Nov 2, 2009
It's been a long time since I was hooked on a shounen release - pure fighting, action and not much thinking. Sometimes I'm just looking to escape from reality and some of these anime do it. Have a good laugh, enjoy and that's it. Some of these anime also make you feel sad when you finish it.
And Xam'd is one of them. I felt stupid for being so hooked on a shounen, typically brainless, no thinking required anime. But it sure felt good.
Soundtrack-wise, the OP and ED were wonderful. Catchy and easily remembered, much like the opening sequence of tapping feet, the tracks make
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me want to tap my feet too.
Production-value for an anime series is high. Unfortunately we seldom see such values any more. I'm sick of this 2009/2010 season's anime and have retreated to a few older series that I missed out.
A few complaints though. The plot reads suspiciously like something reworked from Eureka 7. Instead of the shoujo being the alien as in Eureka 7, it is now the shounen who gets his exotic Xam'd powers. Similarly a relationship develops between the two - even while you're hoping the shounen will be paired with Nakiami, the tsunderere.
I cannot help but keep drawing comparisons between E7 and Xam'd because later in both series, both shoujos snipped off their hair too. The characters might have as well been made from the same mould, which explains the rating of 6 for characters and 7 for story. Originality was just not there.
However, you should not let this detract you from enjoying the show. If you're willing to suspend disbelief. then suspend comparison as well - sit back and enjoy it for the brainless, non-thinking show it is.
Albeit once in a while.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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