Time Travel in Anime

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  • čas přidán 11. 06. 2024
  • From Steins;Gate to Re:Zero, time travel has always been a hot topic for anime. But, between the likes of Vivy, Link Click, and Tokyo Revengers, there's never been a better time to enjoy it!
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    Chapters:
    0:00 Intro & Ad
    2:16 Time Lines (of the parallel variety)
    7:24 Time Loops
    11:00 Time Leaps
    16:05 Time to Argue About Isekai
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  • @Neoicecreaman
    @Neoicecreaman Před 2 lety +2735

    "Parallel timelines"
    Don't ever try and explain fate. It nearly killed Gigguk.

    • @keiran9114
      @keiran9114 Před 2 lety +207

      So do you want the long version or the short version?

    • @eleinaedelweiss6215
      @eleinaedelweiss6215 Před 2 lety +116

      @@keiran9114 you forgot the long but shorten version and the short but longer version

    • @MasterAnge
      @MasterAnge Před 2 lety +7

      I’m in the opinion that fate stay night is 3 loops in time

    • @Nothing-sq3qu
      @Nothing-sq3qu Před 2 lety +22

      @Fox2play UBW --> HF --> Zero --> Everything else

    • @jedimasterpickle3
      @jedimasterpickle3 Před 2 lety +24

      @@MasterAnge No, that's the sequel, Fate/Hollow Ataraxia, which features a 3-day timeloop. Stay Night is 3 potential outcomes to the same starting point.

  • @andreajm932
    @andreajm932 Před 2 lety +1926

    Fun fact: the author of Tokyo Revengers was a delinquent in his youth

    • @mothersbasement
      @mothersbasement  Před 2 lety +673

      That's pretty metal

    • @itschickenscratch
      @itschickenscratch Před 2 lety +395

      @@mothersbasement it's how he knows all the dirty delinquent secrets like... where to buy a tiddy magazine

    • @kiss-shotacerola-orionhear1442
      @kiss-shotacerola-orionhear1442 Před 2 lety +52

      I think the MC is based on him

    • @andreajm932
      @andreajm932 Před 2 lety +91

      @@mothersbasement looks like he was part of the Black Emperors, or at least this is what is said about him

    • @davidowusu1184
      @davidowusu1184 Před 2 lety +24

      For some reason I can't seem to get past the first episode 😭

  • @bisheejom
    @bisheejom Před 2 lety +1001

    We've been bamboozled, Jeff makes his videos from a room with a window, not his mother's basement.

    • @earnestbrown6524
      @earnestbrown6524 Před 2 lety +54

      I feel lied to.

    • @andynonymous6769
      @andynonymous6769 Před 2 lety +51

      I want my money back

    • @PhenomsServant4
      @PhenomsServant4 Před 2 lety +35

      Weve been speckledorfed!

    • @MaxIronsThird
      @MaxIronsThird Před 2 lety +10

      He moved out of his mom's house.

    • @marocat4749
      @marocat4749 Před 2 lety +5

      @@loops_045 Dont forget tomake win watch odd taxi when you kidnap him, its a traditon XD even he the founder cant be an exception.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 2 lety +1860

    The concept of time in anime would probably confuse actual scientists tbh

    • @torvurd
      @torvurd Před 2 lety +141

      So many examples of time dilation in battle anime where two characters are running at each other from 5m away while holding a speech.

    • @benparrish672
      @benparrish672 Před 2 lety +80

      The concept of time confuses scientists in real life too

    • @Jomblegore
      @Jomblegore Před 2 lety +11

      Oh it’s you again

    • @ranuastika9847
      @ranuastika9847 Před 2 lety +40

      I'll destroy this planet in 5 second
      *Process to let the hero power up for the entire episode*

    • @HolySpitball
      @HolySpitball Před 2 lety +5

      I wager this planet will blow in about 5 minutes!

  • @Syncogon
    @Syncogon Před 2 lety +345

    It's so exciting to see you mention Link Click!! Chinese donghua is so underrated and overlooked, but this one is genuinely really good and it's great to hear that you watched and enjoyed it! Would love to see you talk more about it in another video!

  • @jet-g4458
    @jet-g4458 Před 2 lety +310

    Makes me really happy that he mentioned Link Click. Genuinely favourite new “anime” this year so far. Now I’m just waiting for an entire video on it.

    • @goddepersonno3782
      @goddepersonno3782 Před 2 lety +14

      yeah I know. I caught the first episode as it aired on streaming and immediately fell in love with it. Preceding to recommend it to everyone I know (sadly none of them watched it). So good to see it getting the attention it deserves

    • @zilly09
      @zilly09 Před 2 lety +10

      @@goddepersonno3782 tbh it deserves its own video

    • @zilly09
      @zilly09 Před 2 lety +4

      at 12:42 , geoff says Lu can see 12 hours into the "future" of any photo, but it's actually the past

    • @goddepersonno3782
      @goddepersonno3782 Před 2 lety +5

      @@zilly09 well 12 hours (before?) and after the photo was taken

    • @user-rx1vq3hb6d
      @user-rx1vq3hb6d Před 2 lety +13

      @@goddepersonno3782 12 hours after the photo was taken I think, but because people give him the photos more than 12 hours into the future (from the time the picture was taken) in the present time, he's looking into the past. But if someone say, took a photo 3 hours ago and got him to analyze it, idk if he would be cut off at hour 3 or can see 9 hours into the future.
      I just finished binging it a couple minutes ago and holy crap time to recommend this to all of my friends. The music are bops, the animation is smooth, the characters are so good, and it's my first mystery type anime and I loved it!

  • @wvin3052
    @wvin3052 Před 2 lety +271

    I think the Chinese anime or Donghua Link Click is definitely one of the best in spring season as a time travel show

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one Před 2 lety +11

      Quite a pair of protagonists!

    • @DrDile-sp5nl
      @DrDile-sp5nl Před 2 lety +4

      Im watching it right now and man have I been missing out on such a beautiful story

    • @tusharhegde8106
      @tusharhegde8106 Před 2 lety +5

      Its not great in the sci fi aspect but the show is still fucking amazing. And what it lacks in characters it makes up for it and more with the situations it puts them in

  • @pianoguy2747
    @pianoguy2747 Před 2 lety +411

    My favorite time travel stories definitely come from the When They Cry franchise. I read Higurashi and Umineko a while back and have been watching Gou and Sotsu airing now. It's been really fascinating dissecting Gou and Sotsu and realizing there is an underlying meta plot to the entire When They Cry universe. Having all these compelling stories nested within each other has made it an absolute treat to analyze and uncover. Admittedly, reading MANY hours of visual novels and watching a great deal of television to even get that plot is a lot, but as one of the people who has I find it well worth it.

    • @picklerick8785
      @picklerick8785 Před 2 lety +19

      Higurashi- how to do time loops.
      Endless Eight- hold my beer...

    • @mycterism
      @mycterism Před 2 lety +5

      BIG SAME

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one Před 2 lety +11

      Another Observer of the 7thExpansion, I see...

    • @loaf8506
      @loaf8506 Před 2 lety +10

      ryukishi07 is a genius

    • @yellowdragon101
      @yellowdragon101 Před 2 lety +6

      as a higurashi only, the rest of the franchise frightens me and i can not wait to read(?) it

  • @LCB_Meyneth
    @LCB_Meyneth Před 2 lety +96

    Glad to see Link Click getting some representation

  • @Ash_Wen-li
    @Ash_Wen-li Před 2 lety +137

    This thumbnail is incomplete without Steins;Gate

  • @ghoulsaga7662
    @ghoulsaga7662 Před 2 lety +337

    Time Travel can be used to make some masterpiece series just like the ones in this thumbnail!

    • @Lazer-bp9lf
      @Lazer-bp9lf Před 2 lety +25

      Exactly all three of them. And seeing that Vivy is an anime original and STILL accomplished the time travel thing really well, it says something a lot how insanely talented Re-Zero's author is in storytelling.

    • @MannanGoel
      @MannanGoel Před 2 lety +7

      TR is nowhere near to be called a masterpiece tbh

    • @ghoulsaga7662
      @ghoulsaga7662 Před 2 lety +5

      @@MannanGoel yup at least anime

    • @moneygambler2327
      @moneygambler2327 Před 2 lety

      TR is doing very well for shounen anime.

    • @moneygambler2327
      @moneygambler2327 Před 2 lety +11

      But Re:Zero is insane, some scene are masterpieces alone. Tension, music slowing with preciously picked instruments, camera angels, discussion build up and voice acting alone so good it makes you anxious. Every time I watch those scenes I´m in disbelieve how good this show is. I feel like I´m not worthy even watching show this good.

  • @bovanshi6564
    @bovanshi6564 Před 2 lety +57

    Timeline:
    3:08 Noein
    3:35 Stein's gate
    4:18 Orange
    5:16 Mirai nikki - future diary
    5:35 Vivy
    Timeloop :
    7:43 Re zero
    8:43 Punch lines x
    9:40 Tatami galaxy
    9:55 Girl who leapt through time
    Timeleap :
    11:18 Irozuku: world in colour
    11:31 Zipang
    12:20 Link click
    13:28 Tokyo Revengers
    15:12 Re make our life
    Borderline Isakai :
    16:13 Dr.Stone
    16:36 Inuyasha
    17:06 Batman ninja
    18:25 Fate franchise
    19:41 Ginax ova gunbuster

  • @chrlorez
    @chrlorez Před 2 lety +546

    As complicated your timeline is, nothing's got anything on the Fate franchise's chronology.

    • @irekaias
      @irekaias Před 2 lety +42

      Can you even call the Fate continuity a Timeline?

    • @itsmesky3545
      @itsmesky3545 Před 2 lety +26

      Chronology? What chronology?

    • @mrwhammer
      @mrwhammer Před 2 lety +8

      Its a multiverse not a timeline

    • @9o1ybius
      @9o1ybius Před 2 lety +10

      Before retcon the nasuverse used to be a single timeline iirc... but then content started pouring out and yeah

    • @chrlorez
      @chrlorez Před 2 lety +1

      @@irekaias Nope. That’s why I called it a chronology.

  • @brynolivo2060
    @brynolivo2060 Před 2 lety +43

    After I watched this video the first time; I went on a whim and watched Link Click. It was so so very good and nobody seems to be talking about it. It also has a Season 2 confirmed. The writing is wonderful and as a human drama it's one of my favorite.

  • @zeo4481
    @zeo4481 Před 2 lety +22

    Link Click is INSANE.
    DEFINITELY deserves it's own episode.

  • @DrDile-sp5nl
    @DrDile-sp5nl Před 2 lety +36

    Link Click did some sick stuff with Time Travel

  • @meisterdrums7798
    @meisterdrums7798 Před 2 lety +207

    (Madoka Magica Spoiler)
    Shows don’t even have to be “Time travel anime” to use time travel really well. It can just instantly add layers or impact to a show, like with Madoka Magica.

    • @UGNAvalon
      @UGNAvalon Před 2 lety +21

      Wouldn’t that be part of the (necessarily unmentionable) “time travel as a plot twist” group mentioned at the end of this video?

    • @anonybelle
      @anonybelle Před 2 lety +2

      @themesongfan wait, why today??

    • @piklan89
      @piklan89 Před 2 lety +7

      @@anonybelle my best guess is because the first episode of magia record season 2 came out today?

    • @troyjohnson2137
      @troyjohnson2137 Před 2 lety

      bunny girl senpai’s third best arc

    • @anonybelle
      @anonybelle Před 2 lety +1

      @themesongfan @piklan ahhh why didn't I know this??? Lol thank you

  • @4uDudes
    @4uDudes Před 2 lety +181

    My favourite type of anime, there is something special about seeing characters develop going through different timelines, my personal favourites - steins gate, jojo and re zero . Recent ones like Tokyo revengers are great as well

    • @Pikaton659
      @Pikaton659 Před 2 lety +1

      Jojo?

    • @thewindofsuicune
      @thewindofsuicune Před 2 lety +3

      @@Pikaton659 I believe they’re referring to the original universe and the Steel Ball Run universe.

    • @fanity0285
      @fanity0285 Před 2 lety +2

      @@thewindofsuicune or maybe that killer queen skill in jojo part 4

    • @4uDudes
      @4uDudes Před 2 lety

      @@thewindofsuicune +

  • @TheAtlasRises
    @TheAtlasRises Před 2 lety +106

    That sponsor at the start was absolutely incredible lmao.

  • @Emilie-hz9ws
    @Emilie-hz9ws Před 2 lety +35

    I'm so excited to hear you talk about Link Click!! It was absolutely incredible! So happy to see it gaining fans and I cant wait for season 2! Would love to hear more of your thoughts on it!

  • @peculiaroreo
    @peculiaroreo Před 2 lety +31

    I'm sad Higurashi isn't mentioned a little more here, I know the timeloop doesn't impact the characters for most of the first season with a singular exception that honestly probably was there just to explicitly confirm something
    But the way it loops through the same consistent events with these variations that completely change the course of each tragedy, and the way each of these loops gives us more context to these consistent events and the consistent lore of Hinamizawa while slowly providing the viewer with clues is incredible as a slow burn mystery

    • @deadeye9989
      @deadeye9989 Před 2 lety

      Pretty sure it wasnt mentioned because it falls into the category of time travel as a spoiler

    • @peculiaroreo
      @peculiaroreo Před 2 lety

      @@deadeye9989 Well the exact mechanics of the time travel are def a spoiler but the fact that it is looping in some way with each arc is undeniable

    • @deadeye9989
      @deadeye9989 Před 2 lety

      Up until the 6th arc theres really nothing that explicitly connects them and while you can speculate there may be some kind of time loop
      they can also be seen as individual stories just adding new pieces to the puzzle each time.

    • @vivvy_0
      @vivvy_0 Před 2 lety

      @@deadeye9989 they are called fragments

    • @deadeye9989
      @deadeye9989 Před 2 lety +1

      @@vivvy_0 theyre fragments in the story. theyre often called arcs or chapters when reffering to the vn or manga. Thats what the hen in each title is.

  • @KitaniRairakku
    @KitaniRairakku Před 2 lety +247

    You can't just drop "anime financed by very real cult to promote their wacky beliefs about dinosaurs and bug aliens" and bounce..?? Definitely looking forward to that video someday!

  • @animusswtor4822
    @animusswtor4822 Před 2 lety +54

    Time Travel is one of my favorite story elements in fiction, IF done right. The thing is that it is also one of the most difficult ones to actually get right because you run into so many paradoxes, so many chances to creaet plotholes or write yourself into a corner you can't get out of. There have been shows that succeeded , or at least somewhat, like for example Re Zero/Madoka Magica/Vivy/Pandora Hearts(the manga), there have been shows that failed in that regard like for example Erased and Charlotte, and some that I'm not even sure if they actually failed or succeeded or what like the Bunny Girl Senpai movie. But among all those that tried and used it as part of their plot, the one that uses it best for me is most definitely Steins Gate, both anime and especially visual novel.

    • @voxomnes9537
      @voxomnes9537 Před 2 lety +8

      Steins;Gate is just peak time travel anime. It's hard to even argue against that.

    • @leonluong1384
      @leonluong1384 Před 2 lety +2

      I love Stein's Gate but even that show can't avoid inconsistencies in its time travel mechanics, at least from how I have interpreted it.

    • @animusswtor4822
      @animusswtor4822 Před 2 lety +3

      @@leonluong1384 note that I'm only talking about the original season of Steins Gate and am not including Steins Gate 0 into this, but feel free to list those inconsistencies cuz I've seen and read a shxt-ton of time travel stories and among those Steins Gate has the least, if any of those

    • @leonluong1384
      @leonluong1384 Před 2 lety +2

      @@animusswtor4822 The two that I can think of on top of my head:
      1. When Kurisu was testing the D-Mail a bunch of times, the worldlines did not change. We know this because nobody lost their memories. The only explanation I can think of is those were too inconsignificant to shift worldlines.
      2. At the end, why did Suzuha disappear? Stein's Gate has the parallel timeline kind of time travel but she was disappeared after changing time like in Back to the Future. Also, if she disappeared why didn't Okabe?
      These two are the ones that come to mind immediately. I can go back to find exact examples in the episodes in another comment. I still love the show though. It just that there are the few things that keep it from being perfect in my mind. If you could resolve these issues, that would be great.

    • @Webmage101
      @Webmage101 Před 2 lety +3

      If you are talking about the steins gate world line she disappeared because there is no reason for her to go back in time. If you are talking about the steins gate 0 ending then it changes nothing because Suzuha is born later anyways, and would not stick around to meet her past self anyways.

  • @GabeSweetMan
    @GabeSweetMan Před 2 lety +20

    Geoff you forgot to talk about all anime character's inherent time manipulation ability to think 37 paragraphs of inner monologue in the span of 2 seconds or fight scenes in which combatants can hold a conversation that is faster than the SPEED OF LIGHT.
    Talking is a Free Turn gets dialed up to 11 in anime and I love it.

  • @anachronologist2017
    @anachronologist2017 Před 2 lety +33

    Stein's Gate is such a great anime, When I first watched it I fell in love with it right away, and it has both a great Japanese vocal cast AND a great English dub, essentially doubling the timelines with a re-watch factor for both languages

    • @KiomonDuck
      @KiomonDuck Před 2 lety +5

      It's only complete one you've watched zero. Both are required for the full story.

  • @Afridico2
    @Afridico2 Před 2 lety +95

    Good to know I stil have PTSD from the rabbits

    • @Chihirolee3
      @Chihirolee3 Před 2 lety +2

      I saw Monty Python first....

    • @wittich_tara
      @wittich_tara Před 2 lety +1

      Me too Buddy......
      Me too

    • @AnimeFan-vo1hc
      @AnimeFan-vo1hc Před 2 lety +1

      @@Chihirolee3 It feels less disturbing than the Re Zero one. The screams and gore of the Re Zero scene were terrifying.

  • @sinom
    @sinom Před 2 lety +62

    These "timetravel semi-isekai" series are extremely popular in webnovels at the moment (both Japanese and Chinese).

    • @gnrngkcntnf
      @gnrngkcntnf Před 2 lety

      Do you have any recommendations?

    • @sinom
      @sinom Před 2 lety +4

      @@gnrngkcntnf Sorry but not really. None of them are particularly good. And most of the time it's just that they already are in a fantasy world and just timetravel to a different period in that etc. Power fantasy ensues. I've read a few and none of them were particularly good. Already forgot the names of most of them too... sorry.

    • @gnrngkcntnf
      @gnrngkcntnf Před 2 lety +1

      @@sinom oh okay, thanks anyways

    • @thedancingpikachu
      @thedancingpikachu Před 2 lety +1

      @@gnrngkcntnf While pure fantasy, some that are kind of fun are "The mage will master magic efficiently in his second life" which is time loop. Main character ends up feeling they wasted their life after they are kicked from a high position for arbitrary reasons, and creates a spell to relive their youth and do it differently.
      Other would be "The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life" which is a girl accidentally survives a disaster, and is now the only one left with her skill set when she awakens. Also a pure fantasy series.

    • @xteband
      @xteband Před 2 lety +1

      I'm reading a few, among them my favorite is "Again My life" about a prosecutor who upon being killed by a corrupt politician travels back to his high school years retaining his knowledge of the future

  • @acerolalu
    @acerolalu Před 2 lety +14

    madoka magica is my all time favorite anime because of how smart the time trace aspect was!

  • @Lazer-bp9lf
    @Lazer-bp9lf Před 2 lety +118

    Surprisingly, Vivy Fluorite Eye's Song accomplished the whole "go back in time and fix the future from disaster" thing pretty well in a unique way with all key events feeling natural with an insane logical plot twist near the end. And this was all done in 13 episodes. Thank you MB for giving attention to Vivy regarding this to everyone. This anime absolutely deserves it.

    • @ianr.navahuber2195
      @ianr.navahuber2195 Před 2 lety +5

      i liked it but the ending feels like... i don't know, like "climatic moment happens, and it just ends". like it needed like 2 minutes to at least show a montage WALL-E style showing them fix the rest in a "everything will be fine onwards" way, but it didn't. it just ends alongside a post credits scene.
      is not helped that the final episode wasted minutes showing vivy time travelling to the past when the previous episode (the second to last) already having time travelled so the first minutes of last episode until elizabeth appears are kinda filler.
      is not helped that DYNAZENON (which aired at the same time) managed to have a more climatic ending while still having time to let the finale slow down and feel more conclusive

    • @Exel3nce
      @Exel3nce Před 2 lety +2

      It Doesnt really deserve much. It was shallow mediocrity more than half of its runtime. (Didnt finish it ofc). So yeah, unfortunatly a dissapointment from the author

    • @Brandon-ih2en
      @Brandon-ih2en Před 2 lety +15

      @@Exel3nce i guess different people have different opinions. Personally, out of like.. 20 series i watched last season, this one is the best.

    • @WorlWyrm
      @WorlWyrm Před 2 lety +1

      @@Exel3nce finish the anime, you will understand why

    • @Lazer-bp9lf
      @Lazer-bp9lf Před 2 lety +11

      @@Exel3nce Personally it does the whole travel uniquely by using the music genre. Mix that with A.I robots and you get an emotion driven action packed well written story. Vivy accomplished this in 13 episodes which some time travel series don't accomplish in even 24 episodes. But hey I respect your opinion. Do give it another try. Once episode 10 hits, everything will make sense in a logical way.

  • @jordannagiah1996
    @jordannagiah1996 Před 2 lety +105

    As soon as I saw the trailer for Tokyo revengers, I instantly started the manga finishing it in 2 days. Definitely a contender for anime of the year

    • @brandonw6139
      @brandonw6139 Před 2 lety +19

      Disagree I think the anime is pretty boring with some great moments sprinkled in. The animation really takes me out of it. Fight scenes are just slow and barely animated. Hope it gets better because I do enjoy the characters

    • @muun9403
      @muun9403 Před 2 lety +5

      @@brandonw6139 type of person to think naruto is the best anime of all time, totally neglecting character and story flaws.

    • @MachoTM
      @MachoTM Před 2 lety +8

      @@brandonw6139 the uncensored version has a lot more scenes and animation, the censored one ruins the animation

    • @brandonw6139
      @brandonw6139 Před 2 lety +2

      @@MachoTM yea that's true. Still think it's lack luster I've seen both

    • @brandonw6139
      @brandonw6139 Před 2 lety +1

      @@muun9403 Naruto is one of my faves but it definitely has issues with pacing and character's.

  • @gatling216
    @gatling216 Před 2 lety +38

    I like the closed loop style personally. Not technically an anime, but Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency plays with the concept wonderfully in the first season, and actually turns into a goddamned isekai in the second. The way they pull it off is just the best.

    • @ShizukaNIX
      @ShizukaNIX Před 2 lety +4

      I am perpetually heartbroken that there will never be a season 3 of Dirk Gently. They really did a phenomenal job on that show.

    • @gatling216
      @gatling216 Před 2 lety +1

      @@ShizukaNIX Same, but it does have that in common with the books the show was inspired by.

  • @Kaineeee
    @Kaineeee Před 2 lety +7

    Vivy Fluorite Eye's Song is anime of the year for me

  • @moonythespoonie9551
    @moonythespoonie9551 Před 2 lety +47

    Let's be real here, you could probably teach an entire full-semester class on Fate lore and still not run out of stuff to talk about, it's just that complicated

    • @KhangNguyen-qn4bh
      @KhangNguyen-qn4bh Před 2 lety +1

      Considering that it is a growing thing is actually terrifying to imagine what will it become after decades to come

  • @johnoneil9188
    @johnoneil9188 Před 2 lety +8

    Time travel in general is hard to pull off without just shredding it full of inconsistencies and giant plotholes so you got to admire those that do it well.

  • @vincent_4044
    @vincent_4044 Před 2 lety +15

    That Zero Escape Soundtrack is a real banger and fits the video 100%

  • @tofire2261
    @tofire2261 Před 2 lety +6

    i m SO happy you gave link click a shot AND that you mentioned it in a video you have no idea. it s so underrated in the west (fuck knows its doin great in china) im just happy you re bringing attention to it :]

    • @garrettdyches8426
      @garrettdyches8426 Před 2 lety

      I have a suspicion that others in the US who watch anime are too used to the voice of Japanese VAs, and/or English VAs, so they aren’t used to Korean accents. That’s just my guess though

    • @tofire2261
      @tofire2261 Před 2 lety

      @@garrettdyches8426 it s chinese actually but yeah there s a huge amount of weebs that just refuse to check out other stuff bcs its not in japanese

    • @carinadominguez22
      @carinadominguez22 Před 2 lety

      Did you also watch Scamboli.

  • @kenised
    @kenised Před 2 lety +34

    Oh thank god, I was scared you'd get through an entire show about time travel and not mention Link Click.

  • @moneygambler2327
    @moneygambler2327 Před 2 lety +48

    Everyone should watch Re:Zero, but also this show is not for everyone, but if it is for you, then you will love it!

    • @Ruby_Mullz
      @Ruby_Mullz Před 2 lety +2

      I just finished season 2 and watched season 1 yesterday. Great show. It did tune travek nicely and was the first isakai I’ve watched.

    • @ForTehNguyen
      @ForTehNguyen Před 2 lety +1

      i watched it all and it just honestly kinda bored me. Just wasnt for me.

    • @matheuskirisame
      @matheuskirisame Před 2 lety

      I would recommend to read the novels since they're way better than the anime

    • @jotaromario2300
      @jotaromario2300 Před 2 lety

      @@1steking yea i've read arc 6, and its a crazy roller coaster. I recommend that you should just read the web novel yourself, which can be read for free on whichculttranslations.

  • @evemeirelles
    @evemeirelles Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you for introducing me to Link Click!! This was everything i needed in an animation and I hope more people get to know this AMAZING story too!

  • @davidowusu1184
    @davidowusu1184 Před 2 lety +20

    Steins; Gate is peak time travel. So simple yet beautiful in it's simplicity
    Also.... Zero Chill : The Animation; the most complete description of Mirai Nikki I've ever heard 🤣🤣
    I died laughing 🤣🤣

    • @nahbdjd4435
      @nahbdjd4435 Před 2 lety +2

      You should check out dark on Netflix. It's not anime, but I actually much prefer it to steins; gate.

  • @iliaalomia7798
    @iliaalomia7798 Před 2 lety +7

    Another type of isekai "sort of" time travel; when the mc knows what happens in the future because mc reads/plays it before and uses it to achieve his/her own survival but cannot reset once he/she are inside that world. and yeah Link click is great.

  • @chznpto
    @chznpto Před 2 lety +4

    I love time travel stories. Steins;Gate (and now Vivy) being amongst my favorites. There’s just so much potential in the premise.

  • @twynnarchives772
    @twynnarchives772 Před 2 lety +9

    Steins gate is one of the best anime’s I’ve seen

  • @doksfrommars
    @doksfrommars Před 2 lety +31

    Vivy deserves a ballot in the anime of the year vote

    • @icarue993
      @icarue993 Před 2 lety

      We can do 2 top anime. The ones from Spring and the ones from the rest of the year. If we count all of 2021 as a whole, all the best anime will be on spring

  • @neochungus3686
    @neochungus3686 Před 2 lety +5

    Everyone knows the best time travel is in haruhi endless eight WAS the perfect example of a time loop

  • @williamthemediocregamer4794

    I just finished steins gate, and I watched rezero a while ago, I just love time travel in anime!

  • @akshatrai7475
    @akshatrai7475 Před 2 lety +6

    steins gate is the best one IMO
    it has a perfect storyline which could be understood by anyone
    it's so easy to understand yet so complicated
    the first12 episodes may be boring but it's the 13th episode where the chaos breaks free
    it doesn't have any plotholes
    the fact that you can change the ENTIRE past with a single message or the concept of different world lines is simply amazing
    or the emotional barriers okabe faces while trying to undo the Dmails sent into the past

  • @gemrauld1828
    @gemrauld1828 Před 2 lety +7

    Vivy is probably my anime of the year so far. The story is so good!!

  • @hollowvoidz3472
    @hollowvoidz3472 Před 2 lety +40

    Vivy’s probably my anime of the year, with tokyo revengers close behind

  • @mattwo7
    @mattwo7 Před 2 lety +9

    18:59 I think Gigguk has proven that trying to make a video about trying to make sense of Fate lore is a bad idea itself, as he himself fully admits in the video where he tried lol (though easily the worst part of trying to figure it out is trying to make sense of the FGO branch of the timeline, as he just drew a bunch of scribbles instead lol).

  • @echonotex
    @echonotex Před 2 lety +2

    I’m so glad many CZcamsrs are talking ab link click it’s one of my favorites

  • @sharpskillzero
    @sharpskillzero Před 2 lety +2

    Absolutely loving the very fitting background audio from the zero escape series, excellent choice

  • @iamwhatitorture6072
    @iamwhatitorture6072 Před 2 lety +47

    Me: Why didn't you mention ***?
    Geoff: There are also anime that have time travel as plot twists, but naming them would be a spoiler
    Me: Oh yeah, it was a plot twist...

    • @adamb4680
      @adamb4680 Před 2 lety +1

      endless 8?

    • @corymurphy4459
      @corymurphy4459 Před 2 lety +6

      @@adamb4680 Madoka is the first thing that I think of

    • @jorgecorea7528
      @jorgecorea7528 Před 2 lety

      I want to know some of those, please

    • @DeusExMarina
      @DeusExMarina Před 2 lety +6

      @@jorgecorea7528 Notably, there's Your Name, which initially seems like a straightforward body swap until it's revealed that the two characters actually live three years apart, and so by swapping bodies, they're also traveling through time.

    • @iamwhatitorture6072
      @iamwhatitorture6072 Před 2 lety +1

      Hey ya'll do know there is a reason I did not write the name down right?

  • @comic2525
    @comic2525 Před 2 lety +9

    Ya know what I just found out last week, Tokyo Revengers was also inspired by Re:Zero and Erased

    • @_chan6xopy
      @_chan6xopy Před rokem

      But tokyo revengers >> re zero and erased its manga is on next level manga us way hyped

    • @comic2525
      @comic2525 Před rokem +1

      @@_chan6xopy nah Re:Zero absolutely clears TR

  • @JysusCryst
    @JysusCryst Před 2 lety +2

    I'm so glad to see Batman Ninja get some attention. It's such an amazing experience, and everyone needs to see it.

  • @thoughtprism2963
    @thoughtprism2963 Před 2 lety +1

    The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is so, so good. I can count on one hand the number of pieces of media which made me cry outright, and that film is one of them.

  • @stephaniejanong4146
    @stephaniejanong4146 Před 2 lety +3

    Geoff: starts talking about timeloops
    Me, finally noticing the zero escape ost playing in the bg: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  • @brainstorm006
    @brainstorm006 Před 2 lety +6

    I think Steins; Gate was one of the best anime that included timelines and all. It was just perfection to be honest. Vivy and Erased were pretty good too!

  • @aceentertainers2740
    @aceentertainers2740 Před 2 lety +3

    The Zero Escape ost in the background is a really good choice for this video. It is the best time travel visual novel.

  • @chris41952
    @chris41952 Před 2 lety +73

    Stein's Gate wins the time travel competition hands down.

    • @SuperAmaton
      @SuperAmaton Před 2 lety +3

      What makes it supperior to the other? If you son't mind explaining it, that is.

    • @DarkGamerA
      @DarkGamerA Před 2 lety +3

      I don't agree.. personally, I think ... Having the first 12 episodes so boring, annoying, and dependent on the rest of the show is not good,
      but I loved the episodes after it

    • @filipe2338
      @filipe2338 Před 2 lety +4

      I had to watch it like three times to finally break through that barrier. Before that I always ended up dropping the anime. But once I broke through it, I binged the rest and ended up considering it one of the best time-travel stories I've seen

    • @SuperAmaton
      @SuperAmaton Před 2 lety

      @@filipe2338 But what makes it so much "superior" to other then? Please tell me!

    • @filipinoob958
      @filipinoob958 Před 2 lety +22

      @@DarkGamerA The First 12 episode is the reason why it became known as one of the only few anime that manages time travel to work. It's not pointless at all, it builds how the whole time travel aspect work and how the world within steins gate works (characters,time travel mechanic,etc), is it boring? I guess for a lot of people (not for me as I enjoy explanations and build ups) but calling it pointless is just... no.

  • @HiDiegoGabriel
    @HiDiegoGabriel Před 2 lety +43

    Time travel could either be amazing or awful. Its a double edged sword.

    • @sort6726
      @sort6726 Před 2 lety +1

      It fucked Aot that's for sure

    • @sort6726
      @sort6726 Před 2 lety +1

      @Lionard Kirsch time travel just came crashing down after Eren sent a titan to kill her mother which created a paradox to the entire plot of Aot and also one of the reasons why the ending became so hated alongside many reasons

    • @Daniel-qt5ib
      @Daniel-qt5ib Před 2 lety

      I think a lot depends on whether the story is actually about time travel, or whether it's just thrown in as an excuse for something dumb or for a cheap twist.

    • @jadeorbigoso5212
      @jadeorbigoso5212 Před 2 lety

      Aot without Time travel will not make sense since Eren just motivate and arranged the massacre of Royal family and motivating his self in the past

    • @jadeorbigoso5212
      @jadeorbigoso5212 Před 2 lety

      @@sort6726 current aot will not happen without Dina killing Carla

  • @jannemeyer8134
    @jannemeyer8134 Před 2 lety +17

    Thank you, someone who knows Vivy
    Seriously, its so great and everyone should watch it

    • @Lazer-bp9lf
      @Lazer-bp9lf Před 2 lety +3

      THIS is true.

    • @matheuskirisame
      @matheuskirisame Před 2 lety

      Don't know man, til the last episode it was excelent but that...
      Time travel out of nowhere just to put a happy ending was kinda boring and had less impact than the bad ending.

  • @zef5960
    @zef5960 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank youu for this vid on time travel in anime. I dont usually comment but this was 100% worth it. love it

  • @TBayneRocks216
    @TBayneRocks216 Před 2 lety

    I’m so glad you brought up Link Click in this video because I was really sad to not see it in you ones to watch list

  • @Andrew_in_the_garden
    @Andrew_in_the_garden Před 2 lety +3

    Help I recently finished Vivy and I can't stop thinking about it

  • @QMQ-WyW
    @QMQ-WyW Před 2 lety +3

    12:23 LINK CLICK is too good I finished in two days and the last ep made me cry, can't wait for 2nd season. make a video on it so more people will see this amazing show!!

  • @shenyingify
    @shenyingify Před 2 lety

    YESSS THANK YOU FOR RECOMMENDING LINK CLICK!! It was a rollercoaster ride and probably one of my anime of the year, if not THE anime of the year

  • @mxdanger
    @mxdanger Před 2 lety +1

    I’m so glad you mentioned Zipang. I decided to watch it after you mentioned it and it was great!

  • @sorenveluxidus274
    @sorenveluxidus274 Před 2 lety +3

    I wish there was an easy list of all the anime you’ve mentioned. There have been so many times when I want to find a specific one you mentioned, but I can’t without scrolling through the video slowly

  • @Salyna43
    @Salyna43 Před 2 lety +3

    link click is my favourite show from this year and i would Love to see a whole video on it if you ever have the inclination, especially because it could really use a bump in popularity

  • @matthewodell9129
    @matthewodell9129 Před 2 lety

    I love the Zero Escape music at the beginning. Very nice touch.

  • @davidbierbaum4881
    @davidbierbaum4881 Před 2 lety +1

    My favorite take on time travel came from one episode of "Red Dwarf" where the gang went to a planet/world where everything was going backwards. The part where Cat went into the bushes to do his business, and came back seriously weirded out, was priceless! ;)

  • @kennyholmes5196
    @kennyholmes5196 Před 2 lety +45

    Shoulda called the Borderline Isekai category "Isekai Time".

  • @thomaszboss3411
    @thomaszboss3411 Před 2 lety +5

    You can't be a time travel anime without the MC suffering and being in pain.

  • @kaiichinose9448
    @kaiichinose9448 Před 2 lety +2

    Literally the best channel !!!😌😌😌😌

  • @haileybot7752
    @haileybot7752 Před 2 lety +2

    Zero Escape soundtrack? A true man of taste.

  • @tangentiall
    @tangentiall Před 2 lety +4

    List of Time Travel Anime listed in this video (for future me and others):
    Parallel Timelines:
    3:12 - Noein
    3:35 - Steins;Gate
    4:20 - Orange
    5:15 - Mirai Nikki (Future Diary)
    5:40 - Vivy Fluorite Eye's Song
    Time Loops:
    7:44 - Re:Zero
    8:42 - Punch Line
    9:44 - Tatami Galaxy
    9:55 - The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
    Time Leaps:
    11:15 - Iroduku: The World in Colours
    11:33 - Zipang
    12:23 - Link Click
    13:27 - Tokyo Revengers
    15:13 - Remake Our Life
    Isekai timeish things
    16:16 - Dr Stone and Inuyasha
    17:09 - Nobunaga Concerto, Batman Ninja
    17:49 - Laws of the Universe Part 1

  • @everyanimereactionever
    @everyanimereactionever Před 2 lety +20

    Vivy was a 9 bordering on 10/10 and it is worth a watch.

  • @iseukanda
    @iseukanda Před 2 lety +2

    Finally! Someone mentioned Vivy Fluorite Eyes Song.

  • @justrandomotaku
    @justrandomotaku Před 2 lety +1

    link click is so good!! and its so short too so please, take some time to immerse yourself in it. great storyline, great writing, great voice acting, BEAUTIFUL scenes. oh, and prepare some tissues.

  • @mattwo7
    @mattwo7 Před 2 lety +3

    2:09 Ah yes the classic trope of "remembering someone from an erased future even though that makes no sense as the paradox neatly erases itself, preventing that from ever happening."

  • @k.s.k.394
    @k.s.k.394 Před 2 lety +12

    I had been wanting a mother's basement video. This must be the choice of Stein's Gate!

  • @ChaosAura452
    @ChaosAura452 Před 2 lety +1

    0:01 nice Zero Escape music!
    Perfect for the theme of time travel!

  • @o0Avalon0o
    @o0Avalon0o Před 2 lety +1

    When I'm suggested these videos, I literally sit there a minute examining your pretty thumbnail.

  • @Gungelion
    @Gungelion Před 2 lety +29

    something that surprisingly gone under your radar would be two isekai series made by Disney "the owl house" and "Amphibia"

    • @andynonymous6769
      @andynonymous6769 Před 2 lety

      owl house is rad. sucks that it's cancelled :(

    • @liarockkk4813
      @liarockkk4813 Před 2 lety

      @@andynonymous6769 It WAS CANCELLED???

    • @fayev1360
      @fayev1360 Před 2 lety +1

      @@liarockkk4813 Its ending after a shortened season 3 it wasnt cancelled

    • @andynonymous6769
      @andynonymous6769 Před 2 lety

      @@liarockkk4813 yep :(
      They're not making a season 4

  • @Dirkoin
    @Dirkoin Před 2 lety +5

    Zipang is just the Japanese version of the movie "the final countdown"

  • @shadowblakemasterson
    @shadowblakemasterson Před 2 lety

    Easily the best ad read I've seen in a while

  • @Toplimshadey
    @Toplimshadey Před 2 lety +1

    Holy shit. I never expected Geoff to talk about Link Click haha. I don't hear many anime commenter channels bring it up.

  • @leemastah3391
    @leemastah3391 Před 2 lety +26

    Does anyone have a list of every anime he has listed in this video. This is like lightning fast and I can barely keep up.

    • @blackphoenix77
      @blackphoenix77 Před 2 lety +25

      Here you go:
      1) Noein: To your Other Self
      2)Stein's Gate
      3)Orange: Future
      4)Mirai Nikki (aka The Future Diary)
      5)Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
      6)Re:ZERO
      7)Punch Line
      8)The Tatami Galaxy
      9) The Girl who Leapt through Time
      10)Irozuku: The World in Colors
      11)Zipang
      12)Link Click
      13)Tokyo Revengers
      14)Remake our Life
      15)Dr. Stone
      16) Inu Yasha
      17)Nobunaga Concerto
      18) Batman Ninja
      19)Laws of the Universe Part 1
      20)Gibiate
      21)Fate series (including Fate: Grand Order)
      22)Drifters: Battle in a Brand New World War (shown, but not named)
      23)Gunbuster

    • @leemastah3391
      @leemastah3391 Před 2 lety +3

      @@blackphoenix77 saint

    • @NeahMinto88
      @NeahMinto88 Před 2 lety +3

      @@blackphoenix77 totally should get pinned this is a fantastic post

    • @jordy_3d
      @jordy_3d Před 2 lety +4

      Should also note, the footage shown after Fate was of Drifters
      It wasn't mentioned by name, but it is still somewhat related, especially since Fate was included
      Was kinda disappointed that it was shown but the name went unmentioned

    • @SlickGamble
      @SlickGamble Před 2 lety

      @@blackphoenix77 Thank you.

  • @Kaisernero85
    @Kaisernero85 Před 2 lety +4

    Time dilation = every DBZ fight
    " 3 min until planet goes boom / 3+ Episodes"

  • @ookamitsk8104
    @ookamitsk8104 Před 2 lety

    *Sees a new video by Mother's Basment* Ahhh it seems the gods have decided to bless me this day! Another great video! thank you for this high quality content.

  • @TheNVTrashMan
    @TheNVTrashMan Před 2 lety

    I just discovered the Orange series a while back and loved it from beginning to end. One of my fav animes now. So cool to see you talking about it.

  • @amendez7653
    @amendez7653 Před 2 lety +23

    Time travel anime are just peak, literally all of them are great.

    • @nokh3382
      @nokh3382 Před 2 lety +4

      I wouldn’t say all of them, there are a few that failed, but most of them are pretty good.

    • @voxomnes9537
      @voxomnes9537 Před 2 lety +4

      Steins;Gate really does come to mind.

    • @clare5688
      @clare5688 Před 2 lety +3

      youre on yt too lol

  • @palmtoptiger38
    @palmtoptiger38 Před 2 lety +3

    I just finished watching the newest episode of Tokyo Revengers and then this shows up on my feed :D

  • @animemaster9351
    @animemaster9351 Před 2 lety +2

    Link click is such a hidden gem

  • @pcdruid
    @pcdruid Před 2 lety

    Thanks for the reference to Gunbuster... the end of that made me cry.
    As did the end of it's follow up series.

  • @ZeroRogue
    @ZeroRogue Před 2 lety +6

    "Not going to spoil plot twist time travel anime." Shows so I am a spider. Whoops. XD

  • @remforrest
    @remforrest Před 2 lety +5

    Ever since I fell in love with Steins;Gate visual novel then the Anime my favorite type of anime has been time travel. I even watched some horrible ones.
    Edit: I actually watched every anime shown or mentioned on this video, except the Chinese Manwha.

  • @anonymoususer9846
    @anonymoususer9846 Před 2 lety

    thanks for the recommendation as per usual my bro

  • @juno2768
    @juno2768 Před 2 lety +1

    I've been waiting for you to discuss this topic 💜🖤