Jan 5, 2013
Shinsekai yori is an adaptation from a novel, with the same name, which has 2 volumes that were released in 2008.
The story of this anime takes place a thousand years from now, many humans have evolved, now they are able to use a psychic power called cantus, but there's no improvement in technology.
In that kind of world , the 5 protagonist, live in a village that's seems normal at first sight, but they start to realize that their town have a lot of forbidden knowledge, to put it simple Shinsekai yori is the tale of a group of friends that start discovering many
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conspiracies, and how that affect on their adolescence.
When I watched the series I couldn't help to compare the events, on how the conspiracies affected me, and I didn’t find many differences, because the reactions of the characters are portrayed very well.
The story also has good action phases, fast scenes, warlike times; fantasy besides the humans, the animals have also evolved, now they are able to think, speak as humans, and that makes them more interesting and important in the plot; mystery, the fact that censure/conspiracy is the most recurrent theme in this series makes mystery one of the strong points of this anime, here you are equal with the protagonists discovering the mind blowing secrets of that society. With those aspects and many surprises, the story in synthesis is so dynamic, that makes the necessary suspense to make me wish for more after the end of each episode. (10/10)
Concerning art, with pretty sceneries, animation that is slightly better than the standard in the late 2012, shinsekai yori deserves a "very good" and a bit more in art, but how the complex power of cantus and the mystical scenes are well portrayed, for me it deserves the "great". (9/10)
Now sound, well in like the 5 episode, i realized "wait... this anime lacks of OP", but I don't mind, the ED "wareta ringo" it's so good, even the lyrics of the song have the essence of the series, I’m even grateful that the anime doesn't have an OP, because I can see more shinsekai yori, and that the ED didn't change after the episode 13. Concerning the background music, it never disturbs, it has good relaxing songs, and it placed at the exact moment, so it's good. (9/10)
Characters, I think that here is where shinsekai yori shines the most, because the psychological characteristics of the characters is splendid, there's always an explanation to the reactions of the protagonists, and the reactions are never exaggerated. I consider shinsekai yori as a psychological drama, because the psychological factor is fundamental in the series. Also knowing that they are teenagers, their changes are so unpredictable, that helps to the dynamism of the series. (10/10)
Enjoyment, here there's not much left to say, as I said before I can't wait for another episode after seeing one, I really like this series. (10/10)
And finally overall, I haven't seen a well thinked series like this before, where nothing is random, this anime makes you think, and entertain you. It's seems that many people drop the series (and gave it a low score) in the first chapters, because the story is so slow at the beginning of the series, but who prefers a series that starts good, then it begins to get bad and finally it ends horrible; in this anime occurs quite the opposite, it starts slow but then every ep is better. I highly recommend this series. (10/10)
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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