Audience reviews
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ThatAnimeSnobRE
Black Rock Shooter began as a Vocaloid song, where Miku’s uniform was inspired by some illustrations made by a guy named Huke. An OVA was created in 2010 based on that song/illustration combo, which received a ridiculously huge hype by all the Vocaloid fans. Not a surprise since it was after all a fan catering title. Two years later (2012) NoitanimA decided to take this title in its timeslot and to expand it further, thus creating the current version.
Despite being only 8 episodes, it still feels longer than it needs to be. The plot is very simple; it is just about a bunch of schoolgirls going through an emotional maelstrom, caused by jealousy. The heroine Mato is looking for friends in her new school and befriends another girl named Yomi. This causes the other girls who were friends with…
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[Heavy spoilers in my review]
I feel like this anime is something you're either going to get/like or don't. When I first watched this in 2012 when I was younger, I remember being damn confused but still really enjoyed it for its action and the central figure BRS. Rewatching it countless times as I got older, however, a lot of my confusion cleared up and I got to truly appreciate how unique and well done its direction was.
Before I go into the heavy stuff, in terms of the animation, the 2D animated scenes are decent and often have rather well-executed shots and lighting. But the real strength of the anime is its flawless execution of CG animation. It's honestly criminal that this anime is slept on or completely unmentioned when talking about anime with good 3D animation, as it has the bes…
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Warning: The following is a rewrite of a deleted review from years ago, and contains blacks, rocks, shooters, criticism, profanity and a score below 5/10. Reader discretion is advised.
“Motherfucker” – Samuel L Jackson.
Black Rock Shooter has had an interesting rise to prominence, beginning with a mere illustration that spawned into a music video by famous vocaloid persona Hatsune Miku, whose attire was inspired from these illustrations. An OVA was released in 2010 based on the music video, much to the pleasure of many vocaloid fans that caused a ridiculous amount of hype surrounding the project that naturally left a lot to be desired. From there the franchise created their own line of figurines and a video game before finally returning to anime two years later, putting small-time animat…
Read at the sourceMirluSaku
The first 6 episodes where just shit, cringy and pretentious kind of shit.
But then, the actual plot came up at the 7 or 8 episode, and it got kinda interesting, but, it ended terrible too.
It had so much potential, and it turned out just terrible.
At some point, I felt like two people worked on this: the first person who had the basic idea of the plot, and the second person who worked all this amazing plot and wrote it all like a 10 years old kid, making every character cry over anything and making it like it was a dramatic master piece.
Its sad when some anime have some amazing character desings and use them for... for this kind of mounstruocity.
5/10
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Black★Rock Shooter was perhaps, at the time, the first full anime I had ever watched, so I had next to nothing to compare it to going in.
To be honest, I thought it started off really strongly.
The premise is that there is an alternate dimension where warriors who represent the people in the real world take on the troubles and problems of their counterparts, except in really blown up and intense ways. This leads to many metaphors being portrayed, and overall I really enjoyed the premise on it's own.
However ....
I completely see where other people are coming from when they claim that the story was lost potential, and I agree. As much as I adored the idea alone, the story felt rather shallow and truly failed to capitalize on what it had. It didn't take me long to figure out the show's m…
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Black★Rock Shooter (TV) is an action, science, fantasy and drama anime, which was created by Ordet and Sanzigen studios, with Shinobu Yoshioka as the director and Mari Okada as the lead writer. The anime first aired on February 2nd 2012, finished on March 22nd 2012, and was 8 episodes long.
In a nutshell.
Black★Rock Shooter (TV) has a story that centers on the two different worlds that are connected and everything, which happens in the first world, will affect the second. The anime follows the story of Mato Kuoi, a girl who struggles to keep her new friend Yomi Tananashi and Black★Rock Shooter, a mysterious girl in the another world, fighting other beings for an unknown reason. The anime’s mixture of bright and dark art styles and its use of the animation to draw the viewer’s attention,…
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The only thing that's worth watching here is Black Rock Shooter herself as she is a totally hardcore badass. The series reminds me of Sonic Colors which wouldn't have been a bad thing but it was short and because of that it had a rush story, lacking character development, and it was hard to continue watching it. The only things that were rewarding were the fighting scenes. In short, if you have a thing for the main character silent, female, and a love for battle, I recommend that you beg the creators to make a better series around our silent female shooter. I know I am.
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This is a spoiler free review:
This is one of the most visually appealing anime I have ever seen. It is a very artistic show that rivals the Monogatari series. Brilliant pastel colors and varying shades of scenery are portrayed throughout and the entire show is rich with symbolism. The different "worlds" have their own color and personality and set the stage well for the theme of this show. You'll also not find a more awesome-looking set of characters than the 5 main alter egos.
The theme of this show is a young middle school girl and multiple others who attend school, live out the drama in their lives, and heal from said drama. Meanwhile in a dreamworld of sorts, their alter egos do battle in a symbolic reflection of the drama in the real world. The show is focused on pain and suffering…
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NOTE: This is my first ever written review of an anime (or any other media), so I thought I’d start off with one of my favorite shows. I would happily accept any critic you have for me, but with this all in mind, let’s get started!
Disclaimer: The following review is based on my personal opinions, and does not feature many objective analyses. As such, this may not coincide with yours, or the general publics opinions.
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A single illustration is inspiration to a song and a music video. These in turn lead to an OVA, a manga, and an entire TV series.
That is the story of the BRS franchise.
Story: (7 / 10)
I hear a lot of people saying the story in BRS is pretty average, and to be ho…
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Black Rock Shooter is a series I'm only passingly familiar with. Basically, an illustrator named Fuke Ryohei did an illustration that inspired a song that resulted in an OVA that resulted in a game that resulted in several manga, an anime and a whole lot more. That must have been one awesome illustration. In any case, let's take a look at the anime adaptation.
The story is pretty simple, there are two worlds, one is our ordinary world, the other is a world where our other selves live and shoulder our pain for us... by beating the crap out of each other. The series surrounds a middle school student named Mato, her interactions with others and how this affects the other world. The concept is interesting, but they really only get in depth with it for half of the series, which amounts to four…
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You know an anime has to be decent when it has Hatsune Miku doing voiceover work for the music cues. Well naturally Black Rock Shooter is an enjoyable bizzare anime.
The Cons
-Its just...Bizarre, if you do not understand the plot you're going to mess up a lot in the story
-Characters are nothing too special. Nothing really leaps towards the audience except maybe Yuu and Mato
-The really weird moments. If you watched this you know what I mean, the staring and etc. Its just....weird
The Pros
-A BIG improvement over the OVA version. It has the more complex plot, the better message, and was just overall a better story.
-The better variety in characters then the OVA version. Even though more than half of them are generic
-A better see in of the action scenes. The action scenes in the movie, w…
Read at the sourceHaokan
The first time I heard about Black Rock Shooter, it was basically from all the hype in literally every single social media site I visited. The catchy theme song with the opening lines "Brack Lock Shootah~" stuck in my head and it was on the top of my "planning to watch" list for the longest time. However, this anime was very disappointing.
I'm going to keep it pretty short since this my first review and I don't actually know what I'm doing, but there were several key aspects I feel the anime was missing.
Many people commented on the fact that it had no storyline, and I'll let them slide there because honestly, many school setting animes lack a storyline or much of it and are still extremely enjoyable and successful. But Black Rock Shooter's storyline was so difficult for me to understand…
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Updated for completing the series. I'll try to keep this as spoiler free as possible
Story 3/10- While all the characters from the OVA are present here, the story itself is nearly completely different. While I won't spoil anything, I will say that right off the bat BRS and her alternate world is explained within this first episode. One of the main faults of the OVA was that nothing was really explained at all, so the fact that the audience learns what the hell is going on is an improvement. However, explaining it all within one episode, in a few lines? Then, as more and more characters are brought into the story, the 'plot twists' and developments start to feel more and more like silly ass-pulls that come completely out of nowhere. Backstories, especially, seem just like convenient but st…
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Story: 9/10
It was absolutely unpredictable for me. Maybe, people who watched OVA can find some spoilers in it, but I think that scenario is great. It's quite interesting story about hurting, friendship and parallel world. Actually, "Black Rock Shooter" has two or even three parallel plots.
Art: 10/10
Fantastic graphic. Each episode was really incredible from graphical point of wvew. Both real and parallel worlds are painted carefully and stylish, that means, in two different styles.
Sound: 9/10
I don't know what to say about it. Maybe, I put nine for sound because I saw the "Puella Magi Madoka Magica", where sound work was really outstanding. There sound is also good, but not the best I seen ever.
Character: 8/10
Many characters, many feelings... How to write about it without spoilers or…
Read at the sourceBloomingFlora
Anime for review: Black Rock Shooter
Overall rating: 9/10
Have you ever wondered what happened when your emotions get hurt? Well Black Rock Shooter shows a interesting view of what happens to that pain. After watching the OVA about a year ago I had a interest in BRS. With the Anime's twisting plot, Hardcore fights, and interesting character design I would recommend everyone giving it s try.
Story: 9/10
Basically the story revolves around two girls Mato and Yomi who have many burdens and pan in their life's. Over time more characters are introduced and each has their own other world personality that holds their pain.
Characters: 10/10
Besides the fact of all the main characters having their own other world self sheltering their pain, the people in the real world we full of drama and emot…
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Black Rock Shooter OVA was a terrible anime. Good character designs, okay story, but so many plot holes, and after leaving us waiting for Black Rock Shooter for almost a year, it was a huge disappointment. But, Black Rock Shooter TV version was perfect, and definitely is what should have been expected for an anime that made us wait so long. The character development was better, plot holes were filled, there were shocking moments, touching moments, and it was all around better. Even if you hated the Black Rock Shooter OVA, I recommend you give Black Rock Shooter TV a try. Thanks for reading.
Read at the sourceTyer123
Firstly, I want to start off by confessing that I was (and still am) a huge fan of Black Rock Shooter before the OVA and the TV series came out. However I will try my best to write this review as if I know nothing about Black Rock Shooter. All good? Awesome, let's go!
Story 7/10 & Characters 7/10
For me, the weakest areas of this series are the story and characters. The story centers around Mato as she struggles to understand pain and the feelings of hurt, and Black Rock Shooter in an alternate world trying to save others from their pain and suffering by fighting their alternate egos. There is depth to the story (mostly apparent in the last few episodes), but the execution of it leaves much to be desired. The last few episodes in particular was very messy, and I had to rewatch them again…
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Black★Rock Shooter would be the last time that I will ever watch with the name Mari Okada in it. I should have learned my lesson with the pile of nonsense Fractale, but nooooo! I JUST HAD to watch this until the end.
Okay, I admit, not all of it was bad. For starters, the use of CGI in this anime was superb. I mean, really. I think BRS established a new standard in me when looking at CGI in anime. The fight scenes were well-made, and the level of violence put in here is nothing to laugh at. BUT, I’m afraid everything else just felt… ridiculous and pretentious.
I think Mari Okada has a tendency to place unusually large values on topics that don’t really matter and focuses the attention of her writing into creating some of the most angsty anime to ever grace television screens. Fractale ha…
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I got into the Black★Rock Shooter franchise without any former expectations based on the song by Hatsune Miku (which i enjoy lots, but not particularly the original Miku BRS song) nor the original illustrations, videogame or merchandise. I was embracing a new show, unaware of what was coming, perhaps wondering what sort of quality anything about this brand could possibly have, when this fame was reached through such disperse sorts of media. This perhaps could have made me a little sceptic but i was nontheless very curious, it was all new to me. I was in for a surprise.
STORY - 9
Borderline 10 rating. One of the things that admired me the most about this show was precisely, given that it was limited to 8 episodes and it had enough content to be spread through at the very least 12 episodes,…
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Mari Okada is a writer who is the perfect definition of "all style, no substance". I enjoyed her script for Toradora, but everything else she wrote makes me want to throw my monitor out of the window.
For example, Ano Hana. It took 2/3 of the series to reveal that yes, Menma the ghost is real. Why couldn't she just prove herself instead of acting like a moeblob for the first six episodes? Oh wait, it's bad writing.
She's basically the Nicholas Sparks of anime. Her only purpose is to make you cry, and when emotions are the main factor behind a story, you know that there is no room for rational explanations & logic. (And don't give me that "oh it's anime who cares about logic" bullcrap. Nanoha and Madoka Magica has alot of rationale in it)
In short, Mari Okada's a hack and no work of her'…
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