The Future Diary is an anime adapted from a manga with the same name by Sakae Esuno. This anime began airing in Japan on October 10, 2011 and has a total of 26 episodes. This is the 2nd anime review to be posted here on the blog so please enjoy.
*SPOILERS* Summary: Yukiteru "Yuki" Amano is a loner who spends most of his time on his phone writing in his diary, and talking with his "imaginary" friends Deus Ex Machina, the God of Time and Space, along with his two servants space and murmur. One day Yuki receives from Deus a diary which he tells yuki will let hime see into the future and oddly mentions to Yuki about a game. When Yuki awakes he notices a new message on his cell from Deus, and opens it to discover diary entries from that day he quickly reassures himself that it he must have been sleep writing, but when the events written in the diary become true he believes that his diary is telling him the future. Deus confirms Yuki's suspicion of a diary that tells the future, and also adds that Yuki is now apart of the game and if his phone is destroyed he (Yuki) will die. Yuki starts offf using his future diary to cheat on tests and avoid bullies waiting for him after school, but after a test fellow student Yuno Gasai approaches and reveals that she too is a future diary holder. After a long chase, Yuno is able to catch up to Yuki in an elevator and explain why she has a diary, and what it can do. With Yuno's help/plan Yuki is able to throw a dart and destroy the diary of a serial killer atop a roof. Yuki along with Yuno go back to Yuki's home and meet with Deus in addition to 10 other future diary holders, where everyone learns the rules of the deathly game Deus Ex Machina, the God of Time and Space has thrown them all into.
Review: My first impressions of this anime would be that it so far has moved very quickly within the first episode so far as story line goes, but the characters personalities did not progress with the rest of the story (so far). What i do like is the animation and English voice cast, both fit well for the anime and the characters, and I really enjoy the character design for some characters such as Deus Ex Machina who has a very other worldly appearance. Overall, after watching this first episode I do like the concept of the story, but I do wish it would have had more of a build up for the premiere episode.
My Rating: 3.5 out of 5
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*Information collected from- Future Diary- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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