- Last OnlineOct 14, 2023 1:24 PM
- GenderMale
- BirthdayMay 20, 1995
- LocationWatching the newest anime
- JoinedJan 13, 2015
RSS Feeds
|
![]()
May 30, 2015
Ok, make a story where everyone in it dies,then put tons of blood and violence to please the fans, and give a half-ass story that skips lot of it's content that the manga has with a bad ending. That is Akame ga Kill in a nutshell. Now when it comes to bad story in anime I have seen tons and Akame ga Kill is in that list, so your probably wondering why is it so bad? Well let me tell you.
Story:
Tatsumi is a fighter who, accompanied by his two childhood friends, sets off to the Capital in search of a way to
...
make money to assist his poverty-stricken village. After being separated from his friends, Tatsumi not only fails to enlist in the army, but is swindled out of all his money. He is then taken in by a noble family who offer him help, but intend to torture and kill him, just like they did with his friends and dozens of other people. Tatsumi is rescued by a group of assassins known as Night Raid, and is invited to join their ranks. Composed of the swordswoman Akame, a young woman armed with a huge pair of scissors named Sheele, the string manipulator Lubbock, the armored warrior Bulat, the sniper Mine, the beast fighter Leone and their leader Najenda, a former general of the imperial army. Night Raid is also part of the revolutionary forces assembled to overthrow Prime Minister Honest, who manipulates the young emperor for his and his men's personal gain, leading the rest of the nation to poverty and strife.
Each member of Night Raid carries one of the "Imperial Arms" (帝具 Teigu?), items created via alchemy and parts of the supernatural Danger Beasts over 900 years ago. Forty-eight of these items were created and about half of them have been lost to history. These items range from weapons like swords and firearms to more utilitarian items including a cosmetic box and armor, and even organic beings such as a shape-shifting dog and a powerful warrior. The Imperial Arms cannot be used by just anyone, as their users must be compatible with them or risk death. The power of most Imperial Arms is so overwhelming that it is said that when two Imperial Arm users fight each other, one is bound to die. General Esdeath, considered to be the most powerful fighter in the Empire, who assembles her own team of Imperial Arms-wielding assassins, the "Jaegers", to hunt down Night Raid. That is Akame ga Kill in a whole.
Character:
Yeah, I tired to like the characters in this show, but ever time I tired they died and this is very annoying, now I know Akame ge Kill is trying to make you shocked and sad from all these deaths, but in the end you don't have feelings for something you just meet. There are no bonds with the characters or getting time to get attached to the because by the next episode their already dead (Fist of a North Star reference) so unless you like anything with a face you really won't care about half of the people who die in this show.Besides, Even if I where to explain ever character in this show with one word it probably be generic, expect for Esdeath she cool.
Animation:
I know I know I know, so far I haven't said anything good about Akame ga Kill yet, but it's animation was it's best focal point. Since ever character had different weapons and not just a sword (thank god) the show knew how to animate ever single imperial arms it had and the fight scenes were pretty good. One thing I did like about Akame ga Kill is that you didn't know who is going to win the fight and I liked this knowing that even the main characters weren't safe, even though they go over board at times.
Overall, Akame....Ga.... Kill..... Is....... Sh*t. Sadly, what people say about this show is true it doesn't offer anything new or interesting to the table. Too much fan service (Blood and Violence)to the point that Its just there to there to make you forget how bad the show actually is and make you forget with cool fights and in my book that doesn't cut it for. A true good anime dosen't have tons of blood or ecchi moments to the point the only reason you will watch the show is for a fap aid, a good anime has character development, a evoking story that has you thinking just to put the pieces together. and a ending that you will never forget.Of course, Akame ga Kill isn't the worst anime I ever seen, but definitely the the most disappointing.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
What did you think of this review?
Nice
 0
Love it
 0
Funny
 0
Confusing
 0
Well-written
 0
Creative
 0Show all
![]()
May 30, 2015
Usually, when it comes to the most popular animes I usually don't jump on it as fast as some people may, but I end up watching it anyway to see if the hype is really worth it. But in Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu (The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya) I actually enjoyed it way more then I expected to, so here is my review.
Story:
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya story was a lot better executed the the original series itself it takes place Following on from the events of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya anime series, the story takes place from December 16 until December 24,
...
a month after the cultural festival. The SOS Brigade, led by Haruhi Suzumiya (Aya Hirano), makes plans to have a nabe party for Christmas. However, on the morning of December 18, Kyon (Tomokazu Sugita) arrives at school and finds that the very nature of his reality has changed; Haruhi and Itsuki Koizumi (Daisuke Ono) are missing, Ryoko Asakura (Natsuko Kuwatani) has mysteriously returned, Mikuru Asahina (Yūko Gotō) does not recognize him and Yuki Nagato (Minori Chihara) is an ordinary human. Only Kyon is aware that everything is different and no one else remembers anything about Haruhi or the SOS Brigade. The only clue Kyon manages to find is a bookmark left by the alien version of Yuki before everything was changed, telling him to gather "keys" to run a program. While wondering about this clue, he gets to know the new Yuki, who appears to be quite fond of him. As December 20 comes, Kyon learns from Taniguchi (Minoru Shiraishi) that Haruhi was at another high school the whole time, along with Itsuki and others formerly from his school. By revealing his identity to her as 'John Smith', an alias he had used when he travelled back in time to assist a young Haruhi, Kyon manages to convince Haruhi to believe his story. With her assistance they gather the SOS Brigade together in the club room, thus bringing the keys necessary for a program built by alien Yuki.
Characters:
Now i'm going to give KyoAni tons of credit on the characters, they decided to put character development, yes, character development, Kyon, Haruhi, Nagato, etc all act different in a serious way we never seen them before and this was very refreshing. Kyon not acting so sarcastic and taken life more serious, Haruhi acting more mature and not so much as a hyper active 12 year old girl and I would have loved if the original series would have incorporated this element in the series too.
animation/sound:
Now this is KyoAni so you can expect the best of the best with them. Scenes where animated very well, some scenes where breathtaking and beautifully well done.Sound was also a plus with well orchestrated music and ballads that I thought fit the movie very well.
Overall The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya is actually in my opinion a lot better then the original series itself and thats saying a alot, Characters being well develop, story taking itself more serious and showing how a moe anime can be just as good as some other anime movies. Yeah, this movie may have flaws and its NOT PERFECT, but if you hated the original Haruhi series this movie stops all your bad opinions about go away, well maybe not but you get what I mean.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
What did you think of this review?
Nice
0
Love it
0
Funny
0
Confusing
0
Well-written
0
Creative
0Show all
![]()
Apr 13, 2015
Today we visit with Angel Beats. It is an anime, set in the afterlife, based around themes like life after death, letting go of regret, and acceptance. Well, how did it do?
Angel Beats follows the story of one Otonashi, an amnesiac that suddenly pops up in what can only be called Purgatory. He quickly meets two of the residents of this strange world: Yuri and Angel, whom are locked in a never-ending battle of sorts. Yuri leads a group of humans like Otonashi in "rebelling" against the system, while Angel seems to be an agent of the system keeping them in line.
The Good:
Angel Beats is
...
another short anime coming in at only 13 episodes. As a result, the pacing is pretty good most of the time. The plot is presented in a fine manner. I do wish we had more character-centric episodes though.
That said, what we do get out of the series is good. There's quite a bit of character exploration going on with the main characters of the story (Otonashi, Yuri, Angel). Some of the supporting characters aren't bad either, Yui and Hideki are pretty well explored too.
Without spoilers, I can safely say that they have some very complex reasons for existing in this purgatory. Everyone has some reason that they refuse to move on.
As a side effect of such a world, most of the members of Yuri's group are eccentric. These aren't the usual archetypes that you'll find mashed together in anime. Yuri openly opens that most of them are idiots and that she is only slightly better than the rest of them. It's an oddly funny (and welcome) way to lampshade these misfits.
The Great:
Angel Beats deals with themes surrounding life and death. This was inevitable since it is a series taking place entirely in purgatory. Essentially, the series tackles what happens when we still have lingering regrets and desires in our hearts when we pass on. Most of the characters have some sort of lingering problems that they need to work through that many will deal with in their lives.
The series handles them with a lot of tact and explores how one should go about overcoming them.
This series is a huge tear jerker. It is. You'll be doubting me after watching the first episode, but it's true. It is extremely poignant and heartwarming.
The Bad:
Especially at the beginning, Angel Beats dips a bit too far into senseless comedy shenanigans. To be honest, it feels like we should have been doing something more important than having a music episode or a journey underground through traps (I will admit it was funny though).
As such, the series gets a bit of thematic dissonance going between the early episodes and late episodes. They are just a bit too thematically different for me to give it a pass. Even if the early episodes were meant to help us get acquainted with the characters, it felt like there wasn't much of it going on anyway.
This all is probably a result of the short episode count though. The show is a bit too ambitious with such a large cast of characters. There's a lot of ground to cover in the series and only a fraction of the characters get any major development. I think the show could have very well benefited from more time to develop the cast more. This is probably the biggest problem that Angel Beats overtly has.
The Verdict:
Angel Beats is another 13-episode series that is hard to pass up. It's a giant tear jerker, has a fun cast of characters, and deals with themes of regret. It may seem a bit weird and out there during the first few episodes, but it manages to build itself up significantly in the penultimate episodes until it reaches tear jerk levels that I haven't seen in years.
It isn't without flaws though. It seems like most of the cast don't get a chance to share the development limelight. There's just too many of them here and not enough time to give everyone a chance for major development/exploration. As such, it seems like a bunch of series devotes itself to weird team-building shenanigans to help us get to know them. It seems a bit out of place though, particularly by the end of the series.
This is best for someone looking for a good, short series that will invoke some powerful feelings. It is pretty much guaranteed to invoke one tear somewhere in its run. It has some nice characters and some wacky humor.
All things considered, it was good.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
What did you think of this review?
Nice
0
Love it
0
Funny
0
Confusing
0
Well-written
0
Creative
0Show all
![]()
Mar 28, 2015
I finally got the time to do this review on this sad disappointment of an anime that was hard for me to watch, but since it was only ten episodes i thought I mind as well finish it.
Story: 2
Isuca is your typical ecchi/harem anime about a boy name Shinichirō, a male student who gets a job as a housekeeper in order to pay his rent. While on the job, he accidentally releases a strange creature into the world, and he learns that his female employer named Sakuya Shimizu is the head of the Shimizu clan that hunts these creatures. Shinichirō cooperates with her to hunt
...
down the monsters that are running loose. Now the anime really doesn't bring anything new to the table we haven't seen before, really you can say the plot is very generic and predictable and at times cliche and boring that made me what to drop it at times.
Art: 4
Now the anime's art isn't anything to brag home about ether at times the show would stop animating and the show had one of the worst censorship effect I have seen since Terra Formars, but other then that it was ok
Sound: 2
Now I don't remember this show's score at all, mainly because there wasn't anything remediable at all. The op and ed where cool I didn't find myself liking them as much as some animes, but they fit the shows atmosphere.
Character: 1
Ok, there is one word that fits this main cast of characters in this show generic. None and I mean none of them do anything we haven't seen before in a ecchi/harem anime like this one. The main character Shinichirou is wimpy, weak and only there to be a cock tease to his harem. Then theirs Sakuya the main heroine who is just a tsudere who has a secret past that doesn't get to much explaining in the series, and then you have the other characters that really don't do anything for this show just more for his harem.
Enjoyment: 1
Sadly I didn't find myself enjoying this show at and at times I was bored and would scheme through the episode just to get it over with.
Overall: 2
Overall Isuca is a very bad and generic anime that bored me to the point it made me want to drop it but I stuck in there to the end. In my opinion there are other shows that are from the same genre that are way better, I think you should avoid this anime if I were you.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
What did you think of this review?
Nice
0
Love it
0
Funny
0
Confusing
0
Well-written
0
Creative
0Show all
![]()
Mar 23, 2015
Even though shows of this type generally don't really stand out and at times they can be very generic, this particular show had a lot going for it right from the start.
Firstly, this anime is basically made by the same team that gave us AIR a few years ago. And, much like AIR, Kanon is based on a video game by Visual Art's/Key, who seems to have a knack for creating storylines that have a certain edge of tragedy around them. That time, I didn't expect AIR to be very good when we started watching it, but it was. It took perhaps the most MOE'ish
...
character designs I had ever seen and actually created an involving story around them, one that, granted, kinda bombed near the end, but nevertheless took me completely by surprise.
The original Kanon didn't hold the same promise, but sadly ended up being too short for its own good, amongst other minor flaws. Given that this new remake has twice the episode number along with greatly improved visuals can only mean that Kanon 2006 is better in every respect. And while I haven't watched the original, in my opinion by far enough to say that I am certain that this version of Kanon IS an improvement on the original by this magnitude.
So, basically, the only hurdle you -- as a viewer -- will have to overcome is this:
LOOK INTO MY EYES....
This is pretty much the facial designs of every single female (save one) in this show, regardless of age. Indeed, the MOE levels of this show is damn well near critical condition, and it will turn away some of its prospective viewers. All the same, given the art of the old show, Kyoto Animation has done an admirable job of having the characters at the very least look their ages for the most part. (The only exception that comes to mind being Nayuki's mother, who don't really look all that older than her daughter.)
Not only that, but the viewers also has to deal with two of the characters, namely one Ayu and one Makoto, expressing their discomfort by utilizing onomatopoeticon that will throw viewers into diabetic shocks. "Ughuuu.", Ayu mumbles each time Yuuichi chastises her. "Auuuu", Makoto whines when her prank plans fail, or when she too gets chastized. Couple that with the eyes you can see above here, and you got some hurdles to overcome.
Once you do, however, you might be surprised to find that Kanon is a quite effective character-driven drama, where the characters and their personality traits and backstories gives Kanon its backbone. And they all have backstories that will be explained in, I assume, greater detail than the original Kanon.
The first bonus in this show compared to similar shows come in the form of Yuuichi himself. He's surprisingly outspoken for a male romantic/harem lead, even snarky at times. In fact, he's fairly reminiscent of a certain Kyon from another wonderfully funny show I've watched. By no means is he a jerk, though, except perhaps when strictly necessary.
The girls are... an interesting bunch, and it's mostly about them the show is centered. Most of them do share a past with Yuuichi that the show will explore in turn. On a positive note, very few of them share a romantic interest in Yuuichi, which allows the show to avoid falling into the same kind of haremish trappings that made Shuffle such a monumental piece of crap. Meetings and circumstances, as they were, are handled mostly through character interaction, with flashbacks filling in the blanks as the past is revealed more in detail. Add to that the subtle workings of supernatural elements, used to great effect in the backstories of those involved, and you got yourself a proper mystical drama.
Make no mistake, though; Kanon is not always a happy story. Depending on your perspective regarding a lot of the scenes, tragedy plays a large role in how things end up, and Kanon will on more than one occation have you trying to force lumps in your throat back down again. It's a curious thing, too, seeing a scene where an incredibly strong desire paves the way for a miracle to happen, and the steep price to be paid for it is nonetheless what makes the first arc's conclusion so poignant, despite the several elements that would convince you otherwise at first glance of this show.
Bear in mind that I generally don't like tragic shows, and that goes double for shows that are tragic for the sake of being tragic and also for the sake of coming off as artsy or just plain weird. Kanon is neither of these. Rather, Kanon makes use of the tragic or near-tragic elements in the show to make you appreciate the lighter moments even more. And, unlike AIR, at no point does Kanon jump the shark trying to be too big for its own britches with its ending.
I am delighted to see that Kanon has been shown the same courtesy as AIR by being picked up for US release. It's been a compelling show from beginning to end, with very few dead spots (no pun intended.) Having finished Kanon, Kyoto Animation has turned its eyes towards the next Visual Art's title, namely Clannad. And if I can expect the same lush animation and gorgeous art as in this show, along with the same strength of character, then I definitely will be looking into that as well. As it is, Kanon 2006 comes with my heartfelt recommendations. Look past the MOE design and the huge eyes, and look towards the story behind it. You'll be very glad you did.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
What did you think of this review?
Nice
0
Love it
0
Funny
0
Confusing
0
Well-written
0
Creative
0Show all
|
