Blood Lad

Ok, time to make my review of this 10 episode anime thing....then again, I think I should just quit beating around the bush and state by ratings for each of this anime's category.


Story: mediocre 5.

Ok, so vampires plots are overrated, and this anime follow the same path as that of the main character which has some similarities from "Hataraku Maou-sama" which is about a underworld big boss who doesn't wanna be a big boss anymore and desires a simple life in another place, in fact the plot is almost the same as the mentioned anime. Only the execution is different and it is almost ( ... and I do mean "ALMOST") like a remake.


Art: good 7.

Ok, I'm gonna give the credit to Fuyumi and Hydra bell, co'z I like the way how they're illustrated.

Sound: fair 6.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ, Oh sorry I doze off, ok on this part I'm gonna refer to the main character's diction, intonation, enunciation, and tone as some what, ZZZZZZZZZ, eh! Ok so their voice seemly has that lack of sleep thing in it that one would make you want to doze off or it has the sleepy effect as if the character's themselves and I'm referring to Staz and Braz's who have been deprived of sleep for a very long time. However, I give this anime's category a 6 co'z I like the way Fuyumi's VA who delivers a sweet tone on to her character. As for the op and ed....I hate them both.

Character, Enjoyment and Overall: poor 3.

Character- It's all on Staz, everything about the character is too cliche especially when everything was place on him, other character's here are just antagonist waiting to be tamed by him, Fuyumi on the other hand is more of a sexy mascot than a damsel in distress as for Hydra Bell... I kind hate her dichotomy character which she's this liberated evil bitch in one hand which you wouldn't wanna bring home to mom and on the other hand she want's to be loved.

Enjoyment- The enjoyment part of this anime is pretty stupid, in fact I can compared it to opening a safe where one wasted a lot of time and effort only to find out that the combination is just 12345. Just like this anime Staz when into a lot of effort to make Fuyumi a human again only to be flustered us audience that Fuyumi simply has to go back to her world to be human again, then again it also conflicts earlier episodes were Fuyumi and Staz did went into the human world and Fuyumi is still a ghost. It would have had a smart ending if Staz forces that Frankenstein doctor in his world to clone Fuyumi's body and have her soul posses it just like what Braz did to his father in the final part of the last episode.


Overall- Brain Base, didn't do a good job of presenting this anime, then again, it was a good thing that they limit it to just 10 episodes. Overall, this series should be better off as a manga than an anime. Season 2? I wouldn't suggest it.

I couldn't stand this show. It was so boring, cliched, generic, uninteresting, annoying, unfunny, and just stupid. I didn't want to know what any of the episodes contained after what is established to be after the 2nd episode. I couldn't careless.

These characters were the worst thing about this show, I couldn't stand to think why they are even in the show, it all felt like excuses for entertainment. All of them were easy to look in the eye and know what they are, and that's great, I love a show that can establish something, but when you are obnoxious about it, then you are bound ... to make it tiresome and annoying.

The show carefully explains what this whole story is about, saving a human's life. Now it sounds serious, but they executed it like it was child's play. Wow, I am so interested how they are going to save a human's life. They went through boxing, they fought a boring ass side villain, the main character has family problems, and, and... wait, why do they all sound so simple, but not even a single bit of original idea's in it? DING DING DING, you hear that folks? They made a show not only to slowly advance what the main story is about, but to shove in every cookie cutter activities just to make a show cool. WOW, THIS SHOW IS A NEW HIT. A BIRTH TO A NEW GENERATION OF STEALING IDEAS FOR TEENAGE ENTERTAINMENT. I GUESS WE GOTTA HAVE A NEW TITANIC WHERE THEY HAVE TO PLAY GOLF TO WIN THE GIRL OF THEIR DREAMS! DOESN'T"T THAT SOUND EXCITING??

Even the whole story is dreadful, I can explain one sub-plot without making it sound entertaining, but that's how the actual show is. Here is one sub-plot I have summarized while watching this show, and yes, it is spoilers. Here we GO!

The main character and the human ran to see the main characters buddy. They found him coincidentally and asked how to resurrect a human. He wants to know why the main character cares, and the main character just does. His friend asks for a competition and he agrees. If the main character wins, he gets to know how to resurrect, however, if he loses, he needs to give away the human. He was unaware what the competition, generally we all thought they were just going to fight it out using their powers, well they are fighting, but by boxing. The human is wearing a costume for fan service. The main character and his friend were fighting, and the main character drained his strength by using his fangs. His friend transformed into a werewolf, but it was pointless. The main character was about to conclude the fight, but the girl starts crying and said to stop fighting. The other girl, who was unbriefly introduced in the 2nd episode, stopped the fight by teleporting the characters to a different area. The werewolf gives in and explains about the resurrection.

You starting to see how boring and plain this was? Well if you watch the anime, you aren't going to be thrilled about watching the actual event, because it is, so, damn, BORING AND ANNOYING.

I can't understand how this can happen. I don't understand why people think it is funny and original, I don't know why people think this is a masterpiece, and I don't know PEOPLE ENJOY IT. It's the fact there are vampires that are way overrated in this show, how there is a werewolf, there are monsters in the show, the main character is all powerful and is chill about it, a girl looks attractive that they dress her up and make her do things that no standard girl would ever do in their entire lives because she is played like a plain girl, so WHY MAKE HER LIKE THIS AT ALL, and... you know what, this is why it is enjoyable because IT IS SO GENERICALLY BULLSHIT.

Well there are more shows out there that are like this, and people seem to enjoy them and don't care, so I guess trying to prove why it's bad is pointless.

I give it a 3/10, twilight but with boobs.

Before I start this review, I would first like to say that I did not enjoy this anime. I decided to try out the English Dub, and though I didn't mind it the voice-acting, there were points where listening to some of the dialogue spoken frustrated me. I had started this anime a while back and stopped watching for a bit as it did not peak my interest, but figured I should just finish it off because it is a short season. Let's get into this.

Story - 5
The story was meh to me. It didn't really interest me nor kept me engaged, especially with ... the main plotline. But I felt the side stories, the relationships between some of the characters were interesting just a bit more, but that is really all. I do like the idea that it is set in the demon world, giving the viewer a bit of new atmosphere... despite it looking like a normal city. Some of the sub stories in the anime were a bit stupid, like the romance between Fuyumi and Stax or Bell liking Stax because of some reason. It just sort of happens, and really, I just found it more irritating them heart-warming. There is no sense of development for these romances, and it didn't feel realistic to me.

Art - 6
Surprisingly, I liked the art. It was simple and clean. Nothing grand at all, but passable. There were some demons designed to look ugly as hell, but luckily those would only be minor characters. Our main Character's designs were also pretty cool too. There are some problems I had with the how Bell and Fuyumi are over-sexualized, usually revealing their breasts or asses. They are usually dressed "appropriately" for each situation, and it annoyed me. Though it was not my main focus, it was still a bother.

Sound - 3
Nothing really stood out for me in anime music wise. I don't remember any of the music and the opening was meh. Probably one of the few weak points of the anime, actually.

Character - 4
The characters in the anime are unique in their own ways, especially with their special abilities. I do love how Stax is a full-on perverted Otaku, and I found him an amusing character to watch. I also did enjoy Wolf, and wish I could have seen more of him in the story. There were some weak characters like Fuyumi. She is useless. Like hell, she is useless. Wolf, Stax and Bell always seem to be saving her ass and trying to keep her safe. She does nothing to benefit the characters, and is just sort of there for the plot and give these characters some purpose. Bell was also a weak character. Despite having such an unique ability, I just found her annoying, not at all cute. Whenever she was around, she just frustrated me. I wish she had become a cheeky girl, yes, but also not be tied down by her feelings for Stax.

Enjoyment - 3
I did not enjoy this anime. Watching each episode felt like more of a chore, and I would find myself swearing at the characters due to their stupidity. Though, I did get some few laughs, I still found myself mostly frustrated. I would just think that this kind of anime is not what I enjoy to watch. Sure, I love watching something to laugh at, which I think this anime was aiming at, but this was just plain ridiculous.

Overall - 4
Coming to a close, I give this anime a four. I was close to give it a three, but it just didn't seem right. It wasn't that awful. Blood Lad could be enjoyed by others, but with me, I just don't enjoy it. Maybe someone who enjoys complete ridiculousness and don't mind the constant fanservice would like to give this a try. Upon this review, my final score is a 4 out of ten.

I watched this show cause MAL suggested its similar to Noragami (being one of my favorite series) and Hataraku maou sama(not my favorite but i enjoyed it a lot). So i had somewhat high expectations who were crushed by the stupidity of this anime . I never got the 'plot' of this anime. I never found any character interesting enough to care. Staz was okay but he was the only somewhat interesting one. The girls were there doing nothing and just being 'eye candy' for the viewer. Cheap joke after cheap joke i struggled to finish a 10 episode series and im ashamed about that ... (i usually dont drop any series otherwise i might have done it) . Its the first time i give a series a score under 5 (my average is like 8.3 or something) but i found nothing good to grab onto as a saving quality of this anime. Not even worth the small effort of watching just 10 episodes in my opinion.
Story - 3 - incomplete
Art - 5 - wanky
Sound - 6 - honestly i gave a generic grade cause i dont remember the op/ed
Characters- 2 - Staz and noone else
Enjoyment - 2
Overall - 3

Officially finished Blood Lad! Final thoughts?

3.5/10

I picked this up as it had been sitting in my Hulu queue for quite some time now, the art was what caught my eye when I added it to the list and to be quite frank that's really the only reason I continued on with it.

Plot-
2/10
It really wasn't that interesting to me, I found the show hard to keep interested in as I didn't find it really intriguing, the plot itself did peak my interest but when I was actually watching it, I found myself anticipating the end more than anything. I never found Otaku culture in anime ... to be fascinating, the genre itself was honestly ruined for me a while back. I prefer every other genre than that. And even though it had action and comedy it truly wasn't my cup of tea.

Animation-
5/10
The art itself was nothing too special but it was pleasing! The fight scenes did really get me absorbed into the show when they were happening, I'm also a small fan of pop colors at random moments so I also did enjoy those scenes. But that being said, if I hadn't added it into my list years ago I doubt I would've watched it today as the art didn't really catch my eye as compared to other stuff I've watched.

Characters-
3/10
Once again, the characters weren't exactly interesting in my opinion, the only ones I truly enjoyed weren't even the main *main* characters, and that was Wolf and Bell. Otherwise, I didn't really enjoy them, I pitied Liz and Fuyumi more than anything, everyone else seemed to annoy me, especially Staz. I just couldn't click with them. If a majority of them didn't have dub voice actors I found comfort in, I probably wouldn't even like them as much as I do.

Overall thoughts-
I'm not saying it's the worst anime known to man, I'd rather go through this again than deal with the disaster that is Rosario, but will I ever pick up the manga? Maybe, it's at the bottom of my list. Will I rewatch this or collect merchandise from it? Nope! I might give it a try again in the future but it's wasted potential in my opinion.

Please don't watch this anime.

I began to see this anime a few days prior and with only the opening I knew this was going to be horrible. Of course, I almost never drop an anime unless it's boring me to death, and because this anime was short, I managed to finish. It was a pain. By episode 4 I just wanted to finish. The problems?

The story was decent, it had somewhat cohesion and it had some interesting themes like doppelganger demons and spacial teletransportation but god it was boring. There was so much talking and the few little fights were just because of shows. ... If you eliminated them, probably the story would still make sense.

Sound, the voice acting was so boring, no personality for the characters (with or without the voice they still hadno character.) The opening and ending were generic, nothing new, and some sound effects I swear to god I heard them in a flash mini game I used to play when I was a kid. So poor.

The characters are SO generic, cliché and boring. They had no personality. Main character, confident, powerful and goofy character that his main character trait is been an otaku. The supporting female character, big boobs, innocent, damsel in distress and somewhat oblivious. The Wolf kid was just an edgy guy, and the Bell girl is just the smuggy, playful girl with big boobs, as always. I don't even want to talk about the characters so basically boring. The characters are BORING.

I didn't enjoyed this at all, not a moment of laughter or interest, the only reason i finished this it's because it was too short to leave it half way.

[Very minor spoilers ahead]
Blood Lad is the type of anime that you would enjoy if it was your first anime, reminisce, rewatch it, and then begin doubting your tastes overall. While bearing -at the very least- an interesting concept of a story, it sadly went mediocre for me in the first hour or less of watching it.

Story: 5
As stated before, it can be viewed as interesting if you want to be overly kind to yourself, but as the story progresses, the more I realized how many convenient and predictable turns the story can make, all in all, it's really nothing special. Some other people could ... (and probably did) criticize and deem the plot as shaky at some times, which I wouldn't really disagree with, but the mundane storytelling got me so bummed, all I could churn out was the obvious point, that it was really nothing special. Maybe the references could be viewed as surprisingly enjoyable but for me, it didn't really change anything, maybe its comedy was the only bearable thing and changed the story from a 4 to a 5 for me I guess.

Art: 6
I will say, the art is pretty good even when there aren't that many fight scenes in the anime itself, it gives off an optimistic aura on the viewer that helps them to keep watching and enduring the show, its portrayal of the comedy it showed was also decently done, and I'm the type of person that doesn't mind, actually appreciates the "well-versed" art styles that they gave to the female characters, as horrible as I may sound.


Sound: 6
I rarely pay attention to sounds in animes unless it really catches my attention and I end up liking them and listening to them until I get sick of them, in this anime I didn't find any that I personally enjoyed, but at the same time there were none that I disliked for any reason. Therefore it gets a neutral score from me

Character: 3
Even before meeting any characters, most of the time you can easily tell what kind of person they could be and what they would do or not do to affect to story, in this instance, most of the characters are pretty stale and that alone made it a bit unenjoyable to get attached. I'm guessing the spotlight mainly shines on our main character, Staz, which is understandable, in a way he can be considered the most interesting character as of now, besides that you've got your usual tropes.

Wolf - best friend with an inferiority complex
Fuyumi - basically Hinata but nerfed and quieter
Bell - the other girl in a love triangle that's the fan-favorite to win but usually loses

Enjoyment: 4
My previous points stand firm and also apply here, also ending the anime on a cliffhanger is just adding insult to injury at this point...
Boy was it disappointing, yet I would still watch an unlikely continuation just to see how worse it gets. (just kidding, I'd only watch it to see more of Bell or what happened with Akimu near the end)

Overall: 4
More suited to new anime viewers in my opinion, and the reverse for older ones I would assume, if you're just wanting to finish a short 10 episode anime then I wouldn't stop you from watching it, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if you weren't satisfied with how it ended.

This was great but only up to and including episode 6/7. After that stop watching. The guys are super strong and dominating then they screw the power levels up. The guys become wimps and its about the girls. They don't show the true vampire or wolf power and show them getting beat by others including the girls feelings ridiculous. The OVA is so out of place, they don't even complete the big brothers story. Up till episode 6 it was so awesome, big brother took care of little brother, and unleashed his power. So awesome stuff. The friendship between two bros, vampire and wolf. Foreshadowed ... total spanking of the chicks by the guys. It was great. But just stop there. The chicks don't get spanked, and some total ridiculousness with the dad and mom of the spatial girl. The dad is a total pussy and bitch, so so sad.

Definitely has the ability to be a good show but the pacing is horrible. So many events happen in the first like 3 episodes that everything feels like a fever dream. The characters are fleshed out, but super quickly, to the point where there's no real point to fleshing them out in the first place. Like there's no lead up to what's supposed to be big emotional moments and they all fall flat cuz we barely get the hang of the two main characters ecause we're trying to pay attention to all the shit going on around them. Things just keep happening and you're just ... like okay okay okay and there isn't any like focus on a scene so no stakes are ever built its like I'm reading a wikipedia summary of a show not watching a show, you know what I mean?

That said, the plot is definitely okay. Like the idea of a girl popping into the underworld, and then a vampire helping her get her body back is the whole premise of the show and it's pretty good-- it's not a half baked idea, it's that the story itself is paced so quickly that hell one piece would've become half baked at this pacing. I'm sorry, I know I'm focusing on the pacing issues a lot but by and far fixing that probably would've made the show passable.