Oct 21, 2014
I will say at the beginning, sorry for the terrible English! Now, about Katanagatari... (without spoilers)
I don't really know what to say, since it has been a long time ago, since I saw an anime this good. I should start at the beginning perhaps. Despite Katanagatari is an action anime, I warn everyone beforehand, it has a LOT OF SPEAKING and fights even though they are epic, they usually last only a few minutes. So if someone expects a shonen anime, don't even being it.
Story 10/10
The plot of Katanagatari is really simple. The protagonist, Shichika is a child in a family using a really interesting
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martial arts, called Kyotoryuu. Basically, he is a swordsman without a sword. Since his father took part in a rebellion, he was exiled on an island. Where the story actually begins, the parents are already dead and Shichika is living alone with her sister on the island.
One day a mysterious girl appears, who invites Shichika to find 12 swords of a famous Blacksmith. Basically this is the plot. 12 swords, 12 episodes, 12 months. (Katanagatari was aired one episode/month)
After this each episode will have the same structure. They find the sword, then they get it. It doesn't sound really interesting, but since every last sword is unique in it's own way, it will be more, than interesting. And what I really liked, that in those few times, when the main story gets boring, the creators put in some really good secondary storylines, like the one with the ninjas, or the relationship between the two protagonists, Shichika and Togame. (this can be called a main storyline though)
The story is really epic, full of twists, and the ending is pure perfection, in my opinion at least.
Art 10/10
Generally speaking the art style is really strange, some may even call it ugly. I did so too. It was a mistake. Now, that I think about it no art style could match this anime more well. I liked how they could play with even the small things, for example at one point something will happen and a certain character's eyes will change form due to that incident, and just with that minor change they made the character have an absolutely new aura.
Sound 10/10
The voice acting is well done, the OPs and EDs are good as well and the OST is just perfect. Epic when it has to be, funny when it has to be, sad when it has to be. Simply really well done.
Character 10/10
Right now I'm not talking only about the two main characters, but also every last secondary one! Almost everyone has a unique background, we get to know almost all of the characters, their desires and so. I can't tell more without spoilers, just trust me. The characters are great. And the chemistry between Shichika and Togame is something, I haven't seen in a long time.
Enjoyment 10/10
I enjoyed every minute of it. I can't say more, siince this is already the border of pure personal opinion.
Overall 10/10
I would say Katanagatari is a perfectly done anime from every aspect. Also this is mabe only my opinion, but every episode of this show discusses some really deep psychological topic, like friendship, love, power, sibling love, family, pride and so on. But I would repeat once again, this anime is clearly not for everyone and this is absolutely not a common shonen anime.
Summary:
Great story, beautiful art, beautiful OST, good voice acting, well written characters, totally enjoyable and it even teaches you something about the world, you're living it.
At least give it a chance, I hope you'll like it as much, as I did. :)
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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