Jul 14, 2009
*This Review Contains Spoilers*
So, I'm re-writing this review because I've finished the series.
From the moment you start the first episode you should fall in love with this show. The animation is enough to pull anybody in. Now, most people who dislike this anime are those who watched the first episode and hated the second. The second episode obviously can't compare to the first, but as the series progresses the first episode doesn't even matter anymore.
"If you're looking for a deep story, I admit there are a lot of anime with a better plot. Basquash's plot is somewhat simple, Young boy has ambitions, shares ambitions with
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sister, sister gets in tragic accident, boy hates what created accident, boy decides to use what hurt his sister to his advantage to save/help his sister, while trying to tell with a huge debt( a lot of $ lol). As straightfoward as that may sound, it actually becomes deeper than that, because more main characters are introduced, and this creates a deeper story, romance, rivalries, and even greater humor."
That was how I described the plot(word for word) in my first review. Since then, things have changed. An actual plot, i'll admit a bit cliche, is introduced. As usual there is a conspiracy to destroy...well I guess in the villain's eyes its "saving" the earth. The moon is on a collision course with earth and the only way to stop this is for "the Legend" to come fourth that has been sent by the Gods(apparently?).
"As I stated the characters play a major role in how the show progresses(which every anime character should do lol). At first each character introduced seems generic and you can't stand them at all, but time is taken in developing these characters' personalities until you like them. For example, take Sela, at first she seems like your typical female character who wants nothing more than a male's genes(scary, i know), but once the anime reaches the Turbine City Arc, Sela's past is explained, and it turns out she has a poor relationship with her father, who just so happens to play a role in the Turbine City OCB tournament. Wow this is tiring, lol. Then there is Rouge who starts as a simple idol, but turns out that she is being enhanced performance wise to win the OCB tournament, and of course as things unfold as they should, Rouge develops feeling for the main character, and umm...please buy what I'm saying because I'm spending too much time on the character portion of this thing."
Thats also what I said in my first review. Since then the characters have evolved into much more dynamic characters. Almost everybody falls in love, some with the same people(Oh noes, dere be some DRAMA!). Every character seems to posses their own legend. The main message left by the series is to be "who you are". For the last few episodes the characters stop trying to fufill this legend prophecy and start being themselves(its a last resort tactic in my eyes).
Okay, sound. What can i say? The BG Music is amazing! and the first opening theme and the second ending theme are both preformed by Eclipse who also have a role as characters in the show, pretty cool how they tie together.
Basquash embodies all your generic anime cliches, but ends up making it its own original thing, much like what the main character(Dan is his name by the way, lol) does to the original sport in this anime, and names its after the title of the show.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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