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May 7, 2015
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (8/12 eps)
Seiken Tsukai no World Break appears to be like any other typical ecchi and harem anime with a bit of action mixed in, but any experienced anime watcher would notice that it's very poorly made. If one thing killed this anime, I'd have to say it was the animation.

Story: 6
I'm sure the light novel had a story of some sort, otherwise it wouldn't sell, and probably wouldn't be adapted into an anime either. The premise is pretty interesting, as I've heard many say, but they don't really do anything with it. The story here seems to be secondary to the characters acting out their (mostly cliche and predictable) personalities. Most episodes don't touch the plot, and the writing and dialogue do little explaining, making the plot feel plain and incomplete.

Art and Animation: 5
Now, there's nothing particularly wrong with the art itself, which is pretty standard for anime right now. The animation, however, is incredibly shoddy, and immediately and continuously noticeable throughout the entire anime. I don't know if the studio was lazy or just didn't care, but for most scenes, just the minimum amount of animation necessary was done. Just how little movement there is in every scene is painfully obvious; you'll generally see just thing happening at a time: one person's mouth moving (no gestures, ever, just mouths moving), one person walking, or just 3 or 4 frames being repeated, if not just one still frame, etc. I could go on and on about it, but suffice to say, it's truly terrible for any anime that even pretends to have action scenes (the amount of animation would be equivalent to one of those Gintama episodes where they sit around a kotatsu, or a wordplay based gag anime).

Sound: 7
Nothing special; it did is job. Voice acting was fine, soundtrack was average; I didn't see (or hear) any problems.

Character: 6
Very flat, not fleshed out. Most are given very little characterization, and are mostly given just a few traits or behaviors that are used to define them. Less so for main characters, but not by much.

Overall: 5
Most bad animes are bad primarily because of plot or premise, but this one is just.... bad. Even if you're looking for fanservice, pretty much any other anime is probably better.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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