Ranked #2227

Final Approach

Final Approach is a romantic comedy with a total runtime of 2.6 hours (13 episodes X 12 minutes each). I can understand why the anime is short because it would make little sense for it to be any longer since the story and events of this show are quite simple. Although this is not the best anime out there, I have to say that it is not bad at all. It really depends on the audience. I am not really into the whole romantic comedy genre but I do not detest it either. I think this is one of the reasons why I liked this show. If you hate romantic comedy, then I suggest you run a mile from this anime. Anyway, here goes my review:

Story: 6/10
Read the synopsis.

Art: 7/10
The art was generally good and suitable for this sort of genre. The way I understand art in the context of anime is based on it's suitability for the theme. Because this is a romantic comedy, it would be stupid to have buff looking characters with 28 inch biceps dressed in dbz outfits. The characters were drawn pretty well to reflect normal high schoolers and the general art was a well done job which reflected a normal high school and home environment.

Sound: 6/10
I cannot re-call the music being spectacular for this anime. I must confess that it has been a while since I watched this show so I am not completely sure. Having said that, when I usually find the music to be absolutely splendid for a given anime, it sticks in my mind. I cannot remember the music sticking in my mind so my conclusion is that it was not all that great.

Character: 7/10
The characters were perhaps the strongest element of the show. I found the relationship and chemistry between Ryo and Shizuka quite entertaining and hilarious. There were some really funny moments. Perhaps the weak aspect of the anime was that the characters did not really develop with time but were rather static in how they behaved. Nevertheless, they did a good job with the characters.

Enjoyment: 7/10
I completed this show on the same day because it is not very long and I must say that I found it enjoyable. I was tucked in bed with my laptop and I can remember clicking on the next episode button every time the previous episode finished. Since each episode is only 12 minutes, it was a unique experience for me. As a comedy, I think this anime is good and I am sure it will have you laughing.

Overall: 7/10
I recommend Final Approach to people who 1) enjoy watching comedy and 2) do not detest romantic themes. I do not want to compare this to other anime that I like because the genres are completely different. I feel that Final Approach has its own place, where it sits as a funny, light and entertaining anime worth watching. read more

Either bashing my cranium against a solid, brick wall because the main character, Ryo Mizuhara, is ceaselessly making stubborn and defiant choices -even though he is completely aware of hurting his fiancée's feelings- or because his fiancée, Shizuka Masuda, is almost annoyingly hell-bent on receiving affection from someone who obviously does not care, I'll have to admit that (most-importantly) my head seems to be in relatively good shape, despite a solid beating(s). And since my skull-bashing proved to be ineffective time-after-time, I could actually sit and enjoy some of the finer moments that Final Approach had to offer.

Yes, it has the long-running and omnipresent anime cliché of "making horrible, dumb decisions in a relationship," almost to the point where all of us in real life actually start feeling better about our relationships.

Yes, I've already said it, but they really did make "horrible, dumb decisions in a relationship."
Regardless, I (somehow?) still had a little sympathy for our destined pair. Maybe it was that pitiful? Maybe I'm starting to get weak? Maybe it should not have taken 10 or so episodes for them to realize their callow mistakes? Who knows...

But even so, being trapped within a torrential vortex of "stupidity" still brought a tear in my eye (I'll have to admit, painfully) and made me laugh like the little schoolgirl I most probably am.
But hey! Final Approach was intended as a mixture of comedy and romance, and it certainly lived up to those expectations.

The cast of characters: simply hilarious. Maybe I, in fact, enjoyed the head-bashing (masochist?). Even so, it was practically random, unprecedented fun which stemmed into bouts of laughter.
There was no telling what would happen next between the zany characters, and that is simply what separated this "typical" romance anime from the rest, but not enough to noticeably distinct itself and turn into something absolutely amazing. read more

Well, I just want to first start by saying that I have NOT yet finished this anime. Why I choose to write a review? well, simply because the review above me did not state the good points of the anime. But of course, we all have different tastes in animes deshou? hai~
[And since I have not yet finished this, I won't be able to spoil the ending ^^ watch to find out~]

Now, after reading the storyline from above, you should already know this is one of those Comedy/Romance animes, so if you are not really into this, I wouldn't recommend you to watch it; unless you are like me, an alternate or just has nothing better to do, then this just might fit in your schedule. As you can see, there's only 13 episodes, and like 12minutes each episode [10minutes only if you cut out the opening theme and ending].

Story : despite the fact that I have not yet finish the anime, I would say the story line so far is going pretty well. I have seen up to 6 episodes, which is practically half the series. Although, some people might find the first few episode's storyline developed very slowly, since our main "hero", really remind me of the one from DearS [in other words, kind of an ass, but not really, he is nice from time to time. But let's not go into details of what I thought about the hero from DearS, god I hate him].

Art : the art drawing style is really nice and neat, not to mention half of the time there are chibi drawings. Chibi drawings really makes a comedy anime better. How? simply becuase it's cute :)

Sound : the sound is great. Then again I don't really know what this is really asking... the music is nice, the voice actors are ...nice xD

Character : Character's personality is not really special; at least not from what I have seen so far. Our hero keep on refusing to accept our heroin, and always focus on her bad points instead of what she is actually trying to do. Our hero is stubborn as well, which makes me really wish I can take his place ^^. But despite the fact or characters are really normal to the storyline, they still have their special...personalities and emotions which makes them important the role they are playing in this series.

Enjoyment : I say it's great, very enjoyable. What else is there to say? Chibi and Comedy just win my heart. read more

Final Approach, the title has nothing what so ever to do with the content of the story, which is about a girl who is forced to marry someone because of a 'government program'. I don't know about anyone else but i found this quite enjoyable.

[Story]
The story is great. I say its great not 'amazing' or 'excellent' because the forced marriage thing is kinda overused and people like me, who are heavily into romance, comedy, harem type animes, will think 'been there done that'. But the reason why its 'Great' and not 'Mediocre' is that it adds a certain twist to the story (you'll find out if you watch it) that gives it a kick thats enough to last the rest of the anime.

[Art]
Once again, another 7/10, the art (please dont hate me for this) is great, and its reminiscent of Clannad, but its just so-so for the atmosphere of the storyline and really pulls it down a litle.

[Sound]
The voice actors were awesome! You can feel the emotion and the passion of the characters with full force. The music was also awesome and complemented the story completely.

[Character]
Well, i dont know about the characters, since when i watch anime, i dont pay attention to how far the character is developed and how much we know about them. But in Final Approach, the two main characters are mostly fleshed out but the supporting characters feel like shadows, we know what they look like but dont know whats inside.

[Enjoyment]
For me personally, i like these genres anyway, so it was a good watch. If your into Rizelmine, you'll definately like this one. But there feels like theres something missing, so im only giving it 9

[Overall]
Overall, its fair, reasonably drawn, carefully plotted anime. Though some aspects are typical of the genre, it adds certain twists that make it enjoyable!
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Final Approach is probably ONE OF THE BEST, if not the best there is, anime of its genre. For those who would like to make a review for this series, pls watch all the episodes first before doing so.

[Story]: The story, I admit, seemed uninteresting at first, but got better and better as the story progressed. It got my interest, probably because of of its comedy-romance genre mix-up.

[Art]: What more can I say? The anime character art that I've always loved. How they mixed the typical anime characters with chibis versions was very interesting. That really gave the series a great comedy twist...

[Sound]: The sounds in this anime (opening, ending, and insert songs, the seiyuus) got my attention, especially the insert songs. To how they chose the songs and how to place and insert them in certain scenes was very astounding... I don't know how they did that, but they really did a great job. Also, the seiyuus really gave life to their respective characters.

[Character]: Character plots and personalities made this anime quite fun to watch. All of the characters had their own unique traits and personalities that (surprisingly) complemented each other. The most noticeable personality would be the ultimate "sibling love" of the main character towards his sister (ooops! Almost made a spoiler there... ^_^), but IT'S NOT INCEST...

[Enjoyment]: Throughout the series, the development of the story and the situations of the characters made me "long for more" (want to watch the next episode right away).

For an overall rating, I'm giving it a 9. I recommend this anime to all! Happy watching. read more

Final Approach is possibly one of the most demented, impossibly defunct anime I’ve ever watched. Not only does it strangle the viewer with absurd, illogical plotlines and unexplainable (and oftentimes incomprehensible) conclusions to cap 10 minute long episodes, but the characters can go from annoying to lovable in 0 to 60 without breaking a sweat.

The story is supposed to be about a guy, Ryo, who is forced to marry this girl, Shizuka, because of a government program meant to up the childbirth rate. But the anime completely abandons that premise half-way through in favor of some kind of twisted love triangle between Ryo, Shizuka and Emiho (who is truly this anime’s saving grace.) that makes no sense and refuses to lean one way or the other.

Now I will admit the story does have some interesting twists and surprises in a few of the episodes, originality that I would have thought was impossible for a series that basically spans a grand total of 130 minutes of viewing time. However, the bad often times far outweighs the good. It’s unrealistic on every level and Shizuka is half the time, the most annoying character I’ve possible ever watched. Her cheerful ignorance and gung-ho even in the face of obvious lack of interest from Ryo really started to piss me off after a while. For a little icing on the cake, the anime takes a few turns at tearful emotion at such terribly inopportune times that are so laughable that I actually DID cry!

So watching this, I realized that the difference between my watching and then forgetting this anime completely in a year or regarding this as one of the worst anime I’d ever seen all hung on the ending. If they did what I thought they were going to do, it was going to be the latter and I was going to have to throw my computer out the window so I could somehow be satisfied with not getting the opportunity to personally hitting Shizuka in the face. So what was the result? Well, let’s just say the review you’re reading right now was written on a brand new computer.

However, the worst part about this anime is that midway through, it hinted at something that’s possibly good. They just barely touch on something I could really get into and I was happy for maybe 20 seconds and then they took the final 6 episodes or so to crush me into oblivion while I was watching. THEN, the makers of this anime had the audacity to shove the fact that they squashed that mid-point possibility by reminding me of it in the 13th “bonus” episode.

This is by far the biggest waste of time in my life and I thank God that it was so short. Do yourself a favor and stay far away from this trash and stick to a good romantic comedy… or even go with more sanitary garbage. It’s better than this curse on humanity.
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Final Approach is about a young high school boy who is suddenly picked to be the arranged fiancee of Shizuka. Due to the recent low birth rates, a system picked the two at random to be the perfect match for each other, however, Ryo disagrees.

Story: The story is pretty common in the sense that it's yet another anime about an arranged marriage. There isn't really much of a twist to the overly used storyline either. The girl is all excited about being engaged to the boy and the boy just wants nothing to do with her. A slight twist would be the government's involveent I suppose.

Art: While the background art was sometimes lacking at certain points, it was still overall fairly decent animation. The character designs are great though, it's just the things that surround them.

Sound: The opening and ending fit well with the rest of the series. The voice actors did a good job. Shizuka's truly shine because you could tell her deep deviotion to Ryo through her voice. With Ryo's you could really hear hw mixed his emotions were about Shizuka.

Character: The characters were pretty bland and nothing new. Ryo at times would really get on my nerves because in one scene he'd make a major character develope and in the next, he'd just go back to the way he was. Shizuka was typical in wanting to be with Ryo, regardless of the cost. And of course, there is the doting sister, Akane who feels she is faing from hr brother's life.

Enjoyment: I'm not sure if I should say this anime was a complete waste of time because in some parts it was enjoyable and it was only 12 minutes per episode for 13 episodes, but most of the time while watching it felt more like a chore than enjoyment. The plot just seems to go nowhere at times and many of the things in each episode are pointless.

Overall, I'd say that if you like cliche over-done anime that is severly lacking in the comedy, romance, and drama part than this is perfect for you. read more

Well i was just bored at only watching ongoing shows for a while and just wanted to give a marathon of a random anime and then i picked this anime i dont know why.

the synopsis and the original plot was absurd enough to ruin my interest, however, i kinda liked the main girl shizuka and ryo's sister akane from the first episode and decided to stick with it.

in the end, i am glad that i finished it and its way way better than stupid anime like akane-iro no somaro saka. if anyone compares this anime with akane-iro, then they have pretty bad anime taste.

tonikaku,

plot: one word. stupid.

story development: the anime started with stupid child birth issue forced by government, midway became an unasked for love triangle and ended up close ended and if it hadn't, i would have given this anime a 5/10 after all the affections she showed for him, did i just spoil you, i think i didnt, because from the start you can tell there was only one girl for him. unlike ichigo 100%/ urgh. i had to remember that sub per anime.

characters: 13 eppys x 12 mins runtime wasnt enough to focus on all the characters in the anime but they did great job making them kawaii and at time going chibi-forms which was the best part of the entire anime. the love triangle seemed to be unnecessary but somehow helped develop their feelings for each other on the closing episodes and unlike many anime, ryo isn't a total jackass nor a pervert, which makes him different. and shizuka is like...can i have her for myself?

seiyuu: 10/10. this is where the anime scores the maximum. i loved the way they carried their emotion and feelings, as well as their expressions with their voice, two thumbs up!

art and sound: i watched froth-bite fansubs xvid release and from the medium video quality, i have to say the aniime is neatly drawn and although the BGM wasnt to be found in many cases, the OP and EDs were good enough to give it an overall 8/10.

enjoyment: 9/10. despite having a weak plot, i have to say i loved the last few episodes around the climax. overall the anime was really funny and i had my share of laughing doses and went through romantic labu-labu moments. i wish there was a shizuka popping up in my life, i would have taken her as my wife anytime. she is probably one of the cutest heroins in anime :P

well there ends my robotic regular review, overall the anime gets an 8/10 from me. i wasnt being generous. i have seen many love comedies, and this one falls in the better half. that sums up the overall reaction for you. too bad to see that the average score is below 7, when this anime deserves at least 7.5/10, if not better :/ read more

Got your attention :P

This is, quite possibly, the most hideous piece of garbage I've yet to cross paths with. I don't think I can get away with my usual routine of complaining about all the problems with it, because that never seems to work. No, this time...I'm going to have to horrify readers. Unlike some animes that I warn people about but secretly want them to watch for some reason (Dokuro-chan D:), I sincerely hope that my review will diminish the number of people that have to suffer this atrocity.

You know the story; you read the synopsis. If not, get the hell up there and read it. Anyway, you might be thinking "Alright, so it's not exactly the bastion of originality, but it might be good!" and in your little, sadistic hearts, you want to watch people suffer! (again, I'll point to Bokusatsu Tenshi). Ironically, this is an anime for the masochists and the clinically insane. The story that you read about (at one point or another) gets completely ditched in favour of a disturbingly familiar love triangle, which then gets ditched for the original story, but without any drive but the personal problems between the main characters. It holds on to itself about as well as a pig on the edge of a waterfall.

There's also the issue of script and story, which were done lazily and without any preemptive thought to hold off making us laugh when we're not supposed to. They seem to throw in these almost random emotional bits that I really did and still do not know what to make of. I can't shake the feeling that I wasn't supposed to take this anime seriously at all, that maybe there's an important underlying message, but that's about as likely to happen as me ever recommending this to anyone.

Watch it and see, if you really don't trust me, but I think anyone who doesn't should be removed from society. read more