NoaIzumiDescendants of Darkness
July 19th 2008 20:18
I call upon the twelve Gods that stand before me...
SUMMARY
Descendants of Darkness, which I will hereby refer to by it's Japanese title Yami No Matsuei, is a story of a seperate governmental branch located in Meifu. This branch controls supernatural affairs and it's jobs are carried out by shinigami (and in some cases, the shinigami's shikagamis). The main character is a mysterous man named Tzusuki, who is paired up with is new partner Hisoka at the beginning of the series. Together, their job is to take care of supernatural happens.
REVIEW
Honestly, for an anime based off a such a wonderful manga, I was seriously expecting way more than I got. The Yami no Matsuei anime is a far cry from the magnificence of the original manga. A deep, insightful, though depressing and yet humorous, manga.
The anime takes only the most vital stories from the manga and slaps them together haphazardly, leaving out plenty of the good stories. This also cuts down on the potential for character development which sometimes leaves the viewer a bit confused about certain things. It contains four of the manga stories and the manga hasn't finished yet. I'm pretty against animating unfinished mangas.
The dubbing is ABSOLUTELY AWFUL. I just want to kill myself everytime I hear it. All the characters voices are extreme fake-sounding and some of the voices are just absolutely, devastingly awful. The biggest one is Watari's voice. He sound BRITISH. He's not British, he was never said to be British, and is fact from KANSAI. Wakaba's voice (although she doesn't show up too often) is the same rehashed little high-school girl voice. While I might say that the concept of that voice style is appealing, the voice acteress didn't really try at all to make it right.
I'll give them a little credit for the art because with the absolutely beautiful but difficult art they were working with, I could see how it would be difficult to animate and they actually did a halfway decent job at it. The animation style isn't exactly an award-winning sort of piece, but it's definately good for what they had to work with and to live up to.
And the music. The music is awful. I guess I could give it credit for the "Devil's Trill" piece, a lovely violin piece but the rest is just ear-bleedingly awful.
RATING
Story: D (for the anime. A for the manga)
Dub: F
Art: B
Music: Fplus
You could go ahead and see it. But honestly, I really don't think it's worth your time or anybody elses.
Aurora Rose
Tzusuki and Hisoka (left to right)
SUMMARY
Descendants of Darkness, which I will hereby refer to by it's Japanese title Yami No Matsuei, is a story of a seperate governmental branch located in Meifu. This branch controls supernatural affairs and it's jobs are carried out by shinigami (and in some cases, the shinigami's shikagamis). The main character is a mysterous man named Tzusuki, who is paired up with is new partner Hisoka at the beginning of the series. Together, their job is to take care of supernatural happens.
REVIEW
Honestly, for an anime based off a such a wonderful manga, I was seriously expecting way more than I got. The Yami no Matsuei anime is a far cry from the magnificence of the original manga. A deep, insightful, though depressing and yet humorous, manga.
The anime takes only the most vital stories from the manga and slaps them together haphazardly, leaving out plenty of the good stories. This also cuts down on the potential for character development which sometimes leaves the viewer a bit confused about certain things. It contains four of the manga stories and the manga hasn't finished yet. I'm pretty against animating unfinished mangas.
The dubbing is ABSOLUTELY AWFUL. I just want to kill myself everytime I hear it. All the characters voices are extreme fake-sounding and some of the voices are just absolutely, devastingly awful. The biggest one is Watari's voice. He sound BRITISH. He's not British, he was never said to be British, and is fact from KANSAI. Wakaba's voice (although she doesn't show up too often) is the same rehashed little high-school girl voice. While I might say that the concept of that voice style is appealing, the voice acteress didn't really try at all to make it right.
I'll give them a little credit for the art because with the absolutely beautiful but difficult art they were working with, I could see how it would be difficult to animate and they actually did a halfway decent job at it. The animation style isn't exactly an award-winning sort of piece, but it's definately good for what they had to work with and to live up to.
And the music. The music is awful. I guess I could give it credit for the "Devil's Trill" piece, a lovely violin piece but the rest is just ear-bleedingly awful.
RATING
Story: D (for the anime. A for the manga)
Dub: F
Art: B
Music: Fplus
You could go ahead and see it. But honestly, I really don't think it's worth your time or anybody elses.
Aurora Rose
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