Future Diary-Part Two

This review is for now about the anime itself. Those wanting to see a review of the box set itself should come back once it's released and I have a chance to get a hold of it ;)Those who are coming into this expecting a series about a cute little girl with pink hair that does silly things, are going to find themselves disappointed. A true successor to Death Note, minus the disappointing second act, Future Diary, aka Mirai Nikki, is a darker, more emotional, and more thought provoking story than one would think at first glance.The anime centers around two characters, Amano Yukiteru and Gasai Yuno, who are caught up in a high stakes game of life or death. Deus ex Machina, the God of the Future Diary universe, is dying, and he's set up a game to determine who will take his place. Each of the 12 contestants is given a 'future diary' that, as the name implies, predicts future events and records them as diary entries, each in a slightly different way. The goal of the game is for each contestant to kill the other 11, and the last man (or woman) standing is the winner.The great thing about Future Diary is that it gives you a little bit of everything, and holds it together well. The show has a great mix of romance, suspense, comedy, drama, and even horror. It will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it even has a straight up shonen, super saiyan beat down towards the end.The characters as well, are one of the places that the series excels at. Even the villains or characters that you hate, will absolutely make you fall in love with them by the end. One in particular comes to mind, one of the first villains you see shows up doing some of the most terrible things in the series, and by the end still manages to come off as not only sympathetic, but one of my personal favorite characters in the series. One of the main characters as well, Yuno, is absolutely exquisitely written. She's adorable, and terrifying, and hilarious, and psychotic all at the same time.Don't make the mistake of thinking you know what's going to happen either. With a Hunger Games-ish story like this, you can fall into the trap of identifying the main character, and assuming that he's going to win the game and that everybody else is dead. This story has an ending that you will never see coming, although all the clues are there (hint, watch the opening credits closely).The Japanese voice acting is great, and the animation and soundtrack are both superb. Each perfectly compliments the tone of whatever you're watching, being silly and bubbly one moment, and creepy or suspenseful the next.If you enjoy series like Gantz and Death Note, then Future Diary is for you, and even if you don't I can't imagine anybody really not liking it. I'll be editing this review once the DVD itself actually comes out to give my thoughts on the box set and the dub.

This was a really good series in where it had everything one could ask for without falling into the trap of the comic-relief/farce which sometimes occurs when a specific subject is pushed too far: action, romance (albeit in a reather unique manner), slice-of-life... everything I had hoped to find in this series.The one thing I disliked about it is that it's rather back-and-forth in its storytelling without really telling the viewer. For exmple, for the first half of the series, Yuki is pretty much doing nothing as Yuno is the one taking care of the dirty work. Then suddenly, about 3/4 of the way through, Yuki somehow find his courage and becomes this kind of James Bond-esque hero who actually plans killing people, something which he never considered before (or almost.), conversion which was rather destabilising (though with reference to the events of the previous episode, some may find the connection, I feel it was a bit much of a drastic shift). There's also this story with the two skulls which never seems to end, leading the viewer to wonder what it's all about until the final moment when all is revealed (which makes up for the suspense I guess).All in all however, the story is very well played out with many twists and turn the viewer don't see coming and very well developped characters. For those who enjoyed Death Note but don't mind delving a bit more into a story slightly less grounded in reality, I recommend this series.Also, because at the time I could not take all the DVDs with me, I ripped them onto my hard drive with only the audio, which turned out to be a MAJOR annoyance because most of this story revolves around text messages sent by the user' phones, which are all still written in their original japanese. I have checked however and when english subtitles are enabled, the japanese text on the phones is overwritten in english.So to anyone doing the same, take the subs with you!

I have to start off by saying that this is one of my all-time favorite animes! With that said the part one and part two sets are nicely presented, with each one containing an omake and a select episode commentary. There were the standard, text less credits, promotional videos and trailers as well. My one complaint with this entire set is that it does not contain the redial ova, leaving you begging for more. As for the anime itself I absolutely loved it: a mixture of disturbed, tragic, heartwarming and just plain funny moments befalls the entire cast throughout an emotional story that pulls you in and keeps you on your toes. I couldn’t help but feel for a character even as I rooted for my favorite to kill them at that same moment. It should go without saying that this may not be a show for all audiences, wearing its TV-MA rating well from time to time. This show contains a fair amount of blood, violence, sex and fan service, though it wasn’t to me in any way over the top and fits the show’s feel well. A few other good marks I must say are that the animation is awesome. The soundtrack is filled with emotion and always fits the moment. All of this is paired with spot-on voice acting. All things considered this anime has a great re-watch value!

If you like Anime this is one of the best, Part two is just as good as part one which is saying something. This is an excellent anime with a really good plot and a great cast of characters. I would compare it very favorably to Death Note, Kill la Kill and DanganRonpa (the video). Also, the English voice-over actors are very good.I strongly recommend Future Diary. Note, you don't want to watch this with young children around, lots of nudity and language.

loved the series. Great buy and packaging was great

From what i can tell this dosnt have the final episode, so if you haven't seen the OVA you will not understand the ending

Doesnt work im region. I dont know what the dvd looks like but would have liked a quick message once seen country it was being sent. My fault for not checking but would have liked that.

Gg wp