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Ok, I'm glad that I wasn't the only one that was upset after watching the first episode. I know that translating a game to an anime has certain things that need to be changed, but some of these changes irked me to no end or gave me an: "I'll accept that" pass. It felt like they cut corners just to shoot out 12 episodes with a disappointing climax that I was so hoping that would've gotten animated, but no just disappointment and then exposition! ...sorry, it made me want to play the game again just to wash out the bad taste. I did get excited to see the lines used in their fusion attacks and even when 3rd level fusions (except one) were shown. The songs, I wish there was more of it from the game as Calling, Twister (was okay, but like... the OG's is right there.) and It's a wonderful world were only 3 out of the soundtrack that got used. Hello? Did we forget that Transformation existed? For that... ONE FIGHT?? You know? SHO'S? I would like to add that not only did they deviate from week 1 so much (I guess to give another character a not so bad time limit, but still eh) that just the mere sight of 777 giving Neku and Shiki a Key Pin made me upset like: "Excuse me? They don't need those until week 3! They aren't supposed to have those!" I would've been more happy if Reaper Review was a cameo in the animation, but even then that never happened. Don't get me started on the two player pins that Neku kept flashing on the screen as a reminder that he has those and never follow through with that either! I was ready for that entire thing but like I said earlier, disappointment, especially when Josh doesn't show up until AFTER the final fight like... he was there too? So much potential was there but was cut just to get it out as quick and as lazy as possible. So... pretty much like everyone else is saying, it's okay, but not great. It has it's call backs, it has it's flaws, but for me, I just wish they followed everything in some way down to a T.

Well I’m on episode 10 right now. I’ve played the game and I was first introduced to it from the Kingdom Hearts 3D crossover. I played the game on my 3DS with a rom and I recommend it to my friend today. It’s pretty good but like many comments say, it does feel rushed. They could’ve added more, but it’s not that bad. It’s just decent overall

I Wish I Could Recommend Hyper Light Drifter

I thought the whole anime was GREAT!!! Now... MMO based anime's... Those are gambles!

Watched the first episode today...The sheer amount of stuff they glossed over or just changed for no reason is astounding. Clearing the missions in 2 seconds,Even skipping over having to take the long route to Hachiko's Statue The fact that Neku now gets possessed by the Noise instead of trying to kill Shiki out of his own choice The fact they just walk to the concert hall instead of waking up in there and having to figure things out The tech guy also being a shinigami which really adds nothing to the story? And also skips over the whole MEME introduction Taking away the secret guardian and in doing so,Diminishing the bond with Beat. This and the fact they never give anything time to breathe just makes the story feel way worse then it actually is. Its like they're telling the same story,But skipping over all the important details and characters just to get to the "Good Part"

Yeah I feel the animation was just a treat for the fans. Seeing the characters actually be animated and the combat movement was nice to see. When the artstyle of the anime it’s very crisp and clean. The CGI needed some work but it still worked ok. With a bigger budget and maybe extending the episode count to 24 maybe would’ve given more breathing room to scenes and let the days actually last longer. And get those inner monologue moments. But like I said I think this was just more a treat for the fans of the game rather than it is to actually get newcomers to watch this as a legitimate series

I would like the video but then it wouldnt be lucky

Still wanna watch it. already played both games, and no other opinions will ruin it for me!

The one change that I absolutly hate is that they removed the fight between Beat, Neku and Joshua. I loved that, mainly because Tatakai was such an awesome song. I was also dissapointed by the lack of music from the games. At least Sho's rampage was pretty sick.

I honestly I loved the anime even tho they mixed up the lore a bit, but it's fun to compare them

All your gripes seem to be with the fact they didn’t add in localization content.

I didn't even know "bungled" was a word until now.

I had a blast watching this but only because I already knew the story as a TWEWY fan. It was inevitable-I mean they had the impossible task of cramming 21 "days" worth of story, context, and development into only a handful of episodes but I'll give them kudos for fleshing out certain things like the reaper duo's offtime, what Beat was up to after he went offscreen, a bit on Eri and Neku in the flower shop. I fucking loved actually seeing the action scenes, it was cool AF to see to yolo into noise together-makes me wanna boot up my switch and chain some noise for funsies hahaha It was never gonna work but I do go gaga for TWEWY content...and they DID release some banger soundtracks.

I just finished the anime and yeah your right the beginning part in the game could've impacted the ending fat better

It almost feels like the writer/scripter for the show only watched a plot recap of the game and didn't actually play the game. Between the lack of internal monologues (which Neku does the entire first two thirds of the game) and the lack of pins during combat, I just feel like the show's creators missed some critical game elements that the anime is sorely lacking.

Never having played the game (just learned about it being a game when I started watching the anime), I enjoyed the anime. Just watching the anime it has made me want to play the game both original and the upcoming one. Overall (with no knowledge of the game) I give the anime a 6.5-7/10

I had no idea that they made an anime until now. My heart broke when you said “it’s not the world we live in” like it’s better in another universe, haha. Shame that it’s not great and I feel that Neku reflected me at the ‘emo’ stage in my life of being a moody teenager (can’t believe it was out 2007!) thanks for making this video it was great

Like I totally get u dude I thought most ppl wouldn't notice the difference then again only idiots who wouldn't

i couldnt get through the first episode without breaking down into a fit of fury

I can't believe they botched something like that, my biggest complaint with the anime is that it changes so many things about the game, like neku and shiki's relationship or introducing psychs feel completely rushed.

Just started the game yesterday, now all I hear is "I've been waiting for youuuuu"

The performative way you talk makes watching this video really difficult. The content of it is ok though.

I know it seems like it couldn't be possible but...is this TH-camr twelve...?

I actually found it enjoyable. My favorite dialogue so far is "You're such a lazy bum! This is why they never promote you."

Cool game. Reminded me of Kingdom Hearts - Never finished it. Wanna know why they don't cross over well? Because they're different industries and different professions. They have their own method of the way they do things and don't cross lines. So they stick to their own methods hoping to bring OTHER people to their world especially when they try to stay true and faithful to the following of the original content and they end up messing it up. What people forget and "DON'T" know how to do is just create the ORIGINAL content (as is). Much how they messed up the X-Men movies trying to universalize it and bring everyone in to one sitting because really, different entertainment is different universes to those of the profession. It NEVER looks this way to kids. Kids go, "Why can't they just port it?". (Trust me I've said the same thing when young,....Cough cough Double Dragon/Super mario Bros. Movie, Cough),....excuse me. Also developers sometimes don't wanna port over their original version directly (Like the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney games to anime (good series by the way), because its like "What's the point" to them. They lose money on the game watching the anime because the anime "IS" the game. So the game has nothing to be desired even when games are a completely different experience and unlike Walkthroughs that can be watched on youtube, they have to be played to be enjoyed. But for something like Ace Attorney, kinda destroys it. So it boils down to the "TYPE" of entertainment. Anyone know anything about the Parasite Eve (original book/ movie) and game series? Some things is a mess. So that's why its hard. Its a Pika-CHoose your one game to movie and vice versa cross media kinda-thing. I know ALL about it. No one knows it better. I was supposed to be your cross media porter before I got stopped. Not only these things, but it breaks down to style, who's doing it, who's porting or re-creating it, everyone wants to do it or want to be a professional but don't know what the HELL they're really doing because at the end of the day, it's just a job to some of them. True, but to some fans, its everything they every dreamed of because when you're young, its your universe, your personality, and everything you talk about, because let's face it. Those of us into this, have no life and the reality of life gets bluntly mundane at times never living up to our expectations. Thnx to Larry Houston, X-Men the animated (90s) series came out pretty good.

You got your wish! I loved it!

I havent watched past about 2 episdoes of the anime. TWEWY is a much better story as the game itself as the gameplay loops in with the story. As well as the fact that part of the greatness of the story was the mystery and running around trying to solve it. imo that is. Just kinda doesnt work as a cohesive anime plot.

The thing that bugs me about removing Neku's agency in trying to kill Shiki is that the moment intentionally parallels a moment at the end of the game that is made to illustrate his character growth. SPOILERS ahead, but: Neku tries to kill Shiki, someone who has only ever been genuinely trying to help him, on the word of a complete stranger he has no reason to trust and should be getting a million red flags from. At the end of the game, Neku is asked to kill another one of his partners - Joshua - who at this point Neku has no reason NOT to. To his knowledge Joshua is going to destroy the city. Joshua lied to him and gaslit him through the entirety of week 2. Joshua LITERALLY MURDERED HIM and turned his whole life upside down purely to use him as a pawn in a game he was playing. Neku has zero reason to trust Josh... and yet he does anyway. He tries to murder Shiki despite having blatant reasons to trust her... ...but he chooses to spare Joshua despite knowing hes broken his trust. When you remove Neku's agency in the first scene, the second scene loses that mirrored significance.

It is a SIN that they didn’t utterly FILL the anime with the classic tracks. If there’s anything that aids Twewy to be my favorite game, it’s the vibe the soundtrack oozes. The anime is decent, but it feels a bit more empty without hearing awesome tracks like Long Dream or Hybrid during fight scenes.

The pacing for this anime is bad. It feels so rushed and it doesn't give us enough time to make us feel for the emotional moments, especially the storyline with Shiki and Eri. The second week in the anime even cut out two missions from the game that would flesh out the characters a bit, the ramen mission and the Gold Tin Pin Slammers mission. In fact the anime, cuts out Tin Pin Slammers and Reapers Creepers all together.

The anime servers as a good recap and that's all I was really hoping for

The anime speeds the story up way too fast it ruins the characters and they act so out of place

I´ve watched longplay of TWEWY (geez, that sounds odd xD ), I enjoyed it. I love how they transferred the art style into anime (clean and good animation), but the plot is...well, okay.

So basically what happend was that to much time had past and they forgot what made the original game great to begin with

Dang…gonna lower my expectations before I watch this anime

its so cool the world ends with you has simliar animation to shaman king just the art style is good.

Having finished the anime a while back, I definitely agree that it's just a lil' gift for the fans. I honestly can't imagine enjoying the anime without having played the game first; there's just way too much of a disconnect between what made TWEWY as a game incredible and what the anime is able to pull off. That being said, there were a lot of things about the anime that genuinely surprised me. There were actually a lot of original tracks made for the show, a lor of which are really good, and the 3D CGI was actually pretty nice looking for the action scenes. (The noise looked wack sometimes, but the characters looked a cut above average imo, which is impressive considering how stylized they are). Then there are the extra scenes with Eri and Rhyme which really caught me off guard. We didn't get Shiki looking at her phone, but damn it was cool to see Eri in-person and how she was struggling with Shiki's death; not to mention that sick moment when Neku realizes they look the same. Same thing with Rhyme; it's been a hot minute since I played the original TWEWY, but I don't remember Rhyme being present for too long before she got chomped, so it was really nice to see her get some more characterization. Even with its issues, I honestly still think it's a solid watch for fans of the series. I dig your channel dude, keep up the good work!

Need a neo review

It’s funny how they rushed this out in 12 episodes just to release the Neo demo right after it finished only for them NOT to include A New Day content which serves as the transition from TWEWY to Neo. They had plenty of time to do it in the last episode too, from making the final boss a joke that doesn’t even last until the opening credits start playing to having the ending occur around the middle point and just have the remaining 10 minutes just be Mr H and Joshua shooting the breeze. Heck, when Beat and Neku were talking about going to see the new CAT art, I thought for sure they would throw in Coco, have her shoot Neku and run off since that’s ultimately all that mattered in the grand scheme but no. The anime was just a missed opportunity all around with the crunch time that was ultimately for nothing when it came to being a crash course for newbies playing Neo and other than it being a novelty of having an anime series, I agree that it’s not the definitive adaptation the series deserves. But hey, at least it wasn’t as bad as the Persona 5 Anime, amiright?

Heavy Spoiler ahead: The first episode, heck, the first week was totally rushed, although it gets better almost at the end of the first week, almost like they are starting to pick a good pace, but yes, the impact of Neku attempting murder towards Shiki trully was entirely lost, but at least they didn't messed up that scene, if you watched, you know very well which one was, and the ending of the week 1 was a gut punch too for me, instead of the "resurrection" of the game, it straight up shows her being taken as the entry fee, and it doens't seems good, Week 2… I don't have much to say about it it has a nice pace and, actually, the anime did somethings better this time, like Sho gives a way more impressive first inpression as game master, they also trimmed up a bit of the fat, like the tin pin slammer mission, I do like both Sota and Nao, but still, that day was pure filler, and they manage to convince me to care for them again in the anime, so it was kinda sad when both died, just didn't affected much because I already knew their fates, my only complain towards week 2 in the anime is: Leo Cantus fight was kinda underwhelming, but not horrendous, and that Sho didn't recited the 150 first numbers of PI before his flare,so it is kinda sad too Now week 3 started good since there isn't much happening too at the start of this week in the game, just Beat and Neku rolling around looking for Konishi, tho I was surprised by the fact Konishi takes a page from Baal and decided to put Rhyme on her boobs. Anyways, as I stated before, not much happens too, other than 777 fucking dies like in the game, also thanks god they decided to keep out the box puzzle Everything was going fine and dandy until the last episodes, that's where the anime dropped the ball hard, we don't see sho under a pile of trash, Neku and Beat don't fight Kitaniji and Shiki at the Dead God's Pad, actually, Neku don't even fight Kitaniji in his human form, he straight up goes as Anguis Cantus with Shiki as partner, and after both defeated, Draco Cantus without a Joshua barging in to justify his second transformation, he just transforms,and the Room of Reckoning isn't even the last place in the underground, as it is in the game, it is actually the Trail of the Judged, as the hidden place where Neku finally reencounters Joshua, and it is where the final duel takes place too. Atleast they choose a nice place that mirrors where Neku died, but still, too many things altered without reasoning at the end Atleast they showed Neku's Gang chilling around Shibuya while Mr H gives us the some of the exposition from the game

I gotta admit I only watched the anime just to see how they animated everything because I liked that they mimicked the original artstyle and yes I wanted to hear the music in it too. I know the anime will never do the original game justice Overall it was still nice to watch if you’re a veteran fan

Neku in the Japanese version of the game he isn’t as much of an asshole as he is in the English version of the game

Nice

Thoughts on NEO?

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So like, one of my BIGGEST gripes was that they removed pins from combat. That's like taking Pokemon and removing Pokemon or Yugioh and removing cards. For someone who doesn't really watch Anime, even I know that there is so much precedent for a combat mechanic that defines a genre. There's mechs, Beyblades, monsters, cards....why not pins? I would have really preferred them to take their time and set up a world where pins were an actual mechanic and not just be so confused at what to do that they remove them entirely from combat. I guess that's all my gripes with this show. It didn't take the time to set things up. It has a decent to good story nestled in a mess of a world that wasn't fully explained or explored properly.

What did you think of the rest of the series?

Who cares that he doesn’t use pins he’s in a game right? So he leveled up after killing enemies wth is so hard to follow with that? 😂😂 it’s a game and you said it yourself !!!!

I understand the point of this vid and what you are TRYING to do but it comes across in your delivery like you have paper thin arguments and points that you are stretching out as much as you can . Like when the story changed the beginning ……… sometimes it’s done to serve the story. Sometimes it gets told later on. In the anime he doesn’t have any memory and as you watch his memory comes back. And it’s also pretty obvious he wasn’t the greatest guy before it begins . Calling it a fuck up is just so trivial lmao. It’s just a different style of telling the story. I’m sure even fans can appreciate getting the same story even if I’m a different form if the finished product has some kinda way of exposing the changes and in the case of the show by the 7th episode you still don’t know much about him but it’s told through his actions as well as flashbacks that his growth in the show is tied to some mysterious or darker past . I get it tho TH-camr gotta TH-cam …..

The it was made for the ds thing …. Who cares. A bunch of console or arcade games got ported to mobile systems like the psp or ds and vice versa. Such a weird thing to drag on . Like saying a movie shouldn’t be played on a tv station or like kingdom hearts chain of memories was a game boy advance game ported to ps2 . God of war ghost of Sparta and chains of Olympus were on psp but ported to console. Smash bros ultimate/ 4 was originally on DS and got Ported tf over……….. who gives a damn lmaoo