Alternative Titles
Synonyms: The Caligula Effect
Japanese: ใซใชใฎใฅใฉ
English: Caligula
German: Caligula
Spanish: Caligula
French: Caligula
Information
Episodes:
12
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Apr 8, 2018 to Jun 24, 2018
Broadcast:
Sundays at 23:30 (JST)
Source:
Game
Duration:
23 min. per ep.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Statistics
Score:
5.981 (scored by 2747927,479 users)
Ranked:
#10948 2
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based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity:
#2745
Members:
79,795
Favorites:
110
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Ranked #10948Popularity #2745Members 79,795 What is happiness? Ever the fan of psychology, questions such as this are ones that high school student Ritsu Shikishima likes to ponder as he spends his peaceful days with his friends. His perfect world, however, begins to unravel when he hears a strange voice obscured by static, pleading for help. This voice belongs to ฮผ, a beloved pop idol, whose singing begins to have an adverse effect on the world. Before Ritsu's very eyes, the faces of his friends and family become distorted by glitches as the sound of ฮผ's voice transforms them into Digiheads: berserk monsters bent on the extermination of all those who begin to awaken to the true nature of their existence.
Realizing that he is trapped in a virtual world created by ฮผ called Mobius, Ritsu must now gather everyone else who has managed to realize the truth before they are all eliminated. Together, they will use their newfound powers and weapons granted by their emotionsโknown as the Catharsis Effectโto fight off the mysterious group known as The Ostinato Musicians as they struggle to escape.
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MALxJapan -More than just anime-
| Characters & Voice Actors
| "Paradigm Box" by Ritsu Shikishima (Chiharu Sawashiro), Shougo Satake (Shunsuke Takeuchi)
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| 1: "Paradigm Box" by Ritsu Shikishima (Chiharu Sawashiro), Shougo Satake (Shunsuke Takeuchi) (eps 1)
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| 2: "HYPNO" by Kotono Kashiwaba (Rie Murakawa), Naruko Morita (Ari Ozawa), Mifue Shinohara (Rie Takahashi), Suzuna Kagura (Minami Tanaka)
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Reviews
Jun 29, 2022
If you are wondering as to keep watching it, or if it'll be interesting enough, just give it a try. It's based on the JRPG developed by Aquria. Story was written by Tadashi Satomi, the same guy that has written the scenario for Digital Devil Saga and Persona
2. Story is the best part of the game, along with the astounding OST, so you'll sure be entertained or not , if you'll decide to watch it. For the confusing part....the whole episode I don't know how to put this but the anime have majority of things you don't understand which is too complicated
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to me or more like the plot is being more scrambled.
HENCE, The series is confusing but you'll understand enough the plot (if you want to re-watch it). I was expecting more actions but meh kinda not satisfying for me. But overall Love the characters, designs, their caligula effects on every character is dope. Not to mention I absolutely love psychology so I might be a lil biased but oh well it defines happiness to me so yeah a fair series to me.
Reviewerโs Rating: 7
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Dec 15, 2024
This anime was an emotional rollercoaster from the start. I've been confused, scared, amused, in pain and grieved with the characters and now that I've seen the last episode I'm not sure how to feel.
Caligula makes you think about your own life and what happiness is to you.
The first 4 episodes are confusing but if you continue watching you're rewarded with something good.
The characters aren't really introduced until episode 10 of this (I think) and after they introduce themselves so much falls into place that had you confused at first, even though they give you some glimpses before.
I would still say
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this anime needs Trigger warnings for literally everything except SA, which is why I chose "mixed feelings" for this.
Reviewerโs Rating: 7
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Sep 26, 2018
This is an anime which delved into some really interesting concepts and plot points, but in the end failed to truly explore the depth they had available. I'm a huge fan of vocaloids, so the plot premise hooked me instantly. However the characters were exceedingly lackluster past their visual design. I found myself struggling to keep up with the three separate white-haired bishounen, and the only female character of note was Naruko, and only because her personality was glaringly bad. They had so much room to work with using the theme of the Johari Window, but instead they just made it
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really surface-depth and seemed to care more about cramming nice visuals into twelve episodes. I liked a lot of the visual sequences, especially in EP5 and 6, and I loved ฮผ's character design throughout the show. But that couldn't save the show from itself. All around I'd recommend spending your time on another series.
Reviewerโs Rating: 3
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