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| Well, this was a disappointment..... definitely NOT what I was expecting after finishing the first couple of episodes. That Five girl is the most annoying anime character I've ever seen istg |
| Good show. I don't understand Five at all though. What was the point of her? Lisa felt like a plot device. All she did was get saved by Twelve... My favorite character is Shibazaki. 7/10 |
Sulfur2Jan 23, 2021 9:16 PM
| This anime in the first half held it's own at a 8 while at it's low point in EP.8 feeling like a 7, it recovered fairly nicely to provide a decent ending to climb it back up to an 8/10. The major stand out of this show being it's amazing OST that carried much of the shows intended atmosphere and emotion that it was trying to invoke. One of the best among anime OST's I'd say, but an amazing OST can only go so far if it's anime doesn't properly support such a quality piece of music. This quote by Nick Creamer summarizes this pretty well "A rich and passionate meditation on modern society that is elevated by some of the finest music and visuals in anime." However, "The actual thriller plot is much less compelling than the show's ideas or aesthetics." Deep diving into the ending provides some interesting insights provided in these links https://aminoapps.com/c/anime/page/blog/zankyou-no-terror-ending-analysis-clarification/3YtB_u0G4p6nXMPlapxaQQ1jdBWVbN <--- Ending Analysis https://zankyou-no-analyze.tumblr.com/post/109228478614/i-just-found-your-blog-and-fell-in-love-with-all <--- VON - Iceland Analysis The Iceland reference provides a very nice introspective touch on this show. (Link to full analysis above) "I believe the reason Iceland was used was for both it’s mysterious allure as well as its folklore and history. Iceland overall is a commonly misunderstood land, with a history rarely touched upon. I believe the creators chose Iceland as both its “saga” and its misunderstood appearance encompasses the very essence of Twelve and especially Nine. For despite Iceland’s bitter, icy appearance, there is also warmth, beauty, and hope." |
Celest__Mar 6, 2021 7:05 AM
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| What a ride. It surpassed my expectations which, to be fair, were not much thanks to haters. Great direction, animation art. Never thought an 11 episode show could give me them feels. This is how you do thriller. There's no need for absurd jokes(looking at you stein's gate) and uneven pacing. One of those animes that kept me hooked from the very first minute to the last. Really enjoyed. Although I can see how some weebs doesn't like it (too realistic for them and not using cliché tropes of anime) but I couldn't care less. |
Cheer_LeaderApr 13, 2021 11:24 AM
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| missed opportunity! it could have been great show - if it was just the cat and mouse game between shibazaki and nine. second half with introduction of american everything went to downfull. higher up and america power was too flexing for suspension of disbelief, 5 sec villan mamiya felt pointless reveal, why is nobody arresting 12? five motive was some sort of pointless twisted love, and were they going to die own there own? how did shibazaki reveal the truth to the world....wasn't higher up power too powerful even at old age/death bed, lisa went back to bullying life or what? towards the last few episode it just felt like they were trying to somehow bring everything to predestined conclusion (aka their tragic vibe ending)... like how american, shibazaki and nine and eleven came together or lisa kidnapping or five trying to stylishly die there many technical things were present to enjoy even in second half but characters behavior and action felt lacking any sort of direction. i didnot like the female chatacter and cringy romance it was engaging but could have been something better....but unfortunately this is it. that said animation and ost was pretty good. character designs were ok, but i dont like it very much though |
AdampkJun 9, 2021 7:28 AM
  Click for a anime mashup! Still not gone bandwagon u, keep crying. Here u are welcome to CRINGE at my EXISTENCE |
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| Straight to the opening, let's go. Now I see the line — as our heroes were abused by scientists and products of technological progress, they decided to rid Japan of its attachment to machinery in return. Sounds utopian, doesn't it? But quite in the spirit of the Sphinxes. Plus that fucking nuclear bomb prototype was assembled bypassing international law, which means it belonged to the same Evil that once influenced the guys. Uhm, the explosion was utterly beautiful for sure, but it's not the right idea to stare at nuclear glow without any form of protection. You did it Nine, you turned off the artificial lights. Memorial pillars, reunion, forgiveness and carelessness — new beginnings in the new world. And just when Shibazaki seemed to close this story according to Sphinxes plan the Americans appeared to make a clean up and prevent information leakage. Fuck, I knew that Nine and Twelve were walking corpses, but to cut it off like this... rest in peace and be remembered, warriors. I'm hilariously bad at summaries. Aesthetics, characters (despite all the hate for Five and Lisa, those were the two closest human beings (or catalisators as you wish) our heroes spent time with), eternal questions of morality and personal gains, human intervention in the laws of nature and the ability to great forgiveness, the unity of all and the uniqueness of each, invisible clock that measures our time on Earth — here is an incomplete list of what I saw in this piece of animation and what I thought about throughout its duration. Perhaps I am still in the category of enthusiastic fools, behind whom there is no huge base for comparing various drawn stories, but this particular one will be remembered by me for a long time. 8.5/10, closer to 8, because in the end I'm not the person who was close to Nine. |
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| 12 died :( brrought me tears overall 5/10, was worth to watch |
| So lisa went back home from where she ran or staying alone. How world reacted to their story. I wanted to see, idk what but i kinda feel unsatisfied. 8.5/10 |
| Well that was an end, I guess. Bitter but kinda forced, not bad. |
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| Another masterpiece by Shinichiro Watanabe. |
| first few episodes were so interesting that it made me want to finish it in one seating. Then when Five appeared everything wnet downhill. I wouldn't call this a successful ending but it was quite thrilling. I guess i just needed more background information and storyline than this. I noticed quite a lot of flaws too. Though, the soundtrack was beautiful. Quite disappointing for me, this is why 11 episodes don't work for anime. 5/10 +1 for osts |
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| This is hard to digest... Twelve and Nine deserved a better ending. |
Storm1988 said: The most realistic part of this anime was that the US can shoot a japanese citizen on japanese soil and can get away with it no problem. This. This is what I meant. US fricking everything up. |
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| Good ending, however I don't think that they've deserved to be sacrificed- it doesn't have much meaning for the rest of humanity to my book |
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| Not that good. The ending doesn't make that much sense. How does killing 12, letting 9 die but leaving the detective alive solve the problem of "Well they cant know the US was involved lol"? Why do they believe in the detective anyway? Wasn't it impossible for him to be believed if 12 and 9 were dead? Also there are a lot of plotholes, for example, how did they find the first hideout? Why did 5 search for 9 that much? I understand that it was rushed but still, it didn't make that much sense. At least they had good english voices (except five, which is understandable). |
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| A grandiouse ending, that's it. Imagine detonating an atomic bomb as a 17-year old? That's quite the dangerous feat to achieve. Nine went through his plan to expose the dark history of Japan and their Athena plan. It's an anime with some depth in it, a lot if you think about it. On the surface, it seems like a thrilling anime about terrorists with no concrete plan. Well, do you need a plan/motive as a terrorist? It's still bad in a way. But, the way they've done it, without any casualities and always looking out for the public before detonating the bomb. It was an attack directed at the people behind it. One thing I did dislike about the anime is Lisa. Even though her character influenced the actions of the maincharacters, it wasn't executed in a way that I would have liked it. It was always annoying and bland for some reason. Not a lot of personality in her too, beside the clumsy and dumb person she is. Quite the caring one, but that ain't enough. Nine, Twelve and Shizabaki (and the few other police officers) were great throughout the whole serie. Another thing that stood out in the anime is surely the soundtrack. You can't talk about Zankyou no Terror without mentioning the phenomenal soundtrack. From the inserted songs to the emotional soundtracks, everything was just a masterpiece on it own. The animation was quite good too for a 2014-adaptation from MAPPA. On the first or second episode with the snow scene, beautiful sakuga. The ending was quite something.. the death of both the maincharacters. One through the american forces, the other one from the disease or whatever he has from the experiments. He didn't detonate the bombs, otherwise everything would have been in vain. Shizabaki ends it "hope". 8.5/10 |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| Urg, really unsatisfying conclusion. |
| all i learnt from this show was fuck the US government XD |
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