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This is my first review, so please don't get at me if it's horrid. Yet, this anime of made off from one of my favorite video games and off the manga and deserves a review from me as a fan of it. I'll try not to add spoilers and such and I'll try not to rant about how this anime shouldn't have even been made into such a confusing fan serviced mess.

Story: 2 | 3

Now, this anime tries to combine three games all together which does not work at all. I understand this anime if basically for the fans of the games/manga, based off ... some of the lines that the anime stated; 'Oh, this is a fanboy episode' or stating that there was an 'anime' only character and that she was bland compared to the franchise based characters. It did 'somewhat' go through with the game's story yet it had so many different filler episodes that left the story cluttered for me personally.

The person I watched this with was totally unknown to the games/manga and they were totally lost with what even was going on with what this anime was suppose to be about. So I wouldn't recommend anyone who hasn't played the games or read the manga not watch this or else you would end up with a bunch of questions. I just wish the anime gave more of a background to what the goddesses are as CPU's or at least give the newbies more of an understanding as to what is going on with Gamindustri and how it works than just assume only the fans will be watching it.

Art & Sound: 6

Now, the art style for the anime was almost the only thing pleasant. They got the looks right. Yet, they tried censoring out as much as possible, giving Uni a one piece suit for her CPU outfit instead of the two piece. And yet they made the famous fan-serviced beach episode more skin like it was nothing? I just found it a bit absurd yet each to their own. The visuals were rather good through the fighting scene, I was pleased with the animation quality.

As for the sound, it was alright nothing special. The openings didn't really appeal to me but the songs were a good fit for the anime. Along with 5pb.'s singing, the sound left a good impression this was for the anime of Hyperdeminsion Neptunia.

Characters: 3

The character development of the characters were rather lacking to me. It literally focuses on Neptune, Nepgear, and some of Noire. Blanc, Vert, and everyone else basically gets pushed to the side and only show off their top traits. There are plenty of different types of characters though; tsundere, yandere, lolli, etc. Yet...they focused on the airhead (Neptune), the tsundere (Noire), and the popularly loved shy girl (Nepgear). As a Blanc fan, I was utterly disappointed not to see her more as the violent, foul mouthed yandere she is.

A main hit point is that the antagonists that are against the goddess' are not really doing much, like even resorting to using eggplants to defeat them...yes, eggplants. I felt that just made the antagonists into just dumb scum that are weak and are easily defeated, unlike how they really are as fellow game players know.

This part of the review is the one that disappointed me the most since the anime had so much potential and yet they focused on the popular girls of most of the fans. Fan service for the lost, here.

Enjoyment: 4

My enjoyment was actually great in the beginning, I was excited to see how the beloved video games would be turned into an anime. Yet as the episodes--actually felt more like fillers--continued, I started to get more upset with what they have done. Some episodes were not needed and that killed my enjoyment. It was rather tough to finish this to the end and even do the ova, knowing that the anime continued to get worse later on story wise.

Final Thoughts/Overall: 5

My overall thoughts were that this anime was poorly done for the fans and fan service. As a huge fan, I was not happy. Maybe because I'm a girl or that the anime was more attracted to the male fans, but I just felt this anime did not need to be made. It crushes the franchise a bit with how badly done this was made. Anyone new to this would be very confused until the end and would just lead them to think everything about Hyperdimension Neptunia is like this mess. If you are a fan and you are expecting something fantastic, I'd consider you do not because the anime lacks in a bunch of things. It's nothing like the games; not that funny, the character's personalities don't shine as much, and it just felt...off.