Audience reviews
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TheMetaFox
The Idaten Deities is a show that oozes style in its art, music, and character design. An impressive number of the characters are extremely likable, intelligent, and entertaining. They often had me (actually) laughing out loud without the show ever appearing to be trying.
Good Shiii...
The Opening:
The song, animation, and how they work together perfectly gets you ready to watch the show. Aside from the song being an absolute banger, the animation is a compilation of absurdism and abstract art that someone threw buckets of primary colors at. The composition gives the sense that they cared about musicality, and it shows in the way the visuals basically dance to the song.
The Premise:
The world of Idaten feels thought though from the history and timeline of humanity, demons, and the Idat…
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Saw the art style and i trust MAPPA making a decent anime,decent opening and ending visuals and soundtrack.
This anime is awful,like what is the story?, old guy traps demons because demons kills humans why?,because demons wants to destroy the world and eat humans,oh cool where do they come from?, meh i don't know, anyway cool now that they are sealed humans are safe right?,well apparently the old guys who sealed the demons got mixed in with the pot of dead demon stew and now it has knowledge,and btw it has wifi to control robots from afar.
The story has no substance,the nudity is awful,characters are annoying,the mc trio of useless girl,smartass(who btw they tease this guy as having evil intentions in ep 1 but they do nothing out of it),and the generic battle genius.
This anime made me…
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An extremely unique anime that sets itself apart and holds a broad appeal inspite of uniqueness.
Silly characters, hilarious dialogue, intense action and fighting, interesting animation and artwork style, intriguing story, conflicting narrative elements(which I actually find awesomely executed), great intro and music, deep philosophical narratives even though a light hearted execution.
It's truly difficult to find diamonds in the rough in anime. So many tropes have been so thoroughly played out that even shows that hit all the right elements within the given narrative and thematic structure often don't reach the status of peak anime.
Because of this, when an anime sets itself apart, the criteria it is judged by is different. With this in mind, this shows is not a serious anime. Because of…
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Hey there! I just wrapped up this anime, and I stumbled upon the last ten chapters of the manga—I couldn't find a translation, but a little spoiler diving did the trick! At first glance, especially in those initial episodes, I found the show super unique and intriguing.
The art style and animation, along with that catchy opening song and all those cool effects, really grabbed my attention. Honestly, I never skipped the opening! The story revolves around humanoid gods trying to figure out their roles, dealing with the fact that, other than being immortal and pretty much invincible against humans, they’re not so different from us. It’s wild how these gods work hard to gain power and battle their longtime foes, the demons and tentacles. What's even more fascinating is that their very existen…
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Another bang opening from MAPPA. They really are in a class of their own with that. While i always leave the OP on regardless many times i might sneak a peek on my phone or do something else while its playing. But not with this one. This one is well worth watching all 11 times. Yes a shorter 11 episode anime. In a way i enjoy it among all the poorly paced animes out there taking forever to get to the point. Idatten goes the other way almost being to qickly paced where things move along to fast. But its also part of its crazy charm.
Its a visual spectacle. An eyecandy wich in itself is worth a watch. Throw in some crazy and cool fights. Fun characters. And a bunch of bizarre and degenerate stuff and you got a crazy fun short anime. As long as you dont take it to seriously this isa fun wat…
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This really shows that when we have overpowering power to destroy the world, we don't necessarily mean we can make peace, because it takes thought and intelligence to adapt, adapt and innovate according to existing problems.
The anime is really good, the story and plot twists are unexpected, the MC and his friends are super powerful but this becomes a battle of strategy as to how the enemies learn and use tricks and plans to defeat this overpowered force, as if we can see from 2 points of view both from the MC and his friends and from the villain's side
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tl;dr: An incredibly bizarre but well executed anime that has a very abrupt non-ending.
Demons lead by a demon king that want to destroy the world is a pretty standard anime trope. Gods that oppose them is also pretty standard. These gods looking down on humans to the point they’re also portrayed as evil also isn’t all that rare of a concept. However, in such cases the plot usually goes in the direction of something like humans fighting against both demons and gods eventually or there being exceptions that are more compassionate to humans. But either way, the value of humanity seems to be a principle that is very rarely infringed upon. This anime is pretty unique in that it completely tramples it and does it quite casually.
The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace features gods called Idaten w…
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When you read Synopsis you might think this might be an awesome anime if you into action and fantasy, well.... you might be wrong and right, let me quickly say why.
The animation style is really kind weird compared to other mainstream anime, so that can put you off, as it did for me at the start, but as i watched it i got used to it, so it didnt bother me later on (although i still dont like it).
So if you can get pass that then this anime isnt that bad actually, it has action, erotic characters(a bit fucked up and i didnt like that part) and some questionable things going on if that intrigues you...
The part that made it a bit different from other anime is that the "good" guys are just op compared to the bad ones and they just whoop their ass easy, no random fake struggling and then the…
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Since the first seasons of "Attack on Titan" and "Tokyo Ghoul" aired in 2013 / 2014, a plethora of anime have been released which attempt to answer the same philosophically and ethically grey question: When two populations are so utterly at odds that the only solution seems to be complete eradication of one side, what is the correct way forward? In "Attack on Titan", this conflict manifests in the struggle for racial supremacy between Eldians and non-Eldians, with both sides marred by centuries of brutal, unfair oppression. In "Tokyo Ghoul", the paradigm sees Ghouls, who rely on humans as a food source for existence, clash with humans, who view their lives as more than that of a mere meal. This pattern of one side versus the other, with no apparent room for any middle ground or compromises…
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It's a rare hidden gem I have to say.
Not everybody would like it, but this only makes it better for those who will.
Because you can't be a masterpiece loved by everybody.
Because the only way to have something not disliked by anyone is to have nothing.
This one have some controversial stuff.
And I'd prefer it to have less of it to be honest.
But it's ain't bad enough to distract for the good.
And oh boy does it have good. There's character development.
There's plot development.
The lore is actually deep and also consistent.
Bad guys exist not to just be bad and do bad stuff, they are actually characters too.
The worst part is that the story is very much incomplete.
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Aside from a great opening and ending theme, really this anime left me wanting more. I will warn, there are some rather intense scenes that aren't for everyone, but considering at it's core it's good. It's difficult to describe, but the more I watched, the more intrigued I became, wanting to know more about the world, about the deities and demons that inhabit it. It's interesting to see supernatural deities more involved in the human world, fictional or not, and it does a good job of obscuring the lines between good and evil. If you can get past some heavy themes, I do recommend it.
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I honestly started the series more as a joke than anything else. It was to pass time with some simple OP character BS that I always found to be my personal guilty pleasure.
But what did I get instead? A lot of vulgar and overly sexualized scenes.
I have to say this right now: I HATE fanservice. And because of that, I always assume that these kinds of stories are usually never good enough to be anything more than just another anime that revolves around erotic events to push the series forward. Those ecchi scenes usually detract from the narrative, essentially reducing it to being nothing noteworthy or special without them. However, the more I focused on the main point of this anime from a bird's-eye perspective, the more I realized the depth of what this story was trying to portray. I s…
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I hate anime these days only focuses on battle / violent scenes but no significance on why they happen or how they contribute to the story line. They just there for the sake of the 'action scenes'. Much like hollywood hero movies.
THIS ANIME IS DIFFERENT. It's basically about fight between gods (idaten) vs demons. But it's not as simple as good guy beating the bad guy. The story background is well built. They have strong OP characters but also clever characters, so they actually use their brain and strategies to fight.
Animation is superb: epic battle scenes complimented with dope SFX. For voice casts, they have Park Romi, Ishida Akira, Horie Yui, Ogata Megumi, etc. If you been anime fan since early 2000s then you must be familiar with these names. They're big big big veterans. I could…
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"In a nutshell ... I think it's an anime you watch when you feel like throwing away your annoying ethics." - Amahara 6:27
The target audience for this anime is for those that are tolerant against typical dark themes like r*pe, gore, etc. If you can't handle these themes then it's not intended for you. As for those who are tolerant, if in anycase that you find the execution poor, then you have all the right to argue and criticize.
Now without further ado, let's get into the analysis.
Plot:
A seemingly simplistic plot about Gods Vs. Demons, but underneath all that we have ourselves a very intricate set of characterization and themes.
Sub-Genres: Ecchi, Mystery, World-building, Morality
World-building is a common element that Amahara likes to add to his collection of works, such as the…
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This series hit the ground running, immediately hooking me in with it’s unique psychedelic art, starting off with a chaotic first episode that serves as an excellent introduction for what the rest of the series will be.
Episode 1 starts off with your standard “demons once walked the earth hundreds of years ago but were sealed away” and the series sets up to be possibly the most standard shonen one could create. This alone could possibly be enough to turn away many first time watchers… if it weren’t for this immediately being followed by the masterpiece of an OP.
The groundwork of the OP is an absolutely bumpin’ track that immediately went on my workout playlist from the second I heard it, laying down the foundation that the rest of the opening would be built on. We start with a slow aven…
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Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi is a seriously brutal anime that holds back on absolutely nothing and plays so well off of its characters and their traits. The art is so stylised and unique I absolutely love the way they handled it, and the animation is fantastic to go along with it.
The story to me felt very fleshed out, on its own its fairly simple but the way it's explored is very engaging, especially in the later episodes where stuff gets absolutely wild. Like I mentioned this show holds nothing back, it's super violent and delves into some pretty damn dark themes that you honestly wouldn't see in most other entertainment - and I absolutely love it for this because it helps to showcase this crazy world with its crazy characters.
Speaking of the characters I really enjoyed them throughout…
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Perhaps it's time to play Devil's Advocate.
Idaten Deities is certainly an oddball among the Summer 2021 line-up. By far one of the most lavishly animated, stylistically interesting, and well-produced shows of the year has been largely ignored, and similarly written off as nothing more than incomprehensible edgy garbage that's "style over substance".
What a silly pain in the ass this buzzterm is. It's nothing more than an excuse for people to dismiss a well-animated work they don't like because the writing isn't trying to be the 10/10 kino that the visuals are. It's not because the writing actually gets in the way of all the spectacle like the overly serious and painful melodrama in Bubblegum Crisis and Symphogear. It's because a work that's entertaining and well-presented first and fore…
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It has been a long tradition since anime fights are about 2 mindless guys brutally punching each other while shouting their move names out loud as if anyone even cares and eventually stops until one is deemed unable to move. What if there was an exception? What if fights only reached the climax after someone had both of their arms chopped off, eyeballs plucked out and heart pierced out? Blessed with heavenly-made animations from MAPPA, Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi adapts the story of the peaceful generation of mythical battle deities capable of growing infinitely strong, Idatens, facing the revival of the demons. The production team of Heion is a match made in heaven. With the original story coming from Amahara, the original creator of Ishuzoku Reviewers (the most "cultured" anime last year…
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This show is the reason why 3 of the most notable entities exist: Interspecies Reviewers, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, and MAPPA. What, you still cannot figure out what sets Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi a.k.a "The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace" apart? Then go figure and find your own peace treaty in a wild wonderland world.
Written by Amahara, illustrated by Cool-kyou Shinja (of which this is the 3rd work of 3 featured in this season, damn this author is rekting the Summer season hard) and produced by MAPPA. Announced as one of many shows at the MAPPA Stage 10th Anniversary event under debut director Seimei Kidokoro's direction, Idaten tells the story of humans and demons co-existing in a fictionous world where demons drive mankind nuts, only to have literate gods in the form of deities…
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The only other manga from this creator with an anime adaptation is Ishuzoku Reviewers, and my problem with this show is the same as my problem with that one. In both cases, you read the premise and think, “that’s genius,” but then you actually watch the show, and it’s just mediocre. The idea is that once upon a time, demons ravaged the Earth and drove humanity to the brink of extinction, so deities came down to seal them away and save humanity. Centuries later, humans have become their own worst enemy, killing each other for politics, power, religion, militarism, expansionism, the usual. However, the deities don’t intervene or pass judgement, because in their eyes, the only way you could save human lives is to take other human lives. This moral detachment is a surprisingly mature worldview…
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