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I want to start the review saying that I enjoyed this anime a lot. Although is a game based anime, and I've had some bad experiences with anime like that, this one was pretty good.

Story 8/10: The story parts form a point where the characters have already developed certain relationships between them and their Z/X so I thought it was gonna get confused, since most game based anime are like that and don't explain more of the back story of the characters. But this was different since after 1 episode you can see the back story of all the characters and understand the whole story.

Art ... 7/10: Although I've seen better graphics in lots of anime I don't think this was bad at all. I like the battle animation and the characters too.

Sound 7/10: I don't really pay a lot of attention to sound unless it's pretty bad. This was not the case. It was good and I even enjoyed the OP and ED.

Character 9/10: I like every character. I didn't found any of them annoying. And the fact that they put some hot girls is a plus. You can even see some fan service, although still censored.

Enjoyment 9/10: Like I said before I really enjoyed watching this anime. I never got bored and I found every single episode great.

I hope to see a second season.

Oh and if anyone think I over rated the anime, well then it's you own opinion. Some might not liked it just like I didn't with other anime. But i don't care.
I recommend you to watch it.

This anime is based on the video games BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger and BlazBlue: Continuum Shift. Although I haven't played any of this games I'll still write this review about the anime. So if you have played the games you may have a different perspective about it.

Story 3/10:
Well to begin with the review i should tell you about the story. The first episode started with a fight. In this episode i couldn't found an explanation about whats was going on or why. And even after the first episode the only information i could found was about the main character and it was very short. Only ... after 6 or 7 episodes there was an explanation about the world in which the story was taking place. But even after the last episode the story leaved many plot holes. I don't know if playing the game could have give you some context about the characters or the world, but if you haven't play them you will end up with a lot of questions after the anime ends.

Art 5/10:
I didn't like the art so much. The character's designs where very plain. They didn't leave any kinda of impression in me. Not even the main character. Also the backgrounds looked really dull. Even the fights were not as intense as they could be.

Sound 6/10: (btw i watched it in JP wiht EN subs)
Well the sound wasn't bad but wasn't good either. I liked the opening, it was very cool. But the ending was very dull, and the art didn't help at all.
About the characters voices, they were good enough, although i found some of them annoying, like Hazama's voice. And the background music didn't match the environment. Not even the fights sound were loud or intense enough so it make them kinda dull.

Character 3/10:
The main problem i could find in every character is the lack of context and background information. From the main characters to the last of the supporting characters, they just keep appearing with out any kind of explanation about their role in the story. Also i couldn't see any grow in any of the character, nor in their personalities or in their powers. Only in the last 2 episodes you can see some changes. And i found one of the character very annoying, although i guess it was intended to be like that since he is the bad guy.

Enjoyment 3/10:
I didn't enjoy watching this anime. I got pissed with every episode because i couldn't understand what was going on in the story. Not even the fights were good enough to watch a full episode. But since i wanted an explanation about the full story i kept watching it.

The overall score for the anime should be a 4/10. I wouldn't stop you from watching it if you have played any of the games, because you may have a different experience with the anime, but I would't recommend it to anyone.

Well I must say I really enjoy watching this anime. My overall is 9/10.

Story 9/10
The story was very good. It is very easy to follow every episode and it doesn't leave the feeling that the story has been rushed. It goes in its own pace without getting the watcher bored.
At the beginning it was quite intriguing because it make you want to know what is going to happen next and what happened before, so it gets your attention really fast. It has comedy and a lot of action so you are not gonna get bored at any time.

Art 9/10
The art is very good. It show ... a very good amount of details of the scenery but not so much that you can't focus on the characters and the story. And it is awesome in every dark scene, it has the right amount of illumination so you can see what's going on but still not so much so you can feel the thrill of the action that is about to happen.

Sound 9/10
They did a very good combination about the sound and the art.The sound of the scenery matches perfectly the art so you can get the right feeling when watching it, whether it's a scary scene or a funny one. And the voices of every character are well recorded and you can know what the character is feeling just by hearing the tone of voice.

Characters 7/10
I liked most of the characters. The main character is really good but i found some problems with the secondary characters. Which almost every new character you can watch their background stories but there are a few that leave you wondering where they come from or what are their roles on the story. Normally it's ok this way because eventually you found their role, but there are a couple of characters that you could just take out of the anime and it would go the same way without changing the story. And of course there are a couple of boring characters.

Enjoyment 10/10
Well this part is easy to explain. The anime is easy enjoyable. It has just the right amount of comedy, action and mystery. I haven't read the manga so I can't compared it, but I would totally recommend you to watch it.