ChäoS;HEAd

Chaos;Head is a prime example of an anime that collapsed under the weight of its own ambition. In trying so desperately to separate itself from a myriad of other suspenseful thrillers while catering to a pre-selected audience, Chaos;Head spreads itself all of the place, so much so that everything about it is thin, flimsy, and overall disappointing. The end result, however, is stuff of unintended comic gold.

Chaos;Head starts fantastic with a very adventurous first episode brimming with possibilities. The play on otaku falling victim to their own delusions, coupled with a series of bizarre homicides was intriguing enough to keep me watching it repeatedly, but ... then trouble began to surface. The series began to breach the mysteries it had established with theoretical existentialism, leading into discussions using made-up terminology that goes entirely unexplained and becomes even more convoluted as its short but utterly incomprehensible run comes closer to a finish.

Even more irritating, all of the mysteries and delusions established in the first episode are cast aside as convenient attention-getters. Nothing established in the first episode even matters to the big picture. Also, plot twists, while numerous, are established without any prior knowledge as to what they entail for the cast and revelations do not have any gravitas. The only reason I give the story any points is for the first few episodes alone, before it careened into self-destruction.

Characters are a little better, but only in certain instances. Main character Takumi is entrancing throughout the first half. His reactions to the mania around him are painfully crafted with a sense of realism so as to have Takumi's reaction become the mirror of the viewer, and it works very well. However, he betrays this reality of self when the series enters into its convoluted style of existentialism and he becomes a living deus ex machina.

The girls of the series are handled just as carelessly, often with vain attempts at giving them personality quirks but failing to capitalize on them. The only real exception to this is Kozue, but her traits are so forced and intruding, that by "cutesyfing" her the staff made her more off-putting than any other girl. Moreso, the series can only focus on one or two girls at a time, meaning that all the other girls suddenly disappear from the picture. This would be fine, except they often return with a wealth of new information we are forced to assume they learned off-scene.

Technical aspects are far better than anything the series offers otherwise, but not exceedingly so. The art is fairly average of the typical series these days. Madhouse obviously didn't break the bank, but the looks is acceptable. Takumi's character design, especially his face, is often hard to look at, but the girls all look acceptable. The animation flows well-enough but it's nothing to write home about. An all around average job.

The sound was good too, but only in some parts. Namely the theme songs; the first being a catchy Kanako Itou number with lyrics that make no sense but are befitting of the series' storyline, and the closer being an impossibly upbeat tune with lyrics that resemble bad stalker poetry. Sound effects and vocal performances also highlight various sequences. The prior are easily arguable, but the BGM is horribly composed. Not ear-bleedingly so, but still quite bad.

Yet for as sharp and horrible a nosedive as Chaos;Head took, I reveled in it. I wanted to see how bad the story got and how awful the characterization became. It may have been a poor series, but it reaches on "so bad its good" territory in the same way a handful of cult classics and B-movies do. It's not for everyone, but you can definitely have a lot of fun laughing at just how awful this series becomes.

Overall, I give Chaos;Head a 5 out of 10.

ChäoS;HEAd is a Supernatural, Psychological, Mystery, whatever that literally gives a new meaning to the term “mind-f**k”. Whichever way you feel about this series, whether you like its intriguing set-up or detest its absurdity, there’s no denying that it’s a complete mess.

Following the life of some loser otaku, Takumi Nishijou is a high school student living life in his own little world of online gaming, anime and perverse fantasies. Then one fateful day he wonders into some gruesome murder scene, changing his current life dramatically, as extreme paranoia sets in. Well that’s the introduction, in a nutshell and like most people I struggled to make ... sense of this absurd anime that felt like watching the Matrix on crack, whilst also watching Scanner Darkly of LSD. But we are not alone as the main character struggles to make sense of what’s going on as well and it isn’t until halfway into the series that some light is finally shed on our confused minds; with some much needed plot exposition. It’s just a shame that whatever explanations into what the series is about will go over most people’s heads and I’ll be wasting my time trying to explain it myself.

However what can be explored are the characters, as this series is full of a weird bunch. As stated before the main protagonist is some loser otaku Takumi, who’s pretty much like a more freakishly annoying version of Tatsuhiro Satou from Welcome to the NHK. What more can be said about this deluded kid, except that it’s weird how this series became a bit of a harem when all of a sudden his surrounded by bishoujo. Naming all of them would be a pain, so just think of all the character types found in your typical visual novel/eroge and give them weird psychological complexes.

At least the animation and music was great, with a credible amount of effort put in by studio Madhouse clearly evident in this area. The character designs and action moments are plain rubbish but the scenery and objects are certainly portrayed incredibly well. Also the music is pretty fascinating, since it has some eerie tunes to set a weird tone for this weird series.

Overall ChäoS;HEAd was a fairly interesting anime as it was more like a homage to a portion of the otaku world, whilst trying to give a serious story. About halfway into the series it certainly piqued my interest, with all the weird theories they were throwing about but for the most part it made little sense.

I haven't played the game, nor have I read the visual novel, so I cannot compare and point out about differences or things left out. Thus, this review is about the anime only.

Chaos;Head... I'm going to be honest, and say that Chaos;Head was a real disappointment. The concept is fairly original. I give points for that. If you were like me, I was expecting a fairly elaborate plot with twists and suspense, but Chaos;Head severely lacked that, and thus, it turned out having a really mediocre and a down right uninteresting result. To fit this kind of a story-line, into such a short space of ... time, obviously was not a very good idea, and the result of this is of huge disappointment.

An Otaku called Takumi lives by himself and excludes himself from the rest of the world. One day, he receives a message from a mysterious "Shougun" with a link to a highly disturbing image of a person staked onto a wall. The next day, after walking through Shibuya, he runs into an alleyway, and accidentally stumbles into a man having been staked to a wall, exactly that in which he saw in the image. As it turns out, these are a series of mysterious seemingly supernatural events referred to, as the "New Generation". Eventually, Takumi gets caught-up with the events of "New Generation" and becomes paranoid of things around him and starts having delusions. He becomes troubled as to who he can trust, what aren't delusions, and who is this mysterious "Shougun" who seems to be around him all the time?

The first half of the series was rather strong. It was very well set up, and had a lot of potential in becoming "one of the greats". Elements of being a very well thought out psychological thriller were present, with small bits of science mixed in with the mythology of the story. Slowly released questions and answers: Good! Although, once it hit around the half way mark, the storyline and plot just began to fall apart, and once it hit the final straight, it basically just blew up on itself. Things became way too obvious. Some scenes became almost pointless. Even when things were still mysterious in some sort of way, the answer was just thrown at you. There are too many times where you could say "Why didn't you do that in the first place!?" and "Isn't it obvious?". They seemed way too rushed, and definitely were not very well thought out. The small amount of romance in the story didn't help at all and it really all seemed a little tacky. As far as I could tell, they just made the story lamer than what it had already become. Where were the twists? Where was the unexpected? Where was the "I want more!" feeling?

One guy surrounded by a whole lot of girls? Fine, if you can pull it off well, then sure. I'd have no objections to that. However, each girl did not play a large enough role. A lot of the times, it was as if they were "just there" without much purpose. Takumi was just way too wimpy and cowardly in the beginning. Good ol' brother-sister personalities are fun, and Kozue added a little more fun into the storyline. Overly obnoxious villain? How original... I'll give points to Takumi's and Sena's past as they're history is certainly interesting, along with Shougun's true identity. Although these played a fairly direct role in the plot, really, the characters were all rather dull and not complex enough.

Animation and character design were rather standard. The character's weren't elaborate, but it worked. There were really no inconsistencies in animation, and the sword designs were certainly interesting and nicely detailed. There really isn't anything outstanding in the OP and ED. They didn't quite fit along with the storyline that well either. The musical score seemed to have trouble in deciding how it wants to fit. I mean, the score wasn't bad as such. It just seemed... well... unfitting with the mood and tone of the scene. In some aspects of the story, the soundtrack was fitting, while most of the time, it just didn't help the scene. All the voices seemed to match fairly well with the characters, although there aren't any real standouts, but nothing to complain about either.

To wrap it all up, Chaos;Head really was just a messy, rushed and not very well thought out anime. It just didn't have that suspense, and nor did it have that much complexity. It certainly had huge potential, however the series just couldn't pull it off. Perhaps if the ending weren't as rushed, and things not so obvious and pointless, I'd be able to give it a better score. I feel I'm being a little generous here, and I've given it an overall 6.5 out of 10.

This is one of those shows that i really looked forward to, and the first 2-3 episodes almost got me feel I was high on something, but then …


[5]Story: Alright, so the story begins with introducing the main character, Takumi. He is an Otaku that has failed at life basically, living in a container with his computer and anime figures totally isolated from the world excluding the few occasions he goes to school on. The thing that will catch your attention right of the start is that Takumi is having severe delusions that alter his reality. Right after the first episode we get thrown ... into a murder case, which Takumi is somehow connected to. It is hinted that he is suffering from Scizophrenia and/or other pshycological issues. This makes one want to know more. Who is the murder? Can it be Takumi himself, doing it with another personality? Anyhow, a lot of questions pop up leaving you in despair once the episode is over and you realize you don’t have the next episode downloaded. So what does the anime make out of all this? Ill make it short: Nothing. The pshycological feel is totally crushed in episode 4 when we get to know a little of the truth about everything and the anime here derails into some sort of bad fantasy adventure with swords and what-not. oh, did I forget to mention that Takumis harem also steadily arrives as the show progresses? That’s right, weird girls keep coming up all the time, and all but one of them likes takumi. I was going to score the story a 6, but while I was writing this I remembered how I had trouble finishing the show, so it gets a 5.

[7]Art: Well, it is Madhouse, so I cant say anything other than its good. The only thing lacking was the characters, and especially the girls. They just felt to.. animated! I don’t know, they just felt lifeless to me. The backgrounds and such we’re good though. So the art gets a 7, had the characters been better it would have gotten an 8.

[7]Sound: I have nothing to complain on about the sound, but im not going to praise it either. Its mediocre, perhaps even a little better than that. The good thing about the sound is that they used the appropriate sound at the right moments, which gives a better feel to the show as a whole.
As for the voice acting, I think that Takumis VA did a great job. He expressed Takumis feelings really good, and it made him come to live, unlike the other characters. That said, I don’t think that the other voice actors did a bad job, but it wasn’t really memorable in any way. So the sound gets a 7, much like the art, it could have gotten an 8 had it just been a little better.

[5]Characters: ok, so what to say about the characters. I already introduced Takumi to you, but ill just rant a little more about him anyway. So as I said he is a looser otaku with delusions bla bla, and he is perhaps, the best characters in the whole show. To be more exact, I think that he is the best character. His life situation is pictured pretty well, he is an otaku that doesn’t know that much about life, have a hard time socializing with people etc. it all makes him feel alive. This said its not like I think that he’s a VERY good characters, he’s fine, that’s all. All the other characters are stereotypes you’ll hate as soon as you see them, or else you’ll learn to hate them as the show progresses. There really isn’t anything to say about them, they are just uninteresting and have no real personality nor feel to them. I was a little unsure if I should give it a 5 or a 6 as a score, but in the end it got a 5. Takumi just wasn’t enough to cover the fact that all the other characters sucked.

[5]Enjoument: The first episodes was great, then it derailed. After having watched around half the show I had it on “on-hold” for some weeks before finishing it. Even now I don’t really know why I just didn’t drop it there. This should speak for itself as for how much I enjoyed the ride. The show tries to be serious, but fails. Its just like how Death note tries to be to serious sometimes, just that you don’t laugh at Death note on those occasions… Imagine Light throwing the death note away, then he buys a sword and goes around killing criminals with it. Still trying to be as serious as before. That’s kind of how Chaos head is/was. Anyway, it gets a 5, and this goes for the overall score aswell.


Thank you for reading!

A show where the name itself, ChäoS;HEAd, is meant to be taken literally. Your head will be filled with chaos as you attempt to understand what is going on.

The beauty of ChäoS;HEAd is that the show itself is a mystery. The rushed pacing of the show in combination with the intentional mysterious plot made it difficult to keep a handle on what was going on. I cannot count the number of times I said, out loud, "What the hell is going on?" I feel like the writers were trying to make this something unique that stood out as a gem among the crowd. They did ... manage to make ChäoS;HEAd unique, but not necessarily in the way they intended.

Before watching this, I did take a peek at other reviews to see what the general consensus on the show was, or lack thereof. Some outright call the show a flop, while others appreciated the uniqueness of it. I decided to give it a go and make my own opinion on it. The first episode had some interesting lead-ins, places where a highly interesting story would have developed. I was looking forward to something special, though I figured I was setting myself up for disappointment. Oh boy did I set myself up. Like a bat out of hell, the story jumped off a cliff. Or so it seemed. For the vast majority of the show, the viewer is left confounded by "technobabble", unsound science, and plot twists, all of which were bundled up into a mysterious burrito for you to eat. It is not until episodes 10 and 11 that answers to the many questions brought up since the beginning receive answers. As a mystery genre anime, the show excels at keeping the viewer thinking about the possibilities of what could have happened. The mystery aspect aside, the plot line itself is rather iffy. While the lead up to the finale seemed to fit, a sudden deus ex machina sent thing astray. Had this anime been 24 episodes instead of 12, I think things would have been able to develop at a more appropriate pace and it likely would have been a far better series.

Moving on to the story itself, ChäoS;HEAd follows the life of Takumi Nishijou, a shut-in otaku who is so out of touch with reality at times that his mind synthesizes his favorite game character into being his wife. His quiet life is suddenly cast into disarray as a series of gruesome murders and suicides, known as the New Generation Madness, spring up in his home city of Shibuya, Tokyo. His distaste for the "three dimensional world" leads him to initially brush this off as not important to him; however, as fate would have it, he is thrown into the mix as he witnesses one of the murders first hand. His already fragile mind is snapped and he (and by extension the viewer) gradually becomes unable to differentiate his delusions from reality. The way he reacts to his distorting situation mirrors how the viewer reacts to this show - immense confusion, accompanied by a lack of words. "Errors," as they are called by Sena Aoi (one of the main characters), are causing the world to collapse and it is up to those who can see them to prevent them and "save the world." Scientifically unproven concepts are also brought up, especially from episode 5 onwards. What are known as lunar-biorhythms, the effect of the moon on our body, are an example of such. For the sake of avoiding spoilers, I wont go any further with the story aspect.

Going on to the cast, there is an overload of "main" characters present in ChäoS;HEAd. For a 12 episode anime, seven characters to focus on is too many. I found myself confused for the first several episodes as to the purpose of these characters, especially as to why they were being given mixed personalities. With many characters present, many "magically" disappeared for periods of time, only to return with details that would advance the story in a confusing, and somewhat forced, manner. That said, they all had a purpose and each had their necessary roles. Sadly though, their personalities remained mostly static, especially the MC who was consistently annoying to me. Though development of the characters is lacking, their portrayal improved the show and I would consider this part of the show "mediocre" overall.

The artwork proved to be par for the course, I think. The main characters are all high school students, so it's generic dress code galore! But seriously, who the hell makes students wear PLAID pants/skirts!? The Di-Swords (those giant purple things in the cover picture) are pretty cool looking, in both forms they are depicted in, though. Aside from that, there's nothing that really makes the show stand out from the artwork perspective, in my opinion, but there's nothing bad about it either. This is a different story when looking at the audio. The series' opening and ending themes are "F.D.D." and "Super Special" (performed by J-pop artists Kanako Itō and Seira Kagami, respectively). While "F.D.D." felt appropriate as the opening, I was woefully displeased by "Super Special." Initially, I found myself laughing hysterically when the words "You're always super special..." were uttered. For a non-romcom show, "Super Special" felt completely out of place. Within the actual show, there isn't much to speak of with the audio. Most of the time it was appropriate and enhanced the situation, while sometimes it fell short of expectations.

It's easy to see why ChäoS;HEAd has received such mixed reviews. Due to the confusing and rushed nature of the story, one can quickly become disinterested in it and fail to appreciate the mystery portrayed. I wouldn't recommend this as a light watch, though it's not something deep either. It's more of a mentally stimulating show, getting you to think about things in a different way. If you are one who enjoys mystery, I definitely would give this show a go. You'll appreciate the many twists and turns this show takes in attempts to throw the viewer off from where the truth lies.

I watched Chaos;Head not expecting much. I've read a lot of reviews that do not look favourably on it, but I wanted to make my own judgement.

The show starts out fairly well, actually. For the first few episodes, we get a nice look at the delusional insanity of the main character, Takumi Nishijou. The show actually does really well, creating an oppressive and slightly hostile atmosphere, which really helps to justify the character of Takumi. Takumi, in short, is a fairly pathetic and unpleasant character, but because we see the story through his eyes, his actions don't seem entirely unreasonable, which makes for an interesting ... first few episodes.

This set up is promising. Shows that explore insanity can be really really good if done well. Chaos;Head should have stuck with the feeling it had in the beginning. We should have been lead through a maze Takumi's delusions and made to wonder about how much of the plot was actually happening and how much it was being distorted by Takumi's mind.

Instead, the show devolves into a loser hero and his harem battling against a stereotypical villain. Delusions, which should have been the trump card of the show, is effectively relegated to being a plot device (basically magic with a different name), and to being the subject of flawed and shallow philosophical musings. The big problem is that the show tries to be two things at once: on the one hand, a philosophical and psychological thought-experiment; on the other hand, a harem mystery/action show about saving the world from an evil man. These two sides of the show interfere with each other and ruin the show. The detachment from reality that is necessary for the psychological aspect conflicts with the need for a definite reality to ground the conflict of the action side. This results in a disappointing halfway compromise which fulfills neither need.

Overall, this review hasn't been nice to Chaos;Head. However, I will say this: I don't regret watching it. Sure, it was disappointing, and sure, nothing in it is particularly well done, but the actual experience of watching it wasn't bad. I don't hate this show. So I will end with this: while I wouldn't necessarily recommend it, if you think it sounds interesting then it's probably worth a watch.

to be frank, C;H had the real potential of becoming a masterpiece, and it kinda did.. or did it?

i’m a massive SciAdv fan, played all the visual novels and slowly but steadily recovering them all, therefore i rate my knowledge as “fair”.

As several other reviews stated, the anime adaptation and the visual novel don’t really match up like in other chapters of the series, and it’s undeniably true.
although the storyline in the original visual novel was damn near perfectly paced, this anime adaptation suffered from the “too much in too little time” syndrome, a disease that sadly affects way too many titles, pressing a 50 ... hour gameplay with several possible endings in a 12 episode 24 min each format (including op and ed) is arguably impossible and this is no exception.

from a complete stranger’s standpoint i’d have trouble keeping up with the sheer amount of things happening in this little time, undeniable plot holes that were necessary to stay in the 12 episode format (due to contracts, as always happens)

putting my bias aside, i still think this product was honestly fine, the unbearable tension translated very well, also thanks to the mastermind behind the soundtrack, also known as Takeshi Abo.
good animation (don’t forget it came out in 2008, some people watching this weren’t probably even born in 2008) great voice acting (sakikabara yui please marry me, even though she didn’t have many lines).

to conclude, i personally have mixed feelings on this, especially knowing the source material very well, but if anyone wants further information about said plot holes, answers on the interwebs are readily available, it’s a well known series.

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First anime every seen. Pretty average story, characters, and animation. Slow at first and then gets really serious in the second half. As much as I liked the mystery behind this one and all the weird things that happen I thought that the explanations and conclusion were poorly done. Theme song is great and so is the other music, which was the strongest part of the show (which is pretty sad.)

It was an okayish kinda goodish anime, know what I mean.
The main character was kinda interesting seeing as he felt like a normal extra anime and gaming nerd. Wasn't that likeable though.
The story is what was really interesting and could have been a great thing but the execution was not good. And being a 12 episode anime, it took way tooo long to start things up and then wrapped everything up in a rush.
I really was interested in the first few episodes and was really wanting to see where the story was heading but sadly, it didn't pan out well.
And other ... than the main character, no other character was given any real closure or development. It was just feeling like a typical Harem.

Overall all, I would say, it was an Ok anime with some good parts in it...:)

This anime could've been one of the greats.........

It starts off with a very interesting perspective psychology and mental illness..........a murder mystery theme with the writer(s) keeping the viewer guessing at each turn and succeeding in confusing A LOT of people (as evident by many of the comment sections under each episode on various site).
However, I honestly wished they continued with the psychology (for example, if the main character had paranoid schizophrenia or dissociative identity disorder) but sadly, they don't. All we get is a rushed, stereotypical storyline with a farcical plot. I was very disappointed with how it turned out.

I would still recommend this to ... all anime watchers..........the first half of it especially

Warning this review may contain spoilers.


First impressions, so we got a super natural marrder mystery going down with harem elements going in the background. Sounds interesting enough.


Story,5/10

So the premise and setup of choas head is pretty simple for the most part because in one way or another it's has been done before a lot of time.
You know Like we have the main character living his Madame life. There are some mysterious murders that have been going down in his local area. He doesn't pay attention to these things and then out of nowhere he is then quickly dragged into the middle of ... it.
with him now trying to figure out what has been going on and finding out that things are more than they appear and him also finding out that he's got got super natural powers that give him the ability to make his imagination real and along the way finding out that there some girls who also have the same power as him.

Which now in retrospect this kind of thing has been kind of done before and some times better in the choas head case.
Now I am not saying that choas head is bad in any way. Because I thought it was quite interesting for what it was because it tackles some interesting concepts, like how realty can change so quickly or how you shouldn't trust everything you see and how do you describe the concept of something that as real for not.
Which is really something you don't see that very often.

But the problem I have with chaos head as a whole is that it's presentation was very disappointing in quite a few areas. I am pretty sure and don't quote me on this I am pretty
sure that the presentation in the visnel novel that this was based off was a lot better. But problems I have for one is that the pacing is very fast.


From a nartive stand point it feels like to me that it's hip hoping to every major plot point in about 12 episodes.
Which kind of kills all build up and because of the small amount of episodes the show never had time for cool down moments or side story's to help flesh out the setting.

One of the things that the anime did get right when it came to presentation was the creepy atmosphere because this a story about mystery and murder.

Now another problem I had as the ending because it was very wft and it is one of those open endings where you don't know what really happens next.


Characters, 6/10

The main character taku was some what interesting.
Like his personality wasn't that special because he was a shut-in otaku who really doesn't have much of a personality. But what made him interesting was his mental problems which his ability kind of made it more fun because you don't really know if any off the things that he is seeing are real or something that he is thinking off.


The side characters.
Where also kind of interesting in way as well.
Because they all had something interesting about them.

like for example one of the characters mostly speaks in cryptic word play.
A different character who was also interesting as a girl who only speaks using ner mind.

Even though there personallys are genetic as hell.

One problem I found was the character relationships.

Because of the pacing and ep count we never these characters come together naturally.

Now You could say that to some extent that they became closer together because they shared a common enemy that was a huge threat and because of that they became closer.
But doesn't really justify the fact that some of where some what close to him even though thay had only know him for a short time.


Art, 6/10

Now animation for choas head for the most part looks very nice for the most part.

It has some very nice backgrounds.

It also has a nice colors as well.



Sound, 6/10

The quite liked the op and ending themes
They where quite nice to listen to.
But they not really worth looking for.

The ost well kind of lacking for the part on its own.
But it did bring the right atmosphere to every scene that showed up in the anime.


Enjoyment, 6/10

Well on of the things I quite liked was the idea behind it.
Because on Paper this would have been a really good idea if it was presented better.
I liked it's idea of realty being contently put in a state of Mind fuck.

I also quite enjoyed the creep atmosphere.

But pacing and ep count did put a major dampening of how I enjoyed is show. Because
While watching this show it really did feel that it was missing something more to it.



Overall, 5/10

If your into v.n anime adaptation then you will probably like it even though it feels a like fan service for v.n players.

But if you not into gennic story's in general and you do t like gore or maid fuck then stay a way.
But you like the idea of choas head.
Your probably better off playing the game.

I desperately hoped this anime to be something like Kon's "Paranoia agent". Promising "dark" atmosphere, typical hihikomori as the main character, mysterious girl(s) with extraordinary powers... But... This anime was too "promising" to become really good.
I made certain that great ideas can be spoiled by absence of talent (?) & high pretensions.

This anime started out kind of slow but seemed like it had a lot of potential to me a really interesting mystery series of sorts. The first 3-4 eps are really slow then eps 5-9 were really interesting and had me captivated. Finally the last 3 eps just fell apart. I haven't read the manga so I don't know if it had the same problem but I feel like there was a lot of information and fringe science based ideas that the creator wanted to put into this series then just ran out of time/momentum and tried to finish it up really fast.
On top ... of that, the seriousness of the anime itself didn't match well with the stereotypical pink haired girl/flash school uniform/weird hair art style and the underlying female harem theme. I feel like there as just way too much going on and none of it fit together well. Some of the characters were cool and the overall story idea itself was interesting but the original mystery/murder concept got resolved very anti-climatically.
All in all I'd say not to bother with this series but if you liked some of this manga-ka's other works you might like this.

When you dont know what is real and what is not what would you do?
This is (in my mind) the basis of the show that is Chaos HEAD, as it follows a young man who is severely disillusioned and could be reffered to as the "sample platter for mental illness"

As ive made clear this guy is messed up in the head and to compliment this there are lots of crazy-ass murders happenning in his neigborhood. By this point you as a viewer will think that you have it all figured ot, but dont worry because there are 180' plot twists every 30 seconds in ... this show.

The characters are where the problem with this show comes for me. There are about seven characters or so running around throughout thsi show, but you dont really get the feel of knowing any one of them. That is a problem because if you dont know characters, you cant relate to them; and i you cant relate to them, you wont care one way or the other.

The other problem is that you dont know what is going on until the show is 2/3s done, granted i dont even think the writers knew what was going on until that point so how are we supposed to. As I said earlier about all the plot twists, the story is ever-changing and not in a good way. It changes by completey dropping what had been going on, and binging up some crap that is supposed to be the new angle it takes.

I think that the show had alot of potential at the begining with a crazy guy running around with simoltanious murders occuring, but before long all hope of a half-way decent story is lost and it just becomes battle to see if you can last until the end.

Chaos;Head, I actually liked the name so I decided to give it a shot, and here's what I think about this Series:

Story: The Story isn't really that great, it's all about delusions and how some people are gifted with the ability to turn delusions into reality, and later u know that some devices are able to do that as well, the story could be interesting and this anime could've been a great hit, but they messed it up, the story wasn't well told, it's kinda messed up all over the anime, the story is good generally, but the anime didn't manipulate it well

Art: The Art ... is good, but again they messed up alot with it, for example the swords doesn't look real at all, in addition the movements suck, it isn't really interesting, the Animation is Decent

Sound: The OP is good, the Ending isn't so bad, music isn't really bad, but there's nothing special about it aswell, some character sounds is really annoying, most of them are annoying actually

Character: That's one of the best things in this anime, it is the best thing actually, the main character is really interesting, spending all of his time playing online games, maybe I like it cause I was once like Takumi is, all the other characters are varied, from cute, to hardcore girls, the characters are generally good, I did like them, but once again, the characters are messed up in the final episodes

Enjoyment: I enjoyed it a bit, but it's not really a good anime though

Overall: the animation sucks actually, the movements and weapons are really bad, this could've been one of the top 40 animes or something, but it was messed up, I wouldn't recommend that you watch it, cause it's really disappointing how this idea was screwed up in this anime.

I honestly feel as though this show had so much potential. I really wanted to enjoy it and see it for what it could have been, but I was subsequently disappointed, and here's why.

I'm not saying it was a terrible series, the problem (in my opinion) lies solely in the fact that it was limited to 12 episodes. There was way too much of a story concept for such a short amount of time.

This lead to the storyline being sort of all over the place. I wouldn't say it's confusing, but there were a lot of moments where I was asking myself "what's going ... on now?".

The characters were great, I feel like in one way or another we can all relate to Takumi. The whole concept of delusions and reality coming together was a pretty cool idea. Unfortunately though, as I said, there just wasn't enough time to get the whole story across in an organized and simple fashion, and that's where they lost points with me in the end.

To conclude, the only advice I can give for people that are planning to watch this series - you'll enjoy it, but please don't go into it expecting an amazing, gripping and suspenseful anime.

Chaos;Head has a lot of really interesting ideas, but they never really built into anything particularly compelling, and many of them are handled so sloppily that whatever potential they had is wasted. The same problem holds for the characters, who don't really go anywhere. There was potential here, but it's mostly wasted. Decent enough little show, but you can easily find better.

So, I decided to watch Chaos;Head after finishing Steins;Gate and learning they were in the same universe. I started with Chaos;Head because I saw the MAL-Rating and thought I'd 'save the worst for first'. However, Chaos;Head is a far more interesting anime than my score may suggest, and I do recommend watching it if you can overlook some of the challenges with it.

So, firstly, the biggest strength of the show is that it has an interesting concept with philosophical themes, and at times has a great tone. In many ways, I think the tone of Chaos;Head (at least early on) is most ... comparable to Higurashi: When They Cry, with an extremely disoriented main character trying to piece together what is happening, and the audience being left struggling with the protagonist. The first half of the series uses this feeling very effectively. I felt that the show lost some of its interest as the pieces started making sense, but overall, Chaos;Head has a great concept behind it.

The ultimate fatal flaw of the show is that the protagonist is the most unlikable protagonist I've ever seen. He is selfish, pathetic, weak, whiny, extremely mentally ill, and ultimately doesn't really grow. The reason why this show is complicated is, his personality is clearly a very intentional decision, and fits perfectly with the themes of the story. It also makes a lot of the show not very enjoyable to watch. This is also coupled with the fact that most of the secondary characters are shallow and boring, but that also fits into the themes of the protagonists personality and how he views the world.

So, the show is a really interesting watch with some smart writing, but not a particularly enjoyable watch. If you were a fan of the psychological horror elements of Higurashi, I would definitely recommend this, especially because not a ton of shows make you as effectively disoriented as this one. The themes of mental illness are explored very well.

The main reason I recommend this show, however, is it sets up the sequel/spinoff series Chaos;Child, which I think is a far better series than the MAL-Rating may suggest. There is an Episode 0 of Chaos;Child that summarizes the events in this, but I think it misses a lot of the plot, tone and themes that wind up setting up that series. Chaos;Child is not as disorienting as Chaos;Head, but it also is a far more enjoyable watch with a much more likable cast of characters.

Also, as a side-note, I have not played any of the visual novels in the Science;Adventure series, so I am looking at this anime in and of itself, and not in comparison to the original work.

I must admit it IS an ambitious train-wreck, but it isn't THAT bad.

The premise of the story is very good, and so it is the first episode which gives you a lot of expectation. But beware... sadly, the anime is not gonna meet those expectations.
The story-telling wasn't wisely constructed, and what could have become the anime of its year, crush and burn miserably. It's such a pity when stories with so much potential are executed so poorly.

I haven't read the visual novel from which this was based of, but i am planning to, as i'm really intrigued if they gave this story ... more justice in there.

Actually, i won't recommend you to see this, just because the dissapointment is TOO bad. If you are still interested, give it a try, at least the concept is good... if only it weren't so badly executed.

that's not about expectation tbh as long as i don't have real opinion at all, well this is the site for human reviews after all, but speaking really as we thought so, it was a bullshit as an anime. a lot of mistakes that i see were like i was in disgust in during the watching case, this was a disgust at all as an anime, but not the novel and the game as long as i didn't see and got information for that , can't say much , so this might had like very nice anime that lasts 20 year or smth in people's ... mind, why?
what we seeing is pretty much dreaming that we have to see, so we can't know logically either don't know how to know , and that was pretty much it in the anime this case inspired me but non other. i think this might had been like a pretty good anime but studio made it with like low cheap budge, so
that's it this anime pretty much bullshit tbh keep in mind that what im typing writing here is just about my opinion even though i believe im not existing at least not right to do, so have absolute things if there are