Welcome to the Ballroom is one of the candidates for anime of the year. At first i was wondering what an anime about social dancing could offer to me as a viewer who has no particular interest in these stuff. I got myself into a fantastic show who knows how to built up the tension in each episode and release it on the dance floor, in a beautiful display of the characters thoughts and feelings during their dance and finally i got some knowledge about the dancing world. Let's not forget the enjoyment after finishing each episode that leaft a great taste in my mouth. If you are hesistant to watch it because of that trust me it's worth your time and it will exceed your expectations.
The story is layered in two acts and follows the development of our main character Tatara as he venture into the world of dancing. He discovers and experience new stuff and emotions that break his ordinary world and make him step up his game. The focus is not only on Tatara, the story has more to offer such as competitions, rivals, different styles and genres of dancing(quickstep, waltz ) ,the effort and time spend on mastering your own style as a dancer, what it needs for a dancing pair/couple to work as one, leader/follower in a pair and finally how all these things influence the lives of the characters as dancers. Amazing!
The characters are great and the funny interactions between them manages to make them easier to be understood by the viewers. They develop and shine on the dance floor were each dance gives you a bump of adrenaline. What it's impressive in this anime is how they manage to connect its audience to the mindset, emotions and tensed atmosphere that our characters feel on the dance floor.
The visuals and great music play an important role throughout this series and manage to make an ordinary dance from boring to brilliant and make the dancers bloom like a beautiful flower on the dance floor.
If i may complain of something about this show that would be the first episodes who are kinda slow but even this can't ruin my overall enjoyment and impression. Just watch it is damn awesome!
