Apr 3, 2016
Heavy Object is the product of a well known studio that obviously put effort into looking good, but is dragged down by the content of the show itself. Let it be known that I have not read the light novel this series is based on, and this anime makes a convincing argument that it should stay that way. There is quite a lot wrong with this series, but I'll break it down into 3 main components: Setting, Characters, and Medium. I'm going to completely ignore the fact that this series has the worse naming sense of anything I've ever
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come across. Character names are incredibly ridiculous that it is impossible to take anything that anyone says seriously.
Setting:
The world that Heavy Object takes place in makes little sense and really hurts the series. All the nations are broken down into a single linear trait, such as: business, religion, intel, etc... You'd think this would make each individual nation unique, but it ends up making them all shallow and non distinct. Each rival nation could be replaced by a single generic rival country and things would not change much.
In the series, Objects are supposed to be all powerful weapons of war that makes every other weapon obsolete. The show goes to great lengths to make sure this is known and it is supposed to be an undeniable fact in the world they live in. In reality though, the Objects barely do anything and are really easy to defeat, but nobody seems to notice this. Even after numerous Objects are defeated by the protagonists, Objects are still hyped up to be the most powerful thing on the planet. Some how, Heavy Objects made the battles between powerful super weapons incredibly boring. Most of the time they just run around in circles shooting each other accomplishing nothing, while the protagonists do everything else. Which could be fine, if characters were remotely interesting.
Characters:
I was unable to find a single character in this show likable and only a few that I thought were fine. Most of the characters are annoying and incredibly repetitive in their actions. Qwenther and Havia make lewd jokes while complaining, Frolyatia bosses them around while making sexy poses, and Milinda doesn't do anything. The characters in no way change over the course of the series and treat each other exactly the same with no development whatsoever.
Medium;
It is extremely obvious that this series was based off of a light novel and was not an original for anime series. J.C. Staff completely dropped the ball in translating between mediums. Most of what is going on is explained by characters straight up telling each other while standing still or traveling without any action. Action is explained just as much as it is shown. Giant mechs fighting, and military espionage should be exciting and thrilling. Instead it is just boring and tedious.
I was highly disappointed with Heavy Object, and DO NOT recommend it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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