Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Morningstar991
"Destiny is predetermined" // "Love is blindness" if either of those sounds true to you then you will like Kurozuka.
On the surface it's an episodic story,but all it takes is 5 minutes to realize it's much more than that,told trough flashbacks,dream sequences,deja vu's and timelapses,which for some reason confuses the average anime viewer hence it's low score.As for the art & animation both are top-notch,it was peak Madhouse at the time after all.
It's hard to write a review without spoilling anything so all there is to be said is to watch and form your own opinion,don't trust the MAL score in this instance.
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Although this series has a reputation of being confusing, it's actually very straightforward—it's just that the first three or so episodes are jumping around to different time periods, relying on flashbacks, peculiar editing, unfinished plot threads, a bizarre head trip where the main character doesn't know who he is, and jumbling it all up to create what looks to be a non-linear, experimental anime, but this doesn't last.
We begin in 12th century Japan, and the story specific to the characters of Kuro and Benkei remains superficial. There is some kind of feud between warring factions and Kuro is on the run. These elements fade into the background as Kuro develops an unhealthy obsession with an immortal vampire woman. Most of the male characters end up becoming enamored with her.
The go…
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Kurozuka is a title which proves that no matter how great a book looks, it still needs to have some sort of manageable writing in it to sell and be liked. This only meant to be a metaphor and not my opinion of the source material, which was a novel, turned manga, turned anime. I haven’t read those (which are hear are far more entertaining) and I am only going to talk about the anime version.
So basically, the problem with this show is that it lacks context. And by that, I do not mean action, cool looking warriors, explosions, and the like. It has lots of it and it is artistic up to a point to boot. The problem is that it lacks ANYTHING ELSE other than that. The characters never manage to become sympathetic to you, the story is simple and still manages to be confusing, and there are no ove…
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“Majestic, bizarre, violent and dark. A surreal and poetic journey that turns into something more profound than what it looks like”
REVIEW FREE OF SPOILERS!
-STORY: 8-
"KUROZUKA" it’s a well-founded and rich story. Its narrative could divide people, some by saying it’s boring and unadorned –or complicated- and by others –like me- saying that is meaningful, metaphorical and gorgeous.
The story of this show could be like a stream, whether it calls you, takes you and embraces you leading you swiftly –although, trough some “what the hell is happening here?” moments- across the tale or it rejects you for it isn’t a plain and simple story of vampires and war, it is complex.
-ART: 8-
The art depicted in this show is marvelous. The designing of the characters is believable and the action sc…
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What a terrible terrible anime. Sure the first 2 episodes were terrific. Great gore, great action and a bit of romance. However everything goes downhill. The anime is very confusing. There's many flashbacks which appear without warning which is confusing. Powers and abilities of all of these characters are poorly poorly explained. There's times when the anime doesn't make sense. The anime is a trainwreck.
But to make matters even worst the ending is a catastrophe. You have not a clue what's going on at all. You don't know if time reset and a continuous loop happens, you don't know whether time is continuing or whether Kuro actually gets that actual body. I'm sorry for putting in spoilers but this anime is a bellyache. I wouldn't recommend watching this EVER!
Read at the sourceShikalazy
This anime turned out to be one of those random ones that I was just looking for under the horror category. The thing is, it constantly throws you back and forth between "is this guy good or bad." It's interesting because the main character is driven constantly in this painful loop that you kind of want to turn away from, but really can't.
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Kurozuka is extremely different in the way the story is presented. Do not take that statement lightly.
At the beginning of this anime (for what seems several episodes) it is extremely hard to stay interested because of the perspective the story. It does however, change so that the watcher can follow along and begin making sense of the earlier scenes.
Considering the actual content of the anime, the story was interesting with intriguing art. The action primarily in the middle of the anime is fairly graphic, which was almost unexpected... But very entertaining.
Saying those few things, I appreciate the different approach in story telling, however daunting it was. It almost makes me think they did it so the watcher would be as dazed and confused as the main character. I stayed long enoug…
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tl;dr - Kurozuka is a bad anime. I really support and like some points made, but the show itself is of pretty poor quality at most times.
You don’t know what to expect when you dive into Kurozuka. While this is true for a lot of other anime as well, Kurozuka is a special enigma. Being about vampires (especially the main leads) can turn people off, seeing how vampires are often portrayed nowadays. Sadly, thoughts hop to Rob Pattinson as Edward in the cringe-inducing soft pornography for girls known as Twilight. Sure, Twilight isn’t the only sinner, but due to it’s popularity, it is the most stand-out. Onwards to Kurozuka, then.
On first on-look, Kurozuka seems to be a love story about vampires, set in Feudal Japan. That preconception is quickly smashed to bits after the first episodes as…
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I first watched this anime a few years ago out of boredom when I couldn't find anything else to watch, and I'm so glad I did! Now it's definitely ranked as one of my favorites.
The balance of action & romance is perfect. The storyline is interesting, and leaves you wanting more. Rarely if ever a dull moment. It's definitely one of the first I would recommend.
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Warning to anyone planning to watch this: DO NOT EXPECT THE PLOT TO MAKE SENSE. The plot is a complete and total clusterfuck and does not even begin to make sense no matter which way you look at it. If the ending says what I think it says, being Kuro is the worst hell. The recursive plot reminded me of Highlander: Search for Vengeance.
Okay, now that I've got that out of the way, let's focus on the specifics.
Art: Amazing. The art is really well polished, on par with Hellsing Ultimate.
Animation: Smooth fight scenes, lots of slow-motion and special effects. High quality animation. Choreography: Pretty good, the sword fights are quite nice to watch, Kuro utilizes a lot of acrobatic moves which are nice to see. I would say that it's at least on par with Highlander: Search for Vengeance…
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Lazyman reviews.
Alright, so this is about an Anime called Kurozuka. Rated R -17+ and up For it contains: Mild nudity, Suggestive Themes, Boring Violence, Repeated Scene Effect, Ear Bleeding Laughter, Vampires of The Non-Twilight Kind, Zombies, Demons, Mutants, The Quest to Tap it and Blood. Lots of blood. Not so much Gore just blood. They seem to censor or magic pixie fuzz any or all of the gore out.
As we go along it’s good to know that this show aired back in 2008 and was animated by Madhouse studios. Go Madhouse! Another thing to notice is the extreme skinny people and bazaar limb length that you will see quite often in this show.
Right off the bat you’re slammed with the power of the Annoying Red Haired Masked Man With Fan while he spurts out what seems to be haiku’s sung with extr…
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This anime pissed me off enough that I wanted to review it. The story opened with great visuals and fantastic animation. I loved the kabuki openings which summarized previous events. In short, Kurozuka started with great promise.
*If you're worried about spoilers, you should probably stop reading here.*
Alas, that promise was quickly broken. I don't mind a bit of confusion when it serves the purpose of the story, especially when it originates authentically from the character's perspective. There's a limit, however, and Kurozuka drives past it, swerves off the road, careens down a mountainside, and explodes in a fantastically animated and entirely gratuitous fireball. I watched to the end, and as Kuro promised, all was revealed. Unfortunately, the ending leaves us with a plot hole so la…
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It's a 8/10 at the start, drops to a 3 (which nearly made me cry and give up on the series) and then a totally knock-you-off-your-seat resolution which really deserves a 10. so yeah. i have no idea how to rate this show overall.
a few hours ago i was trudging through the 8th episode or so, wondering why on earth i'm still watching a crappy show like this and how it this nonsense going to have any satisfactory conclusion - obviously i've never ever seen a show which such horrendous build-up into such a of-of-this-world revelation.
let's talk about why the middle effy bits were really horrible first.
1) it's a plot that never seem to go anywhere - ok so you might get what they're doing and all but there seem to be no general direction to the show, simply a 'i must go to kuromitsu' is a…
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From the first scene I felt like I'd seen the anime before. By the second or third episode I confirmed in my mind that I had indeed already completed Kurozuka & my uncertainty wasn't due to confusion or imagined deja vu- but due to themes of eternity, reality, fate and life and death and life again being wonderfully executed in the story telling. The unclear progression & perception of truth all succeeded in making this Alice in Wonderland- Ergo Proxy journey enthralling (Brownster's 'engrossing' was well chosen). Reaffirming D5's ' hardcore mind-gang-rape' description as very true.
Rating the anime was difficult when it came to Enjoyment as no terms seemed close to relevant other then 'great'. There were many fight scenes leaving me in ecstatic awe (I LOVE sword fight scenes and Kurozuka…
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Kuro means black. Or so I've been told.
And I think Kurozuka means black coffin. Maybe.
Anywhoo.
Let's say you're a toppled Japanese Lord running from demonic usurpers in the chilling mountains with your seemingly loyal retainer and stumble upon a large manor presided over by a beautiful woman who is all alone in this dangerous climate. Moreso, this woman is completely willing to let you spend the night on one request: don't go into her personal chambers only to discover her getting her freak on with a bloody corpse...
Clearly no good will come of wanting to have sex with her and be her eternal lovemonkey slave because she'll cut your head off and you'll be forced to time travel through apocalyptic worlds in endless search of this demon who on one hand lavishes her love upon you and o…
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I liked this anime, but had difficulty in rating it. In some ways, it is either more or less than the sum of its parts, depending on the point of whoever is watching it.
The story is presented in a manner which involves a lot of flashbacks, dream sequences which are not clearly distinguished from reality, surreal imagery, explicated metaphor... in short, it is overwhelmingly confusing.
Even after watching the entire series, all I can say about the plot is that it is designed to mess with my head... anything else is questionable, so even if I wasn't wary of spoilers, I can't really give you any details (I mean, I could, but, not really).
If you've watched Serial Experiments Lain, or Memento, then this probably belongs in a similar category in terms of the way the story is presented as a…
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The first two episodes of this anime really gripped me, even after the third i was left thinking that the story had such promise, it could turn into one of the best animes this season, sadly i was wrong the story is set wonderfully and deteriorates from there. Throughout the series you'll find a number of overly glorified battle scenes, (since kuro is a vampire) you can expect quite a few unrealistic feats to dash across your screen. Even as i write this review i wish i could go back in time kill the writer and take his job. The sound is solid not the best I've heard I thought the opening was iffy, The characters are not developed properly the story's many strings just dont tie together, i remember the end of episode 12 felt like being jabbed at with the bristles of a dirty broom (each rep…
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Kurozuka is a lot of things but for the most part it’s a Seinen, Historical, Sci-fi, Action anime jam packed full of high-octane Rated-18 action to please action lovers. However like most series, this one starts of grand but eventually wanes as it progresses.
It begins with the main protagonist, Kurou being pursued for reasons not explained and one intense action sequence later, he and his companion seek shelter in some mysterious woman’s home. Kurou soon develops feelings for this woman named Kuromitsu but soon after he discovers her dirty little secret. Another insanely gruesome action sequence later and the real story begins, as Kurou embarks on an all new journey of immortality. All I can say is that the 1st episode was awesome but soon after that the biggest flaw in the story soon ap…
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It's often strange how some anime can divide opinions on how good it actually is, and the reasons for these divided opinions are often logical and plausible. In the case of Kurozuka however, there is a definite misinterpretation of the story as a whole.
Kurozuka began life as a novel written by Yumemakura Baku, which was later illustrated by Noguchi Takashi in manga form. The manga was serialized in Super Jump magazine from 2003 to 2006, before being turned into an anime by Madhouse in 2008.
The story in Kurozuka is where many of the divided opinions stem from. Many people consider the story to be confusing, especially at the very end, however this can confusion can somewhat berectified by watching the first five minutes of the first episode again.
At heart Kurozuka may seem to be a st…
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The animation seems to overpower an exaggerated plot. Viewers who crave cyberpunk animations consisting of time lapses and vicious fight scenes will have a pleasant taste out of this series. Yet there is much of the plot that may leave the audience hungry. Once you take a bite out of my review, you'll understand what I mean.
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Kurozuka focuses on the concept of immortality along with the quest for the meaning of mortality. Initially, I had assumed a vampiric aspect came into play [Kuromitsu sucking blood for example]. As the series progressed, the aspect grew more scientific. Here we have the main character, Kurou, wanting to spend all eternity with Kuromitsu. I once thought it was a romantic struggle between the two protagonists, yet the plot grew more confusing later o…
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