Sirius

In the year 1930, vampires have infiltrated Tokyo to feast upon its unsuspecting citizens. As the number of victims continues to rise, the city's authorities decide to hire the Jaegers—a strange, diverse group of individuals tasked by the V Shipping Company to hunt down vampires around the world. Carrying musical instrument cases to disguise their identity, the Jaegers battle the vampires with the same mercilessness demonstrated by their foes.

Yuliy, the Jaeger's most skilled warrior, is the sole survivor of a vampire raid on his home village. Using the strength granted by his werewolf blood, he works with his team to assist Tokyo's law enforcement with the city's vampire problem. Though under the pretense of helping the police, the Jaegers are actually fighting the vampires over the mystical Ark of Sirius. With its power to change the fate of the world, Yuliy and his friends must locate the artifact before the vampires can use it to achieve their destructive goals.

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Jirov, Yuliy Main

Uemura, Yuuto Japanese

Mikhail Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Phillip Supporting

Kobayashi, Yuusuke Japanese

Dorothea Supporting

Mori, Nanako Japanese

Naoe, Ryouko Supporting

Takahashi, Rie Japanese

Tamara Supporting

Senbongi, Sayaka Japanese

Iba, Hideomi Supporting

Majima, Junji Japanese

Bishop Supporting

Hamada, Kenji Japanese

Willard Supporting

Horiuchi, Kenyuu Japanese

Fallon Supporting

Takeuchi, Shunsuke Japanese

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Kawase, Kouhei Producer

Nagatani, Takayuki Producer

Watase, Shouta Producer

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Apr 28, 2024

WokeWeeb

Recommended

As it follows the textbook rule of other animanga I've seen which involve revenge, there's a clear establishment of Yuliy's purpose to why he acts the way he does, but his ideals genuinely develop into something pretty interesting with each episode. A few other characters have notable personalities as well. I mean you can only do so much with 12 episodes, but it's still possible to create watchable content within this constraint. I won't sit here and lie and say this is absolutely the greatest thing I've seen in my life, but it accomplishes making do with its runtime telling a story. A special and ... heartfelt one about tradition and its relevance in face of new values, societal injustice and conflict. It also looks like Bungou Stray Dogs, so if you like that aesthetic and want to experience something slightly homey yet welcomingly different, this is a good pick.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jan 13, 2024

Lolitroy

Mixed Feelings

Sirius made me realize something that'd been on the back of my mind for a while now, like a sneeze that won't quite come out. In a way, I feel like that describes the series in a nutshell.

The plot is the story of all time: a protagonist driven by revenge and a tagtag bunch of misfit hunters race against several factions to obtain a McGuffin, one of which involves the MC's sworn enemy, and which acts as the... antagonist, I guess. Now, formulas work for a reason: you just have to know how to work around them. Tales as old as time will continue to ... be retold for generations to come, and thousands, millions will fall into obscurity, while a few will survive, even if not by name, as inspiration for future artists. As a creator, which one would you rather be? How do you wish to achieve that? What separates your tale from the rest? What gives it meaning?

Now, it's not to say that 'mediocre' series can't stand out in their own way (just look at SAO). There's a something that makes them stand out, a concept, an idea, a character, regardless of whether the product as a whole passes the MAL vibe check or not. That's fine. Quintessential Quintuplets, for example, might not be high literature, but its character interactions and surprisingly heartfelt story has inspired many with stories of their own, so that even if/once it's forgotten, its impact will remain and, again, I wouldn't call it the pinnacle of anything. It's aight, but it works.

What's aight and doesn't work? This series. Many others (maybe most), but this one was what finally got that sneeze out, except that, instead of catharsis, I got phlegm.

The characters, save for one, maybe two, feel like salad dressing diluted with water because the restaurant you got it from can't be damned to do anything above serviceable. The protagonist started out fine, honestly, a silent, strong type with an interest in botany, who's also kind of weird and out of the loop, and whose actions baffle the rest of the squad until they have the necessary bonding. See? Doesn't sound too bad. Alarm bells rang when at the end of the first episode he began screaming about revenge, but, sure, I told myself, sometimes people act very differently under extreme situations.

And then... poof. No more plant talk. No more quiet weird OP kid. For the rest of the series it felt more like I watched a puppet show where the puppeteer forgot to disguise himself, and no matter how much I tried to block them out, they were always there, with the face of someone who worked 70 hours this week and not someone proud at their own creation. The protagonist then acted the way millions of others have because that's what other stories have done, screamed about revenge when needed, had a breakdown when apt, cried when Emotional Beat happened, and like... sure, in a vacuum, the scenes might have been well-done, but people/characters have PERSONALITIES for a reason. Not everyone reacts the same way. By the end, he was nothing more than a vessel for the story to story, and for me to get depressed.

So if that's the main character, imagine the rest. EXCEPT! Except for arguably the second most important one. They were the only one whose actions felt as though he were the one in charge, consistent with what was established, and had actual conflict, both inner and outer, which lead to legitimately emotional payoffs the rest of the puppets failed to pantomime. They were my favorite by far, and probably the only thing I'll remember about this show once I'm done with this rant. A minor character seemed to be following the same line, but unfortunately he didn't have much screentime, and the puppeteer found his string, so his IQ dropped and he got drunk in order for the story to story. There's a third one I was fiercely protective of, moreso because her archetype is usually hated than her being or doing anything (because her archetype never is or does anything). I wouldn't call her good, though, just... she was cute. Yeah.

The rest are the water dripping off the salad dressing; you take it off and nothing changes. The antagonist was boring, had a glimpse of something more, then turned into an Antagonist because they also found his strings. When will anime stop doing that thing where their villain loses all semblance of self to laugh maniacally, gloat about conquering the world, and start indiscriminately killing allies to show how Evil they are? Stop. It's like hitting a candyless piñata. Just cancel the party at that point.

The plot is lettuce without condiment, and I already summed it up above. It doesn't matter. It exists because Stories have Plots. Themes? Eren Yaeger (story was called Sirius the Jaeger and got renamed LOL). Animation and music were great because P.A. Works. Seriously, what is it with their original shows (save for Angel Beats and Nagi no Asukara) having great production values but mediocre to terrible writing? Out of all things to emulate, why Guilty Crown?

So anyway, I wouldn't be wasting my time with this review if it weren't for the last episode, because it was, in my opinion, legitimately good right until the end. Why couldn't the rest of the series have had that, you know, actual humanity? Sure, there was still the antagonist being an Antagonist and the rest of the characters not mattering, but the final encounter and ultimate MC's goal almost reflected this story's sad excuse of a theme, on top of a resolution that could've been good had the GODDAMN puppeteer not found the strings. Stop it. Stop adding stuff you say elsewhere just because you thought it was "cool".

That's what this story lacks, I think: humanity. There's plenty of anime I enjoy and consistently rewatch that doesn't pass MAL's vibe checks, but which feel like the writer cared. That's all I ask for: heart. Hell, even Seikon no Qwaser did the revenge plot better, and that was a fetish show with plot as an excuse. It helps that the characters had actual chemistry (no pun intended If you know you know).

What did this show accomplish? A passable character, to make me want to rewatch a gross fetish show, and despair.

(PLEASE stop doing that with the villains. On my knees. Begging.)

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Sep 8, 2023

RegalFlare

Not Recommended

Honestly it started ok with the first episode, but then the story felt extremely rushed. It felt like I was missing episodes, heck hole story plots. It just jumps from one thing to another with no prepose. There a bare bone story here. There is not a lot to say about this anime's story. Other than I have seen this story done before and WAY better than this.

It's just pretty moving art at this point. There's is nothing else here.
... It's so boring and incredibly bland.

I honestly wouldn't waste your time with this show. I know I have.

Be good or be bad, just done be boring!
I hate dying of boredom in the things I watch.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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	Poll: Sirius Episode 12 Discussion ( 1 2 3 ) Stark700 - Sep 27, 2018	108 replies	by Lxjagd »» May 24, 2:01 PM
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