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Synopsis Overeview
In the year 2046 the virtual reality is used for almost anything. And Arita Haruyuku (our little chubby hero) is amazing at games, never the less he is in the lowest scale of his school being constantly abused by other students and thus constantly cries about his miserable luck.
But everything changes when Kuroyukihime, the most popular girl in school introduces him to “Brain Burst” a virtual reality program that grants him the power to stop time, at the same time it gives him an avatar, which he has to use to win battles, and win points, and that’s the catch: If he happens to ... lose all his points he will lose the brain burst program, and all the memories of ever having it (which in turn means he would be returning to his miserable life).
Evidence for:
As a shonen anime, is not surprising the battles are very well made, and the plus Sunrise was the producer, is not a surprise to see such an amazing animation, meaning: The battles and the Avatars are plain amazing, with the diversity of powers, dynamic movement, and amazing design. And this also applies to the “real world” animation, though some characters might be something you don’t usually see in this genre (like A chubby little guy being the main character, and his best friend a first badass then whiner still popular guy).
Evidence Against:
Even though Accel world shines in the art an animation, it lacks everything else: All the “Power of friendship” and “You must stand to stay strong” cliché is a little overused. Plus the characters are plain, bland and a bunch of whiners (most of them).
On the other hand, the plot as it is, doesn’t give any sensation of risk. Even if you happen to lose all your points, you don’t even remember having them in the first place and (as shown in the very last episode) the traits that you gains with the game (courage, sensibility, or anything else) stays with you, so what ends good… is good right?
About the OST, thought very epic is usually subdued by the constant yelling and crying of the characters, or by the same sound effect on the battles. Making it easily forgettable.
Overall:
This anime truly shines in its graphics, but the plot, the characters and the sound don’t live to it.
Characters: 2
Story: 4
Art (and animation): 10
Sound: 3
Personal enjoyment: 5
Overall: 4.8->5

The studio in charge of 11-Eyes (Say, Marvelous Entertainment) is commonly known for its stories who can surprise at the same time that give you goose bumps, either it is for its involving plot (Mushishi, AKB0048), easy to hate characters (Ichiban Ushiro no Daimao, School Days) or just for poor execution of the plot, characters… and everything else. Unfortunately, that’s exactly the case we have in hands today.

Meet Kakeru and Yuka, two childhood friends who without knowing why, end up in a world where the sky is red, and the moon is black, the streets are filled with rampaging monsters and the danger awaits in ... every corner.

Not knowing what to do know, they start they quest to get out of this dimension, but, as fast as it came the “Red Night” ends up again and, SURPRISE! There are 4 other people who also where there, little did they know that this red night gats them powers, such as legendary sword casting, killer instinct, and pyromancy.

4 episodes into the series, knowing close to nothing about the characters, they start to fall in battle with the Black Knights, who as the antagonist of the series, start to kill the main characters, one by one, always with time to yell to our heroes to hand over the fragments, but never with time to explain what they are, or why they want it… or even why they are attacking.

With all this there is little room to character development, leading to forced relationships, decent action scenes who, though entertaining, doesn’t add anything to the overall plot (most of the times), and feel like time fillers.

In the art, and soundtrack there’s nothing outstanding, thought the music is well related to what’s happening in the scene, with all the nonsense yelling, you can barely notice the music. And when you realize there is music, is in scenes so boring and out of context that is just distracting.

Score:
Story/Plot: 4
Characters: 5
Art: 6
Sound Track: 6
Personal Enjoyment: 5
Overall: 5