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update 6/30/2015
Having completed this series, this series breaks my heart in terms of plot.
There are SO many relationships that could be expanded on and there are so many stories left untold. I wish this was a multi-season 24 episode/season series


Hibike Euphonium is an anime that takes the same vein as K-ON! but with slightly better animation than K-ON! but has worse plot.
At the time of writing this review, the anime is not yet complete.
Here's my tentative rating:
Art--9.5-10 It's Kyoto Animation, and it's 2015. There's not much to complain about.
Sound/Music--9-10 The music is comprised of mostly classical. The Seiyuus, with an exception of a couple, have ... done an excellent job
Character--~8-9 This sort of ties into the Story/Plot, but given the scope of this series (at least 20+ person concert band), and how the story gives just about everyone at least 1 scene, I feel like a lot of the characterization gets lost in the process. The 4 "main" heroines that we were introduced to in the beginning of the story are not the main focus at all, which can be nice, but it makes it so that we don't get very personal with all the characters
Story Plot--7-8 the plot is very badly paced. Even by KyoAni standards, it's badly paced. how, you ask? 1) there are at least 2 to 3 possible starting points for this anime, each of them could change the perspective of the viewer and possibly the outcome of the anime. 2) multiple characters and points in the anime leaves me wondering: what happened here? or i want to see the rest of it. 3) along the same veins, there are points where I kinda wished they got to the main points instead of dilly-dallying around the side. 4) we're now on episode 8, and I have no idea how this concert band is going where they want at this pace. It's like "here's a couple episodes giving the outline, here's a couple fillers, and an obligatory episode, more fillers, etc"

kinda wish Kyoani actually tried with the plot of this anime.

overall-8/10

I first came across the manga Ghost Hunt maybe 4-5 years ago and I was immediately hooked to the story and art. I didn't realize that Ghost Hunt had an anime until about 2 years ago.
But anyway, having read both the manga and watched the anime, here is my review.

Story 10
Having been adapted from the manga, this show sticks pretty much 100% to the manga, which is pretty surprising to me since most other animes are not so. 10/10 just for this

Art 10
Not much to say here. JC Staff has been traditionally among my favorites in terms of art.

Sound 8
Maybe it's my laptop or headphones, ... but I thought the sound was a bit weak, almost as if the voicce acting didn't quite fit the characters and such. But the music was really well done.

Characters 10
Once again, not much to say. Fully developed protagonists and a very well rounded cast of side characters and as much mystery surrounding all of them

Enjoyment 10
As much suspense as the manga, I like

Overall 10