Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
cuqulain
The first movie becomes much more enjoyable once I’ve watched the entire movie. However, when I try to see it from the perspective of a first-time viewer without reading the novel, it does feel quite confusing. There’s very little character introduction to build an emotional connection, which makes me feel like a passive viewer who is just trying to understand what’s going on.
That said, in the middle of that confusion, the animation and music turn it into something oddly enjoyable. The experience still feels engaging, and that confusion transforms into a kind of pleasure. It creates a sense of inner mystery that pulls me in, making me want to understand it more. In the end, that curiosity is what drives me to continue watching the next movies, until I finally realize just how great the w…
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Came back to write a review for this after finishing the series. Having watched it in both release and chronological order, I can say that the first movie is one of the stronger entries in this series and really good at hooking you into its mystery. By far the things that stood out to me is the music and the main character. But that can be said about all of Type-Moon's various media, the music will always hit and the main character will always be interesting.
Whilst confusing at times I highly suggest keeping with it and all the pieces will fall into place eventually. My best advice is to just give it a go. But I know it may not be for everyone and I can understand why you might drop it after this.
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I don't normally swear in my reviews so, I shall apologise in advance. This show, is not the worst show I've seen but my goodness is it shit.
Let's get these good bits out of the way. Animation is good. It is really hard to appreciate it at times however, given that the show is shit, but still, it's very good when you can look past it. Weirdly though, the action sequences, that are shit, animation quality drops in standard. What was a little frustrating too, given that the story is shit, are the moments where there is nothing happening, like a character opening and then eating and ice-cream, are so obviously attempts to say 'ooh look at this smooth realistic human animation' and sadly, it's really annoying. What doesn't help though is that the story is shit. Anyway, animation as far as s…
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Hmmmm, haaaahhhhhhhh,WHAT. IN. THE. ACTUAL FAK did I just watch. I don't even know how to write a review for this to be honest but we'll see what we can do
The story,for this this chapter at least is so FACKING MIIIIIIID, I don't even remember the last time i felt bores watching an anime ugh, what's it even about, Japanese ghost buster? Ghost slayer? What, what am I watching, what's all that about floating, flyin, falling,dying,what,WHAT did I waaaaatccccch(this is your not so good recommendation so far paddy, don't let let it happing again). I didn't vibe with the story nor it's pacing so ot gets a 4/10 for me
Now, what's next... ah yes the characters, I hope the characters were a bit interesting to watch, oh wait,THEY FACKING WEREN'T,characters so boring I couldn't remember any of thei…
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This series hides that it's just a Fate spinoff. If you like Fate then... here's more Fate filler, I guess.
The 1st 4 movies were pointlessly rearranged out of chronological order in the same way as the source material (thereafter is chronological). You'll find online (much like with any series) fanboys blindly recommend watching it in the order it was released. They will give no actual valid justification for this achronology however. So allow me: The author published each individual chapter online coming up with it as they went and ended up writing prequel chapters and sequel chapters and such off the cuff merely because that's the order they came up with it. Achronology adds absolutely nothing to these movies beyond the pointless achronology itself: pointless convolution of simple line…
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Kara no Kyoukai movie series Yes I watched the first movie today and what I can say is that the beginning is very ordinary and I really liked the mystery. The first movie is a bit short and it wasn't enough for the viewer to understand the story yet. At the end of the movie I understood several things which might be a sign of what's to come. What's coming is a series of suicides, murders and mystery lurking in the atmosphere. The characters were very well designed like the heroine, the hero and that other woman. This kind of mystery needs time to build. A new viewer might not understand. I understood almost everything and I'm ready to watch the second and third movies to judge the series more clearly. The things I liked in this movie are the excellent art although there are times it's croo…
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Kara No Kyoukai, or Garden of Sinners, is a series of movies based on a classic light novel series of the same name, created by NASU, the originator of Tsukihime and Fate series. While that is enough for most anime fans to get behind a project, KnK really stands on its own in every conceivable way. It is a perfect masterpiece, which delves deeply into subjects like psychology, the occult, romance, existentialism, and it includes a very grounded, gritty magic system.
KnK absolutely shines as a standalone series, so there is no real need to be familiar with Nasu's other works, as beautiful as those are. All you really need to know is that KnK excels as a piece of adult anime that is highly cinematic, emotional, gorgeous, and contextually deep.
With all that being said:
Art, Direction: 10…
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Confusing. Nonsenical. Pretentious. Oh yes its another so called Nasuverse thing. I can only laugh at people trying to find deeper meaning, philosphy, and som sort of sense in their stories. There is non. The last Garden of Sinners episode/movie said it all really. 33 minutes of nonsense conversation between the Main characters. Trying to picture the guy writing that and thinking it was good or deep in any way. For the lack of better word. Cringey. Rest of the movie/episodes are darker, more gore. Pretty graphic.
Now despite sounding critical i have it at 7/10. Which might sound strange. But i do in fact like Type Moons works. But its more for its bizarre nature. Music. Style. What crazy shit is this Nasu guy up to next? Its enjoyable. It does get a bit old though. Same characters. Same…
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Title: Garden of Sinners
This is a summary review of Garden of Sinners. Having finished all the parts, I wanted to share some thoughts. First of all, I watched the anime Garden of Sinners chronologically and not by release date. In my opinion, this is also the best way to watch it to have the proper sequence. The story is set in a real world but with magical abilities.
The year is 1998, and news of a series of suicides is spreading through the media. Our two main protagonists, Shiki Ryougi and Mikiya Kokutou, attend the same class and often hang out together on the school roof during breaks. Both seem interested in these incidents. Shiki appears to be a complex person, making it often difficult for Mikiya to reach her. We soon learn the reason: Shiki has two personalities. One of them is…
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Do yourself a favor, and don't start watching this franchise from the first movie. This first move is completely skippable, and a painful 50 minute experience if you don't know the backstory already.
First time watchers are recommended to watch in release order, if that really is the best way, watching onwards from the second movie and leaving this movie for the last seems a lot better. Honestly though, just not watching it at all is even better.
Let's break it down then.
Art: Good, as one would expect from ufotable.
Characters: Extremely bland, could have been swapped with cardboard cutouts in this movie.
Plot: The movie intentionally has the viewer not knowing what is going on. That would be fine if executed well, however in this movie that falls flat on it's face. The lack of backs…
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The story is so unusual and tangled that I didn't understand much during the screening, which doesn't mean it's bad but unfortunately difficult, at least for me.
The line of the character looks older, but it fits the animation and is therefore pretty, and the background, which depicts gray buildings like in real life, looks quite okay. The melodies in the animation, on the other hand, are quite interesting and nice, which adds a bit to this hard-to-understand animation.
The characters have their own characters despite the tangled plot, they are also not annoying, stupid and stereotypical like a crying idol or a character who only glows with his chest. Reacting to the situations here, in turn, the characters have a non-rigid but subdued approach.
I think it's even a good OVA, but not eve…
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Kara no Kyoukai Movie 1: Fukan Fuukei
" We don't choose our path depending on the sins we carry,instead we must carry our sins on the path we choose"-Aozaki Touko
First of all, I wanna clarify yes kara no kyoukai could have been adapted into a series of episodes. and that would have given it the chance of observing the sequence of starting, progression, and ending of the show more closely rather than judging it by the standard of " This movie was mediocre, this was great". Anyway, it's a movie series but people tend to judge it as this movie or that movie not the whole mixture of the show. Yes, it's a slow-burn character and philosophy-driven, show with high visual storytelling.
It's mainly for character introduction and world build. And just like any other nasuverse series, it takes plac…
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Disjointed first installment for an even more broken saga. It is, indeed, quite enigmatic and thrilling, setting its supernatural world and metaphysic tone. The story is unique, it has a lot of potential and I'm keen to this genre, so I gave it go. The art style is amazing. Since this is the first entry the characters were presented, so development is left to do, nonetheless, all of them were smart, especially Shiki. Still, not entirely convinced with what it has going on and my concerns will only grow bigger (and become clearer) with one entry after another. Soundtrack and visuals are killer though. I'm feeling a light seven on this one.
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A few things I wanted to note about this movie series.
The later movies if you are watching them in order, are significantly better than the first 3. This is more of a show that is in movie format, and so even though I gave this movie a 7, the following movies get progressively deeper into the story and characters. The first movie is not indicative of the final state of the story once you have watched all the movies. It has a very monogatari like system, where the deeper you go, the better it gets.
That being said, the first movie (and all the following) have your signature ufotable quality to them. You can't say anything negative about the art or sound, which is probably their defining trait.
I would also say that although my enjoyment is a 10/10, it took me watching this movie series…
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Story:
2/10
I honestly have no idea what was the point of anything. The suicides and dark edgy tone were cool but none of it actually ended up making any sense.
Art:
8/10
Ufotable+Yuki Kajiura cannot fail
Characters:
1/10 None of the characters were developed or even had anything to develop in the first place. A character just pulls out a knife and starts killing demons with zero prior explanation as to how they can do that.
I feel like I just watched a Yuki Kajiura MV animated by ufotable. The plots is unintelligible, as are the characters. 4/10 only for pretty colors and sounds.
Apparently a lot of stuff is clarified in later movies but I have no idea what is the reasoning behind putting this movie first then. My brain hurts and I am confused.
Read at the sourceScaryMask
Somehow I was tied in the entire time, yet I had no clue to what was going on. The start of the movie screamed potential it just went nowhere. I felt as if so many of the aspects of other amazing shows we right there but this movie really didn't push any of them. Pretty much nothing happened the entire time I watched. I believe that the mysterious aspect of the movie was done great, just I wish I was given an explanation, or at least some material where I could make some inferences during my watch. Bits of the fights were really enjoyable, yet straightforward. Now some scenes, very visually appealing to me, but they had no context. Most of the time its just a depressing feel with the characters reflecting. I found this to be a repetitive Ryan anime.
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The script seems to me simply beautiful, overwhelming, raw, cruel, mature, emotional... and Ufotable knows how to capture all that according to a sublime animation. This film series should be a must for everyone.
I thought it necessary to transcribe these beautiful words here of the pre-suicide Kirie scene:
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Note that this is a text entry from my blog. This isn't a professional review & is more of a rantview on my disapproval to put it very nicely towards to the first 3 Kara no Kyoukai movies (but in particular the first & second movie which is why I'm pasting it for a review here). Also there's probably spoilers so caution is advised
I'm not someone who usually goes against the grain when it comes to beloved anime. Most of my favorites are acclaimed popular shows & my 2nd favorite anime is Cowboy Bebop. That's not to say I don't have my unpopular opinions though, I think Toradora is the worst romance anime you can find, Fate/Zero is some of the most unrelentlessly boring garbage I've ever watched &, although I'm not sure how unpopular this take is or not, but the Girls & Panzer series is th…
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The animation in this short film is splendid and needs no comment. This is the same studio that also did Fate/Zero and the other two Fate/Stay Night routes, in addition to that he also did Kimetsu no Yaiba. The animation is splendid for all these animes, except I really prefer Kara no Kyoukai's style.
The soundtrack is also very characteristic, it is very striking, it has a lot of identity and it looks like the others that will be shown throughout the film, in addition to the fact that the franchise maintains a standard, so there is a basis and the strands of this base, which makes the soundtrack quite identifiable. That's really good.
And now let's talk about what really matters. The script of the film and its messages. The film already begins with a suicide scene, and with butterflies…
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Pt 1 Review
Kara no Kyoukai 1: Fukan Fuukei is the first movie of a 7 part movie series. So,rather than reviewing it each part as a standalone movie, I would have preferred to review it as a whole. But sadly it isn’t possible, so I will try as best as I can to review the “bizarre” 1st part of the series
Story: (7/10)
The story is bizarre indeed. It starts off normally with the meetings of a normal looking girl Shiki and a guy named Kokutou but then takes a very bizarre turn throwing the viewers into confusion. The whole story felt like something happening in the middle of an ongoing arc while providing little to no explanations whatsoever. Now, do remember that this is supposed to be part of a long movie series and it may/will get explained in the future movies, so the messed up chronolo…
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