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I have very mixed feelings about Urasekai Picnic. On one hand, I enjoyed a lot of what it had to offer, but on the other hand, it was dragged down by a few (pretty important) pretty mediocre aspects. To be honest, I didn't have super high expectations, but I was a bit disappointed. This anime stood out to me because it seemed pretty unique. The Sci-Fi Mystery tags intrigued me, and since I haven't seem very much Shoujo Ai, I thought it would be good to watch some more.

Story:

The story involves a bunch of different short arcs following a similar pattern: The two main characters ... encounter something strange, which either happens in the Otherside or prompts them to enter the Otherside, they encounter some sort of creature, they use the same tactics to get rid of it, and find their way back home. While the formula tends to be the same, there is enough variation between them that it doesn't get too repetitive, and the arc with the soldiers is especially unique.

However, there were a few inconsistencies that threw me off, such as a certain object that had disappeared/been destroyed in a previous episode somehow existing again. This ended up happening because the anime switched the order of some arcs in the manga, and I'm not really sure why they made this decision.

Art:

The art itself was pretty mediocre, nothing really special. There was some CGI involved, which isn't a huge deal when used on vehicles or other inanimate objects. However, especially in the beginning, CGI was used for the main characters during long shots, which looked really off. Some monsters were also done in some pretty bad CGI.

Sound:

The soundtrack itself was pretty interesting - I really enjoyed listening to it. It helped build up suspense and excitement quite well, contributing to the atmosphere in the Otherside. The OP and ED were both quite good. However, there were some mixing issues that I noticed throughout the anime, which isn't terrible but was definitely noticeable.

Characters:

I didn't love the characters, but they weren't bad either. Sorawo and Toriko didn't go through too much development, and they didn't feel completely real (especially since they often seemed not be scared about things they definitely should have been scared about). On the other hand, Kozakura did get scared of things, and reacted the way a normal person would. Plus she was pretty cute.

Enjoyment/Overall:

Watching this weekly, I didn't really look forward to each episode, but I didn't feel like dropping it. I enjoyed it, but didn't love it: it was just fine.