# Anime Studio Story — user reviews > 100 indexed App Store user reviews of Anime Studio Story by Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, rated 4.00/5 from 30 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/anime-studio-story/id1077611503/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/anime-studio-story/id1077611503.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 13 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of Anime Studio Story? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Addictive gameplay - 👍 Fun and engaging - 👍 Good replay value - 👍 Creative freedom - 👍 Reminds of Game Dev Story - 👍 Upgraded animations and visuals - 👍 Worth the price - 👍 Great for Kairosoft fans **Cons** - 👎 Repetitive gameplay loop - 👎 Too similar to Game Dev Story - 👎 Limited features - 👎 Tedious discovery of new designs - 👎 Annoying background music - 👎 Game is too slow - 👎 Expensive - 👎 Can be confusing - 👎 Lacks depth - 👎 Unrealistic elements **Commonly reported bugs** - Translation not complete - Too large on screen, buttons inaccessible - Cannot rotate screen - Download issues - App crashes - Cannot load game - Sound not working - Game not installing - Crashes after a couple of seconds when reopening **Most requested features** - Sequel to be free titled “Anime Story Studio” - Make animations of people watching shows - Watch shows in 30-second shorts - Make own short and post it - Add more themes - More interactive gameplay - More broad themes and settings - More involvement in anime story - Mini features - Suggest game ideas page - Option to watch your show - Make animations of the people watching your show - Ability to restart game with carried over items - More depth to making an anime character - Make sequels to products - Add more scenes - Add a twist to gameplay ## Newest reviews (14 of 100) ### 2/5 — Not the greatest kairosoft entry… *2023-08-10* After trying to get into this game with 3 full playthroughs, unfortunately this game doesn’t compare with some of kairosoft’s better entries. While it was initially fun to expand the anime studio, unfortunately the gameplay loop and method of discovering new anime designs/themes/genres becomes quickly tedious. If you’re looking to get a kairosoft game, maybe try one of the better entries with more depth than this one. Personally, I quite enjoyed Camp Story and Airport Story ### 4/5 — Great game however… *2022-08-27* My anime studio didn’t go bankrupt from piracy, so a little unrealistic :/ ### 2/5 — Not that good compared to other Kairosoft games *2022-04-25* There are very limited features and not many things to do in-game. You can only mix 2 themes together even if you get further in the game. You can also only choose one main character and it takes too long for them to level up so you have to keep making different works with the same one. ### 3/5 — Too similar *2022-04-17* This game is too similar to Game Dev Story and unlike Game Dev Story, you start with only three scenes which heavily limits what you can come up with early on. You might just run out of anime ideas or money or both before you finally unlock new topics or scenes. ### 4/5 — Pretty good *2021-02-24* This installment is pretty good! It reminds me a lot of game dev story, as I’m sure a lot of you who have already bought the game can agree. Sometimes when I try a new kariosoft game, I end up getting bored or don’t like the mechanics. (This rarely happens but when it does it’s frustrating) I can say anime studio has had me hooked for hours now! It isn’t the same way I was hooked to game dev story, sushi spinnery, or pocket stables, but I’m having a lot of fun! My only complaint is that the background music is my least favorite out of all the games I’ve played from kariosoft. It’s really annoying and does not fit at all. After a while I got engrossed by the game and I didn’t feel too bothered by it anymore, but if you wanna mute it, at least the game gives you the option to turn of BGM and leave SFX on. But seriously, Usually kariosoft BGM is relaxing and I find myself humming it for hours. This isn’t the case with this song. Also, the song unlooped is probably about 45 seconds, so the same ugly bridge comes very often. With other games it felt like the actual song was longer, so when it would loop it wouldn’t feel repetitive. Also this isn’t exactly relevant to the game itself, but I thought the title screen shown in the photos was the final office for a second. I’m not necessarily let down that it isn’t, but I think the fans would be very happy if an office that big would ever come to one of your games! Sometimes after the years go on and you’ve reached your goals, you want some more to do and manage. But anyways, that’s just a personal thought. I’ve played countless kariosoft games and have loved the company for years. I’ve had a lot of fun so far with this game, I personally can’t compare it to some other kario games I love much more, but I still think it’s worth the time, 100%! Thank you for bringing us another game and I’m excited to see what you will release in the future. :) ### 4/5 — Not bad at all *2017-12-08* Basically game dev story but with anime. I’m still waiting for station manager to go on sale. ### 4/5 — ㅇ *2017-11-03* ㅇㅇㅇㅇ ### 4/5 — Fun (imo) *2017-09-03* Fairly enjoyable-my only question; how can you possibly fulfill/use all the character designs when you can only make less than half a page of original characters? ### 3/5 — 소리가 안나옵니다 *2017-04-20* 받은 순간부터 소리가 안나와요.. 기기문제는 아닙니다 ### 3/5 — Meh *2017-03-16* This game is similar to other games after a while I get bored of doing the same thing over and over again maybe if they added some twist I would be more interested in trying to restore the purchase now ### 3/5 — 카이로스러운 게임이긴 하지만 *2016-12-03* 게임개발의 아류작느낌이 강하다 ### 3/5 — 와이파이로 다운이 안되네요 *2016-11-16* LTE로 데이터 사용하면 다운 됩니다 ### 2/5 — 다운이 안돼요 ㅠ *2016-11-15* ㅠㅠ하고싶어요 ### 3/5 — 솔직히 *2016-10-13* 이번건 실망... ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 번역이 덜 됐어요 *2023-12-23* 번역이 덜 됐어요 ### 1/5 — Sizing *2022-10-23* Can’t play this because it’s too large on my screen. Cannot get to the buttons because the bottom border is too high. Can’t rotate, either. ### 1/5 — 다운안됨 *2020-03-19* 왜다운안되죠? 구매한앱인데 ### 1/5 — 최악의 카이로 *2019-01-11* 최소 수십만원 카이로에 쏟은 사람입니다 이런 아류작이 계속 나오다니.. 퇴보하는 카이로 너무나 실망적임 ### 1/5 — Most disappointing kairosoft game I've played *2017-06-19* Background music is easily the worst I've ever heard in a video game. You will want to mute it within minutes of play. Unlike Game Dev story, which I loved, you can't increase speed of the game. So a lot of the game is just waiting. I couldn't take the wait time after 15 min of play. The game is dead to me until they let users speed it up. ### 1/5 — 한글패치.. *2016-11-19* 데이터 잘터지는데도 한글패치가 다운이 안받아지네요 데이터 연결확인하라고.. ### 1/5 — 다운로드가 안댐 ㅡㅡ; *2016-11-14* 뭐죠 왜 다운로드가 안되죠 계속 재실행 뜨고 ### 1/5 — Angry person *2016-04-10, version 1.02* Game is to confusing!! Do not buy!! It's a waste of money!! The whole time I just took me to random places, in the first few minutes I lost all my money and I was just sitting there not doing anything terrible GAME ### 1/5 — Worst sim yet *2016-02-06* I love all majority of their games i have adventure time, ninja story, and pocket stable, out all of them they had an objective for end game but this one doesnt it just pointless and when you do start making anime the character you select has like little to no effect at all. Tldr: nothing has any effect on ur anime development only thing that helps is the stats of ur employees. Pointless dont buy for $7 ### 1/5 — I can't play *2016-01-31, version 1.01* I bought the game but it wouldn't install at all ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — i love it *2023-03-25* i am a big fan of manga and is going to be a manga artist and i am a big fan of your games keep working on your games ### 5/5 — I. Love. This *2020-05-24* Truly one of the greats ### 5/5 — Me like every kairosoft game *2018-12-31* I don’t know why but I just seem to be attracted to every game these developers make. Obviously this isn’t the best they’ve done, but well you know, it’s still not bad! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2018-11-07* Massive fan of all the games tbh 😛😛☺️☺️ this game is fun and addicting ### 5/5 — A little problem and quite pricey, but I love it! *2018-01-09* This game is really good! Make a sequel that will be free titled “Anime Story Studio”! I love anime, and you should definitely check my favourite romantic animes! ### 5/5 — 믿고 하는 카이로 소프트 게임 *2017-12-04* 앞으로도 꾸준한 한글화 부탁드립니다. ### 5/5 — 한글화 전환 *2017-06-24* 한글 전환이 안되시는분들 한글 누르고 close눌러서 나갔다오면 전환됩니다 ### 5/5 — Отличный менеджер *2017-02-01* Охуительно! ### 5/5 — 아 젠장 ㅠㅠ *2016-11-18* 아 미친 카이로 자꾸 내 지갑이 열린다 ㅠㅠ 카이로만 보면 조건 반사로 구매하게 됨 ㅠㅠ ### 5/5 — Cool *2016-08-22, version 1.02* The game is awesome --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*