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TV series format into an anime with a video game-style of art & animation.I think you can see why 2D purists and hardcore anime fans either disliked it or never gave it a chance,and I feel sorry for both,as well as the creators who if this were made into a TV Series would have a much higher rating and audience,at the same time I am glad for myself and every bladerunner,cyberpunk & sci-fi fan out there that we got this.

Black Lotus brings story-telling in a different way than the medium is used to,using motion capture,emotional expressions & long pauses to convey the suspense and other ... feelings.I am not gonna pretend that the story is grand but it's execution is what makes it pretty close to the movies.

Artstyle is also very faithful to the universe & well-made with amazing backdrop shots,animation doesn't faulter either,whether it be on characters reactions,dialogue,fighting (especially) but even simpler things like a car touching down for example.

Sound itself is very good,guns have the punch you'd expect them to,there are no 13-year old sounding VA's (another reason for the low score lmao),the whole cyberpunk soundscape is top-notch.As for the soundtrack it's appropriate especially in the later stages,as for the OP & multiple ED's to each their own.

So overall does this anime excel in mature story-telling,faithful cyberpunk & bladerunner atmosphere,amazing animation & fights,sci-fi elements ? Yes.Why is it scored so low ? I will let you be the judge of that.

TL;DR:Give it a chance.

"I enjoy the sickness of my heart
And I tread up a trail that lead along the frozen highway
My head was numb and I was starved
But right from the start, I had this calling"-Madrugada

If you have made it here then I salute you,along the tombstones where we all await.Have you ever stood on the pavement,smoking a cigarette,starring into the night sky,remembering all those things about her ? About the one that made your heart race and dared you to dream an endless dream ? If so then you will heavily resonate trough this journey of a man's lonely and broken soul,only memories remaining until eventually they ... become ash.But what of dreams ? Dare to dream a long forgotten dream ? Even if impossible to happen ?

While centered primarily around one person,this OVA also has a lot of subtle undertones.A minimalistic image with surrealistic music accompany this visceral and somber ride.

"Nihilism" is just reality.

Kingdoms Of Failure.exe has stopped responding.

It's honestly impressive how much this anime fails at everything it attempts to do.The first 2 episodes and the overall premise will fool you.Ngl I am down-bad for violent,unhinged media in general,so despite the sea of negative reviews I decided to give it a go... and yea THE REVIEWS WERE RIGHT.Story is just piss-poor,idea was there,the execution is garbage.Revenge plot gets dropped halfway,you get one of the worst supporting chars I've ever come across,honestly naive characters are a pain in the ass anytime but here it goes beyond that.Everyone is downright retarded,there is no nuance or grey-area,hell there isn't even ... good vs bad.And if you were hoping for the case of bad vs worse well no that doesn't exist here either.It's like someone watched Hellsing,Death Note & Texhnolyze and decided to mix them without fundamentally understanding what makes all of those animes great in their own right,ending up with....well this.So story and characters are trash,what about animation then ? Surely all that gore and violence didn't go to waste...right ? Sorry to say dear reader but they did.There is 0 budget and no aesthetic to all the violence,just a slideshow and characters yelling out their moves like what ????

I could go into further detail but honestly there is no point,avoid at all costs.

"Destiny is predetermined" // "Love is blindness" if either of those sounds true to you then you will like Kurozuka.

On the surface it's an episodic story,but all it takes is 5 minutes to realize it's much more than that,told trough flashbacks,dream sequences,deja vu's and timelapses,which for some reason confuses the average anime viewer hence it's low score.As for the art & animation both are top-notch,it was peak Madhouse at the time after all.

It's hard to write a review without spoilling anything so all there is to be said is to watch and form your own opinion,don't trust the MAL score in this instance.