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

Kaneko, Hirotaka Producer

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Dec 4, 2024

SgtSalamander

Recommended

Sirius the Jaeger is a cool, creative take on vampires and the activity of hunting them, notable most of all for its pretty outstanding production value, the anime only held back by the sense that those responsible for its story didn't quite know how to finish it. beginning with the story, Sirius the Jaeger presents us with a bustling world with secrets just beneath the surface, alive with intrigue and mystery, and wreathed by the supernatural. Vampires exist, and coordinate together to victimize humans and eventually rule the world, while various organizations of so-called jaegers exist solely to hunt them all down. It's a great ... setup, and for most of the show provides an excellent formula for continued suspense and action-packed staying power. It also blends classic horror tropes with their own unique concepts, be it vampires, werewolf themes, or even nods to Frankenstien. The secret conflict between the vampires and the jaeger company known as V shipping remains engaging throughout as well, especially with how it bewilders regular authorities and also sweeps up regular people in its wake, bringing in new characters with their own conflicts and interests at just the right time to shake things up. it's not all praise for Sirius the Jaeger, however. Notably, the major flaw in the story and, indeed, the major flaw with the show as a whole is how it handles its ending. It feels like it has no real clue how to end it at all, in fact. I'm not going to spoil anything here, though it must be said that while subverting expectations and flipping major motivations at the end of a show is a popular trope, it doesn't really work in this instance, and feels so halfhearted anyway that it just ends up feeling like a canned ending. Pair this with the fact that the big MacGuffin they've been chasing this whole time never really gets properly defined beyond the fact that it's an artifact of knowledge, despite its big reveal and vague definitions throughout the show, it's a rather lazy and disappointing landing for an otherwise great anime.

Now, on to the strongest aspect of this anime, the art- Sirius the Jaeger looks fantastic on the face of it, but there's much more to its visual style and art direction than simply looking good. Not only is the world rich with color and design at every turn, with strikingly unique character designs, and brought to life with scenes of intense and complex combat, but it is also elevated by the considerations it has for the smallest details. Some notable examples include when a car crashes and slams against the side of a bridge due to its momentum during a chase scene, how someone's body twists as they're shot midair, and the subtle particle dynamics that play out when vampires turn to glimmering ashes. It is in this detail that the true beauty of the show lies, and is the defining feature of Sirius the Jaeger.

The sound is also quite good, with strong voice work and a powerful, engaging soundtrack that uses classical elements to its advantage, with a throughline of other genres to set the mood. Altogether, it makes it feel suitably grand, otherworldly, and high-stakes.

The characters are good, meeting all basic standards of quality, though it definitely feels as though they're being moved around by the story, lacking a certain agency. Still, they fill their roles well in that story, and in light of the grand mystery surrounding them, it doesn't feel out of place. Also, while most of V shipping feels a little forgettable, they still work together well. Of the cast, my favorites are the protagonist Yuily, and the leader of the vampires, Yevgraf, both until the end of the show, that is. Yuily is a solemn, determined character who is resolutely badass in all of his scenes, but I don't really like the bizarre alteration made to his motivations in the last couple of episodes. As for Yevgraf, he is a sinister and grand villain, with a certain dark majesty about him that absolutely nails the persona of a Machiavellian vampiric patriarch. That is, of course, until the very end, when he becomes a bog-standard megalomaniac, complete with all the strategic mismanagement that entails. Overall, Sirius the Jaeger is a gorgeous anime with an attention to detail that is commendable and immersive, and a story that is mysterious and exciting until its vague and lackluster ending. If it nailed that ending, this anime would have easily netted a higher score. In the end, I recommend it anyway, as the journey itself was more than worth it, and it still stands on its own as something fundamentally good, even with that flop of an ending.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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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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