Ranked #2042

Weiβ Kreuz

::QUICK REVIEW::
Story: 4 (Go go Weis Kreuz Rangers!)
Art: 2 (Even Dragon Ball looks better than this)
Sound: 5 (people screaming & tires screeching makes me RAGE)
Character: 3 (The boy band heroes and ignorant girls)
Enjoyment: 2 (KEN... RAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!!!)
Overall: 16/50 = 3.2 (Funny for the wrong reasons)


:::FULL REVIEW::
Weiss Kreuz is one of those anime shows that you've feel you've seen before. And you're mostly right, the overall story has been done by every box-office smash, b-movie, independent movie, anime, TV show, and even children's programming. But what this resembles most of all is some "mature-ish" version of Power Rangers. Four main characters that specialize in their own fighting style working for one mysterious entity. Out fighting one conglomerate trying to find the truth all while unleashing some justice in the world. Sounds like something you've seen before right?

Well if things are pretty much rehashed iterations of other shows, how does this one fare? Horribly. The little missions they take on every episode are all cookie cutter and VERY cheesy. Something you would expect from an 80's anime, not an anime that aired in 1998. Even the dramatic scenes are completely predictable and laughable as well. Well if theres any reward for this story it would probably be for "the most use of vehicular manslaughter in an anime series." When you expect the story is getting weak or going no where, a revving engine followed by screeching tires and people screaming will soon be behind. It's pretty funny how they manage to throw so many cars into crowds or people getting run over.

The art is something to be believed. Aura Battler Dunbine and DBZ did a better job getting animated than this show did. While I was watching this show I could have sworn this was made in the 80's but for a show to look this bad so late in the 90's is just embarrassing. Especially when theres so many vehicles in this show, none of them resemble any car and they're animated in like 4 frames or less. It doesn't even look like they tried to make this show look good. Don't be fooled by the art on the anime profile, it looks ten times worse in animation form.

I gave the sound a "Mediocre" rating because it sounded like this is where most of the effort was put in. They tried to portray a chaos during their fights and for what it's worth it wasn't that terrible. But its hard to rely on the sound effects when the corresponding artwork is so disgustingly poor. I was even surprised by some of the voice actors of the show which played their parts pretty well. I'm sure you'll be able to spot some popular seiyus in this show if you manage to give this show a try.

The seiyus did their job on getting their character across to the audience, but unfortunately the characters came off cookie cutter and predictable. I mean, their base of operations is a flower shop *~* Their character specialties are pretty hilarious too. I mean how can one persons specialty be choking people? I understand the feeling of want to choke people every now and then, but using that as a form of killing is kind of counter productive don't you think? The other three members use a gun, sword, and claws pretty standard for an anime. You'll laugh at the "RAGE" when you see it. If you'll remember anything from this show, it'll definitely be "RAAAAAAAAGEEE!!" ^_^

Overall, it was so bad, it was VERY hard to keep watching all the way through. I was hoping something was going to make it better but all i got was RAGE. I was definitely laughing more than anything else. If you love poorly made action flicks or enjoy laughing at points where you're not supposed to laugh, give it a go. This show is worth a few laughs if you can stomach everything else. read more

Um por quem ama. Um por vingança. Um pela verdade. Um por justiça.

Foi com esse enredo que Weiss Kreuz estreou na TV japonesa em abril de 1998. Weiss Kreuz originou-se de uma novela de rádio (Forever White) criada por Takehito Koyasu, o qual também atua como dublador de um dos personagens (Aya)... um nascimento bem excêntrico!

A história se passa numa floricultura chamada Koneko no Sumu Ie (ou, se preferir, Casa do Gatinho), onde trabalham quatro belos jovens: Fujimiya Aya, Kundou Yohji, Hidaka Ken e Tsukuyono Omi. Sempre cercados por jovens estudantes, eles levam uma vida tranqüila durante o dia... mas, quando cai a noite, se transformam em terríveis assassinos.

Os jovens agem sob comando de uma organização chamada Kritiker, fazendo justiça com as próprias mãos. Cada um deles tem um motivo muito especial para ter aceitado entrar no Weiss, mas existem tantas diferenças entre o anime e o mangá que nem vale a pena comentar. Ainda assim, algumas características se mantiveram, como a preguiça de Yohji, que chega ao cúmulo de recusar casos; a total ausência de sentimentos de Aya, que em momento algum mostra um sorriso; Omi, o esquecido (desculpe... desmemoriado! heheh); e Ken, o ingênuo, acredita em todos e em tudo que falam, dá até raiva!
Seus oponentes são três grupos, Schwarz (Brad Crawford, Schuldich, Nagi Naoe e Farfarello - me lembro de ter lido Faizfarelo em um site! ^_^ ); o Schreiend (Hell, Schön, Neu e Tot), malvados, mas nem tanto; e a Tríade SS, anciãos cheinhos de super poderes...

Teoricamente era um anime que tinha tudo pra dar certo: um bom enredo, cada personagens com um drama pessoal bem desenvolvido, dubladores famosos, fundo musical bastante razoável (Last on my Winds e Velvet UnderWorld são belas) mas a animação... é um fracasso total! Você assiste ao primeiro episódio e antes de chegar ao quarto está totalmente decepcionado, uma calamidade pura! As formas variam tanto que começamos a pensar em quem deu o aval para tal aberração.

Para nossa sorte, as coisas evoluem um pouquinho no decorrer da série, e tanto a história quanto o "design" melhoram... pena mesmo é o péssimo acabamento de muitos episódios da série, que ficaram uma verdadeira "caca".

Nossos rapazes matam sem dó nem piedade, mas não quer dizer que não sofram por isso, e esse é o ponto positivo do anime: o sentimento dos personagens, que apesar de muito mal retratado, faz com que os quatro jovens sejam um pouco mais "normais".
Foi realmente uma pena o que aconteceu com a série Weiss Kreuz depois do homicídio, com requintes de crueldade, dos 24 episódios. O "designer" (que destruiu todas as boas intenções de Koyasu) deve estar muito feliz por conseguir colocar sua "obra" ao alcance dos fãs. Como nem tudo é perfeito, basta encará-lo como uma tentativa, um tanto desastrosa, de mostrar como se nasce um anime...

Cátia Nunes - Animehaus read more