Audience reviews
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Kcmichalson
Needless has got to be some of the best slapstick and outright outrageous humor I've seen in an anime. Its animation is good, the voice acting is excellent and the plot is... well the plot is special which serves to accelerate the humor. A gang of misfits with supernatural powers of questionable usefulness trying to strike down a megacorporation. Half the cast has some of the worst morals possible and characters always remain true to their (questionable) origins and motives.
The anime follows the manga until about a third the way into the manga where it takes a deviating approach to end the series. The ending isn't terrible but having read the manga where it left off, it missed so many great arcs it could have covered. Regardless, the ending wasn't unsatisfying or crude, just missed pote…
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Needless is, as the name implies, needless. Needlessly violent, needlessly stupid, and needlessly likeable for some reason. It’s replete with action, comedy, and enough fan service to make Kokonoe Rin blush, but it comes across as almost a parody half of the time instead of something really trying. At least, toward the beginning. The end tries to take a more serious route and while it does succeed, it succeeds in giving us a cliche story that could have been left out and still maintain the integrity of the show. If there were no back story it could have been a parody or a comedy but with that background it seems like it’s actually trying to be something real.
It’s hard to classify Needless as anything because of this. It’s shounen, but is it a comedy or an action story? While it can be bo…
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May contain minor spoilers, will leave out story spoilers.
I'd like to sum this up at the beginning, but don't want to give it away just incase you haven't seen it.
The story was actually the best part, in a sense. Needless is about people who have supernatural powers called fragments that allow them to do wild shit. The first 7 episodes of this are amazingly badass, it really sucks you in and the story just takes off quick and runs full steam ahead. I can't really elaborate on the story without giving too much away, but a group of Needless go take on some badasses early and it starts off chalk full of potential. the rest will be below.
Art was very good for its age, the sound was a little too 80's - 90's rage metal for me, but it wasn't totally out of place. The voice acting was actual…
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Needless is a a fun ride, nothing to spectacular and a little bumpy when it comes to the pacing of the story, but its jam packed with action and humour that at most times over shines the low quality animation when there is to much going on, and the other mainstream anime issues like cliches,mediocre dubbing and the clothes that get almost completely destroyed at the slightest touch, that defy psychics and always end up covering the nipples.lol
Story wise needless is mediocre at best, the whole story goes by to slowly at the beginning and they jam in all of it in the last quarter of the anime.Needless knows what it is and at times tells you by breaking the fourth wall, this was honestly one of my favourite parts of the anime but after a couple episodes in they stop completely.The plot is o…
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Needless
This anime is about the aftermath of a World War 3. A bomb was dropped on Tokyo city and as a result, some people gained strange powers like controlling fire or water or having great speed or strength and stuff like that (much similar to that in Sekirei). These people were given the name Needless (which is also the anime's title if you hadn't noticed). This anime is a perfect combination of action and comedy together with time to time ecchi.
The story in this anime is quite good. It's basically about a group of Needless fighting another group which is oppressing them. The story has progressed quite well. From start to end everything is in perfect order. They gave a pretty decent introduction as to what is happening and also gave a satisfying ending to the story which sort of en…
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This anime is a combination of both action and comedy together including the cuteness of girls. To me, I am fine with moe. I only enjoy this anime is because of the characters and the funny plot combined with great action scene. I don't come and watch this anime just because of panty shots.
Episode 14 is the most funny part when Adam Blade says "The reason is Girls. You look like a young girl and I'm already in paradise".
To me, all the characters are badass and I like most of the characters except for Curz Schild. At least Cruz Schild instructed people in the last episode which was good. All the cast do not show me things that I don't like (crybaby, whiny, arrogant)
My 2 favorite characters are: Seto & Solva. They are badass females. You know I really love to see badass females even ba…
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Review 30: Needless (is all this fanservice needless too)?
The world wide amazing action and fanservice packed anime adventure, but is all of this fanservice actually needed??
The world of needless is seriously weird; it's strange in ever way possible all of the way through this anime. In this stranger version of Japan there are weird stand out features that a lot of viewers cannot comprehend.
Basically world three started quite a while ago, as weapons where passed around and altered and then finally fired at Japan it created what many people including the authorities and goverment call the black spot. And it is what it's called, the skies black and it is a abandoned wasted land with nothing living, nothing inhabiting the area and nothing will ever change the black spot or change it any…
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Alright, this is my first review, I hope this goes well.
When I first saw this anime here, I thought that it would be just another shounen beat up anime, which I haven't really even watched, because I have always kinda shyed away from them. Well, I decided to give it a try and began watching this. The voice actors were for the most part pretty unknown ones to me, they haven't been in any other animes that I have seen, at least ,not in any positions from which I would remember them.
It soon became pretty clear, that the anime isn't your typical shounen beat up anime, because at least I have an image, that they usually have storylines that take themselves pretty seriously, and they don't really cultivate humor that much. This anime, however, seemed to be pretty humor based, and it wasn't t…
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if you like x men then you will like needless. needles are mutant humans with powers.
the story.
is great its about this guy named Adam blade and he has to fight the dug company know as Simeon. the story is 10 out of10
the art.
the art is bright and colorful and great for a 2009 anime . 10 out of10
sound.
sound was very good and it has a very good dub. sound 10 out of 10
the characters are very good and funny
and Adam arc light is a very great bad guy
and one of my most fave characters and funniest is eve . character 10 out of10
enjoyment .
i 100% enjoyed this anime it is funny and has a lot of action. its worth the watch.
overall.
i give this anime 10 out of10 its a great anime
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Needless without a shadow of a doubt has great potential: you have your action, ecchi, interesting storyline and typical anime comedy. However, I can't give it more than a 7, because it is all mashed together. Not a single genre is taken to its fullest, but simply left at the basic level. It leaves a lot to be desired and I'm under the impression that the original story, characters and action were supposed to be awesome and would have been, but there just wasn't time to develop any of it in mere 24 episodes. Also, there are a few ''aw, come on!'' moments.
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hellooooooooooooooooo
this is my review for needless!!!!!!!
needless was for my opinion one of the best animes because it has some echhi and it has some action.
i liked the fact that blade cant resist cute girls hahahaha!
i hope there is a second season but i dont thinks so.
some girls in the anime were pretty cute so that was a plus for me XD
the attacks were also pretty cool and the story ofcourse.
my fav charachter in the anime was blade i liked his power and his stupidness.
it was the first anime i ever watched and it was pretty cool.
Read at the sourceBlind_Guardian
NEEDLESS was one of the first anime I started watching as it was airing, when I first got into streaming new shows via fansubs. The shininess of watching brand-new shows hours after airing in Japan still hadn't worn off for me, so that may have somewhat influenced my opinion of the show. Regardless, NEEDLESS is a crazy, action-packed, explosion- and fanservice-filled ride through a post-apocalyptic wasteland straight out of Fist of the North Star or sCRYed.
My reviews have gotten a lot of 'Unhelpfuls', so I'm gonna try and stick with the usual format and see if that's more palatable.
Story - 6/10
Unfortunately, this is NEEDLESS' weakest point, since it's a comedy/action series, the jokes and the fights are really what keep the story running. The overall plot is pretty much the exact sam…
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Well, i hadn't had this much fun watching an anime for some time. It was first aired in Dec, 2009 but only found this particular anime about 2 weeks ago. Didn't watch it right away, but when i watched the first episode, i couldn't stop watching.
Very few Anime's hook me like this one. It reminded me of Gurren Laggan for some reason. I'm not very versed in the Anime lingo, i cant tell you that this is a seinen or shounen or what not. I just watch them cuz i enjoy watching anime. Doesn't really matter to me what it's called do don't expect anything on this review to have that much depth. All i am here to do is tell you what i think... and i think this is a great Anime to have. So lets go down to the scores...
Story - 7: - Well i rated this a 7 because as I've said before theres nothing new…
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Do you like priests? Do you like repetitiveness? Do you like panty shots all the time? If yes then this is the anime for you!!!
I am not going to tell you the plot since I am sure many other review probably already told you it. I am here to tell you what I think!
You may be asking, why is it repetitive? The jokes that is how. Some of the jokes lag through from beginning to the end. But other than those there are some really nice ones that keep things interesting. There is also a plot so there is an actual ending to the anime. The way they tie things together and really do not leave any whole left to fill was really nice to see. I did however get bored at the end was happy for it to end. But it still goes on the all time for it's creativeness and the panty shots and stuff because, well I…
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Needless had me right at the opening.They explain they setting and get right to the story without leaving lost or wondering whats going on.Its a bad bad habit but I usually never watch more than 10 seconds of the opening song of any anime.
NOT NEEDLESS! The opening song Modern strange Cowboy wooo! Watched it every single episode LOL.
The story line is actually solid. It is not the typical "Oh there's (insert generic bad guys here) lets go punch him lots!" type. Yes, there is a bad guy but there are several layers in the plot that explain why he is this way, what he is fighting for, and how all the characters are connected.
All around very good plot, nice balance of humor and story content.
Only dislike... Cruz... Cant say anymore without spoilers.
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Needless is not for everyone, but it is a fantastic show as long as you watch it for what it is and are able to enjoy it for what it is. Still, while it was still airing I got the feeling that most people had misconceptions.
First of all, Needless is not a shounen. Needless is a shounen-parody. Or actually if I stick to proper genres I would agree that it's a seinen, and the reason why it is "full of shounen clichés" is because it makes fun of those classic elements by overacting them till they reach grotesque levels. It's important to understand that that is the basis of the show.
Muscular machos? Naturally. Battles that last for eternity? Most of the anime is set in a single room. Fighters with named attacks or techniques? In Needless they not only shout them all the time, they also wr…
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I have to say that this is the worst anime that I have seen in a while and I'm surprised I made it through the whole thing. The only redeeming quality of this series is the main character Adam Blade who is just entertaining to watch.
Story:
Cliche and predictable are how I would describe it. It tries to throw a few twists at you but I saw them coming far in advance. It tries very hard to be epic and over the top but lacks a well thought out story
Art:
Animation was pretty clean, but the fact that characters cloths would regenerate and wounds would be healed between episodes, or sometimes scenes just so it could be done again was just too much.
Characters:
I hated every single one of the except Blade! Every single one of them was retarded except the kid who had normal intelligence but wa…
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There are probably a ton of things that could be said about Needless, but in the spirit of this series we will just narrow it down to something simple. Needless! is a show you will either like for what it is, or hate it for the very same reasons.
Needless is a pretty simple show with an equally simple concept. Have a mix of characters with noticeable personalities brawl it out in a span of 24 episodes, accompanied by some great art, fanservice, GAR, gore, comedy and a fast phased metal soundtrack that won't fail to get your blood pumping.
In a future where Tokyo has been bombed and 'black spots', areas in which people with mysterious abilities roam, exist there is an evil company surrounded with secrets that has settled in the center of the Black Spot and eliminates all opposition. Howe…
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There are some animes that will end of being forgotten from people’s memory, and be marked as ‘generic’ anime. We call those anime, ‘Needless’.
To describe what needless is; it focuses on multiple theme of being manly, being comical, being serious, being eechi but also being ridiculous itself. It’s anime for ‘GAR’ I can say. Spammed action sequences take majority of this anime, and there are tons of plot holes even on those actions. It follows typical shonen style plot and full of clichés. There is nothing good about anime except the fact that you will actually enjoy it regardless to how horrible it is.
Actually, it’s even more generic than you can think. There is useless boy who is reluctant to become a main character. There is a hothead, but also useless support character, screaming ‘L…
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Typically shounen style action series are not usually my thing. I find them to be completely silly and juvenile and cater to a demographic that I am just not a part of. The posturing and trash talking, the ridiculous reversals of fortune, and the long drawn out nature of the fighting usually cause me to lose interest. Honestly I am surprised this appeals so much to teenage males, who typically have the attention span of a goldfish. However, initially Needless seemed to be different, and appeared as more of a parody and comedy with an extremely enjoyable female lead. Eventually though it loses its way and falls victim to the things that doom many of its brother anime; trying to be and do too much instead of sticking with what was working.
The plot, initially is about as basic and nondescri…
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