The story follows a group kids and also some adults, which are related to those kids in some way. The characters of the story are pretty stale with only a few decent ones however the main bad point is how easily the character's personalities change. There isn't much that is clearly explained and it isn't until a couple episodes into this series that anyone watching this will have some idea. The pace that the story develops is fairly slow, for a series with only 23 episodes and it would have been better if it developed faster.
Just like the concept for this show's plot, the animation concept is pretty weird and wonderful as it mixes CG with drawn characters. It's odd how so much detail is put into the CG but the characters have the "Fooly Cooly" look, which doesn't suit. Overall the animation is great however a lot of corners were cut, in the character designs, especially during the action sequences.
The music for the show is fairly decent with an okay amount of symphonic tunes, unlike in some great anime series with music that you simple can't forget, Noein doesn't really have memorable tunes. Although during the action sequences the music does make it all more exciting to watch, with the help of the incredible Sound FX.
Overall this is a steadily paced anime with a confusing yet interesting plot about infinite futures, time spaces and quantum physics however the main emphasis of the story is to do with friendship and bonds. The show did do well in gaining some momentum, halfway into the series but it didn't do much with that, which led to a not so great ending. There could have been ways to make the show end better but the show was forced to end in an unrealistic and lacklustre way. So this anime is meant for the open-minded anime fan.
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