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As one of the most critically acclaimed visual novels (VNs) out there, it seems odd that it would take 15 years for Muv-Luv Alternative (MLA) to finally get an anime adaptation. In the world of VN adaptations, it is often the case that the quality or acclaim of the source material is not indicative of the quality of the adaptation it receives. How does this one stack up? I'll attempt to provide an answer to that in this review. Let's begin
The story of MLA at its core is a hard-nosed military drama with many old school alien invasion story beats present. The synopsis gives the impression that this is a more of a traditional alien invasion story, but it actually gets very political, especially in the middle portions, and it can get more complex and intimate than simple clashing of humans v…
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Don't bother. It is based on the third game in a series, where the first two are extremely important for context. It lacks all the heart and soul of the VN, and throws in random flashbacks that are trying to replace the events of what could be 50+ episodes of anime.
Alternative is the payoff of the buildup created by Muv-Luv and Unlimited. The emotional bond between the characters that spans alternate timelines. Anyone who has read Mu-Luv could tell you that only adapting the 3rd part was never going to work
That being said, the anime original episode 0 is absolutely fantastic and you should watch that, but instead of watching the rest, play the games if you want to experience the story.
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As someone who played the VN first, there's too much undeserved hate for this adaptation.
First of all, for everyone complaining this doesn't include Extra or Unlimited, the name of this anime is Muv Luv Alternative, not Muv Luv. It clearly indicates it's an adaptation of just Alternative. Yes, it sucks for anime only people, but Extra would be received terribly nowadays so they have no good choice.
Then there's everyone complaining about the fact the anime doesn't cover the whole story, but that's common in most adaptations yet people don't endlessly complain when the source is an LN.
As for the anime itself, it's rushed, especially in the beginning, and the art quality outside of the mechs is pretty bad, but they did an amazing job on the mech parts and the story in the second half of…
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I'm a major fan of the Visual Novel, the best one of all time in my book. This adaptation had a lot of good things, they brought back JAM project for Season 2.
Then they ENDED the story about 4 episodes away from the actual ending. I'm like, why even bother then? I was hoping this would do well enough so they adapt at least EXTRA, then fans could at least recommend the anime to others, but this? MASSIVE BLUE BALLS
It's so hard to put into words why the story of Muv Luv Alternative was a literally life changing experience for many, an emotional rollercoaster. It's also hard to recommend 140+ hours of Visual Novel to get the most epic payoff of a story in their life. This is not how you do it though.
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Reading the summary, watching the opening theme, watching the first episode, you'd be forgiven for thinking this was an anime about giant mechs fighting for the survival of mankind against the Alien Betas.
It is not. After the first episode, the aliens are never seen again. The majority of the season is just mild school harem drama, then there are a handful of episodes at the end with some human vs human conflict that makes absolutely no sense, does absolutely nothing to move the story forward, and isn't even connected with the theoretical plot of the series generally.
The series ends and you realize that you've watched 12 episodes and NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. They're exactly where they were in episode 2.
What a disappointment.
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Muv-Luv Alternative is the 3rd and final part of the Muv-Luv trilogy. It is also the highest rated visual novel of all time on VNDB, which is the MAL equivalent for visual novels.
As the overwhelming majority of VN->anime adaptations go, I was expecting complete garbage from the anime adaptation. But needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised by its quality. It's nothing spectacular but it's definitely fine. The mecha action is well-animated and the CG looks pretty solid. The pacing itself isn't horrendous although it is a bit rushed in some of the earlier parts of the season.
In general, it's genuinely not a bad adaptation. If the VN is a 9/10, the first season of the anime is a 7/10. The main issue is that it's not friendly to newcomers into the franchise as it requires context from t…
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Dude why the people who are demanding for adaptation are the same people who hating this. I'm a VN reader and tbh this is like a pretty good adaptation. Is it perfect? No, but if you think they need to stuff 100+ hours long VN to possibly 2/3 season, there will be a lot of cut content. Not to mention they also need to make the anime accessible for people who just know about Muv Luv.
STORY: Aka about the cut content or how they skip the first two novel. Yeah it sucks, I wish they start at least from Unlimited because Unmilited and Alternative are like one set, but then you're looking at 6+ season worth of waiting, and the last 3 season is going to be a repitition. Yes one of the enjoyment of the VN is seeing the repititon again and seeing the differences the MC makes, and we don't get enjo…
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Just to clarify here guys, I read the VN, but I read it all the way back in 2014.
But oh man, where to start.
I saw the announcement for this anime before the season started and was looking forward to this more than anything else this season. However I shouldn't have expected anything as soon as I realised it was going to be a one-cour series.
MLA is probably one of the darkest and gloomiest stories I've ever read. But to truly be able to appreciate it, you would need to read through both the Muv-Luv Extra and Muv-Luv Unlimited stories, BOTH of which are skipped here for some reason.
So what we essentially get is the second half of a story that in an ideal world has already had around about 60 hours of playtime from the reader to build the characters and the world up taken away. So it…
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So I think there's a lot of VN fans that are hating on this. I read half of the VN which amounts to 14 hours and honestly the writing was way too slow pace. This anime has better pace, although it does skip a lot of character interaction during the training/school part.
The opening song is awesome! Good opening song is enough for anime to be a bit more enjoyable.
The Beta CGI is not that good but they manage to capture the feel of Beta battles anyway, which is horror. It was the same in the VN, and it does achieve some of that altough a bit more limited in the anime.
So lets talk about why the VN fans are so mad. The anime skips a lot of rapport scenes between the characters so you dont get to know a lot of the main heroines that fall in love with the MC in the VN. Personally I dont m…
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When I started it I expected death and destruction I had it but to measures. This first season is very good as post-apocalyptic anime works very well I like how they make the world work. I also liked that at the end of the 12 chapters they put a lot of politics into it, in the gundam style of why some things are done and I liked that a lot. The fights are very good, I liked the design of the enemies, although somewhat typical. But I liked it a lot. I do not give it a ten because the soundtrack was not as epic as I would have liked and as one of the few nimes of highlights of the season it deserves a 9 out of 10. Besides I saw the 12 episodes in one day so it hooks a lot .
En español:
Cuando lo comence me esperaba muerte y destruccion lo tuve pero a medidas. Esta pirmera temporada es muy bu…
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Muv-Luv Alternative has to be one of the biggest incomprehensible, unfulfilling, oversaturated and overall disappointing piece of anime in recent memories.
As someone who didn't play the games but watched M-L: Total Eclipse, I can say the latter was an infinitely more enjoyable experience even though both Muv-Luv animes are existing in the same world.
M-L Alt.'s problems come down to 2 major flaws that make it a chore to watch and just generally unpleasant: the pacing and the story is overambitious.
First, like mentioned, the pacing of the story is a major flaw of this anime. At 12 episodes short, M-L A. manages to accomplish nothing of it's initial story which is kind of amazing when you think about it. The premise of the alien invasion (BETAs) is the main plot of the story, yet by the…
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There is no Muv Luv Alternative anime.
Full disclosure: VN reader.
STORY: Yes, dear reader, as you can see, things are not looking good for MLA. Alternative is the third installment of the Muv Luv Trilogy, you will need to read Extra and Unlimited to understand the character interactions and basic background of the plot. It’s like watching Star Wars 3 – Revenge of the Sith without watching The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, you’re going to skip Anakin’s whole character development and skip to where he turns to the dark side? The story speedruns on a bunch of arcs that really make no sense and skips a bunch of character build up especially on Takeru. Avex pictures is lying to everyone when they said that anime only’s can understand the lore from this adaptation.
ANIMATION: Oh b…
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TL;DR: To make the most out of this anime, watch it for the mecha action at Episodes 1, 9, 10 and 12. You can skip the rest and watch something else worthwhile.
Story: We were bamboozled.
If you saw the trailer expecting lots of mecha action and humanity's desperate war for survival, I don't blame you if you feel mislead after watching a few episodes in. Episodes 2 to 7 is an absolute chore and should not have been there if they cant fit a ~50 hour..? VN content in that time frame. It is incredibly slow paced that any hype you had from Episode 1 is straight up gone by the time you reach Episode 8, that is, if you decide to stick around up to that point.
I understand that this is supposed to get us to invested in the characters, but it fails really hard that you just cant care at all…
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There are two types of people who would watch this: Those who are anime only and people who have read the visual novels. Chances are you won't like this.
Anime Only
You should not watch this. There is absolutely no reason to watch this unless you've read the VN. You could get some enjoyment out of this but you are robbing yourself of an incredible experience. Muv Luv Alternative is the final part in a trilogy of games that does not even do a good just adapting it. You can stop reading here.
The first episode does not happen in the VN and ruins the most memorable experience in the entire trilogy and any forms of media. You hear about the BETA many times but first actual contact is something else. You can figure out the gist of the story but how it all comes together will be lost on you…
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Another Muv-Luv franchise has ended and now we wait for the season 2, coming this 2022......so:
Story:
Pros: IMAO, nothing has change when it comes to the Muv-Luv franchise story plot, the only thing that was different about this franchise was instead of a home grown male main character, studios , Yumeta Company, Graphinica and FLAGSHIP LINE opted for an isekai male character, yep you've guess it a male main character imported from another world but instead of a fantasy world , he woke up in some apocalyptic alternative world , where his alternate self either has died or may have transported to another world.
Cons: As usual, it still has that first couple of episodes, where it would be dedicated to fighting off them BETA's with their TSF, after which , it becomes a political drama, wher…
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I think the key problems with the ML:A anime adaptation can be broken into three categories:
1) WE ARE MISSING THE ENTIRE SETUP OF EVERYTHING!
A lot of people know about this but the original "Alternative" visual novel was the 3rd(!!) entry in a series of stories (titled Extra, Unlimited and Alternative). We are missing 2 visual novels worth of content here and that introduces some obvious problems. There's no way they could have woven in the information from the first two VNs into the anime to make it work flawlessly as a self-contained story, but they could have minimized the damage by writing some crucial bits from Extra and Unlimited into the existing scenes and dialogue. But they don't really do that. Instead, a lot of Alternative's (the VNs) own content has been axed as well. I can…
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Among the dedicated Muv-Luv fans, I, as an anime only and first time viewer into this franchise, felt as if I was standing in the middle of a warzone as they broke down with meltdowns every week over how horrifying this adaptation was. Low effort 2D showed hilariously drawn faces, and animation that felt weak and hollow. People were disintegrating before the beams hit, and some soldier's eyes were drawn so bad it was just sad. Episode 1 prepared you for what's not going to happen in season 1 because the BETA weren't even the focus. It felt like bait but at least it had the BETA introduced. The pacing is so rushed, it felt as if the story was watered down and irreversibly neutered. As bad as this started, at least it got better and became decent towards the end.
The music was memorable onl…
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Muv-Luv Alternative is a disaster, and not even an entertaining one.
It is a failure across the board; The animation is bad, the art is bland, the characters come across as flat and generic, and the pacing is atrocious. However, the biggest failure of this series is managing to make a story taking place in a world on the brink of annihilation so utterly tiresome.
Muv-Luv Alternative is an adaptation of a spin-off of a standard school romance visual novel, where the protagonist from the main game finds himself in an alternate universe where BETA (giant monster aliens) are trying to exterminate the human race. The original source was far too long to be adapted into one series, so only part of it could be adapted. The choice of part is the main reason why this show is so incredibly boring.…
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First of all, don't be tricked by VN-only readers who can't even stand the design being changed partially on just on the hair design and not even care to see the goddamn good later part of this season.
Secondly, for those coming in to see only the mecha vs monster and feel frustrated, I also want to say Muv-Luv, isn't like what the poster shows. It's a drama, yes a drama that's why they have a lot of talking. But it's a goddamn good drama actually if you go in full. Some VN readers also made this mistake and cursing it without knowing the truth (that's why even if you gonna start the VN-don't rush the romcom first part).
As a VN reader, I can say that this adaptation is actually serviceable. Although not adapting Extra or at least Unlimited make it start with a shaky base (since the ear…
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