Review of Listeners

The story is kind of interesting, but a little too "Go to this place, now go to other place" for me. There are also elements of the plot that are part of one episode and then never really capitalized/built on, but perhaps that's in hopes for a second season? There were some good moments, but it was just kind of eh. 6/10 The art wasn't very good. I strongly dislike the overuse of cg, especially when it's bad. So when I see cg mech with the MCs lifeless unmoving cg models riding it, I want to die. There really isn't any excuse for such poor cg.Some positives can be found in the aesthetic design of the mechs, but the chubby cheeked heroine is kind of an eyesore. Another bad thing is that the animation colors are wrong in a couple scenes... I think? I'm not sure, but it seemed to me that a effect was green when the context and previous scene would lead you to believe it should be purple. The outros are actually a lot more to my liking in terms of art style, but have some of the same issues. Next time instead of animating a new outro with a new song every episode, spend that time and money on the MC cg character model instead. It looks terrible and creepy, case in point 20:35 of episode 2. This isn't the only time it happens, and it's unacceptable. 4/10

In terms of voice acting, I watched the dub, the range was awkward to just eh. The voices themselves aren't great, but not necessarily bad. However there were just to many cringe lines that were awkwardly said by the heroine. Also the sound effects are sometimes kind of weird and not what anyone would logically expect, like when a screw is turned in an episode is an example. That being said the music is actually pretty good, the intro is decent, and there is a new outro every episode(or most, not sure). All the outros are pretty good too. The ost is also pretty well done, I enjoyed listening to the music in the background more than I enjoyed the show as a whole. The music would easily be a 9 or 10, but the voice acting and sound effects are not great and that's something I just can't ignore. 6/10

Some of the characters are interesting, but the interesting elements aren't capitalized on much. The MCs are just kind of eh, and the heroine has some interesting character development, but it kind of fell flatter than it should have for me. The side characters were at times more interesting than the man characters, but not enough of time was spent on them. 6/10

I enjoyed the music, and the interesting design mech designs. However, the poor animation, and only kind of alright characters/story caused me to lose interest. Truth be told I started playing Minecraft while watching halfway through. There were parts that held my attention, but overall it was mediocre at best. 5/10

Overall the terrible cg made a 6 or 7 into a 5 out of ten. You might like this if your into mechs and like the mech design style, but I'd imagine there are better things to watch. 5/10