The New Gate

“The New Gate” has a somewhat rushed story, very budget animation, and pacing issues. That said, this anime had a lot of potential, but the studio just didn't do it justice.
However, even with its flaws, I still very much enjoyed it. I think that if you like anime with overpowered fantasy main characters and simple romances, you'll probably like this one too. Just be ready to overlook the bad animation and weird pacing.

Let's start with the issues this anime has: a low animation budget, rushed story pacing, the studio's poor adaptation, and character development. I'll go through each of these problems to make things ... clear, and then I'll move on to the positives.

1. Horrible animation quality for 2024:
The animation quality is so poor it feels worse than a good deal of anime from the 90s, despite being released in 2024. “The New Gate” by far doesn't have an animation made with nearly the same soul as classics like NGE or Cowboy Bebop, but it also looks way worse than those animes. The decision not to keep a similar art style to the manga or light novel's cover has to be one of the worst choices ever made. I mean, you can technically see that the studio tried to copy the design of the manga, but it is so abhorrently bad at mimicking the style that they should've just tried something different.

2. Studio's impact on making this not as well adapted: (bit of a continuation from #1)
We already said that the animation is one of the worst released in the last decade. If a better studio had handled it, a lot of the issues like animation quality, pacing, and not adapting all the LN/Manga's content would probably be fixed. This is probably one of the most disappointing adaptations for fans of the light novel and manga because it doesn’t cover all of its content and feels rushed.

3. Rushed Pacing & Adaptation Issues:
“The New Gate” tries pushing a lot of content into 12 episodes, stuff that would regularly be put into 2 or 3 seasons for other anime like “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime,” is shoved into a 12-episode season. Next, the adaptation seems to not be done very well considering it skips scenes that are in the manga and LN, which is disappointing since this anime sometimes feels lifeless. This is an anime that feels like Overlord mixed with That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (calling it “Slime” from now on), with the characters kinda seeming like characters from “Slime” put into a world similar to Overlord. I personally really like this aspect, and it should come out as interesting, which it does, but the countless other issues I have stated hold this anime down from what it could be.

4. Characters:
The characters are pretty decent, but they could've been better if the anime gave them more depth. Shin, the main character, is well-done and likable, and even without a detailed backstory you end up liking his characterization throughout the series. He is not a stupid and nonsensical MC who does ridiculous actions that don't make sense. Other characters, however, seem to lack the characterization Shin has. While you can understand these other characters actions, they constantly feel like they are missing some scenes to properly give them the characterization they deserve.

Here's the kicker, the story is actually good. I just believe that when people are focused so much on the issues an anime has, they miss the good parts. If you can look past the bad animation and pacing, you’ll find more than just a basic isekai with dumb characters. I would just say the main issue here is that the adaptation doesn't do this anime justice for what it is.

🗿 7.5/10 – I know I’m rating it a bit high, but I really enjoyed it overall and think it’s worth a try. 🗿

overal compered to the manga the story feel extrmely rushed with alot cuted seces and missed details eexspicaly last episode of the show. a generic isekai that resemble in charter to sao with twist of overlapping to new world insted of goinng back. even when the charter is one of the most powerful charter in the show its still painted as shy nervuse boy wet behind his ears and not seasoned vetarn player. the feeling the show give are of the generic kaind of the isekai ganer with over powered main charter definlty worth it for passing the time but aint a ... master pieace. for me at last this show is kaind of i may rember it or may forget it buta month or 2 afther the last episode aired its mostly will be forgoten from the hype

Great. Another anime with great potentials but ends up as a huge disappointment.

This anime gave off the vibe of SAO back in the day, a "what-if" of sorts. What if the MC still got stuck in the death game instead of being sent to the real world.

It kicked off as a really great hit, but somehow, the art deteriorated, and the story was rushed for no apparent reason.
I noticed there was no character development whatsoever, which sucks, but is also understandable since the MC is just the strongest from back then.
Not to forget how the storyline gave out a 'forced' feeling, and was not well ... written.

I'd give it a 5/10, or maybe even less.