"Short and sweet"
Rec is 10 episodes(9+1 special) short anime with episodes ranging from 10-12 minutes.Rec is romance/comedy anime with small amount of drama produced by Studio SHAFT in year 2006.
Story:8
Rec follows the story of our two protagonists Matsumaru Fumihiko(26 year old employed man) and Onda Aka(20 year old girl trying to became voice actress).Story is mainly focused on this couple and show us their day to day life as well as the struggles that they meet along the way.Story is short and sweet most of the time but get some drama at latter episodes.
Art:9
I really liked the animation and color this show had it is SHAFT show so that is to be expected the color palete would go from almost completely gray to vivid in a matter of seconds and character design are done quite well.
Sound:7
Op and OST are forgetable and even thou they complement the scenes quite well left me wanting some more tempo and variety.
Characters:8
Show mainly focuses on above mentioned couple with few side characters simply since it is a quite short show.
- Matsumaru Fumihiko is 26 old average salaryman who works in the marketing department of a snack company.He is quite cold and pesimistic at beginning but as the show progress it's shown that he's caring and kind.
-Onda Aka is 20 years old "egg" of the voice actress and huge Audrey Hepburn fan.She is eccentric and often quotes Hepburns lines from various movies.Due to events revealed in first 2 episodes she is living with Matsumaru.
For the side characters we have Aka's menager which serves and Matsumaru male coworker which both have a role of helping and supporting our main couple.
Enjoyment:8
Rec was exactly what i thought i would be and exactly the thing i wanted to see at given moment and that was sweet short romance anime.
Overall:8
If you are looking for a quick watch and want to rest from all the action horror and heavy shows with some light-hearted romance then look no further and go watch Rec.This was Heralder and im out!
