Audience reviews
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zazuge
This was my favorite Bakumatsu period anime so far.
It have cool characters, mature themes, conspiracies, foreign powers involvement..etc
But the thing that ruined for me and made me like not take it too seriously was the occult theme in it, there are some episodes where the main protagonist fight ghosts or spirits but they design is like basic from a game or something, which kinda makes you think that in the last half they started to cheap out on the antagonists design.
The music is good, i ended listening to whole OST, it's worth getting IMHO.
The last antagonist was also cool and a good match for the main character, but he was introduced too late or the reveal was too late to have a lasting impact on the story.
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✪ Genre: action (swordplay, gunfights), contemporary fantasy, historical drama, seinen
✔Positive Aspects✔
◧ By far the most impressive aspect of this series was its sound department. Beautiful and diverse melodies for every possible situation, keep the series afloat despite its multiple shortcomings (see below).
◧ I found the concept of this series very interesting, the blending of modern Japanese history (with a mostly accurate depiction of historical events) and contemporary fantasy elements, although it was not executed nearly as good as it could have been. ✘Negative Aspects✘
◧ Pretty mediocre animation, low saturated colors lacking vibrancy, not as crisp as it should have been, especially for a Sunrise production. The graphics around the depiction of magical auras & of magical spe…
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Basically this anime had a lot going for it at the beginning, but had to balance that with what it had going against it in the same timeframe. The scenes about the theater troupe and the writing involving Ibaragi and his plays was actually very engaging and made me want to see more. The very accurate portrayal of Japanese Kabuki theater was great and made me want to watch the show. I really liked the way they jammed a lot of plot into each episode and just expected you to keep up. But at the same time the anime was trying way too hard to push the "OP Shounen" angle with Akizuki and would have been much better off just focusing on the theater aspect than including the need for supernatural powers and deus ex machina appeals to "destiny".
The second leg of the anime descends into utter supe…
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The historical context of this anime is indeed demanding - you will have to wiki some names and battles - but the artistry and the theatrics employed are so great you want to keep watching the play until the right names come about.
It's best lays between episodes 1 and 13 (felt some disorientation in the argument after that point, like they were trying to pull up several storylines that would somehow converge in one single point in a map).
All the characters are immensely valuable, particularly the secondary ones like tayu, hijikata's right arm, nakaya jubei and the 4 english elite warriors that, as they come, bring the story closer to us.
Hijikata's journey north towards honor is sublime and kanna's descent operates as an inverted journey into despair. We are not given the answers for a…
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"It´s two sides to everything in this world".
Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto (Intrigue in the Bakumatsu: Irohanihoheto) is one of these shows that are really good, but never really got through to an lager audience. Why you should watch it? I will go down to that know.
Story: 8/10
The main part of the story focuses on Japanese history (1850´s) - and the civil war that accrued then. In this period the profession of samurais was phasing out, and in many factions that wasn´t welcome. Western countries as France and Great Britannia had started to get very involved in Japanese business as well, and were in some extent involved with the war. They have spiced the story up with some super natural elements, which made the whole story much more interesting. The show have it´s main focus on the…
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Its nice to watch a historical series once in a while, you'll learn a lot on this kinds of shows. Its really interesting how they incorporate fiction along these historical events that which occured in Japan. And for me, who doesn't really know what took place on Japan, I really enjoyed Bakumatsu as an history lesson and an anime series as well. Well I'm not entirely sure though if the series is accurate, I'll look into it later.
As for the story goes, the Lord's head came from a rebel who rebelled against the king of Qin dynasty(in china of course) it was approximately 2004(correct me if I'm wrong) years ago when the rebel was beheaded. He swore to take revenge on everyone who opposed him, bringing his vengeful head to fruition. Qin's king ordered his people to seal the mysteriously wei…
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This anime has a good scenario, ok nothing special a child that wants to avenge her parents good scenario but common... i've seen that before. But there are some irritating things in this story for example the way that Hijikata dies, Hijikata is a historical person he died in a battle one vs many not in a battle one-on-one it is humiliating to show him dying like this (it is already known from the Japanese history that Hijikata dies so i don't consider this info a spoiler). The art in some parts was not sutisfying at all the fights were deteriorated from the bad animation. The sound was the best part about this anime at least it made the anime MUCH more intresting that it looked.
About the characters nothing special here either, a noble girl that cares about anyone, and this anime has thi…
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When i started with this one i was too tired of watching mecha and school stuff which i can never get enough of. I thought that this was going to be an anime that i'd rather get out of my way before going back to where i was. But the show like all anime builds up on you. I remember being so intrigued at one point that i took a day off work to finish the series.
The ending in particular was a satisfying one...mostly that is. The songs were really catchy...in fact i still find myself humming them quite often. The only thing i hated was that they concentrated a tad too bit on the politics which is slightly a hassle. Analogies between historical personailities and characters are well placed. Character relevance is well balanced and each character is treated as a component to narate some eleme…
Read at the sourcePeachPieWaffle
I think it's important to firstly note that this anime is heavily influenced by Japan's history.
It is a re-telling of what Japan went through in the final years of the Edo period, when the Samurai, Ronins, Citizens, and Military forces from Japan and foreign countries, fought for control of the country. The interesting battles and real-life tales of betrayal and backstabbing, are retold with a hint of the supernatural element, which although seemingly far fetched, does hold more than a hint of realism. The story is fascinating, but if the viewer is not into the history genre and does not care about sitting through, what may at times seem like a history or Asian culture class, then this series is definitely not for them.
I enjoyed this tale immensely, as it was good to see the behind the…
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Although I haven\'t seen much of this anime, I feel I have to express myself about it, so I\'ll make this short. The story itself is certainly a refreshing change of pace from other anime which either ignore placing fantasy elements, or go overboard and spin a wild tale of youkai and miko. The art style is definitely top notch for a modern anime, especially taking into account it is not an OVA. As for the character development, I\'ve seen about 10 episodes or so, and I find the character development quite lacking, the main character simply meets up with the others and they quickly join forces. Also the main character\'s past is shrowded in mystery, too much, you hardly even know why he does what he does. I certainly don\'t get the feeling that he does it out of the goodness of his heart, a…
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