Neo Angelique Abyss

I watched this series and during the entire thing, I could predict each and every single one of the events that occurred. The ending was something that's quite shocking (but not completely, since it's relatively predictable) and disappointing. It's something that makes you say, "What. On. Earth. Just. Happened."

Hmm... Overall, it was quite a trivial anime; Good for passing time, but not much more than that. Reverse harem is one of my favorite genres (e.g. Ouran HSHC, Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge) and I started the series because of that. However, the romance in this was quite shallow. The entire anime was much too sugary. ... If you are looking for anime with a good plot and romance, I do NOT recommend this. If you are looking for an overly-cute anime with many yummy bishies or to pass time, you might want to give this a try. Personally, I wasn't pleased with the anime.

I don't think I have ever written a negative review for an anime...ever. But this is one time where I have to speak my mind. Neo Angelique Abyss has got to be the most awful anime I have ever forced myself to watch.

Where do i even begin. Story? Fine. Plain and simple. World of unknown origin is under constant assault by monsters. Only a select handful of people in the wide world can fight these things. Some cookie cutter ditz is sought out by four of the most standard "heroes" I have ever seen to be there healer thing and she turns out to ... be some queen. All the while, they are trying to stop so association from building some kind of machine that destroys the monsters, but also destroys the cities. The plot had very little twists, and any it did have were 100% predictable. I literally saw everything coming.

Characters. Oh boy. Angelique made me want to throw my fist through a very sturdy brick wall. I don't think they could have put a more average girl as a plot center. She dressed like a Lolita, acted all...whats that word everyone uses? Tsundere? Well she liked to play hard to get, but want EVERY MAN. Rayne. He didn't even play the bad boy role correctly for heaven sake! He was rather generic until he suddenly realized he liked Angelique and then it was all jealousy from there. I don't know what JD is unless he's supposed to be some sort of Vash clone. Thats what he felt like to me anyway. Oh yah, and he's a robot, did I mention that? More personality then the former, but still lacking. Hyuuga was fairly average, but is the only one not trying to get into Angelique's pants, er rather, under her skirt. He is the devoted servant type. Again, typical. Nyx was probably the main with the most character and somewhat of a mystery. Although hes the Rich Heart Throb with the Mysterious Past type, he was the only one I hadn't quite grasped. But all and all, awful.

The art was probably the only redeeming quality in the show. The style was rather average but the coloration and animation were very well done. Its a shame it was wasted on this story.

Overall, I would not AT ALL recommend this anime. EVER.

As one of my friends put it when I showed him the first episode of this:

Every shoujo anime cliche in the history of anime happens in the first 5 minutes.

This is show is so trite and unoriginal it manages to cross the line into unintentional hilarity. If you were one of those girls who spent a lot of time back in middle school sitting around watching sailor moon and magic knight rayearth with your little friends eating pizza and talking about how to beat bosses in final fantasy 7, then you should seriously consider watching at least one episode of this anime, because you ... will seriously LOL.

But, there's no reason to ever watch more than one episode.

I'll keep this review short because Neo Angelique Abyss is one of the worst animes I have watched. The animation looks like it's made from the 60s. The music is also average. The worst part is the plot and the characters. When the plot is about one girl living with four guys in the same house and fighting off tentacle monsters but at the same time it's NOT a hentai, you know the series is terrible. That wouldn't be too bad if the writers didn't push their limits to destroy the show even more by making not one but all the characters as annoying as ... possible. I won't go into details except all the guys act like girls and the only girl acts like the B-word. Angelique will be perfect choice if you want to experience a truly terrible anime. Otherwise stay away from it.