Audience reviews
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lethargilistic
Tiresome. Utterly tiresome.
In ~2008, I remember staying up until like midnight on Monday nights in order to watch this on the Sci Fi Channel's AniMonday block. Looking back on it now, I feel so...cheated out of the 30 minutes of sleep I could have gotten instead of this, though this obviously wasn't the only show playing on those nights. At the time, I had dial-up internet and I didn't know how to watch whatever anime I wanted, so I was limited to whatever got dubbed and made it onto TV. And this did. We were so deprived.
It's kind of hard to describe exactly why I hated this so much, because the show itself is hard to describe, but that's kind of the problem. It's hard to describe any overarching thing about it, but any individual thing isn't merely simple, but lifelessly boring. Inste…
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My wife and I had been meaning to watch this for many months but for various reasons other anime just kept jumping in front of it. When we finally got around to it, both very interested in the premise and confident we'd like it, we were both highly underwhelmed and disappointed.
The art is super inconsistent. The show has flashes of beauty, but those moments are few and far between, and for every one truly beautiful moment there are a dozen ugly cringe-worthy ones. The way characters are animated is really inconsistent as well. Sometimes they'll be super tall and thin. Other times they're overweight and oddly shaped. The inconsistencies with the art are really noticeable and absolutely detract from the show. Often times the show looks older than it is, which is rarely a good thing.
The v…
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Noein: To Your Other Self or Noein: Towards Another You is a character-driven science fantasy that still leans more to the analytical science. Noein deals with quantum parallel world intertwined with teleological thinking, set in a complex inter-dimensional conflict. While it concerns a complex and very thought provoking theme, Noein delivers it with a very accessible presentation which makes it easy to understand. This anime refrains from presenting any superfluous convolution. It can be quite confusing at a few points, but they are crucial for the storytelling and are explained later on.
Noein’s specialty lies in its detailed and extremely well orchestrated character interaction. It is very well written. The subtle execution makes these interactions feel genuine. It’s as if the viewers…
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Don't be fooled with the action sequence in the first episode. It's more into a slice-of-life based on a time-travelling aspect with some fighting scenes along the way.
Noein: to Your Other Self is a fairly older anime from 2005-2006. Directed by Kazuki Akane and made by often collab scriptwriter Hiroshi Oonogi, I realized certain elements from Akane’s and Oonogi’s Birdy the Mighty: Decode and The Vision of Escaflowne (that one only was done by Akane.) All have used a sci-fi/fantasy background, incorporating genre-bending along with multi-layering story lines as well a somewhat simple premise that slowly builds up. Many themes are quite similar, but its focus is quite different. In Noein’s case, it focuses a lot more on its sci-fi concepts compared to the other two.
** It’s a clean anime…
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Noein has the dubious honour of being the first thing I ever bought when I opened my current account several years ago. I first heard of it when reading about Crispin Freeman on Wikipedia (we've all had inexplicable moments like that, right?). Seeing as I hadn't heard of it before I decided to exercise my right to participate in the capitalist structure of our society and bought it from Amazon.
Noein is quite a surprising choice to get licensed and dubbed for Western consumption. I can think of many other titles that are perhaps more commercial (or even more deserving). Noein starts out unremarkably, in the typical anime fashion: group of friends encounter mysterious mysteriousness. More specifically, while doing a test of courage, twelve-year-old Haruka and her group of friends run thro…
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Exciting, if sometimes mind-bending, Sci-fi series with a ton of action.
PLOT: Noein is a series that while it contains many clichéd elements, still manages to be highly original and memorable. It tackles complex ideas like the multiple-world theory and the fluidity of the future and wraps them up in a very accessible and human story. There is always the danger when dealing with sci-fi that its all going to get very talky and incomprehensible and the characters will get caught up techno-babble and end up feeling aloof and unapproachable – such is thankfully not the case in Noein. Even the scientist characters remain human and mostly likeable. The character development is superbly done – Noein has a large cast, but all are given adequate time and are fairly well rounded at the end. Haruka…
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I briefly considered starting this review by summarizing the show's plot, but it's my opinion that Noein should win an award for “hardest plot to summarize,” so at the risk of making an idiot of myself, I decided against it. I then considered describing the concept in popular science that is behind Noein's plot, but that's almost as complicated as the plot. I'll spare myself some embarrassment.
Noein definitely has a unique look to it, albeit one that's fraught with inconsistency. The character designs are far from typical, being thinner and slightly more realistically proportioned than the norm. Although it eventually becomes clear that action was not intended to be the core of the series, the animation does have some strong moments, and, particularly in the first half, there's no shorta…
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Recommended for: Fans of time travelling or sci-fi
People who feel bored of the same kind of anime
If you like deep characterization and plot
Not recommended for: People who like their animes in the “typical style” People who dislike a slow plot
In the beginning I felt this series had a similar feel to Digimon. It was quite childish but at the same time dark. However, this defiantly wasn’t aimed at children. The many speeches about “quantum physics” would defiantly leave them baffled and confused. There are also some scenes that they’d just not understand or would become very disturbed by what they’re seeing. I think the art and character designs was purposely done this way to reflect the innocence of its main characters as they are all twelve years old.
As you know, or might have gu…
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'Noein' was an anime that took me some time to sit down and watch. If you've watched the first episode then you know how obscure the contents of this anime may seem hehe.
Let me start with this, this is a good anime that I think the vast majority will want to finish once they've sat through the first 4 or 5 episodes. I promise. It has FANTASTIC character depth and some really interesting concepts loosely based on actual science (theories on quantum mechanics that is). The characters in this anime tend to be sensible as well (always a plus). The action isn't bad either, but it's not so great as to draw the audience away from character relationships (kinda like a 'good' balance between these two aspects). It really will catch your interest.
On the downside, if you're someone like me who no…
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Noein is one of those shows, that after watching, feels like it has excelled in every aspect known to anime. You might think I'm exaggerating, but truly- Noein IS a masterpiece, not just in terms of animation, music, character development or storytelling- it is a masterpiece because it manages to weave all of these things together so fluidly you don't even realize it until the credits roll.
Where do we start? I'll skip the basic summary and get on to the point- Noein is a delight to watch. It breaks all the basic tropes that comes with science fiction. We first have a widely diverse cast of characters- very basically, divided into kids, and into adults. That said, these characters actually act their age. The kids will act immature and impulsive at times, but it are those qualities that le…
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The best thing about watching anime, or appreciating any form of art or entertainment is the possibility of finding a diamond among all the sand, and i have to say without a doubt that Noein is one of those gems which are becoming so rare in a world overflowing with information.
If you thought Evangelion or Tsubasa Chronicles was IT, then Noein is ALL of IT.
Story: 10
It is very rare for fiction to be so extensively researched, but it is a one in a million chance for fiction to be able to apply known scientific theories so perfectly and even use those theories to its advantage in plot development.
One of the best things about Noein is that it doesn't try to explain more than what has already been explained about the many theories of quantum physics. It gives you the freedom to think an…
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What if the Axis powers had won World War II?
What if penecillin had never been invented?
What if your parents had never met?
'Noein' is set in a a universe consisting of a nigh infinite number of dimensions in which every 'what if', no matter how big or small, must have occured in one dimension or another. The focus of the story, however, is limited to two dimensions: one closely resembling the world we live in (which will henceforth be referred to as 'our world') and 'La'Cryma', a dimension which is a possible future of 'our world' in 15 years where humans are forced underground due to a calamity that has befallen the earth.
It was a wise decision on the creators' part to keep the amount of dimensions limited seeing as excessive 'dimension hopping' could have lead to a huge mess of a p…
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This is going to be a very short review, and it's going to be directed at the people who have seen the first episode or two and wondering whether they should continue. If you were like me, and were totally blown away by the first episode or two and the awesome matrix type fighting style/action(you'll know what i'm talking about when you see it), well.. here's some advice(or rather, a warning) for you.
Don't expect to see anything like that ever happening in the whole series.
I was waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting and... nothing. It's like getting cock teased so bad by a really beautiful woman, and then waiting to orgasm, and it never finishes you off and then your excitement turns into frustration and you get a bad taste in your mouth and resentment starts to kick in. Such a…
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I finished this anime in two nights. I think, and you can see it from my rateing, this anime has a great storyline, from the begining to the end you can't figure it out wath will happen next. And this is not characteristic non for much animes or films this times.
The characters are not simple, aspecial Karasu(main) and Atori. Each one of they have a good and a bed side.
But the main point in this anime is the graphic! By the fightscenes it's totali different than by the other scenes. Dynamic ineation like in a manga, strong colors. And pay attention to the robots of Noein, they look alike an Indian godsculpture.
I can just recommend this anime for every one who likes a perfect mixture of sci-fi, fantasy and drama.
Enjoy it!!
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Noein was one of the first anime on TV that I watched every week obsessively. It also is one of those anime that I do not feel has gotten enough love from viewers.
STORY - It's soooo unique! I mean, quantum physics, time warps, different dimensions? It's very sci fi if you ask me. If you like all those gadgets and technological advances in science, grab this and watch it right away! But if you get confused by big words and fancy science lingo, you may get slightly lost in this. I did have to ask my sister what a couple things meant while we watched this, BUT they do try their best in the anime to explain things and make it less confusing. It just may take awhile for the viewer to understand. And the conclusion of this series is TO DIE FOR!
ART - okay, so it's not that great. But good art…
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After completing Noein, I was left with the sensation you rarely get after finishing a series or movie where you personally think almost every little thing was done just right. There's very little else to say to try and express my tremendous respect and appreciation for this series. I personally believe it was orchestrated magnificently and its message carried across powerfully.
Most of all, what I truly respected in this series was its character-driven action, as opposed to plot-driven action. The characters were so fleshed out and their relationships and backgrounds so completely delved into, I had grown to feel like they were real people I knew. This was further effective in the juxtaposition that was utilized between future and present selves of these characters (which I will refrain…
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I enjoyed myself tremendously while watching this anime. It features a storyline that I find extremely fascinating and not to mention unique. Despite the fact that the art style did not appeal much to me, it captured my attention right to the end of the series.
For those who lament that many animes do not have a decent storyline, this is a must watch.
Animation
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Though its art did not appeal to me at first,it's fightning scenes varied from bold lines to American comic styled drawings in its fighting scenes. While the ships of the enemies had been in detail, I found it lacked severly. It seemed to me that the artist of the anime had been tired drawing and while the drawing of characters had improved, certain parts of the presentation had been a let down.
It combines a mixture of 3d a…
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I just finished watching this series so I figured I'd write a review while it's all still fresh in my mind...
Story:
Noein's story revolves around a 12 year old girl and her friends and their role in the future(s) of the universe and its many dimensions. The main dimension involved in the story is set in present-day Japan, and all seems relatively normal for the kids until strangers from the future show up. There's a great deal of traveling through space and time involved here. You could say that it's an apocalyptic series--you have your villain out to destroy the universe--but I won't get into it because I don't want to give anything away. At times the plot can be a bit confusing, but once we reach the end there are no major holes to be filled [just plenty of interesting twists]. The id…
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Overall, I thought this anime was really good. It's fairly hard (for me anyway) to find an anime I really like, to where I start watching the first ep, and before I know it the suns rising and I just finished the last ep. This anime was one of the few. It's very hard to try and review this anime and not spill out any spoilers, but I will.
Story - 8
I found the story in Noein to be very entertaining, maybe thats because I just love the concept of separate dimensions, different futures with time, and quantum theories in general. This anime revolves a lot around that, and it does it quite well.
Art - 7
The art style is fairly nice, at first its kind of like "man, this stuff looks quite sloppy" but once you learn the purpose of the drawing style you will understand. I found some of the hou…
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Just like most anime series with a weird concept, this anime is very confusing to begin with. It starts of with an amazing action-sequence, in some weird world, and then it goes to the sort of world we are all familiar with, which is where most of the story takes place.
The story follows a group kids and also some adults, which are related to those kids in some way. The characters of the story are pretty stale with only a few decent ones however the main bad point is how easily the character's personalities change. There isn't much that is clearly explained and it isn't until a couple episodes into this series that anyone watching this will have some idea. The pace that the story develops is fairly slow, for a series with only 23 episodes and it would have been better if it developed fast…
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