People from various worlds and across different universes attend Kaginado Academy, a school of which its creation can only be attributed to a miracle. While everyone is trying to lead a normal school life, the clash of bustling personalities causes many of the students to beg questions about their world and the complexes they brought with them.
Ryou Fujibayashi feels like her life is dictated by how she is judged by others, expressing her jealousy toward other girls. Yukito Kunisaki constantly finds himself out of place and neglected, continuing to wander around unemployed and penniless. Meanwhile, Ayu Tsukimiya keeps running into the most untimely of situations—all while crashing into her surroundings along the way. Such is life at Kaginado Academy, and all the fourth wall breaking and comedic antics that come with it!
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SSSTenshi
Kaginado. The series that covers many stories, the story of those who can fly in the sky, the stories of fake worlds, even the story of forgotten memories. A series that brings all of Key's works together and does it fabulously. These 12 weeks of Kaginado airing had been brilliant. A quick reminder though, you will need to have watched/played the following visual novels Key has created, Kanon, Air, Clannad, Planetarian, Little Busters!, Rewrite and Angel Beats. STORY: Kaginado doesn't have a true set story or anything like that. It's simply a hilarious comedy show based in a high school setting that brings many of Key's workstogether. All these universes come together into a show of true comedy. I really enjoyed the way they utilized the fact all these stories came together. 10/10
ART: The characters are all chibi so if you don't like chibi art then this might not be the anime for you. The backgrounds are all pretty colourful and in my opinion, beautiful. Of course, the art isn't perfect. In my opinion, the art isn't perfect however, it's still really good. 9/10
SOUND: All the voice actors are the same as they were in the original anime... With the exception of Misuzu Kamio's original voice actor Kawakami Tomoko, may you rest in peace. The other sounds fit the theme of the little bright comedy show. 10/10
CHARACTER: The characters are exactly the same as I remember them from the other series, still fabulous. Maybe these characters were not their best in the original shows but, when they come together with other Key characters, they become truly fabulous. Especially Sunohara in my opinion.
ENJOYMENT: As someone who adores Key and all their works, I have had many incredible memories with each of their series. When I first heard of this, I was so excited. And once it began airing, me and my friend are always messaging each other every week. A series like this means a lot, not just to me but every fan that Key has. I'm incredibly excited for season 2 and thus I give my enjoyment rating also a 10/10.
OVERALL: 10/10. Fabulous.
Ragio
"My child, please listen carefully..." There´s a forgotten girl. A girl in the sky. A girl with a strange disease. A shy girl playing baseball. A girl in the moon. And a girl who wants to see the stars. These 6 make me who i am today. Without KEY, we may have not have had the impact on drama/romance visual novels or anime we have today. The fantastic character designs and personality; the comedy genious laying around in every episode making me laugh my ass off and the climax scenes turning every man into a crybaby; all of this adds up for unforgetable experiences within our hearts. Yet one question remains. Whatif they ALL got togheter? Strap yourself in because you've just gotten into something special.
Before you do that you must have READ or WATCHED: Kanon/Kanon 2002,Kanon 2006; AIR/AIR TV,AIR:The Motion Picture,AIR: In Summer;CLANNAD/CLANNAD, CLANNAD:After Story; Little Busters!/Little Busters!,Little Busters!:Refrain, Little Busters!: EX; Kud Wafter Rewrite,Rewrite:Harvest Festa!/Rewrite,Rewrite Second Season; Planetarian/Planetarian(anime)/ Tomoyo After(this one you must play as there is no anime.)
Don't let the chibi style or 4 minute episode runtime fool you; it's a masterpiece! The classic jokes such as "Toilet Seat Cover" or Kyousuke being a lolicon are very much present with the addition of lots of references to specific scenes or character traits but with a few wholesome moments that bring water to our eyes. Sadly(and this might be a huge drawback to you)character attention might vary a lot. Because it's a limited cast, some characters might show up in 4 episodes while others show up with 3 lines of dialogue with 10 seconds. Personally, i didn't feel loss with that because they really can make every episode feel unique with the same set of characters specially when you can feel that they've enjoyed working on this project; i really loved the voice acting. One major example of this is Misuzu's voice actress. Her past VA is no longer with us so she had big shoes to fill in the girl in the sky. Let me tell you, she was perfect; it was just barely a 1:1 to the original.
Finally, KEY also brought the audience their favourite tunes back; i'm talking about the BGM playing in each one of the games(not all of course) and one special singer returned to melt our hearts once again: Lia.
After watching Kaginado, all i could feel was that this anime was a "Thank you for being there." A Thank you to all of us fans who have witnessed these wonderful and powerful stories that will forever have marked history and our lives.
So from me and all of the fans; Thank you for inspiring millions of people to pursue their dreams and to give us more meanings of important words such as family or friendship.
ejennsyahmixcel
Warning: If you don't watch or read/play Kanon, AIR, Clannad (including Tomoyo After VN), Little Busters, Planetarian and Rewrite beforehand or still halfway through them, please do finish them before watching. You'll getting on very heavy spoiler as early as episode 1. You have been warned. This is a gift to all loyal Key fans that has been staying and crying for whatever all those series throughout their 21 years of existing. Having many of these series make a comeback with half of them last having an appearance a decade ago, truly they brought much nostalgia to everyone who had known this either via the VNor the anime.
The series are short, but the content is very much good if you love Key. You'll be exposed to not only interaction between all the character series, but also constant breaking of the fourth wall, some commentary of each series, subtle references and easter eggs from the anime and VNs and also some character has their own revenge moment as well.
The 12 5-minutes episode sure might be not enough for some, but indeed, it relive our nostalgia so much. And yes, they are not ending yet! Now lets look forward to the next season, with Angel Beats joins the gang!
lamaraptor
Isekai Quartet and Carnival Phantasm move over, there's a new player in town in the genre of: "Anime That Someone in the Comments Section is Going to Invariably Call the Avengers: Endgame of Anime Despite the Fact That Anime Has Been Doing This Far Longer Than Disney Has Owned Marvel." Yes that is the full title of the genre. Was it worth watching about half a dozen visual novel adaptations of varying lengths to get here? Well let me answer that question with a question: Would you rather have played all of the original visual novels instead, totally around 300 hours worth of content? The answerto both is no, it's not worth it. Only a masochist like me would watch both versions of Kanon in the same month to prepare for watching this.
In all seriousness, intimate knowledge of EVERY visual novel by Key is pretty much a hard requirement for any of this show to make sense. Humor is derived directly from referencing important moments in whatever franchise and subverting them in some way. Watching this without prior knowledge is sort of like watching those How It Should Have Ended videos on youtube without having seen the movie it's about. Maybe you'll find some humor, but if you are laughing it's not because you get the joke it's because you want to pretend you do. Maybe it sounds like gatekeeping that this show requires you to watching hours and hours of content before coming here. Yes. Anyway if you have done your homework the show is actually very funny, because of how easily it's able to use simple phrases or imagery to evoke emotions and then jerk those away with a quick punchline.
So I want to hate this show for making me watch Air, but it's funny enough that it gets away with it. 8/10
Skyregalia01
Story: The story for this anime is pretty simple. It is basically answering the question of "What would happen if you clump all of Key's visual novel characters together in one setting?" where I am sure some of you have seen a similar anime to this. (Another anime is Isekai Quartet where it wants to show what would happen if you clump a bunch of isekai genre story characters into the mix). Therefore, the anime will highlight all the moments and/or similarities that all the characters experience in their respective stories whilst comedically contrasting their different reactions/behaviours to the situation (one example is where allthe main characters, of their respective stories, have a conference meeting discussing their own experiences and judging each other about said experiences). It is very simple and short and direct to the point so if you know the references then it makes the jokes all the funnier.
Characters: There is nothing much to say about the characters since they are portrayed exactly the same from their own games (visual novels and anime). Therefore, the interaction between each character makes the anime all the more fun to watch since the whole point was to see which characters will befriend each other and who will antagonise each other. In addition, to seeing the difference/ similarities between characters that have similar dispositions.
Art and Sound: Art is fine considering they are all in Chibi-format (though in one episode they take advantage between Chibi forms and normal human proportions to illustrate a particular point). Whereas the sound is pretty much the music you can find in all the previous visual novels/ animes. In other words, faithful to the original material makes the whole series nostalgic and fun to watch.
Overall: In the end, this anime is basically a tribute to all the people that have been following Key's Visual novel (or anime) series from the beginning. Strictly speaking, you can watch this without any foreknowledge of the other series, but then (in my humble opinion) the jokes become less impactful and make watching it feel redundant. I would recommend people (that have no ideas about Key visual novel series) who will watch this (or did watch it) to go through the other Key visual novel (or anime adaptations of the visual novels) first to get a good idea of why the jokes were inserted there in the first place. However, it is not (strictly) necessary since the anime does not really delve too much into their own storylines so you can argue that if you understand why the joke is there you can just enjoy it that way. This recommendation is mainly for those who are genuinely curious about the characters presented in the story and want to know why and how they are necessary for their own respective storylines.
-ShInIgAmIsAmA-
STORY: This is like a mini/side/what-if story for KEY characters. It puts the characters in the same school and we see them interact with each other, mostly, with comedic results. If you need an idea, it reminds me of Isekai Quartet. ART: Their art is drawn simply, and it works really well for this kind of anime. SOUND: They use sounds from the VNs/anime they made. And KEY's music is something that makes their game very memorable. CHARACTER:Their personalities are more/less the same as their original versions but with added comedy.
ENJOYMENT:
Key's works are something that I enjoy, so my enjoyment will be a bit biased. Part of the enjoyment came from seeing these familiar characters with the added bonus of seeing them interact with each other - something you won't see on their source VNs/anime. But even if you're not biased, I think you will enjoy the comedy, even for a little.
OVERALL:
I am thankful this was made. It might have been tailored for fans, but it won't hurt to try.
Kudouw
I have been a fan of key for several years now and seeing a crossover of most of their licenses was really a huge joy for me. The interactions between the characters are crazy, being able to listen again to all the outstanding music of these stories was also incredible and just the fact of being able to relive the chemistry of the characters of Key and their universe makes this anime a true masterclass. I regret that the episodes are a bit short and consequently the lack of lines of some characters. This anime is really not for everyone. What makes kaginado excellent is all the referencesit makes to all the universes of Key. But there are a lot of unique references to VNs and I think it's important to have done the VNs of Kanon, Air, Clannad, Tomoyo After, Little Busters, Rewrite and Planetarian as well as having a minimum knowledge of Key in general to be able to fully enjoy Kaginado. But if all the conditions are gathered, you can be sure to have a great time with Kaginado!
AngeVNs
NOTE: If you want to watch this series make sure you've either watched the anime and/or read the original visual novel for Kanon, Air, Clannad, Little Busters, and Rewrite. Or at the very least, make sure you're OK with spoilers from any of them. The first episode alone specifically has the most spoilery scenes from each of those 5 series. Kaginado at its core is a parody comedy series. It takes characters from 6 different series: Kanon, Air, Planetarian, Clannad, Little Busters, and Rewrite, and puts them in the same school while making lots of jokes and callouts to the character personalities and development. I quite likethe overall presentation of the show. It uses a chibi style that works well with the characters' designs and the overall goofy parody nature of the show. Every major characters from the above mentioned series get at least 1 speaking part, and most of them get their original Japanese VA back (minus a few who had VAs pass away since their anime or VN).
The idea of getting characters from different series interacting with each other was a nice treat. Whether it was the Marine Life Alliance of Fuuko, Ayu, and Shizuru, the main protagonists having a secret meeting with bags over their heads, a Kotori vs Yukito duel, or many heroines interacting at a school swimming pool. I quite enjoyed seeing the interactions of characters who would otherwise never interact.
Unfortunately Kaginado has 3 major flaws for me:
1) The overall length of the series. Each episode is only 3-ish minutes each. With this many characters to cover, many only get maybe 1-3 lines at most. And with this season only being 12 episodes, it seems like a gigantic waste and unfairly balanced. A few characters appear in almost every episode like Sunohara or Shizuru while characters like Komari get 3 speaking lines in only 1 late episode despite being one of the more popular and important heroines of Little Busters.
2) This one is up for debate but I thought the parody comedy was... hit or miss. If you watched Carnival Phantasm, a parody of Tsukihime and Fate/Stay Night, I'd say the comedy style is similar to that. Some jokes were funny and clever, but others... I just thought were very cringe. Basically a lot of the humor was exaggerating parts of characters' personality or story to use for comedic purposes. That can be good in theory, but many times in this show, it was maybe... too exaggerated? It had that anime parody style of characters YELLING THEIR JOKES. I don't know how else to explain it.
3) Modern KEY series past Rewrite are not referenced at all. Kaginado is supposed to be a celebration of KEY's main works, with its parody jokes and whatnot. However, only the main series mentioned above get any speaking lines. If you were hoping for major appearances from Angel Beats, Charlotte, Harmonia, Summer Pockets, or The Day I Became God, you're SoL. It's possible we may get a season 2 with these series, but I thought the fact these series weren't even directly referenced at all was a big waste.
In conclusion, Kaginado is a tough one to recommend. You have to be a pre-existing KEY fan of all their earlier works, you have to be OK with a parody comedy style that exaggerates character personalities, and you have to be OK with a series that essentially adds up to just a little under 40 minutes total. If these criteria are fine with you, definitely at least give it a try. If not, I'd check out something else.
MidniteAndBeyond
This is a review of seasons 1 and 2 How dare this stupid lil chibi spin off make me laugh for 12 episodes straight only to make me cry in the end when I'm not expecting it! While I do feel like a lot of modern Key stories have lost their luster, I'll always tune into the new ones because I've seen what they've done for me in the past and there's simply nothing else like them. And while I'd love a true return to some of these older stories, I'll take what I can get. I loved taking a trip down memory lane with someof my most beloved characters and stories in all of fiction.
Also, discovering that Kappei exists after Clannad has been my 2nd favorite anime for like over a decade is like if One Piece were to try and gaslight me into believing that Pandaman was a crew member this entire time but nobody acknowledged him until the final episode. WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS INFORMATION!?!?!?
9.5/10
(obviously watch the shows these characters originate from before watching this. except for Rewrite, because it's terrible)
RaiderMendez
Key, you magnificent bastards. You have single handedly made me cry in one way or another for 12 episodes straight. From Rewrite to Clannad, Little Busters to Angel Beats and Planetarian, and all the incredible ones in-between, Kaginado has ALL the characters from Key's best works. Story: 9 Imagine if you will a show that has literally every character from some of the most heart warming and soul wrenching visual novels turned into anime, in one show. That is Kaginado. So it's a 9. There's no way it can be a 10 only because it's simply a crossover show like Isekai Quartet or Carnival Phantasm. Nottoo terribly original but who really cares about originality in a crossover? Especially when it's a crossover with Key characters?
Art-8
The art is chibi but it's Key's chibi, so it always gets a pass. Key doesn't make bad visual novels or anime. It just doesn't happen.
Sound:10
The sound gets a 10 for the ending songs and the music playing in every episode and the little cues for longtime Key fans. Key doesn't make bad sounds in their shows either.
Character:10. Always a 10.
Most of us know these characters already so I'm not gonna get into the explanations, but if this is your first time watching something made by Key, you're probably gonna be really confused and lost. In order to understand the context behind every character I really suggest you watch Key's other works before this. If you're not patient enough to sit through all of Key's shows however, I will tell you that everything in the Key universe is connected in some facet. The characters always have depth and they never leave you feeling disgusted. Only chipper or intensely sad.
Enjoyment:10
Like I said. Key doesn't make bad Visual Novels and they definitely don't make bad anime adaptations of their own VN's. If you have seen Key's works before, you're not gonna have a bad time. You're gonna laugh, you're gonna cry (A LOT, because Key will always make you cry one way or the other, it's just a law of anime) but most of all, you're never gonna regret the experience. You don't regret watching things Key makes, you regret not watching them sooner.
Overall, it's a 10 out of 10. I've never given any Key show that I've watched anything less than a 10 out of 10. Key always knows just how to tug on our heartstrings. They've been doing it since 99 and they aren't stopping any time soon. They love their audience and we vehemently love them. A match made in heaven. Oh boy that last sentence made me tear up while I was typing it.
My heart will resonate to Key's beats every time without fail.
