Kagerou Daze (light novel)
| So MCA is one of those anime that get better after every episode with occasional hiccups. It started off slow and progressively got better. I personally would give the series a 4/5 equating to a 8/10 on mal. Mod Edit: Please state why you gave the score. Do not just simply list what you gave the anime. |
ZelotJun 28, 2014 12:51 PM
| This is seriously for OPEN-MINDED people .. you'll just give yourself a headache if you watch this anime ... PERSONALLY ... A PERFECT 5/5 FOR ME !!! I REALLY LOVE ALL THAT HAPPENED IN THE ANIME AND ... I think this anime just saved my life :D This will be on my top favorites for sure !!! I LOVE .. AYANO !!! Edit : .. so many bashers all around the area .. what the heck .. is this discrimination or something !? .. you don't understand a thing but the series provided all the details !! This is the problem of most people .. Easy to understand : PRAISE .. Hard to understand : BASH ... ahh .. so irritating ... Third-rates .. (no offense.. but its True.) |
AnimeLaver01Jun 28, 2014 10:08 PM
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| Honestly, I didn't mind a damn thing about it. Since watching the 1st episode a month ago and going in depth on all of it. I loved it. I'll watch it again and again. I do wish it was longer, but that is only because I'd love to see more interaction between them, but that's just a small complaint. |
| “Time is passing so quickly. Right now, I feel like complaining to Einstein. Whether time is slow or fast depends on perception. Relativity theory is so romantic. And so sad." |
| As a fan of the series prior to the show I would give this a 3/5 The beginning were kinda ehh with the animation and I felt like the plot wasn't going anywhere. By the end the series animation looked worse to me and the plot was finally getting somewhere but it was rushed. I'm really disappointed in Jin and Shaft with this adaption. The only good thing I got out of this series was seeing my favorite characters animated and interacting with each other and the music. |
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| 4/10. And I'm a hardcore shaft fanboy. |
SolviteSekai said: same i blame JIN though4/10. And I'm a hardcore shaft fanboy. |
Moodie said: SolviteSekai said: same i blame JIN though4/10. And I'm a hardcore shaft fanboy. I blame both. Shaft clearly didn't put much into this show. Probably because they were focused on other shit at the time. |
SolviteSekai said: well nisekoi and hanamonogatari was probably a bigger priority for them Moodie said: same i blame JIN though I blame both. Shaft clearly didn't put much into this show. Probably because they were focused on other shit at the time. specially how the gatari series are their cash cow |
| When even die hard SHAFT fanboys on MAL are mixed about a show.....WOW! Never ever thought I'd see the day let alone so soon. Is this like Kyoani's Haruhi 2009 Renewal series for SHAFT where even with the sheer amount of positive will people had towards them at the time it still wasn't enough to overcome an obviously half assed product. I guess when it's this blatant it's too hard even for the hardest of hardcore studio fans to deny. |
SolviteSekai said: Moodie said: same i blame JIN though I blame both. Shaft clearly didn't put much into this show. Probably because they were focused on other shit at the time. Uhm,I don't see how this is a reason. Brain's Base were doing around 4 series this season and none of them was as bad as MCA. |
Kaioshin_Sama said: Not really. Everything is blown out of proportion all the time on here lol.When even die hard SHAFT fanboys on MAL are mixed about a show.....WOW! Never ever thought I'd see the day let alone so soon. Is this like Kyoani's Haruhi 2009 Renewal series for SHAFT where even with the sheer amount of positive will people had towards them at the time it still wasn't enough to overcome an obviously half assed product. I guess when it's this blatant it's too hard even for the hardest of hardcore studio fans to deny. |
kawaii-despair said: SHAFT studio doesnt have as much money as people thinkSolviteSekai said: I blame both. Shaft clearly didn't put much into this show. Probably because they were focused on other shit at the time. Uhm,I don't see how this is a reason. Brain's Base were doing around 4 series this season and none of them was as bad as MCA. |
DejWoSWK said: 5/10,if I am lenient. I liked the songs and characters,but plot itself and pacing was...poor. Same. I picked this up because of Shaft and not knowing anything about Kagerou Project. The animation was pretty bad throughout the series.. 5/10 |
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Moodie said: kawaii-despair said: SHAFT studio doesnt have as much money as people thinkUhm,I don't see how this is a reason. Brain's Base were doing around 4 series this season and none of them was as bad as MCA. I don't think its a money issue. I think shaft is just a small studio with a small work force. |
| 10/10 Though I don't think this show deserves a 10/10... I am super biased as I am a huge fan of the Kagerou Project and this anime is honestly my guilty pleasure. I loved all the covers and since music plays a larger part in how I rate compared to other users, this inflated the score pretty high if I were to seriously rate this. So for a serious score? 6 or 7 moodie said: SHAFT studio doesnt have as much money as people think Well.. here is the studio for SHAFT... since sometimes buildings can show how much money a company has. I always thought that studios would be huge... I imagined them like Disney taking up a bunch of land and stuff and having special security. On the SHAFT site, it's a three min walk from the station lol |
| 3/5 The last two episodes in particular felt extremely rushed and the overall story lacked explanations. Characters with the exception of Momo were enjoyable especially Ayano and Shintaro. It had the potential to be something great, but it relinquished that to be something decent by the end of the series. |
| 4/5 This could have been a 5/5 if the ending didn't suck so hard. |
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| I gave it 6/10 (3/5 here) but I was generous as fkuc. Like 4/10 from this score is purely for the drawing which was very interesting. The whole story was horsecrap, couldn't follow the plot at all - still no idea if it had a real plot or just short, random flashbacks. I was able to finish it because I almost never drop anime (no anime is bad enough except Gintama), but I pray that I won't start something like this ever.. |
thedarkplayer said: SolviteSekai said: same for me, what a terrible series4/10. And I'm a hardcore shaft fanboy. Pretty much this. The idea was good, the execution was not. |
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| I enjoyed Mekakuctiy Actors, but I think you would have to have known about the KagePro prior to watching to appreciate it. I can see why watchers going in blind would have a tough time understanding things; the story would be difficult to have a grasp on. Definitely could have had better directing and more effort put into. The insert songs were lovely though. |
| There were times that I thought the show was better than the manga or the novel, but unfortunately it wasn't. God that last episode was terrible. |
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| I give it a 2/5 i'm a fan of the original Kagerou Days and the music that JIN composed but this adaptation. I don't know if its even an adaption, The characters were perfect but the story was just to scrambled and confusing. So if you want to understand the actual story you might want to read the manga or light novel |
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| 6/10 because I liked the music. It would've been a 5/10 otherwise. |
| 4/10. The writing and characters were fine, but SHAFT why... They put so little effort into this it's unbelievable. It looks like complete shit. The character designs are flat and overly simple. Shinbo's trademark stylistic elements are used so frequently and heavy-handedly that in the early episodes, they threatened to overwhelm everything else. I don't think the song in episode 11 was even dubbed over. Honestly, the music videos had better animation. The entire studio put less effort into this show than one person put into those MVs. Shaft, If you're not even going to try, why bother in the first place? Doesn't Monogatari series print enough money for you? |
| 7/10 because the story was so confusing. there is still so much left unexplained. coming into this i had no prior knowledge and just picked it up to see what it could possibly be like... so i clearly had no prior expectations. i felt the music was great and i for one loved the animation. it was generally really fluid and consistent. so the story and lack of character development was the main thing that let this series down, definitely had a lot of potential. |
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| Niconico Final episode ratings http://blog-imgs-64.fc2.com/y/a/r/yaraon/d26fd44c90504d67367ad10000b8173b.png 24.0% thought it was a very good ending. 5.9% said it was just a good episode. 7.6% said the episode was so-so and was neither good nor bad. 7.9% said it was not very good. 54.5% were disappointed with the final episode. |
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| Let's see.. 1. From the perspective of someone watching this series without prior knowledge of songs, LN etc, the story is inconsistent and impossible to follow without filling the gaps with speculations. 2. The art is terrible, very plain and unoriginal, low quality as well. I'm guessing the budget was very low. 3. Music was fine and catchy. 4/10 and that's me being generous. Actually the only reason I give it more that 2 is because there are quite a few animes out there which are actually worse. |
| 3/5 It was alright but damn, the budget really pissed me off. Like seriously, put in some effort to this masterpiece! I have read the manga, listened the songs and read a bit of novels and I know how high this series' potential actually is. I demand a remake, a two-cour sequel by any good studio like madhouse, manglobe, kyoani, white fox etc. |
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TragicRomance said: 3/5 It was alright but damn, the budget really pissed me off. Like seriously, put in some effort to this masterpiece! I have read the manga, listened the songs and read a bit of novels and I know how high this series' potential actually is. I demand a remake, a two-cour sequel by any good studio like madhouse, manglobe, kyoani, white fox etc. Im soo agree with you, what a dissapointment ,Jin for me i give this 2/5 im so mad about how bad this adaptation compared to PVs and manga |
| 4/5 Honestly, I'm fine with the way Jin writes and sets out the story. That's not my issue with MCA, aside from that bullsh*t he calls an ending (bringing Ayano back? Seriously?). I love the characters, although I hated the ending so much that now I don't really like Ayano anymore. She never meant much to me in the first place either. The story, in my opinion, is fantastic if not a little clichéd. It has a great story to tell and I wish it could've been adapted by a studio who would treat it with the respect it deserves. The music is brilliant, obviously. Although I didn't enjoy some of the covers and some of the OST aren't great. The voice acting was great. Mamoru Miyano and Keiji Fujiwara in particular did an amazing job with their characters. Then, we have animation. It's clear to all that Shaft had a very low budget with this one and didn't even put an ounce of effort into the series. Honestly, the recycled Shinbo quirks are getting really old, really fast. Sometimes they just need to learn when to stop. And had it not been for the lack of budget Shaft was willing to give this anime then it could've been extended into a 2-cour series and many of the issues people have with this show would disappear, as pacing and time to develop would improve drastically. I would've also liked it if it were a stand alone anime that needn't be referred to source material to be able to be understood. And I have to give a +1 to Haruka/Konoha, that adorably sexily awesome badass. But hey, I'm incredibly biased about him. XD |
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| A 3/5 because the execution was incredibly poor. It's like Shaft had been given 5 bucks to buy crayola crayons to animate this. I would have been able to look past the art of the story was any better, but it was way too rushed and definitely should have been 2 cour. |
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| I initially went into MCA knowing only Kagerou Daze, and each episode I would read the background information and get to know the story more. I never came to hate it despite Shaft's very unsettling execution of a great series that is KagePro. As stated earlier I really believe it's an extension to the already existing songs. with some extra bits here and there. It's a shame too, I really loved the style of KagePro (colour coordinating), I really hoped they couldve done much more with this. It's not as bad as people say it is, it could have been better. I appreciate the effort somewhat. I give it a 3.5/5 |
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| 3/5 Rushed last few episodes. Some unexplained shit. Some characters are bland. Shaft didn't commit into making this a great anime. Would have been a 2/5 if not for the songs and Ene. |
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| SHINTARO 5/5 just for you! ... well from the first episode I noticed that Shintaro is basically me in anime form, it was nearly scary how close the relation was, both prefer to stay at home 24/7 not talk to anyone and sit online playing games or watching anime :') heh and in the later episodes it was just getting too much ! when i found out he closed himself out of the world because of the death of 3 people in his life ( mainly just because of Ayano ) I could relate to the depressive times I had when i had my own real life problems as well.. At first I didn't understand the anime until the point where Shintaro joined the group then I started to get hooked to the story. Later I realized that this anime started off from the kagerou project and ended up really happy for it's success! :D My main reason to give it a 5/5 however is simply because this anime secretly tells you not to shut the door to the world and not give into depression :X Fav character of the series, I feel rather predictable but it's Shintaro :P Character I least enjoyed having around was Kano.... He started out great, no grudges against him but when he was talking to Ene... man he was mean X.x Don't worry though I still believe the series can't be the same without Kano xD And with that I should probably end by saying that I felt like the ending was kind of rushed however it doesn't change my 5/5 ^_^ |
junpants said: i agree. for me, i had no knowledge coming into this and felt confused at the end. so much so that i went to listen to the original songs and look on the kagepro wiki to research. once i did that everything became so much clearer. in the end, i'm agreeing and saying that this anime is supposed to be watched with the other material. everything compliments each other.I initially went into MCA knowing only Kagerou Daze, and each episode I would read the background information and get to know the story more. I never came to hate it despite Shaft's very unsettling execution of a great series that is KagePro. As stated earlier I really believe it's an extension to the already existing songs. with some extra bits here and there. It's a shame too, I really loved the style of KagePro (colour coordinating), I really hoped they couldve done much more with this. It's not as bad as people say it is, it could have been better. I appreciate the effort somewhat. I give it a 3.5/5 btw i'd never thought i'd ever have to say this but the songs were done better than the anime. |
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| 3/5 for me because of the ending. I'm a big fan of Kagerou Project but the ending was really bad if you ask me. The show was still enjoyable to watch, but it could've been so much better. |
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| 4/10, I'm sometimes fine not understanding everything but this just seemed rushed, patched together (being based off a bunch of different media doesn't help) and never didn't really end up having an overall theme to remember it by. Also the animation got seriously bad at parts. I'm sure watching and reading all the source material would have helped but as a stand-alone, pretty damn disappointing. |
| 6/10 I really like the concept and the fact that every character has a good backstory, the art style fits the subject (except for episode 9's opening). The plot took some time to show itself, so I thought it was going to be a long anime with secrets revealed little by little, but in the end, their problems were solved too quickly. As for the ending episode, I don't usually say this but I think a cliffhanger would have been far better than a deus ex machina. I expected seemingly too much because of the large universe that had been created. I wanted was to see a good but brief presentation of each characters, then eventually see how they made up a relationship between each others, then a problem would appear and it the show would really start there. Of course, you can't fit all of this in 12 episodes (which is, I believe, the main problem) so they had to give up on some of the good aspects that could have been taken from the kagerou project universe. But still, I think there could have been better ways to use 12 episodes. |
| 6/10 while I loved the characters (especially Haruka T^T) and songs they left all the explanations for the last 2 or 3 episodes and I'm still confused. All I got out of it is all of Mary's friends die and she keeps resetting the world with her powers. |
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD" |
| 3/5 Mainly because the pacing was unnecessarily complicated, and 12 episodes doesn't give enough room to pace the important expositions. It's good that the anime answered all of my questions (assuming that the subs are correct) from the other media, but that's all it does. It just provides answers at the cost of removing the emotional impact that the PVs and manga did so well. Jin's script writing was iffy too, and it took too much time on some unnecessary stuff for a one cour. Shaft animation... Derp. The anime came in during the wrong time. Even the PVs have lots of potential to be expanded upon. For example, Jin can probably write a script for Ayano's Theory of Happiness that leads to episodes of Shounen Brave and Fantasy Forest, or he can even extend Toumei Answer that leads to episodes of Yuukei Yesterday and even 'that Kano scene' in the Vol. 5 LN. It's good for a 24 episode first season or something, but sheesh, all that hype for nothing extraordinary. Goodbye Kagepro, I hope you get a well-deserved reboot in the far far future. |
| I went into MCA with no prior knowledge of KagePro and the plot was fairly easy to follow. In fact I'm glad I wasn't being spoonfed information left, right and center. I really enjoyed this one 4/5. |
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