One of the only redeeming parts of the anime was the audio. It just felt very weird and jarring at times. There might be a character on screen who is about to be stabbed, but instead of actually seeing the knief stab them, the camera pans away, and you see the blood spray. There's also the fact that a lot of the violence is animated off screen as well. The characters sometimes look like they're moving unnaturally as well, but not in the way that would benefit a scary atmosphere. There are fight scenes that are fully animated and they look pretty good, but unfortunately, a lot of the action sequences are not fully animated. A lot of the action happens in scrolling freeze-frames reminiscent of the kind you see in 90's shounen anime. However, the animation itself is pretty average. Every character is visually distinct and has coherent elements to their designs. I think the actual art and character designs are great. The end of the season has no conclusion, it is on an intentional cliffhanger with the main conflict unresolved with the promise of a second season. I'll also spare you by telling you that this is not a quick 12 episode one-and-done binge. The more they try to explain what's going on, the more needlessly convoluted the story seems to be. I'll try not to spoil the anime for those genuinely interested in watching it, but they basically throw away the beginning plot and turn it into something entirely different halfway through, and it just does not work.
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Sounds pretty straightforward and interesting right? I expected it to be a high-stakes style horror/thriller anime, but what I was greeted with was a confused thriller with random sci-fi elements thrown in, because why not? My biggest gripe with the story progression of this anime was that they spend the first 3-4 episodes setting up this interesting world, full of violence and mystery, and then by episode 5 or 6, the story elements up to that point literally do not matter. The story seems pretty simple on the surface: random people wake up on high rise buildings connected by suspension bridges, surrounded by masked figures who try to drive them to suicide, or will kill them if they don't commit suicide. It's watchable, but it is a confusing mess that has no idea what it wants to be and doesn't give any depth to its characters. However, High-Rise Invasion was a show that I was very much looking forward to and it did not deliver on any scale whatsoever. I very rarely write reviews for the shows that I watch.
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