A “Listeners” Review
Listeners is Weird in a few ways but to explain it in one sentence might be Challanging. Let’s try it anyways: A bunch of mechas that represent Musical instuments used by people that represent those musicians being used against Black creatures that represent the absence of sound or it’s Distortion.
Plot: The young boy and “Player” admirer Echo, finds one day, in his constantly repeating junk collecting life, a beautiful girl with white hair, an input jack on her Back and no memories about herself, in the middle of all the Junk-parts. Echo immediately knew that she must’ve been a “Player”, a person that is able to plug himself into a Specific amplifier to fight against the “Miminashi”. After a sudden catastrophe happened, that causes the major to ban her from the town, Echo and the girl he named “Myu” decided to leave together and find out more about her and where she comes from. On this way, they encounter not just Miminashi but also other Players that want to fight them. They Manage to find out more and more about those, not just the Player or Miminashi, but also specifically about a player called “Jimi”, and the Catastrophic event which happened ten years ago, which he is held accountable for.
I’ll say it right away: Yes, I immediately thought this is an interesting concept. BUT, it is because of this, a hugely wasted opportunity
Just imagine: A mecha anime? Based on Music? What an amazing Idea. If you make it right. first of all, I liked the characters and the Story even if it kinda feels worn out.
it’s a known concept a la Eureka seven, or at least that is what this anime reminded me a lot of. And is definitely worth watching. BUT as I say, it is a wasted opportunity
I was hoping so much on a Great combination of a Music and Mecha anime but, that’s not what this anime is. I wanted, or better said I hoped, that the fights, which were clearly based on the idea of a concert, had some rhythm and turned into something like a song.
But it didn’t I loved to see the different characters, the different versions of those mechas and so on.
and I understand that making a fight based on Rythm that alos look cool is hard to make But why don’t you at least try it?
This anime belongs in my opinion in the same Category like following animes Btoom Deadmanwonderland Souleater Blue exorcist Fullmetal alchemist
Animes that need a Reboot from the start and as everybody who watched Fma knows that can work extremely well
Listeners in itself is not a Bad anime Listeners just need to redesign some basic ideas like the fights It could’ve been a known concept in a unique suite but it wasted this opportunity
I’ll give it a
4/10 not because it is Bad but because it could be so much more. and that is really depressing
Hope you liked it DR4POS