Element Hunters

Ok, as others have mentioned, this series has a bad rap. However, the concept is amazing! I really enjoyed this series, since I am a scientist... I loved the idea of nega-Earth and element dematerialization. The story wasn't too complex, but it had a sense of learning, which is important in its own right. The animation was alright but I really liked the music. I thought it was catchy. The characters were straightforward and sweet. There were some "twists" that arose, which made the plot more interesting. Overall, don't knock it till you try it!!

I'm one of those people who doesn't judge a show by a slow start. This is because it is not unusual for shows that start slow to become better and more interesting as the story becomes deeper, the characters grow on you and become interesting, and specific features of the show, like action or drama, become more intense.

Unfortunately, Element Hunters is not this kind of show. It starts off slow and stays slow. The entire time I watched the show I never felt much in terms of interest. The main reason I kept watching it was because of my ... earlier statement about slow starting shows and I don't like quitting things I started.

Something that always bugged me about this show is that it feels like it was made for a younger audience, but the conversations can become so complicated and detailed that it would remind me a little bit of the overcomplicated conversations in shows like Ghost in the Shell. I suppose this is due to the fact that the show revolves around a complicated science, but it just doesn't feel like it mixes well with the show in general.

Now even though it sounds like I hate this show, the thing is that I don't hate it, but I don't like it either. It falls into that weird middle ground where you can't figure out how you feel about it.

Story - 5
The story is unique, Elements being sent to another world and kids trying to retrieve them is something I have never heard of in a show before. As mentioned earlier though, the story telling felt slow to me though. A lot of episodes deal with characters mostly talking, which I don't mind, but only if the conversations are interesting. The show tends to revolve around characters speaking long winded conversations about the pseudo science dealing with the elemental dematerialization, or talking about how to combine elements in a fashion that feels like you are supposed to be watching the show in a science class.

Art - 6
Art was pretty good, the characters looked pretty normal, the environments were OK, and the design for some of the creatures stood out to me as cool.

Sound - 4
This gets a 4 because a lot of the character's voices would often get on my nerve.

Character - 5
Characters are fleshed out throughout the series, but I found myself not caring when they did. These episodes didn't feel that deep, so that even though I came to understand the characters better, I didn't feel like it actually mattered really.

Enjoyment - 4
Just didn't get much enjoyment from this show. Too many annoyances kept getting in the way.

Overall - 5
Despite all my gripes about the show. I still found myself interested when a new episode came out. To me this means that I liked the show to a degree, but just not enough for me to give it praise.

I've been watching anime for just under 2 years now. The first anime I watched was Naruto, and through Naruto I got to Dattebayo and through Dattebayo I got to Bleach. And Bleach led to me watching anything I possibly could.

So when I saw Dattebayo bringing out a new anime, I thought "Sweet, another good anime"

I got 2 episodes in... and I just couldn't handle it anymore.

The characters are specifically young children, as that's obviously the intended audience. But they aren't much younger than some other anime characters, which leads me to ask. How can they be so god damn annoying?

The main characters voice sounds ... like nails on a chalkboard.

And the whole basis is just another "Gotta Catch 'em All" show.

It's 3 children trying to catch oddly coloured versions of Unknown from Pokemon.

I thought after episode one it might have just been a slow opening, but after the second one ended with even less happening. It was just too much.

My final reasons for dropping it were, I watch anime for the fun. I don't watch it to find out what happens when you mix Hydrogen and Nitrogen. I go to schools for that information.