Tenkuu Shinpan

Name: Tenkuu Shinpan
Genre: Action, Mystery, Horror, Suspense
Released: 2021-02-25T00:00:00+00:00
Rating: 6.68

High-Rise Invasion

天空侵犯

6.68(200,020)

Rank#6454

#717

ONA12 ep.Finished Airing24 min per ep

Upon witnessing a man's head cracked open with an axe, 16-year-old Yuri Honjou trembles in fear and confusion as she flees from the masked assailant, only to find out she's trapped in an abandoned building where every door is mysteriously locked. Desperately searching for a way out, Yuri runs to the rooftop, but a world with no signs of life stands before her, surrounded by high-rise buildings. Though filled with despair, once she learns that her brother is also in this strange place, Yuri is determined to find him and escape. However, she soon finds that there are more masked murderers in the area, anxious to terrorize their newfound victims and satiate their sickest desires, leaving Yuri to question if they will be able to make it out alive. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

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Hail_Lelouch

February 25, 2021

Not Recommended

The first 4 episodes got me intrigued into this anime that aired today in Netflix. But a bit of loose writing I would say, with unnecessary moments of comedy and displaying panties and stuff made me off of High Rise Invasion. The only thing I can say that was constant was the art. The animation was pretty good by Zero-G. The story started pretty well but I felt that it was way too rushed which impacted the quality of the latter episodes disastrously. In my opinion, it deserves 1.5/5 stars overall and I don't plan to watch or wait for a 2nd season, whatsoever..

anime-prime

February 25, 2021

Don't make a drinking game out of the random panty shots in Thigh-Rise Invasion (pun intended). It won't turn out well for your health. High-Rise Invasion has an interesting premise and a very strong start, filled with mystery and suspense, but as it went on, those aspects decreased and the flaws of the show became more apparent. This anime is about a group of people who are suddenly thrust into a bizarre world and need to find a way out. This is actually very similar to the live action Japanese TV show that aired on Netflix a little while back called Alice in Borderland. Definitely give thatshow a watch, as it's very good (it also has an English audio option). The immediate mystery creates a huge draw for the series, and you are instantly put into the character's place trying to figure everything out, just like the characters are. One of the aforementioned flaws in this anime was the animation. Studio Zero-G isn't a well known giant in the industry. In fact, I haven't seen any other anime from that studio so I can't say how well it matches compared to their previous work, but the animation for High-Rise Invasion, while clean, was a little lazy. Both in and out of action sequences. Nothing looked bad, but it is a shame that this show couldn't be given to a more well known animation studio. There were no flashy moments of sakuga and even regular movements seemed off sometimes. There were also some bad CGI integrations that really seemed out of place. That being said, the character designs were nice at least. Animation alone doesn't always make or break a show though and while the animation by itself might not have been the shows strong suit, it wasn't the only flaw in the show. The characters themselves weren't that well developed. Some were given backstories that took themselves too seriously considering some of the shows goofiness and other characters backstories were somehow too ridiculous even considering the rest of the show. On that note, the tone of the show was all over the place. The show at times doesn't know if it wanted to be taken seriously or not. One minute a person could be beheaded in a supposed to be sad moment, and the next, there is an "accidental" panty shot. That brings up the biggest flaw, the fan-service. I don't mind fan-service if there is a point to it in the narrative, but there really wasn't any point to it here. It was just a way to reach a certain viewing audience and sell better to that crowd. Every episode there were multiple panty shots and there were a few nearly nude scenes thrown in though nothing explicit is shown. There is also some Yuri subtext in between the two main leads which leads nowhere but will appeal to a large viewership nonetheless. The music in the anime did its job. The OP is done by Empire, so those who watch Black Clover might recognize the artist. It took a few listens, but I ended up really liking the OP. The ED is mostly forgettable though. The OST did its job and really hyped up the scenes to be epic when needed. The voice acting (English Dub) was pretty good as well. While the story starts off really strong, as it goes on, the plot sort of becomes a mess, many things don't make sense, and since it ended off unfinished and needed a second season, lots of questions remain to be answered. All that being said, this show was a lot of fun. Some of the lines in fact would have fit right in an abridged series. Like "I recognize those panties anywhere" (paraphrasing). High-Rise Invasion is just a funny brainless popcorn flick at times, and a suspenseful thrilling mystery at others. The sum of its parts don't equal out to the whole for this anime. While there are big flaws and not so many strengths, it really is an enjoyable anime. Whether you enjoy it ironically or not is up to others to decide for themselves, but I had a blast watching it. I might even watch it again with my siblings and laugh with them about it. In the end really, the over-the-top ridiculousness may be what makes or breaks the show for you. Some people might think of parts of the show as too dumb while others might think of it as dumb but fun. Overall, I am rating High-Rise Invasion an 8. There were too many flaws to score higher than that, but it was also too enjoyable and fun to give a lower score. I haven't watched an anime as enjoyable as this in a while, so I guess that is my recommendation. Watch it and then either praise it or bash it, as long as you have fun doing so then you got something out of it. P.S. Only calling this anime Thigh-Rise Invasion from this moment on.

Heez

February 25, 2021

Not Recommended

When I heard that Tenkuu Shinpan was recieving an anime adaptation, I was really excited, even considering that Zero-G is a mainly Slice of Life studio. I was curious, how it all would turn out in the end? Would Netflix censor everything? What attracted me in the manga was the whole dark and lonely premise of being trapped in a skyscraper maze with dozens of killers. Okay, we got a high school girl wearing skirts as the MC (be prepared for many random panty shots), but that was not a problem to me, actually, I was curious about how a defenseless girl would survive in thatworld. Considering all that, I was expectating an equally dark atmosphere in the anime, something like Hellsing Ultimate, maybe? but no, it was not. We recieved a colorful anime, I mean, a REALLY colorful anime, it is something that I would expect in a comedy show, not in an "horror" tagged one. But okay, I mean, "If you want a grey color pallet, go read the manga", right? So yeah, ignoring that, I was hoping that at least we could get some cool gore scenes with terrifying killers and breathtaking situations, did we recieved this? You right, no. I mean, in the first encounter of Yuri with a killer (ep 1 minor spoilers), the man point a katana to her face and the girl puts out the SAME expression that a rom-com girl do when the MC says something lame. Like, hello? you're about to be decapitated by a katana, girl, wtf. While watching it, I couldn't feel Yuri's fear, I couldn't feel any emotions at all, I think the approach taken by the studio was not the best for this show. What should be a story filled with thriller, mistery and blood, ended up as an "okay" show with some dumb comedy traces. And don't get me wrong, Yuri really is a tough girl, however she took some chapters to put everything togheter in the manga, but in the anime the girl is already playing midgames with killers in the first episode, and that happened cause the pace is awful, so awful that you can say it's an original story, they JUMPED from chapter 3 to 21 in the first episode, I'm not even joking, it's like they wanted to put 250 chapters into 12 episodes. The animation is ok, the art is ok, the dub is ok, the OST is ok, but looks like a SOL studio was not the best choice for an horror anime. In the end, Tenkuu Shinpan is an average manga that got an even more average adaptation, it's sad cause they could've pulled out something amazing, but that dumb, "funny" and - panty shots - atmosphere plus the rushed pace are just lame.

Skarvalin

February 25, 2021

Not Recommended

This show definitely set itself up high in expectations. But that didn’t stop it from plummeting down on the same level as any other bottom-tier fiction. Tenkuu Shinpan is yet another proof of how short a high concept can take you if there’s nothing else of value. The premise of Tenkuu Shinpan is quite attention-grabbing and creates a basis for something promising. Following a bunch of teenagers who’re trapped upon a sea of skyscrapers that stretches as far as the eye can see. Where they have to find a way to stay alive before zany mask-wearing maniacs get to them. It sounds like a funtime if anything, yet the show falters due to underwhelming execution and a lack of identity. The show wants to be a lot of things and tries to balance it out during the short runtime. As such it doesn’t fully succeed in anything it sets out to do. I’ll do my best to address the issues I have with most of them. Dull Characters: The story of Tenkuu Shinpan is centered around it’s main leads and their journey through the high-rise landscape. Yet they feel hollow, with nothing but their thickness as meat on otherwise bare-bones characteristics. Which the show likes to show off with panty shots aplenty. The show rarely takes time to further explore who they are and why we should care about them getting back to the real world. We don’t find out how their lives were before they were transported, so it’s impossible to do so. It creates a distance between the characters and the viewer which is a deathblow when a show relies on you caring about their survival. High-Rise Survival: Survival becomes priority as soon as our protagonist Yuri enters the high-rise landscape. But just as quickly fades away into the background due to there being little urgency to find necessary provisions and places to sleep. Even basic hygiene is of no concern. So the only real hurdle they have to overcome is to defeat the mask-wearing lunatics and I suppose to not accidentally sleepwalk off the roof. It’s a shame that they didn’t take advantage of the setting, and maybe have our protagonists fight other humans for necessary resources. It would certainly help give more weight to the fights, rather than have it just be kill or be killed scenarios. As is, the battles that ensue lack a compelling reasoning as to why they happen, making them quite dull. Doesn’t help that the animation is clunky and stiff. The visuals overall looked rushed and were quite straining on the eyeballs. It’s also extremely bright and colorful for what is proclaimed to be a horror. Although to be fair you can barely call it one. Sloppy Horror: Calling this show a horror in any way other than horrifyingly bad would be quite wrong as it isn’t terrifying in the slightest. So don’t be tricked into thinking otherwise. It does have horror elements but due to how tensionless it often feels, you quickly forget they exist. You see, the characters suffer from this sickness called plot armor, which hinders them from actually being in any danger whatsoever. Every time a situation starts to become too dire, the writers pull something out of their asses to fix it. If a character is in need of rescuing, a convenient person or item appears. When a character needs some quick information, someone responds with a quick exposition dump. It’s not as much of a fight for your life scenario as it is just overcoming an annoyance. It robs the show of any suspense, and a horror without suspense can’t really be described as being a horror. At heart it’s more of an action-comedy. The action is thoroughly lackluster, but the latter is much better handled. Momentary Chuckles: Tenkuu Shinpan is at it’s best when any sense of realism is replaced with over the top absurdity. When it lets loose and just has fun with its premise and isn’t squeezing out some drama for drama's sake. It does stay light-hearted through a large portion of the show, but clearly also expects you to take it seriously when it tries to be. It should've been a full blown parody instead of being both zany and serious which just makes it jarring. The comedic parts we do have are not amazing, they didn’t land as gracefully as one might’ve hoped. Often missing and falling flat on impact. When it does land however, it’s quite funny, but not a worthy enough reward to sit through the whole thing in my eyes. Final Verdict: Well, at least the pacing wasn’t sluggish. But if you're not a pacing enthusiast or is actively looking for a time waster then there's isn't much to recommend it by. The show could, like I said, be slightly humorous when it embraces its own silliness. Although not enough to be worth the time spent on everything else. There are bigger fishes to catch elsewhere.

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