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Aug 27, 2010
CLAMP's first manga series, Magic Knight Rayearth is certainly one of their best works, if not their very best. The plot is interesting and keeps the reader guessing to the very end, as always the art is captivatingly beautiful, the characters are engaging and it's overall a beautiful piece of work.
The story begins with three middle school girls -- Hikaru, Umi and Fuu -- being transported to a magical world known as Cephiro by the pillar, Princess Emeraude. They are taught magic and told they are the Magic Knights of legend, but the girls just want to go home, as is expected of middle
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school girls. As the story progresses they all grow in their characters and become strong young women, finding themselves and the power within to band together, become friends and attempt save the strange world.
A beautiful tale of friendship, family, and inner-strength, this manga series is one of the best written. Though it's an older work (as reflected by the art style) it's a classic and is a must-read for any die-hard CLAMP fan. And for everyone else, it's just an excellent read.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Aug 27, 2010
While admitedly Gravitation is a good series, it's really only mediocre compared to its manga parent. The writers took a twelve-volume manga and smashed it down into a thirteen-episode anime series. The artwork is beautiful, the songs are great, the characters are just as engaging as in the original, but the problem is how much of the story has been cut from this masterpiece manga series.
Shuichi Shindou and his friend Hiro Nakano have just hit their big break and are an up-and-coming band (named Bad Luck) who are trying to finish their first album for their debut concert. While searching for ideas in the park
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Shuichi's song is blown away and he meets famed author Eiri Yuki, who insults his song, causing Shuichi to throw a fit and write an even better song just to show the writer (who at the time he doesn't know is famous) up.
It seems that the writers have traded story and art for music, but even that is rather lack-luster as in the thirteen episodes Bad Luck has only three songs features, and their rivals Nittle Grasper have perhaps one or two. Even still, the comedy and romance have stayed in tact and it's a nice anime to take a day to watch and perhaps get yourself in the mood to read the daunting twelve-volume manga that accompanies it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Aug 27, 2010
Hilarious, engaging, interesting, and very what-the-hell-just-happened, Cromartie High School is one of the best comedy anime I personally have ever seen. While there's little plot, the mini-stories are side-splitting and action-packed.
The only basic story for Cromartie High School is that the main character, Takashi Kamiyama, has been enrolled in a school known for its bad-assedness, yet he is a normal, intelligent, kind Japanese boy. The little bit of plot this story had was lost from the switch from manga to anime (as any bit of plot mentioned in the first episode is interrupted by Kamiyama's cry of, "If you want to know what happened just
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read the manga!") however this anime is not known for it's plot, or its use of anything people are able to understand.
Kamiyama and his cast of bad ass friends are fun and hilarious. One of the best aspects of this anime is the character Shinjirou Hayashida, who sports a purple mohawk. While it was funny in the manga alone, what makes this even more hilarious in the anime is that it moves, making slithering movements and randomly shooting out straight. Each other character has his own catch-phrase or mini-plot which makes him a favorite or just fun to watch.
This is the only shonen-based comedy anime I know of, and it's definitely a home-run. The best part is if anyone watching is planning on looking into the manga or the live-action movie there are different stories for all of them, while the basic elements stay the same, making it just as interesting on any field.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Aug 27, 2010
Gankutsuou is a twist on the famous story Le Comte de Monte Cristo (the Count of Monte Cristo) by Alexandre Dumas. The twist? It takes place in the far future, where for some reason everything is futuristic yet at the same time set in the past. Many anime have taken on this aspect, but for this classic story it may have been just what it needed. Another twist which added to the interest is the fact that the story begins about halfway through the novel with a different character as the main.
Overall the story is interesting. If one has read Comte they have a few
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spoilers under their belt already, so what makes this an interesting watch? The spin on the story. Whereas in Comte the focus is Monte Cristo himself, in Gankutsuou the main character is Albert Morcerf. While this is an interesting spin and the watcher gets to meet characters they wouldn't have in the book the story is also predictable if you've read the story. The story on its own without reading the book would be an easy nine, while if one had read the book (as for any upper-level French course one would have) it gives away most of the story which bumped the rating down to a seven.
The artwork for Gankutsuou in and of itself is interesting, captivating, and beautiful. They use an interesting style which mounts a background onto the parts which would have been colored normally, so it moves while the characters do. The only other place I personally have seen this art style has been in cartoons, but the way it was used in this anime made the artwork beautiful and imaginative, which is why the art was bumped up to a rating of ten.
There are many enjoyable characters in Gankutsuou, many recycled from the classic the story has been based upon, but in an adaptation this is a good thing which should be looked closely at. The extra characters added in fit well with the time as well as the story, have wonderful, captivating personalities, and draw emotions that some of the main characters can't even erect from the soul, which is why the characters were scored at a nine.
Overall the series is very good (a rating of eight). It's short at only twenty-four episodes and is a good weekend-watch. As a personal suggestion for anyone thinking of watching the series, watch without reading the novel first. Once you've seen the series, however, the novel makes an interesting read. It ties up a few loose ends if you're still confused, as well. However, on its own the anime stands out as one of the best I've personally ever seen.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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