Ex-Arm (2021) User Reviews

Unwatchable

[RebelPanda · 1/10 · 10 January 2021]

CrunchyTroll has funded an anime even worse than Gibiate. This time it is a CGI sci-fi ecchi show made by a rookie staff. They've never worked on an anime before and it really shows. Everything about this show is bad. The opening is hideous, terrible song, the action scenes look so janky and awkward. The camera can never decide where it should be. None of the voice acting syncs up with the uncanny mouth movements. The only semi passable aspect is the voices.

I feel so sorry for anyone involved in the production of this anime. It should be canceled for the sake of their reputations and dignity.

Dropped Just After The First Episode...

[Littleman95 · 1/10 · 10 January 2021]

NB: I've wrote this review just after watching the first episode (I've dropped it), be aware of it.

Plot: very interesting, mysterious and intriguing.

Animation: unwatchable. Every movement is kind of robotic, smooth but literally nonhuman. The worst work I've ever saw. Especially for a nowadays work, we are in 2021, right?

Drawings: none. Everything is Computer Graphic made. And not so well.

Soundtrack: not bad, at least.

Conclusions: don't waste time watching it, really. This is the worst work I've ever saw. I can't recommend it to anyone. The manga is a way better, the drawings are amazing!

The poster might be epic but do not let that fool you.

[cloughlily · 1/10 · 10 May 2021]

The animation is so bad. The characters are in 3d, they are stiff AF, (they barely even blink) and it looks like a cheap mobile anime game.

The background characters are in 2d and the main ones are in 3d which makes no sense.

The animators probably have no experience in this. It looks like they have no experience at all.

The side affects are also pretty bad. If the anime was as epic as the poster it would actually be a bit good.

Literally if you want to see this then read the manga, you don't want the anime to curse your eyes.

So bad it hurts

[minihingstar · 1/10 · 15 April 2021]

Unfortunately I couldn't even watch a full episode. The animation (if you even can call it that) is so extremely bad. When I saw the poster I was super excited for this since the art on it looked the same like the webcomic Leviathan that is great. Turns out that the anime is absolutely nothing like it. Neither the manga it turns out . So most likely has crunchyroll just paid for a sick as poster making it looks good when it's the complete opposite.

Broke Anime

[Lucifer928 · 1/10 · 11 January 2021]

I usually dont comment but what the hell is this It feels like my eyes broke If it would have been my first anime i would have never tried other anime after this. CGI Anime are not the best people like most but it isn't comparable to the today standards.

I think my eyes are permanently damaged.

[ekoackerman · 1/10 · 27 April 2021]

I can not stress this enough, the animation is pure trash, think of the worst thing you've ever watched, but twice as bad. The plot is interesting, but is ruined by the way it looks, it is unwatchable, if I could give it 0 stars, I would.

In anime, you see CGI, good CGI, most of the time, and EVERYTHING is CGI in this series, it is not good CGI at all. The fights are so bad, the movements are robotic and the actually decent voice acting does not line up with the movement of the characters' mouths.

Save your eyes and your sanity, don't watch this, if you want to see the plot, read the manga.

Halfway through....

[cazius · 1/10 · 12 April 2021]

Half an episode in I stopped watching because the CG is horrendous and was causing my poor soul pain.

Holy CRAP this is one ugly "animated" show.

[badcgishark · 1/10 · 3 February 2021]

I could only watch about five minutes. Look, I know this is a review and a review should include someone who actually watched a full episode at least, but I couldn't. The "animation" was so god awful that it just had this uncanny valley effect that makes it unwatchable. When I saw the reviews, I thought it was just people complaining about CG like in Knights of Sidonia or Golden Kamue - IT IS NOTHING LIKE THAT, this really is the absolute worst animated show I have seen since those old 1990's OVA anime rush jobs that were straight to video.

An anime the same quality as Crunchyroll service

[Rhaoulos · 31 January 2021]

I couldn't watch more than 4 minutes, including 90 seconds of opening. In comparison, ugly drawings by a toddler you stick on your fridge have a much better art style and animation.

This is from a brand new studio, and I would compare this anime to shooting themselves in the foot with a Gatling gun. There is a good chance the entire team behind this is never allowed to work again.

Better than High Guardian Spice

[taraditchbaugh · 4/10 · 1 November 2021]

The CGI in this looks like it was made by a group of 12 year olds, but at least it's better animated than Crunchyroll's latest abomination. That's why I'm giving it a 4 instead of a 1. At least they actually put some effort into it, even if it didn't turn out as good as they thought.

A "Wonderful" and "Captivating" ""MASTERPIECE""

[Plonglod · 1/10 · 4 April 2024]

The work appears to be quite interesting. The drawings reveal a strong inspiration from Raphael's sweet line (in fact the figures on the cover are shaded, often showing the character underneath). The perspective is all too present, so much so that the use of CGI for the representation of the characters is noticeable (as opposed to the Leonardian perspective, characterized by a soft chromatic perspective). The musculature of the characters recalls that of Michelangelo, but contrasts with his gentle movements given the wooden and awkward animation. The writing is clearly inspired by Alfieri's tragedies, reporting a heroic protagonist with a titanic destiny, both in battles and in the role played, and with impossible congratulations. Tasso is another of the great authors revisited by this series, masterfully enveloping the Christian morality of concupiscence in the animations, which ironically depict female charms, and through the transversal inclusion of the characters themselves. Finally, there is the modern, almost cyberpunk key to the plot itself. The events unfold their lives in a futuristic and dystopian universe, thus taking up Orwell's stories. So, 10/10 for writing a work containing every single periodic element necessary to achieve viewer captivation.

Masterpiece of death

[Trabucatti · 9/10 · 7 February 2021]

Before anything you have to be aware that this anime is unique , this anime changed my life ,before watching this i was hunted by a demon from the 19 centurie,he was destroying my life ,but in first 5 minutes of the first episode i could hear the demon scream and crying for the AnimeMan to help him ,the demon just died of a stroke is heart couldn't take that unique cgi

YOU are wondering why i gave it a nine , this anime saved my life that is right but the cgi was so unique and magnifique that radiation traveled from the screen to me and now i have a tumor so that is a no no , and i problaly will , you know in the future ..maybe..

CG was bad but got better

[chris-09567 · 7/10 · 22 March 2021]

A fun show to watch, but the MC is the only person to get any character development so far. CG is usually pretty bad for the first few episodes of a show like this, so I will forgive that, and it got much smoother and cleaner. All of the characters in the main cast(except for Alma & Akira) feel like nameless extras. 11 episodes in and I couldn't care less if most of them got killed off.

Great potential, I like the art style, they need to spend a little less time on fight scenes so you have a chance to bond with the characters

it's good

[spacedick · 10/10 · 7 May 2021]

"This Anime Is Like Taco Night At James Earl Jones House"

-Gex.

Best anime of all time

[mateonavas-64348 · 10/10 · 30 March 2021]

This anime is truly perfect down to every detail, the plot the animation the voice acting all incredible, this anime made me feel something for once in my life, its touching moments, the incredible action, the deep story line. All of this leads me to believe this is the best anime of all time. Ex-Arm truly changed my entire life, i got a wife, children, and i became the eco of my own company because Ex-Arm inspired me to not only think outside the box but to not be afraid to be different no matter what others think. If you haven't watched Ex-Arm you aren't the best you that you can be.

Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox 1 edition Anime

[whatsasriel · 10/10 · 13 February 2021]

This is the worst thing I've seen since berserk 2016, everything from it's boring done to death story to the worst visuals in anything, it's got all the bases for what makes something bad. The fact it's doing all of that and doesn't make me motion sick, 10/10, could not recommend more.

The best anime ever made compared to Slippin Jimmy and Thor Love and Thunder's fantastic writing

[afreakinlemonpug · 10/10 · 15 July 2022]

I've never been more happier in my life watching this series the animation is fantastic, The writing is amazing people are just shooting each other and then saying there is god's. On episode 2 the main protagonist says "Suicide bombings can go to hell" that was brilliant I never felt more relatable to a character besides the cat from stray and that game hasn't even released yet. Yoshikatsu Kimura you are brilliant please keep making masterpieces like these.