Shinigami no Ballad. (Momo, Girl God of Death)

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English: Momo, Girl God of Death

Synonyms: Shinigami no Ballad.: Momo the Girl God of Death, Shinigami's Ballad

Japanese: しにがみのバラッド。

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Type: TV

Episodes: 6

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Mar 3, 2006 to Apr 7, 2006

Premiered: Spring 2006

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: Pony Canyon

Licensors: Maiden Japan

Studios: Group TAC, Ginga Ya

Source: Light novel

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Psychological, Supernatural

Duration: 25 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Ranked: #3670²

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Spring 2006TVGroup TAC, Ginga Ya

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A girl wrapped in white, her name is Momo...in her hand lies a blunt yet shiny scythe. By her side is a winged black cat by the name of Daniel. Carrying the souls of humans, the girl's existence parallels to that of a "Death God" or "Shinigami". At the instant when this white Death God touches the hearts of humans, the world is filled with kindness and grief...

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Momo

Main

Kobayashi, Akiko
Japanese

Daniel

Main

Shimizu, Ai
Japanese

Asano, Mitsuki

Supporting

Kaida, Yuki
Japanese

Ichihara, Kantarou

Supporting

Toyonaga, Toshiyuki
Japanese

Makihara, Mai

Supporting

Saito, Chiwa
Japanese

Nakayama

Supporting

Yaguchi, Asami
Japanese

Nodo, Kouta

Supporting

Kanada, Aki
Japanese

Asano, Subaru

Supporting

Kimura, Akiko
Japanese

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Mochizuki, Tomomi

Director, Sound Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Yoshida, Reiko

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MOKA☆

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Abe, Misao

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"no one" by KOY

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"White Messenger" by KOY

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Jul 24, 2007

6 of 6 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

Aishiteruze (All reviews)

169 people found this review helpful

I\'m the first to write a review about this lovely anime?

Surprising. Well, Shinigami No Ballad is pretty much this: There\'s a shinigami named Momo, and if you don\'t know what a shinigami is.. it\'s basically a death god. A god that takes people\'s lives. So she\'s all around watching people and judging who\'s life she\'s going to take next. But the thing about this is, there\'s more to just that.

Each episode is based on one or two people, sort of like mini stories about each person, and the reason why they\'ve been chosen to take their lives away is based on what they\'ve been doing, read more

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Nov 29, 2007

6 of 6 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 5

jet2r0cks (All reviews)

56 people found this review helpful

5 WORDS OR LESS REVIEW: Nothing special. Bland.

If I would describe Shinigami no Ballad in one word, I would describe it as bland. I usually like loli anime, but Shinigami no Ballad barely caught my attention.

Cute girl gets her hands dirty by working a job that involves death. Such premise is almost similar to the plot of Hell Girl, except Hell Girl had more “zing” to it. There were no high or low points in Shinigami no Ballad – it was monotonous during the whole 6 episodes. There wasn’t really a climax either. You’d think the last episode would be more exciting than the first 5 episodes, but nothing really set it apart from the other episodes. I think the problem lies in the storytelling – the sequencing of events were a bit off, there were some holes in the story, and you couldn’t really relate to the events or the characters.

Speaking of the characters, the characters didn’t grab me either. As much as I like lolis, I didn’t like Momo at all. I thought her personality was weird, she seemed almost bipolar. Whenever she did her job, she seemed cold and stoic, but in the end she would always cry for some reason. It wasn’t really explained why she was such a crybaby, but apparently her assistant cat (Daniel) thinks the same. As for the other characters, they were all forgettable and almost insignificant. They all lacked charisma.

The character design needed work too. I didn’t like how the characters looked like each other – if they had the same hairstyle, there would be almost no way to tell them apart. Furthermore, nothing about the character design was striking. In fact, as a whole, Shinigami no Ballad’s visuals were bland.

I don’t completely hate Shinigami no Ballad, I actually like the voice acting. The voices really matched their respective characters. Also, a lot of notable names on the cast list, such as Ai Shimizu (Koyori in Sola, Tamao from Strawberry Panic), who played Daniel. Other notable names are Daisuke Ono (Yukito from Air, Koizumi from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), Kana Ueda (Yumi in Maria-sama ga Miteru, Sakuya from Hayate no Gotoku) and Ryoko Shiraishi (Hayate from Hayate no Gotoku). I’m a little disappointed that these voice actors were only present for one episode each.

The music wasn’t bad either. I liked the playful BGM, but it was still lacking. There was nothing really special about the BGM. It’s the same for the opening and ending themes. It was okay, but not great – the themes didn’t grab me at all. If any, they made me a bit sleepy because both songs were too mellow.

I’m glad that Shinigami no Ballad was only made up of 6 episodes, but then again, I think that more episodes would make it better. Shinigami no Ballad definitely has potential to become a great story, probably even better than Hell Girl, and I think having only 6 episodes stifled that potential a bit. More episodes would definitely provide more room for that potential to shine.

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Mar 19, 2008

6 of 6 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

lovescream (All reviews)

53 people found this review helpful

Some might think, 'oh, six episodes, this series must have not gone so far' or something along the lines of that. And you just had to watch it to figure out why it only had six episodes.

Story: 10/10. Overall, this story was very nice and impacting. Let me tell you - six episodes sure can mean something. Each episode was about Momo (the main character, the shinigami) basically watching over a different person and trying to help them realize why they should live and what's good about their life. We as human beings often under appreciate what we have so the story was pretty unique read more

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Apr 17, 2009

6 of 6 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

DemonixX (All reviews)

33 people found this review helpful

Shinigami No Ballad is a 6 episode series consisting of 6 short stories (each story 1 episode long).　The main premise of the story is centered around a Shinigami named Momo and the people she deals with.　(By the way, A Shinigami is a ‘gatekeeper” to the afterlife’)　While there were great moments in the　individual stories, I found the series as a whole to be rather lacking.　Although all of the story premises we’re great, the last 3 episodes suffered from a bad case of “cheesy storytelling”.

Story 3.8/5
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The first 3 episodes we’re brilliant. The stories we’re all done very well with a great “mystery” aspect to them.　Granted, its difficult read more

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