Story: 9
Although at first, I was quite confuse as to what is going on, since the first episode pretty much skipped some important events, but I guess it was the style they're using, since everything explained itself afterwards. It does have a good pace to it, but sometime, Tasogare feels like it moved way too abrupt and sometime a little hard to understand. This doesn't happen much, only a little bit in few of the episodes. Even though it is about ghost, it's not really scary, except in one episode later on, which pretty much gave me an exciting goosebumps. The story does make the anime good, and with such a good art, the story pulls people into it more.
Art: 7
This style of art fits very nicely with the plot. The way they made the building, character design, background, lighting, etc., fits with this anime. Although I did say this, sometimes, it feels like the background is way too dark. Of course it's for the feel to make the scene scarier, but it seems too dark, and quite hard to see at some point, and with that, unnecessary darkness at times even when there's not really anything to that part. Not just the background that's not quite good, the motion and the position of the view is quite important, to get the viewer to lean in to the screen more, as in makes it seems more dramatic and all. At a point in the anime, the motion and the movement of the view changed pretty irritably. Changing the view abruptly too many times makes it annoying to look at, and it just doesn't fit well if people want to pay closer attention to look at what the situation looks like. The art could have done a better job, but the sounds of the people, and the nature really make it up.
Sound: 9
It's a, somewhat, scary story, so there are going to be people screaming. The good thing about this anime is, the screams of the characters are not annoying at all. In fact, it fits well where it's suppose to, but the regular conversations are frustrating at times. The background music makes every scenery much, much better. Scarier, more dramatic, and even create a cute, happy background. It's great that the songs makes the plot more interesting, pulls in the viewers to the sad and scary parts. With that, the characters can have something to discuss about.
Character: 8
People are scared of ghost, if they believe in them. That's one part of why I hated scary movies. Every little things that happens can make characters goes berserk. This anime doesn't really do that. The way characters behaves are realistic, and more likely to the reality. The only problem is how quickly the characters hold himself in situations. Normal people usually don't accept situations that are new to them quite easily, but it seems like the male protagonist accepts things very quickly, too quickly. The characters are overall very good since they will not push viewers away by their behavior and what they do.
Enjoyment: 9
It's nice to get this type of ghost story every once in a while. The ideas are creative, and truly enjoyable. There were problem here and there, such as, the art at a couple of episodes, which is quite frustrating, but the plot, sounds, and characters are great. The best part is how they change the feelings of situations. In a moment it was a happy and nice scene, and the next was dramatic. Although not all the time.
Overall: 8
This anime really light the day. It's not like it's the best or anything, it is pretty normal, but fun to watch. Besides the fact that there're supernatural beings, there's nothing that stands out too much about it. It does makes you feel very emotional later on in the anime, but only in one episode or two. I certainly hope people create more anime like this one, where it's relaxing to watch, and not much thinking is involve.
