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Theta

  • Saskatoon, Canada
  • Joined Jun 10, 2009
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Patema Inverted

Mar 10, 2015

Patema Inverted delivers an original and thought provoking premise (something sorely needed in anime right now.)  Ideally something as cool as a universe with gravity gone awry could be used as a mechanism to facilitate action and some serious hard sci-fi.  Patema however uses it as a vehicle to create a stark contrast between the world perspectives of the protagonists.  I don't mean to say that's wrong, in fact it does this exceedingly well.  However it does so while ignoreing the physical realities of such a situation and adds one bungled detail on top of another right up to the... See full review

4/10 story
9/10 animation
7/10 sound
6/10 characters
6.5/10 overall