I was surfing the internet today looking for inspiration for an article and I came across a list of the worst anime e'er made. In this list was an anime I had never heard of before, Tenkuu Danzato Skelter Heaven or just Skelter+Sky. From the stills I could tell this was going to be a bad one. And so I looked at the credits and saw it was from the studio Idea Factory – remember my review of Mars of Destruction [Anime News Network's worst rated anime]? Yep! Same studio. Oh boy, we're going to have a stinker here!

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So what qualifies this show to be considered "the worst anime"? Is it offensive? Not really. Is it shocking? Not at all. Is it degrading or debauched? Nope. I suggest this to be the "worst anime" ever just because it's a shoddy, sloppy and pointless mess. Unlike Mars of Devastation, Skelter+Heaven is a lot more ambitious in its execution. Sadly though that ambitious streak on the latter's part leaves itself did not piece of work at all and leaves the unabridged bundle open up to criticism whereas the quondam was but merely banal.

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*SPOILER Alarm*

Skelter+Heaven is set on Earth where behemothic alien squid thingies are attacking…well non really. All they practise is just bladder perfectly even so until they're attacked themselves. Hardly menacing tyrants from another world at present are they? This is explained after a whole minute of cypher but annoying whoo-ing and heartbeats coupled with a wearisome camera pan over Globe. That'southward it. A single shot. Our lead character, Otsuya, is the main airplane pilot and blank canvass in which we pivot our hopes for humanity on every bit well as five other girls [who are naturally the main focus because they are girls and they are pretty…or at least they might exist if the blitheness quality wasn't then cheap and tacky.]. These girls are…umm…I forgot. Wait, wait! I call back they are called Rin, Konomo, Ayaka, Misaki and Midori. Thank you, Google! Otsuya picks Rin to atomic number 82 the set on confronting the stoic squid alee of Misaki [the blond one] because he is so totally not into her!

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As the team offset the assail, Otsuya watches on from his jetplane without moving once [Seriously, he doesn't motion in whatsoever cut to him during the battle]. As for Misaki? Don't worry about her, she doesn't figure in the actual battle; neither does Midori who dies with little fanfare despite the fact the quintet were close friends. Otsuya doesn't seem to intendance, and so we shouldn't! Then when he gets hurled out of sight by the squid, Rin comes to save him and it's and so we are suddenly taken out of the battle and told that Rin is actually an android who doesn't know how long she'll live. Information technology's alluded that at that place's a love between her and Otsuya only information technology's so forced and so pathetic that it provokes this centre-warming reaction from the guy…

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The simply shot used of Otsuya throughout his time in the cockpit.

Yeah. He does goose egg, says zero and his face does non motility an inch. At this indicate I burst out laughing at the sheer absurdity of it all. It gets even more insane when Rin somehow gets inside the squid and kindly tells it to blow itself up and not impairment anyone…even though it hadn't really destroyed anything bar some infantry planes in self defense…then it but slowly moves off camera and becomes a blob of blood [encounter below]. As a consequence, Rin and Ayaka [why did SHE have to die?] are killed [I recollect?], Misaki is injured and Konomo…I don't know what happened! Information technology's like the writers forgot nigh her! How do you even exercise that?! Then only one person makes it out and Otsuya's records are destroyed for his affections towards Rin, a classified android. Smart movement, guys. Especially when the same squid returns to float another day a twelvemonth later with some of his friends.

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End of story.

There'southward no resolved decision. No means of defense, the world is left without everyone to defend it. Fantastic task, writers!

What makes Skelter+Heaven and so terrible is that the vocalism acting is lacklustre [especially Otsuya], the animation is inexpensive and forgettable, the plot is incredibly derivative, the villain is stupid and totally not a threat, the commanding officers are jerks, Konomo [a Primary character] is completely forgotten, incredibly sexist 'preparation' and Appalling CGI. I can't emphasise that terminal betoken enough. The mech and the pilot are drawn in two different styles. The textures for the robot are then muddy and unrefined and the characters look they've been photoshopped in instead of actually piloting the encarmine affair! It's the crowning turd in the waterpipe, so to speak. It's the visual device which takes the show from being a lazy knockoff to 'legendary' status.

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The only good thing about this show is that it's only nineteen minutes long and a 1-time affair. No serial hither. Just one coffee break's worth. You lot won't be wasting your time here and y'all'll be giggling at how poor this show is. Is it the worst anime out there? According to MyAnimeList, information technology is! Practise I retrieve it is? In terms of an overall package, information technology's certainly a strong candidate. Information technology is a poor product which only exists because it came gratis with a game made for the Playstation ii based on the franchise, just similar Mars of Destruction. The game is similar a normal dating sim wihere Otsuya acts as 'the histrion' and the girls are eligible to be selected by youfor some extra training. Seriously, that gif was the 'preparation' portion of the OVA. Poor Misaki. Do I hate this bear witness more than Baby Princess 3D Paradise or School Days? No. I found Skelter+Heaven hilariously bad which gives it character and didn't make me experience horrible on the inside.

If y'all want to see for yourself the sheer hilarity of Tenkuu Danzatou Skelter Sky, then here is the full OVA uploaded past AnimeNoodle. Enjoy!

What did you recollect of it? Go out a comment or cast your vote!