Chaos;Head Anime Review/RANT 

This is what happens when you cram a large visual novel into 12 episodes, also what happens when you poorly adapt it. For those wondering the Visual Novel is actually good, unfortunately the anime cuts out key and minor aspects alike along with changing events for no reason. For some perspective Takumi was supposed to be forced into going onto one of the tallest building in Shibuya where the New Gen killer has laid a trap for him to make him have as much attention as possible. For a neet like Takumi this is extremely painful and was meant to awaken him, ultimately it did not work but lead people to believe Takumi is the New Gen killer. The episode 0 in Chaos;Child which summarizes the events of Chaos;Head honestly sticks closer to the Chaos;Head script than the Chaos;Head anime does, on top of that the anime cuts out much of Takumi's character development. You are supposed to think he is a loser, however as things progress and he becomes more unstable and is forced into terrible situations he starts to change.

It really pains me to see so many people's perceptions of Chaos;Head tainted by the Anime. It's like if people said that Fate/Stay Night was terrible because they only watched Fate/Stay Deen!

Imagine seeing a Chaos;Head remake But its named Chaos;Head NoAh with 24 episodes or more

I bet Todd Haberkorn was facing a financial crisis, so out of desperation, he did the voice of the main character Takumi. I bet after he finally finished the show, he cried into his pillow.

I see "rant" in the title. By BlackCriticGuy. Never clicked on a video so fast.

What hurts the most about General Pussycock... he's voiced by one of my fave voice actors... Todd Haberkorn. WHY, TODD, WHY?!

Yeah, it's a really really, REALLY bad adaptation. Just another example of what happens when you try to turn a 30 hour game into a single cour anime. Not exactly Tsukihime levels of terrible, but I still don't think that's been topped in garbage levels. I'd advise you to try playing the game, but it's probably ruined any enjoyment you might have gotten from it.

Every single time I've fallen in public, someone came to help me up, or at least to make sure I was okay. Everyone from loved ones to complete strangers. Hell a man once hit me with his car, and he STILL helped me. It's basic human kindness. Characters that are portrayed NOT helping others from a fall in film are usually bully or antagonist characters. (Or protagonists that are MEANT to be dicks) I can't root for a character that lacks basic human kindness without it being intentional!

Imagine Steins;Gate in 12 episode , , thats what happen in Chaos;Head and Chaos;Child ( ._.)

The visual novel is much better than the anime series...there even character routes and endings with every characters.. This give the whole plot alot of depth. Takumi's character development is different In the game... It's a shame what they done to the great story in the Anime adaption.

To address what I see going on in the comments: You can love the thing you love. That's fine, but it is good and healthy to take into consideration it's flaws and problems. It helps us grow and learn as people. Attacking someone who criticizes the thing you love doesn't do that. It puts you into this echo chamber and bubble of a bunch of yes men. Having people who disagree with you around helps to build a good healthy foundation for learning. Please CONSIDER THIS.

I thought the anime was good to begin with since it had a very unsettling and creepy, but then I lost interest very quickly.

I actually loved it to be honest, even though it was confusing.

A rant from Tony and a cup of coffee = great morning breakfast

This anime doesn’t exist this only has a visual novel

My friend hates this anime too 😂

i remember this being on netflix years ago, i barrely remember it

And with all the girls I thought that it wasn't a harem at all and that he was just surrounded by females and now that I know that it was meant to be a harem. Holy crap. This anime was awful XD

16:10 Todd! Todd Michael Haberkorn what did they do to you!!!???

20:33 Do you know what the hell of that moment is? General Pussycock didn't even have the excuse of listening to music or reading a book!

16:10 I'm dead That sounded TOO real

I did not like this anime either. The worst anime based on a visual novel to me is Green Green

Hey man. Just found your channel. You're awesome man. I actually enjoyed the show, just because it has a massive shared universe in Steins;Gate and in the visual novel there are not to many plot holes in the story. It's pretty great, so i suggest trying the visual novel. You're awesome bro and keep up the awesome work!!

As soon as I saw the word "RANT" I knew I had to click it

"where do i begin" *ad starts playing* lol

He didn't even bother to ask if she was ok.

THOSE EYES. WHOSE ARE THEY.

it's so Bad that is my Guilty Pleasure

Welp looks like your worst anime males list needs updating.

Just to clear up some confusion for you, Tony. Spoilers for Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate ahead. 2:05 The "organization" is the Comittee of 300, which is basically the Illuminati and the same thing the characters of Steins;Gate go against at some points (SERN has links to the Committee). The Chaos;Head anime does not expand much on this iirc. The Committee wants to artificially recreate the characters' psychic abilities to control humanity. Remember the SERN dystopia from Steins;Gate with no war or conflict? 8:55 This is one of my least favorite things about the anime. The main reason is because most of these hack-and-slash sequences do not happen in the visual novel. A great example is the clip you show around this timestamp. Nothing close to that scene happens in the visual novel. It was literally shoehorned in. The only characters that have a direct encounter with the antagonist are Takumi and Rimi (and Sena as well in the visual novel's bad ending). 10:35 I find this to be a problem with the visual novel as well, but the fan translation that I played seemed a little wonky at times and most of the glossary was untranslated, which would've helped tremendously with terms like "Dirac sea" or "delusional synchro". But even then, the core concepts are still a bit hard to grasp considering there's even more preliminary exposition in the visual novel explaining the idea behind the delusion powers. Fun fact: one of these pieces of exposition that was either mentioned very briefly or not at all in the anime is directly related to the mechanics of the time leap machine in Steins;Gate. 11:10 Yea the anime missed out on a lot of the intrigue with the mystery behind the New-Gen killer. What kept me interested throughout the visual novel about the Killer's identity was how confused Takumi gets about the whole thing as the story goes on. The visual novel has several scenes that make Takumi question whether Shogun or Rimi is the killer. Or if Rimi is Shogun. Or even if Takumi himself is Shogun and thus he is the killer. It gets even more confusing for him when someone pretends to be Shogun and lures him to the top of some building, goading him into awakening his abilities, which is something the real Shogun told Takumi to do earlier, but the fake wants him to awaken for a completely different reason. This encounter by the way, is completely cut from the anime. About the nurse being the New-Gen killer, she was actually was one of Takumi's friends in a way. The nurse was that "Grim" person Takumi always talked to in that MMO. This feels completely out of left field in the anime because a lot of Takumi's interactions with Grim are truncated. The visual novel shows a lot more of their interactions albeit in the form of an online chat and even foreshadows the reveal with some strange links between Grim, the nurse, and the murders. I think it makes sense that someone like her and not a big shot was behind the murders, though, since the guys in charge were planning something much larger in scale (the First, Second, and Third Melts). 14:30 It's really not a harem, Tony, so it's not surprising the "harem elements" are very bad. Even in the visual novel, Rimi is the only character with any romantic feelings towards Takumi, and even then it's more complicated than that because of the whole "Takumi is a delusion created by Shogun" thing. 16:00 I can definitely understand not liking Takumi. His whining got annoying for me as well, but I can excuse it to an extent because Takumi goes out of his way to not involve himself with the crazy shit happening around him, unlike Okabe, for example, who willingly delves deeper into the conspiracy. Although, I think this this made it more interesting in the visual novel when he was given no other choice than to be involved. I think his heroic actions are more deserved in the visual novel since he goes through a lot more in the later stages than the anime suggests. 17:50 Don't quote me on this, but I remember Takumi actually being distraught by that call in the visual novel. He actually cares a lot about Nanami even though he doesn't really show it. Case in point, the fake Shogun lures Takumi to the top of a building by sending him a package containing Nanami's severed hand and later convinces Takumi to do what he says by threatening to kill Nanami. This wouldn't have worked nearly as well if Takumi didn't give two shits about Nanami. That's not to excuse the fuck-ups of the anime though. It's a sorry excuse of an adaptation of an otherwise good visual novel and deserves to be forgotten. I'd say even the single episode recap of Chaos;Head at the beginning of Chaos;Child is a better adaptation than the actual Chaos;Head anime.

General Pussycock is better to side character and not main lead I want the main lead of an anime likable we can root for reliable to and be the hero of his or her story but I have to ask a question what writers were they thinking when they wrote anime version of chaos head?!

I would love to help the poor girl up and take her to the nurse's office.😇

You wanna see a good example of a hardened introvert character who protects himself from emotional attachments? Squall from Final Fantasy VIII. I know Final Fantasy VIII's a video game and not an anime, but please hear me out. Squall does start off as kind of a jerk, but as the events of the game transpire, you can see why he acts uncaring and pushes people away, because he lost Ellone, who was like an older sister to him. He loved her, and through Rinoa's influence, you see his walls crack and she brings out his softer side, and when she goes comatose, you can see his walls finally breaking and he realizes he's in love with her and why he's so devoted to her, she got him to smell the roses and realize that he can't do everything by himself. Squall's a character that I can personally relate to, because I'm kind of introverted, and at the beginning, Squall does help Selphie, who's another main character in VIII, by giving her a tour of the garden.

I found it thoroughly enjoyable 🤷‍♂️

*Sees new rant* *Runs faster than keemstar and dives into vid*

Fuck, I haven't seen you that angry for a loooooooooooooooong time. This anime hurt you, didn't it? Actually why am I asking, OF COURSE IT DID!

this main character is the most pathetic main dude i ever saw

can you review steven universe

wait a minute that's Todd Haberkorn who voice the main character?

12:17 Funny because this is exactly what happened in Chaos Child lol

BlackCriticGuy is the Asterisk War of anime reviewers.

I don't like this anime. At first I was happy to watch it. But after watching it I thought it was one of the worst anime I've watch. 😑😔😒😐😑😑😑😔

I actually dropped both Chaos Head and Adnoah Zero before they drove me insane

1 ep in and already dropped.

22:19 Funny thing is, I remember during his secret affairs with Sekai, Makoto started acting like a dick to Kotonoha and acting totally uninterested in her mere presence as he's walking home with her. But as they walked, she then fell behind him and dropped her stuff, and HE ACTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGES HER AND TURNS AROUND TO PICK HER STUFF UP. Albeit in a very uninterested dickish attitude, but he helped her with her stuff at the very least. So the fact the Chaos head's main character has done less as a decent human being compared to MAKOTO FUCKBOY ITOU, that is inexcusable.

Yeah, i'm kind of a sadist. I enjoy rant reviews. I like watching Angry Joe too. xD

Dude even makes Yuki from Future Diary likable.

I watched this anime back at the end of 2014 or so with my family. I sat there dumbfounded as to what was going on 90% of the time. I mean, the beginning had me interested with the mysterious and creepy plot, and there were a few good moments, but there was literally no logic whatsoever, and not in a way I could enjoy it. I tried to figure out what the hell was going on, but the show just kept throwing me through loop after loop before I just gave up and just watched the mess unfold before me. I'm sure the creators knew it made no sense, but they just rolled with it anyway. And the ending was literally one final "fuck you" to the audience. Good thing they got their act together in Steins;Gate and Robotics;Notes.

I think when comparing the animation of shows, it's better to look at the staff lists rather than the studio, because even though each studio does have its own personality to a certain extent, there is still normally a big variety of style and quality depending on the different people working on different shows even from the same studio.

This guy is a mixture of Tomoya from Clannad, Spike from Cowboy Bebop and Simon from Gurren Lagann, but it squeeze out of all of the redeemable quality that this character have. Then complete the adaptation. That is the character of General Pussycock in the nutshell. I respect your word, Tony.

Reveiw Legend of the Galactic Hereos for masterpiece month.

the scene with the pink haired girl (forgot her name) with blood all over her i was screaming mirai nikki and YUNO😂

A 26 minute anime rant? *grabs popcorn

I'd never thought I see a character that makes Makoto seem more sympathetic.

Honestly it didn't bother me very much when the MC didn't help her.

Chaos;Head anime is the worst anime I ever seen

Tony no mercy it's true but the show had a low budget it's a average show the novel is 10 times better

so are you going to watch season two... chaos; child...

Takumi was one of the reason's I did not like this anime. He is the polar opposite of Okabe from Steins Gate.

An anime that's worse than High School DxD? My god.

Chaos Head is a polarizing anime because of its convoluted story and terrible characters.

ep.1 me: wtf is this???

This anime gave me an aneurysm

This guy is hilarious

It's not like he was obligated to help the girl after she tripped. Sure it would have been nice of him, but minding your own business doesn't make you a terrible person. I agree with your other points, though.

chaos head was worse than I remember when I rewatched it...... but chaos child..... I thought it was done so much more better..... although if they had the same amount of episodes as robotics;notes and steins;gate it could probably have been up to the quality those two are at...... but nope ._. sadly 1 cour..... but tbh I really liked it. unlike chaos head which after rewatching i disliked it. of there's ever another addition to the chaos part of the science adventure series I hope they actually give it more than 12 episodes.

Worst anime adaptation of a visual novel? Diobolik Lovers.

(Standing Ovation). YES!!! YES!!! ALL THE YES!!! Finally, Fucking Finally there is a BCC review I can absolutely agree upon. How the hell did it take so long just to get to this point. Because I will say it here and now that if Chaos; Head did not get a rant while Highschool DXD did, I would have lost all hope in you, Tony. So, this is just a real treat to watch. ^_^

This rant spot on.. ima need you to chill with the dxd hate though lmao dxd is E L I T E !!!

When I first saw this anime, my brain felt like it was going to exploded because of how confusing the plot is and I couldn't wait for it to be over. But for some reason, I feel like watching this anime again just so I can see if I think the show is all right like how I remembered or if my opinion changed and I think the show sucks now.

Does Mousugu Shinu Hito have its own anime? If not, I want it.

ooh. someone's really trying to defend this anime in the comments. haha 😂I never even heard of this anime till today, well that's 1 anime I won't watch ever.

I didn't particularly like this anime, but I feel like you're raving for no real reason. I mean, the conclusion I came to was that this anime was told from the perspective of a completely insane person, I thought the name Chaos;Head gave it away.

Hey BCG. I got a good anime for you to review this year. It's called March comes in Like a Lion. It's ending soon and is created by the same woman who created Honey and Clover which you really enjoyed

i only watched this because the main characters voice is the same as natsu😂 the only reason i watched the whole series was because i enjoyed hearing natsus voice again after finishing fairy tail.

🎵 ...He's the Angry Anime Otaku...🎶

I still wait for a "Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere" review.

I remember when I called this anime and it's characters shit and got bombarded by pretentious overthinking fucknuggets.

Now try Chaos;Child! It won't make you want to claw your eyes out!

damn right Tony I agree with you the main lead is a total bad character and the worst otaku ever 😠

Tony I did not expect a rant video today and I am glad that you finally upload a new anime review

Tony, I noticed you no longer put Star Ratings in your reviews. Why?

there's a reason why I could never finish this anime. Thanks BCG!!

my favorite voice actor is voice the main lead of this anime why Todd why Tony Tony !!! Todd voiced the main lead of chaos head Todd Haber Korn the man who voiced nastu from fairy tail I am having a crisis right now

Dude I watched this long ago, but I remember feeling so confused. The story/plot seemed so incoherent. It was so hard to stay interested in it too.

I've always heard people say that this show is garbage. Good to know the same from you, Tony. XD I'd agree to maybe give Robotics;Notes a try. I liked it well enough.

Top ten worst main characters plz. Dx

Yeah, I didn't like this anime, either. I saw the first two episodes on TV and I was pretty bored... Years later, I saw the entire series and read the entire manga online and I thought it was confusing as hell. Nothing is explained well, and Takumi is so unlikable and uninteresting. Sure, the voice acting is decent, but the characters weren't interesting enough for me to care. And last few episodes were such a clusterfuck that it reminds me so much of Guilty Crown, another anime that I didn't like. Is this the worst I have ever seen? No, not really. But it's still pretty bad.

Suprise suprise, there is a sequel to this anime and its called Chaos; Child and it takes place after the first. Another similarly titled anime, but I don't think it has anything to do with either Head or Child. Just its own series with the similar name, and its called Chaos; Dragon.

My boy BCG spitting savage bars on this anime, fucking love it hahaha

No man, it's your hardest review since Green Green...

I stopped after a few episodes. God is it stupid...

That poor girl....She is very cute.

I watched like. Three or four episodes of this anime a long ass time ago. I barely remember a thing about it, except that the main character was a dick and the main female interest was kind of yandere-ish.

Have you played Okami, Tony?

Not related to this review, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me you're doing a review of Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale. I saw it last night and was blown away, but I'm really interested by what you think of it. It was the number one movie in all of Japan when it came out a few weeks ago, so I think it'd definitely be worth your time reviewing.

Wow, this anime is terrible. I’m gonna watch it anyway just because I can. I should be ok as long as I go into it with zero expectations and laugh at how pathetic General Pussycock is. Update 1: I just watched episode one and Takumi (a.k.a. General Pussycock) seems to display many symptoms of schizophrenia. Not just visual and auditory hallucinations, but also paranoia, social isolation, agitation, hostility, anxiety, apathy, disassociation, inappropriate emotional reactions, etc. I think many of the issues with his character might be the result of him suffering from undiagnosed schizophrenia.

I never got this anime at all

Beavis: This anime sucks! Butthead: Yeah!

Hey Tony when you have the time could you review Jojo's Bizzare Adventure Part 1 and 2?