This Ugly Yet Beautiful World: Complete Collection
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Movie Reviews of This Ugly Yet Beautiful World: Complete Collection
Movie Review: He met a beautiful girl. And that's when things got ugly.
Summary: 4 Stars
From studio Gainax, the creators of Neon Genesis Evangelion comes a 12 episode, romantic comedy with a hint of philosophy behind it.
On one strange night, a young teenager named Takeru and his friend Ryo come across a beautiful naked girl who has apparently fallen from the sky. This girl, Hikari has no memory of who she is and why she has suddenly appeared on Earth. Their chance encounter causes Takeru to undergo a horrific transormation and obtain some tremendous powers, and he is soo locked in battle with a gigantic monster. After dispatching the monster Takeru quickly realises that Hikari is no ordinary girl and soon takes her into his care. This action packed and epic opening is a brilliant starter to the anime, however, oddly enough, the series makes a dramatic change in tone after this.
In fact, this beginning episode and some episodes towards the end of the series are the only real action we get to see throughout. What we get is a kind of romantic, erotic, comedy. This absolutely baffled me! Upon watching the first episode I was led to believe that this was going to be an action packed anime with a rich story, but instead it turned out to be an easygoing comedy full of fanservice. Don't get me wrong, the series is enjoyable and in some parts absolutlely hilarious but for an anime that was studio Gainax's 20th anniversary showpiece, it seems a bit strange the way it turned out.
The series spends a fair amount of time focusing on the variety of characters and portraying their different emotions and feelings for one another. This serves for some entertaining viewing and is definetly a must for people who like romantic stuff. Also, the comedy is really good fun, making the series seem quite lighthearted and easy to watch.
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World is an enjoyable and entertaining anime but at times it seems as if the creators have just thrown together a paper thin plot to go with the mass amounts of fanservice and comedy. Nonetheless, it is fun to watch while it lasts and some of the characters are unforgettable, like the crazy American, scientist Jennifer Portman. Seriously, some of the things she gets up to are just priceless!
This DVD collection is 3 discs long with 4 episodes on each disc. All of the discs contain both the English and Japanese languages along with english subtitles. I must say that both voiceovers are really good, especially the English dub which has some voice actors that anime fans may recognise from other ADV releases. Such as Luci Christian who plays Kaname Chidori in the Full Metal Panic series and Hilary Haag who played child prodigy teacher Becky Miyamoto in Pani Poni Dash. As can be expected from studio Gainax, this anime looks simply gorgeous with some spectacular and captivating lighting effects and some truly memorable character designs. The music in this anime is fairly average but the opening theme song is pretty catchy.
If you are looking for an easy to watch anime that is fun and accessible, then This Ugly Yet Beautiful World may be for you. It is a great romantic comedy but it's a shame that it has to try and be more than that.
Movie Review: Good series
Summary: 5 Stars
Nothing too special, but a good series. I consider it not too much of a brain-stretch and good entertainment for the money.Movie Review: This cliche and poorly written series.
Summary: 2 Stars
Takeru is an average high school student that works for his uncle making deliveries. While on a bike ride with his best friend. They see a flash of light that lands in the nearby woods. When they go to investigate, a naked young girl engulfed in light appears. The three are then attacked by a strange beast, which is defeated by Takeru after he transforms into a beast himself.
I'm going to be straight up here. There is almost nothing I like about this series. Do not take serious about this being a Gainax project. The company who co produced Neon Genesis Evangelion and Fooly Cooly. After seeing this series again for purposes of writing this review. I almost consider it a sin to mention this in the same review as those two classics.
I'll begin with my biggest problem with this series. Poor writing. There are far too many useless episodes that could have been used to push the lead females "darker" side. It is quickly revealed in the first episode, that there is more to her. Even though seen before, this was an interesting plot device. That was never used to its full potential. And when it was finally realized by the end. It came off more as a total joke to me. The truth is, this story could have been told in a 6 part OVA and still have the same effect.
And lord have mercy. This series comes off with the most absurd reasons for mindless fan service. In which there is a bit. The characters are one dimensional and cliche ridden beyond belief. Yes, they are fun in the beginning. But their repetitive antics quickly become stale.
The comedy and drama is overplayed, action scenes lack style and are unimaginative. The animation, nice artwork, and opening theme are the only pros I can think of.
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World even suffers from a very mediocre name. There wasn't one thing that convinced me, this world is ugly yet so beautiful. This is a comedy, action, drama that would mostly appeal to brand new anime fans. But honestly, I wouldn't recommend this to anyone I know.
Movie Review: NEW TO ANIME? TRY THIS OUT.
Summary: 4 Stars
In my never-ending search for something different I recently began to read manga and view anime genre stories. This Ugly Yet Beautiful World was the second or third complete series I purchased. This is a facinating and complex story. Rated TV-MA it's not for younger audiences but older teens and even adults like myself will enjoy a well balanced story developement. Then character and scenary art are attention grabbers and very entertaining. Not a "must see" but a fine choice nonetheless for anyone looking for something different. Thanx!Movie Review: Interesting idea...
Summary: 3 Stars
I won't go into the plot line in depth. The story is an interesting idea that creates an anthropomorphic personification of the mass extinction effect. I guess you'd have to call it action-romance to give it a genre. The series is done pretty well, but never really stands out as exceptional in any area. Nothing is "bad" either though. I'd have to call it an average series. Perhaps the artwork is a bit better than average. This is a series that didn't live up to it's potential, but managed to be fairly entertaining anyway. I'd recommend it if you're really into anime, but not if you're new to it.
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