Ranked #1013

Solty Rei

Solty Rei is a decent show that could have done a lot better with what it had. I just hope my review doesn't stop people from watching this, because you might enjoy it. ^_^

In a world where the sky is filled with some kind of Aurora Shell , which holds the atmosphere together, has caused a devastating incident known as the Blast Fall. 12 years later this anime follows the story of an ex-cop now bounty hunter Roy Revant, who's been searching for his missing daughter since the Blast Fall.

This basically sets out the story for the rest of this of this anime however it's mostly compiled of a bunch of adventures that make up a story. This was done well to begin with but then the story just gets out of control halfway into it. The main focus is on Roy's search for his missing daughter but it often loses focus and goes unto something completely different, especially during the latter half of the series.

The main thing I noticed about this anime was how much it borrowed of other animes or shows, which is the main reason why it didn't standout at all. Even the characters personalities felt boring and unoriginal especially Solty, who's voice got so incredibly annoying I just wanted mute it at times. I also felt that when it got to the sadder moments of the show the characters were really over dramatic, another little annoyance. But the main thing I didn't like was what happened to half the main characters, which I won't spoil for anyone.

The animation of this anime was decent nevertheless one noticeable thing was the CGI. There are animes that were able to implement it well (Ghost in the Shell: SAC and Trinity Blood) but this isn't one of them. The CGI just made things feel weaker than it already did and left little to be amazed by. Although, it was no where near as bad as the music. The opening and ending theme songs were alright but the soundtrack was terrible. What made it worse was that the music never blended well with the situation, it just felt like some "emo" kid wanted to put in his favourite track whenever he possibly could and that's what he got. XD

To summarize, even though this anime borrowed a lot of ideas, it could have used them better. The plot was good but the second storyline spoilt it, with all its random events occurring, which tried to tie it in with the first storyline. The ending was OK but it still was too crazy and left little to the imagination. I really did expect more this anime but maybe that was the problem, because my high expectations is what left me completely and utterly displeased with what I got.

I recommend this decent show it anyone who's open-minded but there are much better anime series out there to choose from.

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I will start by saying that if you are not sure if to watch it or not, I recomend to try and watch it. It might be worth it :)


Story:
The story is a little hard to understand when the show starts (aside from the 'oh it's a homeless girl, why shoulden't we bring her home?'), and though that even as the show goes on it really dosen't get any clearer, at some point the REAL story would unfold, so hang in there :)
Once you understand the whole story, it's kinda nice. Not the BEST story, but one that isen't really f#$$ed up like some animes.

Art:
The art is OUTSTANDING. I think we need more animes with such art.

Sound:
Sound is cool. Can't think of a reason I shoulden't give it 9.

Character:
Some characters are somewhat lacking (story, background, and mostly development), but the characters themselves are avarage+.

Enjoyment:
I enjoyed this show alot. First because it was puzzeling and I wanted to know the story development (I like guessing what would happen next, and this show really puts up a challange here :P) and also because I REALLY liked that vibrating-hand-attack thingy. REALLY. Don't know why, just looks cool to me :P

Overall:
If you haven't ruled it out yet, take the first episode for a test run. Keep in mind that though it starts as a 'Take-the-homeless-girl-home-and-make-her-a-part-of-your-family' kind of story that we see alot in animes, it WILL change soon enough to something more like 'Kick-the-s@#t-out-of-them-super-humans'. Other than the somewhat stupid 'coincidence' that keeps on happening (If you want to understand what it means, just watch the show, because explaining it will be a spoiler), it's more than most of the animes out there. read more