Vazzrock The Animation

As a fan of all the music series of Tsukino Talent, this was... not bad, but disappointing.

First of all, I don't think it really works as an introduction to the series. The main attraction of VAZZROCK is clearly the music, but the anime doesn't reflect that. If it wasn't for the last episode (the concert), you would think it's an anime about actors. The way they introduced the characters in the first episode isn't exactly good either.

Let's start with the animation: typical low budget animation that relies on almost static but well drawn images. But that isn't the problem. I'm disappointed at the lack of ... 3D MVs. Tsukipro and Tsukiuta had some really good ones, both from the openings and for the final performance in the concert. Nothing here, all 2D.

About the story and characters: there isn't a main plot, but it isn't really episodic either. I liked the idea of 2-episode arcs focusing on a pairing. My main complaint is that there are too many "rivalry" dynamics, even though each pair has a different twist to it, it still gets repetitive. Other than that, they are overall interesting and the characters are all unique.

Sound-wise: unusually for me, background music did stand out, in a good way. Shou's arc and the AU episodes specially, have amazing soundtrack, the former with classical music and the latter with traditional Japanese music. About OPs and EDs, what can I say? They are the reason VAZZROCK (as a whole, not the anime) is great. The songs are amazing, the voice actors are seriously good and underrated.

Conclusion: I love VAZZROCK but I can't really recommend this anime to someone new. Just start with the music if you want to get into it. It's honestly one of the best out there. The amount of music they release is sometimes overwhelming, but quality isn't lacking. Specially in the bi-color series, which is all about solos and duets.
Alternatively, I recommend Tsukiuta or Tsukipro, those anime, while also not masterpieces, are actually good as introductions.

To be honest, this anime only caters fans who know them or get to know them from Drama CD or concert (As usual TsukinoPro do with their anime (tsukiani, proani)). There are bunch of stories that implied to Drama CD (A lot) even Seiyuu Concert.

For casual anime watchers, this anime indeed will be quite boring because this franchise route is mostly for slice of life that hmmm quite far intense and deep from Drama CD (I mean drama CD story is more kinda enjoyable). If you are looking for slice of life that to related to yours, I do recommend this series because the ... story revolves to their actual life (except Tsukihanakagura AU in ep 9 and 10).

For ep 9 and 10 was in setting of Tsukihanakagura, this AU was published in 2019 at Animate Girl Festival 2019. Actually, almost all unit TsukinoPro get their own setting. And in Vazzani we know about fraction of Kikyo (Vazzy) and Botan (Rock Down). Alive story for Tsukihanakagura was adapted into playstage, Seiran (revolves around SOARA) and Asagi (Growth) and will adapted into drama CD for next year.

You know all those cute-girls-doing-cute-things the anime that float around every season?

Introducing.... Hot-Dudes-Doing-Hot-Things the anime!

Yes.

By the way the above is literally all you really need to know to decide if or not to watch this show.

No, there's not really any story. It was a rather random experience from episode to episode.

... No, there's not really any characterization/character development. Just enjoy the hot guys doing hot things on the screen each episode with little to no relevance to the episode before it.

The visuals are ikemen, I guess. If they weren't, there would be nothing at all worth watching for anyone. The sound is ok.

Yes, this is the whole review.

No, I am not writing a full length one like I usually do for other shows.

Have a good day!

2/10