Matantei Loki Ragnarok is an anime based around Loki, the Norse god of mischief, forced to live among humans in the body of a young boy for a sin he committed...... with the twist of he doesn't remember his sin. Also some how he is the key to ragnarok.
That is just about all I learned threw watching this dreck. 26 episodes of pure rubbish. Pretty much Oden got mad and decided to turn some of his underling Gods into preteens and teens is pretty much all the back round you get from watching this show. Everything else is badly done or not worth talking about. So I apologize in advance since this will now turn from a review to a complaint list.
1) The characters in this show are probably the most under developed I have ever seen. There is not 1 single memorable person from the 700 minutes of my life I wasted watching this show. The cookie cutter archetypes of idiot(Mayura/Narugami), serious introvert (Heimdall,Urd,Verdandi) love smitten pet(Loki's crew,Reiya) got old quick.
There is also the curve balls thrown in there like Skuld, who is love smitten and a serious"Im going to kill you" character. Or Freyr, a love smitten idiot who spends the whole series either buying food for half price or chasing his lost sister Freya and his "classic Japanese beauty" Mayura.
2) I have never watched 20 plus episodes of anything and not have the story convey anything to me. I don't know if I missed the 1 clip in the whole series, but I never found out why Loki was banished. I also personally don't understand why Odin seemly pulled out the ban hammer on the other 3-5 characters in the series either. Was this a love story or a story of redemption??? A comedy or an action Anime??? I can't tell you because this show did everything terribly. The mail order everything jokes where over done. Loki's aristocracy humor is dry and the stupidity of the idiot characters isn't worth a single chuckle. "What action" is about all I need to say about the fights in this anime. Because they're basically Loki summoning that moon staff of his and saying " I have the winning move".
There is very little put into the fights in this show, and I honestly can say that Loki only has about two or three attacks. Swinging his staff is just about all he does. When you would think he would be more like a wizard type fighter, it's pretty sad that the maker of show wouldn't pick up on that or find it a problem.
3) This may be petty, by why in the name of Odin is this show called "The [B]Mythical Detective[/B] Loki Ragnarok". Mythical Detective my ass, the guy doesn't even work on any real "cases" after about the 8th episode. And what "Detective" work he does in those few episodes is definitely the most laughable thing about this show. We all know he's a god, but solving cases because " I had a feeling" doesn't cut it in a world where shows like Conan, Death Note, Un-go, ect, exist!!!!
Leg work(interviewing/ interrogating) pretty much never happens in this anime. It is replaced with everyone running around usually screaming what ever person is missing name. With the conclusion of this being Loki finding the evil object or god that he is looking for and saying " I had a feeling...". Where is the logic or Mythical diagnostic tools??? In Neuro, at least that main character will pull a slug out of his ass, then explain that it test the air or tells him the content of a substance, and gather more/other evidence before he makes his accusation....... then he eats the persons secret!!!???(Wtf Lame)
He just doesn't say I know because I had a FEELING!!!
COULD YOU IMAGINE IF LAW AND ORDER WAS BASICALLY THE COPS BREAKING IN ON A MURDER AS HE WAS CHOPPING UP A BODY AND SAYING "I HAD A FEELING"!!!!!!!!!!
What an insult to anybody who enjoys a solid detective backround in a show that this show calms to be in the DAMN TITLE.
When it comes to art and music, I can't really judge by 1-10. To me things are pretty much either bad, good/average/meh, or great. This is the only reason this show isn't a 1. The art is pretty average. Even if it isn't constance in my eyes by making many characters look pretty simple or most of the specters/monsters kind of have a filter or barrier around them......... but then drawing Ecchan the pink thing that sits on Loki's head, pretty much like jiggly-puff's stool or Fenrir like a shadow with zero definition.
SideNote- A testament of how poor this show is, Loki summons Ecchan like in the 4th or 5th episode and when I was writing this guide I wanted to know what it actually was. A ghost, familiar, demon. The official description I found on here is exactly what I wrote, THE PINK THING THAT SITS ON LOKI'S HEAD! Way to go the extra mile and add in backround about your characters!!!
The Music is also fine. It's not out of place and I really dig the opening and outro songs. They really feel Mythical and what not.
Not the worst show I watched, but pretty close. Just watch the first 4-5 episodes and the last if you have to. Pretty much everything you want to know is in that small sample. It ends exactly as it starts, you wondering WTF is going on!??!
