Audience reviews
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Kranst
The World Ends with You: The Animation might not appeal to those unfamiliar with the series, but it absolutely is an incredibly faithful adaptation that fans will thoroughly enjoy. While it is understandable for minor side content and character development to be cut because of its original lengthy video game format, this does lead to quick pacing that will ultimately turn off some viewers. However, those familiar with the series will appreciate how the production transferred the stylistic aesthetic into well-crafted traditional and 3D animation, used and remastered the original soundtrack, and expanded on memorable moments. This world is wonderfully accurate to the source material.
Read at the sourceGrandpaBrohan1
Just Play the game imo..
was fine if what you are expecting is mid level animation to match the older game style it was emulating. VA's were pretty dang good for real though and the music was killer. but thats about all hse wrote in my opinion.
story kinda unique i gues... also kinda mids
the style fit in a way so i approve there.
i feel like if you havent played the game then... its not what you will be looking for most likely
nothing really stood out as amazing... and honestly im trying to review something on hete and it keeps saying i need to add more... my review will be aimed more at MAL now not always does it have to be a long in depth review...sometimes you just want to gwt to the point. which is what i would like to do but being intruded upon by you. such a shame... again low…
Read at the sourceToh-ka
I will make it short, this is a pretty mid adaptation
It feels really rushed compared to the game, and the ending is different and disappointing compared to the game's
However the animation is really good, the artstyle fits the characters well and the english dub, while not having the original VAs is still very good
It's an anime you'd watch for the animation, not for the plot as it's overall not a really good adaptation
It's still some great fanservice for fans of the game like me
Would recommend if you played the game and want to see some sick moves
Read at the sourceNyo_Desu
[SPOILERS...of course.]
Aaaaaaaaaaaahhh, been a while, hasn't it? Yeah, I had issues with my new PC that I got as a gift for Christmas so I've been worrying about that for like two months and also playing the Lain PS1 game (still working on getting to watching Texhnolyze and Haibane Renmei, I promise.) In the meantime, I got into something a good bud of mine holds near and dear to his heart...The World Ends With You! I actually played through the first game and finished it about a week ago via Final Remix. So yeah, I'm gonna be comparing this to the game A LOT and I apologize for that. Gonna actually start playing NEO once I get this review out there and finished. Let's boogie!:
Story:
So...no surprise here, it's just an adaptation of the first game's story with some...rather odd change…
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The World Ends With You is a game I first played when I was 14 and as I’ve returned to it over the years and thought about the game, it has rapidly shot up to being one of my favorite games of all time. It’s story is amazingly well written and has so many little details that really make you realize just how much thought was really put into the story. The soundtrack is absolutely godly, composed mostly of j-pop, rock, hip hop, and every other genre that was popular in the mid 2000s. It makes the entire game pop and gives it a vibe all to itself. The gameplay is a fun and interesting action rpg that basically anyone can have a blast with. My main point is play the game. It’s sequel’s pretty good too. However, I also tell you this to better contextualize my thoughts with the anime. I went int…
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TWEWY has been my favorite game/series my entire life. Sadly I was disappointed with the anime. I was pretty excited to recommend it to others but I don't feel like it would be a good watch for non-fans of the game.
It feels like they had all the right puzzle pieces to make a great anime - great soundtrack, great story, great characters - and they took the puzzle pieces and smashed them into place randomly instead of just putting the puzzle together the right way.
This anime needed 1-2 more episodes to explain combat and some lore, and it REALLY needed to use the soundtrack from the original game. The music and remixes they used in this show do not do the original soundtrack any justice. That was one thing I really wish they didn't mess up, but they did.
If you are a fan of the game you…
Read at the sourceDisapeared_Ghost
The World Ends With You is an anime adaptation of the video game of the same name. The story follows Neku who wakes up in the middle of Shibuya Crossing, with no recollection of how he ended up there. It turns out that he is caught in the “Reapers Game” and he has only 7 days to survive in order to make it through the end. The only way he can survive in the Underground Shibuya is to partner up with someone, which is extremely challenging for Neku as he is very anti-social.
There were some callbacks to the original game like syncing and fusion attacks. Like in the game you could also see the scene transitions with the location names being written in graffiti style. Also, episodes ended in the same graffiti style chapters ended in the original game. You can see they also borrowed the sprit…
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I only became a TWEWY fan in the summer but I loved it from start to finish, so I got kinda curious about the anime.
I did not expect too much, but I wanted to give it a try anyway and I'll be honest that I am not the biggest fan. I do have to compare it to the game, because that's how I know TWEWY.
One of my favourite things about TWEWY was the development about the characters, be it the growth of Neku opening up to people or Shiki's self doubt. And sure Shiki's doubt was bone pretty well, but Neku's growth was in baby steps in the game and in this game it was in jumps, so character growth is avarage.
The story is great, I love the idea of the game, however many days were just skipped and sure some may feel like filler, but others that were skipped were very bad becasue they'd add to the…
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I'm writing this review as someone who never played the game version, so I don't have the source material to compare the anime adaptation to. Regardless, I'm hoping people aren't exaggerating when they say the game version is better than the anime. While the characters, story and world are all well crafted and interesting to follow, the anime doesn't really succeed in doing anything satisfying with the laid foundation.
Watching episode 1, it felt strange watching Rayman, the shinigami and the rest of the colorful cast be placed in the city of Shibuya, as I went into the series blindly. The characters felt misplaced, and I wasn't sure what kind of tone the series was meant to have. Thankfully episodes 2 and 3 did a good job explaining the tone more, and also elaborating why some of the cha…
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If you watched the game you would enjoy this anime a bit. It has fan service which is gun and voiced and stuff. The CGI is dogshit and it hurts my eyes those parts were actual trash. I LOVE JOSHUA. HIS VOICE IN THE ANIME IS PERFECT I WISH WE GOT MORE OF HIM. the dialogue was very cute. shiki was there. THE PACING WAS SHIT. The hand drawn animation was pretty but again the cgi was shit. There was a lot of telling and spouting exposition but other than that it was pretty enjoyable but like the danganronpa anime and persona 5 anime it was shit and you should just play the game.
Read at the sourceangumako
As someone who played and enjoyed the TWEWY before watching this adaptation, my main conclusion is this: I highly recommend playing the game before watching, mainly due to plot and animation.
Despite TWEWY being a relatively short game, I did feel as if there was some things that were lost in this adaptation due to the limited 12 episodes. Towards the middle of the show, things felt like they were kind of rushed. I think this is because the game had a lot more to offer in terms of content, so sticking to strict main points in a condensed amount of episodes made it swift. However, they did add some scenes or concepts to the anime that weren't in the game that enhanced the watching experience without straying too far from the original plot and message.
Despite me knowing how the plot unfol…
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Like a bolt from the blue, here comes Fario-P's Reaper Review... and I need to be honest here.
There might be potential game spoilers for anime-onlies, but I will otherwise do my best to express my feelings in my very first anime review as spoiler-free as possible. Please Excuse My Dolefully Angry Statements in advance.
"Wake up, shaken up, plastered on asphalt
Phones can't block the voices of the masses
Seven days left between you and Death
Better race, place, Reapers won't give up the chase"
This is what's written on the back of the American box art for the best Nintendo DS game of all time. No, we're not counting ports like the Ace Attorney Trilogy and Chrono Trigger (literally the best version to play other than the original SNES version btw) for this achievement, and yes, I do belie…
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Some video games just aren't meant to be anime, and this is one of them.
The World Ends With You (TWEWY) is one of my personal favorite games from my DS days. When it was released, the game was ahead of its time, combining amazing gameplay, appealing art styles, and a killer soundtrack.
Unfortunately, none of what made TWEWY special translated properly into the anime. The pacing was awful, the soundtrack appeared in scenes that didn't fit, and the switch between 2D animation and 3D CGI is not pretty.
The characters that I love so much didn't get a chance to shine and I honestly feel a little robbed.
Read at the sourcegiraffenanime
One of the anime's my boyfriend was looking most forward to this 2021! Let's get right into the anime basics.
Story; Neku, our sassy main boy, finds himself in the middle of Shibuya crosswalk. Not remembering a single thing (how he got there, who he is, and why he can hear everyone thoughts) "Noise" start attacking him. Luckily, Shiki Misaki (a strangely positive girl with a stuffed cat) tells him they have to make a pact to survive the "Reapers Game" for seven days or possibly get "Erased" by the noise and other obstacles in their way. Without much of a choice, Neku makes the pact with Shiki and is able to use Pyrokinesis and other powers he puts his mind(or pins) to. Along the way, the two of them run into a bunch of bumps in the road(Reapers, the Beat&Rhyme duo and their own emotions/f…
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What a shame. I had high expectations from this anime although I already knew from the first episode that it would flop hard because I know it's going too fast. And hold and behold, the fast pacing and non-existent character development ruined this anime.
Even though it had the potential to be good. It just needed at least 20 episodes in order to fix a lot of the main problems this anime had.
The story is definitely there. It had some decent mystery (who the MC is, who the composer, what the f*ck is happening, etch.) but because of the fast pace of this anime, the reveal of these mysteries are kinda lackluster and definitely not as good as I was hoping for.
The characters are all underdeveloped and basically cardboards. I just hate the cast because of how one-dimensional they are. They ma…
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Subarashiki Kono Sekai or The World Ends with You the Animation is based on the cult classic 2007 Nintendo DS game of the same name that saw a port to mobile, and later Nintendo Switch. The game developed and published by Square Enix was a master class JRPG with a really unique art style (Provided by Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasies Tetsuya Nomura) a gripping and emotional story about breaking out of your insecurities, meeting other people and expanding your horizons, after all; your world ends with you.
After its release in 2007, The World Ends with You garnered critical acclaim and regarded as one of the best JRPG's on the Nintendo DS. Which stands to reason? Why is it not that remembered or talked about? Despite critical acclaim, the game didnt do so well in Japan or worldwide for t…
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We always get the answer "Just consume (play, read, or watch) the source material instead" when asked if a certain adaptation is good or not. So that means it's bad, right? Well, most of the time, the adaptation will have a hard time living up to the original, due to various limitations, but it doesn't always mean that adaptation=bad. And that is the case in The World Ends With You: The Animation.
Anime-only watchers might feel detached about the story and the characters, because they'll be introduced to us on one episode and then we get to see them go after two to three eps. They had to fit an entire 25-hour game (according to howlongtobeat.com) into a 12-episode anime, so there really is no space for character development and proper storytelling. Video-game Neku is this snobby, unthough…
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Oh boy. This was disappointing.
“The World Ends With You” is my favourite Nintendo DS game, so I was stoked when I heard that there would be an anime adaptation. The game oozes style, brims with uniqueness, and tells a touching story about human vulnerability. But considering that adaptations of video game stories have the tendency to be underwhelming, I did my best to lower my expectations...but damn, I should have lowered them further.
The pacing of the show is all over the place. The narrative burns through instances of potential character development and stubbornly lingers on moments of meandering. Shiki and Rhyme are really only in about 3 episodes, leaving very little time to grow attached to them. However, far too much time is dedicated to showing Neku, Joshua, and Beat wander aro…
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Before I begin this review, it's only fair that I make a brief reference to the game this anime is based of. Every once in a while I used to try and play it but for whatever reason I never enjoyed it. Despite this, I was pretty excited when this anime was announced because it meant I would get a chance at getting to know the story.
Animation:
I was really into the visuals up until CGI got introduced. I'm very against CGI usage in animes and this one didn't change my mind about it. It looks awful and breaks immersion.
Sound:
1) The soundtrack is okay
2) Many of the seiyuus cast have a vast experience and some of them have worked together on many other shows. Although the game was voiced, Hachimine Anna (Shiki) was the only one reprising her role. You can definetely tell it was her 1s…
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While i am writing this review,i do it as someone who has not played the game,
So the plot is exactly as the sypnosis mentioned,its repeated but its done with variations in events as not to get repetitive even though the basics of the plot structure remain the same,althought even though i have not played the game i can tell some events are rushed to fit the 12 episode structure.
The character designs are unique and the art was great,i searched to see how the game designs look and they did very good in being accurate and looking good.There is quite a lot of CGI but its done very well and it fits very well with the rest of the animation,which is also good.
The VAs fit the characters very well and the music matched the style of the show and the opening/ending song was on the good side as w…
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