Re: Creators

I came into this anime like I do most others, after reading a few reviews it sounded quite fun, but little did I know it would be this much fun. It captured me from the first episodes with great action, then the action sort of calmes down a little which gives room for the story to develop. The musical score is great also. I haven't stopped watching this show since the first episode I'm now in episode 6 and it's just great, intense and captivating.

Animation - This story's visuals are spectacular throughout the show's runtime, making it very nice to look at. However, there are far too many shots where the character who is actually speaking is not onscreen, making it somewhat difficult to tell who is talking. Luckily, all of the voice actors are very good.

Plot - This story is about characters from fictional stories coming into the real world, and I'm not going to say anything more than that. I actually like to speculate about other universes and how they interact, and I find it very satisfying that the ideas found in this show mirror my own. Even if you don't like thinking about the possibility of your favorite characters meeting each other, I think that pretty much anyone can enjoy this unpredictable series.

Characters - All the characters in this show are extremely well written, and as I said before, well acted and animated.

Overall, I would highly recommend watching this series, and it is far beyond me as to why the IMDb rating for it is so low.

Review By Kamal K

I've dropped it

To summarize it: it is an anime with nice visuals, that is ruined by a very badly written story. It is possible to figure out the rough idea of what is going on in the first 5 minutes of the first episode, and slightly adjust information in the second.

Detailed breakdown below:

Story: 2/10 The story writing is exceptionally poor, and the main issue is that the story writer did not have a good idea about presenting new events. So, when the story needs to introduce you to some sort of idea, characters sit down in a circle and talk for 15 minutes. Sometimes they invent "theories" out of the blue, and everybody instantly believes those and treats them as granted. Everything between fights is incredibly dull, and characters - all of them - act almost in the same fashion. Once again, we have "spineless male protagonist in glasses", and even though this is not a harem, this kind of character is incredibly annoying. There's ONE surprisingly well done character of a magical girl, but she doesn't get enough screen time.

Also, dramatic and tragic scenes are handled in surprisingly poor and tasteless fashion.

In general - huge number of dull scenes, or scenes where somebody explains something for a very long time, plus interactions between characters are incredibly awkward.

Art: 6/10: The art is actually fairly good and characters have decent design. There some noticeable instances of CG use, and characters could use a bit more detail, but overall it is decent.

Sound: 5/10: Thoroughly mediocre soundtrack, that sometimes gets annoying. The anime features annoying "jester-type" villain and when that one was talking on several occasions I've felt disconnect between words and character. This doesn't happen often in anime, but happened in this case.

Characters: 3/10:

There's amazingly well done a character of a naive magical girl in the series, who looks genuine in every scene she arrives, and is incredibly sympathetic. However, everybody else is pretty much a carton cutout, and either act in completely stupid way, or follows some sort of cliched role. Interactions between characters are neither believable nor interesting most of the time. "Protagonist" is unlikeable, and is a classic "shy spineless otaku school boy in glasses" (I hoped this stereotype has died, but guess not).

Enjoyment: 3/10: This is a disappointment. The potential of the main idea was high, but poor execution and bad storywriting ultimately ruined it.

Overall: 3/10:

The best idea is to skip it. Aside from one well done character, there's little reason to watch it. If you're bored out of your mind, perhaps you you'll enjoy fights (plenty of those), but the dull character interactions and very long talking sequences are very likely to kill the fun.

Re:Creators starts off with an intriguing premise that promises an exciting exploration of creators and their creations colliding in one universe. The initial hook is strong, grabbing the viewer's attention right away. However, as the episodes progress, the storyline becomes increasingly cluttered with the introduction of numerous characters without much rationale. This over-saturation dilutes the plot, making it difficult to maintain interest. The show also suffers from characters that primarily serve as vehicles for lore dumping, creating elements out of thin air without sufficient buildup or explanation. Unfortunately, the promising start quickly gives way to a convoluted narrative, leading to disappointment and an early exit after just four episodes.

While Re:Creators had potential, the execution leaves much to be desired, making it a difficult series to stay engaged with.

Characters are pretty good, Animation is pretty good

Everything else is just written pretty poorly, I tried hard to like this anime, but nope its just pure headache. There is one character who tries to put some sense in the story line, but still more than half of it is just bizarre and obviously they do defy there own characters reasoning.

The most intense part of the story is an anime creator being blackmailed cuz he doesn't want to recognize his bad anime creation, what's next somebody is going to blackmail me cuz I hide the fact that I hate chocolates? Seriously? Also what's with all the overly exaggerated sighs, does everyone has to have anxiety, all the time, a city filled with dumb folks and anxiety patients is that it?