Pandora Hearts

To young Oz Vessalius, heir to the Vessalius Duke House, the perilous world called the Abyss is nothing more than a folktale used to scare misbehaving children. However, when Oz's coming-of-age ceremony is interrupted by the malicious Baskerville Clan intent on banishing him into the depths of the Abyss, the Vessalius heir realizes that his peaceful life of luxury is at its end. Now, he must confront the world of the Abyss and its dwellers, the monstrous "Chains," which are both not quite as fake as he once believed.

Based on the supernatural fantasy manga of the same name, Pandora Hearts tells the story of fifteen-year-old Oz's journey to discover the meaning behind the strange events that have overtaken his life. Assisted by a mysterious Chain named Alice, whose nickname is "Bloodstained Black Rabbit," and members of a clandestine organization known as "Pandora," Oz begins to realize his existence may have more meaning than he could have ever imagined.

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Break, Xerxes Main

Ishida, Akira Japanese

Nightray, Gilbert Main

Toriumi, Kousuke Japanese

Alice Main

Kawasumi, Ayako Japanese

Vessalius, Oz Main

Minagawa, Junko Japanese

Rainsworth, Sharon Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Nightray, Elliot Supporting

Nojima, Hirofumi Japanese

Vessalius, Jack Supporting

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Nightray, Vincent Supporting

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Will of the Abyss Supporting

Kawasumi, Ayako Japanese

Echo Supporting

Hirohashi, Ryou Japanese

Nozaki, Keiichi Producer

Chino, Takatoshi Producer

Iwasaki, Atsushi Producer

Okada, Akihiko Assistant Producer

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Aug 16, 2024

Dompa112

Recommended

Oh good old 2000 Japan fantasy. How i miss you. Long before Isekais and social media generation ruined it. Long before talentless writers got their shot at the industry copying each other with the same story. Setup. Characters. Long before Fan service made up for lack och creativity and creating good characters. Long before every MC was a NEET loser.

Pandora hearts is excellent in every way. Interesting characters. A plot that quickly chatches on and make you want to know more about the events, characters and plot. An amazing soundtrack. Great OP. The main theme ”Will” is a beautiful piece of music. Battle songs ... are great.

Top voice acting. I cant really fault this show for anything. The only thing stopping its potential for a 10 is the lack of conclusion. But the story got me to the point where the manga will be read to finish it up.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Nov 6, 2022

Shadow-god1

Mixed Feelings

The anime has a good story and good music and has a good character developed i think the art style is great for the show it was perfect in some scenes.I did enjoy the scene where the main mc went insane and serious at times some the character are well rounded they all have strengths and weakes some of the characters are smart and stupid and other two characters Alice and Break they are all was hungry some of characters did i thought react in realistic way and some did't
but just the ending is still confusing to understand it alone i might read the ... manga to understand it better
but the anime is still worth watching if you are still interested in the show

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jun 19, 2022

Resting_Bonfire

Not Recommended

Pandora Hearts

I have to make one thing clear in advance, if you want to watch "Pandora Hearts" but at the same time you are a manga reader, do yourself a favor and read the manga.

The anime adaptation of Pandora Hearts includes the first 3 arcs and thus roughly the first 35 chapters. The last 3 episodes are filler episodes with an alternate ending.

Although I was mostly entertained by the anime, this is one of the worst manga adaptations I've seen. The pacing was almost non-existent, and some episodes dragged on for ages. Tension was completely undermined thanks to that, of course. Even some ... of the most important moments from the manga seemed almost like minor dialogue. As for the ending, there are good and bad ways to present an alternative ending. And here, probably the worst possible was done. It would have been better to just declare the anime over from the Ludwig arc on, rather than allow such a disaster.

[Story 6]

Nonetheless, this adaptation contains a lot of original material from the manga, which still delivers the same content despite atrocious pacing. Pandora Hearts is one of the few anime/manga whose main focus is based on storytelling, twists, and buildup. This show has an immense amount of hidden detail and foreshadowing for future events, which turns the entire plot picture upside down the more of it is revealed.

In the adaptation, unfortunately, we only see some of the setup, which seems relatively minor without the resolution. Almost nothing about the Abyss, the characters, and the "truth" was revealed in the anime and remains hidden until the end, for the anime-only viewers.

[Characters 5]

By the end of the anime series, the characters have developed only minimally and most of their important moments and developments are yet to come. However, even here you notice how multi-layered the characters are even though they seem like stereotypes at first. Oz (whose entire existence is a collection of plot twists) is a relatively interestingly written protagonist, since, among other things, all of his character traits and problems are resolved by the end. Again, we already saw many of his self-conflicts based on his childhood and how he tried to overcome them. In a more or less self-critical and yet rational way.

Alice. The tsundere is a gluttonous, arrogant protagonist who is more a wild animal than a human being. Which, thanks to her background and her eternal existence in the Abyss could hardly be otherwise. She is the most boring of the protagonists but has enough character to be average.

Gilbert has his moments of brilliance, though later in the manga. In the anime, he only seems like a sidekick.

Most of the side characters all have their respective character arc and important relevance to the main plot, as their fates are related to each other and the truth behind the story. And some side characters, are closer to the "real" plot than one would think at the beginning.

[Animations 3]

Environments have very little detail, especially from the middle on. The dynamics are non-existent and the freeze-frame battles are immensely monotonous. Pacing is near-record poor, a single dialogue is delayed to 2-3 minutes, and fights that barely lasted 5 pages in the manga are at least 5 minutes here.

[Music 6]

The osts are quite appropriate for this kind of story and very apt in style. The intro is also well done and fits perfectly.
The biggest flaw here is how the osts are placed. In some episodes, the music plays even though nothing happens at all and in other scenes, it is missing. Imagine the character walking up the stairs with nothing happening and the main theme playing in the background.

[Conclusion 4]

You can watch this anime, especially if you are new to the anime scene and have little experience or comparative material. For anyone else, I definitely can't recommend this anime. The manga, on the other hand, I can. Despite a disappointing ending, the manga was a very interesting experience with a very well-thought-out plot.


[Enjoyment 5]

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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