Title: Shinsekai Yori/ From the New World
Seasons: One
Episodes: 25
Episode Duration: 23 minutes
Sub/Dub: Both
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Creator: Yusuke Kishi (manga)
Masashi Ishisama (anime)
Genre: Speculative fiction, horror, drama
Watched It: Twice
About the Anime: (by Wikipedia)
Set in Japan, 1000 years after the modern era, year 66 in the Kamisu ("The Nest of the Gods") Era, Shin Sekai Yori follows the life of Saki, a girl from the town of Kamisu 66. In this age, all humans possess powerful psychic abilities, and live an idyllic life in agrarian villages. Despite her parents' fears that she may not awaken her powers, Saki gains her special powers at the age of twelve and joins her friends Satoru, Maria, Mamoru, Shun, and Reiko in enrolling at school to hone her gifts. However, the children are unaware that the village government is monitoring and evaluating them through the education system. Based on these evaluations, certain students are removed from society, whether it is for poor performance, such as with Reiko, or for cheating. These removed students are also forgotten by the other children; Saki and her remaining friends have no memory of Reiko. Later, during an unsupervised camping field trip, Saki and her friends encounter the False Minoshiro, a mythical animal revealed to be an ancient library robot. The False Minoshiro explains much of the violent truth of their people's history and what their special powers truly are.
My Review: I originally dropped this anime and then began watching it again.
I finished it and felt as if the ending was lacking something and skipped so much. I really didn't like it.
After watching a second time (because it was on Crunchyroll and I was bored) I can definitely say it's one of my favourites. I feel bad for hating it beforehand.
I know that one of the reasons I didn't like it in the first place was the dub. The dub ruined it. It wasn't the main characters, but the Monster Rat voices and the Colony leaders. Oh my gosh.
Imagine your best friend constantly trying to speak whilst eating so many chicken wings or something like that. Every. Single. Time. They. Tried. To. Speak.
Just prepare. This is quite slow paced.
Rating: 10/10
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