Audience reviews
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mouthpiece
THE STAFF
- Animated and planned by studio Sunrise, which means cool robot action.
- Directed by Oohashi Yoshimitsu, who has produced nothing but random bullshit shows in his whole career.
Sacred Seven is to fighting shonen what Star Driver is to mecha. A laid back series, full of stereotypes that tributes various shows of the past. It supposed to be running mostly on nostalgia that anything else, and in all honesty it made a crappy job at it. Everything is completely random and uninspired, plus nothing is focused upon enough for us to care.
PRODUCTION VALUES
It feels like a whole fortune was wasted on making artwork and animation as detailed and smooth as a tv series allows. The transformation scenes, and the battle choreographies eat most action shows for breakfast. Sadly that is far f…
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Sacred Seven in an rather unique anime, that some will like and some will dislike. If you're intresed in watching it but not sure if you would like this, please read this review and be advised ^^
STORY
As I mentioned before the story is rather unique, the name of the anime stands for the power of 7 mysterious stones that once scattered. Thanks to Ruri's sacred power, Alma is the only person that is able to use all the power of the 7 stones as 1, he fights the other Dark Stones with help of Ruri's maids and Kagami.
The story is as you can see, a lil lame and unoriginal. However it's so mysterious after a few episodes that it kept me watching till the end.
ART
I honestly think the art is pretty good, however at some points the characters are drawed totally different, it makes me wonder a l…
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This is a series that you should include in your watch list. What makes it good is the fact that its only 12 episodes so every episode is action packed and progress is quick. The downside is you don't see the characters grow and develop.
Overall it is good but if your looking for a anime that you'd wana rewatch in the future then this isn't it.
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Honestly this felt so generic and bland that i cant recommend it to anyone, even if its a mindless combat anime with a few jokes here and there the only character i found even remotely interesting was a talking statue.
i was close to dropping it at one point but i wanted to see if the finale would pull it together into something. Honestly this just didn't have any grab or lasting feel to it. Just time wasted despite it looking and sounding on par with most anime. the characters just lack a lot, the plot feels neglected and almost non existent.
Its up to your own judgment tho and give it a few episodes and if it takes keep going, if not cut your loses.
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Overview
Don't by any means be discouraged from watching this anime because it one of the most entatainin anime that came out this year(2011). I wasn't sure what to expect going in the anime but it one of those that i did no skip a second.
Story
Perhaps not the best part of the anime but it was enjoyable. You sort of know what to expect and it was pretty predicatable but having said that the story was thoughly enjoyable that i couldn't wait to see the next episode.
Art
Oustanding- i think it was done by the guy who drew Code Geass but am not sure. The art but out brought out human action that i never though was possible.
Sound
The voice actors where petty good. They did thier best to make the anime sound listenable.
Charactor
Well the anime charactors really drew me in. For starters…
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"Haste makes waste."
Entertainment is a cut throat industry, and while every studio and publisher scrabbles around in a desperate search for the next big thing, they must continue to make ends meet in some way. When it comes to anime this is usually achieved by creating a one season adaptation of an existing manga, game or light novel, and the aim of these shows isn't simply to generate revenue, but also to test the market for potential franchises. There are other methods though, one of which is to string together several well known base concepts, add something resembling a story, and release the finished article as an "original" work.
Now while the latter method can produce some very good titles, more often than not the results are ... underwhelming.
Sacred Seven follows the exploits o…
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I really should have seen the warning signs with this show. I had high hopes for a over-the-top Sunrise action series with faaaaabulous costumes and amazing fights. Sacred Seven delivered all of those things buried inside an insipid high school anime. It had all the theoretical ingredients for a fantastic series, but failed on the execution. For a show that revolves around gemstones and rocks, Sacred Seven has a weak foundation.
The story starts off with a call-to-action for the hero, Alma Tandouj, to fight against the Darkstones that threaten the general population. Alma has the power of the Sacred Seven unlocked when he meets Ruri Aiba, a wealthy young girl set out to destroy the Darkstones and save her sister from a state of deep sleep. For now the setup of the series forms a standard…
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As an avid watcher of Anime, I tend to look into most series with the utmost optimism and confidence that whatever I watch fulfills a certain level of overall enjoyment. The 2011 batch has had it's fair share of hits and misses so far which is understandable. Each Studio has the opportunity and resources to provide the viewers with content that ranges to the appeal of any kind of Anime fan. It's no wonder Sunrise has made it where they are now looking back at previous successes (Wolf's Rain, Cowboy Bebop, Planetes, etc...).
Sacred Seven however, is something Sunrise can learn from in the following years. At first, it seemed natural to put faith in something as hyped and worked on with top quality production. Heck, the first episode had enough room to expand the show and give reason to ca…
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Such harsh reviews... Agreed the plot isn't all that but all in all this anime offers some great mindless entertainment. And I have a sneaking suspicion that with some parts they were taking the piss :)
Does every detail really need to be explained and elaborated ? nah....
Sometimes i just want something thats easy to digest and looks good. This is it.
Loved the artwork especially the fight sequences and armours. The characters were cool or cute.
For some light late night entertainment this is great.
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Now in response to the top 2 reviews I've just seen, which were both putting the anime down, I made this review which will hopefully be up there to replace one of them to show positive/negative aspects of the show.
Story 8:
Alright I will be honest and say that I was not expecting the story to be what it was. It was BETTER than what I expected and if you have read the two and watched it, you will agree with me. The story was honestly good in my opinion especially since it was what I was looking for when I was trying to watch this anime - A action focused anime with some romance. Maybe I'm influenced to like this anime by the fact that they used Jewel-like rocks and I'm a sucker for pretty looking gems :D
Also, the story is very good with how it starts out and there is a good rising action…
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I didn't think Bancolding$ would do it. (Oh. And "Bancolding
quot; is the nickname I game Bandai Namco Holdings $unrise after watching those "money-making tragedies" Seed Destiny and Mai Otome.)
I didn't think Bancolding$ would create animu that's not blatantly either "I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO CAPITALIZE ON A FRANCHISE!!" (Mitsuo Fukuda's Gundam series), "HEY!! WE'RE MOE AS WELL!!" (Mai Hime / Otome), or "Dey See Me Rollin', Dey Hatin'...!" (Code Geass, and more on this when you ask me).
Sacred Seven is (probably one of the more misleading titles for) one of the few shows that are written by thinking human beings; as oppose to (those who like taking advantage of) the slobbering otaku-base. Ahem! Let me make a list.
* The male lead (Alma) is ACTUALLY competent despite his issues.
* The females h…Read at the sourceNeverKnowsBest26
Nowadays it has gotten to the point where there is so many action-oriented shows that it is hard to find one that stands out. With its retro-vibe, Sacred Seven tries to stand out from the crowd astedically. However, it also goes to show that it takes more than aesthetics to make a show something truly special.
The story is simple superhero hijinks following one Alma Tandogi, a rather intimidating looking outcast who has inhuman powers, and keeps to himself because of them. He spends most of his free time searching for a purple gemstone in a river, a keepsake of his late mother he had lost in a bullying indecent. His life takes a turn when pretty billionaire heiress (and obvious romantic interest) Ruri Alma enters his life. She asks him to lend her his power and fight monsters called Darks…
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Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman star as two detectives who investigate a series of murders relating to the seven deadly sins, like wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony. They discover that these series of murders are conducted by Kevin Spacey who plays a hardcore Christian who's only trying to do God's holy work and.....
...wait? This isn't Se7en? You mean, we aren't watching the David Fincher movie? Oh, you want me to review SACRED Seven, not Se7en. Oh, okay.
Alright, let's talk Sacred Seven. Now, let's say you're a producer at Studio Sunrise and you are asked to produce an anime for the Summer of 2011 Schedule. What do you do?
Why, remake Scryed of course! With Code Geass visuals!
Now, Sacred Seven is basically that: An updated version of Scryed with the appeal of Code Ge…
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When I wrote this review originally I only watched three episodes and gave it an 8. I'm going to be honest: it went a little downhill from there. But then I saw the final episode. And I sat back on my chair thinking of the awesomeness I just witnessed. Seriously, if you start this anime you have got to finish it till the end. I mean that.
In the opening we see Tandoji riding his tiny motorcycle in the most badass way possible and FictionJunction singing a fitting song. First impressions are important, and this show managed to give a good one.
About the story; very funny, but lacks a little more depth. However, it is still a little too early to say such a thing (who knows what will happen in the next episodes!). Everything is exaggerated to the max, with maid soldiers and a butler in th…
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Okay kids, time for some more real talk. Scryed came out 10 years ago, that's a whole damn decade. That show was a masterpiece, it took every aspect of its genre and executed them perfectly. The story was straight to the point and didn't have any bullshit to weigh it down. No titties, no robots, no girlymen, no school setting, no overelaborate art direction, no holes, no filler, no extraneous characters, etc; it was a super power fighting show about people who beat the shit out of things and were proud to have that privilege. It was truly Sunrise's greatest work of its kind.
That's one reason why they're re-releasing it for its 10th birthday.
The other is to show how secretly ashamed of themselves they are for what they're making nowadays: Sacred Seven.
>>>This is a review of my impressi…
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