Dec 16, 2014
I was pretty excited to hear that DRAMAtical Murder would become an anime but after watching it I was left with a pretty dissapointed feeling. I haven’t played the game but I’ve seen some other people play it and it looked pretty ‘’promising’’.
I’ve seen some scenes from the game and I was pretty dissapointed when they didn’t appear in the anime. Of course some scenes might’ve been 18+ but they could’ve at least added some ‘action’ (if you know what I mean) into the anime.
The anime compared to the game is seriously NOTHING.
Story: 6
The story wasn’t that bad but was sometimes a bit confusing for
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me (probably because I skipped certain parts and missed out on a few things) and maybe a bit too much for only 12 episodes. I wasn’t expecting an anime with 30/40 episodes but I think that if they would’ve made the anime 20/25 episodes long that then the story might’ve been more clear and easier to follow. Because right now I’m still trying to figure out what I just watched and what actually happened. (luckily I’ve seen a few parts from the game so that helped me understand a bit better)
Let’s compare the game to the anime: the game has more happenings and the story becomes clear troughout the game unlike in the anime.
Art: 7
I really liked the futuristic touch and all of the advanced technologies in both the game and the anime.
I aslo liked how the characters were made. It’s an original style (my opinion. I haven’t seen any animes in the same style as DMMd) but after watching some people play the game I saw that the style between the game and the anime was completely different. (again, my opinion)
But: sometimes the movements of the characters (mainly with Ren) their expressions and their build are slightly weird and/or anatomicaly incorrect.
Lastly, I think that the scenery (background, buildings, ...) looked pretty good and also with a slight futuristic touch to it.
Sound: 8
I think the seijuu’s did a good job. The voices fit the characters perfectly. They sound exactly the same as in the game and exactly how I’d expect.
Not much to say about this.
Character: 7
Let’s all be honest for once and say that the characters are pretty hot.
Even though the anime was quite short we all get to know who the different characters were, what they did, how they acted, etc. but not all characters got described evenly/enough. The anime mainly focuses around Aoba getting to know all of the characters but he mainly hangs out with Clear, Koujaku, Mink, Ren and Noiz. It feels like the other characters are left behind.
Enjoyment: 5
I enjoyed watching it but at the same time I did not. It feels as if I got my hopes up for nothing.
It was a good anime but I think that I’ll have had more fun playing the game than watching the anime. Why? Because hardly anything happens in the anime. I was hoping for some guy x guy action but the only thing that happened was Noiz kissing Aoba once.
Overall: 6
You like boy x boy? Yaoi? Or just shounen-ai?
You might think that the anime will be the same as the game but guess what? It isn’t.
The game has lots of boy x boy scenes and content. Wich, surprisingly, the anime doesn’t. The only moment something actually happens between Aoba and another character is when Noiz kisses him. That’s it.
Luckily the art and character design were good because else I don’t know if this anime would’ve get the points I gave it now.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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