Hoshi no Samidare (Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer)

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Japanese: 惑星のさみだれ

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Type: TV

Episodes: 24

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 9, 2022 to Dec 24, 2022

Premiered: Summer 2022

Broadcast: Saturdays at 01:55 (JST)

Producers: Nippon Animation, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Movic, Jumondo, BS11, My Theater D.D., Live Viewing Japan, Sonilude, Mixer, Mirai-Kojo

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: NAZ

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Theme: Psychological

Demographic: Seinen

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 5.64¹ (scored by 14,156 users)

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Ranked: #10290²

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Popularity: #2786

Members: 53,664

Favorites: 165

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College student Yuuhi Amamiya's monotonous life is turned upside down with the appearance of Sir Noi Crezant, a talking lizard claiming to be a knight of justice. Crezant elaborates that the world is in peril—threatened by the mage Animus who wishes to annihilate it with his Biscuit Hammer, an enormous structure suspended in Earth's orbit. As the newly appointed Lizard Knight, Yuuhi must fight alongside other Beast Knights to protect the princess and save the planet from destruction.

Unimpressed by the prospect of risking his life, Yuuhi continues his day as usual—until a golem created by Animus suddenly confronts him. Yuuhi is instantly overpowered, but his neighbor, Princess Samidare Asahina, luckily rescues him. To his surprise, Samidare's intention starkly differs from Crezant's; instead of saving the world, she aims to destroy it with her own hands. Captivated by her firm ambition, Yuuhi resolves to become stronger and help Samidare realize her goal.

As the pair continues to fight against Animus' golems, Yuuhi finds himself gradually gaining an interest in life—but the chains of his past trauma may restrain him from progressing further.

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Background

According to a 2015 Twitter post by the series creator Satoshi Mizukami, an anime adaptation of Hoshi no Samidare was initially planned to be released shortly after the manga's serialization, but the project failed due to a lack of sponsors.

The series was released on Blu-ray in four volumes from October 28, 2022 to April 28, 2023.

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Summary:	Hoshi no Samidare: Zenhan-sen

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Characters & Voice Actors

Amamiya, Yuuhi

Main

Enoki, Junya
Japanese

Asahina, Samidare

Main

Oozora, Naomi
Japanese

Shinonome, Hangetsu

Supporting

Iwase, Shuuhei
Japanese

Crezant, Noi

Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou
Japanese

Shinonome, Mikazuki

Supporting

Satou, Gen
Japanese

Animus

Supporting

Tachibana, Tatsumaru
Japanese

Hakudou, Yayoi

Supporting

Suzaki, Aya
Japanese

Shimaki, Hyou

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Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu
Japanese

Akane, Taiyou

Supporting

Tamura, Mutsumi
Japanese

Akitani, Inachika

Supporting

Yamaji, Kazuhiro
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Oowada, Tomoyuki

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Aoi, Hiroyuki

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Katou, Takahiro

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Nakanishi, Nobuaki

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Opening Theme

	"Gyoukou (暁光)" by Half time Old (eps 1-12)
	"BE the HERO" by Raon

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Ending Theme

	1: "Reflexion" by SpendyMily (eps 1-12)
	2: "ZERO" by Ibuki Sano (eps 13-24)
	3: "Babylon Tenshi no Uta (バビロン天使の詩)" by the pillows (eps 18)

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Dec 23, 2022

Mcsuper

Not Recommended

Truly a missed opportunity. A beloved manga finally got an anime adaptation, and while the story was genuinely very solid, the show was hampered by one of the poorest productions this year, with soulless visuals and terrible CG. With even average production, I believe this could have been one of my favourites of the year, and while animation isn’t the thing I find most important when watching something, when it’s abhorrently bad, it ruins the whole experience.

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What frustrated me the most when I was watching this was that the plot was very decent, but because of the poor production, it was hard to find anything ...

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Dec 23, 2022

KANLen09

Not Recommended

I have a deep respect for Satoshi Mizukami. You might know the famed mangaka from some of his well-known unorthodox works like Spirit Circle, Planet With, and now Hoshi no Samidare a.k.a Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer, arguably his first work that ever got any traction back in the mid-2000s, seralizing between 2005 to 2010 and spanning 65 chapters throughout 10 volumes. However, for every good thing that happens in life, there is one bad apple, and that's finding people to actually create anime adaptations of his works, which for the most part, he got the short end of the stick.

Similar to Planet With, Hoshi ...

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Dec 23, 2022

ddrcrono

Mixed Feelings

As many of you already know, Hoshi no Samidare's anime adaption has been very poorly received, disappointing manga fans around the world. While I understand and empathize with this perspective, I am going to provide a perspective and critique from the point of view of someone who's only watched the anime and knows nothing about the manga. (No spoilers in this review)

To start with, I'll address the most obvious negative issue:

Hoshi no Samidare has some of the worst animation I've seen in years, making some of the most serious action scenes border on comically bad, often breaking your suspension of disbelief, interfering with not only ... the action but the storytelling as well.

That said, beyond the terrible animation there's the core of an interesting world with an engaging story, likable characters and some interesting concepts. While the core style of "People with super powers fight bad guy to save the world," is certainly not unique, the delivery of the story as a whole uses enough unique characteristics that it doesn't ever feel like "Oh it's just this other show with a couple of details changed." A few of the things I really liked:

- The chemistry between the main characters, particularly in the earlier parts of the story.

- There's a broad range of ages in the hero group and it makes for a more interesting dynamic than you get from the typical "all teens/early 20s" casts that are all too common.

- In an era of overpowered isekai characters, the cast of Hoshi no Samidare's powers feel, somehow refreshingly, underwhelming. This creates a lot more suspense around battles, where you find yourself genuinely wondering if everyone's going to make it through alive.

- Lastly, while not entirely unique to this series, I felt that there was a lot of thought and care put into the characters and their relationships with each other. While not the depth you'd find in a character-driven drama, it gives more than you'd expect from your average saving-the-world anime.

If I were to offer a critique about the storytelling, it's that, while the main story is relatively easy to follow and flows well enough, it feels like some of its sub-threads are neglected, left incomplete, or hastily concluded. Overall it feels like there are quite a few cases where there's an interesting series of interactions between characters and they aren't followed through with in a way that makes the best use of their potential. Even some of the chemistry between the main characters, which is a pretty central part of the story in the beginning, feels a bit stifled if not overwhelmed by the weight of all of the other threads the show is trying to keep up with.

In conclusion, would I recommend Hoshi no Samidare? Only if you can say yes to both of these:

- Like me, you're not really a manga reader. (If you are, the near-universal consensus is that its manga is much better, so go read it).
- This is the sort of show you like and your interest has been piqued enough by this review that you're willing to give it a chance despite its shortcomings.

Overall, while this was, by far not the best anime I've watched, I genuinely enjoyed Hoshi no Samidare despite its shortcomings.

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