ChäoS;Child

A series of gruesome murders dubbed "New Generation Madness" once induced mass hysteria in Shibuya. At its peak during a frenzied riot, a sudden earthquake reduced the district into nothing but rubble, while leaving surrounding wards strangely intact.

Six years later, in a newly rebuilt Shibuya, mysterious deaths begin to crop up again. It is not long before third-year student Takuru Miyashiro realizes a connection: the dates of the recent murders match those of the New Generation Madness incidents. He, along with several members of his school's newspaper club, decide to delve deeper into the mystery, only to find themselves stranded in the middle of a new crime scene themselves...

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Miyashiro, Takuru Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Onoe, Serika Main

Uesaka, Sumire Japanese

Kurusu, Nono Main

Bridcutt, Sarah Emi Japanese

Minamisawa, Senri Main

Bridcutt, Sarah Emi Japanese

Arimura, Hinae Supporting

Mimori, Suzuko Japanese

Kunosato, Mio Supporting

Sanada, Asami Japanese

Kazuki, Hana Supporting

Nakaya, Sayaka Japanese

Yamazoe, Uki Supporting

Minase, Inori Japanese

Tachibana, Yui Supporting

Hara, Yumi Japanese

Itou, Shinji Supporting

Fujiwara, Yuuki Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Ogata, Mitsuhiro Producer

Kaneko, Hayato Producer

Isogai, Noritomo Producer

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May 12, 2025

Comet_Official

Recommended

So while I understand this is an ANIME Adaptation of a Visual Novel and it won't be the exact same I can't see why people hate on this anime so much. Was the ending a bit abrupt? Sure but OVERALL the story continuation of Chaos;Head to Chaos;Child with the Gigilomanics was AWESOME! It had a level of adventure, mystery and horror that I really wasn't expecting and as someone who didn't get into the VNs until after the anime, I must say I did not see a lot of the twists coming! Due to its overall story and intrigue I would say this anime is ... in my Top 10 when it comes to the supernatural mystery genre. Is it a perfect adaptation of its source material? No but in the 12 episodes we got plus the 2 extra that made up the Silent Sky Movie we got a good adaption of the general story from the VNs even if it was a little clustered. I would say go into this fresh as an anime only watcher and then pick up the VNs and LNs after as you won't have any bias toward the anime adaptation. I found it much more enjoyable to get more information from the VNs after I completed the anime which I guess means as an anime promoting the source material it did its job!

In Conclusion: Make your own decision on the Anime and then check out the VNs for additional information. If you are looking for a good supernatural mystery anime set in the world of Chaos;Head with some Gigilomanics then Chaos;Child is a MUST watch!!!

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jun 1, 2020

Okabekiyouma

Mixed Feelings

One of the most hated anime of winter 2017 is an anime that tries to be short yet phenomenal. Being in a shared universe of Steins;Gate (SciAdv series), the expectation for this anime were high as it should be. But there was always curse of having Chaos in the title. Its prequel anime, Chaos; Head is infamously known for adapting great VN into incoherent mess. Most of the people like to believe Chaos;Child is somewhat better than Chaos;Head adaptation and they are probably right. But Chaos;Head has its merits in the fact that it had good opening episodes which somewhat portrayed the unique environment of ... VN. This is where Chaos;Child fails miserably.

Story:
As a VN reader, I think Chaos;Child has unique story and is just as good(if not better) as Steins;Gate. The story has a major flaw that it can't be adapted into anime as coherent linear story, period. Chaos;Child's story warrants it to be not adapted into linear story. It just doesn't work. The story is phenomenal in VN, but the anime just skips out every single detail and at times changes the theme of the story. In an anime where fights are not even a major part of the story, it tries to detail fights in expense of story and fails miserably at that. Some of the character revelation is just not there or changed beyond acceptable. This hurts the story because as much as it seems, Chaos;Child is not a plot-driven show. The whole point of the story is about the character study of MC.

Art:
Its art is very disappointing. Characters CGs in VN are on different level and anime is not even half of that. They took one of the best character, Arimura and ruined her. Please check out VN art for Arimura. Animation is just mess, it feels choppy and weird and kills some of the best moments in VN. On another note, the direction and artistic choice for certain scenes are great. Its OP, albeit poorly animated has some great direction. Black and white choice for certain cuts work in favor of said scenes. But overall, it has weak art and animation.

Sound:
While the anime did story and characters bad, it excels in this department. Uncontrollable is one of the best Itou's songs. (On a side note, Fictional Youth, VN OP is great)

Character:
The characters of Chaos;Child are not bad, anime treats them badly. It cuts out their motivations, behaviors, reactions to certain events and make them bland. Takuru is not a bland MC, the entire point of this story is his character development. I'd like to detail things, but I don't want to spoil any aspects of the story.

Enjoyment:
It was mildly enjoyable and got me into VN.

Final Verdict:
Don't watch the anime. If you can, please read VN.
If you've watched anime and are wondering if you should read VN, you definitely should. There is a lot to look forward.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Oct 15, 2025

xdvr

Not Recommended

Gah... short and sweet review.

PROS
Animation is better, pretty good in fact.
Character design although generic does give you something to hang on and you're not going "is that A or B?".

CONS
Although it's not got all the problems of Chaos;Head but still has a lot of them - go read that review and come back, cause this ain't much better.
The route cause is the Giglacrappery is just a rubbish tenet to build a story around, which is also poorly implemented.
The pace is slightly better than Chaos;Head, but it's still a problem.
Not sure there's any likeable characters in this, although the main kid is slightly more ... likeable.

Others obviously like it - you may be one.
Go make up your own mind.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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