Audience reviews
15 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
LostCadence
It's a silly edutainment show about a team of designers to whom God (a fussy client we never see) has outsourced the creation of animals. The show both revels in design-focused humour (clients are the worst) and teaches you about the biology and physiology of various animals (in way more detail than I would have expected); it actually doesn't feel like it's aimed at kids?
It's also very much a series of vignettes within and across episodes, where the continuity is mostly about the relationships between characters, who are really diverse and fun. There's some nice gender expression diversity (i.e., a super soft and sweet muscular man designing cute animals like Otters, a little girl who makes the creepiest and grossest animals like poisonous frogs, a rowdy beer-swilling female engineer),…
Read at the sourceOneFaintingRobin
About as simple as it gets, without any aspirations to be anything other than a slightly manic workplace comedy. It's also surprisingly educational; I definitely picked up a few extra animal facts here and there. Mostly, it's carried by its characters, who are all very fun and silly and chaotic and charming.
It's very fun to watch with friends; me and the people I was watching this with made a very fun game out of trying to guess what animal the team were designing at any given point. Often everyone was wrong. There's probably a good drinking game in there somewhere...
Read at the sourceUneducated_Revs
The last time I watched an educational show while being genuinely invested I was probably in Kindergarten, back then I didn’t have much autonomy on what could and couldn’t watch so Sesame Street and Barney The Dinosaur were the things I had to watch in preparation for Dragon Ball or Sailor Moon. I didn’t mind them that much but I have a certain affinity to them, especially Sesame Street. There was something cool that made mathematics or geography interesting while having nice animations and songs.
As an adult, I often step upon pieces of trivia that will engross my knowledge about stuff that probably won’t be useful ever, but as they say, knowledge is power and it can also save you from boring chit-chat or making you look like an interesting (yet insufferable) person who knows stuff. As I…
Read at the sourceXanWasting
Heaven's Design Team is an anime that...
Well, it's not an anime in a default sense. There's no plot. There's no punchline.
What Heaven's Design Team IS, is a lightweight easy-to-digest trivia about various animals.
It's not bad, but it's not good either.
All the micro-episodes follow the same pattern:
-god orders the design team to make some seemingly fucked-up animal (think "make an animal whose males go through pregnancy!")
-design team makes some noodle-doodle play-doh monster that fulfills that requirement without dying from some critical body failure
-they add some final touches to the design
-a-HA! it turns out it was Seahorses ALL ALONG!!!! Crazy, ain't it, dear viewer?!?!! And rinse and repeat. Well, I'll admit that the idea is... servicable, but 5 minutes of watching just to kn…
Read at the sourceLeachieGekuu
in simple terms, I greatly enjoyed this show. It is an excelent blend of educational and genuinely funny. When it comes to shows that incorporate learning into their story, it hits the sweet spot. Too much can also make a show seem boring or tedious. Too little leaves you wanting more. This anime hits the perfect balance. It makes you want to tell the nearest individual what you have learned after watching. The characters are refreshingly diverse. Many anime follow similar outlines for all of their characters with little room for nuance, especially when it comes to gender. Heaven's Design Team's characters throw out gender roles completely. They are true to themselves and are unconcerned with meaningless things like gender stereotypes. I also have to give the show props for showing one of…
Read at the sourcefrownybrownie
Watching this anime is like eating an nugget. Fuss free, brings joy, fulfil some craving but doesn't fill up the stomach.
If you're looking for a mind-blowing, perspective-changing anime, this probably isn't the one. But if you had a bad day at work and just want to watch a quick silly (yet educational) anime over lunch, this is perfect for few chuckles that brighten things up just a little :) And of course, their sense of humor can be kind of strange at times, but that's what make this show charming!
I wished the animation quality could be slightly better though. The characters are endearing but their charms are just diminished by the static animation at times :(
Read at the sourceGameboon
Heaven's Design Team is a neat episodic-style series that feels like a documentary had a kid with a comedy. I enjoyed my time with it but I had enough of it by the time it was over.
The story is lackluster and pretty much a monster-of-the-week format. Each episode several creatures, say five or so, come into the spotlight. You will be dragged along the creature creation concept based on God's vague whimsical requests. The design team has to figure out how to make a viable creature that fulfills the request, and it's exciting to see those odd requested features go from an unrecognizable first draft to an animal you'll likely have heard of before. Seeing the thought process is humorous and fascinating and how they overcome certain obstacles during the design process really makes the series…
Read at the sourceGrayRealm
This can be only called "light entertainment". It is a light comedy, with light information/trivia dump about earth animals, it has nice characters design, without any drama in it, and it is "okay" in animation department.
Basically, this is something that you won't hate, something you can watch to kill some time and be slightly interested, but it is not a masterpiece and is not a "must watch" material.
4/10 Story; 6/10 Art; 5/10 Sound; 4/10 Characters; 5/10 Enjoyment; 5/10 Overall.
The story doesn't offer much and while it has few minor things to ponder it is mostly just a premise to present an information/trivia dump.
Art is okay. There isn't much of details, but it is clean, with well defined lines, and characters are nice looking. However there's not much to look at in term of anim…
Read at the sourcemeowingrat
Fuck y'all. This is the kind of food I want. No more of that same shit, I want animal planets.
Cells at Work? Nah man, we don't focus on fictional anime females or males. This here is where actual culture lies, the true justice of the ever-loving but still cruel hands of nature: animals. Learning about the body in a digestible way is fun and all, but fuck, I wanna know the useless information. Like the fact a mother bear can get pregnant from multiple other bears at the same time, with every single one of her children being from different fathers while not yet being born. Family day must be very interesting for bears.
This one dude, what a man, anyways this dude is single-handedly responsible for creating the saviours of our planet. He has created the sea otters, rabbits, seals, penguins…
Read at the sourcePyraXadon
You know, if God really did ask for even half of Earth’s creatures to be made just on the whims of really vague requests, I’d believe it. Because nature is often times really fucking bizarre and the things that’re considered as ‘evolutionary advantages’ really test the limits of how ‘life finds a way’ no matter the situation. Fun, but also really…really weird.
Story:
Putting it simply, God got too bored or busy to make all of the animals on Earth, so he did as all corporations do and outsourced his work to a group of designers that have God himself be the main client to fulfill any vague animal requests that he thinks should exist. And so we follow our group of nine designers and administrative staff on their day to day life of designing all of God’s creatures for him. Hoping that not on…
Read at the sourceKhatharsis
A good anime if you like anything that's bubbly, light and easy to watch. The characters are well written, although they do seem a bit too scared of death for immortals. Do not watch if you want heavy drama, dramatic tension or anything: this is first and foremost a comedy, and an educational one, just like Cells at Work. The character design is on point though, and I really love Unabara-San. Overall a good anime, but one that is very likely to be forgotten in just a few months, as with most seasonal anime.
The art and sound design were both really plain though: not bad, really, but nothing too impressive either. It's to be excepted of such anime, so I can't really complain much.
Read at the sourceKyleRiley
I wasn't sure if I was going to like Tenchi Souzou Design-bu but it turned out to be a cute little anime that was both entertaining and interesting to watch.
Tenchi Souzou Design-bu isn't a story heavy narrative, or even a character driven story, it's just an anime with funny characters who discuss animal characteristics and why specific animals are built in the way they are. It's very interesting and the final episode is even a little heart warming, but don't expect even the most basic of a storyline.
There's not much to say outside if you want an anime that you can just relax to and learn some animal facts then this is a good one.
7/10. No story or character development or drama or anything of the like but was a cute, enjoyable watch regardless.
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STORY: The anime doesn't have a proper story to follow at each episode, but it still manage enough content to make the watcher see in order to catch up some gags or puns. But what makes the anime extraordinary is the fact that is an educative way to tell about animals without being too serious like a school, and going to the thought of "the science must be fun for everyone". This is showed by us a way better that we can find in Hataraku Saibou for example, because it's less complex for kids and adults. (8/10)
ART: The art is very polite in a way that helps to catch the attention of kids and it's easy and pleasant to see even for adults. Colorful, simple traces, perfect for an educational anime. (9/10)
SOUND: In terms of sound design, the anime is simple but it's still good, when it comes…
Read at the sourceKANLen09
"Everything began, with the creation of the world. The Almighty God created everything: light, waters and the land. Then, He tried to make the creatures living on Earth: animals...or so, that was the plan. God thought He'd create them, but it became tedious, so He outsourced them instead"...to the only group that could: the Heaven's Design Team.
This Winter 2021 season is stacked on all fronts, but also in the edutational department as well? Sheesh, what a time to be alive! If there was ever an eulogy for the passing season, it'd go like this:
Dr. Stone: Teaches you all about the properties of Science, according to Chemistry
Cells at Work: Teaches you all about the properties within your body, according to cells
Yuru Camp: Teaches you all about the properties of camping, according to outd…
Read at the sourceMrBrawlz
Who cares if the average rating is not great? Who cares if someone says this anime isn't that good? Who cares if someone says there is no plot, just animals? If you want a fun slice of life to watch, this is a good choice.
Tenchi Souzou Design-bu or Heaven's Design Team is an anime where God (yes, literally God) has gotten tired from making animals himself that he branched it off to his angels or "employees" and they sit down to make animals. The angels are named after planets of the solar system and every one of them has some kind of specialty. For example, one of the employees made the masterpiece called "horse" so he specializes in his "orders/requests" from clients around horses. This may sound like a dumb plot at once but trust me, whether this may sound dumb or fun, it is truly fun…
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