Audience reviews
19 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Babineaux
This show had a solid run, and then falls at the final hurdle. Still worth a watch if you liked the first season, but harden your heart in preparation for an anticlimax so that you don't feel too let down.
The author should have been able to wrap it up in an interesting way, there was plenty he could have done with it, all of the pieces were there, and it was an enjoyable ride right up until the last moment, but it just ended up jumping the shark and turning into a confusing and disjointed mess in those last couple of episodes.
Season 1 wrapped up okay, and this show has had solid storytelling pretty much throughout both seasons - sometimes maybe veering into unambitious and predictable story beats, or giving us a rushed setup to a plot element, but overall it had a decent floor in terms…
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This was a serious improvement over the first season, which is a huge surprise. I can't think of many instances where a bad season 1 led to a good season 2. Unfortunately, it's probably not easy to watch this without first watching season 1. I personally think the suffering is worth it.
The art is solid, and there are jumps in quality and different styles used periodically for the animation. This is one of those shows where the key animators get to go wild and show off their creativity; if you're familiar enough with specific animators, you could probably see their signatures all over numerous segments—and they've made the rounds on various "sakuga" videos. I'm sure this is a series many anime fans will criticize as having "bad art" or "bad animation" because it's inconsistent, and is som…
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Tetsuwan Birdy Decode is one of the best popcorn/low-investment series out there. Both seasons of Birdy but the second in particular really have it all - the pacing and character arcs are so on point that it makes it very hard not to binge and the stylistic range on display from the art/animation sqaud is peak A1-Pictures and a rare treat.
Honestly, this is one of the few Anime I would be shocked for nearly anyone to watch all the way through and tell me they didn't enjoy. The fanservice that comes through the gender-bender angle is so modest and sparsely/creatively applied that it hits different and feels very "normie". That atypical mark of quality - namely doing sophisticated sex appeal that isn't creepy, something they also manage with the romance angles they take - is a microcosm of…
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I'll be honest, I was getting pretty bored of this show by the end of it. It was almost kind of a chore to watch, and it even killed my momentum where I was struggling to watch any other shows because I knew it meant I might have to watch a few of this. It just felt so slow and boring, I don't know if it was just that I wasn't in the mindset for it or what.
Its a slow burn plot that takes its kind of dumb premise too seriously. Give me more wacky body switching hijinks to keep me interested. Make the protagonist less of a boring every-man. Maybe add just a bit more of that moe energy to contrast the boring serious parts. Even the color pallet looks bland and washed-out.
Maybe you'll like it if you're really into SF, and maybe if I re-watched it again some time down the road I would have…
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Tetsuwan Birdy Decode:02
As time goes by, you notice more and more which anime "Darling in the Franxx" was inspired by. And this is another one of them, as far as the second season is concerned.
This season hangs right on the heels of the last episode, including the Ova and follows the new events from season 1 with a pretty fast pace, especially at the beginning.
Honestly, I had high hopes for this season as it got off to a pretty solid start and possessed a pretty interesting implementation and portrayal of the vigilante theme.
Together with the new third protagonist of this season around which the story revolved, this was on the whole an interesting plot. Unfortunately, until about episode 8, everything after that was boring, stretched out, and covered with an absurdly stupid fina…
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started off looking like it would be better than the first season. in the end was just a pile of boring overused scenes with little good action
STORY: Very bland and cliche, nothing new or interesting. what little story seemed to go nowhere.
ART: Was drawn decent at times but other times quality would just drop, the main would look like a tottally different person at times, to me.
SOUND: Overused annoying music , irritating voice actors. CHARACTERS: not interesting or new, wasn't fleshed out but done in a way it was fine.
ENJOYMENT: Wasn't none besides a few fight scenes, the characters would just make the most irrational decisions.
Read at the sourceWeeabooHunter101
Following on the coattails of one of my favorite anime, this sequel season come pretty close to matching the what I loved about the first season of Birdy the Mighty Decode.
One of the things I loved about this season was that almost the entire plot was focused on the impact of the events of the previous finale. Too often it feels that the trauma of the past are covered up or ignored by the narrative's world, or used only for some personal crisis.
Here, the finale is shown to have an intergalactic impact that drives characters forward in the plot, and it shows the many types of reactions. The villains seek to cover up or vindicate themselves from their conspiracy, while others seek vengeance or justice. The disaster has displaced many who seek aid or prey on others.
Animation, music, etc. a…
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If you've read my previous review of Tetsuwan Birdy Decode, you know I loved it but had a couple gripes with it. Well gladly I can say that Tetsuwan Birdy Decode:02 is much better. The villain isn't a meme. This time, it's a new villain who feels just as fitting in the cast with everyone else. Though, it does kinda feel now that everyone else is swept under the rug but it's likely because we already know about them. It even kinda goes to take them to show them recuperating from the previous seasons events that occurred. And Birdy has a new objective of keeping these criminals alive to face justice though it seems some don't want them to live long enough to. It's a perfect way to make conflict which again in this series, feel natural. But two sad details, while the style of the art is the s…
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First things first. My "reviews" system is explained on a blog entry. Which can be found through my profile.
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✦Story
The story of human-looking alien space federation police girl and human boy body-sharing adventures continue. This time around story had similar aspects, its lore/past, its tragedy, its drama and its romance. Only this time the focus of characters was different. Meaning that drama/past/conflict and romance was between different characters. Nevertheless I found the story quite good, emotional, fun, well presented, good development and so on. It was simple 7, it was good, fun and enjoyable. My biggest complaint would be that some romantic developments were unfinished or not focused on. Still would loved Senkawa and Sayaka ending up together.
✦Art&Sound
Art was actually…
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Well I just recently watched this series and this review will be on both seasons. I wanted to write something because this anime came off as surprisingly entertaining. When I first saw the cover-art of Tetsuwan on anime sites, I wasnt very intrigued and didnt feel the slightest interest in it, one reason being it looked somewhat childish, I mean birdy's outfit is kinda, how do you put it colorful? Anyway it looked more like a shoujou and not that shoujou's arent good but im a guy so they usually dont appeal to me. Another reason I didnt feel interest was because from the description it seemed like it was a part of the gender bender genre, and again not that theres anything wrong with that genre just not my cup of tea.
Well I was on Youtube one day and was watching someones top ten scenes…
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Having a somewhat lackluster ending from the prequel I’ve never expected the quality difference between the prequel and sequel of the anime. I’ve watched the OVA (the Cipher) before this sequel. I recommend you should too as it is a liaison between the two parts.
*I will note that this sequel is more violent than its prequel. There is a reason why it’s rated R while the other is P-13. It follows a more mature subject matter and there are decapitations and yanking limbs.*
However it’s not violence and edgy scenes is what makes a better sequel.
*I will also note that it is mostly spoiler-free and this is based on 5 as the mean instead of 7 in standard grading*.
Story- 8/10
The story doesn’t become a magical reset and begins a month after the events of the prequel. The dynamic duo of Bir…
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This is my first review, so I'll keep it short for two reasons. Firstly, I don't really know what I'm doing, secondly I watched this series ages ago.
That being said, it pissed me off enough to remember to review it here.
I watched the first series mostly because I saw it had Micah Solusod voicing the lead role. Hey, Soul (Soul Eater) was cool, so surely some of the coolness would rub off?
Which brings me to the sound of the series. I watched the english dub, and the cast was stellar. Big industry names were everywhere and it was a pleasure to play "guess-the-actor". However, this is just about where the good news ends.
The first series could be considered mediocre. Birdy was fairly cool, the shared-body spiel was mildly entertaining and the aliens were ugly. Fine. No problem. The seco…
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[Story:8.5] After how mediocre the first season was, I initially had no intention to continue with the sequel – that is, until seeing several screenshots and raves about it on the net, which prompted me to give it another go. Thank goodness I decided to give it a chance as the second season is fantastic, to say the least.
The first season was insipid because the focus is on the school life aspect while the more appealing intergalactic setting and aliens in masquerade get demoted to the background for a relatively large part of the series. The whole ordinary kid stuck in extraordinary events premise is overshadowed by the fact said extraordinary events are way more interesting that the ordinary kid. Naturally, the reverse is what made the sequel so much better. In addition, season 2 deals…
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Ladies and gentlemen, Birdy is back! And this second entry (or third depending on if you include the original OVA series) in the Birdy franchise certainly is a much different entity than the one that viewers encountered in the first season. The second season kicks off with a bang and a surprisingly high amount of gore not seen in the first season. These first few moments end up setting the tone for the rest of the season, which is much darker and more mature than the first.
The pacing of the story, which was somewhat slow and drawn out in the first series, feels a lot tighter and more focused this time around. The plots initially feels similar due to the continued central focus on the Ryunka, but as the series progresses and with the introduction of Birdy’s childhood friend Nataru, a lot…
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I liked Decode 2 more than Decode, because it’s more about Birdy and her past then about fighting criminals (although that obviously also appears, since not all criminals involved with the Ryunka have been captured). Some new characters are introduced (however it is better to say, characters that are new to the watchers) and they make the series rather interesting. Decode 2 includes some unnecessary sidelines to the story, but they make the story feel more like a whole. I watched the series in high speed, because the more it progresses, the more interesting it gets.
I would give the series a 9/10, but there’s something that stops me from doing so and makes me rather give it an 8/10: the animation all of a sudden lacks the detail it should have. This appears in some fighting scenes and it t…
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After the whole Ryunka incident that kill half of Tokyo and turn it into a pile of rubble in first season the story continue............
If you already seen the first season you'll be surprise how good this s2 will turn out, it even make S1 looking seriously mediocre in comparison. Everything just being done better this time.
This time the new antagonist and the culprit behind the incident is introduce.
Prior to save the world plot in S1, S2 is consider more down to earth and focus toward aftereffect of the incident, How did it effect the people who were involve in it. The main protagonist Tsutomu Senkawa a take a back sit in this whole story. It pretty well thought out I would say, instead being man-up just to fit in, he just being himself. Definitely a plus for me since it do not f…
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Tetsuwan Birdy Decode 02 is possibly one of the greatest follow ups to a mediocre first season. It takes all the flaws of the original and simply does away with them while throwing in a much more focused plot and characters. While the first season wasn't bad by any stretch of the word, it was fairly uninspired. It often felt like the series didn't know what it wanted to be, not really striking a balance between the slice of life elements or the science fiction. The pacing was all over the place, often ranging from adequate to mind-numbingly slow. The last couple of episodes felt very rushed and a lot of plot points that were introduced earlier never really amounted to anything substantial.
A-1 definitely got their act together for the 2nd season, with a far more enjoyable plot. The second…
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The original is always better than the sequel. Or is it.........?
Being a long time fan of the original Birdy the Mighty OVA from 1997, it goes without saying that I was definitely looking forward to the new series of Tetsuwan Birdy Decode. Unfortunately the first season of Decode, whilst being good and great in some areas, was lacklustre in others - especially where the pacing of the story was concerned.
Thankfully, A-1 Pictures have changed the whole ball game with the release of Tetsuwan Birdy Decode: 02.
The second season picks up directly after the end of the first. Tsutomu and Birdy are still sharing a body for the time being whilst the world tries to make sense of the Ryunka incident. Meanwhile, a prison transport belonging the the Intergalactic Police is attacked by an unknown a…
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This is the second part of the new Birdy Decode series, but you wouldn't realise it. The first season was good, but the sequel comes along and totally blows it away in almost every department.
Most notably would be the animation - 02 exhibits some of the most incredible animation in a 13-episode series for a long, long time. Where other shows might shell out for a good fight scene here and there, 02 provides stunningly kinetic action scenes throughout the entire run, most notably in its incredible finale. If you like good animation, it's a must.
But it's not just the animation that dominates over the first season. The characterisation and setting also prevails - the plot gives a more Birdy-centric view, and Tsutomu loses any annoying qualities he once had. Their chemistry is quite nice t…
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