*Fan-service aside, this anime did a great job at adapting the manga material.*
It breaks my heart to see such horrible overall ratings and reviews on this anime that, for all intents and purposes, was fairly accurate and stayed faithful to the manga if one were to ignore the anime original contents (eg. mostly fan service and one useless episode). While it is fair to say there are multiple flaws in the anime series that could have been improved on (or unnecessary contents that could have been done without), the anime as a whole has served itself quite nicely considering it is only a one-cour
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series. Covering nearly 60% of the available manga materials at the time the anime finished airing, there really isn’t any way for the production staffs to wrap up the story without ruining any chances for a second season. For the record, the manga material is only two measly arcs ahead of where the anime finished at the time this review was written and the actual plot did not proceed very far.
I fully understand the complexity the anime brings to the new viewers who have no background knowledge from the manga. Numerous terminologies coupled with even more numerous unfamiliar faces does prove to be quite difficult for one to digest at first. Additionally the anime added tons and tons of boobs and nipples sprinkled everywhere in the show from the dormitory room change scenes to intense battles scenes. In short, there are bound to be boobies for the unprepared! Thus this served as another excuse for viewers (even loyal manga readers) to detest and despise the show. Even I have to admit it would have been better if the staffs can use those boobies air time to produce something more constructive like elaborating on certain flashback stories or further develop some characters and their personality or background. So let this be a fair warning to all you potential viewers, only watch this show IF you can stomach the fan services and accept the fact that the story is a work in progress!! With that said, let us finally turn our attention to introducing this anime for those of us who are still interested.
Set in the near future, roughly 50 years from now, the world we know today has already been invaded by an alien race known as Nova. Normal military is powerless in the face of this new threat and thus the world can only rely on girls with special tissues implanted into their backs (called Stigmata) to fight these unknown aliens. These girls, known to the outside world as Pandora, fight in pairs with a younger boy, in order to neutralize a special effect cast by the aliens (called Freezing which freezes anything within the cast radius). Now don’t quickly jump to conclusion just yet. While this may sound like a military action genre to you, the story in actuality takes place in an academy where Pandora are being trained. Following the school life of a second year sophomore, Satellizer el Bridget, the story introduces the problems and threats of the reality very (and I mean very) slowly to the point where one may end up asking more questions than there are answers to. Thus to be fair, I would categorize the anime as ecchi, school life, romance with a fair bit of action, but nothing dramatic nor is it deep in plot (though the manga is getting there). Without a doubt, the story department is the weakest one of all as all the emphasis so far is placed on the characters interaction.
Characters. Many many lovable girls with great looks and even better body proportions, albeit with a nasty attitude. Yes! This is certainly not for the average female viewers! In fact, the anime was never meant for the female audiences as evident from the trailers and even more evident as the series progress with all the boobie attacks on the screen. With that said, the one major downside in the character department for this show is the fact that there are too many girls with not enough time to introduce them properly. It will come as no surprise that you will likely be introduced to a new character in each episode and that the old ones will be brushed aside until close to the finale. On the bright side, our main hero and heroine does have their own lengthy flashbacks and character development for us to “know them better”.
As a manga reader, seeing this series get animated with voice was wonderful. Unfortunately it was not quite to my level of expectation in a few ways. Firstly and perhaps the most obvious is the fact that the broadcast of the uncensored version is at a horrendous 4:3 aspect ratio (and please don’t bother with the censored version, you won’t understand a single thing). Though it remains a mystery as to why the opening and ending animation are in 16:9. The second disappointment, coming from a manga reader perspective, is the altered character looks which may or may not discourage some readers, but it was a disappointment nonetheless. Lastly, and this I am sure is a common sentiment among all viewers, is the miscast voice acting role for Aoi Kazuya. This voice will surely cause some damage to your eardrums. However, other than that one miscast role, it is fair to say this anime has a lot of strong seiyu in the cast. Additionally, both the opening and ending them songs are extremely catchy and are few received by fans in general.
Overall I have mixed feelings for this anime. It was a pleasant surprise when the news that Freezing manga was to be animated. While the fan service ruined some enjoyment of the show for me, I must confess that in the short one-cour time frame I am quite impressed by the production studio with the amount of manga content they were able to include in the series. Most notably the inclusion of certain subplots that really makes certain characters much more realistic and likable. Staying faithful to the original material and introducing some anime-original contents as enhancements to the overall story made me very pleased particularly with the fact that the production studio did not opt for an anime original ending. With that said, I still cannot recommend this series to those who does not enjoy watching ecchi series as this show clearly relies on boobies as its major selling point. However, if the premise of the story does intrigue you then I highly recommend giving the manga a try. Afterall Dall-Young Lim’s manga are quite well received in Korea, Japan, and even Taiwan.
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Japanese: フリージング
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Type:
TV
Episodes:
12
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Jan 8, 2011 to Apr 7, 2011
Premiered:
Winter 2011
Broadcast:
Saturdays at 09:30 (JST)
Licensors:
Funimation
Studios:
A.C.G.T.
Source:
Manga
Demographic:
Seinen
Duration:
24 min. per ep.
Rating:
R+ - Mild Nudity
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Your Feelings Categories Apr 10, 2011
*Fan-service aside, this anime did a great job at adapting the manga material.*
It breaks my heart to see such horrible overall ratings and reviews on this anime that, for all intents and purposes, was fairly accurate and stayed faithful to the manga if one were to ignore the anime original contents (eg. mostly fan service and one useless episode). While it is fair to say there are multiple flaws in the anime series that could have been improved on (or unnecessary contents that could have been done without), the anime as a whole has served itself quite nicely considering it is only a one-cour ... Apr 10, 2011
I freely admit that I have a guilty pleasure when it comes to silly ecchi action anime just like Freezing. So initially at least I was quite intrigued with this series and for the first few episodes I was amused. However that amusement soon waned as it was buried under it's dozens of characters, inane nonsensical plot, and confusing terminology and technobabble.
The premise for Freezing seems like it might have had an enormous amount of potential. Mysterious entities called Nova are invading earth intent on wiping out mankind. All that stands in their way are special soldiers known as Pandora and ... Jan 27, 2011
Have any of you played the Battle Raper series? Basically, it's just another ero-fighting game where most of the time two female characters fight each other and the main goal of some players is to destroy as much clothes as possible before actually defeating your opponent.
So what does this have to do with Freezing? If you're still asking this question after watching at least an episode then clearly you're either still a cherry or you watch Mormon porn. If you understand where I'm going with this then congrats! Your right hand is your best friend (or left for some of you) and the only reason ... Aug 26, 2013
Entertainment is a fickle thing. Everyone has different tastes and different opinions, so making a series that satisfies the tastes of every single individual who may come across the series is a fundamental impossibility. Although, the entertainment industry keeps tabs on what has been deemed popular all throughout the course of history, and if nothing else, they use it to their advantage. While certain aspects of entertainment may be popular, that does not always guarantee those aspects can improve the quality of a title. These things could be criticized as the intentional use of said aspects in order to draw in viewers and have them
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Jun 20, 2013
I'll have to say, the reason I started this series is because the introduction summary reminded me of Ash and Pikachu XD. But besides that, Freezing is a definite different from anime i have watched so far.
Please remember that this is my own personal opinion, whether you find it distasteful or outright wrong in your viewpoint, is your own valued perspective. Story: The story is original, although it has the overused theme of aliens coming to earth for reasons unknown other than destruction, a typical fanservice-harem anime was easily revealed when the main roles were given to sexy teenage girls with giant racks and fetishes ... Jan 9, 2011
Well, review after just one episode isn't really good thing, but still I need to voice my opinion about it.
Story (8/10) Story so far seems unchanged from original. Pandora is fighting against creatures called "Novas". Only girl can become Pandora. Pretty convenient for fandom, right? Well, Media Factory at least thinks so. Art (7/10) I have nothing to complain about here. Graphics seems pretty good. There were few too bright scenes, but that is all. Sound (4/10) This is probably first time I have said so, but I NEVER saw opening so much NOT fitting into show as here. Song is not bad itself, but seeing it with animation made ... Jan 29, 2011
This is my first review:
Every once in a while, an anime comes along that you watch and wonder why you liked it so much. Well, for myself this is one such anime. The overall graphics and sound quality may not be as high as some of the new productions, but the story is very interesting. I only wish the anime was longer than 13 episode because only the surface of the story can be portrayed in such a short format; only a brief back-story to why the world is in its current state is discussed. With that being said, I really like the ... Mar 22, 2011
After watching the first 10 of 12 total episodes, freezing has been more addicting and easier to watch than I expected. It does a lot of things I like, things that give a feel-good feeling (and I'm not talking about the fanservice here, which is nearly constant, btw). It also mostly avoids some of the common annoyances of the action, ecchi, romance genres that tend to turn me off of a series. I'll explain all this in a moment.
The setup: The underlying premise isn't anything special. You've got a school that trains students solely for combat. The girls are powerful fighters with lots of abilities, but ... Feb 24, 2011
There are still a couple of more episodes to go and I have not read the manga version of this anime, so pls don't judge me, amigos. So, my rating for this anime is as follows:
Story: Dreadful number 2. The story is about genetically modified girls called "Pandoras" duking it out with extra dimensional invaders called "Novas" which only appers at the frist part of the episode, flash backs and obviously on the last 2 episodes, but instead it has more to do with the Pandoras who engage in CATFIGHTS and a whole lot of ecchi. Art: Very Good 8. What can I say, I like the way ... Mar 16, 2011
Based on the first ten episodes of Freezing, I have come to the decision to write a quick review to give you an itch on what it's all about. For the impatient, this is an Ecchi anime with a fair amount of fan-service but equally as good characters and story. The art and animation is decent enough that it will not deter from the overall enjoyment of the anime and the characters each have backgrounds which are briefly explained at varying levels at some point. I enjoyed this anime, if you are a fan of... fan-service, then. Enjoy yourself ;)
The story is pretty interesting, girls ... Jul 3, 2015
Before I start this review I will say: I will try to keep this review spoiler free, and welcome to titsville.
I have mixed feelings about this anime. There are some good aspects. However, if you decide to watch this, you are in for one hell of a ride, to hell. The combination of tits-for-brains characters and constant meaningless fanservice left me cringing and facepalming on multiple occasions. If you don't feel like reading my jumbled thoughts, skip right to the conclusion. Story: Lets start with the good news. The story was actually quite interesting. Although it could have been executed much better, the story intrigued me enough ... Dec 25, 2011
I think it goes without saying that the ecchi genre has a reputation for putting out shows that are of a lower caliber. The reason the Anime are associated with being such a low caliber comes from the fact that most of the ecchi genre places what possibly amounts to to much emphasis on the fan service. That doesn't mean though, there aren't shows in the ecchi genre that actually have quality to them.
Freezing, despite sharing similar attributes to Claymore, happens to be one of those Anime that stands out as having quality to the storyline despite being of the ecchi genre. Sure, the ... Aug 31, 2011
'Freezing' is an anime that people will approach from several different angles. There are the people that will be watching for the outrageous fight scenes, and others will watch for the ample fan service. What surprised me at the conclusion of the show was that I thought back on the series as, first and formost, a futuristic apocalyptic tale in the same realm of subject matter as Neon Genesis Evangelion. It is a return to the subjects of a show that created a surge of more adult-themed stories and content in anime. Every rose has its thorns, as the show itself says, so let's
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Oct 20, 2014
PMS the Series... I mean, Freezing... is a show about busty teenage girls with super powers getting into petty fights with each other because they got their fragile egos bruised. Then a bunch of aliens show up and try to destroy the world.
In short, if you like sci-fi magic combat anime and are willing to turn off that part of your brain that insists that the good guys actually have some redeeming qualities, you might enjoy this one. Story: 3 I score it this low because of the setting, which drives the plot. WORST MAGICAL COMBAT SCHOOL EVER! Let me explain. The school claims to ... Jul 20, 2011
Freezing is a true embodiment of what makes shounen, well shounen. A butt load of action, and a lot of naked butts to go with it. Of course, that is a very simplistic and 'large in identity' assumption of me, but that is the type of eye candy we usually get. I have to say, despite my open distaste for fanservice, I have to admit that Freezing is pretty good at hitting the sweet tooth it aims for.
There are a lot of things that work against this show; firstly the plot is very slow and somewhat shallow as every girl, in this academy pandora, decide ... Nov 22, 2012
I'll be completely honest here; I'm utterly and completely biased in favor of this series. Ever since I've seen the first episode, I fell in love. The series has some amazing characters, with unique traits, fears, dreams and aspirations that made the characters easily lovable and connectable. The series also includes some great humorous scenes and acts, some great romance sub-plots and plenty of action.
A little warning though, despite all the said above in favor of the series, the series' storyline tends to get somewhat confusing if you don't pay enough attention to the details, and there's some new and nifty terminology to it that ... Feb 10, 2015
I haven't read the manga yet, so my review will be based solely on how I enjoyed the anime.
Story/6 I shamelessly love the aliens-are-invading-lets-genetically-modify-teens-and-putem-in-a-school plot. I found that the Nova weren't really focused on at all until the last episodes, but the first half of the series was entertaining and flowed nicely. The story line is episode-by-episode for the most part but easy to keep track of. Art/4 The characters were physically distinguishable - if only by hairstyle for all the redheads but I mean. The breasts were unnatural and vaguely uncomfortable to look at, since they more like resembled balloons that jutted outwards. Ehhh. All ... Jan 30, 2011
Freezing is without a doubt one of the best anime s i have ever seen. as simple as that the story the use of voice actors and the collaboration of sound effects. makes it incredibly enjoying. This anime has gotten me even more worked up then clannad did. Every week im just itching to find out what happens
Nov 21, 2014
Not really sure what to say other than I saw what the anime was supposed to be about and got my hopes up only to seem then dashed further against the rocks with each passing episode. After episode 1 I wanted to stop watching, but kept going at the recommendation of a friend.
It wasn't just that the entire anime was fan service galore, I've liked Ecchi anime's before. But it was the fact that the presented plot was a background. This might be spoiler so spoiler warning : While it promised an inter dimensional survival war. The whole series was basically a high school ... Apr 25, 2015
If you are reading this because you have not yet seen this anime and are trying to see whether or not this is the right show for you, then please keep in mind that this review is of my own opinion that may differ from you own, so keep your own personal tastes in mind. If you have already seen this anime and are reading this then you're kind of just along for the ride.
Story/Characters: The story for freezing is set in a semi-futuristic world where humanity is under threat by inter-dementonal aliens called Nova and young girls; augmented with superpowers named Pandora are tasked with ... |