World Trigger

Truly an amazing anime really balanced out as in everything is explained you can't question anything about any scene or something i loved how they done that..

Sadly it is underrated alot of people dropped it at the start? the art is kinda okay but what's more important are the fights and scenes very cool, there's no overpowered character like most animes or the true main guy owns all no everyone is accounted for everyone in it has a job to do not totally focused on main character


I heard that they didn't continue the anime cause people aren't talking about it? which is a lame reason.. ... I look forward to see the rest of the story it's amazing jumped to be one of my top 10 animes..

people need to give it a try atleast 10 episodes or something to see the story and the battles

Edit: Turns out the writer had health issues </3 but thank god he got better over the years the anime paused n got back to it!

People are too quick to call a series a “underrated”. This is because it’s not easy to gauge the popularity of a series in relation to the following you think it "should" have. If I were to make a list of underrated series, that list would be incredibly short. It would also include World Trigger which isn't a label typically attached to a Weekly Shonen Jump series. An up and comer in WSJ that drew interest in the when it began to air from the mere fact the it ran in that magazine, that interest almost immediately dissipated in the first couple of episodes. Suddenly, ... everyone remembered that it's Toei animating the series, and being surprised that a bad animation studio badly animates TV shows, they dropped the series. This is a reminder of how heavily influential the actual animation of an anime is for viewers.

As per most WSJ series, World Trigger starts off slow introducing its world, concept, and characters, before kicking off into the actual conflict. Enemies come from another dimension, people set up an organization to stop them, right, yes, whatever. Fairly straightforward Jump exposition dumping. Mainly bizarre is the anime’s weird name sense, though does get better later. The series starts out as main character Mikumo Osamu finds out a neighbor, Kuga Yuma, transferred into his school. Things gets more interesting around 10 episodes in when Border finds out what he is and attempt to deal with him, and even more so later when Border comes into conflict with other Neighbor worlds.

Osamu is extremely weak but he’s well worked as a character. Initially introduced as a morally righteous individual, it was shown in initial scenes that simply being righteous was useless when he gets his ass kicked pathetically by his classmates while Kuga watches. He never gains anything undeserved and doesn't win just because he's more virtuous or emotional than his opponent. He struggles with his lack of strength and his goals in the story, often fearing inadequacy and failure. This is really one of the big things that Jump has traded away over the past few years. I certainly do not expect some inner turmoil on par with shows like Evangelion and others, but seeing protagonists struggle with themselves and make mistakes is always welcome. This combines with Osamu's efforts to improve which are well thought out and interesting to watch. Though somewhat smart his honesty, despite the potential self damage it incurs, is appealing. It creates a good underdog character. And most of the characters run along similar lines of characterization.

Shonen Jump has a tendency to constantly have the MC in the spotlight before all else as the recognizable face of the series. Whenever there’s a big fight, the MC is always in the lead, even if the fight has little to do with him. He may or may not give a big speech rebuking his opponent, often with little actual relevance to that conflict. Osamu is the antithesis of this. The MC doesn’t preach to the opposition, or the viewership, which gets highly annoying and silly if not meaningful. Characters are no longer shoved into some the unnecessary “good guy” and “bad guy” categories.

This means that characters have to more be defined by their thoughts and actions as people, not just as a hero or villain. This helps the author bring attention to the vast cast without having the audience first watch a huge amount of content. It’s frequent that a huge cast is introduced and only really make a small amount of that huge cast is interesting, or they all end up boring even if a huge amount of time is spent on the characters. They're all just there to make up numbers, but it doesn't feel that way with World Trigger. This is because they don't take up huge amounts of screen time or hold big 1v1 battles involving irrelevant characters.

The power system is actually quite interesting for the series. Fighting series are defined and remembered by their power systems. World Trigger is no different. Jojo, One Piece, DBZ, Hakusho are all examples of this done positively. Usually most shonen series which involve abilities usually center around everyone having their own unique ability, but that's not the case. The system is simple, but the way it's implemented makes it a great system as it still allows creativity but does away with individual gimmicks of one character having a silly overpowered ability, or powering up until he has one.

World Trigger’s trion system resembles a video game in its use. The show places tangible importance on the skills of the individual user, how they use what they have, the situation they are in, and how they fight with those around them. This is what make the battles truly exciting in World Trigger. They rely more so on strategy and very rarely if ever is there an outright power battle between two characters. It enticing to see how each character uses the weapons along with their own skills. And even if you're stronger, it's possible to lose in a way that's not an asspull designed just so the protagonist can win. While I do love to see a couple characters duke it out and try to kick each other’s ass every now and then, this is fun and refreshing in its own right.

I bring up Jump, the target Shounen demographic, and other shows that make these strange errors frequently because that’s the standard. Those are all the tropes and oft-used clichés. Those are all the unnecessary additives along with the annoying detractions that appear in this specific genre, particularly recently. These series hold a lot in common with each other and end up stiffly adhering to a formula to satisfy an audience and they fail to hold the entertain value that they strive for because of it. There’s definitely good in World Trigger, but that comes out because it doesn’t do basic things improperly. It doesn’t do things that are unnecessary, out of character, or out of line.

As for the animation, I mentioned that the first 10 episodes are quite slow, but any further pacing issues come down to how this show was animated and directed. World Trigger's first 10 or so episodes look god awful, plain and simple. Stills, the rehashed Trigger activation animation, and occasional strange lack of frames in scenes contribute to this. Luckily, they managed to get rid of 2 of these problems as the show goes on.

The main issue that persisted is the stills. I found them strangely endearing at times and they got me to laugh at their placement and how unbelievable it was. There are frequents moments in each episode where the frame sits on a character's face for several seconds as they say/do absolutely nothing. In most other anime, you'd see panning shots and some sort of camera movement or change in perspective when there is no dialogue to keep the viewer occupied.

Various scenes are also censored even though most action takes place in a fake body. It’s annoying, but bearable. Even with these problems World Trigger may be the best animated of Toei's TV works of the current century, particularly with how underwhelming One Piece is and what little I've seen of Dragonball Super. This should be fairly embarrassing. All fight scenes are done pretty nicely and it's nice to see that Toei at least doesn't slack off here.

This is the first time I've seen an OP/ED stuck in the middle of an episode. They're good though and for the most part the OST is as well. Toei still uses the same old not so dramatic sound effects that we've heard all the way back since DBZ aired. You'll also find it in One Piece. This helps to draw out various stills and take up episode time.

Really I'm surprised by how much I enjoyed the anime as I was expected to eventually drop it and just go with the manga like with One Piece, but it worth at looking into.

The filler sucks so don't watch it. It’s genuinely like they tried to put Pokemon battles in World Trigger. It’s insane.

Unlike most people, I personally loved this anime. I understand the first few episode wasn’t so great but we need to look at a bigger picture right. Most people say the art is terrible but I think it’s alright. As for the story, I find it very interesting. you will a little confused in the beginning but as you continue, you’ll fully understand it and enjoy it. The character development is a bit slow, however, I think are great for a shounen anime. I agree that sound aren’t really impressive but view as a whole, I think it was really worth it to watch it! ... Sometimes, people have a negative point of view of an anime when they start watching it because of bad reviews but I think everyone should really try to have a good mindset and determine a anime by yourself. Just because other don’t enjoy it doesn't mean you would. Everyone has a different taste, right? As for the conclusion, I hope everyone can watch this anime by their self! Give it some time! You’ll enjoy it as the serie goes on!

The 2010s era of anime was a great time for shounen jump anime adaptations because, for the most part, all the shounen jump adaptations were not only great in terms of quality but they managed to be near perfect adaptations. Sure some of them had filler episodes in it but compared to other shounen jump anime adaptations from the past decade or two they were pretty good for what they are despite being non-canon. Haikyuu, Assassination Classroom, Bakuman, Hunter x Hunter 2011 and My Hero Academia are the some of the best examples of this of how to adapt the source maternal correctly as well ... having its own charm in the mix.
Now out of all the anime series from shounen jump that came out in the last 8 years, I feel like World Trigger is the most underrated of the bunch.
Why is that you may ask?
You're soon going to find out.

Story.

In Mikado City Humans are overwhelmed at first when their weapons are found to be useless against Neighbors, until a mysterious organization appears that is able to repel the Neighbors' attacks. The organization is called the National Defence Agency, or "Border," and has appropriated the Neighbor technology called "Triggers," which allows the user to channel an internal energy called Trion and use it as a weapon or for other purposes. By activating a trigger, the body of users is replaced by a battle-body made of trion which is stronger and more resistant. Members of Border are divided in three ranks, A, B, and C, with only the members of rank A possessing the most powerful triggers, comparable in strength to those of Neighbors.

Four years later Mikado City has gotten used with the occasional battles with the Neighbors and have returned more or less to their everyday lives. The story follows a Yuma Kuga who transfers to Third Mikado City Middle School where he meets another boy named who is a Border Agent. However, it turns out that Yuma is actually a Humanoid Neighbor, and his arrival signifies that not all is what it seems in the war against the Neighbors.

The story is pretty good for the most part.

For starters, World Trigger does a great job at establishing its own world and setting.

Border is not like your typical shounen school setting which forces character interaction right down your through between set characters, it doesn't force countless written exams in such upon character for basic characterization but instead Border functions like an organization where no one is characterized solely of how overpowered and smart they but instead the method in which they come about them.

The power system for world trigger was very interesting as well being well expanded it great detail. The Trion system in World Trigger resembles like a video game where you have to master the class purpose in combat as well mastering its skills for that class to deal with situations that they are in so they can fight back. This reason alone is why I adored the fight structure in World Trigger because instead a of having a bunch of overpowered characters ganging up on strong foe where they will most likely get defeated unless the writer does a random asspull the characters in World Trigger actually have to work together by communicatingwith each other as well planning out strategies and tactics to defeat their foes. Thanks to the great fight structuring the fights in World Trigger are extremely unpredictable to a point where you never know who is going to win in the end which adds more tension to the fights and because of this all the arcs minus that filler was all fun watch even if the pacing of the show can be a bit too slow at times which I will talk about in a bit.
The one thing that World Trigger was successful is its themes of teamwork and commutation where characters have to get along as well synergize with each other in order to win fights.

As much I praise the story of World Trigger as well how different it was in terms of setting, unfortunately, it has two flaws that completely hold it back from being one of the greats. I'm, honestly not going to pretend that World Trigger has great pacing, in fact, World Trigger at various times has pacing issues where it’s too slow to a point where certain parts of the show where there were no fights involve just seemed to drag on to a point where at times the show can get boring to sit through. Personality the pacing in World Trigger didn’t bother me all that much as I am used to shows that have slow pacing but I do acknowledge that it’s a problem especially for fans of the shounen genre who are very used to fast-paced shounen like Naruto, Fairy Tail and My Hero Academia.

While the pacing issues in World Trigger didn’t bother me that all that much the second and final flaw almost completely ruined the show for me. The arc that I am talking about is the Fugitive Arc. As much I really liked World Trigger as a whole I simply cannot defend that arc. Not only it was a filler arc that was not good but the directing, writing and even the visuals were at an all-time low in that arc. Plus the new characters in that dreadful arc are contrived morons who were extremely unlikeable and they are just as interesting as watching grass grow. Am not joking. Lucky for me I skipped that arc during my re-watch of the show and as soon as episode 48 I jumped straight to episode 63 and nothing was lost in the progress.

If you’re planning to watch World Trigger skip episodes 49-63 because that’s where the cringe-fest filler arc begins and honestly the less you know about that arc the better.

Overall besides the horrendous filler arc that shouldn’t exist as having pacing issues at times, I really liked the story for World Trigger as it’s very different to many shounen series from the past in terms of setting.

8/10

Characters.

World Trigger has a large characters cast but at the same time, they managed to a good job of handling it’s character cast minus the one in the Fugitive arc because they are shit and not worth mentioning in the slightest.

Yuma is a pretty interesting character. Despite his lack of knowledge of Japanese culture and customs acts as almost a social critique of Japanese society. Yuma openly states how he doesn't approve of specific traditions and the "way things are" in Japan, which really delivers a message to the audience in the form of social critique which was a nice touch to this series. I also adored his character interactions with the other characters in this series as they are often interesting as well being hilarious to watch. Yuma character interactions along made me chuckle a lot. Besides Yuma being funny he is also a strong character who gets developed very well and his backstory overall was nicely told it honestly made me tear quite a bit.

Jin is a badass character that I loved. I loved his layback personality as well being a general badass on screen. I also liked his views of the Neighbor where despite losing his mother to a Neighbor he still thinks that not all Neighbor are enemies where he also thinks that humans and neighbors should be friends showing that both races could co-exist. This is the stuff that I love about anime.

I honestly have mixed feelings towards Osamu. I like the fact that he’s different when compared to most shounen protagonist where they are overpowered he starts off from the bottom where he is literally a weak fighter. While I like the fact, he starts off as a weak fighter I thought he never really got stronger as a character. Yes did a bit stronger as the series went on the problem he always seemed to get ass kicked by many characters in the series. However, while he's not a good fighter his determined to prove everyone wrong completely makes up as we the viewer can sympathize with. However, I will admit that he can quite be a boring character at times especially in the first couple of episodes.

Besides that, I thought Osamu was a decent character.

Now for my least favorite character in the series minus the god-awful filler ones Chika.

Okay, I don’t hate Chika by any means, in fact, she is an okay character. The problem with Chika is she is literally a coward in battle. I understand that she is a kid and all but there were moments in the series where Team Osamu could have won if Chika actually shot someone in battle. Also, Chika kinda of getting on my nerves as the series get on as she never wants to shot someone in even though she has great sniper skills. Just like a shitty pacifist fighter where they hate violence even though they are in a war zone where they no choice to fight and that pacifist will only preach they lungs out of why war is wrong. Also, out of all the charters in World Trigger, she is the blandest character in the series. She’s being just eye candy for the viewer where she’s only cute nothing more nothing less.

When it comes to the rest of the characters in World Trigger, I was honestly shocked of how well handled and unique they are. They are not the typical throwaway side characters that you will see in most other shounen like Naruto where they don’t get any real screen time. The supporting characters in world trigger all get adequate screen time alongside this show over the course of its run abandons focusing on its main trio multiple times allowing other characters in the show to shine as well consequently demonstrating it’s fantastic job in avoiding the creation of a story that where every event and character interaction just serves the purpose of affecting only one to two characters *cough Naruto Shippuuden.*

Some of my favorite side characters in world trigger include Souya, Shuuji, Kyousuke, Yousuke, Shiori, Shun, Ai and my personal favorite character in this series Kirie.

Overall apart from Chika the characters in World Trigger were pretty great and enjoyable for what they were.

8.5/10

Visuals.
When it comes to the visuals for World Trigger my thoughts on were rather mixed.

For starters, I really like how colorful it was. Instead of being colorful like in a typical fantasy setting it uses a sci-fi color pallet as we see a lot a lot of blues, whites, blacks and greens are used for the background scenery. The characters designs are all pretty unique, and they stand out very well from each other which was good because I was sick of tired at seeing similar character designs cough *Gundam Seed.* Unfortunately, since this show was done by Toei Animation the characters at times can go off model especially in the first couple of episodes.

As for the actual animation, it’s just decent at best. Sure at times this show can be well animated at that can deliver some great fight choreography but for the most part, the show uses basic animation with a quite a lot of still frames. It’s pretty sad really because if this show was done by Madhouse or Bones than the animation would be amazing. However, I will give Toei this it’s one of the better-looking shows especially when you compare to the likes of Digimon Xros Wars, Dragon Ball Super and Sailor Moon Crystal where they are consistently being a slide show filled with consistent art failures and choppy animation. Also unlike those shows, World Trigger visually gets better but it sadly will never be My Hero Academia good which is pretty sad. While the show is visually decent for the most part, the battles make it up.
Overall the visuals in World Trigger are pretty decent, and I don’t think it’s bad as everyone thinks it is and the strategic battles of the series completely make it up.
6.5/10

Sound.
The soundtrack in World Trigger is fantastic. At first, I didn’t really care about the soundtrack during my first watch of World Trigger, however, as I re-watch this show I started to notice how great and well created the soundtrack is. Every single track in World Trigger is memorable, and they fit well with the tone and setting perfectly. Easily in my top 30 favorite anime soundtracks.

World Trigger has 3 opening themes and surprising no ending theme whatsoever.

The first opening theme GIRIGIRI by Sonar Pocket is a good opening theme that fits with mood with the first 23 episodes. The second and third opening themes Ashita no Hikari by AAA and Dream Trigger by Pile are some of my favorite anime opening periods. They are just a joy to listen to.
Now for sub vs dub.
The sub is great overall that is filled with a lot of well known talented Seiyuus.
I only have seen some clips of the dub on YouTube and I thought it was good overall despite being a bit cheesy in nature. I hope the dub get’s release someday on the net as well having a Blu-Ray release because I would be the Blu Ray for World Trigger in a heartbeat.

9/10

Final Thoughts.
So after re-watching World Trigger for the second time what do I think about it?

I still think World Trigger is a pretty good shounen series that has a lot of great things in it. The story, for the most part, was pretty good and interesting, the tone was great, and most of the characters are great that have a lot of charm into them and the music/voice acting was great. It does fall in the few areas, though. The pacing was too slow for the most part. The animation wasn’t that constant and the filler arc overall was terrible that shouldn’t exist and you should completely skip it. Despite that, I still liked World Trigger for what it is. If this show was done by any other studio than this show would had been a lot more popular but since it was done by Toei it quickly dived in the underrated territory while Assassination Classroom, Food Wars, Black Clover, Boruto My Hero Academia and Haikyuu have gained the shounen jump spotlight which is a shame because I actually liked World Trigger more than Boruto and Food Wars.

As a shounen jump adaptation, this was a pretty good one overall minus the filler arc and pacing issues in the beginning.

Despite its shortcomings, I still think World Trigger was a pretty damm good show that I recommend to people. Just make sure you skip episodes 49-63 because that's where that filler arc start and it's not worth watching in the slightest.

Final Score 8/10

First things first, this anime is very underrated and gets picked on way to much. The animation style gets the most backlash however once I got used to it I actually really enjoyed the style used. The characters were lovable and interesting and I got sucked into the story really fast.

The only downfall I can think of this the ending as it felt unsatisfying and was a let down, we just have to hope that there will be a 3rd season.
Over all I really enjoyed this World Trigger, with it's characters and pleasant art style it has really stolen my heart. I really recommend watching ... the anime.

(Sorry guys, had to re-upload this! Rating is still 10/10!)

I'm going to have to disagree with the opinion a lot of people seem to get from first impressions of this anime. I love it, especially the universe, plot, and characters. Worth giving a chance and continuing to watch. I'm addicted! I love the universe they created, and I'd watch a second series in a heartbeat.

Art:
The first thing people complain about is the art, but I think that has more to do with how almost every anime these days has very cookie-cutter animation, so when one comes out that has a different style people drop it ... for that sole reason-- preconceived notions abound. JoJo has extremely silly animation, but since it is rather famous already people get passed that, and start to actually enjoy it FOR the animation instead of disliking it because of it. It was the same for World Trigger. I enjoy that it has a unique animation style, it reminds me of the same vein as Gash Bell, or Nanatsu no Taizai; both of which I really enjoy for their iconic nature.

The art is simple, but it works well for this sort of story, it doesn't need overly complex effects to get the point across, in fact that would be very out of character. If you are the type to drop something or judge based on art alone, I would recommend giving this one a chance and watching it through while trying to fix that way of thinking. I wouldn't consider the art bad at all, just simple. Other very famous anime have similar styles, so it shouldn't have that much sway. Keep going, give it a chance.

Story:
The story is something I really enjoy. Other dimensions are a common trope, but World Trigger is done in such a way to make it unique and really gives you a complete universe to believe in. At first it may seem just like another dimension/shounen battle plot, but once it starts to open up and reveal the underlying nuances, you start to understand that there is a whole other dimension (no pun intended) to the plot, where it parallels real life social issues and moral concepts. You want to stand behind the MC, and fight against the evils and injustices the bureaucracy has put in place (or Border HQ). The plot is shown in such a way where that you slowly learn new things about Neighbors, Border, Trion, and even Yuuma little by little in each episode. This builds up to some bigger fights and conclusions later on, and since there's so much information, this is definitely the best way to get it all out there so we really get what is going to happen later on.

Sound:
I really like the choice of Seiyuu, and feel each has their own fitting narrative. I have a pretty dry sense of humor, so the subtle dry humor they use is just perfect for me, I also love the social nuances, like pauses and sweet drops at just the right moments to make it hilarious. Older anime uses this technique a lot more often (Like in Gash Bell), whereas these days they tend to make more verbal jokes, which I don't really enjoy nearly as much most of the time.

Character:
And now for the character portion. Aside from plot I think this would be my favorite aspect of the show, I love the depth of character! At first you are thrown in without knowing anything but the basics of who these people are, but gradually you learn and more, especially about Yuuma, and it makes you feel a real connection to the characters and want to urge them on to get stronger and find ways to beat the odds. Yuuma has a much more complex past than you first suspect, and it just continues to get more interesting. Osamu is pretty average, but that's what also makes him relatable. He doesn't start out as much but his character is the type that grows more complex and matures as the series does- so you personally witness the changes in him as he grows and becomes stronger. I don't think there were any major changes in him until he goes through his first big trial (roughly one third through the series), but I think that works out perfectly. Yuuma draws you in, and Osamu keeps you wanting more. It's just these two for the first few episodes of the series, getting you acquainted, but once they start introducing the other characters is when things get fun. Dropping before everyone is on stage is a bad decision. Especially considering this is a 73 episode anime.

Enjoyment:
Every week when I watched this show I would always flail when it was over because I wanted there to be more so badly! (I still do!) I get really into the personal battles the characters are involved in, and I really want to know more about their world! There's so much we don't know yet, and so much to explore. I want Osamu to grow and become strong so he can catch up to his team mates, and I want Yuuma to solve the mysteries around his father he's been searching for, and I want Chika to find her lost friends and family! Without going into much detail about all of these plot-lines, I want to say it really is worth continuing to watch this show and not give up on it. Think of how slow Hunter x Hunter was at first, or Fairy Tail. This is similar but with more sci-fi leanings. Like a more simple/iconic styled Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei (♥).


10/10!

Big things to keep in mind before watching:
• This show has 73 episodes, the plot will not all be apparent in the first handful of episodes. Give it at least 15 or so episodes, AT LEAST.
• Don't pre-judge the animation. Remember lots of other famous, good anime has unique styles of animation. (Fairy Tail, JoJo, Nanatsu no Taizai, Kingdom, Gash Bell etc) and all of those were worth getting over it.
• The credits and OP/ED format is a little different, the recap at first seems annoying now but it will be convenient later on because it has 73 episodes and it can be hard to find where you're leaving off without it. Just try to get used to the OP happening after the initial beginning part of the show. Like most TV drama shows that start off in the plot. It's not that big of a deal and doesn't influence how much show you see.
• Just be open to giving it a chance!

Although many disagree, I persoanlly liked World Trigger. I read the manga first, so watching the anime was completely painful. Don't know how Toei managed to pull in Yuki Kaji for Osamu, but this was one of the things that made me stick with it. The lack-luster animation, random, long, pauses, and dragged out episodes with ridiculously long recaps was a bit dissapointing and turned away a lot of viewers.

I really liked Kuga's character, his design and backstory, but many others like Osamu and Chika were half baked as charaters. I totally see where the author was going with this story having a character ... like Osamu as one of the main characters and although it will probably be better in the end, people didn't want their time wasted. The seiyuus weren't bad, and honestly, although Osamu isn't the character that Yuki Kaji is used to voicing, it made Osamu a bit more likeable. This anime has lots of flaws but lots of good things with it. Read the manga tbh

You will find that this is a very underrated anime series if you read any other review of it and it's damn true.I will keep it real short and convenient(a little long actually).
This is really one of those well crafted shounen anime that is not cliche...well......not that it is completely new(not that you get any fully original series nowadays)....but it really goes in a direction something more realistic and more believable. Completely different from middle-school kids levelling up and saving god knows how many worlds.
For me the story and the concept of the power(trion) was better than that of chakra, nen, or magic. I personally ... loved it a lot. The characters were amazing.....they were fucking badass......you will find no annoying characters and almost love every one of the cast. I could also say that BORDER is one of the most fucking badass organization in all of anime history. And the most interesting thing is that our MC is literally the weakest character in the series.....and despite that you will not hate it....can you imagine how amazing that is. He is not an idiot like most of them are...you will never hear monolouges of shounen protagonist and cannot expect what they will do....but here at least you can know what he is thinking. He knows he is the weakest and does things based on what he can and should do. The other MC's are like the baddest of the badasses......I can only say you are gonna love them.
The only sad thing is that the ending is abrupt. It's because the anime caught up too fast with the manga that they had no more material to continue the story. But I am waiting patiently for it's next season and I hope we will in the same boat.

This anime is more than I've ever expected. From the mediocre reviews this anime got, i only picked it up because i was bored. But it turned out to be the best decision of my life.

From the mind-blowing action packed fight sequences to the exciting tactical team play. i was left astounded.
However, the fight scenes are just the icing on the cake. What lies within is a wholesome story that justifies the purpose of each character's actions adding more depth and layer making this a delicious adventure for anyone to dig in.

The only set back for this is the Fugitive arc( Anime only) ... which really took the momentum off the anime.

All in All, i throughly enjoyed this anime is left craving for more.

World Trigger does what most other anime/manga cannot do, build a proper world setting and story pacing. IF you don't mind the horrible animation quality that it unfortunately has in the first season, then this anime will be enjoyable to watch. Logic and reasoning is prevalent in this anime. Motivations and characterizations are done well. There is no such thing as power of friendship or random power ups. It's all reasonably paced and builds up properly. However, the pacing can seem too slow as it does take the time to properly build up tensions, conflicts, or characters arcs.

Overall, this anime is a great watch for ... first time viewers who would appreciate more logical progressions, although that may not be the point of most anime. As for long time anime viewers? Watch this and I hope you will come to appreciate World Trigger as a story.

When world trigger first came out a lot of people couldn't get into it because of the animation style. I even dropped it at one point for that reason. I picked it back up though because a friend recommended it to me and I am glad I did.

Almost all the characters feel fledged out with their own personalities and quirks that make them feel like a real person. My favorite character would have to be Kitora. When you first meet her she comes across as stuck up and mean but the more you see them the more you realize that she is just really by ... the book and hates to see effort wasted.

There are two or three Intros in this show and they are all really well made. Though this show is kind of weird when it comes to the intros you can go thirteen minutes into the show sometimes before you get the intro which I kind of like cause it breaks it up to be more digestible. The second intro has to be my favorite though. I cant really pinpoint what it is about it but its just amazing.

The story is really good and once you complete the anime you are left wanting more and hopefully one day we will get more of it. Until then there is the manga that you can pick up and continue it.

Like I said earlier the animation takes more then a few episodes to get used to but the character designs are really good and distinctive to the character. You will notice that pretty quickly when it comes to the eyes. I never knew you could draw an eye so many different ways.

Overall this anime is really underrated and a hidden gem of a show. You should defiantly give it a chance you wont regret it.

Every so often I'll take a look at an Anime compilation video. It just so happened I found out about World Trigger that way. I think it was one of those "Best fights of the 2010s" type things. I'd be lying if I said I remembered which fight from the show was featured but the important thing is that I found this Anime.

I was expecting a more usual 24ish episodes so it was to my surprise when I saw it was 73. This like some of the other longer Shounen out there start off kinda slow with the introductions of people and plot and whatnot ... but am I glad I sat through it. I was definitely surprised at the overall result and I'm super glad I stumbled upon this show.

I'm pretty sure this isnt the first Shounen that had aliens as the antagonists but I really enjoyed how everything was presented to the viewer and carried out. It all seemed to be going at a nice pace (Aside from those few episodes where half the episode was a recap of the last one or two episodes and then the second half was advancement. That happened more in the latter part of the show.

I liked the fact that even though the cast is pretty big and it is very obvious who the story is centered on a lot of people get a little screen time and get to have their own impact in their own ways. I feel you could really tell that it was a big organization filled with many different type of people with their own views and goals when it came to advancement and competition within Border but when it was time to get serious each of them would come together for the most part and handle serious business as needed to keep the citizens safe.

It might seem a little crazy but ever since I started my Anime watching I haven't come across many long Shounen that actually take time to build their supporting cast even a little bit. World Trigger reminds me of Yuu Yuu Hakusho and Hunter x Hunter and it was real nice. The only thing that started to bug me was the speed at which Mikumo is developing. This is mainly because he tried to do things that were above his level and he wasn't going to be able to absorb and learn from. Thankfully toward the end of things there were some nice steps taken and for me it felt like he made a nice amount of overall progress.

When I first started this adventure I wasn't expecting much, just a little time sync where I could get my fighting fix. Little did I know I was about to get hooked into another one of the Hunter x Hunter, Hajime No Ippo types. I recommend this to almost anyone who likes Shounen and those wanting to take a first dive into Shounen coming from Sci-Fi will have a relatively easy transition.

World Trigger is an anime that will please a lot rpgs fans because
there're so many elements in it that make you think they would
suit well in an (semi sci-fi setting) rpg game much more than SAO would in fact.

World trigger focus a lot on the characters and world building like
Trail of serie do (Sky, Cold steel, etc). So you've to get into them
first and focus less on the hero because he is part of it.
He isn't the one making the world spin like in usual shounen manga.

Another thing that people should also accept is that Osamu, the hero
is not a fighter/attacker/dps class, that's Kouga role. ... Osamu is more
a support tank and Chika is the mage. Kuga is the one who is overlever up
and is caring Osamu and Chika through speed level up.
That's is good and also bad thing. It's good because that make Osamu
and Chika level up fast but bad because they don't have time to adapt and make mistakes.

Thing you've to keep in mind with normal training, Chika and Osamu coul've only fight decently or good only between 2-5 years of training. That's someting you need to keep in mind and A LOT of NPCs will repeat that fact which is why they're impressed that hero crew can keep up with them.

Hero growth is slow but I just explained above the reason that a lot of people don't understand because they're not used to slow leveling and Mc having the role of tank and a tank class is fucking slow to level up in any rpg/mmorpg, lol

Another thing that rpg fans will like is the strategic aspect of the combats.
Lot of shounen manga do not cover this part wisely and just go all in in general.
Here it's different, every move/action that someone will make in combat will be
explained which give dpeth to combat and not some mindless firing/attacking.
Also the combat are quite diverse in tactics/approach thanks to the different weapons there're and classes.

Anyway, to finish my review skip the filler arc. Totaly pointless.

despite what many people say. the art isn't all that bad. there have been plenty of anime with worse art, sound and other things people say on negative reviews that are way worse in more popular anime.

therefore I wouldn't skip over this one and the story will draw you in even if you aren't too fond of the art style. there are definitely some well made aspects ands overall the anime should have done much better in the community.

There are still some drawbacks and people may be unfairly comparing it to other anime that came out around the same time. this anime would have ... probably been way more sucessful, especially art style wise, if it was oublished 10 years earlier.

Common people, it does start a bit slow and yes the animation could be better but still!

We don't have a hero that is actually weak without dumb power up anywhere else,
we don't have an anime that actually took the time to tell it's story in a very long time (it seems like forever really).
The plot is unseen before, the possibilities going forward are countless, the powers of the characters are well thought of, the idea of fighting without risking death at each frikin' battle very rare, the depth of some characters unseen before (Yeah! A little intelligent boy who fought all is life ... in countless worlds and is slowly dying because of it, with nothing that can be done to save him but is still fighting, enjoying life and trying to discover new worlds is kinda new... yes it is, be honest!)
-And definitely when you know he is not the only one deep like that-

You have good characters evolutions for most of them (even the non main ones, or the government ones or the racists ones... everybody evolves with time, like in real life),
a world of thousands of different planets and countries to explore that we only saw a glimpse of, a super cool robot that knows a lot of things (REPLICA fan^^) that saves the day while combining it's effort with the hero who's weak as shit but still manages to succeed because he actually has a brain (*wink One piece Naruto bleach DB... I love you all but you couldn't manage to do that).
None of the main characters are dumb (even the secondary characters have a brain! Yeah they do!:D) even though you have so many different of them, they are well created and you can tell the author put a lots of thought into each one of them.
This show talks about racism, accomplishing yourself, how to fit in a new world, power struggles between different part of a government, colonization,what would happen if we would be invaded by aliens and why would they do it, strategics, school, friendship, leadership, new technologies and I am missing a lot more...
It does all that with awesome fights, while being funny and intelligent, without thinking that there is a good or a bad side/person and in 50 episodes can make you realize how complex a real world is.
What more do you want?! Seeing how this show has been treated, it is jam for pigs, literally!
So PLEASE KEEP GOING WITH THIS SHOW!!!!

And to those who actually think this show is not worth it because you watched like 10 episodes... may I kindly remember you that:
"ALL LONG SAGAS TAKE TIME TO START FOR CHRIST SAKE!" (go back watch One piece Naruto or DB and tell me if the 5-10 first episodes are not boring... why do you forget that?) AND THIS COULD BE THE FIRST REALLY LONG SHOW THAT IS A SCIENCE FICTION ONE SO...
stfu and so watch it in it integrality before rating it as a 5 pretty please!
I cannot believe that this is how originality is treated today...

It's a Shounen with the key difference that the lead protagonist is weak and isn't special/chosen. There also isn't as much anime goofiness as most shounen.

The series follows typical shounen tropes: a growing rolodex of side characters; an invasion arc; a battle arc; a world with a power/strength hierarchy; expanding lore etc.

Although the main character shows potential with tactics, he relies on others to get through battles. In typical shounen fashion, characters bond and support him due to his tenacity and moral compass.

There isn't much in the way of melodramatic feels. No grand moments that make you jump out of your chair. ... But it moves along at a good pace, the story is engaging, and the characters feel consistent and well rounded.

The exception is the rather large filler arc, which was a chore to watch. I struggled through it without knowing it was filler.

The art is a struggle at first, and though it slightly improves (mainly background art), you do get used to it after a few episodes.

There are a lot of characters and some of the side ones are drawn quite similarly, so it can get confusing who is who.

The studio cheaped out on this one, good thing the mangaka poured out his soul to compensate. This thing has more than 30 characters! 30! And all of them feel like people.

Story:
Premise is simple, there are other worlds that uses a technology called "trigger". Just imagine it as energy that can be manipulated BUT not so simple that anything can just be created in a snap. We follow for the most part, 30 people, 30 fucking people BUT we follow the growth of 3 the most. The story itself is nothing to write home about, it's the cast that's really the meat of this ... show and the story is basically a back draft.

Art:
You can see how the studio skimped out here, I'm a 90s kid so it's okay with me and the 3d is used with the monsters that are already flat and geometrical in feel anyway so it's forgivable. I can't watch Aijin due to it being a pure 3d, this one doesn't use 3d on people, just the monsters but if any element of 3d in an anime disgusts you, then it's here.
The action sequences are well handled, the characters look different despite having a battalion but nothing drastic is used to differentiate the characters so as to break immersion, it's a feat really. But yeah, deduction on actual animation but plus for the sheer amount of characters and not just filler faces that it sustains.

Sound:
It's pretty alright.

Character:
Osamu is weak, but he's not stupid, but he's not overly smart either. He needs his team and his team needs him. This might not sound exciting to you but for people who love a sense of realism, this is amazing.
I remember one dialogue when Osamu said that he will train hard to catch up with the others, the person he's speaking with replies "isn't that arrogant, since we're also working hard to improve ourselves".
God I love the characters and the characterization in this anime, each character is given respect. Even Chica, the small girl whom I thought will be some mandatory loli fan service was actually fleshed out.

something to note tho, this moves at a pace that almost mirrors reality, so yeah, it can be quite slow BUT I swear it ramps up at an unnoticeable pace until you're just addicted to it!
Did I say 30 fucking characters all believable?! What a cast!

Enjoyment:
It's slow but it really does ramp up and leaves you wanting for more. God I wish for more, I need moarrr!

Overall:
It's smart, it's action packed, it has heart and it manages to balance sci-fi with reality, action and heart and it finds a way to make the characters human. This is a great anime and definitely worth the time.

I think this anime deserves a 7 even if the animation is lacking, many many unnecessary repetitions, overexplaining things, and some fillers that have no purpose at all (but again, aren't useless fillers common even in high rated animes). It deserves a 7 because the story line is good, the universe is deep and well planned, and the battles are the best part! Rank wars and the massive invasion fights are so amazing I couldn't stop watching. I know many people dislike the characters they say it's boring and weak but I think because they are weak, they have room for improvements and surprises in ... the future. I don't think the weak MC is a downfall, it is quite refreshing to see an actually weak MC as a change, though I still expect him to gain somekind of a super side effect someday. I like that Tamakoma 2 Team is quite realistic, as in real life teams usually there is the kickass one, the potentially good but not yet there, and the leader who can't work. I understand lengthy battles and strategies might not be everybody's cup of tea but if you like awesome battles that send chills down your spine you will love World Trigger. And I love how laid back everybody is in this anime, not to mention super cute characters like Yotaro and Raijinmaru <3

People judge this series way too quickly. I've seen comments of people hating after watching 2 or 3 episodes just because of artwork. It's not that bad and the actual anime is great. This is a great anime, people who judge an anime by its looks that harshly when it's not even that bad seriously need to reconsider what they think is good and also whether they can be a real 'fan' of any series. Just go watch the entire thing, it's a great series 100% worth watching. The fights are great, development not too fast, overall the anime is well-thought out and a joy ... to watch.

Although I enjoyed this anime, it was also a terrible disappointment at the same time. The anime clearly had designs on joining the ranks of Naruto, One Piece, Fairy Tail, etc... as a long running anime, and 73 episodes is not a bad run. But, poor pacing, a BRUTAL and ill-timed filler arc that destroyed the momentum of the series, and a sudden ending, takes what could've been an amazing anime and brings it down to just "pretty good".

World Trigger has two great draws: A large and interesting cast, and intelligent tactical fights. The cast in the anime is ... enormous, and they clearly know it is, as they never fail to remind you of everyone's name, every time you see them. (And it's necessary, because there are tons of people.) They were still introducing new and interesting characters even as the show hit a sudden and abrupt end. The best characters of the series were easily Jin, Kuga and Yotaro, for me. It's a shame it ended before we could delve more into Kageura as a character. The rest of the cast was also strong.

Unsurprisingly, the weak link of the cast was the MC. While he had some of the usual respectable traits of an MC: Earnest, honest, brave, etc...Mikumo was just weak. Really weak. And while with many shounen anime, the MC starts off as weak, at some point, they progress to catch up with the rest of their team. But with World Trigger, Mikumo remains weak for far too long. The disappointing aspect of the abrupt cancellation is it appears like he was just about to turn the corner mentally.

The fights were excellent, however. They were much different from the DBZ-style fights you normally see in anime. Everything was completely tactical. The characters deeply analyzed the environment, their opponents, strengths, weaknesses, everything in order to bring out a victory. It helped to create more engagement in the fights when they happened. There were some truly awesome moments in the fights, as well. I wouldn't say they were the greatest animated fights, but they were very fun to watch.

The downside here, and I think what probably led to an early cancellation for the show, was an ill-timed filler arc surrounding two characters named Xeno and Lilith. As good as the rest of World Trigger was, this arc, was just awful. Amazingly boring, uninteresting, and Xeno was one of the most unlikeable characters I've ever seen. It was a big mistake to switch from the large, enjoyable cast with exciting tactical fights to a skeleton crew trying to be a cheap Naruto knock off. By the time the anime returned from the filler, the whole pace was just destroyed. I watched World Trigger in binges. I could only imagine how it must have felt going through it for four months watching it on air.

I believe that directly resulted in its cancellation, which is why the ending is so abrupt. They drew out everything so long, that the heroes are still in the midst of trying to accomplish their first objective: "Make it to the A-ranked Teams". There were a series of things they wanted to accomplish, that I won't mention in order to not spoil things, but it ended before they even crossed the first hurdle. Now THAT is how you know your pacing is off. 73 episodes and you don't get past the first step to the main objective?

Overall, it seems like things behind the scenes killed what could've been a great, long-running anime. I would recommend watching World Trigger, regardless of its flaws. But, without question, as soon as you hear the name "Xeno", skip the episode, and don't stop skipping the episodes until you know you wont see that name again. Trust me.

Story: 7
Art: 6
Sound: 6
Character: 10
Enjoyment: 7
Overall: 7