Sep 27, 2013
In all honesty, I loved this anime; I really did. I would anticipate a new episode throughout the week while it was on and I would have gone to say it was one of the best anime I have ever watched.
So all I can say after watching all of the episodes is, "What happened?"
STORY - (4): The story was great . . . until the last episode that is. The studio did a really good job building up the tension and the excitement and kept my interest locked. It dropped out foreshadowing on the eventual outcome at little increments and it really added
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to the mystery and the suspense. The only problem was that they compressed the climax and resolution together into a mediocre ending. Everything was rushed at the end, therefore most of the story telling elements that made the series so great lost all meaning and impact.
ART - (8): I'm not an artist, so I could never really justify my scores. But overall, the art was cheerful and matched the tone of the anime really well. It wasn't anything revolutionary but it was one of the reasons that drew me into the anime in the first place.
SOUND - (10): The sound direction was outstanding in my opinion. Every track matched the scenes that they were in and enhanced the story telling elements. Mostly composed of electronic and upbeat tracks, the anime does a great job creating emotion in the viewers. Even though I am not a fan of electronic music, the genre really does fit everything in the anime.
CHARACTER - (9): The greatest strength of this anime was in its characters and their development. It focuses on the concept of what makes a hero. All of the characters revolve around the central, flat character, Hajime Ichinose. The other members of the Gatchaman Team are round characters that benefit from Hajime. Throughout the episodes, each member who are crushed by the pressure of being a hero changes for the better due to the calm and carefree Hajime. Each character starts from a different fault but ends up with the realization that Heroes are flawed as well and there is no reason to be stuck in those flaws.
Gatchaman Crowds never had a progressive decline for me as a viewer. However the single vertical drop to the concrete floor created by the last episode really made me disappointed.
OVERALL - (5): Some may argue that the anime is still amazing despite the ending, but the ending is what ties everything together. Without an ending, no anime would be worth watching. As for Gatchaman Crowds, all of the excitement and the build up became worthless because the ending was presented in such a terrible way. The main factor that depreciates an otherwise fantastic anime is that they rushed the ending. They could have changed this flaw by simply drawing the anime out for just two episodes. Two episodes going into detail showing off the build up and suspense that the studio has created would have made this an all time favorite anime for me. But they just bunched a few incoherent scenes together and passed it for an ending. Its like waiting all year for Christmas as a child and realizing that Santa Clause doesn't exist. It was fun while it lasted but it just all came crashing down.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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