Bye Bye, Earth

In a society of people with animal characteristics, Belle Lablac stands out as the only person with no animal features at all. Curious of her origins, Belle leaves her hometown and heads to the city of Schubertland to be awarded the status of Nomad by Schubertland's ruler, King Rawhide. Through the journey, she is trained by the legendary swordsman Sian Lablac.

Unfortunately for Belle, through a complication, she is unable to hurt others with her legendary sword Runding. The only choice to best her opponents in battle now is to break their swords, which is heavily looked down upon. Though ostracized for her appearance and hated for her disregard of societal norms, Belle stays resolute as she sets off on a perilous journey to find her rightful place in the world.

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Lablac, Belle Main

Fairouz Ai Japanese

Question, Adonis Supporting

Uchiyama, Kouki Japanese

Kitty the All Supporting

Hanae, Natsuki Japanese

Guinness Supporting

Enoki, Junya Japanese

Shandy, Gaff Supporting

Hino, Satoshi Japanese

Benedictine Supporting

Koshimizu, Ami Japanese

Collins, Tom Supporting

Shirokuma, Hiroshi Japanese

Cassis Supporting

Shimura, Tomoyuki Japanese

Perry Supporting

Egoshi, Akinori Japanese

Tiziano Supporting

Anando, Yuki Japanese

Takahashi, Kanako Producer

Katagiri, Daisuke Producer

Fushimi, Reiko Producer

Yamamoto, Kou Producer

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Apr 11, 2025

Kasuk

Recommended

This anime was thought to be by many as the worst anime of the year... and I'm struggling to understand why.

The biggest gripe people seem to have is that worldly things weren't explained fully. I find this to be lacking as a critique. The anime follows old fantasy rules and builds the world with the viewer being told x is x, and y is y. There is no reason for us to know why x and y are x and y.

It is the formula of norm in manga and anime these days to explain everything as they show up, from new techniques to explanations about ... flora and fauna.
Bye bye earth goes back to old fantasy book roots and just lets you live in the world similar to LOTR or Wheel of time. Some concepts are never explained in these epics, they just are.

The plot and group battles are quirky and out there. A lot of the show seems like the author may have been under the influence of psychedelics when thinking these concepts up, but it's fun, fresh, and different.

Art/Animation - 7.5 overall, up to 8.5 at its heights
Fluid and crisp. Lighting is great and color palettes are well thought out. Some of the fights were pretty good. Not Demon Slayer good, but better than a lot of the generic 7/10 Isekais we get every season.

Characters - 8
The slow burn of the characters is welcomed. The fact they did this in only ten episodes but made it so introspective while covering quite a bit of time, is really well done. The characters grow, rise, and fall. We see different aspects of them. We see the mortality of sentient beings, the pitfalls of despair... and the ruins of isolation.

Plot - 8/9
The plot was something I found easy to follow along, but there are so many whacky concepts in there that I can see why some people can't suspend their beliefs and let it be. There is a lot of outside the box thinking and if you're not one of those types you might find this confusing. But I thought it was refreshing and enjoyable.
For all intents and purposes, the plot looks like it has the potential to scale drastically and become an epic fantasy.

Music - 7
Music is fine. Some tracks were pretty good. But what was appreciated is the timing and matching the scenes well.

Conclusion:
If you like outside the box, try this and see if it tickles your fancy. It isn't your typical isekai power fantasy. But that doesn't have to be a bad thing

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Feb 22, 2025

_Bby_blue_

Mixed Feelings

This is a good but very confusing anime. The world lore is extremely complex, and from the start you are thrown in the middle of everything with little explanation on what's going on. It is complete insanity, an absolute energy drainer, and it gave me a headache while watching.
With that said, the story in this anime draws you in, it makes you want to understand the world of the anime and figure out what's going on. It's a tough but very interesting and enjoyable watch. I've never seen another anime like it.
I'd recommend watching, if you're up for something like it, but it's certainly ... not for everyone.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Dec 23, 2024

BadDecisionFan

Not Recommended

This show is devastatingly disappointing. I want nothing more than to sing its praises, but unfortunately that is not possible with what is delivered. The first episode is incredible, perfect presentation. The music is on point, the animation is gorgeous, the world is intriguing, and the characters are interesting. It provides the perfect setup to a somewhat fresh and unique mystery about the main character. Episode 2 continues the mystery and starts putting up roadblocks our MC will have to surpass to get there. Episode 3 continues to delve into those blocks and teach the audience about this micro society full of rules and tradition ... that gets in the protagonists way. Episode 4 has the MC start to engage more with this strange society. By Episode 5 she barely seems to care about getting out of this place and starts a wierd romance with some creep. Episode 6... wait, aren't there only 10 episodes? Why have we still not gotten past this intro BS and into the thing the inciting incident set up. Why am I now being expected to care about tree politics? Wasn't this whole stop in the wierd civilization just to essentially get a passport and leave?

And there, reader, is the problem with this show. It sets a very high bar and then proceeds to drop into into the center of the earth. They wrote an amazing introduction to a story they didn't care to tell. After the fakeout, all that is left is a few hours of pointless drama amongst characters you've been conditioned to assume are minor and temporary. The end of the short 10 Episode season doesn't even have the grace to show a glimpse of that mystery they set up in Episode 1. Instead, it ends with an implication that we're getting another entire season of the same boring politics and cult BS.

Just stay away from this show, it's worse than a bad show because it gives you a glimmer of hope, but just leads you on all the way to absolutely nothing.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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