Japan,
2017, 8 h 48 min
(Length: 24 min)
Cinematography:
Tomonori KatouComposer:
Hiroyuki SawanoCast:
Aki Toyosaki, Ken'ichi Suzumura, Maaya Sakamoto, Rie Murakawa, 寿美菜子, Yōko Hikasa, Inori Minase, Shizuka Ishigami, Juri Kimura, Katsuyuki Konishi (more)Episodes(22)
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The Wonderful Voyage I will remember everything that happened to me. (E01)
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Dynamite and Cool Guy ...... that wasn't funny (E02)
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The Extraordinary Ordinary Everyday Life Don't worry about what others said. Just be yourself. (E03)
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That Time I Said Hello to Him If so, I want to protect what he loved. (E04)
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This Water is Coldest at the Bottom So, why don't we have ourselves a guys' night out? (E05)
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Young Girls, Life is Short so Fall in Love You are the one who knows where justice lies. (E06)
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A Small Armageddon I don't want to make a mistake for the sake of the people who are in my story. (E07)
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Everything I Can Do I CHOSE this way of life (E08)
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The Blooming Maiden Digs a Hole This world requires choice and resolution. (E09)
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Freeze, Die, Come to Life! We know exactly how you think and how you're fighting ! (E10)
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The Monster Under the Eaves We cannot decide where we go but you can. (E11)
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Too Early to Roll the Ending Credits Be desperate and draw something fascinating. (E12)
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The Usual Way, the Way Back An unpredictable story that no one knows where it's leading to. (E13)
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Why We Travel I feel painful and so useless that I want to cry but it's fun nevertheless. (E14)
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Waves Approach the End of Wandering This is perfect! She couldn't have been any more perfect! (E15)
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Wonderful Days This is the actual beginning, isn't it? (E16)
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The Rain's Rhythm Shoots Down on the World's Roof I mean, I'm the CREATOR. (E17)
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All of Us Are Incomplete As long as we're alive, we have to enjoy our lives to the fullest. (E18)
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Wrapped in Kindness The story continues, as long as there is someone out there, who believes in my existence. (E19)
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Before the Reverberation Disappears Somebody receives the power of creation, and the spirit is redeveloped from their passion. (E20)
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The World is for Us Two I love you too. (E21)
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Re:CREATORS (E22)
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. () (less) (more)