Anime: Noein
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katikatNoein is really a strange anime. It's definitely not for children though; not because of violence but because it's all about physics and overlapping time spaces and strange terms that even an adult has troubles to understand. But it has probably the most original story I've ever seen in an anime, truly engaging and likable characters and excellent music.
First to the things that I didn't like. The animation. It was weird, sketchy and sometimes it looked like a school kid drew the characters. On the older female characters it was obvious that the artists did know how to draw really well, but when you saw for example Karasu really up close, the drawings were truly hideous. I know that it probably should have counted as the style of this anime but sometimes, it was rather jarring. Though the fighting scenes were awesome, so fast and intense.
The second thing I didn't like much was that some of the characters didn't get to see a proper ending. Or maybe I just didn't understand it. I mean the characters from the Lacryma universe, the ones who survived to the last episode. What happened to them? That left me a bit unsure. But as I said, maybe I just didn't understand what the authors wanted to say. I've never said that I was the brightest bulb, really :P
And now to the things I did like a lot. The characters. They all had their good sides and their bad sides. Nobody was just white or just black. There were all kinds of shades of grey. All of them had their share of bad days in the past, present and future (yeah, it's rather difficult to keep the proper grammatical tense when you talk about time/space jumping). And their relationships were deep and interestedly developed. Especially the relationship between Haruka and Yuu. But Isami and Ai weren't half bad either. And the friendships between the boys and the girls were wonderfully multi-layered too.
The designs. Oh my gosh. The space ships gave me the creeps, really. That was probably the most original design that I've ever seen. And the Dragon Torque and Oroboros too. Wow. That really caught my interest.
The story itself. I mean, time-jumping isn't really new, right? And jumping between realities isn't really original either. But mix both concepts, add some really weird space-ships, strange guys in "raincoats" and a bit mentally unbalanced teenagers and you have a great story with totally original story lines. And the concept of Noein itself. What it looked like and what it was in the end. That one was really cool - even though a bit predictable after some time XP
But the best thing in this anime was the music. It gave the scenes the best background possible. The classical music with its opera-like singing was mind-blowing. This anime's best asset, definitely!
Though Shinsen's subbing was really great in this anime, it really put me off how long it took them to get one subbed ep out. I know that they do it in their free time and they are not paid for it and that I sound ungrateful, but I would prefer if the subtitles were of lesser quality but came out faster. I envy people who can watch the whole anime in one sitting now since it's a real experience. And probably more understandable too when you don't have to hold all the scientific facts in your head for weeks without end while waiting for the next episode to come out.
So, all in all, I would give the anime 4,5 stars (0,5 down because of the animation style). It's quite the treat :)
First to the things that I didn't like. The animation. It was weird, sketchy and sometimes it looked like a school kid drew the characters. On the older female characters it was obvious that the artists did know how to draw really well, but when you saw for example Karasu really up close, the drawings were truly hideous. I know that it probably should have counted as the style of this anime but sometimes, it was rather jarring. Though the fighting scenes were awesome, so fast and intense.
The second thing I didn't like much was that some of the characters didn't get to see a proper ending. Or maybe I just didn't understand it. I mean the characters from the Lacryma universe, the ones who survived to the last episode. What happened to them? That left me a bit unsure. But as I said, maybe I just didn't understand what the authors wanted to say. I've never said that I was the brightest bulb, really :P
And now to the things I did like a lot. The characters. They all had their good sides and their bad sides. Nobody was just white or just black. There were all kinds of shades of grey. All of them had their share of bad days in the past, present and future (yeah, it's rather difficult to keep the proper grammatical tense when you talk about time/space jumping). And their relationships were deep and interestedly developed. Especially the relationship between Haruka and Yuu. But Isami and Ai weren't half bad either. And the friendships between the boys and the girls were wonderfully multi-layered too.
The designs. Oh my gosh. The space ships gave me the creeps, really. That was probably the most original design that I've ever seen. And the Dragon Torque and Oroboros too. Wow. That really caught my interest.
The story itself. I mean, time-jumping isn't really new, right? And jumping between realities isn't really original either. But mix both concepts, add some really weird space-ships, strange guys in "raincoats" and a bit mentally unbalanced teenagers and you have a great story with totally original story lines. And the concept of Noein itself. What it looked like and what it was in the end. That one was really cool - even though a bit predictable after some time XP
But the best thing in this anime was the music. It gave the scenes the best background possible. The classical music with its opera-like singing was mind-blowing. This anime's best asset, definitely!
Though Shinsen's subbing was really great in this anime, it really put me off how long it took them to get one subbed ep out. I know that they do it in their free time and they are not paid for it and that I sound ungrateful, but I would prefer if the subtitles were of lesser quality but came out faster. I envy people who can watch the whole anime in one sitting now since it's a real experience. And probably more understandable too when you don't have to hold all the scientific facts in your head for weeks without end while waiting for the next episode to come out.
So, all in all, I would give the anime 4,5 stars (0,5 down because of the animation style). It's quite the treat :)
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