Reviews

What makes heroes? I keep questioning myself as I’m watching and finished the series. Well, the plain answer will be getting a power and protecting people from danger or some evil that come to us. It’s a good answer but, is that what heroes really need to do? Or is that hero’s responsibility to do that job? Of course, you can argue that they have superpower that beyond human capability but to me, even without superpower, we can be heroes.

Gatchaman Crowds/ Gatchaman Crowds Insight totally show me a different perspective view about heroes, what kind of opinion, characteristic and their justice in each main character. When I start watching this series, it gives me a vibe like “Mawaru Penguindrum” since they are using symbolic like poem, riddle and arts to express the explanation for viewers.

The story:
At the beginning of the story, the story seems kind of boring since it needs to introduce some new characters and events but eventually lead us to an un-expecting development. When I’m watching the series, I always set my brain into thinking mode since event itself will blow your mind sometimes. What I like about Gatchaman is not about their power, but the relationship between the character and their power since their transformation portray their personality. In my opinion, the story and character development are one of the best traits in the series.

The animation:
To be honest, the animation is not their strong point but I would rather say the animations are pretty decent with a detail of each character, the CGI and the transformation of each character. They really did a good job handling fighting scenes and to make it look more intense.

The OST and music:
Well, the anime are about heroes so of course you would expect a theme of heroes like power rangers, kamen rider, ultraman or something like that. The soundtracks are good to hear and some of them are pretty much intense. The OP of this anime is what makes the anime much more interesting like “Crowds” in Gatchaman Crowds. If you listen carefully, the lyrical is nonsense and too messy like “crowds”, I believe it means to tell us that world of Gatchaman is mixed with story, characters and the event that will become ‘crowds’.

The conclusion:
Gatchaman Crowds/Gatchaman Crowds Insight is one of the anime that makes me do a lot of thinking while watching the series and that makes me really like about it. I do enjoy the series although I need to digest a little bit to fully understand the series, but I can tell you, Gatchaman will try open your mind to make you think a little bit further and shows another different kinds of heroes and what kind of perspective that makes someone as a heroes. Beside all of the thinking, I think you will like the series in terms of their fighting and their character development since they are some events that make you exciting. All of that, I give it, 10/10.