Sirius

Let me preface this by saying if you liked the films Van Helsing or Interview with A Vampire, this shows premise will entice you. But be warned that there is an element in this show that, at least for me broke my enjoyment to where it became unwatchable.

Tenrou: Sirius the Jaeger has a lot of promise, but at least for me it was bogged down by the one aspect of anime that can make or break a show; the romance element.

Character is the lifeblood of a visual medium as we the audience have no other means to immerse ourselves in the world we are ... presented in than through the characters presented. For the most part, the main cast look promising with every flavor of character type you usually run into in action anime. However, what goodwill I have for the story stops the minute the designated romance character enters stage left. You will know her when you see her, trust me.

From the minute this character shows up and every scene that follows with her she annoys. She feels like less a character and more a device set up solely for the purpose of being with the main character. You just know the story will bend to the will of the writers insistence on her importance and her being with the main character, and that is the saddest part.

Now of course, I could be wrong about all of this. However, from the 5 episodes I watched, it became increasingly more plausible that the story would suffer with her inclusion.

Just a warning to anyone wishing to actually watch an enjoyable anime and not just self insert like this is a visual novel.

Animation: 5/5
Music:4/5
Enjoyment: Groanworthy/5

This was a mess, and I don't write reviews, yet this will be my first. The premise of the anime was great. A group of people who make their mission to find and battle vampires. However, the execution of it was just . . . lightly put, EXTREMELY subpar. Ryouko's character didn't add ANY substance to the plot at all, and in fact, was more so a hindrance. When you add a character, there has to be some development and growth that the character adds to the other characters or to him/herself. But nope, she was just blindly in love with Yuliy (MC) and followed ... him blindly and didn't even cause trouble to clean up! Just a minor subplot that again, didn't add to anything. Another thing that bothered me was Mikhail's character. He reminded me of Uchiha Itachi in his relationship to Yuliy/Sasuke. He was good turned evil and wanted his brother to stop chasing vengeance. But due to the episode constraints, the development of this relationship was too fast and ultimately too little of a buildup towards the ending. The only character I liked was Hideomi Iba, the detective guy. He was witty and well-developed, showing background of the military while simultaneously funny. In contrast to the other tropes mentioned, he added background to the story and ultimately was what made me continue watching. All in all, I would not recommend this anime at all, but if you're looking for something that has good art, sound, and a semi-decent plot, here's something for you.

Honestly it started ok with the first episode, but then the story felt extremely rushed. It felt like I was missing episodes, heck hole story plots. It just jumps from one thing to another with no prepose. There a bare bone story here. There is not a lot to say about this anime's story. Other than I have seen this story done before and WAY better than this.

It's just pretty moving art at this point. There's is nothing else here.
... It's so boring and incredibly bland.

I honestly wouldn't waste your time with this show. I know I have.

Be good or be bad, just done be boring!
I hate dying of boredom in the things I watch.

I watched it hoping for a more mature and interesting take on vampires but got a story of a girl (Ryouko) stalking the main character whenever he went to instead. Even the ending somehow involved her even though she didn't really contribute much to the story. Honestly, her bahaviour was appalling yet everybody in the anime cheered for her wtf.

Anyway, the story itself left a lot to desire. The ending ruined any hope I had for it too. Apart from the uninteresting love interest, the conclusion of the first season didn't make me want to see more of the series. I was bored watching ... last 3 episodes too.

The only saving grace of it, for me, would be Philip, Dorothea and Fallon who I thought were actually interesting and nice buddies. Though this saving grace didn't actually save anything, just made the show somewhat watchable. The main character was alright, but pretty standard and by the end of the anime I stopped liking him smh.

Overall, I wouldn't recommend it.

Anime Genre Roulette 🎰 Review 13 🎰 Vampires

Another extreamly difficult review to write, why you ask?

This show is not good enough to lord over nor bad enough to justify laughing at it or going on a raging rant
Everything from the direction to the script to the animation is utterly mediocre
And mediocrity puts me to sleep

Oh what's that? You aren't here for anything above avarage, just looking for something gore-filled for a fun halloween night?
Well this anime ain't even good for that!
... Even the splatter scenes are devoid of any intrigue or shock value

Mediocrity, the most difficult standerd to review, i mean kinda hard to make concrete points on what and why when your eyes keep closing half the... yawn... tim...e ... zzz

And I think we have a serious contender for the biggest letdown ever. Whole 12 episodes we've been getting a serious buildup with revenge, characters developing, learning acceptance, adventuring, then seriously badass vampires. For what? The whole show just collectively farted in our face, laughed and went on as if by saying "gotcha... tee hee".

Story felt like an elaborate scheme to trick us into watching it without us really having any desire to. For the most part everything was more than capable. Character development, world building, pacing, animation, sound design. Everything was decent if not better but it all amounted to absolutely nothing. Story someone ... else has to tell some other time but on this occasion studio just wanted to get you warmed up.

There's not even a witty comment I can come up with that will make this disappointment at least somewhat funny and bearable. Skip this one, it's an unfinished story without the sequel.

Animation are sometimes really good and sometimes really bad.

Character and sound are fair. Each one of them has their own personality, but does not really effect the story line, and never deeply develop.

The really main problem is the story: boring, old, predictable, and stupid characters.
You are able to know exactly what is going to happen by watching just a few episodes.

Spoiler for Stupid scene:
It is just simply a hero movie where stupid bad guy trying to take some power, and how the main character save the world (but the bad guy have no idea about what power it is, and DID NOT GET ... ANY POWER AFTER GETTING THE POWER, BUT HE LOST HIS MIND BECAUSE THE POWER IS TOO STRONG. Seriously?)

>>>>SPOILER FREE<<<<

Blurb: Siriusly?!?!

Ok, the rather corny blurb aside, I'm rather glad that MyAnimeList doesn't have this anime listed as "Sirius: The Jaeger" because having the term 'Jaeger' in the title made about as much sense as the overall story. Despite the term being of German origin, the entirety of the show takes place in Japan and Russia, and there isn't anything remotely German about anything or anyone in it.

The anime tries to combine several Gothic/Paranormal tropes and add an element of Steampunk into the mix. The result being that despite some very entertaining fight-scenes and good animation, the story fails to deliver on anything ... even remotely Gothic or Steampunk.

What IS given is a the classic Hero-Monomyth and a coming-of-age story for a naive brat. And to be honest, he doesn't age well. The 'Jaeger' team of which our protagonist is a member consists of characters who are drawn and clothed in a manner that gives them an initial aura of intrigue and power, but as the show continues, we realize that their only real talent is being loyal to each other and knowing how to shoot guns. One character in particular makes a stellar contribution by merely throwing her sword. And she's present for almost every episode.

All in all, it was rather a waste of time having to sit through this. The only reason I watched it fully is because by the time I realized that the show is bad, I had already put myself through 8 episodes. And if I was going to trash this show, I wanted to make sure that I trashed it after watching it completely.