Audience reviews
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CodeBlazeFate
By now, I think it's fair to say that Mars of Destruction is one of the most incompetently put together anime of this current millennium, if not of all time. As a result, it has become somewhat of a meme in its own right; A punchline of sorts. Whenever a friend asks you for a quick and probably painless bad anime that they can laugh at for a bit, this is probably your go-to choice from gut instinct alone. As such, it's been widely mocked and brutally analyzed to kingdom come. So, why make a review of it? Simple; because if you know me, you know that I'm more than eager to take a sledgehammer to a dead horse and then shit on that very same corpse (ain't that some imagery), regardless of how long it's been that way. So, what caused this anime to be inducted into the hall of shame? Well, let'…
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[SPOILER FREE REVIEW]
Lurking on MAL, I found this anime's page. After seeing it's rank score I decided to give it try since it has just a short 20min- episode. "It can't be THAT bad" is what I thought. And I was right! Don't get me wrong, it is bad, but is nothing more than that. It's not the worst thing ever, it's just bad!
The story isn't actually so horrible, but it's kind of cliché. Aliens invaded Earth and they form a special force to defeat them. But hey! This is a short anime! It has less than 20 minutes and with that time, you can't really do much story wise (or it is at least harder to than something lengthy). On the other hand, they could have worked more on the plot. They tried to make a plot twist in the end that was kinda lame but again, not that bad for a less than 20 minu…
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[Death of an Anime Viewer]
Ivan was your average, everyday, normal viewer, he had just finished his latest anime series, and was searching for a new one to watch. While, reading the reviews of several shows on MAL, he came across the infamous Mars of Destruction.
He had heard many horrible stories, regarding this particular animation. He read the reviews and noticed that many people called it "the worst anime ever.”
He thought to himself, “This can’t possibly be true. Even the worst anime has one redeeming feature. I have to see this for myself.”
He immediately typed in the words “Mars of Destruction” in Google and found a video of it on Youtube. He clicked the video and it began to play.
Little did Ivan know that clicking and playing the video would be the biggest mistake in his en…
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Highly recommend! Very shitty! Two thumbs down but only twenty minutes so worth. A cheaply made rip off of NGE. No character development. You finish and then look for the next episode but nope...
But the plot twist at the end was something else!
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I beseech my readers, please; bear with me and finish reading this review, so that you too can take part of this experience.
"The wisest man is he who understands that he understands nothing".
I have embarked on a journey. A journey of understanding, set upon by all sides by the naysayers and those who seek to cause me to stray from my path. I stand firm to the end though; it is I who choose my own fate, and entangle myself in this intricately and masterfully crafted web of deceit, betrayal, and the meaning of life itself.
The story kept me mystified and engaged up through the conclusion, which stretched my comprehension and challenged all of my knowledge of the visual and written mediums heretofore. I at once had both my cognition and soul assaulted in such a piercingly stimulating an…
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Today I had the sudden inspiration to write a review on the unfathomably glorious and unparalleled masterpiece that is Mars of Destruction. Here is a breakdown of why Mars of Destruction is THE most epic anime ever created.
Plot
The story is one of the best I have ever seen. Martians invading the Earth for absolutely no properly explained reason? Wonderful! The main protagonist, Takeru, having to fight these creatures and endure the pain brought about by the mars suit which he wears? So dramatic! And the female characters are part of a well designed special alien fighting group called the AAST with Takeru, and they all have their very own unique skill that they never use because they are always seen with the same exact gun. Now the best part is the climatic battle scene against the alien…
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It is so hard for me to dislike an anime. And usually if I do, I never believed an anime deserved a 1/10. Until I saw this train wreck.
Story: (3/10)
It's honestly the high point of the show. And that's REALLY SAD. The story was nothing special. These girls decide to kill these beings from space or whatever? I don't know. I was so appalled already to understand. And along them they have this boy who I cannot remember his name and he's in a robotic suit and he helps kill them and along side the OVA, we get some flashback of his past. And they kill monsters. That's really it. Nothing special.
Art: (1/10)
This has to be the poorest art and animation I've ever seen. The characters lips sometimes don't move with the audio. The action scenes are so poor, the character animations are poor, t…
Read at the sourceKawaiiDesu01
MoD is a 19 minutes OVA by Idea Factory. I watched this because I saw some people talk about it, so I decided to give it a watch to kill time. After I watched this I couldn't stop laughing at this awesome anime. I swear, if this was a comedy OVA I would definitely give it a 10.
First, let's start with the story. To put the story short, it's about Martians, known as Ancients, invanding the Earth and a team called AAST are trying to stop them. Something like that. The story was weird and confusing, but it was the best thing in this OVA, and it's already bad. Oh and the plot twist in the end was so awesome I started to laugh, and I don't think that was the intention.
The art and animation was really bad for a 2005 anime. I've seen older anime that looks so much better than this. The anima…
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I simply could not resist writing a short review for what is truly a one-of-a-kind anime. Mars of Destruction is unlike any anime you have ever seen before; it is an indescribable experience that is hard to put into words, but I will do my best.
Why does this anime receive a 1/10? Because we are not allowed to give 0/10 ratings. Mars of Destruction isn't just bad, it is hypnotically bad. Fascinatingly awful. Spectacularly dreadful. Not a single imaginable aspect of this 20 minute OVA was done even remotely right. The fact that something this laughably stupid exists is an absolute anomaly.
The plot? There wasn't one. Ask 10 different people what they thought this anime was about and you will likely get 10 completely different answers.
The characters? Worst I've ever seen. The fact that we…
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This is a review compiled by the many members of the VIA (Value In Anime) Graveyard Division. All members who have worked on this review are mentioned at the bottom. In addition, this review will also contain a “Value in the Anime” section detailing life lessons and values that make this anime worth watching.
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Mars of Destruction is an anime often said to be the worst anime ever made, an opinion backed up by it's abysmally low score. Despite its many flaws, however, there are still reasons to take the time to watch it.
Story: This is one of the best parts of Mars of Destruction, though that isn’t saying much. The story was inconsistent as it mixed a number of different anime and clichés into it's easy-to-watch 19 minutes, detracting from the over all plot while the clim…
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This anime seems very bad on the surface. Blood shows up as a solid red substance that explodes into a pillar out of a character’s neckhole. This anime has that dumb shaky camera thing that was used in the movie Cloverfield, except nobody is filming this, so what the fuck? It’s not just the camera thing, characters look like they’re vibrating whenever they try to walk or move any part of their body. One possible explanation that I came up with is this: in the futuristic world of this anime everyone has seizures when they try to move. This is probably due to inbreeding that was most likely caused by incest anime. That’s legit societal commentary right there.
Characters are all nameless and have no personality to speak of. They are so dumb that they need a doctor to tell them that decapit…
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"A catastrophic success"
Brought to us with deeply enchanting thoughts of science fiction and a twist of quirky humor, Mars of Destruction demonstrates exactly what the animation industry lacks these days: a sense of sarcastic Japanese comedy. Why do I say Mars of Destruction exemplifies the epitome of funniness? Everything about it is so terrible that you are chuckling, frustrated, or amused at the overly large level of appalling abominations.
Just looking at the premise and seeing how several teenager females and a high school male managed to progress into supers soldiers fighting big, bad, giant alien monster; the audience is prostrated with a highly conceptual ontogenetic metaphor. Through memories and flashbacks we are able to learn a shocking amount of knowledge on the main charac…
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Mars of Destruction is the lowest rated anime on this website. People are constantly talking about how terrible it was so I had to check it out. I thought that it couldn't be as bad as they were saying. Now that I've finally seen it, I was pleasantly surprised. I now know that it is exactly as bad as they say. Make no mistake, this is hands down the worst anime I have ever seen. But at the same time, I recommend it highly. Why you ask? Let's go in and find out.
The story is about aliens attacking. And then a some guy tries to fight off said aliens in a robotic power suit known as MARS that he is forced to fight in by his faceless Dad. This guy is joined by a group of women. They stop the aliens. Then there's a big twist where they find that the aliens are humans and the humans are aliens.…
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Lemme start by saying a few things. To date, I have only given the score 1 to a "parody" of an anime, and the score 10 to only 5 anime. In other words, I am strict in my grading, but I do not bash even some of the worst anime I have seen. The fact is this got a 1 means it IS that bad.
Story
I usually start my reviews by going though a brief background story. Sadly, I can't give a really good one because I haven't a damn clue what is going on. It starts out with an airship from Mars burning to crisps just before entering the atmosphere. Then, without any link, we suddenly see a gunfight between 3 girls and 3 alien-like lifeforms called Ancients, with one girl suddenly getting her head blown off. Joining the fight is Takeru, who wears a Masked Rider/Power Ranger like get up armed with speci…
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It was worth watching just because now when I watch good anime I can appreciate it more.
Since as you no doubt know, this is a piece of trash. It was obviously designed by a 10 year old boy who had a really influential father and therefore managed to get it animated. I see no other way how anyone would ever fund it's creation.
I only watched it since it was the lowest rated anime in MAL, which undoubtably the only reason you're here reading the reviews.
The Story is a 1 because it has no story, or if it did it didnt make sense.
The Art is a 1 because things teleported around, etc.
The Sound is a 2 just because there is the possibilty it could have been worse.
The Character is a 1 because every single character has less personality than a rock.
The Enjoyment was a 3 just because the girls h…
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I'm afrain i'm gona have to be the 2nd person to also give this a 10 overall...and yes its well worth spending more time reflecting on it tah it took to watch haha
Story: (I dont care what anybody says! this WAS origionally intended as a searies!!! nothing can be this bad unless its intentional!) ok yeh, umm, first its necessary to grasp the f**ked up storyline, so watch it before you read this coz no synopsis can substitute for that - i think it was something like martians who are actually earthlings (but humans actually evolved on mars) come to earth on a spaceship bring back the wreakage of a previous exepedition to mars somewhere in the near to middle future; the "aliens" blow up the ship in the artmosphere and somehow survive the crash. Then, it cuts to typical angel-tai esque squad…
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"Give me back my precious 19 minutes that I've wasted!"
Wow, talk about low quality production. I hate to rate a show badly but I feel the scores I gave it is justified. Actually, this OVA does not even deserve to be reviewed (I end up wasting a lot more minutes typing this than the 19 minutes for the show). However, just so that hopefully no one else will suffer what I suffered, I'll write down my sincere thoughts about this anime only known as Mars of Destruction.
At first, the synopsis reminded me of the epic PC game series known as "Doom". Monsters from Mars... invasion of Earth... some hero-wanna-be fight for Earth...etc. I am impressed how well the synopsis sums up the ENTIRE show.
I believe every story has a moral message and Mars of Destruction, while being terrible in almost ev…
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This anime is...not very good. In fact...it's sculpted out of shit. The only reason somebody could ever watch this show is because it is the most lowest rated peice of trash on MAL. Heck, that was actually the reason I watched it.
Story: Well, I've seen powerpoint presentations that had more plot than this anime. Even a video of someone playing tetris may very well have more plot. Unfortunately for this anime, its "plot" was the best thing about it.
Art: Seems as though the developers took every single opportunity they had to NOT move the characters...not move anything in fact. The beginning credits seem good as they come in and then you realise that they just disappeared. No fade. No nothing. Complete crap. You'd think that the developers could have at least not screwed up the opening c…
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After watching this, I just felt that I simply HAVE to write a review for this masterpiece. Why is this a masterpiece, you ask? Simple, because it's the only Sci-fi/Horror anime which ever made me laugh so hard.
Story:
The story... Wait, what was the story again? Apart from whatever that was said in the synopsis, there is pratically no storyline at all, it's just about a bunch of girls working for the police fighting off the 'Ancients' alongside a guy who was forced to wear a suit developed by his father to fight the 'Ancients', and how much killings they saw on the way while delivering the bits from the wrecked Mars exploration ship to America, and how they eventually found out that Martians were Earthlings and Earthlings were Martians.
Art:
The art is simply amazing. It's old for a 20…
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WOW, what a show! Mars of Desruction will now stay in my heart forever... AS ONE OF THE WORST THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN!
Story: There's no story. Watching this, you have no idea what the fuck is going on, except that apparently it takes place on Mars
Art: The art was awful. Not terribly awful, but pretty awful. None of the characters looked memorable, and the background had crappy drawing as well.
Sound: There was barely any talking in Mars of Destruction, but you couldn't hear them AT ALL! You could barely hear them. You could only hear the "monsters" and the mourning of characters that you have no clue about!
Overall this anime was absolute shit, and should not be watched. I wasted 20 minutes watching this shit, and I STRONGLY regret it.
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