Oct 4, 2013
So I decided to write a rather quick review for Corpse Party: Tortured Souls since I like Corpse Party and decided to waste my time.
First things first, you must have played at least the original game for the PC or the definitive PSP remake, Corpse Party: Blood Covered to get some enjoyment out of it. (Go buy it on PSN if you're curious, support the localized release!) If you haven't done so, you would probably end up watching confused without any attachment to the characters whatsoever due to it's incredibly fast pacing. After all, they are cramming an 8-10 hour game into 4 episodes.
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The story is practically the same as the games and the first episode was pretty faithful to the first chapter aside from the ludicrously fast pacing. However, from episode two, a lot of significant changes were made to fit the story. The changes really bothered me, but that might just be me nitpicking. As a standalone anime, most of it would be somewhat incoherent as they skip a lot of major defining scenes from the game.
Now the art and animation is really good. Highly faithful to the PSP version's artstyle. Just a word of warning: this anime is incredibly gory and not for the faint of heart. There's no censorship whatsoever and they went all out with the bloody details from the splattering viscera to the gouged out eyeballs. The game wasn't nearly as violent as this (sans the descriptions best left to the mind). There are a few herps and derps here and there, but really no animation studio is perfect.
Voice acting is top notch and they got the voice actors from the PSP game to voice their respective characters. For the music, Mages practically just took the soundtrack from the game and slapped it on. No complaints here since I really enjoy Corpse Party's music. The squishy noises are quite good too despite how gross it sounds.
Character development is what this adaptation completely lacking. If someone watched this without having first played the game, there's absolutely no attachment to any of the characters whatsoever. The pacing is what kills it. Many defining scenes from the game were cut off for the sake of time. I'd rather not go into detail because of spoilers, but I'm rather sure that someone who has played the game would know.
Overall, I enjoyed this OVA as a Corpse Party fan. I like to think of it as one of the non-canonical alternate endings to Corpse Party, much akin to Corpse Party: Book of Shadows. That ending seriously just blew my mind. Still, I was a little disappointed with it. I felt it was basically just gore porn. I give it a 7/10.
If I watched this as a standalone anime I'd probably give it a 5/10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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