Ranked #2998

King Of Fighters

I honestly do not know why I am writing a review on King of Fighters because watching it was a very unusual experience. For starters, I felt that the anime was rushed because it was trying to accommodate a full story within a runtime of less than 40 minutes (~8 minutes X 4 episodes). As a result, I found myself scratching my head at the end and it just felt like a pointless and rather detached anime. Anyway, since I already started writing, here is my review:

Story: 3/10
The flaw is quite simple to understand. The story was too complex and it was being explained in a very limited amount of time. This gave an extremely "rushed" feeling to the anime overall and during the whole process, I felt no connection whatsoever to the events that were happening in the show. Unless I was supposed to watch a prequel to this in order to understand what was going on, the story was poorly illustrated and it seriously lacked substance.

Art: 8/10
I found the art to be quite impressive actually. The characters looked amazing and the overall art was very good and succeeded in giving a mature feel to the anime overall.The fight scenes were also quite outstanding however brief they were. To be honest, the fights were probably the only reason why I gave this anime a 6 overall. Although I could not connect at all to the plot, the fight scenes were fun to watch.

Sound: 7/10
The music running in the background whenever there was a fight scene was quite appropriate to what was going on. There were some other "cool" sounds in the background as well which gave a little life to the anime.

Character: 4/10
I don't know. To me, the characters seemed very shallow and lacked substance. The dialog was also a bit silly and there was absolutely no chemistry between the characters. The only time when they actually had a presence or "feel" to them was when they were fighting, which showed who they were. otherwise, I thought the characters were silly and immature.

Enjoyment: 6/10
The only reason why I gave this anime a 6/10 is because of the fight scenes. IMO the quality of the fight scenes were very good but they were brief. Everything else was pretty much a joke. But hey, I'm not complaining. Because this anime is VERY short, I only spent ~40 minutes to complete it. My final impression is that it was a strange experience and there were things which I could not understand because the pace of the anime was ridiculously fast. They could have actually turned this into an excellent anime if they had spent more time on it and made it longer in it's runtime. Do I recommend you to watch this? Sure, its only 40 minutes. But, I am supremely confident that you will be equally lost when you complete it. read more