Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora

Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora revolves around the life of Kuu Shiratori, a seemingly normal high school girl who enjoys her school life in the giant city Academia, which is thought of as a symbol of recovery for humanity since already ten years have passed since the greatest disaster mankind had ever seen, occurred. Kuu has recently been having a recurring dream where a prince meets her and takes her away. One day, while all the students at her school are preparing for the upcoming school festival, the prince, whom she has met several times in her dreams, appears. The prince, Kyoshiro Ayanokoji, requests of her just as he had done in Kuu's dreams, "Let's go... together..."

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Setsuna Main

Matsuoka, Yuki Japanese

Ayanokouji, Kyoushirou Main

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Shiratori, Kuu Main

Yahagi, Sayuri Japanese

Kaon Supporting

Kawasumi, Ayako Japanese

Himiko Supporting

Shitaya, Noriko Japanese

Ayanokouji, Kazuya Supporting

Narita, Ken Japanese

Ayanokouji, Mika Supporting

Tanaka, Atsuko Japanese

Valteishia Supporting

Ogata, Megumi Japanese

Satou, Kozue Supporting

Satou, Rina Japanese

Tarlotte Supporting

Mochizuki, Hisayo Japanese

Kawase, Kouhei Producer

Naya, Ryousuke Producer

Beniya, Yoshikazu Producer

Takechi, Tsuneo Producer

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Nov 12, 2008

Takai

Recommended

-INTRODUCTION-

When I first came across Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora and looked at a couple of screenshots, I decided for myself that I would be staying away from this anime. However, my love for seiyuu as well as my curiousity got the better of me, and I watched it after all. It was not as bad as I expected, and in fact, it was quite good. Not my cup of tea in general, but it did have some great points.

-STORY- 7/10

At first, I was pretty excited about the story. As cliche as it sounds, fairytale-like plot just doesn't get old for some people. However, as ... time went by, it became more and more complex, and I wasn't sure whether it was changing for the better. The problem here is not with the story itself. It was a well thought out plot, with romance and family conflicts involved. But the elements used to display that plot were simply too much. Angels, mecha, cat girls, magic, science, all mixed into this seemingly simple story, did not improve it at all. Those elements looked more like fan service than anything else. Some stories are best if kept to the level of 'normal', and Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora is one of those stories. I liked the idea of absolute angels, but there was just no need to include every possible fan service element out there to display it.

Putting fan service aside and pretending that I didn't see little girls, giant mechas, and occasional unnecessary nudity all the time throughout Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora, it was indeed a rather nice story. In fact, the two final episodes touched me so greatly that I almost wanted to disregard all the downfalls. But looking back at it, I can't grade an anime based only on the first episode and a beautiful ending.

-CHARACTERS- 10/10

This is the strongest point of this anime. It has a lot of characters, and most of them are very unique. The main female character did not seem so impressive at first glance, but she developed and matured throughout the anime and became much more admirable. The seemingly invincible "prince" Kyoshiro turned out to have quite a few weaknesses and complexes. By the end of the series, he left me with an impression that he is not the kind that saves the princess, but is instead the kind that needs to be saved. I liked that a lot because perfect heroes are just boring and I can't sympathize with them. Setsuna's eternal loyalty toward Kyoshiro also touched me a lot. She was in my opinion the strongest of the females; after all, not everyone can stay by the side of their beloved person and not give in to selfish desires.

Aside from the three leading ones, the background characters were also quite impressive. They had a purpose and their relationships with each other were well thought out and interesting to observe. I have to admit that to me the most memorable and brightest of them all turned out to be Kyoshiro's older brother, who was also the most shocking one and truly made the series more enjoyable.

-ART/ANIMATION- 8/10

The art is very pretty but nothing too outstanding. Character designs are very well done and interesting. The animation is also great. However, once again, it seemed overdone. Extremely bright colors and sparkling scenes. It is definitely a matter of opinion, but personally I found it too hard on the eyes and simply distracting, considering that the story is nowhere near a comedy. It would have gotten full marks if it was not so colorful.

-SOUND- 9/10

The opening and ending themes are simple, but nice and catchy. They fit perfectly well for this kind of anime. The background music during the battles and during Kuu's talks to her prince is very impressive and greatly increases the dramatic impact. Overall, the soundtrack could have been even better, but in this case it really doesn't need to be. The music choice in this anime is a perfect fit and doesn't need to stand out any more than it does.

The seiyuu work was, of course, outstanding, and I will spare you my unprofessional fangirl comments. I will mention, though, that Kazuya is probably the most impressive role that I heard from Narita Ken so far.

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It's the kind of anime that you can only truly appreciate if you look deeper, past all the fan service. Unless, of course, fan service is what you are looking for -- it has plenty ^_~

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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May 12, 2009

Yarho

Mixed Feelings

A truly gag-worthy anime.

I must admit the series looks adorable from a stand-offish point of view but the storyline left something to be desired. The narration of Shiratori Kuu is very reminiscent of an airhead teen, 'cause frankly... She is one.

But of COURSE she has to be something special. *rolls eyes*

Aside from my obvious disdain for the main character. There were a few decent characters within the series. Setsuna being my favorite, she had more depth to her. If you choose to watch this anime do it to see Setsuna at the very least. Everything else? Not worth your time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Feb 7, 2020

kawaii123456

Not Recommended

"Even though i am boring empty and useless you still wanted to be with me"
---Kuu

No not really and yes it sucks to be you
---Kawaii123456

Man this was a steaming pile of garbage. I'm an old guy and in no way the target market for this but I think anyone will recognize it for the crap it is is. I'd have to go so far as to say it should probably be restricted from it's target audience. There's a lot of ideas that young girls could do without picking up.

Characters are the first place anime fail. If you like the characters, hate the characters or ... at the very least relate to their situation, even the worst of anime can be enjoyable. If they fail though the anime fails and shattered angel's doesn't have a single solid main character. They have not a single believable motivation amongst them.

The story is every bit as dreadful as the characters. Nothing makes the slightest bit of sense. Characters come out of nowhere, the entirety of the world is laughable.I just couldn't muster the suspension of disbelief to go along with it.

The presentation isn't as bad as the rest but it's still marginal. The art is rather generic the backgrounds are poor. Where it does work ia in the use of music to set the scenes. My sympathies to the musicians

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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