Sep 11, 2016
Alright. If you are going to watch this anime, you also have to watch BOTH movies after you finish the series. You see all the people complaining about unanswered questions? The movies answer them.
Alright, now for my review.
Art style is great. While people complain about CGI in anime, the CGI in here is great. It is not like some anime where CGI kills it. The amount of detail is amazing. Since the show takes place mostly at sea, not much detail to see in the background. However, the foreground has lots of detail. For instance, the ships seen in the story are based off real
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ships. Every detail is there from a ladder to the anti-aircraft armament. to a chip in the paint. Even when it shows characters in the foreground and lets say an information panel is the background, you can clearly read the information on that panel. The art is not mind-blowingly amazing, but it fits the shows well and is not an eye sore.
Plot is great. People say the plot is non-existent, they are wrong. To be honest, it is a bit weak when you watch the anime alone, but when you tie in the movies it becomes really strong. Character development is strong. People say that the crew of the I-401 gets no backstory or character development while the Ships of the fog get more even though they are side characters. They say that is a bad thing. In reality, the show is not just about the crew of the I-401 saving humanity, but it has a Philosophical twist. The Ships of the fogs are basically sentient beings that can express emotion, but don't understand it. Since they don't understand it, they look down upon it. The Characters develop as they learn about emotions, and each character finds peace in a different emotion. The human characters, on the other hand, get very subtle changes, mainly with their view of the ships of the fog. If you like subtle character development this is a good one to watch.
Music fit the anime pretty well no complaints
The anime was a joy to watch, it always remained interesting and the battles always had unique tactics. By that I mean they didn't reuse the same trump card to defeat every enemy.
I should warn you, if you don't like having a show give you only the barebones backstory to just tell you what got you here, then you will be frustrated with this. If it isn't important, you don't know the backstory. What matters in the anime is the present and future, the past is not important. All you need to know is who this character is and if they are friend or foe.
While the idea is not exactly unique, it is executed well, but only if you watch the series and both movies. Even the first one, which shows highlights from the anime series for the first half with a small prequel scene, and then takes place where the anime left off when you reach the second half of the film.
All in all, if you like anime with some philosophical twist, character development that you actually have to think about and dissect, and don't mind watching this 12 episode series and two 110 minute movies, you will like this.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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