ClassicaLoid

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English: ClassicaLoid

Japanese: クラシカロイド

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Type: TV

Episodes: 25

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 8, 2016 to Apr 1, 2017

Premiered: Fall 2016

Broadcast: Saturdays at 17:30 (JST)

Producers: NHK, Bandai Namco Pictures

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

Studios: Sunrise

Source: Original

Genres: Music, Comedy

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.49¹ (scored by 3,286 users)

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Ranked: #5636²

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Popularity: #2786

Members: 18,164

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In a rural town undergoing revival through music, high school students Kanae and Sousuke meet none other than Beethoven and Mozart! Calling themselves "ClassicaLoids," this mysterious duo creates a strange power through the "music" they play.

One night, stars fall from the sky and gigantic robots appear, causing trouble every single day! Bach, Chopin, Schubert also appear as ClassicaLoids. What is the mystery behind the powers they possess? Are they humanity's friend or foe?

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ClassicaLoid 2nd Season

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Mozart

Main

Kaji, Yuki
Japanese

Beethoven

Main

Sugita, Tomokazu
Japanese

Kagura, Sousuke

Main

Shimazaki, Nobunaga
Japanese

Otowa, Kanae

Main

Komatsu, Mikako
Japanese

Schubert

Supporting

Maeno, Tomoaki
Japanese

Chopin

Supporting

Toriumi, Kousuke
Japanese

Badarzewska

Supporting

Ichimichi, Mao
Japanese

Tchaikovsky

Supporting

Endou, Aya
Japanese

Bach

Supporting

Kusunoki, Taiten
Japanese

Pad-kun

Supporting

Ishida, Akira
Japanese

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Fujita, Yoichi

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Asakawa, Miya

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Kida, Tsuyoshi

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Matsubara, Shuu

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"ClassicaLoid: ClassicaLoid no Theme (ClassicaLoid ～クラシカロイドのテーマ～)"

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#01: "Jounetsu ni Tsuite Kataru Beki 2, 3, no Shinjitsu ~Denen yori~ (情熱について語るべき2、3の真実～田園より～) by Daisuke Hasegawa (ep 1)
#02: "Ainekuraine Yoru no Music (アイネクライネ・夜のムジーク)" by tofubeat feat. Kana Hoshizaki (ep 2)
#03: "Ai no Ya no Yume (愛の矢の夢)" by Daisuke Asakura feat. Yoko Ishida (ep 3)
#04: "Lullaby" (ep 4)
#05: "Koutei no Bigaku (皇帝の美学)" by Tomoyasu Hotei feat. Masato Takeuchi (ep 5)
#06: "Yatterannai Kibun (やってらんない気分)" by CLASKEY:KLASKY (Kita Yatta & Shiori Satou) (ep 6)
#07: "Honoo no Requiem (炎のレクイエム)" by tofubeats feat. Nanase Matsuoka (ep 7)
#08: "Fool Love Rhapsody ~Hungarian Rhapsodies~ (Fool Love Rhapsody ～ハンガリー狂詩曲より～)" by Chihiro Yonekura (ep 8)
#09: "Rokugen no Monster ~From Kreutzer Sonata~ (~六弦の怪物(ﾓﾝｽﾀｰ) ～クロイツェルより～)" by Tomoyasu Hotei feat. Kenji Urai (ep 9)
#10: "Yowa no Tsuki ~From Fantaisie-Impromptu~ (夜半の月(ﾖﾜﾉﾂｷ) ～幻想即興曲より～)" by EHAMIC feat. Galaco (ep 10)

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Apr 29, 2017

25 of 25 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 6

Mizu (All reviews)

14 people found this review helpful

As a classical musician, I was really thrilled with the premise of this anime. I was excited to see what kind of characterization would take place and how each composer's music would be adapted in a modern day context.

With that said, I couldn't finish the first episode the first time around. I wasn't quite ready for the experience ClassicaLoid was trying to give me. We've got a rambunctious house full of maladjusted geniuses. There's a lot of fun, a lot of chaos, and a lot of music. Once you commit to the madness though, you're in for an interesting ride.

The Story - 5; Without any spoilers, I must say that the story is a bit weak and takes a bit to unfold. I'm almost sure that the storyline intentionally takes a backseat to the comedic antics and absurdity that makes the backbone of this show. The last two episodes really floored me, honestly. You watch an anime like this for the experience, not the story.

Art - 8; I really like the style and think it works well. Love how each character really has their own aesthetic. Beethoven is undoubtedly Beethoven. What's also nice is that the style remains consistent and there's little/no change in quality over the span of the series.

Music - 6; Man, was I let down by some of the arrangements featured in this show. Instead of lamenting some of the weak music, I'll highlight what I did like. The arrangement of the "Alla Turca" from Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11 into a "Thriller" mashup was borderline genius and hilarious. The story behind and presentation of "Fur Elise" was also hilarious. These two alone kinda overshadow some of the duds and really heightened the comedy for me.

Characterization - 6; This is a tough part to talk about because it's probably my biggest gripe with the show. Some characters are done nicely, even if their antics get repetitive or annoying--namely Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, and Tchaikovsky. Some characters are too one-dimensional for my liking, though. I would've liked to see more out of Chopin, especially his friendship with Liszt. Schubert is basically thrown under the bus from his introductory episode until episode 21. It's a shame he was made to be not a whole lot more than a Beethoven fanboy, when he was quite a composer in his own right historically. It started to grate my nerves how lazy the script would get at times, with Schubert doing nothing more than agreeing with Beethoven or shouting "sempai" intermittently. There's a lot more content to explore with these characters and their musicality outside of odd quirks (like Beethoven wanting to create his own guitar...) wasn't explored a whole lot, which is disappointing, especially with the Musik they wield not having as much context without the whole notion that, hey, these men lived and died by their music.

Overall - 6; Many enjoyable moments, but not an anime to be taken seriously or to go into with any expectations whatsoever. The first few episodes are slow, but as soon as you get the first inkling of an idea that this series might be as nuts as it is, you might be hooked.

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Apr 9, 2017

25 of 25 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 10

black0678 (All reviews)

13 people found this review helpful

This anime is made by sunrise the same studio who make gintama and gundam.
This anime is really underrated im watching this thanks to some highlited reviews that give score 9&8.
If u're fan of comedy well u will not be disappointed dont be fooled by music genre or classical music story plot! No its not focused on classical music at all! Idk why this anime get only 6,5.

Firstly the art is amazing 10/10 for some reason I feel nostalgic when see this anime art. the art is like that you see on epic adventure fantasy anime like letter bee,gosick for example but at the read more

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May 3, 2017

25 of 25 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 3

TrashDax (All reviews)

10 people found this review helpful

Music is a universal language, but nobody understands Bach.

Story:
Famous composers have come to life (again) to do…something. The plot is very thin with this anime. There is an actual purpose for the creation of the Classicaloids, but it’s irrelevant for most of its run. Only within the last 2 or 3 episodes does something reminiscent of a plot happen, until then we are treated to a lot of episodic nonsense. I found the comedy to be very repetitive, it’s basically one of the Classicaloids acting like a total numbnut, causing a massive chaos or one of them gone missing and the others (for whatever reason) wanting them back. The introductory episodes in the beginning of the series were the best in my eyes, since the characters were still fresh by then and the interactions not stale yet. While many anime nowadays suffer from being only 1-cour, Classicaloid would have done so much better if it was, instead we get a heavily dragged out 2-cour anime that gets boring way too fast.
3/10

Art:
It’s…colorful. That’s almost all the positive things I have to say about the art. The characters look somewhat clunky and unreal with those big borders around them. There are tons of off-model shots as well. The animation isn’t much to brag about either, only the times the Classicaloids use their powers look slightly appealing, but after a while these effects start to lose their charms. I sometimes got the feeling Studio Sunrise is trying to produce a Trigger show but they don’t know how to do that, but I have a wild imagination, so don’t take this as a fact. Bottom line, Classicaloid looks very cheap and lackluster and it doesn’t feel like the animation department was very ambitious with this show.
3/10

Sound:
An anime about music should sound extraordinary good, shouldn’t it? Well, not really. Obviously, we get to hear a lot of classical compositions of the characters’ namesakes, but unfortunately they are mostly mediocre at best J-Pop mixes of said pieces. There are a few positive exceptions, like Mozart’s Turkish March remixed with Michael Jackson’s Thriller or the show’s version of Swan Lake, but most of them sound very lame. The voice acting is okay mostly, there’s nobody doing a bad job there. The opening song falls into the same category as the rest of the soundtrack while the endings are just reprises of songs used in the respective episode. I mean, it’s cool they use all those classic pieces at all (and possibly teach young viewers about their composers), but it could have been done so much better.
4/10

Characters:
The composers are portrayed as exaggerations of the originals. Mozart for example is a carefree, childish ladies man, Tchaikovsky is a grumpy alcoholic and so on. This may get old really fast (and it does), but it’s not that much of a problem. I was much more horrified by the sheer amount of dickery they evince towards each other and even more towards Kanae. That poor girl is forced to let them stay at her house, she does all the housework, cleans, cooks, washes, and all they ever do is make her life as miserable as possible. The same goes for Sousuke, who is basically a humanoid parasite. Maybe the show would have been more enjoyable if it had more likeable characters.
3/10

Enjoyment:
There are tons of anime that should be 2-cours or more, but are forced to squeeze themselves into 12 or 13 episodes. Classicaloid is the exact opposite. At least half of the episodes were screaming “FILLER!” into my face, provided one beliefs that this show has an actual ongoing story. Classicaloid CAN be funny at times, but these times are so rare, that it just bored me most of the time. I mean, just look at how lackluster this review is. It didn’t hurt to watch and I didn’t want to end my life or anything, but if I had another chance, I would choose not to watch it again. Maybe you will enjoy it much more, who knows, humor is subjective after all.
3/10

Overall:
3.2/10

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Apr 26, 2017

25 of 25 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Andromeda (All reviews)

8 people found this review helpful

This review may contain minor spoilers.
Note: This anime has no serious bone in it. Abandon all your hopes for serious plot, complex characters or deep and tragic/sad backstories. If you’re a fan of these, stop reading here. Also, consider the fact that I love classical music, which may had affected my scoring.

„Spielen wir unsere Musik!“

Starting from the anime’s title, ClassicaLoid, some people (including me) may immediately thought about Vocaloid. And it would be almost accurate. Instead of Miku and Co. we have Mozart, Beethoven, Bach and many other representatives of the good old classical music. From the same people who brought Gintama and read more

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