Aug 18, 2017
Every mixed your sodas? Well, you always have one person who enjoys it and one person who hates it. This is how I feel about Reflection. The anime mixes comic book art with anime feel and direction. As well as serious yet laid-back vibe as some comic books have. So is it good or just bad? Depends on who you ask. For me... well, I find it a bit refreshing.
Art: For me, the art is amazing. I have grown up around comics and Marvel being my favorite because the idea of humans learning to be more themselves. Just looking at it makes me feel like
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I'm watching a comic book with a bit of anime style which makes the movement much better except with mouths and I will come back to that. But all and all it is pretty and fun to look at.
Story: This one is harder to judge as there are only 4 episodes but so far it is interesting but should be more focused. At first, I feel the focus is on I-Guy but then switches to Xon and Elenor or the 4 Japanese girls. But the world adjusting whether good or bad to 'reflected' is interesting as it does question people's morals as well as self-worth, so I hope to see more of that.
Sound: The sound is enjoyable as it is not too loud but not so soft. Though, I do wish the ending song would match the opening a little bit better.
Character: Again, This one is harder to judge as there are only 4 episodes but the characters are so far are fair. I wish I knew more about them but again only 4 episodes. I-Guy seems to want to be a good person but wants to be famous too, making him have mixed feelings. Xon and Elenor have an interesting partnership which is actually refreshing as they don't argue but don't always agree. They have different goals but silently accept it will lead to the same place. Even Lisa has of a wanting to help people mixed with the fact she wants to be free. So wish I knew more, but so far so good.
Voice acting: This is where it gets conflicting. For the sub, it is really good as it does work better with the mouths not moving as much. The problem is... when you are not good at accents I don't feel the world wide connection. But it does have good dialogue translations. For the English- dub, you can tell stan-lee had a bit more freedom with dialogue. As it is corny and sometimes strange as well as having more trouble voice acting with the mouth movements sometimes sounding underwhelming and monotone. But they definitely do better with accents giving it a world wide vibe and even keeping the sub for the 4 Japanese girls.
Final Verdict: I can feel why people can either love or hate this anime, as does mix some things that one wouldn't do, as well as a strange tone and some corny dialogue. However, it does feel relaxed yet serious like, again, some comics do. And does raise some interesting possibilities. So if someone doesn't like mixing, I wouldn't recommend it but if you do I would watch and judge for yourself.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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