![]() The faster-paced tracks are full of electric-type music and sounds, classic horror effects, some metal, and sometimes underpinnings of keyboard. Some pieces have fast drumming, and some have entrancing vocals. There are tracks with soft but unsettling music and electronic beats. Unfortunately, I’m not very good at describing the sounds of music, but I’ll try. It’s completely appalling.Īs for the instrumental soundtrack, I was genuinely pleased with it. If you are strangely and easily annoyed by high-pitched voices, Yuno’s voice will be aggravating, but I still don’t recommend the English dub. I absolutely loved the work of the seiyuu in the Japanese audio. A particularly great or particularly terrible opening will only have so much effect on my score. I base my sound rating on (Japanese) voice-acting and instrumental soundtrack, though. As everyone in reviews of this show generally agrees, the first opening was fantastic, but in the middle of the series, it was switched with second song not nearly as impressive. The soundtrack for Mirai Nikki was magnificent. The positive animation elements that bring it just above average are the incorporation of old-fashioned, stylized CG with Deus, and the quality animation seen in the opening songs. The over-the-top expressions of characters in long still-shots can be irritating. ![]() The fight scenes are choreographed and planned well, but don’t look smooth in animated execution. ![]() There’s little creativity in the way things are done. The actual animation is about average for its time, which means it’s good, but has nothing that makes it stand out. Striking colors are used all over, and I like to see this in dark shows. The character designs are great and the stylized but still very “anime” art is enjoyable. The reveals about Yuno, her motivations, and her memory may not be truly original, but they are handled in an original way. Those themes and the broken character psychologies aren’t flushed out to the same extent in other shows. There aren’t many other shows that are unafraid of using character death and extreme violence to highlight themes. Future Diary had plenty of that, in my opinion. An anime with some archetypal elements isn’t bad, as long as it has some original and thought-provoking content as well. It also serves as a great representative sample of survival game anime. If the conclusion isn’t a happy one, it should at least be one that fits the themes and overall tone of the show. There should be one or two plot twists that throw viewers off, plus an underlying mystery which isn’t resolved until the near the end. These include as disillusionment, the cruelty of humans, the significance of death, the absurdity of reality, and the necessity of self-defense. Drama, violence, and insanity should be present, partly to catch attention, but mostly to highlight important themes. It should have characters that are psychologically fascinating if not immediately likeable. First, what makes a good thriller? The movie or show should be exciting and move at a fast pace throughout. Let me touch on why Future Diary makes a top-class thriller and representative of the survival game genre. (I’ll discuss the themes and the stories of Yuno and Yukki in section 3.) For one thing, I’m referring to the fascinating and toxic psyche of Yuno. ![]() Some people who watch the show get caught up in criticizing its “edginess” and forget that there are truly deep and original elements of story and character right in front of them. The story is one of the most amazing elements of Future Diary because 1) it’s an exemplary model of a death-game anime 2) it’s a character piece focusing on the psychology, history, and redemption of Yuno Gasai and 3) it has numerous profound themes throughout. Mirai Nikki meeting these genre specifications does not make it an unoriginal anime, any more than Log Horizon is unoriginal because it’s about a man transported to a fantasy/game world. The protagonist is usually someone who isn’t as strong as the others or got pulled into the game against their will. Nearly all the Sabage anime have similar opening concepts: there is an extended death match between all the contestants for some kind of reward. Just as “Isekai” has become its own genre in the 2010-2020 decade, so has “Sabage” (survival game). People often dismiss the plot concept by saying, “We already have good battle-royale or death survival game anime.” But a show’s genre is not a legitimate reason to criticize it.
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