Assassination Clasroom

Assassination Classroom

          Assassination Classroom aired in 2015.The story is about an exceptionally powerful octopus-like creature who decides to attend a middle school as a homeroom teacher.

          He is named Koro-sensei, as in the Japanese word for kill by his students.The students are given the task of assassinating him within a year, to prevent him from destroying earth.However, his class, 3-E, is considered a failure by the rest of the school because the students are bad in their academics.Yet, he willingly teaches these students and makes them excel in everything.

            Even among the students, few characters are highlighted like; Nagisa Shiota, who, though being a boy, is treated like a girl by his mother and Karma Akabane, the smartest student in his class but can be very violent. Every character is given a short backstory which explains their current behavior and uniqueness.Two extra teachers are also introduced in the anime.

          There are a few concepts which are badly explained, but the entertaining sequence is enough to back it up.The characters are excellent and the main plot is thrilling. It is an engrossing anime which can make one cry; and then laugh. The animation quality is simple with no complicated designs, which makes them different. The anime was such a hit, that it even got a live action adaption.

RATINGS

ANIMATION QUALITY ⇒ 8/10

PLOT ⇒ 9/10

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT  ⇒ 10/10

OVERALL STORY ⇒ 9/10

Your Name

Your Name

                Your Name is a romantic-fantasy-drama animated movie, by Makoto Shinkai. The story revolves around two young teenagers, Taki Tachibana and Mitsuha Miyamizu. Taki is a boy living in Tokyo, while Mitsuha is a girl living in a small town. She hates her life there and wants a city life too.

                Soon, both of them start to get weird dreams and soon realize that they are switching bodies. They leave notes, messages and rules on their smartphones or notebooks to protect each others lifestyles.But this phenomenon has a deeper reason and hundreds of lives may depend on it.

  

               The movie was an instant hit, and is still one of the most highly rated anime. The animation quality excellent and the background scenes are breathtaking. The music is brilliant with accurate timing. The story is perfectly crafted with unexpected plot twists.

                

RATINGS 

Animation Quality ⇒ 10/10

Plot ⇒9/10

Character Development ⇒9/10

Overall Story ⇒10/10

A Silent Voice

A Silent Voice

        

           A Silent Voice, also translated as The Shape of Voice, is a film produced by the Kyoto Animation. The story is about a boy named Ishida Shouya, who bullied a deaf girl called Nishimiya Shoko,in grade school and she was forced to transfer school because of it.After that, he was also bullied by his friends and was pushed out of the group.He could not forgive himself for his actions and hated himself for it.Now, Shouya is in high school and has anxiety. He regrets being a bully as a kid and as a redemption, is now learning sign language.

            He meets Shoko again at a sign learning class and wants to be friends because he feels ashamed of his previous behavior towards her. 

         The basic plot is about Shouya's guilt for bullying Shoko and difficulties faced by Shoko in the world.The characters are amazing and the plot is a perfect reflection of the different types of problems faced by not only teenagers, but also adults. There are many powerful emotions which are beautifully reflected.

           The animation is flawless and the music is accurately timed. The entire movie is brilliantly constructed.It is very difficult to find flaws in this masterpiece.

RATINGS 

Animation Quality ⇒ 8/10

Plot ⇒ 10/10

Character Development ⇒ 10/10

Overall Story ⇒ 9/10

Seraph of the End

Seraph of the End

              Seraph of the End is an action-supernatural genera based anime.Its story takes place in a world where a human-made virus spreads across the globe killing everyone older than 13 years. Unaffected from the virus, the vampires take away the alive children as their remaining livestock. Yuichiro, and his friends from the orphanage are enslaved by the vampires along with plenty other kids. At the age of  12, Yu with his friend Mika, plan on escaping the vampires with their family.But their plan fails, and Yu ends up escaping alone at the cost of his friends' lives. 

             Yu gets recruited by the Moon Demon Company, and swears to kill all the vampires as revenge for his family. At the same time, Mika is alive and is looking for his only family, Yu.

       

         The plot is well constructed and the premise of the story is interesting.Yet, what makes one like the show are the characters. Yu is a stubborn hot-headed boy with a greed for revenge. Shinoa, the leader of Yu's squad, always keeps him in check and teases him for his stupidity. All the characters are fun and their interactions are always amusing to watch.

        The anime had a good start, but the last few episodes are just confusing and the second season ended on a cliffhanger. This shows that the anime was not very popular.

RATINGS

Animation Quality ⇒ 8/10

Plot ⇒ 8/10

Character Development ⇒ 9/10

Overall Story ⇒ 8/10

The Promised Neverland

The Promised Neverland

           The Promised Neverland is a manga series which got an anime adaption in 2018.The story is about an 11 year old girl, Emma, who lives at an orphanage called The Grace Field House with 37 more brothers and sisters.Their life is happy and fun, with their Mother the caretaker of the orphanage.Emma is among the three oldest kids there with Norman and Ray.

            One day, during the adoption of a girl, Emma and Norman find out that the orphanage is actually a farm created for feeding the demons that reside in the world, and that the children are actually being bred for the soul purpose of being eaten by the demons.With the help of Ray, they decide to figure out a plan to escape the orphanage before anyone else gets killed.

               The plot is thrilling and gets interesting as the story progresses.The characters are fun and each have a very specific way of doing things.The best part is the protagonist.We are used to seeing  male protagonists with an overly enthusiastic and positive attitude ,with blond or ginger-red head.The same personality is embedded in Emma, a friendly and caring person who will do anything for her friends and family.She has a kind heart speech and relies on Norman and Ray for clever strategies. The other characters are also really well constructed.Norman being the smart and clever speaker, and Ray the practical thinker and strategist of their plan. His backstory is also relieved later.

                 The animation and voice acting is good.The sound track is great especially during the heart stopping scenes.Though the anime is only 12 episodes, a new season is expected soon as the manga has progressed way far.

 

RATINGS

Animation Quality ⇒ 8/10

Plot ⇒ 9/10

Character Development ⇒ 10/10

Overall Story ⇒ 9/10

Hearts Connect

HEARTS CONNECT

             Hearts Connect is an anime based on a light novel, aired in Japan in 2012.The story is about a group of high-schoolers and how they face mysterious phenomenons which bring them closer.
              

              Taichi, Iori, Himeko, Yoshifumi, and Yui are members of the Cultural Research club. One day, they experience swapping bodies with each other at random.The next day, they meet a person Heartseed, who swaps his body with their homeroom teacher. He tells him that he is the one causing these incidents. Later, more occurrences take place, like them acting on their deepest desire,turning years younger than they are,etc.This brings them closer by the end and discloses their inner feelings and pasts.They come to trust each other more, strengthen their bonds and connect their hearts.

 

 

           The characters are interesting with each having a specific personality.The art style is quite good and the idea has potential, but it is not developed.The phenomenon is not explained and some episodes seem too extreme to be real.Though fantasy is a crucial element of the plot, it is not elaborated enough.

            Yet the anime keeps you engrossed with curiosity and the urge to finish it.Some scenes are full of drama and action which will keep you excited.Hopefully, in the expected season two in 2021, the plot is explained more thoroughly.

 RATINGS

Animation Quality ⇒ 7/10

Plot ⇒ 7/10

Character Development ⇒ 8/10

Overall Story ⇒ 8/10

Sounds of Life

Sounds of Life

                 

                 Kono oto tomare or Sounds of life is an anime released in the 2019 spring season.The story is about the Tokise high school koto(Japanese musical instrument)club. Takezo Kurata is a second year in that school and also the only member of the koto club after the seniors' graduation.A new first year, Kudo Chika, wishes to join the club but Takezo is reluctant to let Kudo join knowing his reputation of being a delinquent. Later, after Takezo hears Kudo's story, he apologizes and the two form the new koto club.They are later joined by a koto prodigy Satowa Hozuki and a few more members. 

           The characters are exceptional with each having a unique personality.All the scenes are very well drawn and the colors are beautiful.The plot is kind of serious considering their pasts,but the story makes the best out of it.The dialogues are funny in many perspectives, making the anime entertaining.It has a beautiful sound track,especially the opening is so catchy,you just can't skip it!

It is hard to find any faults in this anime, making it my favorite completed anime of the season.

        During the final few episodes, a lot of new characters are introduced.Hopefully in the next season,we get more development and stories of them.

RATINGS

Animation quality ⇒ 9/10

Plot ⇒ 9/10

Character Development ⇒ 10/10

Overall story ⇒ 10/10

Violet Evergarden

Violet Evergarden

                 Violet Evergarden is a Japanese light novel which got an anime adaptation in 2018.The story revolves around a young girl,Violet, who was raised as a tool for the army.She was gifted to Gilbert, a military general as a weapon to use on the front line,who taught her to read,write and speak.During the final fight,Gilbert was severely injured and is said to have died.

                Now,the war is over and Violet decides to work as an Auto memory doll, (people who type-write letters for others) and find the meaning of I love you which were the general's final words to her.

             The anime is a tragic drama,with every episode having a new set of supporting characters.The animation is exceptional with picturesque visuals.The sound track is beautiful and the voice acting is also great.It is said to be rated the second best anime in 2018.The story ended in a great way,as it can be picked up anytime.Also, the series has announced a spin-off movie in late 2019. 

             Violet's character goes through great development, which is the point of the show.At the beginning,she is struggling to show sympathy towards her clients' feelings and expressing them in words.She could not understand peoples emotions, especially love.But, by the end, her struggle seemed to have reduced and she became an excellent Auto memory doll.

RATINGS

Animation Quality ⇒ 10/10

Plot ⇒8/10

Character development ⇒ 9/10

Overall story ⇒ 10/10

The Seven Deadly Sins

                                      The Seven Deadly Sins  

                     The Seven Deadly Sins is a fantasy-action genera anime.The story takes place in a mystical world inhabited by clans like humans, giants, fairies, demons and goddesses.A princess of a human kingdom, Elizabeth , is set out on an adventure to find the strongest group of knights called the Seven deadly sins in order to protect her kingdom from traitors.

                     The plot is a classic shounen story with quite good action scenes.The animation quality and the story is excellent.The characters are the amazing with each having a different characteristic making them different from the others.All the seven sins had been framed for a crime they committed in their pasts, which indicated the sin which castes on them.

                 This anime is great but the story could have been more detailed with better dialogues and connection.Still as the anime is not completed yet,the story might progress.

RATINGS

Animation Quality ⇒ 8/10

Plot⇒ 8/10

Character Development ⇒ 9/10

Overall Story ⇒ 8/10

The Anthem of the Heart

                                       The Anthem of the Heart

               The Anthem of the Heart is a 2015 Japanese animated youth drama film directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai. The story follows a crisis of a young girl named Naruse Jun, who suffers from social anxiety. She believes that her being a chatterbox broke their family apart and a Tamago (egg) has cast a curse on her making her stomach hurt every time she tries to speak. 

               Jun is now a high school girl who gets unwillingly picked as a member of a Community Outreach Committee and is supposed to organize a musical with the help of her three classmates.She writes a story based an her own past experiences and creates songs with Sakagami (member of the committee and a classmate) to perform the musical.

                The characters are well charted, each having a unique personality.Especially Jun,whose character is stated as "Even when she doesn't talk, she displays exactly what she is thinking."The other characters also emit a specific aura which makes each of them lovable.

                 The animation quality is simple with minimum complex backgrounds and the voice acting is also great.What catches ones attention is the music and songs. Watashi no koe (my voice), the finale song is beautifully composed with amazing lyrics.

                 The movie has a narrow target audience, focused towards teenagers, making it less known and underrated,but if understood, its a spectacular movie with many deep emotions.  

RATINGS

Animation Quality ⇒ 8/10

Plot ⇒ 9/10

Character Development ⇒ 9/10

Over all story ⇒ 10/10

              

Clannad

                                          CLANNAD

     This anime follows a heart-warming yet tragic plot,making it beautiful love story. Tomoya is a high school delinquent who meets a girl named Nagisa in his school,who is supposed to be his senior but is held back a year due to illness.Because of this,she doesn't have any friends but befriends Tomoya easily. The story is basically a high school romance and drama. Alot of new characters are introduced and almost each one has a unique personality,like Sunohara who is Tomoya's best friend,Nagisa's parents who get a wonderful character development as the plot proceeds and their story is explained. Frankly,it is rare to see parents in animes as they may make the plot boring ,but these characters proved this thought wrong .
   












           The entire plot is pretty good but the anime does not explain it well.After the wedding in Clannad-After Story,the story becomes difficult to grasp.The story becomes dark and especially after Nagisa's death.

The animation quality is exceptional considering it was aired in 2004.


RATINGS

Animation Quality ⇒ 9/10
Plot ⇒ 8/10
Character Development ⇒ 9/10
Over all story ⇒ 9/10