Synopsis
Second sight is a curse for Yumemi, a psychic schoolgirl who just wants to be normal. But she’s about to discover the true value of her gift, when Magical King Munto arrives in her world, with enemies in hot pursuit! Munto’s realm is linked to ours by magic, but that power is fading, and his world is on the brink of death. Yumemi is the only Earthling with the power save his people… if she can only find the courage to use it!
Review
Munto is a strange anime. The DVD cover shows some SD characters, which led me to think that this title was going to contain some fun segments in it, but of course it did not happen. The show is about a deteriorating world parallel to the Earth. In this world, the life source, Akuto is soon to be used up and in order to slow down the process, the magical kingdom must be taken down from the skies. The plan to tear down the pillars that support the floating island has already been carried out. Now it is up to the Magical King Munto to prevent everything from happening. That is, the full consumption of Akuto and the wrecking of the magical kingdom.
On the other end of the spectrum, Earth, Yumemi our main focus in this title is a human with some sort of innate special power that will be able to rescue Munto and his situation. The thing I did not like about Munto is that there is rarely a point in the story that is appealing. There are several things that just happen for the hell of it. It seemed to me that no effort was put into the planning of Munto. It was like a puzzle being put together randomly. I cannot comprehend it, heck; there was nothing to comprehend about.
When there are titles created without any focus in it, it makes it a very difficult task for the viewer to fall in love with it. The fifty minutes of run time that Munto took from me was like hours waiting at the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles). Yeah, it was not only boring, but also long for a show that did not make much sense for a good portion of it.
The Breakdown
Suzume is probably the only good part of Munto. I demand her to be the main character!!!
» The Pros
There was some potential for this title to be good, but it never makes a strong attempt to achieve those potentials. The animation was not bad though. It is probably the only positive that I can find in Munto.
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» The Cons
The story and the characters are so jumbled up. There are things that happen for no apparent logical reason at all. I cannot comprehend Munto as it hops all over the place with its progress.
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» Animation
8 |
Is it me or are anime getting too bright these days? There was a scene shown, after rain has stopped, and the whole screen turned so bright I was really feeling a seizure coming. ^_^;; |
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» Sound
8 |
Nothing much to complain. |
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» Story
4 |
There is no story to speak of to my knowledge. |
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» Recommend
4 |
I would not recommend Munto, it just does not have what it takes to rob you of your money. |
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» Other Information
Language: English/Japanese Dialogue with English Subtitles.
Extras: Art Gallery, Character Sketches, U.S. Munto Trailer, Japanese Munto Trailer, Backgrounds and Previews.
Package: The cover is quite deceiving. I thought it was going to be comedic as there are deformed characters displayed, but it turns out that Munto is as serious as serious can get heh. |
Saturday, June 27, 2026
