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- BirthdayMar 19, 2000
- LocationThe New World (Shin Sekai)
- JoinedOct 16, 2013
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Mar 30, 2018
24 of 24 episodes seen
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11
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| Enjoyment |
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Would you like to get HYPED? Are you looking for some action? Here is the place!
Garo:Vanishing line is a standalone anime, so you don't need to watch the older Garos in order to watch this one. What is this about? Well the sypnosis probably tells it better but in summary: Knights and Alchemists fighting Horrors, making their way to uncover the mysteries of El Dorado.
Why did I like it so much? Because it was great. It did exactly what I was looking for.
Sometimes it feels like shows try to make action anime epic yet fail with some underhanded tactics. Either fights ending too soon, or
just not being hype enough. But... Garo did it right.
The combination of the music, art and animation, and the fight scenes in general were well done.
What about the story? There was a general story line about going to El Dorado. But... It was a bit lacking. Since it was a 2 cour, they had a lot of time to... strech? Some episodes didn't really contribute to the general story line and just showed some cool fights. So basically the story picks up its pace only later on.
While it didn't feel the most original story ever, it was pretty unique. And you don't really need to reinvent the wheel in order for a story to be great.
Sound was amazing, it made every fight scene make me hyped. Also, OP/ED were fine, nothing too impressive but not bad either.
As for characters... There was some fine development. Some getting stronger, or for some we can see the relationships grow stronger.
None of the characters really fall to "cliches" so that was pretty nice.
Overall enjoyment- I didn't watch it weekly. I watched a bunch of episodes every month or two, and this week I binged the last 8 episodes. Binging it all together is a lot more fun than weekly in my opinion. Generally, I enjoyed that.
Do I recommend it? YES I do! If you're an action lover, you'll probably like this.
Bottom Score: 8/10
Bonus part: Since I watched the very first Garo anime, I might want to compare it a little.
Garo:Vanishing Line and the first Garo are pretty different because of the eras. (This one is modern, older one is in the middle ages). Vanishing Line was better.
I felt like the older Garo was nice to watch as well but I don't remember it being as hype as Vanishing line. And I also don't recall it having action fights as great as Vanishing Line.
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Mar 25, 2018
12 of 12 episodes seen
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23
people found this review helpful
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| Overall |
7 |
| Story |
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| Animation |
6 |
| Sound |
8 |
| Character |
8 |
| Enjoyment |
7 |
Let the time... STOP.
You are now stuck in a world where everything is frozen, except you. What now?
That's basically what Kokkoku is about, Juri and her group is stuck in the "Statis" along with the bad guys of course.
Review will contain minor spoilers, I guess.
Kokkoku started out as an interesting anime, interesting premise. Why are they stuck in the Statis? What is that world? And what is that huge creature shown in the OP (or the ending of the first episode?)
Many questions, some answered, some not, but meanwhile- The bad guys are taking place. Well, they want to research this statis, so they're bad.
Oh and they kill people too because why not.
The "bad" people REALLY weren't fleshed out at all, they felt like some random background characters, which maybe was true to classify them as background.
Kokkoku went from a mystery thriller anime of trying to unveil the mysteries of the Statis to.... Let's all fight the bad guy boss!
Well that sounds familiar right? Many anime and stories in general have this, which is fine. But it was nothing like what the premise showed, the start didn't make me think it'll be just going full force forward into the enemy. Oh and just you wait until you see his foolish backstory. It's better you don't know it though.
On the other hand, what I think was nice to see is the strong female lead. Juri, and later on Majima were a nice change of pace. Strong, determined, you don't see that in anime every day.
But... While many remained in the background, those who didn't remain in the background were... lacking.
Takafumi (dad) was always annoying and brought nothing except problems. I can deal with that, as they somewhat tried to make it funny. Well.. It didn't work.
The NEET brother was more on the side, but he didn't contribute anything too.
Makoto, the kid, was always the "prince"/"princess" of this show (aka PROTECT THE PRESIDENT), but oh btw he's also pretty strong it seems, because why not.
Now to the more main characters, It was nice seeing Grandpa in action, reminds me of Inuyashiki. But what was... weird? Is that he knew of this Statis from his father and yet never questioned it. So he was pretty clueless, except some useful abilities (ex: Aegis to prevent being thrown out) and teleport. But that's all there is to him. He's just there to save Juri whenever she needs to get out.
Majima... Gets some spotlight, she wants to protect/save her family, and she's a bit familiar with the Statis, Well I guess that works.
Oh also I want to mention, the OP and ED are top tier.
So... Did I enjoy Kokkoku? Kinda, I can also say that it's better to binge. Would I go out of my way to recommend it to others? Probably not.
It was really good at the beginning, but... failed and fell. Trainwreck. One weird thing after another. And yes that includes the bad guy's back story.
At the beginning every episode went so fast as I enjoyed it, I thought it would be close to AOTS (well after SoraYori), but nah, too many "fillers" if I can call it that.
Disappointment, yet still a honorable mention for the good first half.
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Dec 30, 2017
13 of 13 episodes seen
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26
people found this review helpful
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| Overall |
10 |
| Story |
7 |
| Animation |
9 |
| Sound |
10 |
| Character |
10 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
Ok, Let's talk real now.
I didn't come to watch Love Live Sunshine because I looked for some intense and deep story that involves time traveling or... something like that.
I came here looking for cute idols singing, dancing, aiming high and getting there.
And I got exactly what I was looking for.
In Season 2 we didn't really have a "special" story. It's pretty similar to School Idol Project, with the school being at risk, 3rd years leaving and such. But, it felt like it fit to give some background story so I liked it in the end. (7/10 for Story)
The animation and art was outstanding. The CGI
dances were executed super well and I have enjoyed every moment watching it.
Of course there were points where the art dropped off, but it was mostly consistent. (9/10 for Art)
Sound- Which includes Soundtrack/OP/ED/Insert songs. That was the real strength of Love Live Sunshine. These were amazing songs and I've enjoyed every single one of them, I listen to them every day because they were so good.
The soundtrack, too, fit quite well and was nice. (10/10 for Sound)
Well, we have 9 characters, which is a pretty nice amount. So it'll be hard not finding a girl to your liking. They were pretty diverse in their personalities yet so close (as they're all idols), the development between the cast as Aqours, or as one grade (Ex: Chemistry between 3rd years) and all the "ships" were quite outstanding. I found myself really bonding with the characters, and by the end of the anime there are no girls I hate. (10/10 for Character).
So in conclusion, this anime got a 10/10 from me. And I RECOMMEND IT. Even if you don't feel like going through the "comedy to drama" story, just listen and watch to the CGI Dances and songs, as they were too good.
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Dec 19, 2017
12 of 12 episodes seen
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90
people found this review helpful
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| Overall |
4 |
| Story |
1 |
| Animation |
4 |
| Sound |
6 |
| Character |
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| Enjoyment |
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Do you know what Juuni Taisen lacked? The music in comedy anime where someone does something stupid. Everything was so stupid here that it might've been better to just make it a comedy anime. And even with that my score would've been maybe 5 instead of 4
After watching all of the show, I want to say that this anime... Had potential. And a lot of it. But it went downhill really fast.
I'm going to talk about the pattern of the anime, which makes almost every episode the same, the poor "border story" and why the anime which is tagged only as "Action"- doesn't do anything
interesting with action. Minor spoilers but I do not specify names.
So, when I first saw Juuni Taisen, I got hyped "Another Fate? Sounds cool!" and the story is pretty simple. 12 fighters, 1 wish, fight to death, last one standing (probably).
Where did it fall off? Basically at the end of the first episode, but you only realize it later.
Juuni Taisen repeats a pretty bad pattern for almost every episode.
Show flashbacks of character->Show character's amazing plan how to win->Character dies a random, quick death. (You sit there afterwards and ask yourself what the hell has happend)->Show next episode's title which contains an animal and spoils the next death in the next episode.
I have been watching it and hoping- Will the pattern break? And also, we are spoiled the order of the deaths, I do not want to spoil where, but once you see it and realize and doesn't break pattern and unlikely to.... You lose 80% of the enjoyment.
The border story? None. They fight for a wish, that's it. Oh and there's some guy who started all this and introduces them in the first episode to that Juuni Taisen, we don't know who that guy is (....yet?).
I wanna give props to the music (kinda), the OP and ED were top notch. The soundtrack.. Mostly forgettable.
But the art on the other hand... Went downhill real fast.
In conclusion, my score is 4/10. And if you're looking for a Fate alternative, you better watch Kiss X Sis because at least it's better than Juuni Taisen.
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Sep 24, 2017
12 of 12 episodes seen
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7
people found this review helpful
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| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
9 |
| Animation |
10 |
| Sound |
9 |
| Character |
9 |
| Enjoyment |
9 |
HEAR ME, I SAY, CROSS THE WALL!
Catchy OP? Check
Amazing ED? Check
Likeable cast? Check
Interesting story? Check
Random filler episode? Check
Princess Principal is my Anime of the Season. When I first heard about it, I didn't come with high expectations. I thought it'll be some generic action/magic anime or a "Cute Girls Doing Cute Things" anime.
Oh, I was wrong. Princess Principal DOES have only female characters as main characters, and yes, they are pretty cute, but the last thing you'll say about them is that they're doing cute things. (Well, that is of course if you do not consider killing people "cute things")
Princess Principal is an episodic anime,
each episode isn't related to the one before, and aren't released chronologically. Some of them show history and background of the characters. Most of the anime is like that, but at some point it airs a few episodes in a row which are also chronologically connected.
I wouldn't want to spoil, but there's some kind of twist we see early on which makes the show a bit more confusing, but a lot more interesting.
One of the things that amazed is the setting.
The steampunk setting is presented well. The world, the buildings, the poverty vs the rich, the clothes, the soldiers, the weapons, the cars. All of it looked faithful to the 19th century.
The characters don't fall into the normal anime tropes. We don't have the "tsundere" for example who is just a "tsundere" without any traits.
All of the characters are interesting, likeable and different. All of them are spies (as said in the synopsis) but each has her own fighting style, the way she acts, handles the tasks or her friends and such.
Talking about the art- If you saw screenshots or action sequences you could see that it's a beauty. Looks really good, pleasing to the eye and pretty detailed.
Lastly, the music. One of thr stronger aspects of the show. The Opening song is my favorite from this season, and is a good contender for the best Opening song of the year for me. The ED is pretty good as well, soothing after a tense episode.
The soundtrack (OST) is on point, adds a lot to the viewing experience.
I'm still not sure on my score, I want to give it either 9 or 10. For this review I'll go with 9.5 .
I recommend Princess Principal.
TL;DR Amazing anime, my AOTS. Interesting story, amazing action, music and art. Recommended.
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Sep 19, 2017
12 of 12 episodes seen
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100
people found this review helpful
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| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
8 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
6 |
| Character |
10 |
| Enjoyment |
9 |
Your usual highschool romance.
Except it's not.
Tsurezure children represents an interesting pattern that no anime did before, instead of havinga main character, and the story around him/her, you have tons of pairs, and all of them are "main characters".
Some of them get together early, some later, some don't at all, you have so many options to see, that's why it's unique.
If you like one pair, it sucks when you know you'll barely see them, as there are many more pairs, but if you dislike a pair, you know you won't be seeing them much.
Overall I enjoyed Tsurezure children. I think the strongest point of it
was the interesting and huge cast of characters. Instead of the usual "dense MC", "Tsundere" and such tropes, you have more complex characters, each with his or her own tricks.
The only problem is that it didnt have enough time to really cover up much, if I choose one pair and take all the time together, they barely have even one full length (24min) episode. And Tsurezure Children's episodes are only 12 minutes. While it was interesting seeing many pairs, at some point I felt like I want to just erase a few pairs so I can focus on the ones I love.
Some pairs just stopped existing, and I wish I could've seen my favorite pairs instead of the pairs that stole screen time. Each minute is important.
I RECOMMEND it, it's also half the time of a normal one cour series, so it shouldnt take much time to watch, 9/10
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Sep 19, 2017
12 of 12 episodes seen
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30
people found this review helpful
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| Overall |
7 |
| Story |
5 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
3 |
| Character |
7 |
| Enjoyment |
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This time: Aho Girl! Review!
12 episodes, each is around 12 minutes. Each episode is split into 3 or 4 smaller parts.
Now, Aho Girl doesn't have any story, it contains random unrelated stories which are funny with different characters from the cast.
It was pretty funny at the beginning, and I even wanted full 24 minutes episodes, but..... Somewhere in the middle I felt like I'm already done with Aho Girl. It became a lot less funny, and many of the jokes repeated themselves.
At one point new characters were introduced, and which felt to me too much. I liked the original cast and now that half of
the scenes are focused on Yoshiko and other random characters.
The concept of Aho Girl is simple- Yoshiko, the main character, is stupid (Well, "Aho") and does nothing but play around. She doesnt study and doesnt even care about it. She thinks everybody loves her and basically... she acts like a 4 years old girl.
And yea it was funny at first, but then again, it just becomes repetitive.
If I were to take all the stories together and give them a score, 5/10 would fit.
Art-7/10 as nothing too special, but it wasn't unappealing.
Sound 3/10. Nothing worth remembering, neither the OP or the OST (if there even was one)
Character- 7/10
Now, I've already described Yoshiko, but all the characters repeat the same pattern. While they are pretty funny in the beginning (because you have yet to see they follow the same pattern over and over again).
You already know the pattern from episode one (or the first episode every character is introduced).
I'll confess, because there aren't any character complexity nor development, nor story, I can't really say much about this anime. You can try it, as it was funny at the beginning, but... Don't hope too much.
Enjoyment+Overall: 7/10. Thank you for your time.
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Aug 25, 2017
6 of 13 episodes seen
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87
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Made in Abyss. So many people said so many good things about it around the web, as well as having tons of positive reviews.
I would assume I'm the minority here.
Made in Abyss is a show which follows two main characters- A girl called "Riko" and some kind of a mysterious robot called "Reg". They got "summoned" to the bottom of the Abyss by Riko's mother (which is probably the best cave raider out there).
Now, We have some great "world building"... kind of.
We see interesting layers of the Abyss, and interesting monsters and such, but one thing annoys me the most:
Riko is a kid, she
doesn't understand anything about the Abyss. Even full fledged adults who have cave raiding experiences of tens of years wouldn't make it to the bottom, so why would Riko get there? A random, normal, 12 years old girl.
So there she goes down there with the robot called "Reg". But let's not mistake- Reg isn't some "military robot" which is capable of some fantasic features, machine guns and stuff. He can extend his arms and has some kind of a blaster (and he collapses after using it).
We see already from the first episode what the horrors of the Abyss are. People sent from down there what they look like. Huge monsters with shields and shells. How the hell are these two kids supposed to beat the monsters? Not sure.
The show just feels extremely unrealistic, and don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with it being unrealistic, but it makes me think like this anime underestimates your IQ.
I can easily say, "Hype killed the anime". You see, it might be enjoyable to watch it, but I don't agree with all the hype and "Wow, such a good anime". This anime will definitely not be anywhere close to my AOTS (Anime of the season).
I think in these paragraphs I've summarised my opinions of the Story, which I'll give 5/10 and character, which will get 4/10.
I'll give art a 9/10. Not too much to say, but the anime "looks good" visual-wise.
Sound- While I don't find any of the soundtracks too interesting or unique, the OP is really good. 7/10.
Last words, enjoyment and overall, I rate it 6/10.
If you got to read the review before watching the anime and you are interested, please, do yourself a favor and watch it before reading anything else about it. The hype is too great you might find yourself hating this anime because of it (Like me).
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Aug 24, 2017
1 of 1 episodes seen
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10
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I've just watched Pop in Q in a local anime convention with two friends. Let's say we didn't expect that.
Before listing all the reasons why it was really bad, I have to say that the 3D dance+songs scenes were REALLY good. Not at Love Live's level, but were really fun. I watched all the movie just for these.
And one more thing I have to confess about- The funniest part was making fun of the movie. So if you and a few other friends are looking for stupid stuff just to make fun of it- I guess you can try this movie.
First of all, the movie
is probably for kids. There's no story at all, just one huge cliche.
Take 5 girls who are unhappy with their lives, throw them into a parallel world. They must dance to save the world!
You have the hardworking girl, the anti social one, the cute loli who's all cheerful, an extreme anti social one aaaaaand the main character who's "running away from everything". Throw them together. And each of them get some talking doll.
5 minutes later they're all friends!
But now the bad guys come, what's their motive? Unknown. They're just bad. Probably want to destroy the world. What are they? No idea.
Well girls! Dance and win! They're really good even though they've practiced for one day barely.
And then they discover their special powers- they're even more OP now.
That's about it for the story.
Story: 1/10. Non existent.
Let's talk about the good things now. There were a few dances and songs across the movie which were enjoyable. And Toei Animation did it quite well.
8/10 for art and 6/10 for sound (The sound track IS forgettable).
As for the characters: 5/10. Why? Well the cast was the usual stuff as I said before. Nothing special. As well as no development. Or more like there was development which made no sense.
Think there's a person who hates something and then come and tell him "Believe in yourself!" and then he'll like it and be amazing in it! Well that's what happened to everyone in this movie.
I wouldn't want to tag it as "for adults/for kids" but I would think a child would enjoy it a lot more than teenagers and adults.
Overall score/Enjoyment: 3/10. I do not recommend it. If you are looking for dances and songs just look up Love Live.
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Aug 19, 2017
12 of 12 episodes seen
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1
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| Story |
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| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
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Comedy? Harem? Romance? Uh.. Action? What was this anime again? Highschool maybe? Kinda.
Outbreak Company. Basically it's an Isekai anime, where our MC is a total shut in, but was recruited for some kind of a mission to spread the Otaku culture in a new world that was revealed.
There, he meets tons of girls and yep, you guessed right- It becomes your generic Isekai harem anime.
Story: 4/10
The story was really bad, Let's start and say it didn't have any linear plot line, nothing that led to another thing, no twists. Nothing. When the series was about to get a bit serious, it ends in a minute,
somehow. It fails to be serious, and therefore I thought "Well it doesn't matter, at least the comedy should be good".
Well I was right, for the first few episodes. The jokes were pretty funny at first, but afterwards it just became the "embarrassing situations with a Harem MC". Walking into a girl stripping/dressing up, touching a pair of boobs, etc. etc.
So, I thought maybe I'll see some amazing romantic development. Uhhh I can't say there wasn't. But it was definitely not more than your usual Harems. Well maybe a bit more. Still not satisfying, even a bit frustrating. I won't spoil, though.
Art: 8/10
The art was pretty good, nothing more, nothing less. Pleasing to the eye.
Sound: 4/10
Okay, that was a bit annoying. The OP and the ED songs are forgettable and skippable. I skipped both of them every episode since hearing them once.
Now to the soundtrack- When there's a climax brewing, you should have some intense track right? Well not here. The "intense" soundtrack is a person saying "da dadadada, da, dadada" with some kind of rhythm.
Character: 6/10
Harem show, what can I say. You have the kind person in love with MC, you have the tsundere, you have the girl with the big boobs who slaps MC and the girl with big boobs who doesn't care about MC touching her boobs and such.
I've liked Miyucel(the maid), and she was the only reason I've kept watching this anime. The rest of the cast (Including Shinichi the MC) weren't likable.
Enjoyment/Overall: 6/10.
Outbreak company tried many things, it failed in most of them (if not all). I do not recommend this show, really. There are many other and better shows out there.
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