Well I may be one of the few... But I really like this show. Overall for me it's a breath of fresh air in what seems like a huge stagnation of forced drama in a whole bunch of shojou/josei shows. Honestly I've read a lot of peoples reviews about the first episode and everything talking about how corny it is and bad animation.
Sometimes it's good to have a little fun, yeah I know premise doesn't sound all that promising when it boils down to...
Japan wants to control the people by using a song called "Heaven's Song" and quickly outlaw musical instruments and Rock n Roll.
Now here's the thing, it's originally a PSP rhythm game, now the plot doesn't sound so out of place. A rhythm game for girls dealing with guys who rock out against the system, that sounds like a totally viable idea.
As much as I seem to enjoy this there are a few things that make me frown. First off is the weird use of 3D in the musical performance scenes. You can see it episode 1 when they Ryouma first sings Rolling Thunder and again when the main three play against Hijikata and Okita with all of them singing Intersect.
Rolling Thunder is actually a really fun song and you get to hear Ryouma sing, while I hear a few friends of mine say he sings funny I rather enjoy his accent.
While I do enjoy the main three and their designs I have to say that so far, I hate the Shinsengumi designs as a whole and I'll show you why.
First of Hijikata just... He looks like an old man, but they gave him a deep voice so it works at first. But then you hear him sing... And then it just seems, so off and weird. Also the Shinsengumi uniforms are very western (how backwards) and look like they come from Nazi Germany. But Hijikata isn't my main problem.
It's Okita that I have a beef with. He looks like a Visual-Kei ripoff of Gakupoid. Also got to love that his special skill is winking and he likes taking baths. Now I usually like Okita whenever he's in things, but this is one incarnation of Okita I really can't seem to deal with.
Even in Intersect I loved listening the rock side more than the Shinsengumi side, but it is all down to preference.
Overall I am enjoying this, and I hope that others will give it a try. Even if it is for something that is a little bit different.
So with the new summer Anime season being released I have started watching some so far. This is in no particular order and there are some that I still have to watch that I will get to.
-Bakumatsu Rock
-Sword Art Online:Season 2
-Free! Eternal Summer
-Sailor Moon Crystal
Reason being that since these (except for Bakumatsu Rock) seem to have a huge following I made them things that I would watch first whenever they were to get updated. Even though they may not be in my taste. I will probably do reviews of the episodes in batched of three since the three episode rule is actually a really good way to judge if you like something or not.
Now onto the anime that I am going to watch from the summer season that hasn't started yet or that I haven't gotten around to starting yet.
-Akame ga Kill
-Rail Wars
-Sengoku Basara Judge End
-Kurashitsuji Circus Hen
-Magimoji Rurumo
-Hanamonogatari
I have already dropped one series after watching the first episode and that was DRAMAtical Murder. Because it was just horrible I couldn't stand it.
So far the show I'm enjoying the most is actually Bakumatsu Rock because it's so ridiculous. In fact there was a webm that someone posted that made me just laugh and want to watch the show.
The Eva Micro Macro series is just simply adorable, and I am thinking about getting a cover from it. I have the special Animal Crossing 3DSLL and I am tired of its poptart looking cover. So I thought I might get one of these.
The first one is just a mash-up of the main characters and then Misato in the back. It's a very simple but yet very eye catching design.
The second one deals with Kaworu and Shinji and them listening to music together looks super adorable.
To be honest I do like the big images compared to the small ones, and I wonder if the back and front is seperate. If it is I would so buy both of them and combine them together.
I am going to buy some stuff from the Eva Store by the end of summer, since it does have some quite interesting stuff.
