Solty Rei

The series aired some 9 years ago, and writing this right now in early 2015, I guess it's safe for me to personally call this series the "Guilty Crown" of 2005/06.

[STORY: 8/10]

Just like GC, this was a wonderfully crafted original story. Looking around I see people giving this series up because the front few episodes were too boring or sub-standard. All I can say is that, they've missed out on the bigger picture altogether. Indeed, at the start it may seem as though the series was episodic, but trust me all that served as a build-up right till the finale. A suitable build-up too, if ... I may add. All in all, I felt the story had a good flow to it and, on top of that, a really good ending (unlike certain series today).

[ART: 7/10]

Yes, yes... I know it's 2015 now. We're in the midst of the era of bishoujo appearing in every series we click on. But let's cut them some slack, shall we? For a series airing in 2005, the characters actually looked pretty decent. The action scenes were pretty well animated too. The thing about Original series is that the animation is usually consistent throughout the entire course, and that's what happened here.

[SOUND: 9/10]

Created in the period of time when Seiyuus (voice actors) were less celebrated than now, it was only natural that they fit the roles for the characters. Besides the cast, the background music and OST are magnificent. Nearly every scene had a BGM on it, and I'd have to say that each piece of music really fit the scenario, both in happy or sad times. I've already got the OST and it's pretty incredible, trust me.

[CHARACTER: 9/10]

This is where you'll have to watch through the entire series to understand. Through the 24 episodes, there is significant character development, especially to the two main characters (namely Solty and Roy). Of course, each character did have their own flaws, but they learnt from it through really heart-warming personal experiences. I pretty much liked every character in this series, but I kinda get annoyed when girls cry... and this series happen to have quite a few so... yeap but that aside, I was alright with everyone.

[ENJOYMENT: 10/10]

No qualms in this section from me. From start to finish, I've thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this. The comical scenes made me smile, the emotional scenes (nearly) made me tear up and the action scenes got me captivated. It may be just me, but I wasn't bored in any point of watching this series.

[OVERALL: 10/10]

So, why not? This is my favourite anime series by some margin, and though it sticks in my mind as a 9 or 9.5, I'll give them credit and overrate a little on my part to give a 10. I really hope you guys will check it out. Even though it's a series which aired a long time ago, I believe it deserves some form of recognition.

That's all from me, and thanks so much for your time! (:

Cheers.

Solty Rei is a decent show that could have done a lot better with what it had. I just hope my review doesn't stop people from watching this, because you might enjoy it. ^_^

In a world where the sky is filled with some kind of Aurora Shell , which holds the atmosphere together, has caused a devastating incident known as the Blast Fall. 12 years later this anime follows the story of an ex-cop now bounty hunter Roy Revant, who's been searching for his missing daughter since the Blast Fall.

This basically sets out the story for the rest of this of this anime however it's ... mostly compiled of a bunch of adventures that make up a story. This was done well to begin with but then the story just gets out of control halfway into it. The main focus is on Roy's search for his missing daughter but it often loses focus and goes unto something completely different, especially during the latter half of the series.

The main thing I noticed about this anime was how much it borrowed of other animes or shows, which is the main reason why it didn't standout at all. Even the characters personalities felt boring and unoriginal especially Solty, who's voice got so incredibly annoying I just wanted mute it at times. I also felt that when it got to the sadder moments of the show the characters were really over dramatic, another little annoyance. But the main thing I didn't like was what happened to half the main characters, which I won't spoil for anyone.

The animation of this anime was decent nevertheless one noticeable thing was the CGI. There are animes that were able to implement it well (Ghost in the Shell: SAC and Trinity Blood) but this isn't one of them. The CGI just made things feel weaker than it already did and left little to be amazed by. Although, it was no where near as bad as the music. The opening and ending theme songs were alright but the soundtrack was terrible. What made it worse was that the music never blended well with the situation, it just felt like some "emo" kid wanted to put in his favourite track whenever he possibly could and that's what he got. XD

To summarize, even though this anime borrowed a lot of ideas, it could have used them better. The plot was good but the second storyline spoilt it, with all its random events occurring, which tried to tie it in with the first storyline. The ending was OK but it still was too crazy and left little to the imagination. I really did expect more this anime but maybe that was the problem, because my high expectations is what left me completely and utterly displeased with what I got.

I recommend this decent show it anyone who's open-minded but there are much better anime series out there to choose from.

^_^

I will start by saying that if you are not sure if to watch it or not, I recomend to try and watch it. It might be worth it :)


Story:
The story is a little hard to understand when the show starts (aside from the 'oh it's a homeless girl, why shoulden't we bring her home?'), and though that even as the show goes on it really dosen't get any clearer, at some point the REAL story would unfold, so hang in there :)
Once you understand the whole story, it's kinda nice. Not the BEST story, but one that isen't really f#$$ed up like some animes.

Art:
The ... art is OUTSTANDING. I think we need more animes with such art.

Sound:
Sound is cool. Can't think of a reason I shoulden't give it 9.

Character:
Some characters are somewhat lacking (story, background, and mostly development), but the characters themselves are avarage+.

Enjoyment:
I enjoyed this show alot. First because it was puzzeling and I wanted to know the story development (I like guessing what would happen next, and this show really puts up a challange here :P) and also because I REALLY liked that vibrating-hand-attack thingy. REALLY. Don't know why, just looks cool to me :P

Overall:
If you haven't ruled it out yet, take the first episode for a test run. Keep in mind that though it starts as a 'Take-the-homeless-girl-home-and-make-her-a-part-of-your-family' kind of story that we see alot in animes, it WILL change soon enough to something more like 'Kick-the-s@#t-out-of-them-super-humans'. Other than the somewhat stupid 'coincidence' that keeps on happening (If you want to understand what it means, just watch the show, because explaining it will be a spoiler), it's more than most of the animes out there.

Note To Self: This Has Spoilers. Please don't Read unless You've already watched this anime or you really want my attention to certain "spoils" on the anime. I Really enjoy watching Solty Rei cause it tells a tail of a robotic girl who was sent to Earth but at first for only for her sisters reasoning towards humans and their cultural. Her biggest sister is a huge ship that hates humans and demands to destroy mankind everywhere in her path. She reads data not emotions awhile Solty can read emotions but not data. This is better to put to you when you think about it, ... only live with emotions, data is suppose to be used for something more criminalized or adventures of some sort. I'm glad Solty beat her because if she destroys the planet, how are you going to watch the anime with the characters? You'll be blown when you watch the anime so I highly recommend watching it. Yes its mecha,comedy and drama. You can watch it in English,Japanese,and I think other languages as well.

The girl named Solty is completely robotic and is suppose to know how to have emotions. She hit her head as well, it even hurts for someone who isn't human at all. She saved humans everyday in the anime.Bullets won't affect her at all either. Miranda is her friend and a really close friend of Roy's Wife. The accident was devastating to bare all at once.

I have watched them but on Fumination and the scenes are great for watching. Its has great action towards the characters.

Solty loves protecting everyone. I'm really happy she knocks out every other bad person that tries to kill people. Solty has an amazing vibe, she'll even kill you if she sees someone get hurt because of what you did to that person. Her voice actress is Carrie Savage and I love her forever. You can see Solty voice from Carrie's favorite line of Solty "I hate bad people" over YouTube. Her voice blows you away.

Rose Anderson, her new sister and really good friend at heart used to be a thug but learned to live life to the fullest and Solty made her through it. Solty Influenced almost everyone to do their best and not fail once. Rose only steeled because she and her brothers didn't have enough money. They became wanted criminals and unregistered citizens.

I love the Art because I have never seen a girl with green curly hair and big light punches before that could punch a pole everywhere she went. By punch I mean,her punches are dramatic way of saying 'get out of my way', "I have protect everyone". Even her outfit changed from the beginning to the end of the anime. Shes great in every way possible. If you see a bad person in this world, pretend your Solty and of course of your punches are strong like hers.

The sound is great, especially the tune of the blues CD Solty's dad played for the whole family. Its on the soundtrack to.

Every character lived from life to death, half of the main characters are still living awhile the others have died. I wish not any character would die, its very burden to see someone die in a story.


Overall, plus my enjoyment is just down right flawless to watch. Don't let life bring you down ever. Life forever like Rose and Solty did. Don't forget to watch the anime and read the red lady Manga.

I hear alot of people refer to this anime as "Wasted Potential"........I say that's true in one sense, but I'm pretty sure people are getting the wrong idea by that.

I don't remember exactly how I heard about this anime, but after I read the premise, I was thoroughly intrigued. The one main thing that kept me at bay for a while was the poor art and animation...and, not gonna lie, throughout the show, it doesn't get much better either. Infact, I'd say the art and animation downright sucked in this show. But the thing that makes this show amazing deals with everything else.

One way I ... liked to refer to it as, is a JK Rowling level story, made with a Hentai's production value........I have no idea why THAT was the comparison that came to my mind at the time, but I decided to roll with it.

In short, the story was one of the best aspects of this show. It takes a while to get going, but once it did, It sucked me in right away. I'm not gonna lie that the pacing could get a little wonky, and it felt super choppy at points, but all In all I'd say it held up nicely. The climax was well handled, and I actually didn't see it coming. The ending took a pretty intense turn and got...pretty difficult to follow along with, not gonna lie. However, that's not the shows fault, that's me being kinda dumb with all that technical stuff. I was able to understand the gist of it, and I honestly found it all fascinating. Everything came full circle, and I believed it.

The next best aspect of the show is definitely the characters. All of them were really interesting, and I cared about them. Whenever the characters were going through something, I believed their struggle and I sympathised with them. When one of the characters would die, It actually made me legitimately upset. Like, I'm pretty sure I cried about 5 times during this show...not something that happens often. As well, alot of the characters were given really good development. While, there are some characters I would of liked to have been explored more, I was satisfied with what I got. I even empathized with the antagonist at the end. I was sure I'd royally despise him throughout the show, but I actually believed his struggle and felt sorry for him.

One of my main issues with the show deal with what I said at the start. The art and animation...are not that good. I know it's an older anime, but I've seen better looking shows from the 90s. Which makes me upset that a story as good as this was given such poor animation. It deserved so much more than what it was given. I honestly hope they decide to remake this show someday, cause it definitely deserves it.

The only other real issue I had with the show were some plot points seemed to be left out or overlooked. I can't really go into detail of what they are cause that'd be spoilers, but you'll know them when you see them.

But now here's the one question I always want to know when watching an anime..........was the ending satisfying?..........and yes, I can happily say that the ending was indeed satisfying. It was bittersweet, and left me with a smile on my face.

Overall, If I was to give this show a ranking for just enjoyment alone, I'd give it a 9/10. However, I realize the amount of issues it did have so I'm going to give it a final score of 8/10. This show is definitely a diamond in the rough, and I'd recommend it to anyone.

This show, airing around 2005, got me back into anime after a long time. For the most part it's a fairly predictable anime, but there are parts of it that make it stand out.

The story is fairly average but adequate, being mostly a homage to THE MATRIX: rebels fighting an oppressive authority (two characters are even named Larry and Andy) within a confined system, a villain whose ulterior motive is to break free of that system, and a heroine who develops her own identity and ultimately becomes a hero to save her family. The story also has an uneven pace at times, sliding between an ... epic battle for the fate of a world and an intimate look at the protagonists' day-to-day experiences. Still, for the most part it tells its story competently enough.

But the real heart of the tale is the bond between the bounty hunter Roy and the amnesiac Solty, and for me is the most satisfying part. All the other plot angles form a backdrop to this angle, about two lost souls who become a family. Gruff loner Roy Revant is a widower, while Solty is a lost waif who doesn't even have a memory. The way the two grow closer together across the series – defending each other, helping and relying on each other, and even hurting each other but making amends later (this one is fairly one-sided, on Roy's part naturally) – is maturely and carefully handled, and comes to a heartwarming payoff.

The English voice cast is very well done, in my opinion Christopher Sabat (Roy) and Carrie Savage (Solty) did some of their best performances in this anime. And the artwork, while the blend of hand-drawn and computer-generated animation is a little awkward, wonderfully shows off the steampunk setting. The soundtrack is atmospheric and jazzy, with some great tracks that fit the mood of whichever scene it's being used for (the closing track "Float Beyond the Sky" is a favourite of mine).

On the whole, it's a nice story, with a touching family angle. It's definitely worth a watch.

This is one of the greatest Anime that I've not seen on some new Animes now.
Probably the characters style is not that too well fancy like other series, though for me it suits well and I dont care on that anymore.

The story is very great, I'm totally hooked on the series, because each cast have their important roles on the story. The plot is great as well as the twist of the story, frankly I really thought that Solty is the missing daughter of Roy but sudden shock that its Rose. I totally understand their techie talk about the Aurora and the nanomachines and ... etc., unlike other science based Animes.

Emotion-wise its really great, because never thought of an anime that a cold bounty hunter like Roy could burst an emotion like that. I ended goosebumps and actually cried in the end of the series.Its been years since I cried on the end of an Anime series. Its totally great.

Though the music is a bit lacking, should've added some more, but "Return to Love" really suits the series though.

Really hoping for an OVA or a movie of this. Two thumbs up!

Roy Revant is living the hard life of a bounty hunter in a broken city, a city where thousands have died in a mysterious event called the Blast Fall. Those who survived share the sting of loss. Countless Resembles walk the streets, people whose mangled bodies have been rebuilt with high-tech prosthetic devices.

Yet there are those that even science cannot mend. Roy needs a miracle to escape his rut... and one night she falls from the sky. Like countless others, Solty is a Resemble, but one unlike the world has ever known. A young girl without a past, soon she will have a family. But ... in this world, pain and alienation are never too far away. (blurb from wiki)

My thoughts:
Solty Rei is the story of a broken man that lost his daughter in the Blast Fall 12 years ago. Not believing she’s dead, he searches for her to the detriment of not letting himself get close to anyone again. Enter Solty, an AI that has lost her memory and after saving Roy she stays with him. Her loss of memory gives her an opportunity to explore human emotions. She endears herself to everyone around her. Her relationships with the other characters are individual, not one is the same. I especially liked that this anime has an ending, and a happy one. It’s an anime worth watching.

A True Emotional Roller Coaster…

With that said, Solty Rei will make you laugh, cry, anger and frustrated throughout the whole series. This is one of the earliest anime I have watched. And until now, none of the recent anime challenge your emotions as hard as this one. It is one anime that none will forget.

Story: A well rounded story.
Unlike many anime that have a great start and a F***ed up ending, this is one of the few that kept it interesting till the end. Many twist made the audience go awed, but I hate to admit, extremely confusing ... in some part (that is later revealed). Near to perfectly executed.

Art: Magnificently drawn.
If you want to compare it to the recent action/Mecha anime, of course there are better. However, if you compare that kind of graphic in the year 2005 with other anime at that time, I would say it is reasonably presented. I personally like this kind of drawing.

Character: A little too wide of variety
If I must say a downside to this anime, it would be too many vital characters. When I first watch this, there are seriously a lot of characters and you would get attached easily to each of them. Heed my warning though as this can make you suffer halfway through…

Enjoyment: Like I say… A Hell of a ride…
Overall, I enjoy this. I mean it would be hard to find another anime that can cause as many emotions as this one. Some may say it would be too tear jerking… I say it would be great…

Moral of the Story: Extremely great.
In every anime, there should be a moral lesson for the viewers. As for this one, it is all about FAMILY. Parents should even let the younger one to watch this. Cause I find it is hard to find anime with Moral lesson nowadays.

Overall: Very good. And I must say I would be happier if anyone could find a recent anime that is as good as this…

This is a great anime. It's got futuristic elements mixed with ones of 1930s to 1950s. The characters are great! You got Solty, the girl with incredible strength. There's Roy, whose a tough badass bounty hunter. And Rose, a awesome yet atractive thief or as she calls herself the Bright Blue Meteor of Hope.

There are other characters I like as well such as the technology expert who has a crush on Solty, the lovly head of the bounty hunter business and her tough little daugether, and of course the main villian of the whole story.

What's also great about this anime is that it also has ... some comedy elements to it as well. Which balances the whole story.

So in conculsion, if your a science fiction fan who also likes a lot of humor, than this anime is the one for you to watch.

I don't know what any one else has to say, but the characters got me so involved that I cried throughout the last episode, and for the hour after.

That is all.