I think scores are pointless, so I just gave it a 10 to piss off the metacritic people.
Initial "review"
Okay so after many, many years we get another season of D.Gray-man and I love it, but I also hate it, so let's get down to it shall we.
Should you watch D.gray-man Hallow ?
- are you a FAN of D.gray-Man and still follow the manga? Then yes.
- did you watch D.gray-man the anime a few years ago and stopped there? Then no.
This is a very hard anime to recommend, because it's very hard to understand who this anime was made for. Unless you are a die-hard fan
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I can't in good conscience recommend this show (I cried when the show was announced).
Story: the story picks up form where the original ended skipping some content form the manga. I'm okay with this because they clearly want to animate the entire Alma Karma saga and the only way to do that within a 13ep run is by cutting a lot of content.
Even if you are up to date with the manga, it is really hard to get a grip about what is happening, the story is moving way to fast and anyone who just saw the original a few years back will be lost on what's happening and you will wonder who most of the characters are.
The story itself is great, but the way it is presented leaves a lot to be desired.
Art: ...it's bad. Now D.gray-man was never a really good animated show, but it had a decent art style. It's clear that the budget for this show is very small and you can tell, from the backgrounds to the characters. The art style is actually worse in my opinion, while the animation remains somewhere bellow average. There are some good moments when the animation shines, but overall the art and animation are "MEDIOCRE".
Characters: there the best thing about this show. For me the characters were always the best part about the original and that carries on to Hallow BUT unless you creamed you pants when you saw the poster, they are very and I mean very BAD. Because the show is moving way to fast, the characters don't really have time to shine or to interact with each other like they did back in the days. Yes they are the same characters you loved (or not), but their presentation is lack luster.
Sound: same old good music, same old good sound effect....yaaa will all now where this is going. So they changed the voice actors for most of the characters (who knows what's the reason) and while we can accept it and move forward, let's be honest we can't. That doesn't mean the actors are bad, ow no they are quite great and they do a damn good job on bringing the characters to life, but they're not the same. The problem is that if you are a "veteran" this will eat at you the entire season and if you are not then why are you watching this.
Overall: Now I will continue to watch the rest of the season, but I am a die-hard fan. If you have never saw D.gray-man this is not a good place to start. Now my advice to anyone thinking of picking this show up is to go back and watch the original in DUB and pray to the gods that when Funimation brings out the dub they will manage to get the original actors (I'll prob rewatch it myself in dub).
This brings me back to what I originally said: Who is this show for?
We know why it is airing and that is to bring more light to the manga as it has a new serialization, but the show clearly had a really low budget.
Ultimately this is a very average show, BUT for a D.gray-man fan this is the best thing since sliced bread.
Post Completion:
How people manage to watch seasonal anime is beyond me
Okay so I just finished the show and boy was it glorious.
I stand by what i initially said, but I should mention the fact that I didn't give the music enough credit. It truly is amazing, yes it is almost the same as the original, but even by today's standards this show has some of the best soundtracks available.
Now the animation really does not get any better although one thing that I got used to is the voice acting (not that it matters because we won't have a second season).
A few things about the story, yes it was almost unbearable for anyone who was not up to date with the manga, but I did forget to add that this is partly to do with the Hoshono's health problems at the time of writing D.gray-man while forcing herself to put out new chapters and also some problems with the licensing of the manga. While I understand if you will not forgive this for D. Gray-man Hollow very "confusing and messy" story I do still hope you understand the reason behind it.
Overall this still is my favorite anime of 2016 (it became my favorite when it was announced), but this is not a show for everybody, it is mostly for us fans and as well as bringing some much needed love to the manga.
I truly doubt there will be another season any time soon as there is not enough content, and the more they wait the more people will start caring less. I am really happy that this show was made and I look forward the the new D.gray-man chapter 224 that will come out in october.
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Sep 28, 2016
D.Gray-man Hallow
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I think scores are pointless, so I just gave it a 10 to piss off the metacritic people.
Initial "review" Okay so after many, many years we get another season of D.Gray-man and I love it, but I also hate it, so let's get down to it shall we. Should you watch D.gray-man Hallow ? - are you a FAN of D.gray-Man and still follow the manga? Then yes. - did you watch D.gray-man the anime a few years ago and stopped there? Then no. This is a very hard anime to recommend, because it's very hard to understand who this anime was made for. Unless you are a die-hard fan ... 
Sep 25, 2015
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Disclaimer: I love this show. I also might be thinking way to much about the message of this show.
Should You watch this show: -Short version: Yes; -Long version: Come back after you watched the show. So I do not make a habit of writing reviews, as it means a lot of work, but I have seen all the negative and mixed responses for this show and I want to defend it as I found it quite good (second favorite show of Winter 2015, after Your lie in April). So what is Yoru no Yatterman? It is a spiritual successor and a tribute ... |
