Angel Tales

Anime: Angel Tales

View Status: Completed

Number of Episodes: 13

Main Character: Goro Mutsumi

The Story: I seem to keep attracting these weird animes. I mean I kind of guessed that it would be a weird one but… I should probably explain. Mutsumi Goro is really unlucky. You know the guy that gets splashed with water when a car drives by the sidewalk? Well that would be him. Anyway back to the story. He meets a fortune teller on the street who predicts that his luck will change. She leaves him with this statement, and he walks home takes a bath and when he comes out, there are three girls sitting in his living room. Slightly freaked out by all of this, obviously, and not quite understanding what’s going on, who would right? As it turns out these three are his guardian angels and former pets. Every episode more are added on until episode five when the final four are summoned by the previous eight. Yes all of them are girls, ranging from I assume ages 5 to 18, actually the snake seems a bit older now that I think about it, although I can’t really be sure. In the first few episodes some strange people try to kill him, you later find out who these ‘people’ are and why they are trying to kill him.

The Review: Not entirely sure what audience they were aiming this anime at. There are several parts of this anime I would consider to be good, but the story is just too strange, and I am not exactly sure what the moral or message were supposed to be… Actually, I think it’s, ‘be kind to animals’. The drawings are nothing extraordinary, but they are not bad, quite ‘standard’ I guess. For me the weirdest part of all was hearing them call him ‘Master’ the entire time, one more word of Japanese that I will never forget. There is always a half romance going on which is slightly weird, like the cross between how you love and want to protect your siblings and well ‘true love’. This combination confuses the hell out of me, both in anime and in real life. The main story ends at about episode 11 so I assume they only made the final few episodes to make it into a proper half season. The problem with reviewing this anime is that I have no idea what it was trying to achieve, I’m not even sure if the creators themselves knew what they were doing. In any case this anime is not what I can consider bad, seeing as I was able to watch it without injuring myself, yet the terms good or at least interesting cannot be used either. It was mediocre at best, due mostly to the confusing storyline and the incredibly large number of main characters, of which, yes, only one has been listed. The one thing this has affected is my rating system as I am forced to add a new rating which I am calling ‘Meh’.

Side Note: Greetings new rating, you were unexpected, yet you are refreshingly welcome.

Lex Out

Midori no Hibi

Anime: Midori no Hibi

View Status: Complete

Number of Episodes: 13

Main Character: Seiji Sawamura, Midori Kasugano

The Story: Seiji Sawamura is a ‘delinquent’, their word not mine, he gets into fights on a regular basis and his classmates fear him because of this. As a result of everyone fearing him, getting a girlfriend has not been easy, or rather impossible. He, as he says, has been rejected 20 times. He has one follower who seems to be quite weak and constantly spouts off how great Seiji is at fighting. One morning Seiji wakes up and finds that a girl has become his right hand… Yes the body part.

This is where the real adventure begins. The girl’s name is Midori and she has had a crush on Seiji for quite some time. Both of them have no idea why they have become this way or how they will become separate again. The story continues that Seiji and Midori have to find a way to live together as they are until they find a way to get everything back to normal. In the mean time Midori tries the fend off the advances of one of Seiji’s classmates.

The Review: I didn’t know what I was watching until about three episodes in. The main reason for this was probably the partial nudity, as soon as I saw I thought I had started watching an ‘H’ series. When the story continued without getting more intense in that department I figured I was in the clear. I thought that the love story of N.H.K ni Youkoso was the strangest ever. I don’t think that I actually wrote it but I was thinking it at the time. Well story leaves N.H.K ni Youkoso in the dust, it is by far the weirdest love story that I have ever seen. I did like this better than N.H.K though. Yes, it brings a whole different category of weird to the table but I liked at least the kitchen appliances didn’t talk and the world wasn’t shroud in a fake conspiracy constantly. They also managed to get quite a bit of fighting into the story which looked cool. Even though, as I have stated, romance animes aren’t my favorite, I didn’t mind watching this one to the end. I wanted to know how it was going to turn out, how she returns to her own body, what happens next? I wanted these questions answered and therefore I could continue watching. As a result of this being the reason I cannot give it a higher than, watch if you like the genre.

The Style: Happy all the way with a bit of evil coming in occasionally. The sister seemed to bring the mood down most of the time, real evil that one.

Side Note: If a girl appears as your right hand… She is probably your soul mate.

Lex Out

Hellsing

Anime: Hellsing

View Status: Complete

Number of Episodes: 13

Main Character: Alucard and Seras Victoria

The Story: Alucard the secret weapon of the Hellsing organization is sent to ‘clean up’ a situation in a village where all the villagers have turned into ghouls(what happens when a vampire drinks all your blood). Previously a police force had been sent to investigate. All of the members were bitten by the ghouls except one, Seras Victoria. After being injured by Alucard, he proposes turning her into a vampire to save her life. She accepts not truly knowing the consequences of this action. The rest of the anime shows Seras Victoria trying to come to terms with what she now is and the struggles of the Hellsing organization in fighting against an unknown group of people turning people into artificial vampires, also known in the series as FREAKS, by implanting them with a vampire microchip. Somewhere along the lines the Vatican becomes involve as well.

The Review: I liked this anime, as I enjoy vampire stories when they are done well. It is explained how the vampires can be killed. The only thing I found was missing was an explanation for Alucard working for Hellsing beside him somehow being bound to serve them. I really wanted to know how and why it was done. The story was well thought and although the series was cut a little short I was sufficiently satisfied with the ending. As always reading the manga will tell you more. Still this anime is a watch, if you like the genre.

The Style: The drawing style really fit the story and theme of the anime well. The darkness and roughness give it a unique feeling. Everything about this anime screams evil when it comes to the fight scenes and therefore the colors chosen were well thought through and executed nearly perfectly.

Lex Out