I am somehow reluctant/selective when it comes to anime and series in general, but in the past year I have seen great stuff like the Death Note,Samurai chanpurû and Fullmetal Alchemist. I was amazed. So, I decided to try out the rest of the top rated anime as listed here in IMDb. Well.. to my disappointment, Steins;Gate was nowhere near the previous titles, and nowhere near what would justify its' 8.8 score. Just went through the 25 episodes of Steins;Gate in the past month. I was patient during the first few episodes, knowing that some series need time to develop their characters etc. Unfortunately, Steins;Gate never got to the point of being truly interesting. It ended nearly as un-interestingly as it begun. Seriously, in certain episodes the plot was so slow and repetitive, I felt like going through some weird Japanese torture.
CHARACTERS: kind of acting goofy all the time with superficial relationships that are not grounded by the story. They all seem to be always available to do.. pretty much nothing. No true interaction between them. PLOT: Nowhere near epic. Mostly surrounding relations between characters, and even this is really primitive. Do not expect any scientific basis or argumentation or whatever. A phone, a microwave and a TV would do the trick. DESIGN/STYLE: Do not expect anything really jaw dropping. Slow and repetitive. No cool music, no cool sequences, no real action.
ALL IN ALL: If you don't mind watching a group of random characters experiment sending SMS to themselves via a microwave oven for 25 episodes, this is your thing! If you expect another great Japanese anime, keep on looking!
CHARACTERS: kind of acting goofy all the time with superficial relationships that are not grounded by the story. They all seem to be always available to do.. pretty much nothing. No true interaction between them. PLOT: Nowhere near epic. Mostly surrounding relations between characters, and even this is really primitive. Do not expect any scientific basis or argumentation or whatever. A phone, a microwave and a TV would do the trick. DESIGN/STYLE: Do not expect anything really jaw dropping. Slow and repetitive. No cool music, no cool sequences, no real action.
ALL IN ALL: If you don't mind watching a group of random characters experiment sending SMS to themselves via a microwave oven for 25 episodes, this is your thing! If you expect another great Japanese anime, keep on looking!