Audience reviews
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HERMIT_PAIMON
"This is what we call beyond peak "
I am a big sucker of meccha , war , political drama shows and it's fucking hilarious like how this masterpiece went under my radar for ages . It's sad that a huge number of people dropped this just because of some stupid 3 ep rule . So, don't judge broken blade on early stages . Give it a complete shot and i bet you won't be dissappointed .
Despite of being a short 12 ep show , broken blade gives you a whole another level of experience in terms of quality . I swear this is one of best Ig production adaptation . From A to Z everything is top notch throughout the show , No compromise in quality .
The only thing it's lacks a 10-15 min explanation of geography of continent and kingdoms on it . This is a minor issue so, don't mind , not gonna affect your w…
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The premise is about a war amongst nations for the control of natural resources. It is also about several personal dramas around pilots and aristocrats and their interactions during these times. In theory this could have been a great epic of strife, ambition and tragedy around the needs of nations forced down the path of violence and destruction. In practice though it is hardly as interesting.
The most obvious reason is the action. The whole thing looks like a dull Gundam rip-off, where the pilots keep monologing and explaining everything to the viewer instead of just letting us get it, minus the big explosions and the poser mechas. It focuses too much on skirmishes and duels with simplistic field tactics that doesn’t make you feel you are watching a continent-wide war. What you mostly se…
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The animation quality and detailing this anime got is a very rare gem, and its from 2014. The effort the animation team put on this is incredible for that time. Its been 7 years and the quality is so good.
The detailing the reactions the physics of every fighting move, even when they get shot or falls down the animation and particle detailing is way too high than most of the other mecha anime out there.
Its still underrated and not so popular among the new generations but daym this is one hell of an anime. I just fell in love with the effects and physics and the work they put in this anime so this is a masterpiece for me. Though there should have been a 2nd season for it but I guess I will watch the alternative ver to find out if it goes on from this point or not.
But if the animation…
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Well to start off with break blade is a 12 episode anime. So just know that they will be a lot of unanswered questions, underdevelopment of a lot of things but trust me its worth a watch.
story 8/10 - Story was good, if you like mecha in general and the whole 2 sides fighting each other then you will enjoy it
art 10/10 - Don't let the first few episodes fool you the art is great and the fact that the mechas are hand drawn is honestly the best thing about the whole show. Also, they are some amazing fights
sound 9/10- From the voice acting to the mecha fights you will get immersed into each fight. Lol, just bear in mind they is a lot of shouting
characters 5/10- It's a 12 episode anime so really only the main character gets any real development if any
Overall I'd say break blade is l…
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Review to self:
Plot: the plot progression was so slow and almost tiring to watch. Nothing out of your ordinary mecha style story line. It would have been much better if it ended with zess reuniting but I guess there's probably another continuation somewhere on the Internet. There's so little detail about other nations apart from the fact that MC is going to war because his friends nation allowed another nation to pass through them to invade their neighbours. Shallow plot leaves more to be desired
Art and design honestly loved the quality added in this anime, animation was so smooth with characters being finely created. I would not have noticed the difference in this series (2014) and a series made within the last year based on art style and design. That being said many parts of the seri…
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This show, whether by bad editing of the movies or budget constraints or failure to adapt the source material faithfully; is one of the most disappointing Mecha anime I have ever seen. Break Blade's promising premise coupled with it's intriguing introduction only makes the following trope-filled, messy remainder of the show hurt more by contrast. The great visual work, animation and fight choreography (for the mecha at least) coupled with the work of Yoshihisa Hirano for the soundtrack keeps the viewer excited and intrigued during a good deal of scenes, I will admit. However the story and characters do not manage to uphold this standard.
The setting, while intriguing initially; falls apart as the world is "fleshed out," or in Break Blade's case, a lack thereof. The core element of the BB…
Read at the sourceAlnairth
Break Blade (Broken Blade ; ブレイクブレイド ) Is a TV adaptation of manga with the same title. Before TV series there was series of movies, and the thing is both of them are the same thing. It really is hard to point out difference between those two, more so TV series is fundamentally chopped movie without any will of redeeming ending for manga fans.
Art and animation is really enjoyable, combined with battle music can easily stun viewer. Manga is easily the best mecha comic you can read, and so Movie/TV series could become one of the best mecha production - Movie ended differently because it overtook manga release, that was understandable at that time(manga release was and still is painfully slow). BUT TV series never bothered with straightening it up, like they never gave a f*ck.
If i had t…
Read at the sourceBeryllus
There are two types of people who'll watch this anime. Those who are new to Break Blade and those who aren't. This review will be more oriented to the latter.
This is the alternative canon, to the alternative canon. So you fans of the manga hoping this was to follow the manga much closer than the movies had-- be the true adaptation, you'll be disappointed, it does change a few scenes to be more similar to the manga, but they're few and far in between. Overall it's 92% of the movies, if one wished to express it as a percentage.
So this'll be a short review, since there's little to cover that wasn't in the movies. The most important question is whether or not it's worth watching. Simply put: no. Unless you could go for re-watching the movies but desire the differences.
The OP was change…
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Before I begin I would like to clarify the fact that this review is regarding the (hopefully first) 12 episodes of this anime. In terms of potential I truly believe this anime has immense potential in the long run.
For what it manages to accomplish in 12 episodes this anime is amazing, but that in and of itself is the issue. 12 episodes isn't really long enough for the story to develop and advance enough. Although you may binge watch the series in one go because the story is interesting enough for that there will be an unfilled void once you finish it. There are a lot of unanswered questions, and it is all just left up in the air.
WAIT! Before you go I would like to point out it is still definitely worth a watch, if not for the story and characters which may seem underdeveloped then for…
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Break Blade (TV) was a rushed anime, I believe it would of been better to not rush it and aim for a second season. But overall it was a good anime rushed but it was entertaining, the graphics were very detailed which made it good the characters backgrounds were also interesting though it was a shame what happened to the characters.I .The anime I would expect a second season but it does not seem likely due to the manga, but otherwise the anime is well made good story line over all I think it would be a 7 or 8 out of 10 good must watch anime. It is a good anime that I enjoyed due to all the fights and the pinches the main character was in enjoyable anime for teens.
Read at the sourceSubxaero
Broken Blade it is then.Well in my opinion the specific anime is the most underrated of the past spring season.I will be more specific below.
Story:7--Its not nuclear science thats for sure but it solid nontheless.The 3 main protagonists(Zess rhygart and Hord) are connected with a deep friendship coming along the way from the past.The people of this continet(Cruzon) use quartz to move mechas except Rhygart, who gets to operate an ancient golem(aka mecha).Unexpectedly Rygart and Zess will confront each other in the battlefield serving different countries(even though rygart isnt a soldier)
Art:9. The art is simply fantastic.As a fun of mecha animes, i am a harsh judge when it comes to art and battle implementation between mechas.Well in terms of meele battle this definitly one of the best…
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This is a drop of fresh blood in sea of little stale mecha anime genre. Although is lacking in some aspects, it's overall a rather good watch. This review will be with spoilers, and sorry for my not so good English :)
Story-8
The story is not too complicated, yet not too simple, one could say that it's just there to motivate characters to fight each other. Powerful country/aliens invades the weaker nation/race, something used quite a lot in mecha genre, not so much to talk about there, but as a whole it fits very good in the world of Break blade.
Art- 10
Art is amazing, animation is gorgeous, fights are animated very well, I must point out awesome design of mechas (golems ). Not much more to say here :)
Sound-8
The sound ( especially OST ) was done better in movie adaptation of Bre…
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Titles do not usually hold much - if any - meaning. But in the case of Broken Blade, which is better known in Engrish as 'Break Blade' (BB), the title refers to the broken blades visible on the head and back of Rygart's (the lead & pilot) robot. The titular broken blades also - symbolically - link into Rygart's character. One of the two things they symbolise is how broken as a person he is in Break Blade's universe due to his "unsorcerer" (can not manipulate quartz / use technology) limitations. The other is how mentally broken he becomes as he goes from being pacifistic to the extent he refuses to fight back when hit to killing in a war. What they SHOULD NOT also be able to symbolise is how its adaptation is so hopelessly broken that it is better to skip it ALMOST entirely. Never before h…
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Break Blade is one of those animes with a lot of potential. Unfortunately this is just a "12er" (only 12 episodes), and this is just not enough to develop a deep story and profound characters.
The strongest part of this anime however is, without a doubt, the art, animation and sound. It is just incredible. The highest quality you´ll probably ever see in a mecha anime. A lot of details, colours, special effects. The mechs are a 100% hand-drawn, yet they still look better than any other made with CGI.
The way the producers used the art in combination with the sound of moving and clashing metal gives a (more) realistic feeling of super big and heavy machines moving and batteling...
...and this brings me to the next point, which makes me give this anime a straight 10/10: the batteling of…
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