Mekakucity Actors

On the hot summer day of August 14, Shintarou Kisaragi is forced to leave his room for the first time in two years. While arguing with the cyber girl Ene who lives in his computer, Shintarou Kisaragi accidentally spills soda all over his keyboard. Though they try to find a replacement online, most stores are closed due to the Obon festival, leaving them with no other choice but to visit the local department store. Venturing outside makes Shintarou extremely anxious, but the thought of living without his computer is even worse. It's just his luck that on the day he finally goes out, he's caught in a terrifying hostage situation.

Luckily, a group of teenagers with mysterious eye powers, who call themselves the "Mekakushi Dan," assist Shintarou in resolving the situation. As a result, he is forced to join their group, along with Ene. Their abilities seem to be like pieces of a puzzle, connecting one another, and as each member's past is unveiled, the secret that ties them together is slowly brought to light.

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Enomoto, Takane Main

Asumi, Kana Japanese

Tateyama, Ayano Main

Nakahara, Mai Japanese

Kano, Shuuya Main

Tachibana, Shinnosuke Japanese

Kisaragi, Shintarou Main

Terashima, Takuma Japanese

Kokonose, Haruka Main

Miyano, Mamoru Japanese

Kido, Tsubomi Main

Kaida, Yuuko Japanese

Kozakura, Mari Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Seto, Kousuke Main

Hoshi, Souichirou Japanese

Kisaragi, Momo Main

Kashiyama, Nanami Japanese

Amamiya, Hibiya Main

Togashi, Misuzu Japanese

Jin Producer, Script, Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Lyrics, Series Composition, Music, Original Creator

Yodo, Akiko Producer

Suzuki, Kenta Producer

Ishikawa, Tatsuya Assistant Producer

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Apr 14, 2025

Asy_

Recommended

Mekakucity Actors (Kagerou Daze/Heat Haze Daze) is definitely one of those anime series where figuring out where to start and understanding the lore is like solving a giant puzzle blindfolded. But surprisingly, the anime itself is pretty beginner-friendly. Plus—HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, IS THAT HATSUNE MIKU?!

Unfortunately, we probably won't get another season anytime soon, but there's buzz about new projects potentially on the horizon, so fingers crossed. (plus i hear the light novels are good) Don’t expect it to change your life or anything, but you've got to give credit where it's due—the unique, color-themed art styles tailored to each protagonist's identity are super cool, ... kind of like what you'd see in the Monogatari series. The power system, centered entirely around vision and optics, is also really fresh and intriguing. Definitely not something you see every day.

Personally, I'd give it a solid 8/10, but it's not something I'd recommend to newcomers to anime due to its disjointed, nonlinear storytelling. However, if you liked series like Monogatari or Sonny Boy with their unique, offbeat storytelling methods, Mekakucity Actors is absolutely worth your time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Nov 1, 2023

KtElite

Mixed Feelings

I give it 5/10. It has a good story, but the execution seems to be lacking I guess. Even when I really focus to understand the story I still left with no idea in some part of the story and some just outright happened without any explanation. The inconsistent timing of fast pace and slow pace scene also making it more confusing than it already is.

The story it self is good which is the reason why I watch all 12 episode, but the execution really bring the anime down in my opinion.

The fans of Mekakucity Actors seems to be telling people to read the ... manga and listen to the music to understand the story, which I might do in the future. But personally from the anime perspective they didn't do the story justice with the problem I stated above. Although I have a mix feeling about this show, I do recommend you to watch it just because I find the story to be good, just confusing and bad execution.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Aug 9, 2020

RealElkin

Not Recommended

Mekakucity Actors made by the Studio shaft, it was an anime that caught my attention for its aesthetic, in which I also expected a decent story, but it was very disappointing. It should be noted that I haven't read the novel so I will not make comparisons with the original material with the series.

The story in Mekakucity Actors has several problems is its poor execution, the pacing in this show is mostly too slow and with many flashbacks shown in a random way, which apart from being heavy to watch is somewhat confusing to understand what is happening. Then in the last episodes everything happened ... too fast and the end is open ending, which leaves us more questions.

The characters are also another problem, most of these are bland and quite boring, although they tell us about their pasts in the flashbacks, this seems to have no weight in the characters, they still don't generate empathy or something, in addition to the little time on screen of these characters, because Mekakucity actors presents many cast of characters, which didn't give its due time.

The only thing that I rescued from this dump is the music (which is quite catchy) and the animation (sometimes it was poor, like the cgi at the beginning of chapter 9, however the animation in general was good)

Could it be done better? Of course, if the pacing wasn't so slow, that it gets boring and the end wasn't so abrupt, that it leaves one confused, the problem here was the execution, there were 12 chapters and none of the characters They weren't given a decent development, maybe if it had more episodes and better pacing, this anime could have been better.

Overall, I give this show a solid 3/10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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