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AnimeEnjoyer420
Recommendation: An incoherent mess that wastes an interesting premise. Skip it.
Story: The plot of this series follows a middle school girl named Yumemi who sees floating islands in the skies and eventually a godlike figure named Munto who tells her that he needs her help to save both her world and his. This is because the flow of "Akuto", a sort of magical resource or energy made from the hopes and dreams of humans that Munto's people (known as the Heavenly Beings) need to live and use magic, has dried up after an eternity of wasteful overuse by Heavenly Beings drunk on their own power. Yumemi is the only one who can restore the flow of Akuto, but any questions about how or why she can do this are simply ignored. Yumemi can do it because she's The Chosen One and that's that. You will nev…
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Sora wo Miageru Shoujo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai (2009) is the remake of Mundo (2003), Munto: Toki no Kabe wo Koete (2005) and goes a little further in the story.
Story: 8 out of 10
I think that Kyoto Animation learned with first Munto and in the 3 episodes where they make the remake of the first OVA, they improved the story a lot.
The story now doesn't have any more meaningless parts, now every part of the story is explained and connects to the following development.
Art: 8 out of 10
The Kyoto Animation choose to keep the art style from their previous Munto works and polish that kind of art. They could have change the art to the style of Clannad but i respect the fact that they wanted to keep the original style.
Sound: 8 out of 10
On the first Munto the background music has too poor…
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I went into this expecting so much and it was a total let down.
There was no huge character development. Like how did she even get her powers, why is she able to do the things she can. That was never explained. They didn't even elaborate on Mundo's dream. Seriously what the hell was his dream. What happened to Gass. Why did Mundo's parents disappear?
There was no real romance. I am pretty sure Ichiko has a crush on Yumemi...
I was confused the whole time as to what I was really watching. I mean the art was fantastic but everything else was so confusing. I don't understand the end at all! Where did Munto go. Why does the world think this is perfectly normal like the government should be freaking out. This was a sad waste of time. *sigh* But the animation art was worth it.
Read at the sourceDorobou_neko
Meet the three friends.
The big red guy.
The lolicon Tasuya... Tatsuya... Ta-ta-ta-something.
Oh and not to forget the really cool tall lady.
The only bad thing is that characters but the main characters are only useful for like 1-2 episodes. And, it's pretty hard to follow the explanations. However, that might just be me being stupid.
This is an anime, like most "other world" kinds, that you need to rewatch to understand. It's pretty good for a 2009 anime.
Other than that, there are some cool fighting scenes, and some cute moments.
I think it's alright.
Read at the sourcechrissy12
I don't write many reviews, but I really wanted to write one for Munto tv (Sora wo Miageru Shoujo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai).
Story: 8
The main protagonists in this anime are Yumemi and Munto. Yumemi can see the islands of another world: the Heavens. Everyone else cannot see these islands, and Yumemi hates the fact that she does not see the same sky as them. Munto,on the other hand, is the king of the heavens and he is aware that the heaven's life energy, Akuto, is running out and sets off to find another source of energy in the normal world where Yumemi lives. The story isn't too complicated, but when war breaks out between the magical kingdom and the heavens, it becomes more complicated and sometimes hard to follow.
Art: 7
I expected the art to be much better in the tv series as the o…
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If this is the first time you're going to watch Munto, I'd suggest to skip the Ovas and come directly to the anime, because the first episodes are practicaly the same as the ovas.
Story: At first the story seems to fall in many cliches, yet, it's a rather original and enjoyable chosen-one story. I'd say it's a bit slicy-of-life convined with a bit of fantasy and a growing themed-anime, with a lot of tenderness and loyalty involved.
Art: The art is quite enjoyable, the characters are very cartoony, but fit with the fantasy story very well. The only thing is..., well, the art by itself seems to change through the anime, not sure if I missed the explanation, but Munto seems to change constantly =P
Sound: Most of the music was too pop for me, but I must say I'll give it a 10 just for this s…
Read at the sourceChucky
Story:
On one side you have the peaceful humans and on the other side are the magic-using, war-hungry "Heavenly Beings". Friends trusting each other seems to be a recurring theme in the plot. It's not your standard fantasy story with demons and rescuing a maiden though! The story requires you to pay attention. Not all concepts were explained properly, but that was okay with me since it didn't stand in the way of fun.
I didn't really have any big issues with the story. One of the characters, Suzume, gets her own little side-story early on which I thought had no relevance to the main plot. The only reason I can see why is because she would have had no depth at all otherwise.
Art:
You've probably seen by now that this is made by Kyoto Animation who also animated Suzumiya Haruhi, Clannad, K…
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I was already a fan of the Munto series before this series was released so I was quite interested in seeing the conclusion. While I was originally very excited Kyoto Animation was giving Munto a TV adaptation, I was a bit disappointed to learn that it would contain a remake of the original material already released before. Still all Munto fans should not miss this series.
As mentioned this is a retelling of the original series with new footage. So the first 6 episodes are pretty much entirely identical to the two original OVA. There may have been a few new scenes intermingled in but there are basically no changes. This also means that it is not necessary for anyone to have any prior knowledge of the series in order to start this. The original series has been at times hard to find so if yo…
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Well, I figured I ought to weigh in on the opposite side of the scale, with a less positive review of the series. I'm probably going to end up comparing (i.e. contrasting) this more than I really should with Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora, which is (was?) my current benchmark in bad fantasy anime.
Story: 3/10
Munto TV is a rerelease and continuation of two OVAs from KyoAni in 2003 and 2005, if I recall correctly. The story itself (go check the synopsis) is fairly generic, although that's not a problem if the storytelling is excellent. Of course, therein lies the rub; Munto TV's storytelling is anything but excellent. When I say "rerelease," I mean it almost literally; Munto TV feels like it's cobbled together, lacking a proper flow between OVA segments. Additionally, it turns out that not a wh…
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Sora wo Miageru Shoujo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai (or Munto TV for short), is the "sequel" to Kyoto Animation's original series Munto. Before you wtf and ask yourself wtf happens to the animation throughout the anime please take into consideration that most of the series consists of the recycled original OVAs that were produced a couple of years ago already.
Story: The story revolves around Yumemi, a normal girl who has a secret power in her which allows her to see the world of the magical beings who live in the sky. In that world Munto, the King of the Magical Kingdom, is in a constant struggle in order to save his people from various different crisis who mostly revolves around the world's energy source, the Akuto. Munto seeks Yumemi for help to save both worlds who are in danger. The pre…
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