Good movie but grossly overrated

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

story starts with 2 friends that were orphan and were trained under the action of US government with extra ordinary abilities. soon the programme was shut down and all the orphan died but these two manage to escape. so they decided to tell their story to everyone by terrorizing the japan. but the ending is really amazing.

Re-entering a period of anime obsession, I honestly couldn't ask for a better start. Everything about this series is so well written, composed and planned out: The plot is unique and catching from the very beginning, humoristic and dead serious, the music is fantastic; so unusual yet emotional, and despite the characters being a little stereotyped, they didn't fail to amaze me with their strong personalities and relationships. It's been a while, since I watched an anime that really 'got' me the way that Zankyou no Terror did, and unfortunately it makes it hard for other thriller-anime to compete. Call me a fan-girl, but I am so stunned from the show at the moment, that I can't watch another one without feeling that Zankyou keeps mocking them down immediately. Repect. What a masterpiece. What a clean masterpiece.

When i first started ZnT, I was instantly hooked by the beautiful artwork and the interesting plot line with the concept of teenagers being terrorists. The story is layered out much like a cop drama, almost like Death Note in a way, with Detective Shibazaki figuring out the mysteries that the boys lay out for him while all the way trying to claw himself back up from his disdained past, giving the story almost two plot lines, and a view from both sides. However, the anime is fundamentally flawed because the author(s) try much too hard to portray the boys as heroes. When Nine agrees to let Twelve take Lisa, the female main, along with them, Twelve says that they could kill her at anytime anyways, giving them an almost sinister feeling. This however, is taken away as soon as episode 5 rolls around and all of the sudden the boys are doing all they can to protect Lisa, shying away from their original objective. In addition, the suspense of the whole "solve the mystery or people are going to die" thing is taken away as soon as we find out the boys are purposefully activating the bombs specifically so that nobody will die, although this propels the plot forward and leads Shibazaki to find out the boys true motives. The clearest example of the trying to make Nine and Twelve seem like "good guys but still terrorists" appears in the last episode, where it is actually messed up the most. The authors want the effect of a nuclear bomb explosion, but at the same time want the boys hands to stay clean. Their solution is to blow it up in the air, creating an EMP effect. Although the boys have seemingly planned out that the airplanes were going to be able to be grounded in time, there is no regard at all given to people on life support, or in operations, who all probably would die because of the loss of electricity. All in all, the anime had a very strong start, but a very bad finish. I wouldn't consider the ZnT anything special.

When I saw the poster advertising this show on the internet I was immediately intrigued. I googled the show and then saw it was directed by Shinichiro Watanabe (of Samurai Champloo and Cowboy Bebop). Knowing then that my initial interest was well founded, I began to watch. From the opening minutes the thing that struck me most was the art. It is absolutely gorgeous. It's so vivid and beyond anything I have seen before. On that front this show is perfectStory-wise this is also very strong. Far from shonen anime, this is deeply rooted in reality and the present day. It features terrorism, a topic not usually explored in this medium and it is refreshing to find it so well done.This series started amazingly and had me hooked, but as the episodes went on I found myself watching out of habit rather than eager anticipation. The plot was rushed and REALLY could have done with at least 25ish episodes rather than the meager 11 we got. Also, Lisa Mishima as a character is mostly predictable and even annoying throughout the series. When learning about her home-life, I thought we would get a 3 dimensional character, not a snivelling weakling who ends up causing trouble for everyone.In fact, most characters are pretty standard. There aren't really any characters apart from Five who are actually that interesting. Overall, this is a high quality anime, but lacks in a few areas which holds it back from greatness. If you are expecting Death Note 2.0, you are going to be disappointed. It is not as complex and thrilling as DN, although it looks much better and doesn't have a shitty second half like DN had.Good Points: Art Style, Story, Ending Bad Points: 1Dimensional Characters, WAY too short