So the new anime have started rolling out and I am still in
the process of deciding what I will stick with. Of the plethora amount of new
airing anime, I have only seen episode one of Aku no Hana and Devil
Survivor 2 and I have to say they both seem pretty unique.
Starting with Aku no
Hana I really don’t know what to think about it so far. I was very
interested within the first two minutes due to the very unique animation style
and the very airy and engaging piano track that gets repeated throughout the
episode. The animation is shooting for a much more realistic approach rather
than what most anime try to go for (you know super slender character models
with outrageous bust sizes with lights and reflections going crazy). It depicts
a much more real feeling Japan since the atmosphere feels much blander and you
see many different characters with very different statures. The animation
itself though I am not a huge fan of. The refresh rate is quite low so when you
see a character changing their expression, it is not a smooth transition at
all. Also whether or not you see facial features is totally dependent on how
far away a certain character is from wherever the camera is. So if a character
is walking towards the camera, you will see a blank face from far away but as they
approach closer and closer, you will see the eyes then the mouth. It is unique
I will give them that but all in all it is quite distracting. As far as the plot
goes, I cannot really comment on it since I don’t know what the fu#@ is going
to happen.
Devil Survivor 2
as far as I can tell is going to feel a lot like Xam’d: Lost Memories since they seem to have the same general plot
device. We essentially have three fish out of water characters that are
forcefully introduced and thrown into a situation they did not want but they
will have to learn how to deal with it. Each of the main three characters was
involved in a train crash that should have killed them. They were given the
option to live on and thus they were granted these “avatars” to use in whatever
situation they see fit. They end up fighting different monsters that they just
label “demons” and at the end of episode one, they are arrested by some
government type people. Right off the bat I was really digging the animation.
The scenes are bright and have some awesome reflections especially off of the
eyes. Speaking about the eyes, I love how they are drawn. I cannot tell you why
I like them so much it’s just a personal quality I like about animation. The
sound was good at best; I like the voice actors but the music seems kind of
generic thus far. Characters start to grow closer to each other as the episode
progresses so I hope they keep up the character development throughout later
episodes.
Out of these two anime I can already tell that this anime
season is going to (hopefully) bring much more than the typical high school
drama stuff that we got force fed last season. As more anime get released I
will try to comment on each one and by early next week I should have a list of
what anime I plan to stick with. Also look for some more reviews on last season’s
anime sometime this weekend.
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