These Review.. Literally 90% of these are wrong.
I suggest watching this for yourself to experience what it's like to truly persevere through any situation no matter the disability you have.This was an amazing short series that no matter what was thrown at them they knew in order to keep going they had to move on. If anything these characters have a strong will to survive. The cultural and political inputs that were made in the series gave us a glimpse of what the creator shows what it's like to be a mixed or foreigner in Japan and their view of the nation as well as how Japanese view their ideologies.. They also added some modern elements as the kid loves e sports and youtube, which I don't know why any one would find that cringe when in this day in age that's a pretty popula…
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(WARNING: spoilers about characters' deaths and some more minor spoilers)
I watched all 10 episodes yesterday and was really, really surprised to find out that Japan Sinks is hated by nearly everyone here.
Not gonna say anything about the animation, I never cared about it, but this is my second Yuasa's work (after Eizouken ni Te wo Dasu na) and I really liked the style. This roughness and imperfection are what makes it good.
Pros:
- A lot of people are writing about unrealistic characters and their reactions. I can't agree with that at all. It's really common to be seemingly in high spirits after a death of a person close to you, to joke and smile a lot etc., especially when you're in such a stressful situation. It's just a protective mechanism, you know, so you don't lose your mind wit…
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I really don't know how to describe this without including the words "What the hell was that?"
(Spoilers in this review) Japan Sinks: 2020 had a standard premise, which if built upon right could make a solid story. Disaster hits, individuals deal with losing loved ones. And this is what happened, for maybe the first two or 3 episodes.
To begin, the story of this show was all over the place. It jumped from the city, to the countryside, to some sort of cult camp, to the coast, in the ocean for a while, and then they are saved. I can understand the choices of losing loved ones throughout their journey, but these deaths felt empty, and inconsequential. Some of the characters, (I'm looking at you, mother) had absolutely NO reaction to the death of her own husband for several episodes, for t…
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Japan Sinks 2020 has a lot of hype behind it. It’s an adaptation of a seminal disaster novel from 1973, updated to modern day by Masaaki Yuasa and his studio Science Saru. This is the same team that struck lightning by similarly updating the classic Devilman manga into the now-just-as-classic Devilman Crybaby, and Japan Sinks 2020 very much feels like it wants to recapture that magic. Here, again, is a ten-episode Netflix Original anime series with moments of intense violence and sex. Here, again, is a modernization of an old classic that diversifies the cast with all different skin types and nationalities, making extensive use of modern digital technology. Here, again, is composer Kensuke Ushio, turning in a very similar dark synth electronica soundtrack to the one he graced Crybaby with.…
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Japan S(t)inks is probably one of the confusing animes I've watched in the recent years.
Contains spoilers.
Story (1):
The story first shows promise on the first episode, then quickly goes down the drain. Many parts of the story are quickly thrown in just to thrown out (people falling from the sky).
The anime tries to add many themes (culture, family, earthquakes); however, with only 10 episodes there was no way to expand on these themes so it all becomes a convoluted story.
Murphy's law was also in play in this anime. Characters quickly introduced would be just as quickly killed off.
Art (5):
Sometimes the animation becomes terrible and laughable. The art style is similar to other shows from Science SARU such as Ping Pong the Animation.
Sound (7):
Some OSTs were really good, howev…
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Okay, so like what the frick?
Imma just dive in real quick, spoilers are ahead, you’re warned. This show gets a 3/10.
Story: Please stoooop
It’s just one of these stories that jumps from one accidental occurrence to another. Like every step just feels random. Oh, a hidden mine field? Guess someone has to die. Let’s put toxic gas here, haha another one bites the dust. Uh, a city that is for no reason not damaged by sinking Japan? Not anymore, let’s kill all the citizens. But before that let’s party and pretend like Japans just fine.
Yeah, another thing, you might realize. Every episode there has to die at least one character cause I guess that’s fun. It’s like in one of the last episodes, no one had died yet and they had restored important knowledge in a sd card or sth. The brother held…
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A show that marketed around Yuasa's name that has nothing to do with Yuasa's works and his brilliant direction, let alone writing.
The amount of disdain I ended up having when I finished the last episode kind of forced me to make a review just to share with the world how disappointed I am with studio SARU and Yuasa in general. They could have easily skipped all episodes except the first one and the last two and nothing would have changed. Actually, I probably would have enjoyed this show more.
From the mastermind behind PPTA, The Tatami Galaxy, Devilman CRYBABY, and so on and so forth we are getting this absolute pile of dregs? Absolutely senseless.
I won't delve into the specifics because the show doesn't even warrant a thorough analysis and/or discussion. They wasted all the budget…
Read at the sourceSigmar-Unberogen
This is a spoiler-free Review!
Nihon Chinbotsu 2020 is not an anime about a disaster, it's a disaster anime!
Let's start with the FAQ
Is this show similar to -Tokyo Magnitude 8.0?- - Yes, they both have earthquakes here and there, and obviously some tragedies occur here and there, but that's basically all the similarities there. In terms of quality, Nihon Chinbotsu 2020 is simply - Awful - and if you haven't seen both of them, I'd recommend watching -Tokyo Magnitude 8.0?- over this abomination - 100 times out of 100.
1)Art - 1/10
From the get-go you realize that the art isn't the strongest point of this anime. There are lots of scenes where the scenery and people just hold still. You're basically watching a very poorly made drawing for up to 5 seconds, while listening to some backgroun…
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I had high hopes for this show based off that delightful opening sequence. The first two episodes were an exercise in good story-telling and great character building. It was off to a fantastic start. And then starting from EP3, I'm still not sure what happened, it was just pathetic.
Every single character just decided to become a psychopath with the empathy of a rock. I've never seen a quality drop like this in any show ever. It's just truly upsetting watching this show play out. No superlative I use here will be enough.
But you know what? Watch this show. Just watch from EP1 to EP5 to get a sense of how bad something can be.
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(Might contain minor spoilers)
From the other reviews, it seems as if everyone either loves this and considers this a masterpiece or hates it and considers a piece of trash. Therefore I'm gonna try judging this series as fair as I can.
Earthquakes are scary. The Japanese society, culture, and many other aspects of the nation has been affected by Japan throughout the history and creation of Japan. This anime is another disaster earthquake anime in which Japan gets hit by a giant earthquake and many, many people die. At least that's what it seems like it was like until it turned into some crackheads appearing every episode.
Story - 3/10
Nothing worse than a badly done, over the top unrealistic story which they tried making realistic. All of Japan sinking? At least try keeping it realisti…
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Stay away from reviews that told you the director of this masterpiece is a bad director ! They probably don't understand a thing about it !
From the same director of devilman crybaby and keep your hands of eizuken, this is the newest anime (jul 2020) of masaaki and heo ( ping pong, death note and durarara). Nihon chinbotsu is an anime that always keep your heart at your mouth! Every episode makes you waiting for the worst and the best at the same time !
Every speak and action has a meaning and a consequence.
All the characters are well built, we care and cheer for them, there's no evil or good. They are just motivated by their history,the environment and their believes.
Art is not the best one , but it's used wisely. It show's the horror of the landscape and characters.
The music…
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It’s fitting how this show is called “Japan Sinks”, as my expectations for Japan’s animation industry seemed to sink lower and lower with each passing minute that I viewed this train-wreck.
Japan Sinks is undeniably a poor work, but what truly prompted me to fully mull over this cesspool of incompetence and juvenility was how fascinatingly abysmal it truly was. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill Netflix-commissioned anime schlock, this is a show created under the eyes of the renowned Masaaki Yuasa. Science SARU (Masaaki’s own studio), was at the helm here, and while they’ve been fairly hit-or-miss over the past year or so, they also created Devilman: Crybaby back in 2018, a show that shook the earth (pun intended) with its experimental flare and masterful use of controlled chaos. Many -- inc…
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I've been following this series since the release of its Netflix reveal trailer hoping to find fulfillment that Tokyo Magnitude left. However, in all aspects this series still managed to fall terribly short of what I would consider a shred of hope compared to any of the series I'v e seen. In short, Tokyo Sinks 2020 is an poorly structured, lack of common sense based story with unnecessary character bloodshed.
The members of the Mutou family deaths are used to add shock factor when the story runs dry of action or intense internal conflict. All the characters lack general cognitive problem solving capabilities and judge their situation leading to a pile of dead characters that slowly accumulate as new characters are introduced.
TL;DR Not worth the watch, too illogical and lazy plot progr…
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Netflix doesn't joke around.
As the title suggest, the premise spends little to no time for its viewer to position himself on sofa along with his popcorns. Small earthquake strikes and a big one follows and then everywhere is chaos.
Its not Tokyo magnitude 8.0 but sure feels like it throughout the mid episodes as they start picking companions along the way. People die and we are given less time to take in those moments.
The best thing about this show is its music, Oh that good old soothing music.
Sadness and sadness and misery is all we get to see, reminding me of Titanic.
I don't know why but this series felt kind of unoriginal to me, i kept finding similarities to many show/movies. But maybe its just me cause i just love to waste time on Media.
Overall, i did enjoy it.
After seeing…
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Japan Sinks 2020 - An anime about "earthquakes" that start to happen in an uncontrolled way, and can sink Japan, in this dangerous scenario, we accompany a family that so much finds a way to survive in the face of all this chaos.
The first thing worth mentioning about "Japan Sinks 2020" is how earthquakes are not the main focus of the anime. The notable presence is in the huge variety of subjects discussed all the time about JAPAN. If you came expecting an anime "about natural disasters" you were probably disappointed, but this is not the anime's fault, it's about the expectation created about the genre. Yes, it is an anime about natural disasters, and the events have consequences, but they serve more as an ornament for the central events of the anime, so much so that the first earthquake…
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Story 9/10
I think it’s a very special story, it’s about how Japan sinks into the ocean. An ordinary family tries its best to survive as a series of earthquakes destroy the islands of Japan. It shows their struggle while moving up west and how the city continues to tremble and cause more damage. Even with this the family continues to make memories with each other on their way. I think this story is a real eye open to appreciate whats happening in the moment because you never know what the future brings or who you’ll gain and lose in life.
Art 6/10
For me the characters styles are bland. For the most of it their drawn okay but they could of definitely been better designed. Like in most series the backgrounds are drawn wonderfully. I found that a lot of the frames went from being well drawn…
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I know all the young little nihilists populating the internet are good about recognizing and rejecting fundamentally anachronistic media, but I think we should just trade in those red pills for some black pills, and instead of merely scoffing at religion, patriotism, and chivalry, we should proceed to disregard all traditional values altogether, because from where a suicidal sociopath like me is sitting, such values do nothing but dilute the theming of creative works with trite morals and utterly squander a story’s ability to build interesting characters divorced from insipid archetypes or deliver unique messages free from the influence of unwritten orthodoxy. Nuances aside, Japan Sinks 2020 is not only written for amateur viewers, but is directed by an amateur creator, Pyeonggang Heo, who…
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