Plot Summary
Rintarou Okabe, a self-proclaimed "mad scientist", accidentally sends a text message into the past one day. This completely changes the world he's in, and he must figure out what happened, and how to control this new-found time travel machine he made.
Plot
Pretty good, taking plenty of twists and turns to keep the watcher invested. It also does a good job of explaining a somewhat complicated plot without being confusing. Add in great humor and a well-done romance, and you got the plusses of the plotline of this anime.
One of the minuses is that, though, they take an emotion and try to play on it over and over again without adding much detail or change. In the beginning of the emotional part, it really does affect you, but as the same thing repeatedly happens you start to become detached an apathetic to the characters.
The other minus is the ending. In theory it would have been a good ending, but it felt it really lacked substance due to it being a two-episode arc with most of the previous arcs all being four episodes. Bringing the ending out for a couple more episodes would have helped it a lot.
8.2
Characters
They do try to develop all the characters. Some of it is very successful, taking you by surprise and making you truly care for characters you never expected to. The biggest issue is that there's a character you're supposed to really, really care for, but the lack of development on this character makes the focus on her feel more like a hindrance, not a blessing.
8.3
Animation
The animation is done fairly well, with unique character designs and a color scheme to make it feel more real. The amazing animation of the eyes is a major bonus. They do take some time to delve a bit into different animation styles, which actually adds in as a plus.
8.9
Music
It had an amazing opening, catchy as well as with great animation.
The ending is, and may always be, one of my favorites. With a great song that fits the message of the anime almost perfectly, paired with a gently changing background, I absolutely love this ending. Even the song's original music video is hauntingly beautiful.
The background music... well, it does what it has to do, and not much else. I don't think I'd ever listen to it outside of the show.
8.2
Overall
Great story line with a few flaws, pretty good character development, decent music and beautiful animation, this is one I'd definitely call worth your time.
Full Moon
8.4
Other
...I'd say this is worth your time solely for the Japanese voice actors. They do an incredible job with it, one of the best I've ever heard.
...No, seriously. Dat ending song.
...In all honesty, I didn't expect to like Daru as much as I did. ...they really did develop him well, didn't they?
