Interesting dark 'n' mystic atmosphere. Perhaps I should say *this* is reminiscent of Amnesia (rather than Another) due to it being placed in a similar (I think?) era and with supernatural frights. Nowhere near as spooky, though I'm still with Diablo II's necromancer: I enjoy the darkness.
We of course need the ill-fitting, tsuntsun loli to bring in a wider audience, too. Mouthy, dinky and childish? Pedopaaaanderiiiing.
The gothic storybook ambiance makes it easy for me to forgive this being formulaic & monster-of-the-week (even if they weren't always "monsters"). Harder to forget this having Angel Beats!-levels of disjointedness, though.
Could have been a lot better had they tied
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Apr 12, 2013
Vividred Operation
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I'll just copy-and-paste (with slight clean-up) from my comments section out of my anime list:
Before watching: So I heard this was a spiritual successor to Strike Witches. When it's done airing I'm going to see if this is true. After watching: That's a whole lotta action, fanservice, and cute-girls-doing-cute-things interactions with each other! Can definitely see how they can call it that, with much the same kind of plot, battles (though this time with a straight-up magical girls feel, despite being pure sci-fi), and ambiance 'n' aesthetics. This is certainly one of the best-looking animes I've ever seen, though probably because I've never watched one so new ... |
