Ranked #2172

Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka

This series is incredibly hard to interpret.
Story: to start, the basic story is Junichi engaged to Yuuhi Katagiri, but Yuuhi refuses to acknowledge the engagement that her father has arranged and so she stays with Junichi before finalizing a decision...unfortunately, before moving in, she didn't have quite the pleasant experience meeting him...The first episode already was bland and it didn't really get interesting until we saw Junichi's sister, Minato, implicitly become Yuuhi's rival in Junichi's love. That is where it got interesting...so there was a hint of incest relationship, which was a start for this series, but was eventually poorly executed. Things are often resolved too quickly in the series as if by magic. Making each following episode very unappealing to look forward to as the show would continue to shift focus. Eventually Minato is chosen by Junichi but it was far too rushed with too many unexplained pieces of the plot in the final episode. One after the other new things came out like Junichi as a subject, File X, etc...none of which was actually revealed earlier on in the series except in dull comedic scenarios. All in all there was a story but it was poorly paced and executed. 4/10

Art: Very noticeable poor animation quality, especially in the last episode where characters laughing looked like a bunch of bobble heads and possibly much more throughout the series that I don't remember or even want to remember. The artwork was only mediocre. Even worse in the last episode during the whole subconscious scenario and "shadow of Junichi." 3/10

Sound: One of the only redeeming points of this series was its seiyuu cast. What more could you possibly ask for than Aya Hirano, Rie Tanaka, Rie Kugimiya, and many more of the like all in one show? Music, as expected was nicely done as a result. 7/10

Character: If anything, there was no character development...at most we only got a bit of Junichi's past in the final episode. Everyone else essentially played as side characters. There was one episode with Tsukasa getting some nice plot development, but other than her, even Minato and Yuuhi who were the two lead female protagonists didn't get much background, and I won't get started on Karen, Mitsuki, and Nagomi. 3/10

Enjoyment: This was suppose to be one of my highly anticipated shows this fall after being postponed from the horrendous summer 2008. However, it clearly became one of the worse in fall 2008 and if anything one of the worst series in anime history for school-life romance series. 3/10

Overall: This series was not good at all. It had an amazing seiyuu cast and that was really about it. I don't understand how anything could fail so hard with such an amazing cast. If your old enough or simply daring enough, go play the ero-game...it's much more worth your time. I only hope now the OVA will live up to its promise of a different story, let alone a much more compelling one. This is not worth anyone's time watching despite the cast. In a sense this show is like bad mouthing the seiyuus behind the scenes. It had potential of being a satisfactory series around episode 9 or 10, but conflicts were simply rushed to be resolved leaving nothing really interesting for the final episode to work with much without having to rush the series to finish on a conclusive note... 4/10
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When I found this anime, at first I thought " great drawings, looks cute, I should watch this". And you know what? It didn't worth it, totally waste of time.
I can't believe I've wasted 4 hour for this. When I watched the last episode, I was like " So... it's over? that was all?". Nothing is explained at the end and there is no creativity. Just the cliche things you can see almost in every romance anime.
the boy and the girl meet at the street, the boy helps her, the she transfers to his class, they can't get along, and as always, a close friend who is secretly in love with the boy.. and bla bla bla. The only interesting things were jun's father and mother, the relationship between jun's fatehr and yuuhi's father, and nagomi... and none of them are explained. definitely waste of time read more

After playing the eroge the show was based on, I decided to give it a shot. The only things they have in common are the character designs, as most of the show has been re-written to be more of a love-comedy than a more serious love story like in the game. This isn't a downside however, the show is still enjoyable and fun to watch. However, in the later parts where the show reaches the climax, the transition from comedy to serious isn't done very smoothly and leaves a lot to be desired.

In other words, if you're just looking for a fun love comedy, then you should watch the show. If you want a more serious and elaborate love story then you should play the game. I prefer the eroge myself, it's hard to beat out h-scenes. read more

Ah, another anime season, another harem series. There are many of them that follow the happenings of a "unpopular" school student who happens to be a pervert, and his entire posse of female only friends are all madly in love with him. From there, panty shots and loads of cleavage ensue. Thankfully, Akasaka doesn't stick true-blue to the usual formula and gives us a bit of originality, but at the same time gives us some of which we're all long bored of.

STORY: The story initself is very basic with very little originality. The only twist on the fiancee mess is the concept of the awkward first kiss. If I were to give a story rating on just this alone, I would normally give it a five. However, The storytelling is what wins the bread here. The episodes based on comedy are (for the most part) well thought out and relatively entertaining. The best part however (and I can't believe I'm about to type this) is that you didn't have a compilation of perverted situations and panty shots every two seconds, despite this being based off a H-game. However, the storytelling is bi-polarly spotty. The majority of these episodes are relatively funny, however there are a few that just keep you checking just how much longer this stupid anime will go on, and begging for it to end. Thankfully, that is only once or twice.

the slight change of pace that I mentioned comes towards the end of the anime. Normally "bleh and blah would flirt all series, something would get in the way of them and they would fall happily in love and live in paradise for the rest of their lives." However, this isn't the case with Akasaka.

As our fiancee begins to fall in love with her soon-to-be husband, a startling change comes out; minato loves junichi (sarcastic bum-bum-bum!) Instead of this feeling being ignored by jun and him continuing his romance with the loli-seiyuu , er... I mean Yuuhi, he gets lost as to whom he loves, and comes to a decision upon.... Minato! This is a change of pace that most series usually have no indication of having, and Akasaka handled it perfectly. The more serious mood with the light hearted comedy of the series mixes well, making for a great ending.

ART: The art is probably the weakest point of this anime. While not being bad by any standard, the art doesn't really grab you and pull you in.

SOUND: Overall, the sound is relatively nice. However, what brings the score down mostly would be the constant, unnecessary sound effects (like a "bewp" really loudly any time someone widened their eyes.) The OP is a decent fit; nothing special about it, but nothing grabs you to listen to the full version.

CHARACTER: The saving grace of this anime would be the character development. All of the main cast evolve in a unique way, that they would almost be different people by the end of the anime. The only two flaws would be that when Junichi's backstory is revealed,the series does a bad job of tapping onto why his attitude is what it is. And finally, all of the character development was moved to the far end of the anime. However, what was there was balanced, and well put together.

In the end, I enjoyed this series very much. I wouldn't say "OMG GO DL NAO!!!!!1111" but if you're looking for a small series with a lot of potential, Akasaka has what you're looking for. read more

Nothing really preliminary to discuss; it's harem, cute girls, etc. Let's get right to the blunt review:

Story: 6
Not original. Guy lives with girls; one girl was set up to be his fiance; which leads to many, many emotions. However, the grade is above average because they put a teeny twist on it. I try to write spoiler-free reviews and this one is no different. If you want to enjoy some love triangle romance without too much (hardly any) deep thinking/thought, this one does an above average job at it.

Art: 8
Very good. Not disappointing at all.

Sound: 6
Well, the girls sound like girls and the boys sound like boys; the inanimate sounds sound like inanimate sounds. It's done in an "okay" manner, but excuse me for there being too many "Mmm"s, "oh"s, and "uh"s.

Character: 7
Good. Would've liked to have seen more character development in the majority of the girls, due to the fact that really 2.5 develop along with the plot. 2.5 because of a startling expression of love in one of the hero's friends near the end of the series, and it seems so rushed and brash, like the creators thought that it would be a great idea to have one more girl fight for his heart. However, ****SPOILER****
it obviously doesn't pan-out in the end and, like I said above, seems rushed for no reason at all.
I'm really leaving out one important detail pertaining mainly to one character, but saying anything will ruin the story completely. I'll leave you with this: you would have to be completely ignorant of the fact if you don't know what I'm talking about by the end of the series.

Enjoyment: 6
I had some fun watching it. But for a 12 episode-long series, it moved along at a snail's pace. Most likely because of a lack in story and this anime suffers because of it.

Overall: 6
In a 12 episode spread, the overall grade should be based on your enjoyment, the characters, and the story. The animation and sound act only as a nice little piece of garnish on top of a [would-be] steak dinner.
Ah, I just can't write a totally comprehensive review without giving a pretty big "something" away. So, if you found this review satisfactory, and have decided to watch the show because of it (or others), stop reading, now because this is pretty big. Oh, before I get to that, there is one OVA after the series which I haven't watched, but expect plenty of fanservice or airtime with the girl he chose.

****SPOILER****

One of the love interests is his sister. But, the things is, we are told right at the end of the 12th episode by some dialogue between our hero's parents that Minato, his sister, probably isn't his sister. (It's not explicitly told in the dialogue, but it's definitely, 100%, implied).
Okay, there.
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After watching the first episode of the series, I was greatly reminded of one past anime I've watched: Final Approach. Although Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka gives a rather similar feel as Final Approach, nonetheless I find it very entertaining and think that it deserves 7/10.

Story: Yes I have seen anime with similar story line but the story is still different and it caught my attention. This is especially so at the ending, which gave me quite a surprise. Being a romance comedy(more of comedy actually), it will definitely give you a laugh or two each episode. However, while the story slowly builds up to a peak, it suddenly took a short dive midway: I felt that the ending was a little anti-climax. Furthermore, I did not really like the ending :)

Art: The art might not be the best in this season [best art probably goes to Clannad ~After Story~?], but it is not horrible either. The use of bright colours definitely captures the audiences and makes up a little for the lack of detail.

Sound: I like the opening song. It fits nicely to how the anime is like. The voice actors are great too!

Character: I think they are quite nicely drawn. Furthermore, the main characters are all well developed. Also, the character voices are very natural. As expected of Kugimiya Rie and Hirano Aya. Oh, tsundere-lovers will fall in love with Yuuhi.

Enjoyment: I was looking forward for each of the episodes to be released while it was still airing. So, do you think I enjoy watching this anime?

I would recommend this anime to others for it's enjoyment factor. However, if you are looking for something new, perhaps you should try other animes like Toaru Majusu no Index. read more

I can't describe how blown away I was after watching this. This is not one of your typical harem animes. Yes indeed the plot has been totally overused, but the real plot is what makes it different from all the other animes I've seen.

First of all let me say this: This is not your typical comedy/harem anime like Love Hina or School Rumble. This to me is more drama/harem. There are funny moments indeed, but there is more emtional drama than comedy throughout the anime. The anime, to the average comic/harem lover will be kinda slow and with little or no comedy. Reason being why many people gave it a very low score.

This is what I like to call a Serious Harem Anime since the characters feelings ( (Junichi, Minato Katagiri) are all genuine and real and not the lovey dovey type like Rosario + Vampire. This is what totally blew me away and kept me on toes throughout the ending.

I really enjoyed this anime ^_^ 11/10 read more

I only write reviews which defend animes thats been UNDERATED like this one.
I have no idea why people are mocking this anime, there is nothing wrong with this anime.
The storyline follows the classic romance comedy, face it people, pretty much All romance comedies containing harems follow pretty much the same storyline, in fact this anime was actually more difficult to predict than standard romance comedies. I actually predicted the ending wrong which very very rarely happens.

I see in some reviews people mentioned that this anime was Cliche. I don't know how many romance comedies you've seen but to call this anime "Cliche" you obviously haven't seen many romance comedies. I've seen over 80 and I will tell you compared to most other romance comedies this anime is far Less Cliche.

This anime is suppose to be a fun anime to watch thats enjoyable and easy on the emotions, if you are looking for epic romance or plot/storyline based animes then you should probably go watch shojo animes or rl serieses.

Art work, outstanding, amazing, 10/10 would like to give 11/10 if possible.
Ending is resolved unlike ichigo 100% which has a total crap ending.
Some very funny parts.

Storyline follows the typical romance comedy with Some original ideas. ---> 7/10

Characters, very little flashbacks and all the characters could be developed better by revealing more about their lives however, this is suppose to be a fun anime to watch and they are such lovable characters (Mainly because graphics are so good) so I can overlook the negative points. ---> 7/10

Graphics, couldn't ask for better. Smooth render, not pixelated at all. Very good use of colours and all girls/guys are bishojo/shounen (Eye candy so to speak) well illustrated and drawing of each character reflect their personalities perfectly. ---> 10/10

Sound. Well just look at the cast and you will find all the voices you like in this anime. Opening is nice and it seems that this anime has a different song for each ending which is unique. ---> 10/10

Averages out to 8-9/10, anything lower than a 7 would mean you don't like romance comedies since most are worse off than this one. read more

This anime was just another short anime about a lucky ass guy running around with cute chicks that all like him, with him getting beat to crap all the time for thinking anything perverted the creators somehow though them knocking him up all the time is comical not at all.. good drawing though i cant do it.

I'll cut to the chase. The anime has the love & romance scenes. After watching the whole anime in my opinion it does kinda border the ecchi/hentaish catagory. There are several funny scenes - love scenes and some heart breaking scenes. After watching the anime I felt it was knid of similar to the anime Tora Dora. Not only because the same voice was used for both female leading characters in both the animes but also the story was knid of similar to. If you like this anime then i recommend you watch Tora Dora.