Shinsekai yori

In the town of Kamisu 66, 12-year-old Saki Watanabe has just awakened to her psychic powers and is relieved to rejoin her friends—the mischievous Satoru Asahina, the shy Mamoru Itou, the cheerful Maria Akizuki, and Shun Aonuma, a mysterious boy whom Saki admires—at Sage Academy, a special school for psychics. However, unease looms as Saki begins to question the fate of those unable to awaken to their powers, and the children begin to get involved with secretive matters such as the rumored Tainted Cats said to abduct children.

Shinsekai yori tells the unique coming-of-age story of Saki and her friends as they journey to grow into their roles in the supposed utopia. Accepting these roles, however, might not come easy when faced with the dark and shocking truths of society, and the impending havoc born from the new world.

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Watanabe, Saki Main

Endou, Aya Japanese

Akizuki, Maria Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Aonuma, Shun Main

Toudou, Mai Japanese

Asahina, Satoru Main

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Itou, Mamoru Main

Kudou, Haruka Japanese

Squealer Supporting

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

Kiroumaru Supporting

Hirata, Hiroaki Japanese

Asahina, Tomiko Supporting

Sakakibara, Yoshiko Japanese

Kaburagi, Shisei Supporting

Hoshino, Takanori Japanese

Akki Supporting

Yajima, Akiko Japanese

Ochikoshi, Tomonori Producer

Kinoshita, Tetsuya Producer

Oomatsu, Yutaka Producer

Ishihama, Masashi Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Animation Director

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Jun 3, 2024

JoeStraatmann

Recommended

It is a heavy, complicated anime about the distortion of history written by the conquerors. There is much to unpack, and I'm sure one can find many things to criticize, especially the point of view ultimately being held by people who had nothing to do with it and sympathize with what they find out, but still benefit from a completely broken system. I don't think it's much comfort to anyone on the other side of what is considered "the best that can be done" at the end.

But once the anime plays its slow, occasionally clunky hand, the impact is undeniable, and how it changes ... the view of the world at large makes it an experience that is almost necessary now that we have most everything built on "I don't see it, so it doesn't exist," or, "All of this is necessary and proper."

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Apr 19, 2024

PrivateJoe

Mixed Feelings

Shinsekai Yori is a slow-burn anime with a decent payoff by the end of the series. However, for some reason, I find myself unable to rate the series any higher than a 7, and upon further assessment, there are some faults in Shinsekai Yori. Foremost, its characters are lacking, and I didn't connect to any of them. Some argue that the show is more about telling themes and ideas. Yet, bland characters can be unengaging to viewers such as myself and make you ask, "Why should I care about the outcome of this story?"

Moreover, I found the animation wasn't the best out there. In one ... of the first few episodes, there are scenes with still images, which destroy the suspense. Then, in the second half of the show, they implemented poor-looking CGI. The CGI submarine stands out as looking awful. The action isn't good either, and there's not much.

In all, I don't have that too many complaints about Shinsekai Yori. It's not a bad show by any means, but I did find it boring, which isn't a legitimate criticism but rather a personal preference. Maybe if I initially knew this would be a slow-paced show, I would have liked it more. However, I also did find it boring because it repeats themes I've already seen in other anime - for example. Shiki.

I recommend watching this show only if you've bought into the world and characters in the first few episodes. Otherwise, you should drop the show.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Feb 6, 2023

Tsijin

Not Recommended

The plot is obvious because you have all the key information given to you very early. The following 18 episodes are just a whole village of adults totally unable to connect 2 dots despite spending the entirety of their time doing exposition. You just want to shake the hell out of them until a spark turns their brains on.

They have litterally god-like omniscient dogs running around their village that contains all the knowedge of humanity. Maybe we should use that? Ask the appropriate question? Nah.
If you dont intend to take advantage of that, why would you run the risk of this knowedge falling into bad ... hands? The rat-monsters have captured one of this dog and use its knowdge to devellop their country? You mean that this never happened in the previous 1000 years?! You never considered this option? This' stupid.

We spend 18 episodes develloping a story about stupid rat-monster, that should not even exist in this world? They help you collect dirt samples? Are you kinding me?! Any child can litterally destroy a mountain by just thinking about it but you need rat-monsters to collect dirt samples?

7 episodes of worldbuilding, then zzzZZZZzzzzZZZZzzzzZZZZ AND zzzZZZZzzzzZZZZzzzz ZZZZzzzZ ZZZzzzzZZZZ zzzzZZZZzzzZZZ ZzzzzZZZ. ZzzzzZZZZzzzZZZZzzzzZZZZzzzzZZZZ.
Don't get me started about all the zzzZZZZzzzzZZZZzzzzZZZZ taking place after that! The show should have been a 10 episode serie.

In the meantime we could explore the nature of the telekinesik powers, the human subconscient or how it affects the world and its biome. Keep digging into the creation of a human society. But nah. Lets focus on rat-monsters. That's so cool

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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