If your parents give you psychological trauma that makes you a mute, the best recourse is to invite them to a musical about your damaged psyche. At least, that is one of the silly things that this anime portrays.
The past couple of years, the high school drama/ romance genre has really been booming. Most of them combine pleasant visuals with a traditional story progression that possesses one dramatic twist. Anthem of the Heart checks off both of those categories, but something just seems to get lost in translation for the story and characters.
Anthem was oh so close to being really good, but contrived story developments
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Nov 10, 2014
Black Bullet
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Imagine a friend telling you of some mythical anime that is like a combination of Claymore, Darker than Black, Tokyo Ghoul, Attack on Titan, and Elfen Lied with a loli multiplier. You would probably respond with something along the lines of, "Butter my buns and twist my nipples, I must be asleep because I've had this wet dream before!" ...That is what I originally thought when I picked this anime up. Let there be an emphasis put on "originally".
I really, really wanted to love this anime, hell I still do, but that just isn't going to happen. See you forgot that your friend telling you ... 
Nov 13, 2013
Hyouka: Motsubeki Mono wa
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Generally when it comes to OVA's, I view them through the lens of their parent anime. This practice holds especially true with the Hyouka OVA.
OVA's are judged based on their parent anime because customarily they lack the screen time to create a new story or experience, characters don't undergo any vast changes, and there are no fulcrum point events that a series rests upon. In the Hyouka OVA, the audience is given insight into what happens between episodes 11 and 12 of the parent anime. Although there is nothing ground breaking to be found in this OVA, if you enjoyed any aspect of Hyouka, ... |
