Audience reviews
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karumina_danza
One of the best shoujo anime (and maybe even anime in general) I've ever seen, where do I even start?
Story-wise, this is a retelling of an old legend called sealskin, soulskin analyzed by Clarissa Pinkola Estes in her book Running with the Wolves. To sum it up, it's a story about women and how they lost their freedom and soul to patriarchate and all kinds of other oppressive, outside forces.
This is what Ayashi no Ceres is. It's a powerful archetypal story about women, and the wild woman inside us. It's a story about the emotions, feelings, personal truth and accepting ourselves. Filled with commentaries about life, death, love, not turning away from drastic displays of cruelty, this anime is deep, moving, empathetic and sensitive to all aspects of female soul.
For a more profound e…
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Ayashi no Ceres is a 2000 anime from Studio Pierrot. You know, the studio behind Hikaru no Go, Yu Yu Hakusho & Bleach. Fortunately, only one of those is a mediocre rip off of Yu-Gi-Oh. So, there's some hope for this. For the end of horror anime month, let's take a look at Ayashi no Ceres.
Story:
Everything seems to be going right for Mikage Aya. She has a good relationship with her twin, Aki. They're about to celebrate their sixteenth birthday. And she just floated to safety after falling from a high place and was caught by a handsome passer-by to boot. Then they find out that they have to celebrate with their entire family and Aya quickly finds herself marked as a danger to the family and with the personality of her own celestial ancestor, Ceres, inside her body.
Let me start by sayi…
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"16 year old girl gets pregnant with a guy who's made up of the ocean and derived from herself; or in short, she fucked herself."
"Her entire family wants to rape her the whole season."
"The entire family line is literally built upon incest."
^^Just a few one-liners to introduce you to the show. ^^
----[ Initial Review at ep. 17; read below for final review ]---- Damn, I can't believe this. I was actually enjoying the anime in the beginning, but I'm at episode 17 and it's going SO downhill.
The first couple episodes were pretty good. We got trauma, drama, directed almost like a thriller that actually had me on my toes, and some kind of character development from our main characters (oh except Toya, that guy literally never gets any until AFTER episode 16/17 LOL).
This anime gets…
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AYASHI NO CERES REVIEW
01-02-2019
OVERALL: 7.6
PLOT: 7
Love is not always how happy you are with the person you care for. It is also understanding them, it is also maintaining what is between the two of you. It is kinda funny to think of the main plot of this story. It is like a lovers quarrel due to the misunderstanding between two person in love. What makes it interesting is the way that little thing turns out into a big one that cause disruption, not only just the two of them, but also the blood running next to them. It is also fascinating to know something about a myth or historical love story flashing in my eyes. This anime has its twist that you'll never expect it to be. The only thing I kinda doubted is how the bond between the other two main characters bloom. Love should be sho…
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So I began to watch this thinking it was the ordinary, normal reverse harem anime, with a girl that had the generic standard type of personality and guys surrounding and falling in love with her, because of different things. And boy was I wrong. I can't even begin to point out how wrong I was. I just saw the picture and thought "Hey, stereotypical reverse harem. I'm bored, let's watch", and that, my friends, is how I slowly entered the hell that is Ayashi no Ceres.
Story 9/10
The story is about the twins Aya and Aki, though Aya takes the main lead pretty fast.
What I thought would be the fluffy lovestory with many males around one female quickly became this train to my feels utter destruction. Every stop had tragic events right around the corner, and while we did get to see some romance…
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I enjoyed a lot Ayashi no Ceres, yet somehow still have mixed feelings about it. I want to say this is a masterpiece, because it has brilliant moments where you will laugh or cry, but there are also moments where I wanted to hit my head in the wall because of the frustration. (Spoilers at the end)
This anime is fast to watch, with only 24 episodes. The plot is inconsistent at some points but at the end everything ties up beautifully and gives an overall sense to the serie, which is always appreciated.
I find the plot to be quite simplistic at the beginning, then becoming more confusing and complicated. Lots of questions are left without an answer and I honestly couldn't find any explanation of some of the mayor events in the plot, where everything is safed at the end of the day thanks to…
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Plot: From the famous author Watase Yuu. Based on the Japanese legend of the “Tennyo no Hagoromo.” A young man spied a celestial maiden bathing. He saw the "celestial robe" and took it with him. Unable to go back to heaven, the celestial maiden was forced to marry the young man.
Story:
Based on the manga with the same title. The series is a a mix of drama, fantasy, adventure and romance. Much darker than the author's previous work. A love story that will appeal to everyone.
Art:
Studio Pierrot did a really great job with the animation. The satisfying character designs are so pleasing to the eye.
Sound
The Japanese voice acting for the characters was exceptionally amazing. They depicted their sentiments persuasively and conveyed their lines with the control and originality. Also, the…
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Based in the manga by Yuu Watase, a mangaka that can make really beautiful drawings, but fails in the attemp to develop an story that could enjoy somebody else than a teenager girl.
The story looks really interesting: Aya Mikage discovers she's the reincarnation of Ceres, the maiden from a fairy tale her grandfather used to tell her when she was a child, but her family, descendants of Ceres, want to kill her because they fear Ceres take control over Aya and kill them. Also, her family is experimenting with the population in Japan to discover who has the genes of the Ceres' powers, called C-Genomers. Also, when Ceres takes over, Aya has incredible powers. Everyone could do a great series with lots of action, drama and romane, but unfortunetly, the romance and drama feels abused, while the…
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Why can't we have more Shoujos like this!This show is full of win!
Let me get this out of the way.The main reason why i can't give this a 10/10 is because I wish the main character,Aya could do more or be more PROactive.
However,her role is well defined and established in this story,never did i feel that she had no reason to do what she did.Which is not something i could say for most anime these days.
And at least she has some real character and personality.Not being made artificially strong just for the sake of the tired 'strong girl"trope,implying girls need bs plot armor to be strong.
The 2 dudes she loved are allright,and do have a meaningful love triangle.
a heroic yuuji and our emo boy Toya.
Fortunately both of them are more complex than they seem.And you kinds get why she choos…
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To start off, I'm really disappointed that this is ranked so low on myanimelist. Can't believe the lack of love for ANC!
tl;dr- watch it if yr a fan of shoujo love stories, but with a twist (think psycho pass-esque dark themes littered throughout), watch it if you want to have a good cry, watch it if you are currently bumming around and have nothing to watch...its definitely a 'must watch' on my top 10 list.
Story:
Maybe I haven't watched enough anime, but I think that this is one of the most heartwrenching shoujo anime out there. Though Fushigi Yuugi (another work by Yuu Watase) had its dark moments as well- it has NOTHING compared to ANC. This anime is chockfull of mature and dark themes- which I found really refreshing in a (typically) shoujo anime.
Oh, dont worry, there's still…
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I do believe that this is the only shojo action anime which I like. It is about Ceres who is trapped in the body of Aya to retrieve her mana which was lost on Earth. The main villian, Mikagi, was trapped in the body of Aki to bring damnation to the world and prevent Ceres from giving the freedom she wants.
The art is beautiful and the soundtrack was all right. Art: 8 Sound: 6
Yuu Watase still creates the main character who is a crybaby just like Miaka Yuki. We have Aya Mikage who is a crybaby and could not defend herself. So yes, here is another damsel in distress.
Toya is basically Aya's love interest and he always become a good person as the series progress.
The only redeemable aspect of this show is Yuuhi Aogiri, without him this show will be trash. He is kind, loving, and always…
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Very Celestial indeed! Contains violence & mild nudity.
Story of adventure & supernatural, Aya being a descendant of a celestial maiden (Ceres). Also goes complicated when her twin brother Aki appears to be a descendant of the man who forced Ceres to be his wife. Aya has a little control when it comes to switching back to herself, how can she take it if Ceres saw Aki? She knows Ceres would definitely kill him, actually, the whole Mikage clan. Luckily enough, she met her protector Yuuhi who was a former employee of her evil grandpa.
Will Yuuhi be on her side forever? Can he also protect their relationship from all the chaos that's happening?
It's quite similar to Fushigi Yuugi in terms of supernatural genre & the "against all odds" love affair. Still, Fushigi Yuugi comes first to me :).…
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This is my first review so i'm going to do my best ^^ First i'm going to say that i read the manga first and fell in love with it so i decided to check the anime out to see if it stayed true to the manga. Coming into it without high expectations and thinking that they might have strayed from the story, watching it i should have kept those same expectations because the anime brought it out so perfectly.
Story: 9/10
I give the story a 9 because to me the story was completely original. Celestial robes, and incarnations have never been brought out this way. Yu Watase mixed blood and gore well with romance and drama. It flowed smoothly and was fast paced exactly like the manga. Right when i thought things couldn't get any worse it did and kept me hooked till the very end. The romance was brou…
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Its a Japanese legend (fairytale) turned into a modern time fantasy.
You will follow Aya through a series of traumatic events caused by Ceres awakening inside of her. Ceres is a celestial being that was raped by a man and has reincarnated as her DNA had passed down to the women in the family. She finally awakes through Aya to retrieve her haragomo and take revenge on the Mikage family.
Exellent storyline. Very good plot and character deveopment. Teen angst and romance, blood and violence, beautiful animation. What more could you ask for?
This is one of the best shojo anime that Ive seen.
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Ayashi no Ceres presents a beautiful love story, which intertwined with great action and characters makes for a sad, yet heartwarming story that can grip your heart.
It starts off very peacefully, with Aya Mikage and her twin brother Aki spending time with their friends, celebrating the twins' 16th birthday. However, this peaceful day is interrupted by Aya falling off a bridge, down on the highway underneath. Miraculously, she lands without getting a scratch, and she's saved from cars on a collision course by a mysterious, red-headed man. And that day marks the end of the happy days for the two.
They are summoned to the family mansion to celebrate their 16th birthday, but instead, they end up being the victims of the Mikage family's gruesome rite of killing off female descendants with s…
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let me give you a warning, I didn't expect this wasn't going to be that great. Its been from my mind , "ok going to watch it because it seems very interesting and not going to be a great story just another romance plot with dramatic shocking moments for anime with pretty boy and girls" Though i do cry but sometimes force myself. I do cry on Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal, Makoto Shinkai's films for example. Thought in series just a force but for this series, I WAS WRONG!!!! This is my second series to cry so hard with Elfen Lied. If not seen that show too, you better :)
I watched this only 8 episodes yesterday and then Saturday the rest of the time till right now. I forgot that i finished the whole thing till 23 thinking, "OMG I AM in near the last episode already" let me tell you i didn't…
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Mysterious Ceres is the type of shoujo series that you can't take too seriously but you can still really enjoy it to the max. It's a story filled with a lot of drama, love triangles, teenage angst...not to mention, it's got that whole crazy sci-fi, mystical and trans-generational angle thrown into the mix as well. With all of that, it should suffice to say that we've got ourselves a pretty complex story going on with this anime series, but even so, it's really not that hard of a story to follow....and that's precisely why I'm giving this story high marks because no matter how awesome a story maybe, no matter how super smooth and modern the art might be, if the story isn't told well enough to make a connection to it's audience then it fails as a program....and ultimately it all amounts to a…
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Story: Ayashi no Ceres starts out like an average shojo anime with a mysterious, aloof love interest (naturally), fantasy elements, and a love triangle, but unlike other shoujo, this is based on a Watase Yuu work, so expect a lot of drama and some darker moments (see incest). This show ends up moving in some wild and frankly implausible directions, even aside from the usual angst and drama we come to expect from a shoujo anime. It's not light, that's for sure.
Art: What can I say? It's typical Watase Yuu, but the art, especially for the male characters, is delicate and pretty. As with most shoujo, it's colorful. I imagine if the work was done today, the colors would be even more vivid and glossy and less faded, but they're not at all bad.
Sound: The theme song was awesome. :)
Character…
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Ayashi no Ceres:
Story:
A very original plot line, immersing a young woman on her 16th birthday, into a world of danger and constant threat while those who are around her and those who she loves are hurt. With love triangles that are sometimes heart wrenching and at other times very sweet. And with a very important message which you will be blatantly told if you haven't already figured it out by the end of the series.
Characters:
Characters that are simply amazing, follow them all through their pain and trials that they have to overcome. All are excellently portrayed and their feelings really reach you. The romance between some of the characters is just grand, it really gives and shows you the true feeling of love.
Sound:
Soundtrack is just amazing, opening song: Scarlet, must be hands…
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Characters: The relationships of the family members were the most fascinating in the series. Aya and Aki had the typical brother/sister relationship of bickering and understanding, but after their 16th birthday it became more intense. Aki now desired the maiden inside of Aya. Aya also had a lot of growth, as she fought to control Ceres and save her brother from their power-hungry family. All of the characters have inner demons that they are constantly fighting in order to protect the ones they love.
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