Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Steins;Gate


Image from: http://www.crunchyroll.com/steinsgate

Name: Steins;Gate シュタインズ・ゲート
Sequel: Steins;Gate: Futa Ryouiki no Deja vu

Status: Completed
Episode: 25 + Movie
Release date (for eng subs): -


Summary:
Okabe Rintarou, a self-proclaimed mad scientist's, aim is to make a time machine. He later succeeds in making a time machine from a hand-phone microwave, with the help of Makise Kirisu, a young genius scientist, and Hashida Itaru, a self-proclaimed super hacker. As Okabe gets more involved in the making of the time machine, he risks the lives and the feelings of his lab members, as he desperately finds a way to undo his mistakes using the time machine.

Summary by: AngelaAgness


Personal Ratings: 3.5
Well, i only started watching this anime because i saw how the title was similar to robotics;notes, and i was super obsessed with that anime. So i was kind of expecting a lot from them. Honestly, i was a little disappointed at first, but when the whole anime ended, and everything fell into place, it was quite a nice feeling. 

In the starting, most of us would probably not understand what the hell is happening. However, for those people who have already started this anime, I really hope that you would continue to watch it even if the front part may seem a bit boring. Lots of talking and lost of development involved in the first part of the anime. However, it's like taking a journey together with Okabe as he tries to undo his mistakes and save his friends. 

There were some parts where they don't really match certain facts that was brought up. The fact that they said that the only way to avoid death of a certain someone is to change the world line by 1.0. However, there were a few deaths in the anime that was changed even though the world line didn't change; like for Feyris's dad, and "shinning finger" (i forgot her name lol), and Mr Braun. So I was a little confused for that part.
Also, for the last part where Okabe was suppose to go and save Kurisu from dying, the development as to how Suzuha found Okabe was a mystery and was never shown. So I didn't really like that jump in pace. 

I actually really liked the seiyuu's (voice actors) in this anime. I really felt that they could express the feelings really well. Since in the animation, the character's eyes are not animated to express much feelings, the seiyuu actually played a very important role in this anime. Also because this anime mostly only consist of talking, the Seiyuu really play a huge role in this anime. I think that all the seiyuu in the show really gave off a huge impression of the characters. If it weren't for them I don't really see how this anime could have survived. 

I really loved how the character's in the anime is very realistic and unique. There is a self-proclaimed mad scientist, who is delusional and calls himself Hououin Kyouma. There is an 18-year-old young genius scientist who is a tsundere*. There is a self-proclaimed super hacker who is an otaku. There is the child hood friend of Okabe who always go "Duduru~" upon her arrival. Then there is a pretty looking boy who wishes to be a girl and is in love with Okabe. 
I think what made this story really attractive to me was the fact that every scene and everyone in the anime ends up being connected by the end of the anime. In each of the different world lines, even though they may not have known each other yet, they are all connected to one person; Okabe. To see the different ways they get to know each other in different situations was actually quite interesting to see. This is also one of the rare animes in which i found the ending satisfactory.  


Art Ratings: 3
The eyes really showed no emotions most of the times. The way they draw the eye lashes is really weird some times. Other than that it's ok. I actually really liked the way they draw the fingers and hand.

Character designs were quite good, however I didn't really like the overall drawing style. 


Recommended for:
Gender: Male & Female
Age: 16 and above
My Ratings: PG-13

Tsundere*: it is used to call a person who keeps denying their feelings because they are shy about it.




No comments:

Post a Comment