Trapped with thousands of people in The New Gate, a virtual reality game, the elite player Shinya Kiritani resolves to clear the game and finally return home. However, after he manages to single-handedly defeat the final boss, Shinya is transported to a new world—seemingly indistinguishable from the one he just escaped.
Shinya discovers that as long as the game menu and his skills are unchanged, he cannot leave this oddly familiar world. In his search of a way to break out from this new dimensional prison, Shinya encounters Tiera Lucent, a hotel receptionist who happens to be a protégée of Schnee Raizar—one of Shinya's former party members. With this glimmer of hope, Shinya strives to reunite with Schnee and find out the truth about The New Gate.
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PanzerIV-J
“The New Gate” has a somewhat rushed story, very budget animation, and pacing issues. That said, this anime had a lot of potential, but the studio just didn't do it justice. However, even with its flaws, I still very much enjoyed it. I think that if you like anime with overpowered fantasy main characters and simple romances, you'll probably like this one too. Just be ready to overlook the bad animation and weird pacing. Let's start with the issues this anime has: a low animation budget, rushed story pacing, the studio's poor adaptation, and character development. I'll go through each of these problems to make thingsclear, and then I'll move on to the positives.
1. Horrible animation quality for 2024:
The animation quality is so poor it feels worse than a good deal of anime from the 90s, despite being released in 2024. “The New Gate” by far doesn't have an animation made with nearly the same soul as classics like NGE or Cowboy Bebop, but it also looks way worse than those animes. The decision not to keep a similar art style to the manga or light novel's cover has to be one of the worst choices ever made. I mean, you can technically see that the studio tried to copy the design of the manga, but it is so abhorrently bad at mimicking the style that they should've just tried something different.
2. Studio's impact on making this not as well adapted: (bit of a continuation from #1)
We already said that the animation is one of the worst released in the last decade. If a better studio had handled it, a lot of the issues like animation quality, pacing, and not adapting all the LN/Manga's content would probably be fixed. This is probably one of the most disappointing adaptations for fans of the light novel and manga because it doesn’t cover all of its content and feels rushed.
3. Rushed Pacing & Adaptation Issues:
“The New Gate” tries pushing a lot of content into 12 episodes, stuff that would regularly be put into 2 or 3 seasons for other anime like “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime,” is shoved into a 12-episode season. Next, the adaptation seems to not be done very well considering it skips scenes that are in the manga and LN, which is disappointing since this anime sometimes feels lifeless. This is an anime that feels like Overlord mixed with That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (calling it “Slime” from now on), with the characters kinda seeming like characters from “Slime” put into a world similar to Overlord. I personally really like this aspect, and it should come out as interesting, which it does, but the countless other issues I have stated hold this anime down from what it could be.
4. Characters:
The characters are pretty decent, but they could've been better if the anime gave them more depth. Shin, the main character, is well-done and likable, and even without a detailed backstory you end up liking his characterization throughout the series. He is not a stupid and nonsensical MC who does ridiculous actions that don't make sense. Other characters, however, seem to lack the characterization Shin has. While you can understand these other characters actions, they constantly feel like they are missing some scenes to properly give them the characterization they deserve.
Here's the kicker, the story is actually good. I just believe that when people are focused so much on the issues an anime has, they miss the good parts. If you can look past the bad animation and pacing, you’ll find more than just a basic isekai with dumb characters. I would just say the main issue here is that the adaptation doesn't do this anime justice for what it is.
🗿 7.5/10 – I know I’m rating it a bit high, but I really enjoyed it overall and think it’s worth a try. 🗿
ChouunShiryuu
The problem with a lot of these isekai adaptations is that while most of the these isekais out there getting an adaptation are uninspired, there are some of them that have some specific fun elements aside from the setting and plot that the adaptations fail to comprehend more than with non isekai works. What made new gate likable was the characters and their behavior and the sentimental drama relating to them most of all, which the adaptation gloriously mangled to move the "plot" along. The show starts with a scene where a bunch of people are dragging away one of the main heroines, the black hairedelf in the poster, to idk struggle snuggle or sell her as a slave or whatever, doesn't matter, and our MC comes to the rescue. Dere dere moeblob GET! said elf is now suddenly pretty friendly with our MC. But there's one problem now: to move the plot along you need to get back to the plot. Seeing how in the original there was no kidnap squad to save moeblob from, she didn't warm up to the MC immediately and was quite skeptical of him and his intentions as well as seemingly more mature and cheeky. So the next thing they do after they make the moeblob look like a dere dere moeblob is to insert some of the dialogue from the original and manga adaptation back into the scene, which felt weird to see as the dere dere moeblob now seemed a tiny bit rude as after being a dere dere moeblob (adaptation original) she starts saying things that her original cheeky self said to her benefactor, the MC (rescuer in anime only). "hey buddy, i just met you, who are you to ask about where the owner of this establishment is," roughly something like this in spirit which kind of works with her original personality , looks, and considering she never got saved in the original.
The above scene, taken from near the start of episode 1 itself, is to illustrate what the quality of the adaptation is like. Speaking of characters first, the characters in the anime adaptation look much more childish with the faces being much rounder than either the LN or manga art, as a result of which, the personality of one of the heroines, the black haired elf, feels incredibly different as shown above. Her personality while still bubbly also had cheekiness and more maturity to it which is no longer true in the adaptation, this is a result of both her being a moeblob in the adaptation and the adaptation cutting dialogues and events to rush the plot. The same is true for the other silver haired main (the elf schnee) with her character in the adaptation not being able to express her wistfulness in general and her feelings of melancholy as the MC will one day return to his world again, feelings which are an important aspect of the title and her character. The silver haired elf/schnee's reunion with the MC was much more of a tearjerker moment in the manga, but that's again true for most of the moments.
Now the core issue that actually butchers the adaptation, it's that you have these blob charas act out the rushed plot whose selling point was supposed to be its big sentimental scenes with some okay slice of life scenes in between, with the sentimental parts being bittersweet moments and moments of mildly melancholic happiness (like the feeling of nostalgia). Like the schnee (silver haired elf) reunion scene. It's already obvious a rushed plot doesn't even begin to work for a title like this, like it's not going to make you sentimental when it's not slower paced and making you sentimental is the core pull of the title before anything else, but then you also have moeblobs acting out those sentimental moments along with the rushing. Just look at the manga's chapter 2 page 20 onwards till the end of said chapter and compare it with ep 1 9:40 onwards for a few minutes.
Similar to the scene just above, a lot of other scenes were spoiled in the adaptation. The generic, poorly written kirito-lite parts of the work ie the "plot" only matters if the stakes matter to you. The stakes matter to you if the character and the world matter to you, with the world ultimately dependent on the characters. It's all about the people. The generic kirito-lite activities matter as far as how the characters react to it when you do them, whether you care about those activities affecting the charactes, whether you care about how they'll perceive you etc. Essentially, do you care about the characters and if they're worthwhile. Guess what makes them so.
finally, there's nothing creative in the technical side as well to maybe try and salvage it, and then there's the extremely Substandard script that miserably executes buildup scenes to sentimental ones, thereby effectively reducing the emotional impact of the final sentimental scenes.
Maybe it isn't that bad of a show and it's the expectations of manga readers and the lack of comprehension of the work's appeal by certain others that play a part in its bad rating, so a 6/10 is a safe bet, but it's certainly not a recommendation worthy show. No "mixed feelings" here since there isn't any substantial element worth picking it up for, If the title is to be recommended, it should be the manga. A 6/10 but with " not recommended" for it.
SirRosr
overal compered to the manga the story feel extrmely rushed with alot cuted seces and missed details eexspicaly last episode of the show. a generic isekai that resemble in charter to sao with twist of overlapping to new world insted of goinng back. even when the charter is one of the most powerful charter in the show its still painted as shy nervuse boy wet behind his ears and not seasoned vetarn player. the feeling the show give are of the generic kaind of the isekai ganer with over powered main charter definlty worth it for passing the time but aint amaster pieace. for me at last this show is kaind of i may rember it or may forget it buta month or 2 afther the last episode aired its mostly will be forgoten from the hype
DarkHearTeDD
Great. Another anime with great potentials but ends up as a huge disappointment. This anime gave off the vibe of SAO back in the day, a "what-if" of sorts. What if the MC still got stuck in the death game instead of being sent to the real world. It kicked off as a really great hit, but somehow, the art deteriorated, and the story was rushed for no apparent reason. I noticed there was no character development whatsoever, which sucks, but is also understandable since the MC is just the strongest from back then. Not to forget how the storyline gave out a 'forced' feeling, and was not wellwritten.
I'd give it a 5/10, or maybe even less.
Seam_Ali
I really enjoyed this anime. Plot was interesting but decent, not bad not good. The begining was very similar to how Sword Art Online started. The Opening and the Ending songs were good, I really liked them, especially the ending song... That is very soothing. The voice actors and actresses did a good job also. It's just the animation. It was obvious that this anime was lacking in funds. It didn't make me angry that the animation was bad because I understood the reason. Because of the tight budget, the animation was bad and sometimes even worse. And it saddens me. It's truly is ashame because this could've become more popular and ratings would've way higher if its animation quality was at least average since the 'isekai' genre is now very popular.
Anyways, I'm giving it a 7/10 out of generosity. I'm really hoping it gets a sequel, or at least an OVA because I really wanna know more about Shin's dead lover Marino! But knowing the history of the Studio behind it, we probably won't see a sequel 😔
Any light novel readers here? The LN has been "publishing" since 2013, making the story quite old. So, the story is either very long or it publishes every few months or so, that is if the LN is not abandoned.
Conclusion, if it's one of your first time watching an anime from the 'isekai' genre, you'll love it. If not, if you've already watched a ton of them over the years, you'll probably not like it.
AeroGunz
“The New Gate” (finally a short title, I missed those) is what happens when an overused idea meets subpar execution. I’m getting really tired of writing this but… this show is another example of no story and all plot with no long lasting consequences to anyone or anything, and a world that bends over backwards for the MC. Above that, it's so generic that I really couldn't tell You much about the plot or world without being certain that I’m not mixing things up with another show. It's devoid of originality that much. It’s just another self-indulgent fantasy of a cringe 13 year old. That’s mebeing nice to the show by the way.
Before we start I would like to explain something. I will be talking about “plot” and “story”. Many people use those terms interchangeably. I’m not one of those people, so to make sure everyone is on the same page…
I use the definitions for “plot” and “story” as Lisa Cron describes them:
“What happens in the story is the PLOT, the surface events.”
“STORY is about how the things that happen affect someone in pursuit of a difficult goal, and how that person changes internally as a result”.
The first episode left me with more questions than answers and not in a good way. It's prologue is actually the most lazy thing I’ve seen in a while. In short it’s Sword Art Online with even less sense and charm, if You can believe that. I call that an achievement. For starters how the fuck did the “If You die in game, You die in real life” worked? I give shit to SAO for being lazy with its writing but even that had an explanation, not a very good one but still, for its deaths. “The New Gate”? Nope. It uses the words of st.Todd Howard: “It just works”. At this point “The New Gate” should have “Made by Bethesda” slapped on somewhere. Eff off with this. If You can’t make it logical just fucking don’t do it. It’s not like the game world really matters in the grand scale of things. You could bring Shin - the MC, to the isekai part in a million other ways.
Second thing and this is the thing that most, both isekai and vr death games, share: Why would he want to go back? Seriously. We don’t see his “before” state. We have no idea if he has a family that worries about him, a girlfriend or even a damn cat. He has nothing as far as we know. And since we are on the subject, how long did the death game last? WHo is taking care of his body? Is his body still in his world after the isekai? Did his body disappear? If his body disappeared will he even be able to return home? Will he have his “new” body in the real world? If yes, what about his stats and skills? He’s just gonna show up one day, practically a demigod and work at mcdonalds? I can actually accept that he doesnt think about it, he’s an idiot in a lot of ways, but even his companions, who knows the truth of his situation? The damn NPC that got sentient, that knows about the game, the systems, the other players don’t even think about that? Even the one NPC that is in love with him? No one?
On top of that, what the fuck are the other “players” doing? I assume they also have their skills and stats from the game, which implies most, if not all, of them are far more powerful and knowledgeable than the inhabitants of the world. We later see that there are a few of them in the world and not one of them was a psycho killer, a tyrant or at least someone who created a nation with advanced magic and technology to resemble his home world? Everyone just thought “Hmm… maybe I’ll do nothing. I just survived a death game, why would I even want to have some sort of cosy life after that”, or even “Cool, the game is now real. Time for a killing spree!”?
Let’s go deeper. The author has no idea how time works. 500 years have passed. 500 yers. Let that sink in. Really sink in. It took humanity less than 100 years to have 2 world wars, develop an atomic bomb, send people to the moon and create the internet. These fuckers had 500 years and yet they still treat in game mechanics made real like “lost technology”. In 500 there was no one who could have had an obsession with those items and magic? No one who had the vision, intelligence and imagination to create even a pseudo version of them for anyone to use? Of course not. What am I thinking? That would make too much sense and our MC wouldn’t be that special. My bad. This isn’t a testament of Shin’a uniqueness but of the world's incompetence.
Seriously, eff this world. It has nothing to do with an actual, organic world and everything to do with dumb game logic that pauses everything until the MC shows up. I can’t believe I’m writing this but I think I miss Sword Art Online, it at least pretended to have a living world and some things were actually done without Kirito.
At least we get to see from the start what kind of person he is. He put’s himself in danger for others (I am not touching the idiocy of a solo player killing a raid boss, fuck that, it’s too stupid) and pretends it was nothing. Later we even see something that could actually be called a personality trait. Too bad it happens only on 2 occasions in the whole show and nothing really comes from that. He’s just another flavourless, nice gyu MC that gets all the babes. How original. Well ok, I’m not totally fair. In his case we do get a reason why he isn’t interested romantically in any of them. The problem? We get that in the last episode in the last scene. Too little too late for me to change my mind about him being an idiot.
If I had to name some good parts of this trainwreck… I mean show it would be a former NPCs. They actually have personalities and did something when Shin wasn’t around. Yes, the best looking one - Schnee took over his place, but despite that became a respectable combatant that most nations would love to recruit. It’s stated that some even used underhanded tactics to get her. This is something I would like to see. Not her acting like a love stricken moron that serves Shin. I want to see Schnee as an adventurer dealing with her own shit.
Same goes for Girard. He created a nation and lived far beyond the age range of his species. On top of that he’s so proud that he wants to die in battle against his friend and former master. This is someone who could have been an awesome MC. But what does the show do with him? Makes him an unimportant in the grand scheme of things background character for Shin to have a semi deep talk that changes nothing for him or the viewers.
Both Schnee and Gigard would work as amazing protagonists to show Shin around the new world. Leave Shin as a deuteragonist for 4-5 episodes. He’s so bland it wouldn't change much. He can regain his protagonist status after he’s up to date and only after he learns new respect for his former followers. The fact he created them means nothing in this case. They made something of themselves when they were left alone. He didn’t have a chance for that. Put the mofo in his place. Even if he is all powerful there are struggles that can only be done without violence. You just need to think about it a little. My favourite example that I really think more writers need to know about is “Superman: Peace on Earth”. There You see Superman - practically a demigod failing. It’s not a small failure either. He fails to help an entire nation. He is given a choice where there is no happy ending. In both cases innocent people will suffer. The difference is the degree of that suffering. This is how You should challenge an almighty being. Give him a struggle in which his power is the problem. I don’t want to see Shin soloing an entire horde of enemies, the fucker defieted tha last boss of a death game, You can’t top that, give him something that no matter what he does someone will suffer. Make him live with that. Make him live with the fact that it is his fault. That someone is suffering because he is what he is. All powerful, full of good intentions and absolutely naive to the world.
Sorry, I went into teaching mode by accident.
As it stands this show is about nothing. There are no consequences to anything and the only thing that does change is the number of busty chicks that would like to ride him like Mario rides Yoshi. The most competent, and yet still lazy, arc is the Gigard arc. It’s almost like when writers had a good idea and for some strange reason even skills to write something that is a start to a competent story. That didn’t last long and we got back to brain dead writing pretty fast but it is proof that there is potential in this. Shame a competent writer never got to work on it.
I'm giving it a 4 because I've seen worse shows. Far worse.
Betsyrus
Watch it because there is no watching list. This anime actually has a potential, but too much fan service and rushed story makes it (really) bad. There is no character development either. I finished it just because i kept telling myself it will be good, but nah i was wrong. The MC is an overpowered character, typical isekai genre with bunch of huge boobs women on his side. Actually, I want to highlight how over-sexualized the women's body in here. I'm ok with less clothes and boobs and such for a women. It's normal. But, as you can see on this anime, the studio's drawing theboobs, thighs, and all those lightning on the women's body in so much detail. And forgot that there are bunch of design error. As you can see on how much difference the art is from episode 1 to 12. Sometimes the eyes are big, sometimes it's small, and such. I know some of reviews says they're following the art on the manga, but i think it's unnecessary to do the same weird art. Feels like watching an anime made by AI. I feel like the studio only depends on the male fan service to helps this anime.
That's all i can say. Hope it will helps you before watching this anime.
If you like a trash story, trash plots, and over-sexualized a woman's body, i guess this is for you.
P.S:
You need helps for liking to over-sexualized a woman tho.
skayaya
A good light novel story doesn't mean it would be a good anime. The New Gate is a prime example of this unfortunate reality. They butchered the story so badly that I had to drop it initially and only picked it up again after a couple of months. When I finally finished it, I was left in despair, feeling as though I was watching a mere shadow of the original narrative. It was clear that they were trying to squeeze the story into just 12 episodes, which resulted in many crucial plot points being glossed over or completely ignored. The pacing was rushed, and character developmentsuffered immensely; key relationships and motivations were either omitted or poorly conveyed. It felt as if the studio prioritized flashy action scenes over the intricate storytelling that made the light novel so compelling. This adaptation missed the essence of what made the original work resonate with its audience.
Shame on you, the studio that picked this up. It’s disheartening to see such potential wasted, leaving fans disappointed and longing for the depth and richness of the source material. If you're considering watching this adaptation, I would recommend reading the light novel first to truly appreciate the story's nuances and avoid the frustration that comes with such a lackluster adaptation.
slavemaster_1991
I’ll be honest with you: I read both the LN and the manga so I already knew that this anime would be bad, the question I had was “how bad”. And let me tell you, even a poorly written source can get hacked. Story. OP MC who is stuck in VR MMORPG does the usual stuff - tries to look humble (and failing horribly at it), getting praised 24/7 for how cool he is and gathering a fangroup/harem around him. Did you expect anything else? World. It is a VR MMORPG that SUDDENLY became a “death game” with no explanation given, and after that turned into aworld with NPCs becoming sentient, basically going from a game to a fantasy world. And no, there was no explanation for this transition too. The setting is as generic as you can imagine, with mediaeval european style, weird monarchy that is totally ok with MCs lack of manners, dungeons with monsters and average NPC in the world being nowhere near the MC and considering him a mythical figure.
Characters. Yeah, empty MC for self insert and girls with their core personality built around liking the MC, that wasn’t really hard to guess. Villains don’t have a personality at all, people who are met in this world are just empty, it feels like for some of them you can’t even choose ONE word to describe them, cause they are way too bland and have nothing going on about them.
Production. It is normally called “production value”, but I see no value in it, period. Not only is it way too basic, with fights being just still images with flashing lights, but it cares so little about the source that right in the first episode you get a “black haired elf” whose hair is blue. So if the creators of the show didn’t care about it, why should I?
Overall: it is just horribly executed stock standard isekai. It has nothing good, original or enjoyable. The reason I didn’t give it a score of 1 is that Re:Monster was in that season, and at least gate isn’t actively revolting.
SlickRickOW
Keeping this short, its uninspiring. Feels like every other 12 episode SAO ripoff, nothing particularly different about it. The animation budget was obviously not very high and you can really tell with this one. It wasn’t offensively bad, I enjoyed the first half more than the second half but if you’re looking for something fresh and new, this isn’t gonna be it. I call series like this “time killers”, if you’re bored to death on a weeknight throw it on to kill time until you go to sleep and see what you think. TLDR: Not offensive, but not good. Watch if deathly bored, skip otherwise. Hasterrible animation, but does have 2 cute elf ladies.
MarsRed22
We all know, that objective speaking most Isekai are not that good, since they repeat the same stereotypes and story types over and over. But we are here despite this, since we can still enjoy them, so that is what I will base my reviews on. This Isekai is one, that I have enjoyed a lot. First I was worried, that this will just be an clone of Sword Art Online, but it was only in the first 20 seconds, to set the setting and after this, the Anime was quite nice. It is one of that Isekai, that I could have watched in one go and I wishedit would contiue further than just 12 Episodes, but that is just how it is always.
The Anime was not that remarkable in terms of story, art, music and so on, but still quite enjoyable, probably a good to go one for every Iseaki fan.
A big Minus is the missing budget or time in the last 2 Episodes.
That is really an insolence.
In some scenes the faces of the characters looked like they where drawn by and child.
Maybe something like 'bring your child to work day and let them participate in the Anime production?'
I think they invested a bit to much in other scenes and put it there, where they thought, no one would notice.
Very sad.
Why not give a bit more money or time?
So this is why I rated it one Star worse, than I would have otherwise.
Rest of the Anime was quite nice.
KANLen09
The New Gate — I know what you're thinking: a show ripping off both SAO and Overlord? Hear me out first. Harp here, harp there...the Spring 2024 season is quite the incentive for a wide variety of shows that bring the past into the present. Other than the obvious great case being the remake of the classic Spice and Wolf, the unfortunate reality for Syosetu a.k.a Narou works adapted this season, and 3 VERY OLD classics at that (Re:Monster, Unnamed Memory, and this series), are all objectively stinkers at best. Be it from a slow and boring storybook-style telling, to rushed pacing that destroys any goodout of the original source material, The New Gate suffers exponentially from being a combination of the two, having to be released as an anime a decade plus too late for the source work to catch any steam for possible newcomer fans, and having LN readers clamoring that the anime is the far inferior version compared to the source material, both in word (LN) and visuals (manga). And honestly, I don't doubt that.
Written by novelist Shinogi Kazanami, The New Gate would end up being his only long-running work, as the debut on Syosetu came out after Re:Monster and before Unnamed Memory in early 2012, making it a decade plus of a long run for the novel. Remind me, when did the anime adaptation of SAO come out again? Summer 2012, when the LN was released the next year thereafter, the Isekai genre has already garnered overwhelming popularity for producers and studios alike to cash in on the craze, and we are still suffering from this phenomenon to adapt EACH AND EVERY Isekai/fantasy work until there's none left, to this very day. Also, keep in mind that Reki Kawahara's SAO LN started much earlier in 2009, and Kugane Maruyama's Overlord LN started much later in 2012, which leaves Shinogi Kazanami's 2013 LN series in a state where, if you didn't know better, you would've thought that you were experiencing something special. In actuality, it is the same popularized (and now overused) Isekai tropes that fans from the classic ages of anime in the early 2010s to the new ones who've watched both series, can tell you that The New Gate is just nothing special at all, aside from its plot twist of a premise that doesn't sound as grand as it could've been.
Also, I'd mentioned in Re:Monster's review that if the anime adaptations for these early Narou works came out right at the height of the Isekai craze, they'd've done decently, even if they're forgotten in the passage of time. But nope, it took 12 very long years just to see 3 of Syosetu's classic pre-Mushoku Tensei era novels be adapted into anime, and I may not know what the circumstances are behind finding early works THIS late, but it certainly would not have helped to add more numbers into the Isekai/fantasy garbage trash, which, as a bona-fide trash connoisseur, even I too have a breaking point to find these works cringeworthy. But hey, getting anime adaptations is good, because trash can come and be thrown away quickly, so that helps!
So, what then is The New Gate all about? The simplest spoiler-non-spoilery TL;DR way is this: have the MC be in a situation where he's a bona fide Kirito, and then have the twist that like Overlord, he's now trapped inside the game, playing as the protagonist of his own story like Ainz Ooal Gown, but having a rather weird charisma of his own. That sums up Shinya "Shin" Kiritani to a T, where he is just your stereotypical Mary Sue of an MC who has the smarts like both Kirito and Ainz, but acts like DekiSoko's Allen being said, "The Banished Former Hero (who) Lives as He Pleases," who retains his memories after finding himself awakened 500 years into the game. Thus, Shin's unaccounted future journey continues as he unfolds his own chapter, in the life of an unsurpassed legendary player.
If you know your SAO and Overlord stuff well, Shin is a combination of the two, by just the premise alone. When it comes to the hard stuff, though, he's just exactly like Allen: living life and letting go, reunite with the party members that he once fought with (who also survived the same 500 years), and fight any enemies that he encounters along the way. Literally, Shin has no aim, or sense of purpose, and just does what he wants when the situations call for it. It's just a lot of plot convenience that Shin, alongside his former close aide Schnee Raizar, and Tiera Lucent (which she helps build their home alongside the both of them), but also being dense from their advancements to him as well. Shallow MCs force authors to think about what situations will be useful, and Shin is easily written on the cheap for the countless plot devices to lead him on, which sets the tone for the growing story (if you ever see it as one to begin with). Nevertheless, you won't be gouging your eyeballs just to see Shin do his OP work, because he's cool, calm, and collected, and the adoration of all with his gag comedy-infused smiling facial expression amidst his romantic over-denseness (that Rentaro from 100 Girlfriends will NOT accept).
Hoo boy, the production is a total meltdown right from the get-go. The affiliated studios of Yokohama Animation Laboratory and Cloud Hearts are essentially one company together, but they're clearly not ready to have to juggle two shows in the same season together, not to mention both this show and Sasayaku You ni Koi o Utau a.k.a Whisper Me a Love Song, airing on the EXACT same day and time on different TV stations. Even with SasaKoi's production hamperings, it's clear that both studios are stretched VERY thinly of manpower and resources, resulting in inferior and/or bad adaptations that are a major disservice to the original source material. Still, I'm not going to discount that The New Gate started off decently, but the writing was clearly on the wall not just in quantity, but in quality as well, and not just for a lack of refinement that constitutes consistency.
The music does not do the show justice either...though it just made its own statement that it's rather bland as heck. Sou's OP and Miho Okasaki's ED are just white noise, not great songs at all.
If the title says it all, please know that you're not watching the TRUE GATE show (which would be the "Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri" series, which is actually really good), not this "New" (Old) Gate one that is as boring, bland, and devoid of any ideas as compared to other Isekai works. The New Gate is truly laziness to the extreme, unwilling to take risks and go the safe route that it's supposed to take. And for the fact that the LN is still ongoing 10 plus years later, it's unlikely that Shinogi Kazanami will have anything interesting in the series after the anime.
If you just so respite DekiSoko but want better, The New Gate is for you, which is as generically average as it can come, and offers some entertainment on the go. Otherwise, just don't care, you're not missing much.
ST63LTH
The New Gate is an immersive VRMMO game where tens of thousands of players find themselves trapped, unable to log out. The only way to escape is to defeat the final boss. Shinya Kiritani, a veteran player, manages to defeat the boss solo, seemingly allowing the players to return to the real world. However, Shin discovers he is the last player remaining and still cannot leave. He wakes up in a field and realizes he has reawakened in the game world 500 years later. Driven to understand what went wrong, he sets out to uncover the legacy he left behind. Story & Character: 3/10 & 5/10 TheNew Gate lacks an ambitious hook or adventurous spirit, resembling a casual situational action series from the early 2010s. The story is shallow, with minimal attempts at complex development, making the events feel inconsequential. Suspense and drama are primarily conveyed through dialogue rather than action or adventure, often explained by Shin or other characters he encounters, limiting creative expression. The world-building is generic, with typical travels between rural towns but no substantial landmarks to tie the world together.
The characters are one-dimensional, with little to distinguish their personas. Shin himself lacks unique traits and empathetic emotions, often feeling monotonous in his encounters. The lack of character diversity is evident, with numerous attractive yet dense female characters who have little connection to the story's development. Prominent male characters are scarce, and the villains are conveniently male, while the few significant male characters are old and contribute little to the story. The New Gate has a lot of pitfalls in terms of its characters development beyond their existences.
Art & Sound: 4/10 & 6/10
The art and animation are subpar. There are series from 2012 with better visuals than The New Gate. The fight scenes are the only moments where the visuals improve; otherwise, the series relies on crude character animation with limited movement. Slideshow panning is frequently used, making the series appear cheap.
The sound design is unremarkable. The New Gate features basic sound effects and decent voice acting but lacks memorable thematic soundtracks.
Overall & Enjoyment: 4/10
The New Gate has a common premise of a main character stuck in a game world with overwhelming skill and game knowledge. It lacks depth, compelling visuals, and well-developed characters. However, as a game world isekai, it manages to maintain an entertaining story on a surface level. The series appears to be confined by budget constraints, sacrificing visuals and story for a completed single cour anime. It evokes nostalgia for budget early 2010s power fantasy isekai but offers little beyond that.
Mizuiro-san
The concept of the anime is not bad, inspired by SAO (for the VRMMO concept) an other Isekai animes but with many, many problems... I'm a big fan of Isekai animes and manga and I Honestly think it's tragic to write a bad review on it but I can't recommand this anime for some reasons : The universe / world is totaly unexploited (OK it's game based but we need more informations like SAO). The "plot" is not uninteresting but bad agenced and the characters are not developed enough, the backgound of the MC is not realy described and the side characters are likeghosts. The animation, character design,... are totaly poor (proportions are wrong, bad face animation or expression,...).
Due to many errors and the poor animation, the "potentiel" if exist is destroyed.
I plan te read the LN, because I want to know more about the story, and I realy have a hope for the original adaptation.
Ellenya
This adaptation was a waste of episodes, as the production seems to purposefully avoid advancing the story and selected the most useless scenes to "animate" (the animation is mostly static images, poorly drawn). The New Gate has a promising start, with the classic "isekai'ed into a game" plot, but don't be deceived, since it will NEVER explain why and how he got trapped in the game. But what is really important to tell you is the low quality animation. And I mean VERY LOW QUALITY ANIMATION. It gets worse each week, and then on the last episode you will wonder if maybe they released the rough draftinstead of the finished version of the episode. Basically the animation is so bad, the drawing is so crooked, and the plot is so lacking that watching this anime really takes an effort.
Just watch the novel or read the manga, and save your time and sanity.
olokinprime
Untapped Potential “THE NEW GATE” starts with an intriguing premise, drawing inspiration from popular light novels like “OVERLORD” and “Sword Art Online.” However, despite its solid world-building and a likable protagonist in Shin, the anime fails to fully capitalize on its potential. Generic Isekai Appearance On the surface, it appears to be just another generic isekai story. Yet, the show manages to rise above clichés through well-executed storytelling. Unfortunately, this uniqueness doesn’t translate well to anime viewers due to pacing issues and low-budget animation. Competition and Disappointment In a competitive seasonal lineup, “THE NEW GATE” faces strong newcomers like “Kaiju 8” and a “Spice and Wolf” remake. While manga andlight novel readers might find some enjoyment, they may ultimately be disappointed by this adaptation.
Remember, opinions may vary, and mine is just one voice, but these are the key points to consider when evaluating “THE NEW GATE.”
Marinate1016
Imagine SAO and Overlord mixed together, but much worse. That’s basically New Gate. Now, couple of disclaimers. For one, I liked this despite how unapologetically mid it was. For two, I’m sure the story is actually way better in the books since they’ve been going for over a decade, but this is going to be based on my impressions from the anime. Normally when I like a show I say that it’s impossible for it to not good, but New Gate is the first show I’ve enjoyed where I accept that it’s pretty ass. It’s got horrible animation, a generic “I’m going to hide mypowers so that no one discovers who I am even though I’m strong enough to destroy the whole world if I wanted to” gimmick and a subpar story to boot. But goddamn it I still enjoyed watching it, if only for the waifus.
The SAO and Overlord comparisons come from the fact that the MC was trapped in a death game, but after the death game is beat and everyone else got to go home, he’s stuck there. Now, while that sounds extremely unoriginal, keep in mind the New Gate LN has been running since 2013, so that concept was actually fresh back then. But still, in the anime I feel like they did nothing with that. There’s so many cool directions they could’ve taken this story in, but it just fell very flat. There’s nothing ever really on the horizon in terms of an overarching story goal. I mean, yea, the MC wants to go home and is looking for a way, but that feels secondary to the monster of the week style episodes. It just felt like an aimless experience at times.
I did enjoy a couple of the episodes where the MC goes and finds his former party companions from the game, in fact one of them was quite emotional and I teared up a bit. But for the rest of the series, I was just like “what are we doing here”. In typical LN adaptation fashion, last two episodes give us a little hint of what’s to come, but the show was so mediocre I don’t know if anyone will even care to stick around. I mean just think, there’s been JRPG esque shows like this that have had mediocre plots and still ended up being good because of the production values. Shangrifra comes to mind. The characters in this actually do have some adorable and funny moments with the MC and the two elf waifus were two of my faves from the season, which was a big part of why I liked this so much. If you’re not a waifu enthusiast or someone who cares for fanservice, then yea this is a comfortable skip. You won’t be missing out on much of a story.
Production wise, yea this was rough. Most of the show looks like a slideshow and even the character models are very bad in the second half. And I’m not talking about those blink and you miss it type of screenshots. Entire scenes just looked horrible. The fight scenes were hard to take seriously, anything that involved motion looked like something a Sega Genesis could’ve done.. it was rough. But hey, at least Rionne and Tierra boobs were nice, right?
Despite its numerous flaws, New Gate wasn’t the worst thing in the world for me. I’m actually pretty fond of it. I would only recommend it to waifu enthusiasts and those looking to analyse what NOT to do animation wise. But personally, I enjoyed just seeing the character interactions.
The New Gate gets 6 out of 10.
magraobl
[09/27/2024] I loved the season finale of The New Gate. The anime is good and I'm looking forward to the second season. I wasn't expecting anything and I was surprised. The New Gate is a very good Isekai style anime that proved to be good throughout the 12 episodes. Shin proved to be a very charismatic protagonist and so did all the other characters. The season finale surprised me a lot and I liked it enough. I'm waiting for the second season if by chance there is a second season. The story is not unique and yet it surprised me even though I am not a big fan of this genre ofanime.
Yes, the art style is appropriate for the story.
The protagonist is a complete character and he has no flaws and many strengths.
The characters did not react realistically, after all, we are talking about an anime and it is not realistic at all.
Although I liked it, I think others will also like this anime...
Natsu_Dragneel3K
Overall, I think the plot had great potential in world building like Leadale, Slime Taoshite and other similar isekai. Although it got ruined mostly by the cloned SAO opening, It could've done better if the animation was given even just a bit more work. The fight scenes were done well for a non-mainstream series however, sometimes the way the faces are drawn are just... Anyways, this problem is shared by Konosuba but unlike this it had a lighter writing that goes down well and ages nicely. Even though this one didn't have the same potential in writing, this review may as well be separate tothe LN since the scores was primarily pulled down by the animation and face presentation. An analogy to the issue could be better represented by Queen Bee animation vs. source materials
