Qualidea Code

On a quiet and peaceful day, the skies split open and extradimensional beings, designated as the Unknown, launch a swift and brutal attack against humanity. To protect the future of the country, all of Japan's children are cryogenically frozen until the end of the war to keep them out of harm's way.

Several years pass, and humanity has established a foothold in a corner of Japan, which now serves as the frontline of the war. No longer facing humanity's extinction, the children are awakened from their slumber. It is then discovered that, while in cryogenesis, the children had developed Worlds, supernatural powers unique to each person. The six most powerful children are given command of the reclaimed cities, using their powers to defend the strongholds against the continuing invasion. Childhood friends Ichiya Suzaku and Canaria Utara lead Tokyo, siblings Kasumi and Asuha Chigusa manage Chiba, and Maihime Tenkawa and Hotaru Rindou oversee Kanagawa.

Over time, the almost routine attacks from the Unknown and the clashing personalities of the city heads and subheads cultivate petty rivalries, leading to constant arguments between the three cities. With the Unknown suddenly increasing the pressure of their attacks, the three cities' leaders must learn how to work together or risk losing the last line of defense against humanity's extinction.

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Chigusa, Asuha Main

Anzai, Chika Japanese

Chigusa, Kasumi Main

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Tenkawa, Maihime Main

Yuuki, Aoi Japanese

Utara, Canaria Main

Ishikawa, Yui Japanese

Rindou, Hotaru Main

Fukuhara, Ayaka Japanese

Suzaku, Ichiya Main

Saitou, Souma Japanese

Otonashi, Zakuro Supporting

Izawa, Shiori Japanese

Yaegaki, Aoi Supporting

Amamiya, Sora Japanese

Chigusa, Yuu Supporting

Nakahara, Mai Japanese

Yuunami, Airi Supporting

Noto, Mamiko Japanese

Takahashi, Yuuma Producer

Danno, Yoshito Producer

Katou, Masazumi Producer

Kawamura, Kenichi Director, Storyboard

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Sep 24, 2016

hallucinater

Recommended

I'll try to keep this review short and simple, with dot jot notes helping out
NOTE: I like to watch anime more casually and if I just simply liked it I give it an 8, so think of 8 as an average ok good sort of thing

. definitely not amazing, but better than people thought via the first few episodes, if you're going to watch it, watch it all

. I recommend giving it a try for sure, but I feel like when it was airing weekly it had a better feeling watching it

Story: Super simple, don't except anything too complicated with this

Art: average anime ... art for 2016, so goo i suppose

Sound: ?? idk how to rate sound tbh so whatever

Character: lots of generic tropes, but nothing wrong with it honestly.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Sep 24, 2016

lucio54

Mixed Feelings

My first review here in the MAL after more than 2 years, let's see what will come out, sorry for my bad english sometimes, its not my primary language.
And sorry for not a lot of content, I did not see reason to talk much of this anime, it was just too average for me to talky much about it, even more in my first review.

What to say about this anime? I certainly had hype for it, A-1 pictures maybe its not the best studio, but some of his works are excellent, atleast in animation, like SAO and shigatsu....but this had one of the worst I've ... ever seen, but this don't make this the worse anime that i had watched, i will explain why.

Story: 6/10
I can not deny that the principle was so much cliche, but i can say that as some interesting plots, and author did some interesting decisions at first to your charachters, but only this don't make all, we can not ignore the many holes in the plot that this anime have, so I rate this anime as an interesting premise, but poorly executed, but at least tried to intrigue with some mysteries, so for me is something ok

Art: 3/10
Man as I explained in the introduction, the animation of this show are the worse that i've attended this year, so much inconsistency in all, mainly in the character designs, which ridiculously deformed, out that the action scenes were cut to save frames ...why you do this A-1...usually you save good scenes for important scenes, but this show in animation are bad in everything.

Characters : 7/10
Well atleast we have some good characters in the show they nevertheless have some development, the anime it seems has been divided into steps to introduce the characters, this i liked, because we have some episodes just to develop them, atleast the anime hit it, not to mention that we had a good diversity of personalities that help us to at least get sympathy for someone. So for me we have some good characters with an with an average ~ good development.

Sound: 8.5/10
The better thing in the entire anime, here there is nothing to complain,since they hired Claris, Garnidélia and Lisa that are great singers, the only thing I could complain its the use of the osts not always hit the right time, and break times, but nothing that stands out very much in the bad way.

Enjoyment: 7/10
I can say that I enjoyed the anime, he had some tense moments that I really thought interesting despite all the bad liveliest and holes in the script is something that is hard to explain, but at least I can say that passed my time, of course I will not even remember this anime a year from now probably, but i will not say that I regretted to see, was an anime slightly below the average that out throughout season.

Overall: 6/10
Qualidea code is not bad as many speak, and not too good with some can defend, its just really a shame the anime had not a good animation/better adaptation, because in my eyes this anime had the potential and it certainly was not well used, a waste ...

2022/6/01 Edit: Dude now i see how broken my english was hahaha...did some edits but still keep many errors for me to remmember these times.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Sep 24, 2016

Tokumia

Not Recommended

Qualidea Code has given me a new perspective on cliche anime once.However,due to poor presentation in Qualidea Code,I don't have much enjoyment in this anime,therefore I tried to understand the plot and put my standard and expectation lower,lower and lower...

When things come to an end,since my expectation is low enough,I don't have any feelings after watching Qualidea Code.It feels like Qualidea Code doesn't even exist...

Story(3/10)(35%)

For the story part,since this anime makes a relatively big change in the middle,so I decided to separate into parts.

[First Impression]

The ideas in Qualidea code aren't refreshing and new.The story is based on a bunch of human characters fighting against alien ... creatures "unknowns".Most popular anime or movie series,like world trigger or other sci-fi animes or movies have already used such settings so why we are still seeing them in this anime?I won't say cliche is a bad thing but have they at least try to make something new?About the plot,The story is based on human characters doing different missions,that's it,it's just too simple that I cannot further elaborate.

[Episodes]
[Part1:Beginning]

You wouldn't believe that Qualidea Code will serve us unnecessary fanservice and boring arguments in the very beginning of this anime.In the first 2.5 episodes,most of the time,there're just meaningless arguments among characters and a swimming suit episode,while the introduction for the story and characters are just a little.I wouldn't say it's bad for fanservice and arguments but the amount of arguments are just too much for the beginning of the episodes and the fanservice should put in a proper place,rather than put it at the start.

[Part2:episodes in the middle]

In general,not very good.The plot seems to go nowhere while rushing at the same time,they tries to move on the story without any explainations on its cliffhangers and its hard to catch up the storyline.You may feel confused when watching but at least you'll feel glad that the plot is finally started to move.

[Part3:Episodes at the end]

In the later episodes,it starts to become more interesting.The mysteries are started to solving,all the potholes are started to be filled.Youll have a totally different perspective on this anime and felt excited.At this moment,you'll finally find the true identity in Qualidea Code.

However,the plot is still rather confusing to me,since they explained the terms of "code","cold factory" , "the world setting" etc. in a relatively rough and fast way.Even though there're many complex concepts they had to talk into the story,they should use longer length of episodes to explain them but not in a rush,ensure that there's only one idea is in one episode and well-connected ideas between episodes.

At the end,when things never being explained well,your confused feeling are still there.Even though how the ending is,it feels like the ending is rushed,bizarre and empty,rather than disappointment.

[Individual Aspects in the this anime]

[Part1:Action]

So did they have exciting plot in Qualidea Code?No,definitely no.The actions are definitely the weakest part of the whole anime because either the characters are too strong or too weak and its not thrilling at all.With poor animation in this anime,it just makes the actions unbearable to watch.

[Part2:mystery]

Mystery in this anime is the beacon of hope in this anime.The setting and the plot are confusing but mysterious at the same time.The potential of this anime is to make you feel curious about this plot.What'll happen next?What is it all about???By thinking these questions,you'll find the plot is interesting somehow.

Though the explanations are not done well,mystery perhaps may let you get through a few episodes somehow...

[Conclusion]

To sum up,Qualidea code is a cliche show that seems to have potential in it.Unfortunately,due to poor presentation,the story structure is broken badly and doesn't worth much to expect in general.


Animation art(2/10)(10%)

Animation is probably the weakest point in this anime,which causes most action anime fans felt disappointed.

Apart from poor animated actions,there're also several animation problems in Qualidea Code that I think they should pay more efforts on them.

The characters drawing in Qualidea Code are poor in general.The drawing of the characters are cheap and abnormal.If the camera is far away from the characters,You'll see they just outline the characters shape and fill them with inks but without paying any efforts on specific drawings.

For the visuals,the colours in this anime are generally nothing special and simple.Nothing bright and rich,it just barely meet the basic 2D anime standard.

For the camera angles,it may also affects your viewing experience too.Weird camera transitions are all around the place,it's really confusing to get to know whats going on in the show.Ive to rewatch the show again and again to clearly understand what's going on.

Sound(3/10)(10%)

Sound is another weak spot in Qualidea code,not because of the op and ed,but because of inadequate soundtracks and sound effects.As we all know,soundtracks and sound affects could able to add exciting atmosphere towards the whole show.In Qualidea Code,the main sound source is voice acting.Thats right,the whole show is just a bunch of texts ,meanwhile,soundtracks and sound effects seem to be ripped off during the whole show causing the whole show lack of excitements.

The only redeeming aspects are the op and ed,they're the only sound elements with rocking theme and fits into the theme.Im generally felt disappointed about the sound in this anime.

Characters(4/10)(25%)

Let's start with the obvious and good ones.The show is good at making characters conflicts.Take Ichiya as an example.Ichiya is annoying as hell in the beginning,he like calling his fighting partners useless and he says he like working alone but he will bring his sister Canaria together with him.On the other hand,he has passion on fighting because of his terrible childhood,which is good that the protagonist has some positive attitude towards battles.However,he is over-confidence himself,which result some bad consequence towards the whole Tokyo team.Im generally find these conflicts due to different characters personalities are interesting to watch and makes the plot more richer,which I think it's the highlight of the show in the aspect of character development.

They also manage the back stories of the characters well.For example,Ichiya and Hima,they both have back stories describling themselves and able to explain the personalities of the characters in the story successfully.

Unfortunately,they have some flaws in the characters development,which may not appeal to everyone.

First of all,The character designs are too cheap,especially for the unknowns.Similar to the cliche plot,they literally called the aliens as “Unknowns”,again I can't explain the creativity of that,it's just too cliche.For the personalities of the characters:Female characters are mostly caring and heart-warming;Male characters are either overpowerful and over confidence or being a guy who obsessed his own sister,they literally copypasted every personalities of characters from other animes too and the strengths and weaknesses are not well-round.

Moreover,it seems that the pace of the story ruins character development.Most of the main characters are underdevloped and lacking of depths due to rushed plot,which causes some of the MC are being abandoned and affects the arrangement of characters.Most of the MC,for example,Hima and Ichiya will not be noteworthy in some of the episodes but suddenly they will show off again.It feels awkward and weird at the same time and characters in this anime are unable to show off in a proper way.

So again,similar to the case of the storyline,the character development has both highlights and several flaws at the same time,which could have some of the audience attention,while some people may think it's awkward at the same time.

Enjoyment(4/10)(20%)

The plot of Qualidea Code will let you deep into confusion,which you will consider whether drop the anime or not.Though at the end,you may feel that the plot seems to be kind of worthwhile.

Unfortunately,due to poorly presented plot,this anime doesn't meet your standard any longer,but instead we will have to lower our expectations in order to adapt the rushed ending.

At the end,Qualidea Code is like a stone near the road that doesn't really noticeable in your anime life.It just feel empty and meaningless...

To conclude,Qualidea Code is a kind of show that is empty and meaningless.Though it seems to have potential in the middle of the episodes,it doesn't get my attention much or worth any re-watch value.

Overall(3.35/10)(F)(Dreadful)

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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