Musaigen no Phantom World (2024)

TitanAnteus

Recommended

Musaigen No Phantom World is an interesting anime created by the famous or infamous Kyoto Animation studio. Fans of Kyoani will know that their works are graphically consistent and fluid when it comes to animation. It's no different for Phantom World. Mundane tasks such as ripping off a bandaid are animated. The characters all feel very alive in their hands, there's no doubt about that.

Also, by god is the action eye-candy! There isn't as much of it here as in Kyoukai No Kanata, but there's quite a lot.

If you came to this show from their more recent works like Hibike Euphonium and Hyouka you might ...

BanjoTheBear

Mixed Feelings

(This review has been adapted from my blog/reddit thread. Spoilers ahead!)

My brother, while he was growing up, had an imaginary friend: Ghost Friend. Not so imaginative.

I never had one myself, but my brother always made sure Ghost Friend was around. Playing outside, eating at the dinner table, and sitting around the house. They were inseparable.

At some point, though, my brother no longer had Ghost Friend with him. I am not saying he stopped believing because that is not what happened. What happened was that Ghost Friend took a “permanent vacation” elsewhere. Nobody knows where. He just went away to live his own life (which is ...

PyraXadon

Mixed Feelings

Kyoto Animation or KyoAni has been defined in the last decade for basically only producing moe-related shows. Haruhi, Hibike Euphonium, K-on, Beyond the Boundary, Hyouka Lucky Star, all of these shows have aspects to them that define what it is to be moe, including a cute girl artstyle, and most importantly, cute girls that make up most of the cast. And so, for Winter 2016, KyoAni produced a fantasy anime by the name of Musaigen no Phantom World, or Phantom World for short (at least for me) filled with girls, nice art, and phantoms.

Story: After a viral outbreak several years back, many ...

dadnaya

Recommended

ZoloZithro

Recommended

Not sure where all the low reviews are coming from; most seem to be criticising the studio and not the anime (on its own merit).

This is a beautiful, light, slice of life anime with action, comedy and a unique fantasy/supernatural premise [which was fresh, interesting, and enjoyable].

If this is the kind of thing that you're looking for you'll probably like it; if not, why are you judging it for something it isn't...

Full disclosure: I love the Haruhiko/Ruru dynamic; which colours my opinion :)

I wrote this review because of all the poor reviews that don't reflect the anime well; MyAnimeList wants a longer review so here ...

Phosef

Mixed Feelings

First review but who gives a crap
Firstly, this show is a guilty pleasure to me since it's a bad show, it really is.

Story 0/10
There's a story?
This is a episodic series unlike the source material so don't expect a story, watch this as a action slice of life ecchi(?) comedy.
I've read some of the synopsises of each volume and if they followed the LN this could have been a good anime.

Art 9/10
This looks really good, rivals ufotable in how pretty it looks.
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SayonaraKitKat

Recommended

anaunz

Recommended

Preliminary (12/13 eps)

I admit it that I almost dropped this show in the half way of the season, but when the ep 11 was out the real plot of this show's started.
Well, tbh, the plot is not that good but it's good enough for me to forget the real shit 10 weeks ago.

- The story in the first 10 episodes is really nothing but fan-service. If you ask me to suggest I would tell that watch just ep1-6 then skip to ep11 to the end. I gave it 7.

- The art of this show is pretty good if you ask me and overall seems good. I gave ...

PikaCheeks

Mixed Feelings

I only watched this Anime to see where Kyoto Animation were dumping their money. This anime is just average. You could be watching better shows but it isn't offensively bad.

Story is like not even there, just "Monster of The Week" type of deal. Then the last 2 episodes it realizes it needs to do something so it crams something in with the climax only being alluded to early on by a literal plot device.

But "Monster of The Week" isn't a bad formula as long as the characters are enjoyable to watch. The characters in the show just come off as watchable, they're not really ...

Devroux

Not Recommended

TL;DR: Episode 10 has cat balls. Wurf.

The first couple episodes of this anime were honestly pretty great. They were entertaining introductions to all the characters and I was pretty invested in what would come for the rest of the season. Unfortunately, what I was given, were disappointing episodic events where the main character just gets a one-on-one adventure with each of the girls. It was incredibly disappointing sitting through half the anime where nothing important happened. Past the introductions to the characters, you're really better off just skipping to episode twelve and watching the last two episodes, because that's where all the interesting stuff happens.

The ...

NSpectre7

Mixed Feelings

Hey folks, this will be a review for Musaigen no Phantom World. Its really hard to write this in a level headed way. It really felt like it was some sort of elaborate trick.

The story starts off somewhat interesting. We find ourselves in a modern Japan inhabited by fantasy like creatures called phantoms. A virus escaped a research facility and caused a shift in human brain function which allowed everyone to be aware of these phantoms. Some of these people develop special abilities and some of those people use their abilities to fight the bad phantoms. This show follows a group of high schoolers in ...

KurtJP35

Recommended

As a huge fan of Kyoto Animation I went into Phantom World with a degree of hesitation to say the least. On one hand they have produced some genuinely outstanding works, even in more recent years. I mean, Nichijou is arguably my favourite anime and even their less impressive works such as Amagi Brilliant Park were still far from bad. So, keeping this in mind, what did I think of Phantom World?

At the best of times Phantom World can't really be described as anything more than just 'good'. It's not incredible, it's not clever and it doesn't particularly offer anything unique. The story certainly doesn't ...

phogue

Recommended

THERE MIGHT BE MILD SPOILERS (I don't consider them as such), BUT NOTHING THAT GIVES AWAY CRUCIAL INFORMATION FOR ENJOYMENT.

This was one I didn't expect to watch in full, but I really associated with the protagonist: overly knowledgeable on subjects that would normally be considered pointless. Overall, I enjoyed this anime as a whole, and everything I don't complain about I was quite happy with.

As for complaints:

1) I like the idea of a worldwide event that leads to the existence of the paranormal (kinda like Area D). However, I'm not a fan that they are the global subconscious made corporeal. I probably would have ...

GoldenDevilGamer

Mixed Feelings

Sawt0othGrin

Recommended

In 2009 a game called Resident Evil 5 was released by Capcom. RE5 was, for the most part, a great game but was ultimately panned by a large portion of the fan base. The game would go on to receive criticism not due to the fact that it was a poor game but because it wasn't as good as its predecessor "Resident Evil 4" and could never live up to the hype and momentum of its "big brother".

Myriad Colors Phantom World is experiencing a similar "big brother" effect. Having been produced by Kyoto Animation, the excellent animation studio responsible for very well respected series such ...

1290349450394a

Mixed Feelings

Question: What's the name of an anime that tried to have elements of comedy, plot and good character development, but did neither of these 3 well?
Answer: Musaigen no Phantom World

Ok, but seriously, MnPW has me hot. Like mad irritated. The light novel has a concept already interesting enough to draw from as source material. But an adaptation does not HAVE to be the source, and that's ok. MnPW could have had an interesting premise without taking any dark turns. It could have had strong characters, an interesting plot line, and comedic elements that let's the viewers know that a show can be strong without ...

Zaku88

Recommended

Remember those crazy scenes in Chuunibyou where we get to see battles through the eyes of characters infected by the popular disease? Well, Kyoani decided to take that to the next level, and Phantom World is the result. Basically, a mysterious virus infects everyone and now everyone can see "phantoms", illusions that blur the distinction between reality and imagination- dancing light poles playing limbo, giant teddy bears, and crazy chimeras included. Here we find a team of phantom fighters, including our protagonist, that is tasked with reigning in misbehaving phantoms.

When this show was first announced, I was intrigued at the thought-provoking poster. While the show ...

JakkoFourEyes

Recommended

I''ve never written a review before, but for some reason I felt inclined to write one for this one, so bear with me.

Story: 6/10
Musaigen had a lot of potential. Potential that only really showed in 4 episodes (three of which were the last ones). It didn't really have an overarching storyline, aside from some development and findings needed for the last 2 episodes. Instead, it was for the most part and episodic show, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It could work. The problem was, there was no way I could take those episodes seriously, with exception of those 4 episodes I mentioned. I ...

saltedbutter

Recommended

SeethingSimp

Recommended

I only decided to watch this show because I thought the bear (Albrecht) was cute. That's a pretty pathetic reason to choose this show over all the other ones airing this season, but nonetheless that is why I chose to watch it.

Story:
The plot of this show is basically about monsters called phantoms that the main characters defeat. Each main character has an ability to use in combat to defeat them; so basically this is nothing special whatsoever. I suppose you could call this a harem anime, though aside from the occasional subtle nod to romance, this show has nothing to do with it. Only having ...