AniWorthViolinist of Hamelin
Introduction
Trouble arises in Staccato one day. Demons show up and start to wreak havoc on the townspeople. The entire country seems to be suffering. The source of the problem is that the "barrier" which until now has kept the demons from crossing over to the human world, is weakening. The person who sustains it is losing her strength after holding it up for so many years. That person is Queen Horn of Sforzando. Hell King Bass is trying to break through the barrier and release their "supreme leader," Kestra (Orchestra). One whose power is unparalleled yet is trapped somewhere in the world of the humans.
(Source: AniDB)
Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 6.57/10 · 2013
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Audience reviews
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Naowe
I think it's my first ever review on MAL. Consider it a reaction to Hameln's low rating. I don't understand the tendency with MAL users to badly rate anything released in the 20th century with subpar art direction. Back in the day, we cared about story and music, more than moe and tsundere stuff. Low budgets always gave more room to creativity.
Hameln's showrunner, if the word exists for Japanese productions (maybe script editor?), was Yasuhiro Imagawa. And it shows. In those days, he was popular with a handful of fans who saw what he was trying to do: take an existing, often bland IP, and adapt it into an anime show that would end up shocking everyone, not just for the shock value, but because it'll make them think about the ending for a long time.
He did it with Giant Robo (although qu…
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You know, when you have a burden on your back and want it to throw it away, this is how I felt when watching "Hamelin no Violin Hiki".
I love old-school Anime especially the 90's because of its distinctive style and overall mood and here I am, I was trying to find a series back in 1996 and got across this one, it looks interesting enough but throughout the whole thing, I was feeling bored and gave an Anime procrastination.
The major problem about this series is the animation. At first, it isn't too bad but then, at some point, it starts to get in your way. Understandably, the budget for this series didn't seem that great because of the still images thrown in at the worst possible way. Just imagine watching a Dragon Ball Z fight and in throughout the peak of…
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Hamelin no Violin Hiki isn't something I was really expecting to find in the world of Anime. I should know by now, with my ten plus years surfing the Anime ocean that there are some very unique series in a broad genre such as Shounen, Slice of Life or Comedy. This show definitely being one of them in the Shounen world.
This show being more than 20 years old certainly shows its age. Most shounen these days don't get as "mythical" if I may as this one. That by itself is not necessarily a bad thing.
The story itself does take a few episodes to pick up in pace but was not done poorly overall for me. Centered around the mixed race Hamel and his quest, we see quite a bit of trials and tribulations during the journey. This is to be expected from the Shounen genre of course but the ending for me…
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Violinist of Hameln is a dark medieval-fantasy based drama focused on a pair of adventurers and childhood friends named Flute and Hamel who find themselves chosen to defend humanity from the threat of the demon race, who seek the means to resurrect their sealed ruler Chestra. The series is actually known to be a rather divided one among those fans who have been able to see this obscure and forgotten 1990s anime series for some major reasons related to its presentation and storytelling, that I will touch upon.
First, let me touch upon the biggest criticism of the series and one that would be hard to dispute in the form of its visuals. The series was animated by Studio Deen who, with a few exceptions, are known to often cut a number of corners with the animation to their titles. Violinist o…
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