No more words are needed. Anyway:
Anime is bassed on Visual Novel, and it's great adaptation.
Story goes around Okabe Rintarou, Hououin Kyouma, Okarin (three name and one person, {like god in christianity :) sry if you are religous and I offend you :)})
First part of anime 1-9 has a perpouse to introduce characters and concept of Time travel. To be fair those epsiodes are not that great and many animes are at least as good as that, But in those episodes one mad scientist do a great job and you can't stop watching it :)
During episode 9 something in anime is changing, anime gets little more serious with cabooooom on episode 12.
After episode 12 we can experience something that is really hard to find, no spioilers but what episodes 13-24 shows is a struggle against fate and world by our protagonist. We can see many emotions which are perfectly made.
For me this anime may be best that I watched so far, it's offen changing with DN can't decide. Anyway going on with review.
Art: great and it's fits. Design of characters is great and backgrounds are high quality, microwave phone (temp) looks great.
Sound: I don't know how many times I already listen to main thene Gate of sinister. And how many more times I will. And every time when I hear version which is played when "something tragic" happen I found myself with tear in eyes.
There are also many great seiyū.
Characters:
Protagonist of 3 names is great and unique. One of best characters there is.
Shiina Mayurii... In the end it would look like Name great character and it could contain spoiler so lets skip this.
Anyway in the end it's one of best anime there is and it's fully deserve top1-2 on my list and place 3 on MAL, although what I found wery surprising story in VN and how it's shown is even greater which is hard to belive when you consider sole anime being that great. I won't go into details but if you considering should I play it or not, do it, I am sure you won't regreat it.
El Psy Congroo
