Caligula

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 μ, 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 μ'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 μ 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 emotions—known as the Catharsis Effect—to fight off the mysterious group known as The Ostinato Musicians as they struggle to escape.

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μ Main

Ueda, Reina Japanese

Shikishima, Ritsu Main

Sawashiro, Chiharu Japanese

Satake, Shougo Main

Takeuchi, Shunsuke Japanese

Kagi-P Supporting

Aoi, Shouta Japanese

Kashiwaba, Kotono Supporting

Murakawa, Rie Japanese

Thorn Supporting

Ootsubo, Yuka Japanese

Mizuguchi, Marie Supporting

Fuchigami, Mai Japanese

Shadow Knife Supporting

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Minezawa, Izuru Supporting

Umehara, Yuuichirou Japanese

Sweet-P Supporting

Nitta, Emi Japanese

Andou, Seiji Producer

Hirano, Tsutomu Producer

Aijima, Gouta Producer

Wada, Junichi Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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Jun 29, 2022

Narumeh

Recommended

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 ... 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.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Dec 15, 2024

Pineapple154

Mixed Feelings

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 ... this anime needs Trigger warnings for literally everything except SA, which is why I chose "mixed feelings" for this.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Sep 26, 2018

Unconfidence

Not Recommended

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 ... 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 μ'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.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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