Neo Angelique Abyss

I wasn't expecting a lot from this series, and got roughly that.

Story: Simple. Select people have the power to fight off the monsters produced by an omnipotent evil being, who just is. In comes the heroine who has the power to completely vanquish said evil. Oooh. Never saw that coming. Adventuring, etc. Nothing special.

Art: The animation is fairly good through most of the series. I liked the character designs for most of the characters, and they were unique enough that you wouldn't confuse one for the other. The "action sequences" weren't anything special.

Sound: Aside from the OP and ED, the music was ... boring and annoying at times. The OP is adorably cheesy and catchy, and the ED is just adorably cheesy, but I liked them both. The VAs for this series were one of the main reasons I decided to watch this, and they lived up to my expectations. The casting was good for all the characters, and the acting was decent.

Character: Angelique drove me insane from the moment she appeared on screen, to the last few seconds before the ED in episode 13. While I know good heroines aren't terribly common for this sort of show, Angelique is exceptionally annoying until roughly halfway, where more development and personality is brought in for all the character. The four "knights" Angelique gathers around her took a long time to grow on me, and by the end of the series, I still found the side characters to be overall more interesting and fun to watch. The main cast does seem to have history beyond what this first season was able to dig into, though, they just weren't all my cup of tea.

Enjoyment: My obsession with Erenfried's VA was one of the few things that kept me watching through the first part of the series, but by the last 6 episodes, I was more or less hooked. I liked the series more as things grew darker, rather than the shiny happy people episodes in the beginning. I was a bit disappointed in how the series ended, as the last few episodes basically forgot about some of the cast.

Overall? I'll give it a 6. Decent, light, easy to multi-task to anime. Abyss left me with a cliffhanger, and I liked this season enough to try the second, but if the pace slows up again I'll probably drop it.

I watched this anime only because it is one of my favorite types of anime....reverse harem or shoujo. It also said it had action and romance. Too bad the romance, and action failed big time. The only signs of romance is when the girl blushes when talking to one of the hot guys.

I have to say the story and enjoyment was worse than anything. The only reason I watched it until the end was to see if the main female protaganist was going to actually find love between one of her companions and that also let me down. The action wasn't all that great either. ... The fights was a little boring. The enemies all looked like jelly monsters and the powers the main characters had were too lame. To sum the story up, it was a let down.

Art and sound was OK.

As far as characters, I wanted to say I had at least one favorite but the only one I could think of was the cat. The characters really didn't develop enough for me to get to like them.

Overall this series gets a 5/10 because it is one of my favorite genres but too bad it didn't meet my expectations.

I gotta be honest, the only reason I watched this as well as its second season was because I love this anime's art style. The characters were drawn perfectly, & they're all beautiful. They are exactly as beautiful as the one in the otome game which I've also played. Other than that, there was nothing really special about this series.

The plot was so simple and demotivated, like there's no drive in each of the characters other than do what the story indicates them to do, there's no character development and even each character's back story were so bland and predictable.

The main heroine is the most ... aggravating part. She is the most Mary Sue of all Mary Sues. The typical useless heroine who can't fight but has special powers that's why she's so important and all the guys just like her because that's how the plot is written. There is absolutely no other reason than that which is such a let down. I like my reverse harems to have some type of conflict in romance or at least some character disposition that builds up in the middle of the story among the main casts but this one really does not have anything at all.

There is no plot twist and if there is, I wouldn't even consider it one because of how obvious it is. The series goes on with one predictable episode after another it gets boring.. and it's a shame since the anime was drawn beautifully, I really don't have any complaints with the art at all.