Story: 6
The story of Guilty Crown is nothing new,it's a revolution with mechas and our main character has got a superpower in a post-apocalyptic Japan.This future is consecuence of an incident with a mortal illness.
The story is interesting,even though,it's another Code Geass or an attempt of Evangelion
The revolution is promoted by a terrorist group called "undertakers",our main character,one day walks from school going to his favorite place and he finds the singer of his favorite group "Egoist" and he gets a superpower,because of that,he end in a battle with those terrorists and later on joing to them.
The main problem of Guilty Crown is how they continue the story,it's rushed as fuck.The end is very very rushed and throws everything away making everything fast,anti-climatic and kind of shit.
The story has a plot twist at the middle of the story which changes the way that he works.
So in a summary ,the story is interesting,even though is a copypaste of Code Geass,Evangelion,Gundam.The problem is the way that it develops and that's very rushed.Anyway it's pretty decent and the cristal thing because of the illness gives it a plus in originality,and another good point is that the figth is humans against mechas and that's origianl as well,so the story sounds attractive and it has got great points but as it progresses,it breaks into pieces.
Art and animation: 10
The art and animation is gorgeous,flawless,amazing and I could takl hours about how good it looks,it came form Production IG known FOR Ghost in the Shell or Eden of the east.The backgrounds are very detail and helps you to "enter" in the story ,the animation is fluid,the mechas and the character desings are breath-taking and the cristal thing makes it more beautiful.Without any doubt the animation is one of the sell point of the show and it's done fantastic,the director is known form other works like Death Nore or Shingeki no Kyojin,so the action scenes are very well made and very exciting.
Sound: 9
The ost is brilliant,made by Sawano,known for antoher glorious ost like Shingeki no Kyojin or Kill la Kil,the conmbation with the well made action scenes makes very of these scene epic.
Also,the anime is focus on music and the songs which Inori sings are great.
Without a doubt,the ost is great and deserves congratulations everywhere.
In addition,the openings are freaking awsome and the endings as well.
Characters: 3
This is the weakest point of Guilty Crown,the characters are a lot but the majority hasn't got enough screen time to even connect with them,those who has got screen time are plain and doesn't develop at all,not all of them,of course but a great majority.
Ouma Shu: Another Shinji Ikari.He's the main character who starts being an afraid kid with anmesia about this past.His father is dead and his mom is never at home,so someone with a soap full od topics and clichés gave Shu a bath.To be fair,he actually develops thorugh the serie,but it makes it worse,because it became the "tiranic emo" without knowing what the hell do,he changes again at the end,and his end actually pleased me.
Inori: The "doll girl",like Rei Ayanami (Evangelion) or Yuki Nagato (The melancholy of Haruhi),she is plain,and doesn't develop through the serie.She kind of have a romance with the main character which feels forced because they could literally be sitting one next to other hours without saying anyword,the chemistry is zero and they're both boring characters,actually,but they look cute together,so...She is the co-protagonist and it's really relevant to the story but she's a boring character.
Tsutsugami Gai: He's what Shu wants to be,he is the leader of "undertakers".I liked him actually,he's connected with the protagonist and the villain somehow and his motivations at first,are done okay,even though,his final aim at the end is retrarded,he's not a bad character at the end of the day.
Mana Ouma:The main villian,she's an incestous yandere whose screen times are very rushed and kind of put glue to fix a big hole.
Yahiro: Shu's friend,well his relationship it's kind of complicated.He's the most likeable than the main character and you actually wish that he was the protagonist,he has got motivation and personality,and he can make decisions,so learn a bit,Shu.
The rest of the cast it's completed by the goverment members,Shu's schoolmates and the rest of terrorists,which are unidimesional and plain.
Enjoyment:5
Although of all I write before,I enjoyed Guily Crown,it's fulled of plot holes and what it tries to be it's already done and done it better,but at the end it has got very enjoyable parts to look back and remember them with a feeling of sattisfaction,It's not the best like some praised to be but it's not so bad,it can be enjoyed and you might like more than I did.
What I dislike the most i'ts how they continue the story after a plot twist in the middle,but at the end of the day It's an average serie that can entretain you for a while and has got an amazing animation and a great ost.
Overall: 5
For similar anime,check out:Code Geass,Neon Genesis Evangelion
May find something of your liking between those.
That's all folks.
