I guess that both groups have their own rights, and I do respect both sides. Although in this review, I'm going to talk about this series from the side I've chosen. Let me say that loud and clear. I'm quite a fan of that, I think it's a good series with a magnificent plot, a marvelous problem which I would discuss with my friends, and think about even now, not knowing what is the answer.
You might be curious what that discussion might be about.
And well, it's essentially about choosing one side, because you cannot solve this problem by a consensus.
And yes that is the problem, being able to surrender on something, being able to survive, being able to live.
After watching this you might ask yourself, whether what you saw is fair or not.
You might ask yourself if what happened is humanly right.
You might ask yourself, what you would do, what would your behavior be like.
Test yourself, ask yourself. What do you feel.
SCORES:
STORYLINE:
It is very good. Nicely written.
Here we find ourselves in Tokyo. Modern Tokyo to be exact. Humanity faces a problem, that problem is called ghouls. These although, having the looks of a human, are actually predators to humans. They would attack people to devour them afterwards, that's how they eat, that's how they live, and that's the only way they can survive.
You would think. "Hey that is really bad, they all should just die! They kill people, and then eat them!"
But the question that will be asked is.
What are ghouls supposed to do?
VIBE:
Essentially it's a horror anime, but you do know that it is not scary, there's not a lot of anime horrors that would scare you. It's more of a psychological freakout than anything else.
But that is good, it's better than a simple spook, because it makes you think about stuff.
Of course, there is gore everywhere, you can imagine that just from the idea of somebody eating someone. But it's quality gore, they won't exaggerate with blood and body parts flying around, it's simply quality.
I do like it's vibe, it's just making you uneasy, because you experience things from opposite points of view, and from that you get doubts. You start thinking, it makes you uneasy, you see that they are at unease too. It's good, it will keep you going through the whole thing.
It also changes, the vibe changes. I cannot judge if it changes for the better, but it is simply different, I could say, more uneasy.
ART STYLE:
Damn it's pretty, it's damn pretty. You can obviously see that they wanted to make it old-school style, especially the investigators, big guys, big muscles, small heads, small eyes. It works well for the vibe.
Animation quality is awesome, especially in fights, you could imagine that from the people that made Bleach and Naruto, they surely know what they are doing.
There's is nothing in the art style that would make you mad, or unsatisfied. I like the looks of it, it's quality drawing.
MUSIC/VOICEACTING:
I've been listening to opening from that anime for a couple of weeks now, and I can't get enough of it. Acoustic version of it, is even better.
I simply love this soundtrack. Just because you can hear lots of violin there, that is what I simply love. If I could marry violin, I would do it!
CONCLUSION:
I simply think that this is a anime without mistakes. They didn't make any mistakes, at least I couldn't find them. To be honest with you, while turning on the first episode on my PC, I was very pessimistic. I knew it was very popular and often very popular animes are bad. I was surprised, and I am happy to be surprised.
I do think it's not for everybody, but it's a anime to watch. There's a lot to feel, and a lot to experience, if you are able to understand it. Some people might have problems with understanding it, or they might just simply don't like it. I heard people saying that it's "disappointing".
I do not agree with them.
Video Review: https://youtu.be/IALCIk1chco
