Anime: Jikuu Bouken Nuumamonger

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*Goes on Youtube. Types Chrono Trigger OVA on search*

Let's watch this fucker...

*20 minutes later*

WHAT, IN THE NAME OF THOR AND HIS HAMMER MJOLNIR, HAVE I WATCHED?!!!!!

*ahem*

Chrono Trigger is one of the best RPGs ever released in the SNES and a true classic game. Every way you look at it, it's a masterpiece. I never had a SNES, but I was able
to able to play it through an emulator. What began as a simple quest (rescue a friend) turned into an epic with time travelling through all time zones. Add some great
characters, drawn by Akira Toriyama, and you get something awesome. But, there is nothing with this piece of ass-fuzz that will ever reach the game itself. I really don't
know if anyone from Squaresoft (Square-Enix's name back then) even supervised it, but what the hell, man? It's based on a great game that everyone loves. Did you put some effort on it or you went like "Make anything you want, don't care about quality, as long as it has the name Chrono Trigger on it, people will rush and buy it, like bees on honey." I surely go to the second...

One of the worst things about it, is the main characters of the game aren't there. Only Chrono appears (but we see the back of his head). That's it. Oh, and Gato. The stars
of this feature are two monsters and the events occur at the millenia festival. It's full of jokes and gags that involve those two monsters. It's stupid and really not worthy
of going on.

Animation is a bit better of average, since it was in VHS form. Still, it's not noticable and memorable.

Voice acting... average. Its soundtrack is the same as the game, a good touch.

The only characters from the game that you see in the OVA are Chrono, Lucca (very, very briefly) and Gato. The rest are some monsters that appear in the game when battling.

It's very bad. No, not very bad. It's fucking horrible. I couldn't stand it. It's a big fail. A punch in the nuts of the C.T fans. It's a big atrocity of us. No man should watch this.
Someone has to take care of it. THIS IS A JOB FOR... THE AMAZING GREEKSOT (ques Movie Superman's theme song)!!! WELCOME TO DIE!!!!!! *destroys it with lighting*

Well, I thought I liked this anime more until I made this review [it is the first one I make]. I rated the animation 6 because it is mostly sloppy, though the characters have been very well adapted and Toriyama's style respected [not that I like his style very much, but, that's not the point]. The sound on the file I got was not that good, but as far as I heard the voices where accurate. The story: 7; I know it is not that good, but it was fine for a first episode of an anime that, IMO, didn't pretend to be that much. The characters had all very entertaining rolls that anyone who has played the game will agree were very well chosen for them.

Finally, the value of the Anime is very low because it is mostly a Fan-Aimed anime, and even being a fan, watching the thing many times is somewhat boring. Nevertheless, I had an exelent time watching it, so I gave it a 10 in Enjoyment.

I'd only recomend this little OVA for C.T. Fans.

This is an anime that I was quite pleased to discover, and I was not disappointed by it.

The animation is difficult for me to judge, because the quality of the video is not very good. It was transferred from a VHS, and it shows. What can be seen of the style, however, cannot really be faulted. It is simple, but it need not be complex for this anime.

The sound will be mostly enjoyable to people who have played the game, probably, as will many other things. Music (from battle sequences or other places) from the game features frequently, and although it is not an orchestral masterpiece, it is fun to hear as it provides continuity between the anime and the game. The voices are decent, and hearing Gonzalez sing his song was certainly entertaining.

The story is mostly just a backdrop for gags, and revolves around the characters at the millenial fair. If you are looking for a deep story, this is not the anime to watch. And it's not intended to be.

The characters are amusing, and act distinctly. Johnny's poem is excellent. As is his crash shortly thereafter.

For value, this is a good anime, which could be watched a few times, albeit at intervals. It's not something you're going to find whole new levels of philosophical meaning in each time you watch it, but you might spot a gag you missed.

I enjoyed this anime quite a bit. Johnny's poem, the secret A-button barrage, Gonzalez's song, and the other gags make this a fun anime, especially for those who liked the game. I might not recommend it to those who have not played the game, but to them I would recommend to play the game, then watch the anime. It's worth it.

Is a bit funny but nothing more.
When searching for parallels with the SNES game then only thing familiar are the monsters and the NPC characters...
You can see the main characters spiky hair only in the very end.
So even if you're a die-hard fan of the famed RPG, you still wouldn't find this anime appealing.

The story is just plain silly, but I must admit that it's easy to entertain me so I even got to laugh a couple of times when watching this OVA.
Still the reason for making this OVA remains a complete mystery to me, but I assume it was something like this:
Creator1 - "Phew! That Chrono Trigger RPG was pretty tight man."
Creator2 - "Yea, and you just finished it!"
Creator1 - "Indeed...but now I'm bored...what should we do now?"
Creator2 - "Dude I dunno...well, since the game totally ruled let's make an anime of it."
Creator1 - "Whoa! That's a nice idea! Damn you're a genius! I'll get my pencils that I bought yesterday for 0.5$."
Creator2 - "Genius I am, I shall name it 'Time And Space Adventures Nuumamonjaa'. Oh it will so own!" Now we only have to think of a plot."
Creator1 - "Bleh! The hell with the plot, let's just make that big blue balloon-like thingie and that little white squirrel run around the place like idiots."
Creator2 - "YO-KAI!"
And so was Chrono Trigger OVA born and may that day be cursed.
There really isn't anything else to be said about this anime, it was just terrible.
Totally NOT recommended.

This is one of the worst animes I ever saw. No story, no fun, no nothing.
I never even heard of the game before that so I had no fond memories to soften things up. It is just a badly drawn, badly animated short OVA which still seems too long because it is so boring.
NOT recommended.