Charlotte (TV Series 2015–2016) Poster

(2015–2016)

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9/10
Unexpected Story, Very Interesting!
mercfma2 July 2016
This is the same people who made "Angel Beats!". I heard good things about this since it aired but it was in my long list of shows that I plan to watch eventually, the reason I ended up watching it sooner than later was because my friend had just finished it & bugged me to watch it for days(lol). So my first impression after episode 1 was, "this looks like it could be interesting, i'm curious to see where it'll go". So I watched 1-5 & said to myself well this isn't bad its definitely interesting but its far from the scale of praise everyone gives it, seems pretty average/slightly above(in terms of story) to me. So I watched 1 more and everything from that point to the end just took a complete left turn in story(in a really good way) I didn't expect it at all. Went from a slightly above average > pretty awesome show. The story is about teenagers who develop supernatural abilities around puberty & a group of students from a school that houses these special teens go out & prevent others from abusing their powers & endangering the welfare of others with abilities with their poor actions. Its so much deeper than it sounds, don't let the "stupidly plain over done" theme discourage you! The animation & artwork is great, visually pleasing from start to finish. All the character designs are great, no one looks off or stupid. The music is fantastic! The op & ed are soooo good you can listen to them over & over without tire & everything in the show matches great. My only complaints with the show are it feels very rushed from 1-5ish, but then everything past that seems well paced and something that happens in the last episode irritates me I can't get into it without spoilers but it just leaves you with a how?..that doesn't even make sense due to what you see in the episode before it. Its got quite a bit of a darker theme then it lets on so if your tastes are instability, powers(with realism to them which is pretty cool from your typical power genre), action & or a fan of the previous work "Angel Beats!" you'll definitely enjoy this as long as you stick with it past the beginning.

4.5/5 Why? It felt rushed for the first half, something happens in the end that irritates me because it doesn't line up with the previous episode. But the story is pretty solid & much deeper than you'd ever guess from the first half, the animation & artwork are awesome and the music is majestic af. If you like a darker theme show you have to check this out, especially for fans of "Angel Beats"
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9/10
A welcome addition to "super power" stories
majolillo17 July 2018
I'll refrain from saying anything specific. But what I really liked about this series is how creative, "unformulatic" and surprising it is.

Typicially watching series these days I easilly catch "filler" patterns that will go on for the full series except perhaps the first and last episode per season. Charlotte also plays with such patterns, but then abruptly without warning change things up to something highly new and surprising. Just when I thought I had this series all figured out and could predict how it would proceed for the rest of the season, my idea was shattered, and always kept me on the edge of my seat.

All in all. Great series!
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9/10
Awsome
americandragona13 August 2019
One of the best short anime ever seen.. I mean it has everything humour.. Well executed screen play.. N n awsome sad happy ending ... Story is awesome Just watch it..
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10/10
Surprisingly genius!
jasper-875135 February 2019
This story kept surprising me. I initially liked the funny characters and the situations they appeared in. But after a while the story suddenly really grabbed me and just when I was thinking it was going to drag a little BOOM again something unpredictable happens.

After I was done with this rollercoaster ride I realised how much I had begun to love the characters and the amazing story plot twists.

Pro's:
  • Loveable characters
  • Funny
  • Great story


Cons:
  • Bit short
  • Some episodes I was in danger of getting bored but then luckily something amazing happened again
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8/10
A decent 'super-power' anime
Tweekums6 October 2015
Warning: Spoilers
In the world of this series the comet Charlotte passes the Earth every seventy five years; as a result of its dust a small number of young children are affected by a condition that will give then super powers once they reach puberty. The protagonist of this story is Yuu Otosaka; a boy who gains the power to possess others for a few seconds; a skill he uses to cheat in exams and to start fights between people he doesn't know. His abilities are spotted by Nao Tomori, a girl who is collecting people with abilities and having them transfer to Hoshinoumi Academy where she tries to hide their abilities from the authorities who have been taking an interesting in these special children.

The early episodes involve the finding of various power-users but after an awakening power leads to the death of Yuu's sister things turn dark. A previously suppressed memory about his brother surfaces and he learns that he has another far more powerful power; the ability to take other people's powers; if he is to save those he cares about he will have to use this skill to is full… if there are no people with the powers there will be nobody for the authorities to hunt.

The idea of having people with varied superpowers is hardly new, indeed there have already been anime featuring such characters… this isn't a problem though and this is a welcome addition to the genre. Yuu is a good protagonist and the early episodes are genuinely funny. The various powers exhibited are entertaining. By the time the tone turns darker we are caring about the characters and what happens to them. When Yuu started gaining more and more powers I feared that his character would just become ridiculously powerful but we see that there are also some very negative consequences for him which saved the story from a disappointing ending. Talking of the ending; things are wrapped up nicely in one of the best episodes of the series. The characters are fairly distinctive and the animation is pretty good. Overall if you enjoy this genre I'd recommend checking this out.
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7/10
Great delivery, bad handling
AltizGremlin26 January 2019
This anime suffered from overhype at its release. It came after Angel Beats, a very well known and loved anime by the weebs, with the promise to fix its problems and deliver an even better story. And, I must admit, kinda did; but then forgot it had a schedule and had to rush. Story-wise, it has some really neat concepts to work with, but could be a movie or a couple OVA's. Sometimes the longer format of an anime really helps to give you the feeling of something alive, get familiar with its characters and grow inside you. But the characters on this anime are really well introduced, and you immediately can feel close to them - the intense moments are really intense, and the emotions always feel like a punch. It simply delivers everything very well and right away. The episodes made to develop our relation characters feel very bad and useless compared to the ones delivering the hard stuff. I had to rewatch the whole thing to be sure, and I was right. There are two or three breathtaking episodes, filled with every kind of emotion you can wish for, dealing with touchy subjects with such finesse I had to take a bath and reset my mindset, but the rest is just... eh. Give it a shot, it's worth for the good parts. Those good episodes are outstanding, really great if compared to other modern anime and movies, but the remaining 75% of it is skippable.
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10/10
Dynamic And Developing
ham-ma24224 August 2019
This anime is very surprising, not many cliches, deep and dramatic yet still puts some light jokes to draw the attention back onto the surface instead of keeping you diving deeper and deeper. The story is great, plot holes are close to non-existent? Always changing and developing as well as with the characters. It has mundane things intertwined with the more interesting aspects, which makes this anime really great at being well balanced from just a generic trash to something that keeps you interested, a lot of plot twists.

I'd like to say that I enjoyed it from the very start, before that I tired to watch Black Butler (I tried to watch it a couple of times) which is utter boring trash, so either it was because of the Black Butler or in general because this anime is just so fresh that I loved it and enjoyed myself very much.

Oh yeah also that characters in the anime might be a bit cliched, but they do have a new sense to it. For example the "smart guy" and the "introverted tsundere", or the "clueless protagonist" they have a new smell for me at least, since I've watched a ton of anime and they have characters with 99%~ of the same characteristics, this one isn't one of them.

Also this anime has only one season and an OVA, I'd suggest to watch OVA... not even sure, but not at the end, maybe somewhere in the middle, since from the middle this anime feels like a complete new season/show, just like in Death Note, when the you know who dies and then it becomes trash. But yeah I haven't watched the OVA, I just noticed that it's just a random story so I skipped it, since I wanted to watch it after the show as it wasn't put in the numeric order. Just turned it on, yeah watch it before episode 7~ at least.
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7/10
Starts And Ends Incredibly Well, Faulters In The Middle
ramselvaraj26 April 2020
The first 2-3 episodes of the show are amazing and gets you hooked showcasing what the characters are capable of, but the middle episodes were quite boring and have way too much filler content for a 13 episode anime. However the show regains footing in the last few episodes and ties up nicely. I would recommend you watch the show only if you are ready to binge it. Overall a good show in my opinion
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10/10
Great anime but very underrrated
anujnegi-3993130 May 2021
I am telling you all gonna love it..... it"s very very emotional.
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7/10
Short but solid "super" romance/drama anime
dameon_green29 April 2020
13+1 Episodes to me seemed a bit short to wrap up a story this large, and that is one of the common complaints but overall I found it and the twists in the series enjoyable.

A couple of the "powers" are seriously OP but handled well with good limitations, and besides the duration of the series (needed to be longer) my only other major complaint is some of the tropes could have been handled better.
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10/10
FIRST TIME USING THE WORD UNDERRATED for an anime
samiulsikderseyam26 January 2021
Endure first 5 episodes.And you will get your treat.
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6/10
Weird
jaysshukla20 September 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Charlotte has an amazing theme. Once a comet named Charlotte passes near the Earth and spreads dust onto Earth. Those kids, who intentionally inhaled the dust got superhuman abilities upon reaching the puberty. However, such abilities are only for few years. Once, they are adults, they are bound to lose it. This anime starts off really well. It makes us look forward to how the storyline progresses. It sure was progressing brilliantly but somewhere in the middle it starts to get messy. No doubt, with the time travel theme, things were bound to go bit messy. However, other anime have handled the time travel situation brilliantly. Somehow, this one couldn't manage it well. It is obvious that the time travel theme is there to correct the things which went wrong earlier. However, many viewers may start feeling cheated if this theme starts messing with the characterization. It was almost like the mangaka gave us a very interesting character development of the protagonist and suddenly he is like "No no, forget about this. This main character doesn't become like this anymore. He will be entirely a different one from now." It really felt unconvincing how Yuu easily got over his Hikkikomori psychosis just because he was reunited with Nao. And once he travels back in time, he appears stable as if there has never been anything wrong with him. Nevertheless, the anime does manage to fix everything towards the end. That's perhaps the more important thing.

The anime is bit weird but it is still likeable. I would recommend it.
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2/10
Huge letdown
userresu10 June 2018
It could have been incredible but it ended up being one of the worst anime I ever watched. In fact, there are ~2 episodes that are cool, and the rest is just a waste of time.

Obviously one or two of the directors had some really cool ideas, and the rest just ruined the show. I strongly suggest not wasting your time.
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8/10
Quite a pretty anime and sad also!
Irishchatter24 May 2019
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The anime itself was quite gorgeous like visually gorgeous! The characters were quote good too as well. Although I did feel sad that Yuu ended up having dementia in the end because of his super powers going down. That scene as well as his right eye being slashed, really shocking! I never expected this type of anime be so lighthearted and then suddenly make your heart sink!

Definitely give this a watch folks if you have not seen it!
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10/10
Sharotto - Simply Amazing
Cafelar27 December 2019
An anime with an amazing plot twist like I haven't seen in a while. At first very slowly, the first episode does not achieve much when watching it, but the plot is built throughout the anime to end up unthinkable. Very well built, works the characters well, brings a parallel plot and the journey of the hero in its very well built.
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7/10
The anime with 1/2 or less part of comedy
waterice-1257621 December 2018
This anime has comedy part at episode......Wait, i almost forgot. Anyways, at first watch you'll get funny moments, until the scene is being serious at middle to end.

(Sorry for my bad english)
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8/10
It's a gem
bdnahian18 June 2021
This anime is just wonderfull. I really enjoyed it while watching. You should watch it.
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7/10
Could have been great
gtenalokes17 October 2019
It's a good watch, good balance between drama and comedy.

No complaints, but there's so much wasted potential here, It could have been easily stretched out to more than 20 episodes...
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10/10
Most underrated anime at this time.
puneetsharma911 September 2018
The series is totally awesome the starting look pathetic but tell me about it if you got power like controlling anyone then you don't like to use it for examination.

But because of doing wrong thing from long time the hero just lost his morals. And that's takes in the path that is like to say not human.

He join the team actually force to join and saving people like them and thing goes for better or worst a person which is cheater turn to good person by the influence and help of friend.

Story have enough secret that you don't even get it first time like some hint given before reveal secret that is very good interoperation for secret. It let you cry hard but have so much to heal it.

The story has something great that you can feel it, right now it is 7.6 that is most underrated anime in the IMDB. I usually don't like dark but too the some extend it is ok. And recommended as if anime is dark but ending is complete with sense of saving or achievement that it look better doesn't it.
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6/10
Pretty good plot... not great storytelling
swampertmuddy19 December 2020
Most of the show revolves around a superhuman highschool, however later in the series the focus changes. I personally did not like the direction it went in later on but i did enjoy the last episodes. I feel like if they didn't change the focus 3 times and only did the school/mystery warrior instead of school/government/mystery warrior it would have worked.

The show is kinda short and vague, lots of room for OCs and fanfics if that's your thing. I personally enjoyed SAO better because it had a clear definitive gap in their story shift, unlike this one where you dont see the focus shift coming until it happens. Then you are left there feeling "... why? Just just go back-" But good news to action anime lovers the last episode is great.

The first bit is almost purely romance/comedy genre and it shifts into action/mystery then back to a romance/action which is cool i guess but... just feels like the writers didnt have a clear vision of where it was going.
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10/10
Awesome
ezequieldippolito20 July 2020
A short but very funny an emocional anime, the characters are funny and the ending is very good
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6/10
disappointing
naderxdsae12 August 2019
The story is boring and the characters are not good and the events are not great and the hero of the story is boring but my anime design and drawing was good
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1/10
Rant
simeonanderson9513 December 2018
*Rant* I started watching this dub late last year/early this year. I only got a couple episodes into it when I gave up all because the main characters voice was so dull ( more like a voice I would/have used). it since really annoyed me since some people have complained about Bryce Papenbrook 's but for some reason this characters voiced gets a pass Evan some prase *i tried to make to make this rant as small/quick as possible*
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8/10
Dull first half, very good second half
kwesib-3217917 July 2021
This is a very good short series. The major problem with Charlotte is the first half. It was very dull despite the interesting main protagonists. The second half was saved by a visionary plot twist that was well worked upon to its full potential. This totally changed the storyline into a banger. It becomes darker and unpredictable. If you can get past at least 5 or 6 episodes without dropping, you definitely won't regret it.
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8/10
Wonderful Anime
RhythmMakoto15 December 2019
It's a cool story that i haven't seen in much series before. But thing is: It's to short
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