Starry☆Sky

Let me start by saying those who reviewed based on one episode or those who didn't know this was based on a dating sim and reviewed are missing the whole perspective and need to give this show (as well as the game) another chance with the whole perspective.

I had seen art for the game and it intrigued me enough that I want to watch detailed playthroughs for sure, but what I hadn't known until recently is that this anime existed. I was actually pretty excited to watch it even though I knew most people wouldn't care for it.

I was immediately drawn in by the art ... and the character designs. I create a lot of my own original characters and I have been an artist all my life, so if a show lacks in any of these areas I find it hard to watch. I love that each character has their own unique look which brings out their personality. I very much enjoyed the art style and I spent a lot of time analyzing what I liked about it so that I could incorporate it into my own art. When a dating sim is involved, often the main female with be generic or boring. I didn't find her that way at all. She had her own unique appearance, past and personality and that made me very happy. So for art I give an (8) because the art was lovely, but I did catch a few lazy animations here and there that could easily have been made better.

The story itself and the characters go hand in hand. The story revolves around getting to know the characters. 2 episodes each are dedicated to giving you an overview of the character's past, personality, and who they interact with most. I do believe that the reasons things were not super detailed were as follows: 1.) This was meant to introduce you to the game so you'd be more interested in playing it. (Worked for me!) 2.) This was low budget so they could not afford to make more episodes and be more detailed. (I think adding more seasons with more detail would be great, and I'd watch). Based on what they had to offer, I still give it a (9) because each story pulled me in and I found myself rooting for each character's happiness and success and through those characters, we also get to know the heroine.

The music often gets stuck in my head and I think it set the mood for a story that revolves around the stars and the sky. The voices and voice acting definitely set up the personalities of the characters well and each character would not be the same without their own nuances in how they spoke. I gave the sound a (9) as well because of this.

I enjoyed the anime and overall I really liked it. I think it was a successful overview to get you ready for playing the game and it did a lot better to convey itself than most anime made from dating sims do. If you watched this first, you should gave no trouble walking into the game feeling like you already know the characters and, as I mentioned, I think that this may be the point of the show. My overall rating is an (8) because the show definitely wasn't perfect and had a lot of slow points for those who enjoy more fast paced and not so character based shows. But for someone like me who likes this kind of thing, I was happy.

Starry☆Sky is an anime that is a series of Japanese otome game visual novels created and developed by the software company Honeybee. It was separated into four games, the first released in 2009, with three love interests in each, making a total of twelve possible love interests. It was well received in Japan, having Drama CDs, countless manga adaptations and a 26 episode anime adaptation. While it was revived well for many of the otome games, the anime is a swing and miss at bat.

Story: 5.19/10 (*Review Begins)
Tsukiko Yahisa is the first female student to attend Seigetsu Academy, a former all-boys school specializing in astronomy. ... She is closely watched over by her childhood friends, Kanata Nanami and Suzuya Tohzuki, who often protect her from the male student body. Throughout the anime, she befriends other young men whose personalities are based on the Western zodiac constellations. *While the plot seems captivating, it didn't keep me intrigued for very long. The herione, Yahisa is the ONLY female? While this is a reverse harem, and many people don't watch anime for it's realistic factors, the animators also claim this a "slice of life". That seems a little too exaggerated then. The episode pacing and layout are very irritating. The pacing is very slow, and episode 9 still feels as though we are at square one. The layout of meeting each boy is very repetitive, following the same layout every two episodes.
1) Small talk. 2) Flashbacks. 3) "Deppresing" back story. 4) Rather, Rinse, Repeat.
I wish I was joking. Seeing as each epsiode is 10 minutes long (sometimes feeling like 30), each boy gets to have two episodes. The layout gets old fast, and the "depressing back stories" are as far as i see it are dumb. You are half-French? Your life must be so terrible. You have a laugh that everyone makes fun of? You poor baby. While some boys have legit back stories (terminal illness sucks), they only get to those in the last few episodes so by that point, I don't care anymore. My hopes weren't that high for a story anyway, seeing as its a reverse harem (if you want to see a good one, watch Ouran Highschool Host Club!)

Overview:
+ Intriguing synopsis
- Stupid back stories
- Layout gets old fast.
- Why is she the ONLY girl?
- Pacing Slow

Art: 8.59/10
The art wasn't super amazing, but it wasn't a piece of garbage. The color pallet was beautifully done, and the characters on how they are animated are okay. The men and woman are attractive, but the scenery wasn't as crisp as it could be. Again had a lot of potential.

Overview:
+Characters animated well
+ Attractive color scheme
- Scenery was shabby

Sound: 6.45/10
The opening was horrible. It was basically a sideshow of all the guys posing and the girl walking around. While the song was a huge EW, the ending wasn't as bad. The voice acting was well done (both sub and dub) it wasn't the greatest thing I've heard. Seeing as there are 13 main characters, I thought they could've tried to shorten the beginning as much as possible as you get only 10 minuets a pop.

Overview:
+ Voice acting
- OP and CL was bad

Character: 3.56/10
Mary-Sue alert. Our herione is one of the most cliche female lead I've ever had the unfortune to lay eyes on. She is over determined (" It's fine! I can carry this!" "Go on ahead I'm fine!") and is waaaaay to clumsy. Those aren't flaws, because in reality everyone is in the least bit clumsy. While she is the prefect girl, the guys have flaws at least. They have the DPBS Syndrome ("depressing" back story syndrome) and some of them are way to over protective. I hate all of them equally, so no I don't have a faveroite guy. Our herione is also a tinsy bit ignorant.

Overview:
- Mary-Sues everywhere
- DPBS Syndrome
- Cliche Cliche Cliche Cliche Cliche Cliche Cliche Cliche Cliche Cliche

Enjoyment: 8.56/10
My enjoyment of bashing this anime is far to fun. But seriously, I actually liked it, even though everything sucked. It's like a guilty pleasure, you know how bad it is, though you keep watching. I'm not sure why, I think it's because it tried so hard to be good, and I have to give it points for that.

Overall: 5.9/10
After adding the scores, averaging the total, I get a well deserved 6. The anime wasn't that bad, but definely has some parts the made me nerd rage. I opt you give this anime a try, but don't take my word for how bad it is. I expect to get a lot of people replying "not helpful" for this review, even though I had to write this stupid review twice. I hope that you will enjoy/ have enjoyed this anime, liked my review, and will give me some feedback. Check out my other reviews, and as always, Enjoy!

As someone who played all the starry sky games, this is a pathetic attempt to try to squeeze every single character's plotline into 1 show. They only give 2 episodes per guy (which is only 11 min per episodes so a full episode per guy). They don't even use this time wisely to fully cover or describe the character. In fact they have tended to add original stuff (like Homare's episodes) and completely change the perception of characters to those who never played the games. The animation & character designs were transferred poorly and everyone had derpy faces 90% of the time.

This is ... one of the worst game adaptations I've ever seen and if you really want to know the stories of Starry Sky, go play the games.