Audience reviews
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Watertribe88
Its a good popcorn anime! Honestly I was a little unsure about it in the beginning with Garo just being this jacked, ultra confident, sleep with whatever woman type of character that seems like the authors fantasy, but as it went on it really won me over. The story is nothing special a secret group of fighters take out "horrors" that eat people. Fun amount of fights and supernatural deaths that are great for the Halloween watch, but not every story has to be amazing sometimes you just want to sit down hear some funny dialogue with the occasional heart thrown in to keep you interested. My only real issue was the CG used in the animation for a show that came out in 2018 made by MAPPA, I would have expected a little more from them. Otherwise it is a good casual watch.
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I contemplated a lot if I should rate it fine or average. After much thoughts I settled on good. It's not scratching a certain itch, which is why I can't give it any higher. I must say, the story is decent. The progression is good, it has fan service for him, her and theys. I didn't noticed plot holes and filler episodes either. It tapped into that nostalgia of transformers and power rangers for me too. Since the first episode I felt a sense of something is missing which I felt I almost got towards the end only to elude me once again. Maybe I was not proper mind space which is why I am critiquing it too harshly. But i certainly feel it has so much potential to evoke more intense feelings. Perhaps, it's no folly of the author or artist but the directors.
Read at the sourceArchangelEST
Garo is a rather overlooked and underrated show that quite surprised me. Good production values and plenty of fun action should be up the alley of a lot of people.
Animation / Art / General Visuals - 8/10
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The visual quality is very good across the board. Action scenes are high octane with good animation, mixing and matching more traditional anime and some subtle 3D. Art style is detailed and expressions on point.
Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 8/10 ------------------------------------------
Sound and voice acting is great, with the Soundtrack especially worth noting. A lot of heavy metal bangers that fit the show perfectly. Whether it's some gun blasting action or sword swinging, or riding a jacked up bike, the music hits hard.
Story…
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Garo is a franchise I've talked about once with Honoo no Kokuin. It was a sub-par, tryhard dark series where every "twist" was painfully obvious. Maybe this one is less profoundly stupid and manages to be a sentai show for adults that actually respects its audience's intelligence.
Story:
Sophia Hennes is an orphan who just wants to find her brother. He disappeared one day with the words "El Dorad" left on his computer screen. Sophia goes to a famous psychic hoping for a clue but, like all psychics, he's fake. He's also a monstrous horror who tries to kill her. Which is almost as bad. Fortunately for her, she's rescued by the mysterious Sword who transforms into a golden knight on his motorcycle and slays the horror. He also happens to be looking for the secret behind El Dorado. Which s…
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Garo: Vanishing Line is a fun anime with fantastic style that unfortunately just lasts too long.
The visuals are great, the concept entertaining and the soundtrack is so good, it's the best part of many scenes. However, the many episodic side stories mean it's all repeated too often, allowing it to go stale before the end.
Once the show starts to get boring, it's a lot easier to notice the poor writing and inconsistencies, as well as more difficult to forgive them.
There's a lot of fanservice in this but it's all western-friendly, only adult characters. The humour isn't great but it does keep the show from getting too heavy, it also has quite a lot of flashbacks.
This would be a brilliant show if it hadn't been drawn out into 24 episodes, I recommend watching at least the 1st one, but…
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[Some considerations:
1. I haven't watched the previous Garo series so I'll write this based just on Vanishing Line.
2. I don't pretend to go deep.
3. No spoilers.]
I got hyped by Garo: Vanishing Line trailer, I think the promotional video is great. The first episode is really catching: animation, art, soundtrack and fight scenes are outstanding.
No doubt that the strong points of Vanishing Line are the same of the debut episode: Soundtrack, fights and art/animation. I'm amazed by their OST and how they managed to fit the animation (fights, calm scenes, dramatic scenes, etc). I would recommend Garo: Vanishing Line for anyone who enjoys great sync between music and animation.
The character design is great too, the characters are very unique and has their personality well built in most…
Read at the sourceLazaros742
So i have never seen any other anime in this family... but it was very interesting to watch. There is a lot about the nature of the Horrors that i did not understand from the anime as a stand alone, maybe they were answered in the previous animes. The setting is very interesting and takes you to a bunch of different places, giving you a bit of variety. The story is probably its weakest point but it had a lot of potential. The battle scenes were fun and cool but at some point they started to feel flashy for flashinesses sake. The characters were all pretty fun and i liked how the main character developed by the end.
Overall its a fun anime to watch but I genuinely wish they developed the story just a little more and gave more information on the Horrors, the alchemists, and the knights. I…
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Story 8 / 10:
For me the story really kept my attention from beginning to end. I was interested in it even with some of the "filler" episodes with side stories for some of the main characters. I think it was a very engaging story up until the very end and while I predicted a few of the plot points along the way, most of the reveals were surprising to me and that kept the story even more interesting. While it didn't move me to tears myself, there were also plenty of moments that struck my heart and I think that's effective.
Art 7 / 10:
The art wasn't overly outstanding to me, yet good enough to see some moments and go "oh, that's nice." Like I said, it wasn't anything higher than a 7 by any means, but I definitely think it would be doing it a great shame to rate it any lower than good. T…
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Garo: Vanishing Line, the 3rd installment of the Garo series, which *SPOLIER TIME* if you don't know, here's a trait of these types:
1) Every Garo story takes place in a different city (Spain, Japan, US)
2) Whatever the story is, the good vs. evil divergence story setting is STILL the same with Makai Knights vs. Horrors and the masterminds behind each series
3) Expect intense action with good yet improving CGI since all of the Garo anime series are done by the one and only MAPPA.
...except, when you realize who's directing this series, and it's a Korean! This is Park Sunghoo's 1st role as director, and while some (or most) of us don't quite agree that Koreans should take helm at Japanese anime, I definitely feel that regardless of origin, they can still make wonders and it shines here.…
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THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS
Garo: Vanishing Line is the third Garo TV series, with a modern setting with action happening in Russell City, it follows the story of Sword, a makai knight who dons the golden armor to protect human from the eternal threat called horror which comes to this world from Makai Realm using humans negative emotions, Gina, a makai priest who uses spells to destroy horrors, Luke, who uses guns to hunt horrors and Sophie, a girl who is searching for her brother.
Great unique story, well paced episodes having well choreographed battles, characters which whom you will instantly love and a ride that will make you beg for more is what Vanishing Line lacks.
Story 5/10
Let's talk about the story.
The story starts good, looking promising. After few episodes I found m…
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Would you like to get HYPED? Are you looking for some action? Here is the place!
Garo:Vanishing line is a standalone anime, so you don't need to watch the older Garos in order to watch this one. What is this about? Well the sypnosis probably tells it better but in summary: Knights and Alchemists fighting Horrors, making their way to uncover the mysteries of El Dorado.
Why did I like it so much? Because it was great. It did exactly what I was looking for.
Sometimes it feels like shows try to make action anime epic yet fail with some underhanded tactics. Either fights ending too soon, or just not being hype enough. But... Garo did it right.
The combination of the music, art and animation, and the fight scenes in general were well done.
What about the story? There was a general story lin…
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As a MAPPA fan, I almost never deny their shows a try, with Garo: Vanishing Line being no exception. And it was actually a quite nice watch. Nothing mind-blowing or world-changing, but a comfortable and colourful watch. This is my first entry to the Garo-franchise, so I will have no comparisons with the other series in the Garo-universe in my review.
The story is a bit slow paced, taking its time to its finishing line (yes, pun intended). As gathered from the synopsis, the main story is about the girl Sophie Hennes and the Makai knight Sword, and their common goal to find this mystery Eldorado. Its about more than that though. The story takes place in a more or less post-apocalyptic US-like country, with isolated cities scattered throughout. Horrors (demon-like creatures) is rooming the…
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Sometimes, old ideas never die and Garo is an example that feels timeless regardless what setting it takes in. Upon being announced for a new anime series, I was rather ecstatic upon realizing the setting this show would take place. Contrary to some of the past series that took place in dark fantasy world, we got a modern Garo. That’s right, a series that takes place in modern times with politics, technology, and new dangers lurking in the shadows.
Confession time. I’m actually not a huge Garo fan. In fact, my first exposure to the franchise is from 2014 when Garo: The Animation aired. Basically, I missed out on the original series that aired over a decade ago and only understand the anime side of the franchise. That’s no problem though as it seems that any new viewer can jump into this a…
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