Special A was a promising representative of the shojo genre. Was. Up until the seventeenth episode it was fun, cute, hilarious...everything a good shojo anime should be. The characters never escape the usual shojo mold, but still they were very likable and entertaining. Up until the seventeenth episode, I rated Special A with a subjective 9, because it made me smile, it made me burst into laughter, and because it was dynamic and simply fun. And I kept thinking: I can't wait to re-watch this one.
How did it tumble down to a pathetic 2?
Episode 17 - 24 were made. Then starts the downfall of
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Alternative Titles
Synonyms: S.A., Special A Class
Japanese: スペシャル・エー
More titlesInformation
Type:
TV
Episodes:
24
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Apr 7, 2008 to Sep 15, 2008
Premiered:
Spring 2008
Broadcast:
Mondays at 01:30 (JST)
Producers:
Showgate
Licensors:
Sentai Filmworks
Source:
Manga
Theme:
School
Demographic:
Shoujo
Duration:
24 min. per ep.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Statistics
Ranked:
#19082
2
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Popularity:
#664
Members:
373,376
Favorites:
2,761
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Your Feelings Categories Sep 27, 2015
I tried to like this anime. I really did. I was so excited when they announced the Special A anime because I had been following the manga for so long. This manga has a lot of memories for me and I know that anime tend to add new things, take things out, and change up the story a little to meet the limitations of the time constraints, but it was just impossible for me to love this anime.
If I hadn't read the manga, I might've enjoyed watching this anime, but I agree, this anime really has nothing special compared to other student council anime (and ... Sep 2, 2013
A rank of 450 on MAL (at the time of watching this anime) was what got me interested in the first place. Suffice to say I have seen less ranked anime's far better than this. This anime for me was a huge disappointment.
So you have this lead character with the resilience of superman, with the intelligence, charisma and wealth of Ironman and needless to say looks to match all in one cheesy shoujo manga basket. The female lead no matter how she tries to catchup with him does not succeed. While initially doing a good job of racking up the tension between the characters, the ... Jun 19, 2010
I thought that the characters needed a lot more development. I think that they could have also incorporated more characters into the story and make it more interesting. The humor was a bit strange and sometimes made me laugh but overall i found it tiring.
Hikari annoyed me to the core, with her pretty much being the exact definition of a mary-sue. Say, how can you have an a average but not be able to tell that a guy has liked you for years??? That just was a bit annoying to me. But anyways, very slow-paced and frustrating in my opinion. Don't recommend it. May 11, 2013
As you can see from my ratings I clearly hate this anime dearly. The only component I enjoyed was the character animations as it reminded me of CLAMPS characters designs. Other than that I cannot give this show anything else in particular that it excelled at.
I have only seen 2 episodes, but that is all I require. I can easily predict how this anime is going to play out its mediocre storyline with egotistical characters who are so boring ESPECIALLY the main heroine. I honestly hate her so much that I cannot even recall her pathetic name. She is one of the truly dense characters ... Oct 13, 2020
The series is set in a high school (completely original setting). The series is based around 7 characters. These 7 characters are the top 7 students in the school and are known as Special A. The MMC who is no. 1, The FMC who is no.2, Hot Twin boy is no.3, Hot Twin Girl is no.4, Punching Bag is no. 5, Violent Tsundere is no. 6 and AnimaIIover69 is no. 7. Together they form the group known as Special A.
The story mostly revolves around the MMC and FMC (obviously). They have a rivalry going on. The FMC is trying super hard to beat the ... Oct 21, 2016
This is primarily going to be a deliberate rant about how much I hated the Special A dub, and this is coming from someone who only watches dubs. The anime is fine by its own right, so I'm not gonna delve too deep into any elements other than the voice acting. I'm just gonna briefly rate the other elements, and that's it.
---------- Sound: 0 I have several problems with this dub. The first being Andrew Love, a voice actor that specializes in deep voices is the voice of Tadashi. Oh, hell no. There's plenty of other voice actors in the Houston area that could fit the bill. ... |