The incredibly bleak undertones of this first episode don’t feel a bit out of place in 2019, and I’m excited to see what new ideas the crew will bring to such a well-known property. This might end up being a sleeper hit of the season.
No source material is impossible to make into a good anime, but mobile games come with a distinctive set of challenges. This one seems to suffer from a good chunk of the same issues.
Rather than holler about a premiere that hinges on false rape accusations and slavery apologism and bring more attention to a bad series, we’re going to give that visibility to some organizations dedicated to helping survivors of rape and human trafficking.
I spent a bit of time hemming and hawing over whether to write this review or let it go as a sequel, since it technically is one. On the one hand, I don’t get paid if I don’t write it. On the other hand, this show is really really ugly and bad.
Boogiepop and Others is a show that requires active viewing. Either way, I’m interested to see what it’ll do.
I think I’m picking up what this series is putting down, but it’s a little bit hard to tell when this first episode is essentially a lengthy prologue.
