Audience reviews
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LilyWhiteheart
Let's start with the only reason I watched the series: the manga.
I liked the manga so much that when the announcement about this anime adaption was a miracle for me as I never thought it was that loved in Japan.
First episode: oh, they decided to skip all the initial parts and go for the big part? Uhm ok
Second episode: wait, you decided to get into the start? Why not before instead of making it a suspance lasting so many episode? Oh, well.
NO WAIT NO NOT THIS why is the main character, known for having always had white hair a blonde girl that gets her hair white during the use of her ESP? How are they going to explain the thing that she hides because of that after all the things that happened? Oh, easy, ignore that. Sure... uhm, there's something missing. Right. How people will understan…
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Tokyo ESP is the typical anime sci-fi, super powers, Shounen and a bit of comedy, but not because it has the typical stereotypes of anime makes it bad, quite the contrary, this anime has an interesting and special way to tell a story quite Original, with charismatic characters, a good soundtrack and a decent animation.
What makes this anime really special is that its history is attractive, has a lot of potential and managed to exploit the maximum, even though there were certain moments of the anime that could be made boring, but are very few, I assure you that this anime will make them pass A good time with its good history and its characters, it is only to give him the opportunity, sadly it did not become as well known as other shounens, but that is not to give him of less.
I hope you enj…
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Warning to all that my reviews may or may not contain mature language..So if you don't want to be subjected to bad bad words leave now and don't come back.
As i'm writing these lines i still can't understand what Tokyo ESP is all about.Is it an anime that wants to be taken seriously?Is it a parody?Does it want to be many things at once?
Honestly after watching the whole damn thing i can't for the life of me understand its' purpose.Oh certainly the story,or the thought at least of the story is very.....Well i would say unheard of,but that's simply not the case.The X-Men similarities are too many you see.It's like a cover band this anime.It does almost everything as you would expect but it's nothing like the original.I mean look at all those tribute metal bands out there.They certainly do a…
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Tokyo ESP is focused on the struggles of high school student Rinka Urushiba and several others who are granted esper abilities from mysterious fish that enter their bodies. While making sense of their unique predicaments, Rinka and her comrades have to deal with an enemy organization trying to organize an esper resistance against humanity by using the mysterious fish to force people into becoming espers.
My thoughts on this series as a whole are a bit mixed. The series starts out like Berserk and Ga-Rei: Zero where you are tossed immediately into the main conflict of the series without any buildup before the second episode takes events before said conflict starts off to show how it got to that point. I've started to get irked when titles pull this type of plot structure off because it ris…
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Story: If you have seen X-Men, then there are quite a lot of similarities. I personally liked that the story had a badass heroine, good amount of action, and slight romance. However, the pacing is HUGE ISSUE. I all for fast-paced, get-to-the-point animes, but the whole concept in the anime needs more time to actually perfect the story. Also, all the fights seem short (because every episode is 24 minutes) so it seems like it doesn't add much action to the story.
Art: Awful. It's literally okay at some points, downright TERRIBLE at others.
Sound:-
Character: Not bad at all. I can tell you that all animes will have similar character personalities, but I personally thought the heroine wasn't over-the-top annoying.
Overall: This anime is harshly criticized (and at points I can see why), bu…
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Tokyo, Japan, is currently under a gang attack consisted of peculiar espers who wants to rule the nation based on their hatred and egoistical evil desires. These humans use their super power dedicatedly to eliminate those who oppose 'em, brute force everywhere to government and innocent citizens, while the government itself hasn't reach a good conclusion and categorize all esper to be overpowered. Thus appear a silver-haired girl that stand on normal humans side as an esper, well-known as "Shiroi Shoujo", after few of her actions helped citizens recognized by many. This Shiroi Shoujo itself has its own problems regarding this esper thingy. It tries to bring mysterious atmosphere but none of it works. The standout evident is about glowing fish phenomenon. The concept of glowing fishes which…
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When I watched this, I was preeetty new to anime, and I enjoyed it. If you're new to anime, watch this, but don't expect to find the same thing in other anime. The concept is good, the superpowers are fun, but almost everything else isn't managed as well. The animation style is pretty nice, not too shabby. Character development leave much to be desired, as a lot of background is left out and it's not very easy to get attached to most of the characters.
If you're new and still don't have too much of an idea what sort of series you like particularly, and haven't really developed standards I guess, I recommend this anime.
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What if you are an esper? Well, some people would like doing some cool stuff or try to become a hero or “joining the dark side”. Tokyo ESP is about a teenage girl who become an esper and later on become stronger in order to protect people and becoming a hero. When I heard the manga will be animated, I am so freaking happy since I’m a fan of its manga. But, the anime adaption seems fast pace adaptation, and doesn’t follow up its original story although the chronology of time is same, so you would want to read the manga (absolutely, do it!!) from the start because the story has a potential to become much more awesome.
The synopsis follows up Rinka, a teenage girl who lives a normal life until she has a power to become an esper. After that, she meets a boy named Azuma and together fights the…
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...And all of a sudden errryone had superpowers. Tokyo ESP is an anime in which many people get superpowers because they are on drugs. I say this because a select few persons can see fishes swimming around in air (obviously they are under influence of drugs). The first thing I would think if I saw a flying penguin or fluorescent fishes in the air is ask myself if I am sane. Not these characters, they just believe and inmediately accept what they see. Anyway, jokes aside, these fishes seem to give people superpowers by going in a person. All you have to do is wish for it (that's the impression I got, at least) and you get it.
There is no real explanation as to how the superpowers work; in the first episode I even thought the superpowers were due to the accesories the villains were wearing.…
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Well to begin with I don't dislike this anime like most of the reviews, on the contrary I find that it can be quite fun to watch. It is not perfect for a lot of reasons as : rushed story, characters that don't have a really good depth into them, between other things. Below I will list the grades I gave to each topic...
-Story (8):
The story could have been really interesting, but it was rushed and had some plot holes that weren't explained, nothing that a second season couldn't have dealt with. The plot is about a girl named Rinka that all the sudden finds out that she acquired some kind of powers, witch are called ESP in the anime. At the same time a treat appears, a guy that calls himself professor is threatening all Tokyo and the human kind. She then decides to start fighting for the…
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Too bad, Tokyo ESP Anime version, has started from Rinka encounter Professor on Battle at Diet (Japan Parliament Building), I think Tokyo ESP has good story quality, Doing anime that started or follow story on its Manga. It can be beneficial to the viewer.
If you ask Why, the more I think about it...
First Assumptions is the Director seems to want this Anime have a main story or protagonist on Ren Jōmyaku (ESP 2) but why there are new character like someone who use rider and gun (They aren't ESP right?) If so it's just like Plot drift.
Second Assumptions is the story having Reverse chronology and of course timeskip, coz the story is already near the second arc, where story is about Tokyo as well as the fate of the other ESP users after ESP law passed, and then Rinka Urushiba and Kyōtarō Az…
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In a world full of crime, there is an anime that has potential to became awesome using superpowers, however, it turned out to be a mess. That anime is Tokyo ESP. Tokyo ESP is produced by Xebec.
STORY (4):
The story follows Rinka Urushiba, a normal high school student who is a bit poor and her father is the only one who raise her. Rinka has to work as a waitress after school to raise money for rent and food. One day, she sees a penguin and some glowing fish swimming through the sky. Rinka came into contact with the fish and she develops ESP powers. ESP Powers are basically supernatural powers.
This anime was inspired by X-Men powers and so they produced an anime that deals with supernatural powers. It wasn't known in the US because people might think that this anime copied X-Men powers.…
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Do you love heroes? Do you believe in miracles? Well I hope you do because you're going to be hearing a lot of that if you're planning to watch this series.
[STORY: 7/10]
The storyline is actually a very simple and traditional template of "Good v.s. Evil" and that's pretty much it. I'm giving extra credit for the fact that they have a pretty decent back-story to back up all the latter's actions. A good back-story never fails to hit a soft spot in me. So apart from that, there are moments of fighting (somewhat... at least they tried) which may or may not intrigue you. For me, the fighting scenes didn't really work out that well, it looked more like they did it for the sake of doing it, and it wasn't well produced at all.
[SOUND: 9/10]
Oh, now this is BRILLIANT. Barring the OP and ED whi…
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I don't know what to say. This anime is one of few to reach a new low. I usually reserve 2 and 1's for shows that scream, "No effort," or are plain offensive. This anime... I don't know where to begin. I can tell there was actual effort put in, and I never felt that it offended me in anyway. But it's still is so bad I can't believe it even now.
At least, with Skelter Heaven and Mars of Destruction, they were only one episode length long. Tokyo ESP is twelve episodes. And nowhere in those twelve episodes are any shred of dignity. I was embarrassed to have finished this. Everyone I knew told me how they dropped it after two or three episodes because of its atrocities. Maybe I was foolishly hoping it would get better as I force-fed myself.
The plot is an origin story of the "White Girl" and…
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So, small disclaimer before I start my review. For this anime, you most likely will have to shut of any kind of logic you might reconsider, you wont find any of it here. If you decided to give it a shot, then listen closely to its story as it will likely kick you of to the reaction of ,,Wait,What?'' when you miss a small detail. Now to to the real review..
Tokyo ESP had also been one of the newest Animes of the last season. It is the Story of a Highschool Girl called Rinka Urushiba. Now the first thing you'll see is that the atmosphere reminds of old and brings you nostalgia from animes like ,,Detective Conan'' or ,,Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne''.
Now Rinka does seem to be the everyday Highschool-Girl until she meets a dear Friend to her. And from here on the story takes the crazy route.
Both…
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this story has a nice flow, progresses rapidly and is effectively a series of events that lead you to draw your own conclusions regarding the deeper motivations of the characters. this is a simple, enjoyable show.
the show starts at the "beginning of the ending" with episodes 1 and 11 occurring in the same time-frame which creates a sense of anticipation leading to the inevitable, reminiscent of the western superhero genre.
just as when watching a movie like "ironman" or (conversely a non- superhero movie) "rocky", it is not a story of whether the protagonist will win or lose but the efforts that lead them to that conclusion.
it is my opinion that this can be enjoyed by any traditional superhero fan
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IN A WORLD, WHERE PENGUINS CAN TAKE FLIGHT..
AND GLOWING FLYING FISH CAN GRANT PEOPLE SUPERHUMAN ABILITIES..
COMES A YOUNG GIRL..
WITH THE ABILITY TO WALK THROUGH SOLID OBJECTS..
SHE WILL EMBARK ON A QUEST TO SAVE TOKYO..
FROM TWO-FACE AND HIS TEAM OF ESPERS..
..UNTIL..
She realizes her ability is useless against them and is beaten to submission against everyone she fights with.
I finished Ga-Rei: Zero a few days ago (enjoyed the shit out of it) and heard that Kagura and Yomi are on this Anime i thought to myself "wow really?, does this mean this is a side story or someones point of view to the GRZ story" but no they're just there for 2 minutes and then never seen again.
Well anyway, i'll keep the story brief.
Tokyo ESP centers around a teenaged girl named Rinka Urushiba who must stop s…
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To be honest, I don't know how I should explain this series. Tokyo ESP is one of action series which I took because of the action genre only. As the series first made, my expectation is it would become a little good because of the promising almost-ending scene in the first episode. But, as the series went, my expectation came down and almost drowned into the deep of the sea with the ending.
Tokyo ESP is a series which told us a normal high school girl and got a special ability. The girls then become a hero who tried to save the town from another special people. It's cliche premise, but I was hoping the plot would be different. It turned out I'm wrong.
I hate the story most than another part. Many mystery at first, but a half-baked finishing for the mysteries. Not only the premise is clic…
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Tokyo ESP is just about exactly what it sounds like. Tokyo is the location of the setting while ESP stands for extra-sensory perception. Add two more letters to that and you get ‘esper’, the term used to designate individuals who possesses powers beyond human capability. The premise is essentially about a girl named Rinka Urushiba who develops special abilities of her own after one faithful day that changes her life forever. It’s nothing new to see really as generic would be the first word that comes to mind if I was to describe this setup. To enjoy Tokyo ESP, you’ll have to see the show from another perspective for some painless fun.
From the same author that bought to you Ga-Rei, don’t be surprised if you see some similarities. Hajime Segawa’s writing combines an essence of supernatural…
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"Tokyo ESP" is an anime that downgrades espers, turning them into whiny teenagers who feel the need to gripe about their unfortunate past.
This anime first captured my heart at the word 'ESP.' Unfortunately, I was to have many not-so-heart-capturing moments throughout watching the series.
"Tokyo ESP" is a sci-fi staring Rinka, an extremely poor high school girl who lives with just her father in modern Tokyo. One day, on the way home from school, she chases a "flying penguin" to the top of New Tokyo Tower—only to have "fish swimming in the air" suddenly appear before her. One of the fish goes through Rinka and gives her an extraordinary power beyond those of normal humans; the ability to slip through solid objects. She then meets Azuma, a boy wanting her to become a hero?
Rinka, a girl…
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