Musaigen no Phantom World (2024)

Deyeaz

Mixed Feelings

(NOTE: THIS WAS REMOVED PREVIOUSLY DUE TO LACK OF EPISODES WATCHED, SO AN UPDATE TO THIS REVIEW IS REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR IT TO STAY UP.)

Kyoto Animation, as a studio, has pretty much sated our hunger for anime, and a lot of the stuff they make is usually great. But every now and again, they hit a rut: they make an anime that's so bad, bland, and/or boring, that they try and cover up that anime's mediocre fanservice, unmemorable soundtrack, bad characters, worse character development with a pseudo-interesting take on its genre, beautiful art, and flashy effects. Notice the keyword "try." If you're smart and ...

jc9622

Recommended

You know, if this was done by another studio, I would have dropped this show in an instant. Since this was made by Kyoto Animation and I admit, I'm a big KyoAni fag.....I mean fan, I decided to watch all 13 episodes. After 13 weeks of watching this show, I'd like to send a personal note to the studio and it's going to say something like this:

"What in God's name happened to you KyoAni?!!"

[Story]: (2/10)
"You can't believe everything you see, or can't see, for that matter."
Phantoms, beings that blur the line between illusion and reality, wander around right under the noses of unsuspecting humans. ...

Flawfinder

Mixed Feelings

crispyn64

Mixed Feelings

Myriad Problems Phantom Girls: A Myriad Colors Phantom World Review

From the beginning, Myriad Colors Phantom World presents itself to be something that’s not meant to be taken seriously. The show harbors a copious amount of overused tropes and cheeky moments of fanservice. While the fanservice often tries and succeeds in being fresh and original (like boob limbo), the tropes are only made somewhat less trope-y by a blunt act of self-awareness, an example being Haruhiko spouting exposition and Ruru acknowledging that he’s going on and on about something the characters should already know, therefore solving the problem of boring exposition by pointing out that it’s ...

Millawls

Mixed Feelings

WARNING. This show contains:

Fanservice
High School setting
Slapstick violence as “humor”
Accidental perversion
Violent, big boobed female main character
Fanservice
Special power only the MC has for… reasons
Side character to create comedic relief
...

SoraSenpai

Recommended

I am never upset with anything that Kyo Ani has produced, and they continue to please me with Musaigen no Phantom World.

Now do not get me wrong, this anime is far from a Masterpiece, in fact the Story really wasn't that entertaining (until the last few episodes).

However, Phantom World makes up for it with Spectacular Voice Acting, Sound, Art, Animations, and Characters...oh an some bits and pieces of Fan Service.

In the first few episodes we understand what is going on with some of the Humans and Phantoms in this world which really is somewhat interesting, the Plot escalates and then suddenly disappears. You then WANT ...

Maz

Not Recommended

Musaigen no Phantom World is an anime which could have been really, really good. Its premise had the potential to make this something memorable, and to have an actual plot. Sadly, it decided to throw this away in favour of episodic and unconnected episodes, cardboard characters, general harem clichés and fanservice.

An unexplained event sometime before the anime starts resulted in people seeing aberrant creatures, known as "Phantoms". These phantoms range from harmless inanimate objects which have manifested themselves into personalities, to dangerous creatures capable of murdering dozens of people.
Given the potential danger these phantoms can pose, you would think that there would be a special ...

Sloth222

Recommended

This anime had potential to be really amazing. Unfortunately it isnt due to the fact the plot isn't existent until episode 12 the 2nd to last episode of the season. Its mainly a comedy with fanservice and humor, so a typical harem, nothing special right?

The main problem with this is that there were so many expectations for this anime due to the synopsis sounded pretty neat. If it actually got rid off most of episodes 3-9 and made ones with actual plot this would have lived up to these expectations.

Having said that i did find it an enjoyable watch and watched the eps as they ...

Shocku_

Recommended

Well, I enjoyed this!
Visually very appealing, you kinda get to like all the characters, it is a fun watch if you don't expect much!

Story is mediocre and the world building is a bit confusing at times. (like why is everything pixelated in the first episode? It didn't happen again...so what's the point showing this?)
The characters are likeable, but don't progress really... Ruru-chan, the tiny Djini thinggets some development though.

Art and Sound are pretty good. That's KyoAni for you. What I expected.

The Enjoyment was there! I kinda wanted to know more about the world and wanted the characters to develop....but it didn't happen. MC just explained ...

GGSunshiners

Mixed Feelings

Musaigen no Phantom World is another anime from the great Kyoto Animation, So does the great Kyoto Animation finally made a good anime again with this title ? No. This anime one of the most bland anime i have ever seen, its not bad but there's nothing special at all with this anime.

The story itself is all over the place, i cannot found any main plot that drive the anime along. It just filled with a tiny plot every episodes that didn't really effect other episodes. The worse thing is, they tease a mystery with a device that the main characters found in one of ...

Magister_Jakene

Recommended

Musaigen No Phantom World (Also known as Myriad Colors Phantom World) is a show about people fighting phantoms (in the most basic explanation. If you want to know what it is all about then thats what the synopsis is for). The main character's name is Ichigo Haruhiko and he owns a harem, although the show denies any connection to the harem genre.

The first thing noticeable about this show is the graphics. Lately, most animes I watch have the same generic graphics. None of them have particularly good or bad graphics, just generic. This show is different. In the title of the show (Myriad Colors ...

thumpz99

Not Recommended

Preliminary (7/13 eps)

Note: I *forced* myself to watch 4 more episodes of this tripe just so I could meet the minimum number of reviews to WARN YOU about this anime.

Wow... this is HORRIBLE... like being the star of a horror movie horrible.

I've watched anime for well over 20 years now and this anime fails in so many ways.

The story is jumbled and disconjointed right from the start. Trying to follow it is like trying to herd cats! It goes all over the place, doesn't give the viewer any clear indication of why things are happening, and after the 7th episode I'm still completely lost.

The Art is ...

AllenHavens92

Recommended

While it is not the greatest series out there, Myriad Colors Phantom World is enjoyable overall.

The universe created is quite interesting from the Phantoms and the powers humans obtained (as well as how that came to be). The actual story is pretty simple, following our main cast and their jobs involving the Phantoms. Most episode were kind of like the "monster of the week" type of feel, with a couple cases where there were two-parters. These episodes also gave us the background on the characters, which is normal, but it also wasn't too forced. There is also some very useful information told in regards ...

V1nn13z

Not Recommended

It's about 2 friends (plus 1 on start, another one on 3 or... was it 4? and another one a long the way... and so on) fighting some weird "phantoms". All of this happens because some giant umbrella corps-wanna be fucked shit up. That's it.

No really, that's it. That's all you need to know. It starts off with a fan service shit that's over-the-top disgusting, ends up with a punch to your balls/vagina 'cause "we need a serious plot LOL" which only lasted 1 and a half episode. Sad ending? PFFT it's not sad all, it's so mediocre and bland that I actually punched ...

Hairy_Ninja

Not Recommended

When a studio as great as Kyoani has to resort to fan-service in the first episode in order to hook the viewer, you know that this show is going downhill pretty quickly.

This show begins like countless other LN adaptations, with some info-dumping expository dialogue (“it’s common knowledge, but I’ll tell you anyway!” quips the main character) telling us that there has been some major “incident” that has fundamentally changed the inner workings of the human brain, and now everyone can see possibly real, possibly imaginary “Phantoms” which provide much of the story complications throughout. I like the idea that there might be strange entities all ...

AnimeFan48

Recommended

know ill probably wont really say anything too really begin here ill more than likely stat everything into the each categorizes so here we go

Story: so honestly the story REALLY lacks in this anime its a story where a explosion happened at a factory and this happened a decade ago but now with this humans can sense this phantoms who are passed on but are posses this certain traits like being a monster and such (wont spoil that much of it) but now Haruhiko and the others posse certain ability's that help them fight this phantoms also ill say that you kinda get a story ...

michael980

Recommended

From my opinion, this anime have a lot of comedy inside of it, each and every episode brings something new, the last episode was epic ! but i do want the last fight to be more epic a little more, but its great.
i love all the character, they personal life and all that stuff.

so my words is, if want find anime that have comedy, a little slice of life, epic and b**bs :D this anime should on the list :).

I hope there were second season or OVA for this anime :) because i think there tons of things that i still curious about. and ...

MisterCaz

Recommended

Episode 1 was awful. But I gave episodes 2 and 3 a chance, and I stayed. In the end, I'll say the anime is pretty good, not amazing. It had it's fair share of problems no doubt, but I genuinely believe Musaigen no Phantom World had its moments that make it worth watching. Like episodes 10 and 11.

The characters, the world, the concept, the art and the animation are all pluses. The story has its ups and downs, and fan-service was used in a way that actually took away from some parts of the show. Fan-service in and of itself is fine, but when ...

Hirasawa-Ui

Not Recommended

GiancarloLS

Not Recommended

Preliminary (12/13 eps)

I've reiterated this in the past and let me say it again: KyoAni is like the Lamborghini of the anime realm. I say this so because whenever KyoAni releases an anime, the entire anime realm and fans know about it, in the same way as car enthusiasts immediately know what these Lambroghinis are: the Miura, Islero, Diablo, Murcielago, Gallardo, Aventador and Huracan. Yes, we know what these cars are—named after famous bulls.

Recently however, KyoAni seemed to have become "Audi", what's with the Amagi Brilliant Park? It falls short on the KyoAni material but it still passes the KyoAni-ness with flying colors, Hibike Euphonium does struggle ...