Anime revolves around 18 people gets brutally murdered in all different ways. I'm sure you know the rest of the info....So...
Lets get straight to the review, shall we?
Story- Story is.....Kinda difficult to explain. What is the Genre of this anime? hmmm...Is it Mystery? Hell yeah. Is it Horror? Well, quite. Is it Romance? Sometimes. Is it Comedy? Definitely. Then what kind of anime is it? All of the above. MysteryHorroRomanComedy. Yup, the anime was so random the type of anime also became so random. The anime follows Higurashi style, you know where everyone becomes alive the following episode just after being killed in the previous episode. Yes, that kind. If you played the game Phoenix Wright:Ace Attorney for the DS, then this anime is the same. The protagonist, Ushiromiya Battler is the cocky but cool dude who doesnt believe that witches exist. While, a witch named Beatrice challenges him in game to make him believe that Witches and Magic exist. Thats the story. Mainly focused on Battler trying to talk his way that witches don't exist, even when they actually did. As the story progresses, it becomes more and more random which is why many people didn't liked this anime.
Story= 6 out of 10.
Art- Art/animation/graphics whatever is great. Well, Its kinda obvious since this is made in 2009! Art= 8 out of 10.
Sound- Despite having a weird OP and strange ED left me to "fast-forwarding" it. Voice-acting? Awesome. Everything here was good, only the OP and the ED were the flaws. I didn't liked the OP and ED. Sound= 7 out of 10.
Character- Loved the characters, especially the 7 Stakes of Purgatory and Siestas. I REALLY LOVED THEM. Who wouldn't want them in the anime?. Well, Character designs was definitely over-the-top. Character= 9 out of 10
Enjoyment- Most of the enjoyment came from the randomness, well for me. The Uber-randomness made the anime hilarious. It even was funny when it wasn't supposed to funny. Did I mention the anime is very violent? Yeah, probably more bloodier and gorier than Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni. But the violence didn't even satisfy me one bit. The randomness is even better. Some parts of the anime was very dumb and pointless though not to mention very random which is why this anime can also be included in the Comedy genre. Hilarious even when aren't. Enjoyment= 7 out of 10.
Overall- I personally enjoyed Higurashi a LOT more than Umineko, but Umineko is still pretty good. I won't recommend it to everyone, despite its uber-randomness. But Why an 8 for this anime? Without the 7 sisters of Purgatory, this anime would receive a 6 out of ten. This anime has mixed opinions. No matter what kind of genre you hate or like, I would give you one advice= Just watch this anime. Who knows? You might actually end up loving it just like I did.
OVERALL= 8 out of 10.
