Ok to start off ReZero is one of the best anime I have ever seen; I will be the first to admit that there were moments when I cringed in the anime. Namely around the 15-16 episode mark. Dont listen to any reviewers that have NOT completed the anime. This anime is a roller coaster so you cant judge it on the individual parts, but the story overall. Ok now that my rant is over lets move on.
Story:
ReZero's story may sound like the typical otaku Neet character being tossed into a fantasy world full of sexy elves and scary looking demons; but be warned this is certainly not the case. This anime is not light hearted and full of comedy, although thankfully some parts include both of the former. It reminded me of the darkness in psycho-pass if thats any inclination to you how dark the story is. It starts out with the MC dying a few times in unbeliveablely dark and epic ways, and the MC is forced to learn from his past mistakes to get to the right outcome; however most of this time like most lovable main characters he disregards this entirely. The story includes many great side characters and character development which I will explain later on. Overall the plot revolves around the witch satela that just happens to be the MC's main love intrests supposed doppleganger. This earns her alot of resentment even though the witch has not been seen in centurys; so you can probably guess she must have been quite the bad ass villan: anyway Im trying not to spoil the story for you so moving on.
Art:
The Art of this anime is absolutly amazing, especially the buildings, landscape, and characters. The studio who animated this was whitefox the animaters of steins gate, so think that level of animation in a fantasy realm. Really all you need to do is watch one episode and you will figure it out for yourself. The fights are amazingly choriographed -sorry for misspelling (it happens), and overall the animation is verry fluid. The only reason I gave art a 9 instead of a 10 was because I think the magic could have been a little better; but thats my most watched type of anime so Im a bit of a harsh critic in that area.
Sound:
i judge sound in anime at a pretty high standard think seraph of the end if you have seen it(if you havent WATCH IT). The opening and ending songs -4 total are all amazing and the soundtrack is magnificiant, in dark moments and at the end of an episode clifhanger it will send a chill down your spine.
Characters:
Now alot of people hate on the MC in this anime and thats mostly because he isnt some OP god level mythical unicorn type motherf#$@@#. And in two episodes he has some real cringe worthy moments. However never in any anime have I seen a character developed as well as this one. He begins the story a dumb otaku who doesnt even understand his own world let alone the new one he's been dropped in
But after many deaths he learns from his mistakes and grows from them (sometimes in a negative way) The emotions he feels and the actions he takes are the same a real living person would. And overall I think he is probably the most relatable character an anime could make. The side characters are all amazing and have little things you learn about them, not so much backstory in the not so close to the mc characters but more about their personality and why they make the decisions they do. The characters close to the MC are given great backstories and you can really feel for them. Overall an amazing job by the writer.
Enjoyment/overall
This is probably my favorite anime of all time, and thats coming from someone who has seen over 150 days worth of anime ( no i dont have the time to add them all to my list) Everything about it is well done, and it is definantly unique.
So finally my advice to you, this anime should be in the top 5 on myanimelist, and the only reason it is not is the people who rate and review it before finishing it.
So judge for yourself how good it is and WATCH IT!!!
