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May 12, 2018
Nobody took the time to write a review (is one even needed for this?) So I guess I'll just bite the bullet and do it.
Generally, recaps are done for one reason; to get the audience revamped for a possible sequel or any kind of spin off in the future. But, unless they plan on making some kind of spinoff DevilMan Crybaby, the ending of the 10 episode anime leaves no room for a sequel.
Why don't I recommend this you ask? I'll answer that with a better question; why not just go watch the actual show? (Spoiler alert: its really good, but definitely not for
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the faint of heart)
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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May 10, 2018
Book of Atlantic (another arc from the Kuroshitsuji manga) is again, another one of my favorite arcs. This adaptation however, somehow falls flat compared to Book of Circus and Book of Murder. Down the line we go~
Story: This is honestly where it fell flat for me. I almost wish it wasn't one movie? Or it could have been a movie but given the same treatment as Book of Murder (a two parter). The manga arc is long in itself and of course this means a lot of stuff got cut out. Character development that happens and the buildup to that character development doesn't happen and
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to me, it starts off way too early with the whole zombie thing (about at the 24 min mark for an hour and a half long movie). I'm not sure if this formatting was because of money or some other production roadblock though? If the other arcs are going to be adapted faithfully, then the other ones need to as well. I really wish it would have been formatted better.
Art and sound are the same as both the other current adaptations of Black Butler. My only gripe about the art is this movie relies heavily on CG for the animation, and its really distracting from the story with how bad the CG is.
Characters: Because of the story getting condensed into an hour and a half, a whole bunch of (and I even argue) important character development got left out. Lizzie got her part, and I was happy for that, but other characters were given the short end of the stick when it came to this. The only definite example I can give is the development (or lack thereof) of Snake. Mangawise, Snake struggles with his appearance and abilities now that Noah's Ark Circus is gone and has something short of an identity crisis. Ciel quickly comes in and gives him the self esteem boost that he needed and he becomes very helpful as the plot goes on. Movie wise, Snake could have not been in it at all and nothing would have changed. Characters like Ciel's stylist (who also becomes very important as the story goes on) are cut out as well.
Overall Enjoyment: It's ok. If you need a recap of the manga plot and don't have the time to sit down and read it, then this is what this movie is here for. I would not recommend only watching this movie and would still tell you to read the manga chapters right after the Circus Arc to get information bits that were missed. You can watch it if you want, but don't rely on this movie only.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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May 10, 2018
The second season (to me at least) is where BNHA truly shines so far (maybe it will also in season 3, we shall see ;) ) Let's go down the list shall we?
Story: Again, nothing new. A tournament arc, a training arc, and a final exam arc. We've seen these done at their best and at their worst and honestly, BNHA is one of the best for all three.
The tournament arc is hard to explain, but at the same time not really. It doesn't just focus on Deku and his fight to rise to the top, but rather the entire 1-A class as a
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whole. There's match ups that are downright one sided, but instead of showing how strong the winner is (because you already know), it shows you how strong the losers are. That the losers deserve to be in the class just as much as the winners do and their spot is earned. You see everyone shine and everyone lose and I'm so thankful that the creators knew what they were doing with this arc. It was very nice to see the fights resolved quickly instead of dragging them out for multiple episodes like other anime do. BNHA shows how a tournament arc should be done.
The training arc is pretty basic as well. The class needs to go do internships with Pro Heroes so they know what the whole business is really like. Again, Deku isn't the only main focus of this arc, and that's really nice to see other characters take the spotlight. Everyone (not just Deku) gains something from this arc, whether it be emotional or physical strength. The fights weren't too long and it balances well with the talking aspects of it.
The final exam arc is another basic story. Finals are coming and to pass the year they have to complete their finals. Same as the tournament arc, none of these fights are drug out with useless filler and powering up and overpoweredness (is that even a word?).
Characters: This is truly where the second season shines to me. Most of the characters (if not all) get at least some kind of development that's very nice to see. They're not just carbon copies from other shonen, but rather students that have goals and they're all attending UA for a reason. The standouts for season two are without a doubt Uraraka, Iida, Tokoyami, Todoroki, and All Might. But that again doesn't mean they are the only ones who get development. Everyone proves to be more than what they were in the first season, and its shown so very nicely.
Nothing changes with art and sound :). The only difference is that season two has two openings instead of one.
Overall Enjoyment: I actually enjoyed the second season more than the first season. A big factor to me is not what the story is, but rather how its told. The first season to BNHA is more like a prologue and should probably be treated as such. The hype still very much deserved and I still recommend it very much :).
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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May 10, 2018
I usually avoid any type of shonen anime because frankly, you've seen one you've seen them all. That's probably why I avoided BNHA (anime and manga) for so long. When it came out though, I still vividly remember the hype surrounding it and how it was that one anime of the season that everyone talked about.
Now here we are a good two years later and I've decided to watch BNHA because of a 7 hour flight I had. I needed something to do so what better more than to binge an entire anime series (Spoiler: I didn't finish it in one sitting on the
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plane). There's something about BNHA though where everything just works? And I'll explain what I mean (Spoiler alerts I guess)
Story: The story's nothing different. An underdog in a world full of people greater than him. Deku wants to be what he can't, until he's given the chance to be what he's always wanted to be. From that point, its him adjusting to school life as a new quirk holder. Its nothing we haven't seen before with other anime, but for some reason, I was really into it. Towards the ending of the first season is where the underlying plot starts to come out and still, its nothing we haven't seen before. But still, for something like BNHA, it works.
Art: The art's solid. Its studio Bones, nothing more to it. (If you need some reminding, they did FMAB, Ouran, FMA, Soul Eater, etc) Its colorful and fluid and over the top and that's exactly what something like this anime needs. Each character has their own look and their own costume that says who they are and you can tell a lot of creativity and time went into each of these character's looks. Its pretty much everything you could want and expect from a shonen anime.
Sound: I bought the sub by accident on Itunes. As I'm catching up to the third season, I can't find myself switching to the dub anytime soon (Yes, I'm aware it won awards for the dub, but the sub just works better for me). Each character's voice fits and there's no awkward sounding characters anywhere. Its obvious they took their time picking voice actors as well. The music is alright? I can't find myself skipping the opening but other than that nothing else really stands out. (There's a rap song somewhere in there though that made me do a double take). Overall, the sound is solid as well.
Characters: Its an ensemble anime, so that means there's going to be lots and lots of characters. Somehow (to me at least), it works very well with the characters in the first season. Deku, All Might, and Bakugo especially. It starts to introduce who everyone is towards the end and all at the same time, so its a little hard to remember who everyone is and what they do though. I wish they had done it more spaced out or a little earlier even. Its the first season, so I really hope nobody expects major character development and character motives so soon (and if so that's not really fair?) For the first season however, you get enough of each character (and a full detail speech of their quirks) to not question them any more than what you have.
Overall Enjoyment: I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. I was prepared for overpowered characters and power of friendship speeches and defying odds but really, BNHA doesn't do that. It takes whatever kind of logic it can create in this world and explains it. As for our main protagonist Izuku, I was very pleasantly surprised that even though he was the face of the anime, he had to work for what he got. He had to prove that yes, he was deserving of the One for All quirk and it was given to him, he didn't know how to automatically use it. Even though he trained and trained to be able to even hold the ability in his body, he has to train and train some more to be able to use it (which he still isn't able to fully at the end of the first season). Its nice to see him lose and not defy odds and having to rely on other people because he knows he can't do this by himself. What better person to mentor him than his childhood hero?
BNHA is nothing special or spectacular, but at the same time it is. It knows what it is and what it wants to be and it makes watching it over the top and fun. You want Deku, as well as the entire UA Academy and even the Pro Heroes they meet to succeed. I regret not watching this as it was coming out because it truly lived up to the hype it got.
Do I recommend BNHA? Absolutely. The only thing preventing me to a solid 10 is the full endgame of the story as a whole.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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May 10, 2018
Madoka Magica is amazing in my book for a number of personal reasons, and I really hope I can remember to write them all as I type this.
The one thing I praise Madoka for is being a modern take on a genre of anime that is either really old/not that popular. What genre is this you ask? Well none other than the deconstruction genre of anime. The best one I can think of to this date is Neon Genisis Evangelion, and while being on two opposite sides, are very much on par with each other in terms of storytelling (Just one isn't as confusing
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as the other).
Story: In case you missed, this is a deconstruction anime. Which means it takes something that's very popular in a genre (in this case magical girls) and instead of showing you the good like everyone else does, it in turn shows you anything and everything bad that can happen with this concept. It takes something everyone wants to be, and tries its best to convince you that no, this isn't what you want at all. Madoka Magica does such a good job with this.
I also describe this to my friends as a devil in disguise. I put this off for a while just by looking at the cover art for it because it honestly looked like another magical girl anime (and we all know we NEED another one of those right?) but boy was I wrong. Somebody told me to watch to the end of episode three, and the shift that happened in that episode was unexpected and terrifying. From that point on, it turns into something completely different and shifts further and further every three episodes. For something with twelve episodes that does this kind of thing should be taken in regard because it could have been very easy to mess it up (cough School Days cough).
Art: Studio Shaft never fails to impress. From Chobits to Hidemari Sketch to Bakemonogatari, Madoka has a solid studio with a solid grasp of how to do this kind of thing. The art changes from bright and cheerful to dark and ominous, to outright depressing so well, it almost gave me whiplash. The art also has this thing where some scenes look polished, and then some will look a little roughed out, but it fits with the tone and the context of what's happening. Another thing that can't be forgotten is the scenes that play when each Witch shows up. Those are nothing short of amazing.
Sound: Voice wise, its basic to me. I saw this when the sub was coming out so I didn't watch the dub. The real gem that lies in the sound is the music. Its whimsical, its dark, its fast and confusing, and it actiony (is that even a word?). Not a single piece of music feels out of place in this anime. The opening music is great, and so is the ending music.
Characters: I can't really get much into this without spoilers,so I'll just say this; If you're the type that gets attached very easily, I'm so sorry for you.
Overall Enjoyment: Anime like this come once in a while. Neon Genisis Evangelion is one, and so is a good part of Gantz, along with recent anime Re:Zero. These kinds of masterpieces need to be taken into account for all the kind of story they have to tell, as well as how they tell it. I adore this anime to pieces for just the swell and twists and turns of emotions it brought, and how strong the bond of friendship can actually be for someone else. My only downfall with it is I can't seem to find all the episodes on DVD for a reasonable price, so I just settled for downloading them onto my laptop.
To me, Madoka Magica is required to watch. At least a try to the end of episode 3 nothing more.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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May 10, 2018
I'll try to make this quick because you have better things to possibly be reading.
First off, as a little bit of background, I absolutely adored the Prison School anime (I even gave it a 10 because it was just that enjoyable to me). The manga on the other hand, is a completely different story.
Its the same story as the anime for the most part. If you've seen the anime you don't need to reread the first 80 chapters or so, but rather just start where the OVA ends. From that point, the story was going somewhere, and then just for a second,
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it starts to go down horribly. It had the potential to be great, but the dragging out of the Calvary Arc to the not necessary side stories here and there were what really brought this thing down. From there on, it felt like it was going back up to greatness, and then the last few chapters happened. Its not even a spoiler, but the ending alone was the one thing that affected my view of the entire manga to the point where I not recommend you not read it. The ending isn't enough for you to sit through 200+ chapters.
Art: The art's really good. That's pretty much all I have to say about it. Definitely don't read it around others and certainly not around your parents.
Characters: Pretty much the same. Development for the most part does happen (more with two members of the USC and the ASC) than anything else. I feel as if no one really changed more than those two members of both clubs. The boys don't change and while I normally find the lack of some kind of character development annoying, it kinda works for something like this?
Overall Enjoyment: I enjoyed it very much as I was reading it in time with the updates, and I can very much remember when I stopped reading after the Calvary Arc took so long to finish and it simply wasn't worth sitting there and reading something like that every week while waiting for new chapters. I put it off until the end and then binge read it. If you're like me, who likes characters and likes good endgame and good outcomes etc, I really advise you not to read this. At the same time, a more troll side of myself is telling you to definitely read it because the ending is such a surprise that no one saw coming (and I live read this with a bunch of my friends)
Honestly, if you really want to read this, read until the Calvary Arc starts, and you won't miss anything if you don't finish.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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May 10, 2018
This is probably my favorite season out of all the seasons of Black Butler (current to date: Book of Atlantic) and its pretty straightforward why. I'll probably just go down the line of all the requirements though.
Story: Its nothing special really; Ciel and Sebastian have a problem from the Queen and they're supposed to stop it. No ifs ands or buts. I've seen many people complain that the story is incoherent from the second (which we don't talk about) and the first season, but its not really hard to put together. There are many guidelines on many websites that say after the Curry arc
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in the first season, STOP and then go watch Book of Circus. That's how the manga goes.
It follows the manga almost to an exact T (which is good because this is also one of my favorite manga arcs) with a few unimportant things missing here and there. The plot to it is good and it still very important and enjoyable. There's many things that are vague, but the further you go on into Black Butler is the more you understand what you missed from this arc. Reading the manga, everything from flashbacks to certain wording the characters use are important.
Art: Very colorful. I don't know if different people worked on the art or if it was just the change with the times, but the art is very polished throughout all 12 episodes.
Sound: Both sub and dub are good (sounding exactly like the first and second season for both). The same voice actors and even the same band does the opening like the ones before it. There's nothing much to praise and there's nothing much to critique. The opening and the ending songs are very good.
Characters: Its Ciel and Sebastian. If you liked them before you'll like them now because frankly, they don't really change. The Noah's Arc Circus crew are very enjoyable from the beginning to the end. The only thing that deserves a lot of praise is the fact that the servants in the Phantomhive household get backstory and more time to show who they really are (we saw a little in season one, but that hardly counts compared to this). It happens in the anime enough for you to not question it, but I completely understand why they didn't add those parts because they were long chapters on their own. Either way it was very nice to see them more than the bumbling idiots they were in the first (and even the second) season.
Overall Enjoyment: Like stated before, this is one of my favorite arcs in the manga, and it was very nice to see it adapted amazingly and not butchered. The only thing that stops me from giving it a 10 is the fact that neither the anime nor the manga are finished yet. Depending on the ending is if I'll bump this up or down, and the manga is nowhere near finished either.
Truly, if you like Black Butler, then you're going to enjoy this season. Its nice to see one of my favorite mangas get the Fullmetal Alchemist treatment and it being done well. Remember to watch the first season to whatever episode the Curry Bun arc ends, and then go to Book of Circus.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Feb 27, 2018
I'll be honest, I avoided this thing with a ten foot pole because of the cover art. High school ecchi's aren't my cup of tea unless they have something setting them far apart from the masses, and oh boy does this set itself apart. I pulled an all nighter because I couldn't find myself stopping.
Five perverted boys find themselves at a used to be all girls school. Why are they the only boys with two hundred girls you might ask? Don't worry about it. Why does no one expect them to be perverts and go look in the girl's bathroom? Not really sure. Why
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is there just a full decked prison in the school courtyard? Don't question it. The story turns into one thing and then into another, and I found it to be hilariously enjoyable from the second it started.
The art is absurd ( in the good way). Its over the top and dramatic with almost every frame and it works so well with the style and tone of the show. The ecchi is over the top, the facial expressions are over the top, heck, even some of the backgrounds are over the top. It works.
This is hard because I own this and watched both sub and dub. The sub is alright, but the dub is amazing. The dub adds more crudeness and humor to the show. Like Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt and Ghost Stories,this one deserves to be watched as a dub.
The characters are hilarious. End of story. From the boys to the Underground Student Council to the Above Ground Student Council to the girls in the school to even the principal. Each one of them are so different but they all work so well.
Like I stated at first, I refused to even go near this thing. I found myself finishing it in the span of a night because I literally couldn't close my laptop after episodes ended. Prison School is a short lived over the top ecchi that deserves the hype it gets (this thing is super popular in Japan) because of the antics, characters, and art style. For the love of all things holy watch this one with the door closed and headphones in.
As of the end of the manga coming forth, please go see my review of the Prison School Manga because oh boy its really different.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Feb 27, 2018
I'll be honest, I was warned so many times by so many people not to watch this thing. I was an avid fan of deconstruction anime however, so I felt like this one needed to be given a decent shot. I went in with my expectations low.
While I understand what the story was trying to do, it falls flat. It could have been a solid deconstruction of the harem genre that might turn everything on its head,but it failed to deliver any sort of tension, questions, of payoff. It was more of a slice of life of the main guy character just simply being
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there and the girls around him throwing themselves at him (except for one, I'll give her credit). It went for trying to be a dark psychological sort of thing, but felt like a typical high school drama (I'm not sure I can give it that much credit).
The art styles's very basic. There's nothing really special about it that'll make you remember it.
The sound is also very basic. The character voices along with the music did not stand out, with the exception of that song in the last episode at the end.
The characters (ah the characters) were the main downfall of this show. I understand that many harem girls throw themselves at the main boy because he did something to earn their love, but with School Days, I'm not sure what Makoto did to each of them. Kotonoha and he had been dating for three days at maximum and she's willing to kill for him. Sekai becomes so enamored that she's also willing to kill him (I understand her reason more). All the other female characters pretty much just appear and decide that Makoto will be the one. All of them act irrationally to the situations given to them and it seems like they chose to go for the worst possible outcome. There was hardly any development with each character as well.
I actually skipped a good two or three episodes to School Days because I was bored and wanted to move along quickly, but I found myself back at square one. It feels like the whole time you're watching you're waiting for something amazing or profound to happen and when it finally does, you're left with almost an 'oh that's it?' kind of thing. Apparently though,the visual novel has more and better endings than the anime itself, so I wonder why this route in the game was so special to be adapted to an anime. When I finished it, I found myself ranting to my friend a good three days after about things that would come to mind that annoyed me, and I can't hear the name of it without cringing.
All in all however, School Days gave an attempt. They should least be credited for taking the risk. It tried and it failed. I would not recommend watching this and if you do, watch it with a friend to at least make it bearable.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Feb 6, 2017
Ok, this anime is pretty old, but here's the backstory on basically the whole thing. (Spoilers depending on how you look at it)
They made the anime in Japan and it didn't do so hot with the sub because lets face it, this is like Scooby Doo for pretty much every episode. Pierrot wanted it to dub and the studio that made it sent it over, but the one thing they forgot was the script for it to translate. When asked about the script, Pierrot told them to just do whatever they wanted with the anime, and this is the dubbed version of Ghost Stories.
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Story: Pretty average. Nothing spectacular or outstanding about it. Like mentioned before, its like watching a marathon of Scooby Doo episodes over and over again. (Overall a 5)
Sound: The big part. This is one anime that you cannot watched subbed. The dub makes the show. Its ad-libbed for the most part with so many fourth wall breaks and American pop culture references for that time period you'll be going "Wait what?" at least once every episode and then grabbing the remote to hear what they said. Its obvious the voice actors had fun making up lines off the top of their heads, and it really works for something like this. (9)
Characters: Along with the dub, the characters in the dub make the show even better than what it was. Satsuki Miyanoshita is your main heroine with her brother Keiichiro. They move to town and meet perverted Hajime Aoyama, super Christian Momoko Koigakubo, Jewish Reo Kakinoki (Leo) and the demon Amanojaku, which possesses their cat. Each episode has its own set of side characters like the teachers and the dad, but that's pretty much the main group. These characters are wacky, zany, random, racist, perverted, and say the weirdest things that take a while to process before you laugh out loud. (9)
Enjoyment: I found this anime after looking at a top ten list on Youtube. I read the story about how it was ad-libbed and not taken seriously so I thought I had to try it. Before I even made it to episode 5 I was buying the dvd on Amazon and waiting for it to get here and finished it in a weekend. If your humor is somewhat like South Park's humor (toned down though it does get raunchier as the show goes on) then this at least deserves the first couple of episodes watched.
Overall its a low 9.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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