Munto

Above Earth, invisible to humans, float the Heavens—a collection of floating island kingdoms supported by the magic of their godlike inhabitants. The mysterious power source known as Akuto enables this magic to exist, but this is quickly running out. In response to this energy crisis, most of the kingdoms in the Heavens agree to use the minimum amount of Akuto required to sustain themselves, except for the Magical Kingdom. The leader of this kingdom, the Magical King Munto, believes that Akuto can be replenished if he travels to Earth and meets a mysterious girl shown to him by a seer. While Munto sets off on the dangerous journey, the other kingdoms attempt to destroy the Magical Kingdom and acquire the remaining Akuto for themselves.

On Earth, Yumemi Hidaka is dealing with her own problems. She can see floating islands in the sky that nobody else can. While her best friend Ichiko Ono believes her, Yumemi wonders if she is going insane. When Munto suddenly appears before her, Yumemi dismisses him as a mere delusion. She is more concerned about her 13-year-old friend Suzume Imamura, who is attempting to elope with her delinquent boyfriend. As the Magical Kingdom nears the point where it will fall from the sky, Munto's quest to save both the Heavens and Earth grows increasingly desperate.

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Munto Main

Higo, Masakazu Japanese

Hidaka, Yumemi Main

Mima, Haruna Japanese

Ono, Ichiko Main

Imamura, Suzume Main

Gass Supporting

Leica Supporting

Takamori, Kazuya Supporting

Matsui, Syogo Japanese

Irita Supporting

Hatta, Youko Producer

Kigami, Yoshiji Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard, Original Character Design

Takemoto, Yasuhiro Key Animation

Ishidate, Taichi Key Animation

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Jul 24, 2019

Starfleeting

Recommended

For Kyoto Animation's first outing, it's an impressive one. The story itself may be cliche and full of exposition but the art is really good. The pacing isn't as good and the ending feels a bit rushed despite all the time it took getting there but the animation and direction and ideas present make it an interesting watch overall. Got a few Cardcaptor vibes from the story but that's never really a bad thing.

(Also, for the English dub it was pretty hilarious to have Goku's original dub voice coming out of a Vegeta look alike.)

I keep being told to enter a longer review but ... that's pretty much all I got to say on it. An impressive debut even if the material doesn't feel entirely original. I'll still be going on to watch the next part.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Feb 4, 2017

Trashier

Mixed Feelings

Munto is the first work of Kyoto Animation, Mundo is the king of a magical kingdom that floats in the sky thanks to a magical power called Akuto. One day when the Akuto is reaching is end, Mundo descendes to earth searching for a girl that have the power to restore the link between the Earth and the magical kingdom.

Story: 6 out of 10

They have an interesting setting but unfortunately they lost time with meaningless actions that didn't make any contribution to the story.

Art: 7 out of 10

At first i really didn't like the art but that's because i already saw many animes until today ... (2017). After checking some animes that i used to watch and having in mind that this anime is from 2013 i start linking more the art and i think that they did a good job.

Sound: 5 out of 10

Unfortunately i saw the English dub version, the voice actors were bad and some scenes didn't had any kind of sound.


Character: 6 out of 10

Good chars no development.

Enjoyment: 7 out of 10

I am a big fan of Kioani, seeing their first work was a nice experience that i can recomende to all the other fans

Overall: 6 out of 10

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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May 13, 2017

HanbeiCat

Not Recommended

This anime was a part of my childhood, and so I decided to watch this movie for nostalgia.
It was such a disappointment.

Story 3/10
The story is there are some pillars falling from the sky and that is causing Munto's kingdom to fall. His world resides in an alternate dimension. However, there is only one girl on earth who can see Munto's dimension as well as the flying pillars, and she is the only one who can "save the world." Munto has to convince her to cross over into his dimension and help him.

This premise is incredibly interesting in theory but this movie does ... not do justice for the plot. In fact, there is quite a bit of filler in this movie. There's an entire side plot about a girl who wants to get married to this guy that has nothing to do with the story, there's interesting characters in Munto's world who are never developed/explained, and there is some evil organization with no plot or backstory whatsoever trying to destroy Munto's kingdom.

Art 6/10
The art is very pretty to look at. I loved the designs of the dresses and how they flowed. There are some scenes in Munto that are beautiful to watch, but unfortunately some of the frames last a long time for no reason other than to save animation budget.

Sound 3/10
This was the most awkward part of Munto. There wasn't any sound during some of the parts, which made it feel...lifeless. The voice acting was fine, but I felt it was too quiet for an anime.

Character 2/10
This show has the worst type of characterization a writer could ever do. There's the kindhearted main protagonist, the stubborn but good natured Munto, etc. No one ever changes, grows, or is explained. They are all shells of character arctypes that could've been interesting but go absolutely nowhere.

Enjoyment 3/10
The only enjoyment I had was making fun of some of the scenes....and wanting to bang my head because I loved the 9-episode show as a child.

Overall 4/10
With an interesting premise but severely terrible storytelling, I feel this show could use a reboot that fleshes out the main characters and focuses on the story. If you want a mythical world with dashing young heroes and swordplay, I think you could do better elsewhere.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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