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Title (English) | Future Diary |
Title (Japanese) | Mirai Nikki | Advertising Fantasy Novel |
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Classification | - |
Synopsis | In the opening scenes, we see the hero wandering around school, obsessively texting a diary of trivia into his mobile phone, and evading the attention of bullies who dislike him partly because he doesn't mix with his classmates. He has a rich fantasy life in which he talks to an all-powerful God in his bedroom. Unfortunately, a serial killer starts knifing people near the school, and then the God turns out to be real, and hands our hero a smartphone that predicts the future. |
Review | I agree that the hero clearly needs psychiatric help, but one can
empathise with his fear of the bullies. The bully mentality
(needing somebody they can feel superior to, and getting annoyed
when the victim doesn't follow the script) is depicted quite
accurately here. This develops into one of the most riveting anime
episodes I've seen for ages. For this guy, having that girl take
an interest in him would be enough to scare him witless, but she
keeps appearing in front of him as he tries to run away. What does
she want? Is she connected to the serial killer? He dosn't want to
die horribly just yet. We suspect that in fact she just wants to
talk to him, but it's still thrilling. Actually she has a future
diary too, and she wants to save him. It turns out that the future
diaries predict deaths, and in the God's deadly game, the last
player to foil the predictions and survive, will gain supreme
power. |
Credits | Director: Naoto Hosoda Original creator: Sakae Esuno Character Design: Eiji Hirayama |
Episodes | 26 |
Release | |
TV Showing | See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here. |
Date | 2011-10-09 |
Production | various |
Broadcaster | various |
Animation | Asread |
References & Help | Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information. |
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