Re:Creators

Re:Creators is an interesting anime series with many great ideas, even though it lacks some polish and good execution in many ways. The idea of characters from movies, TV series, and video games entering our world appealed to me and reminded me of when I saw, say, Howard the Duck or Space Jam as a kid. This collision of the world of our imagination and reality always managed to get my attention. Well, yeah, but what is the point if there is just a completely disparate group from different narratives, making it all a bit of a hotchpotch? The cast of characters is very confusing, and there are way too many, though, in the end, I think it somehow holds together. Then there is the conflict between the authors of the narratives, who are basically gods to our fictional characters, and they are to blame for all their joys and sorrows. Things get resolved, though not as intensely as I would have expected. Another decent idea is the character of Altair, her unlimited powers, and the concept of where she gets them. Interesting if you buy into that idea. Oh, and then the various ways to get rid of Altair for good, with the last one being the first one I thought of practically the moment the protagonists came up with their plan. However, even their original plan did not look so bad even if there was a strange presentation and the audience just had to accept that preparations were underway, worlds were intersecting, and everything was happening even if you could not see it just because the characters were talking about it. I did not find the second phase, or rather Plan B, that interesting, and for some reason, the whole thing just seemed very strange. There are a few interesting ideas in this show, and the fact that they were there is enough for me to push it somewhere above the level of average. This is because in regular (average) anime series, something this interesting only appears once (and sometimes maybe not at all) in the whole season. It is a real shame about the process; if some of these ideas were developed more in some places and made more interesting in others, then I would have probably been more entertained. It was the same with the characters, there were a lot of them, and even though the screenwriters tried to give them screen time and let them develop at least a little, it felt pretty underdeveloped again. Some of the characters really felt formulaic tropes, and because of that, some of their decisions were just as stupid as I had already anticipated. This made some of the twists predictable, and so it unnecessarily lost its intensity. This was a real shame because, for example, the fight scenes were pretty good. Also, because of the wide variety of different characters, it was quite dynamic in places. I liked the animation, even though the soundtrack did not leave a strong impression on me. The conclusion itself was quite good and seemed to me to be the only complete part, with a positive message that I could appreciate. So - when you get tired of this boring world of ours, create a better, more interesting one because creating something and inventing different narratives is actually a great thing. However, if you really manage to come up with something original, make it so that the idea has the greatest effect - that is the main thing that Re:Creators failed to do, in my opinion - the rest I found good. 7/10. (17.09.2017) (vähemmän) (lisää)