May 11, 2008
Gravitation: Lyrics of Love is a side-story to the main plot that was actually part of the main story in the manga. One of the main facets of the story is shounen-ai, or boy's love, a relationship between two men. Though there was no lovey-dovey kissy stuff contained, it did feature a small part heavily insinuating gay sex and domination themes(at most, it's "ecchi").
Story
Being from the original manga, the story was okay for what it was trying to do and where it came from. Some moments made me laugh, some put a smile on my face, and others were downright silly.
Art
Considering this was aired in
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1999, the animation isn't all too bad. The only thing I noticed was some laziness by the animators in that there is repeated footage and they copped out to using illustrations from the manga artist for the ending credits. There were also some parts where the animation was a bit off anatomically(AKA QUALITY), but overall it was okay.
Sound
One of its main focuses is music, and like the anime(from what I have seen) it doesn't really fail to deliver. The music itself is slightly reminiscent of boy bands from the nineties, but they have a strong rhythm borrowed from techno music. I personally liked the songs, as silly as some of the Engrish in them is(spicy marmalade, anyone?).
The sound quality(aside from the music) is fairly good, although you may have to turn up the volume a little at times for speech if you're listening to the Japanese voice-over.
Character
If anything, it succeeds in characterising the two main loverboys, Shuichi Shindou and Eiri Yuki. Shuichi is quite a character indeed, and Eiri Yuki is a good foil to his childish, boisterous nature. However, they seemed to skimp a little on character regarding the rest of the cast, but it wasn't too big of a deal since that was covered in the anime(I presume) and the focus was on the couple.
Enjoyment
I quite enjoyed it. It put a smile on my face at the end. Albeit it wasn't the greatest OVA I've seen, but it succeeded it what it was trying to achieve.
Overall, it was fun. I suggest watching it for extra story if you've seen the anime only, but for manga readers, you're not missing out on much except the actual music made for this.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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