Reviews

Having finished this anime, I feel emptiness inside. That's quite general, but it's more prominent here than in case of most others, because I've really grown to like the whole universe. Although the plot seems a bit cliché'd at the beginning, it gets more dense as you make progress with it. It gets more and more intense as it unfolds, and not because it's so complex - au contraire, it actually consists of the simplest things: good and evil, friend and foe, survive or die. That's all there is to it, really, but the way you experience these, it makes you think, however unintentionally or subconsciously, and reflect it to your own life, inspecting that in the light of what you see on the screen. As I said, nothing special, but it gets into your head and you ponder on a lot of issues.

The characters are really awesome: they have their own stories, motivations, intentions - they have their depths and they evolve throughout the course of the story. This all makes them absolutely loveable, and I bet everyone can find at least one or two favorites that you're gonna miss when you finish the series (regardless of how utterly stupid or annoying they'd come off as at first). Even the minor ones are noticeable.

Art - now that's just mindless. In the good way, of course, but really...I'm still not over the laughing moon with blood trickling through its teeth...just to mention my favorite. As if the creators managed to give a twist to most everything that you'd see as completely cliché'd basically everywhere else - while that'd put off some ppl from watching, those who persist will get used to it so much so that it all will seem normal. The music rocks too, I suggest getting all that you can, because it's totally enjoyable in its own too - especially the character songs: they aren't IN the anime, actually, but even without understanding Japanese, I can't help but feel that they do really grasp the personality of the characters they're about. Epic win!

All in all - the series manages to remain one that's easy to watch, despite presenting (not even necessarily the good way) overwhelming and intense situations; humor is definitely in it, even in times of ~grave danger~... And that actually backfires a bit too: if you're looking for FUN, do give it a try, chances are you'll love it; if you're trying to conve...I mean, convince someone that anime is good, don't try convincing them with this one. Mindless humor, the characters' inappropriate posings that may occur ANYTIME disrupting the plot - anime-virgins will not appreciate these.

And a word of advice: beware of Excalibur - it shows up, you better run for your life.