This is the only anime I've ever had to put on pause because of how not enjoyable it was.
I guess we can start talking about the good, the bad, and the ugly of Uta no Prince-sama.
To note, I understand this is reverse harem. But that is no excuse.
Story (4)
Don't expect to be watching Uta no Prince-sama for the story. I won't tell you about it since the essentials are above for your liking, but it really isn't all that good. Haruka wants to be a composer when she falls in love with a singer she hears. That's about as compelling as it gets, really. She goes to a composing arts school to try and learn how to make music for singers, and the best part is, when she goes, she doesn't even know anything about it and can't even read notes.
Another boring heroine who can't do anything in the story and needs the side characters to hold her hand. This alone is really boring.
Since there isn't much to say about the story, I guess we can move on.
Art (6)
The art for most of the characters is good, and I admire the details taken into the background characters and the area where the story takes place. The art of the anime is actually pretty good. I can't help but admire many of the male characters, especially Tokiya and Otoya, who look exactly as nice as possible.
Then there is the animation, which makes the art quality drop dramatically. The animation in this is horrendous. When the characters are singing or dancing, the movements are gimmicky and look very stupid. The lips move very unrealistically when they sing. Dance moves don't look fluid and the arms just swing around. Way to go.
Sound (5)
Eh... I can't really remember individual character songs and stuff. The sound quality is mediocre and the songs aren't really special. The only song in this anime I can even slightly remember is the ending song. And even then the only thing I remember is the words "Are you ready?"
I hear people quite liked the music... I don't see what's so great about it.
Characters (6)
I can write down one hundred things that make the male characters in this anime interesting. But that isn't enough to cover the horrible main heroine, where everyone who has watched this anime will entirely agree with me she is absolutely, without a doubt, positively the most stupid person among anime history. People will try to defend this anime and say it's because she's a character from a reverse harem, but even if that is the case, she's STILL the main character. Let's start by writing down what makes this girl so bad.
Everything about her is bad. She has no talent, her eyes are a disgusting mix of color and look very bad, her hair style and general character design is horrible, her attitude is among the worst I've seen, and many other things. She has no personality, not even a little. She has no idea what she's doing and doesn't even add humor to the anime. I was sitting through it and thinking about how much longer I was going to have to tolerate her. I eventually surrendered to the stupidity and went to watch Psycho-Pass instead.
Thinking about this heroine sets my mind on fire. She's just the most clueless person on the face of the planet and constantly just stammers and blushes. Everyone calls her cute and adorable, but go ahead and google her. That's cute?
The one thing that makes the characters good are the males. They all have some personality, their pros and cons that they need to fix, and actually have singing talent. Their character designs look good and they don't have wunky hair styles and nasty looking eyes that I literally had to look away from the screen to avoid. There are some pretty hot males in this anime, and it was one of, it not the, only reason I started watching Uta no Prince-sama.
Enjoyment (5)
If you like watching nasty looking anime girls constantly fail and try to be good people, you might like this anime. The only thing I enjoyed about it were the male characters, and their moments are so far and few in between that I couldn't motivate myself to continue. I'm being very generous with this anime by giving it a 5. The main character alone gives this anime a 2 or a 3. Honestly, unless you are among the most tolerant person on Earth, or like stupid clueless females, go ahead and watch it.
Overall (5)
I'm not kidding when I said I'm being generous for giving this anime a 5. It really isn't all that good. Maybe it's because watching dumb anime girls stammer and try to be good people and fail isn't my cup of tea, but even the story and animation doesn't make this anime better. With humor that's barely added, the anime doesn't keep the audience held on long enough because of the lack of interesting scenes.
I am not even slightly joking - the heroine ALONE is going to kill your impression of this anime. Every other aspect of this anime is OK... but this heroine needs to go home and never needs to be repeated in another anime because I cannot see how anyone tolerates her.
I lasted 5 episodes and might wait another 6 months before I continue watching it. How long will you last?
