Anime/Manga Musaigen no Phantom World

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Musaigen no Phantom World​

In the near future, in a world born of human imagination, what humans would call ghosts or monsters appear, and they come to be called "phantoms." Haruhiko Ichijō, is a first year at Hosea Academy along with his upperclassman Mai Kawakami, who fights phantoms with the ability "Spirit of Five Elements," Reina Izumi, who has the ability "Phantom Eater," and Koito Minase, who fights phantoms in solitude. They experience the ups and downs of high school life before a certain incident leads them to the truth of this world.

Type: TV
Episodes: Unknown
Status: Not yet aired
Aired: Jan 7, 2016 to ?
Premiered: Winter 2016
Broadcast: Unknown
Producers: None found
Licensors: None found
Studios: Kyoto Animation
Source: Light novel
Genres: Action, Fantasy, Supernatural
Duration: Unknown
Rating: None

Spoiler: Cast and Crew

Hiro Shimono as Haruhiko Ichijo
Maaya Uchida as Koito Minase
Saori Hayami as Reina Izumi
Sumire Uesaka as Mai Kawakami

Azusa Tadokoro as Ruru
Kikuko Inoue as Arisu Himeno
Misaki Kuno as Kurumi Kumamakura

Japanese staff


Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tatsuya Ishihara
Series Composition: Fumihiko Shimo
Script: Fumihiko Shimo (ep 1)
Storyboard: Yasuhiro Takemoto (ep 1)
Episode Director: Ichirou Miyoshi (ep 1)
Music: EFFY
Original creator: Sōichirō Hatano
Original Character Design: Shirabi
Character Design: Kazumi Ikeda
Art Director: Mikiko Watanabe
Chief Animation Director: Kazumi Ikeda
Animation Director: Seiichi Akitake (ep 1)
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Ryuuta Nakagami

Accessories Planning: Hiroshi Karata
Assistant Animation Director: Yuki Kakuda (ep 1)
Color Key: Kana Miyata
Creature Design: Shinpei Sawa (Phantoms)
Theme Song Performance:
Azusa Tadokoro (ED)
SCREEN mode (OP)

TRAILERS

Spoiler:

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

Can't have enough LN adaptations =D
Yes for me =D
Plus, Saorin, yatta! =D

 

[Kenchiin]

I hope KyoAni won't disappoint us. Expectations are really high after Hibike.

 

[Taemin]

Aaaah, interesting story, and I do usually really enjoy visual novel based anime series.

Also, KyoAnime. *^*

Think I'll add this to my watch list for the season.

 

[Skip Class]

Taking a taster of this because it's KyoAni, not 100% sure if i'll stay with it yet, but I did find what I saw in the trailer interesting.

 

[derozio]

I hope KyoAni won't disappoint us. Expectations are really high after Hibike.

You better take your expectations down a notch lol. Most LN adaptations don't turn out to be that great. This probably won't be an exception to the rule. It might be a fun watch with some really high production values due to being a KyoAni work but any more expectations from it might just lead to you getting disappointed from it. :p

Just go in expecting good visuals. You definitely won't be disappointed on that front, haha.

Taking a taster of this because it's KyoAni, not 100% sure if i'll stay with it yet, but I did find what I saw in the trailer interesting.

I'll be honest, I'm watching it for two reasons - KyoAni AND because it looks like this is the first time KyoAni is fully embracing ecchi. Amagi did it sort of with some of the stuff in it but this looks like it'll fully embrace all those butt/panty/boob shots XD;

 

[pkmin3033]

I'm not sure if I want to give this one a try or not...it looks interesting, but if I watch one more series based on an LN with an incomplete story I will scream. I HATE incomplete works, because they either leave you hanging for a second season for years or they don't even bother producing one, making watching it utterly pointless. Chances are I'll wait and see if the anime has a satisfactory ending - or a second season in the absence of one - before I give it the time of day, no matter how appealing it looks.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

I'm not sure if I want to give this one a try or not...it looks interesting, but if I watch one more series based on an LN with an incomplete story I will scream. I HATE incomplete works, because they either leave you hanging for a second season for years or they don't even bother producing one, making watching it utterly pointless. Chances are I'll wait and see if the anime has a satisfactory ending - or a second season in the absence of one - before I give it the time of day, no matter how appealing it looks.

This is KyoAni, there will be second season.
And movie.

 

[Arc]

This is KyoAni, there will be second season.
And movie.

But no third season.

 

[machomuu]

Huh. Just watched the first episode. Pretty standard 1st episode stuff, though I wonder about the budget later on.

Spoiler:

It's an odd bird. Its story reminds me of something I thought up once, with this idea being more whimsical and conveniently ridiculous- not necessarily for the worse. Once again we get a mascot that I really wish didn't exist and is mostly there for padding and merchandising

The "odd" part mostly comes from Mai who has large breasts. What gets me is that they exploit that, as I was hoping they wouldn't pre-watch but once they did it once I just accepted that that's her character. But they made very...strange choices. All throughout. Like, she clutches her breasts individually twice in this one episode, once for an actual reason and the other because fanservice. But both times they don't really focus on it. At one point, there's a perfect chance for a panty shot that they don't take, they completely averted a breast-to-face moment, etc. They take the middle road a lot which I appreciate, 'cause it makes for some directional unpredictability, but it also raises the question of why they don't just go completely low road and cash in on those views.

Overall, I'm quite enjoying the character designs. This episode started off pretty standard but it got campy and fun in its own way by the end, and though its resolution is totally low road and you can certainly see it coming, the overall scenario was pretty enjoyable. Nooot hooked yet, though; this show could very, very easily go either way.

 

[Dter ic]

I didn't read any synopsis or anything so I went in this blindly. The concept kinda reminds me of Charlotte in a way with kids being born with supernatural abilities. I like having a fun and enjoyable show to watch per season, so while this might not be a kyoani masterpiece I'll take it for what it is.

Reina's voice was immediately familiar and then I realized it was the same voice actor as Shirayuki ;>

 

[Zet]

Interesting concept, but I'll need to watch a few more episodes before having a full opinion on this show.

 

[Taemin]

Watching for the red-haired girl with the headphones around her neck.

Other than that, as far as phantoms and spirits go, I much prefered episode one of Natsume Yujincho to Phantom World. Completely different types of series, though, I realize. This one has a neat idea going for it, and I do like a number of KyoAni's other titles that have come out in recent years, so I'll give it another episode or two to see if it gets cool enough for me to get hooked on it.

Episode one was like.. the characters and concept was cute, but I almost feel like it was trying too hard.

 

[Palamon]

This anime doesn't feel very Kyoto Animation... but the art is pretty, and the idea is cool, so I'll keep going. However, the silly little fanservice wasn't very Kyoani either... wonder if this show is going to be worth my hype. Hmm.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

But no third season.

Well, that's obvious =D

Reina's voice was immediately familiar and then I realized it was the same voice actor as Shirayuki ;>

Yuuuup =D

Plus, Saorin, yatta! =D

 

[Kenchiin]

Em... yeah... this will be on... temporary hiatus.... until further notice.

 

[Saragraph]

So let's get this straight. This anime has a heroine who has a power that requires her to either squeeze or fondle her boobs. That same heroine also couldn't do a limbo because her "huge rack is going to hit it". The solution: bouncing her breasts and waiting for the moment when they're at the lowest. Really KyoAni, really? This is not like you.

 

[Winter]

I have no idea what I just watched...

Like it was all so predictable and cliche with the fanservice, comedy and the characters... The art is nice but it isn't that great to the point that I'm wowed.

I think I went in with expectations that were too high.

 

[derozio]

I think I went in with expectations that were too high.

Probably it.

I went into it expecting boobs and I got just that.
In all honesty, from all the preview images and videos, it just gave off a vibe of being a generic ecchi show with fantasy elements but with KyoAni's fantastic production values. I'm sure most people I know started keeping their expectations in check as soon as they felt that this is the route the anime's taking XD;

Anyway, first episode was just okay. Even for an ecchi show, it felt slightly dry. The content didn't captivate me. Character designs are top-notch, the 16bit art and art style in general is great and production values in general are great. If for nothing else, I'll keep watching it for Mai her boobs actually and for the excellent production values. Even if ends up being a relatively generic show with nothing to offer.

 

[Crackin355]

I went in with no expectations, I wouldn't say I was disappointed but I wasn't interested. It exists but could have not existed and nothing of value would have been lost or gained. I don't remember any of the character names, but Human Kirby was cute and had a nice voice. Get rid of the genie mascot thing since it's just annoying and pointless, and hopefully they'll give the walking tits and ass something more than just being walking fanservice, I'm fine with ecchi but she doesn't really seem to exist for any other reason at the moment. The part where mc got electrocuted made me laugh a little because he's really boring and it looked pretty brutal.

Anime for this season+the next looks underwhelming so I'll probably just watch it anyway because it's got KyoAni eye candy going for it. Something to kill time while waiting for Hibike 2.

Maybe it'll end up decent, better to start off with a mediocre ep1 and get a little better than to start off with a great ep1 and become Charlotte garbage.