Audience reviews
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heyngra
Are you a Mirai Nikki fan? If you are, then you might think that my few words about this INCREDIBLE experience are something close to heresy and you might crucify me. But hear me out: This OVA is TERRIBLE.
This Mirai Nikki (not to be confused with the TV version) is an 8 minut short bundled with manga, serving as a pilot / trailer episode for the anime. And if I were someone in 2010 in a look for a new show or manga to watch, and I stumbled upon this somewhere on the internet, then I probably would never touch it, not even with a stick. It's really that bad.
This OVA contains two? first episodes, I think. Generally, the introduction of Mirai Nikki. But god, it is bad. If you thought that you liked something about Mirai Nikki, maybe Deus' voice, then it's totally destroyed here. I have no…
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An OVA that, in practice, feels more like an extended trailer.
When I first heard about Mirai Nikki OVA (2010), I imagined I'd find some interesting supplementary content, perhaps a new story or a deeper exploration of elements not present in the main adaptation. However, my experience watching it was quite different. This OVA functions much more as a promotional episode created to introduce the work to the public than as truly indispensable content for fans.
Produced before the TV series, it adapts some scenes from the manga and basically serves as a demonstration of what Mirai Nikki had to offer. Therefore, calling this episode an OVA is a bit strange. For me, it fits better into the category of "pilot" or "animated trailer," since its main objective seems to be to generate interest in…
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The first OVA for Mirai Nikki, with a paltry runtime of just over eight minutes, is utterly pointless. There is no reason to watch this OVA as it serves little more than promotional material for the series. The scenes are mostly shot-for-shot identical to the anime, and there is no extra material included. It does move rather quickly and encapsulates the first several episodes, so it is a good refresher, but it leaves out too much detail to be heavily relied on. There is just no reason to watch this. Unless you are a die-hard Mirai Nikki completionist, it is best to skip this entry in the series.
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Mirai Nikki OVA (2010)
Not an OVA but a trailer with an extended time preparing you for what is coming.
I think it is actually pretty great considering the animation is spot on and also the storyline is explained pretty well too. It serves as a great way to decide if you really want to watch the show and to be honest shows to me that you should definitely not let young children watch the show. I get that it is R17+ but when has that stopped anyone before.
Honestly, give it a watch BEFORE the main series as a great insight. If you watch it after then it may be a little bit lacklustre.
For those that slate it as not an OVA please remember this came out prior to the main release.
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In short, if you have already seen Future Diary, you do not need to watch this. However, if you haven't seen it, this is something you may want to watch.
This was a trailer of manga scenes released before the series, so if you’re not sure whether you would want to watch future diary, this would be a good fit for you. It covers basic plot points for the story and and the death game, as well as some key character traits for both Yuki and Yuno.
Some of the art is strange, and since I watched it after already being familiar with the anime, I was a little thrown off by some bits because it was a little different than what I was used to, but it’s a good lead it. It summarizes pretty much everything in the first episode too.
There was nothing special about the sound, though some of the voices…
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Not sure, but I think this is a 8 minutes long wannabe trailer pretending to be an OVA. It's like the creators were like "Hey lets try to turn this manga into an anime and see if people like it... and then get them all hyped and make the full anime!"
It's literally just parts from the Anime. Can't say i enjoyed it watching it after i finnished the anime, it would have been better to watch it before, as a trailer. So if you're thinking of watching Mirai Nikki, watch this "teaser OVA" first to get teased or something.
So watch this as trailer. But the anime is good so 10/10. (Jk, i actually rated it 7, it's a nice teaser.)
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Having watched the whole Mirai Nikki series before this, this OVA is merely a trailer - it captures the first few episodes, picks out the key and most suspenseful scenes, and made into a beautiful short introduction or taster video. I believe that watching this really isn't needed, but if you do decide to watch it, it will either be a waste of your time if you've watched the whole TV version before it, or give you a great taster into the TV series. There really isn't much more to it. I don't believe it spoils anything - all the plot revelations and explanations come at the end of the series anyway.
I only rated it 10 in every aspect because there was no fault for the way it has been created. The faults (if any) come from the TV version itself, and this does not deserve to be discredited b…
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I'm going to say what everyone already knows. This looked like an animation and concept test. Much like how marvel studios leaked a concept animation for Deadpool.
So when I watched this particular OVA I was doing it to clean up loose ends with the series. (Like I do with all series).
Watching it right off the back I could tell it was a trailer or a concept test footage.
However if you are wanting to get into the series I would suggest watching this first, (there are spoilers, but they are very mediocre and don't really ruin anything).
It was also a reminder about how much I love Yuno Gasai as a character.
I am giving it a lower score because of the fact that it is a concept trailer, and doesn't seem to flow correctly
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When I went into this I was hoping to get more story and/or something extra to add on to the series but instead its just like a basic trailer or a summery of what happened the first few episodes kinda disappointing
although the animation characters and sound had decent a quality like in the original the fact that it didn't add anything to the story made me give it a 6 out of 10
I hope that mire nikki will soon get another ova series or even a new season so they can add on to what happened at the end
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This is my first review.
Mirai Nikki OVA is essentially a preview/condensed version of the first episodes of the TV series. In short it was suppose to serve as the introduction to one of the best series of last year.
I say suppose to as it did not do a good job.
What it managed to do in eight minutes was introduce the protagonist Amano Yukiteru, the basis of the story and give us a peek of what was to come.
Normally that would be fine but it lacked what made Mirai Nikki such a big hit. Killing, blood, mystery and the Queen of Yanderes, Yuno.
Yes, as intricate and interesting as the story goes it is incomplete without Yuno. With little about her in this OVA, viewers are either misled, unconvinced or oblivious to Yuno's murderous and insane antics.
It's just not right to start the ser…
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The Mirai Nikki OVA is a short, eight minute OVA that was bundled with the eleventh volume of the manga on December 9th, 2010. (My birthday – a coincidence? Hahah! …Not the year, of course.) It basically takes a bunch of random scenes from the first volume of the manga and shows how they would look in animation form. I was actually rather pleased with the scenes they depicted, since they were very accurate (almost word-for-word) with the manga.
For those of you who don’t know what Mirai Nikki is, it means “Future Diary” in English. It’s about a boy, Amano Yukiteru, who isn’t very interested in many things. The one thing he does like to do is record daily events in his diary in his cell phone – he calls himself an “observer”. He also has an imaginary friend, aptly named Deus Ex Machina. On…
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So after having watched 12 episodes of Mirai Nikki (TV) and being thoroughly impressed by it, I decided it would be worth spending the 8 minutes it takes to watch the Mirai Nikki OVA.
In my honest opinion this is more of a preview or a commercial than anything else. Scenes switch so fast without any explanation that it is next to impossible to tell what is happening unless you have watched the show like I have. In fact, it appears they squeezed the first 2 episodes into this 8 minute long ova. So if you think about it this is just pretty much an 8 minute long trailer.
So overall I rate this trailer a 3, simply because I feel this wasn't meant to be watched as anything other than a preview; if it was the actual anime adaptation I would have given it a 1. It does serve its purpose as a pre…
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If your looking for a good troll of a OVA, go ahead and watch. If your looking for a trailer for Mirai Nikki a.k.a. Future Diary before it airs in the fall, go ahead and watch. If you expect content and such, then don't bother. The only reason that i even scored it a 5 is because it got me exited about the fact that it was obvious that it would be made into a tv show. Other then that it was a waste even calling it a OVA. To those who haven't caught on yet, its nothing more then some clips of what is obviously going to be a tv show. I can't wait till i see the real show but the fact that everyone even gives this a tittle of OVA is just pathetic. I was expecting something like a short from Mirai Nikki: Mosaic since it would make for a good OVA short to kick off the TV version. It didn't even…
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Well... After reading the manga I was really looking forward to this. I was a bit disappointed though for a few reasons. This was more of a trailer. It started by speeding through the intro to the manga not even giving a chance to anyone who hasn't seen the manga to understand the plot. Then, all of a sudden it jumps to what happens a few chapters later giving no context.
It feels really rushed. Almost no time is given to get to know the characters, (that goes double for Yuno who I was looking foward to seeing). All of a sudden things are happening and anyone who hasn't read the manga (which is awesome!) is left in the dust.
If they intended to make an anime out of this I hope the pace is slowed down a lot. In my opinion this story should be told in about 50-80 episodes.
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I'm not a very good reviewer and I never always have been. but the best I can do is wrap up my favorite series.
I'm to lazy to even write the story plot but its already written in myanimelist to that's taken care of. anyways lets begin my crappy review shall we?
Mirai Nikki or (Future Dairy) in English is one of my most favorite mangas in the series if you haven't ever read the original manga then, you'll be confused as hell on whats going on. first of all its not really of much an OVA most OVAs are usually at least 20-30 minutes long but for the Mirai nikki OVA its more like a really long trailer. Even though there wasn't much music I already can say its well orchestrated. They, even had a ending song and its very excellent! they should use the song for ED If Mirai Nikki gets turned in…
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This OVA isn't as bad as people are making out to be. In fact this is less of an OVA and more of a trailer presenting some scenes from the first volume of the manga and showing what it would look like in anime form.
After watching this I can say that it looks fantastic.
From a story perspective this OVA was really confusing. A first timer may understand about the future diary and not a whole lot else. However this OVA were different scenes made to sorta tell a story, not really the whole thing. If an actual anime was made it would be much more coherent. Speaking of which, the parts that were shown were faithful to the manga almost perfectly. Once you realize which scenes they are animating, they are all pretty much identical word for word.
Art and coloring was very good as well. What…
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