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This animated adaption of the Liu Cixin's book has a surprisingly low rating. I guess, the reason is that many fans of the original story didn't like that it's got too far from the book. What they probably don't know is that this adaptation is actually a mix of two Liu Cixin's books: 'The Three-Body Problem' ('The Dark Forest' to be exact) and less known 'Ball Lightning'. In my opinion, it was a rather interesting idea to take the best of the two stories and create the one with new twists and a fresh ending. Watching apaptations that are too close to the original books sometimes can be boring because you already know the story. For those who still prefer the original, there is a Chinese TV series that started last year. The animation itself is pretty good, the main characters are well elaborated, and the plot twists are fun to follow.

I was skeptical when started it since it is quite challenging to make adaptation to the book (especially with hype background it was created by thye community). But was surprises with very interesting and quality show. Have no idea why the rating of the anime is so low, maybe something wrong I do not know but I liked it very much and waiting for new episodes to be dubbed to see them.

The only problem I see here is fact that if you did not read the book and have no information about it, the plot could be a little chaotic and probably you do not understand a lot of storylines. But I assume in this case it is not a problem because most of the fans read the books:)

Really good adaptation quite underrated, excellent music, animation, and the plot is really interesting. If you read the books us even greater and easier to follow the storyline.

It tackles the story just at the end of book one and the beginning of the 2nd one, the scale and complexity of the plot makes animation the perfect showcase for this history.

Consistent voice actors, clean animation, great music bilibili's did quite a good job adapting the books.

Hope there's soon a more accessible platform to watch this series on western media for easy access.

And wish there's more seasons coming because the best part is ahead.

I was unaware of this attempt to adapt Liu Cixin's Dark Forest until it was referenced on Reddit in a post containing vicious reviews from Chinese viewers. At first, I took this with a grain of salt, as Chinese fans of Liu's work generally impugn on any adaptation that doesn't follow the book to the letter.

I was wrong. These reviewers are spot on.

First, the animation is decent - not the best - definitely underwhelming for something produced in 2022, but was not a barrier for me to enjoy watching.

The problems start in the earlier episodes where small plot points not germane to the larger story are dragged out and expanded to ridiculous lengths. A plot line that should eat up no more than a few minutes somehow monopolizes the better part of some episodes.

The entirety of the final third of the 15 episodes is focused on a ridiculous manufactured subplot that is not in the original books, and can't possibly serve to advance the story in any meaningful way.

The most agreed upon weakness (at least in Western circles) of the original book is not only adapted, but expanded on to nauseating effect.

The cerebral and thought-provoking source material written by Liu being adapted into this cringeworthy amalgam of action and romantic comedy leaves no doubt why the wider fanbase of the Three Body trilogy - Chinese and Western alike, have disowned this monstrosity, and rightfully so.

It's a children's animation, with stiff action and shoddy modeling. It's the worst Three-body spin-off yet. The director wants to free himself, completely away from the original, adapted out of the SB script. The director, as a "silicon-based creature" who has adapted this SB script by letting himself go and completely deviating from the original, must be very homesick on Earth. This Three-body problem is undoubtedly a scam animation,A poor work does not matter, what matters is that many people are willing to complain for a SB, "SB also have their reasons ah ", "under such difficult conditions, to make a SB is simply a miracle of song and tears", "you can do it, you do not as good as SB", it is so magical reality.