Jan 12, 2009
Story: Chromed Shelled Regios is basically an anime version of the movie Stormship Troopers. That is, if Stormship Troopers was done as a bad visual novel complete with giant bug(?) things. The story is predictable with no plot that feels worth continuing to watch the show for. They rely heavily on flashes of an unclear past (or future?) action scene as well as sudden "plot twists" to hold your interest. It didn't work.
Art and Sound: Both the art and sound are reminiscent of a visual novel to the point where all the characters pose, still screen style, as they talk. Meanwhile,
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annoying and obviously synthesized music sets the mood. I'm sure they meant for the sound to mesh with the anime, but instead it was 22 minutes of fail that only managed to bring down an already mediocre show. The art itself was like a cross between a high budget yaoi (see Gakuen Heaven) and any low to mid budget fighter anime (see History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi). Not a pleasant combination, but very shiny.
Character: Same thing as with the story. All the characters had been done, and been done better, in something else that was more worth while. They had the archetypes down though, even right up to the related back story characters. By the end of the first episode you already know the "plot twists" for two of the main characters back stories, including the main main character. And here I always thought that a mysterious main character was supposed to be a selling point.
Enjoyment: Yeah... In case you haven't guessed by now, I really wasn't enjoying this show. I forced myself through it in the hope that it would improve, but it didn't. Frankly, I was bored all the way through. Nothing in that anime made my wasted time worth it.
Overall: All in all it was a bad show. It was bad enough that I felt I had to write a review to warn others. The story and characters were overly predictable archetypes, the art was mediocre at best, and the dreadful sound dragged the level of the anime (and my enjoyment) even lower. My advise is to not watch it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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