[Review] Anime: Black Rock Shooter(TV)
Okay, this is gonna be short, as this is a short show(only 8 episodes, weird huh?).
Basically, it's a retelling of the story from the OVA. The same characters, and some new ones, go through troubles and somewhere in another world alternate versions of themselves do battle. But then there's a twist and, well, that'd be spoiling it.
I have to say, there were some inconsistencies that really bothered me, mostly stemming from the explanation of the "other selves" this anime went with. I don't think it's bad, but it does create some problems as some things with them don't make sense when we consider them a "being who shoulders your grief". In the end I think they couldn't quite decide WHAT they wanted BRS to be. In the OVA it was implied to be something similar, but since they didn't outright state anything there weren't inconsistencies, because we weren't 100% on what it's supposed to be. Also, rather than making it in anachronic order, having the BRS fights happen DURING the events makes some things seem iffy. In the OVA, since everything we saw happened AFTER the real world events, it made more sense when you thought about it. There is also the problem of it being angsty and borderline emo(much like the OVA, which I compared to a Makoto Shinkai film). Basically, while it's less confusing then the OVA(which you have to be a special type of strange to understand the first time through), it has a not very good explanation.
That said, I still rather enjoyed it, especially around the last 3 episodes, which actually explained some things and were really well done. Also, the fights were well animated and felt good, and Kuroi's awesome "your powers combined/power of friendship" attack that the end was pretty awesome.
But it is really melodramatic. In a bad way.
3/5
Basically, it's a retelling of the story from the OVA. The same characters, and some new ones, go through troubles and somewhere in another world alternate versions of themselves do battle. But then there's a twist and, well, that'd be spoiling it.
I have to say, there were some inconsistencies that really bothered me, mostly stemming from the explanation of the "other selves" this anime went with. I don't think it's bad, but it does create some problems as some things with them don't make sense when we consider them a "being who shoulders your grief". In the end I think they couldn't quite decide WHAT they wanted BRS to be. In the OVA it was implied to be something similar, but since they didn't outright state anything there weren't inconsistencies, because we weren't 100% on what it's supposed to be. Also, rather than making it in anachronic order, having the BRS fights happen DURING the events makes some things seem iffy. In the OVA, since everything we saw happened AFTER the real world events, it made more sense when you thought about it. There is also the problem of it being angsty and borderline emo(much like the OVA, which I compared to a Makoto Shinkai film). Basically, while it's less confusing then the OVA(which you have to be a special type of strange to understand the first time through), it has a not very good explanation.
That said, I still rather enjoyed it, especially around the last 3 episodes, which actually explained some things and were really well done. Also, the fights were well animated and felt good, and Kuroi's awesome "your powers combined/power of friendship" attack that the end was pretty awesome.
But it is really melodramatic. In a bad way.
3/5
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Ey watchu think mang?