Audience reviews
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ThatAnimeSnobRE
CLAMP are amongst the most famous old-school mangaka artists in Japan. They have produced many known titles and have created many all time classic characters. Sadly, the thing that makes their stories so interesting is the same that eventually bogs them down. They rarely develop and if they do, it is usually rushed and in the final parts of the story. That is seen as a hook for most who keep watching in hopes of something good to happen, only to be eventually disappointed most of the times with stories which have catchy themes and potential for greatness but are otherwise ruined in the name of cute characters doing silly stuff.
I won’t lie, cute sells. So does taboo romance, a thing CLAMP throw around in their stories all the time. Most of my interest in works like RG Veda or Card Captor…
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Intended for a much younger audience. I loved it when I was 12. Not anymore. I wouldn't be able to sit through its sluggish pacing.
It wasn't bad but there isn't a plot. I've seen this series more than once entirely. I was more attached to the characters than any of the Angel fights. There's a lot of plot armor and the fights didn't make much sense.
Episode 25 to me was the best episode. The ending, what ending. That was disappointing. So Misaki's mom can suddenly walk by Christmas? All the emotional intensity was gone, just for one more fight.
I do like the story arc of Misaki and her mom more than her romance. I ended up rooting for the other pairing - Tamayo and Kotaro. They actually had a lot more chemistry and were more interesting to watch than Misaki and what's his face.
It'…
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Story:
A young girls moves to Tokyo to live with her aunt, and on the way gets involved in a new sport that is gripping the nation. This journey chronicles her journey through this new world that she has discovered. I personally enjoyed the story, especially the ending.
Animation:
Animation is nice. To me the style fits what this anime is supposed to be.
Sound:
The music is nice, I enjoy both the opening and closing themes. The Japanese voice acting is done very well. I have not heard the dub, so i can't say anything about that.
Characters:
Overall the characters are good. Since this is not a particularly long anime, there are many that just show up for an episode or two, but there is a solid core throughout the show. There is not any of them that I particularly dislike.
Overall:…
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I have a strong soft spot for kid tournament anime. Ever since I was a kid intrigued, watching kid tournament anime thanks to it's flashy fights base on set project as well seeing set strong fighter fight set strong fighter in a match.
Even though I enjoy watching Kodomo tournament anime, I don't find them to be all that great in actually. Yes, there were a few kid tournaments that were actually good such as Gundam Build Fighters, Cardfight Vanguard Season 1 and Future Card Buddyfight Season 1 many of the kids tournament anime seemed to be meh at best by comparison especially when theses that three shows that I enjoy actually have more things going on outside its tournament nature in terms of story and charterers.
As a fan of the sub genre self I decided to check out other kid tournament…
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I'd have to say that it's a good thing I force myself to finish anime, even if I am clearly not enjoying it in the beginning. Personally, I felt the first 10-15 episodes were very hard to watch - mostly because the three recurring girls were the characters I found most annoying. And sure, I ended up sympathising with two of them, but that didn't make them any less annoying at the end. I greatly enjoyed the other characters, however. Perhaps the three girls are good enough characters that they evoke an emotion in me - annoyance? Maybe. Who knows. I also felt that they were trying too hard with Oogata's character - seems a bit ridiculous at times. I understand he's supposed to be comedic relief, but it seems too forced. Icchan's solo bits were good comedy wtihout being overboard.
The art is…
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Angelic Layer was one of the anime I watched growing up.
I was recently reminded of it by the anime Gundam Build Fighters which also has a similar premise, so I thought, "What the hell, let's rewatch Angelic Layer. I've forgotten much of the details anyway."
I enjoyed the series. The battles were fun to watch and definitely enjoyable. The rivals all have some kind of special ability which makes every fight unique. However the damage is not consistent, sometimes a punch or kick takes out half the life bar, and other times it does barely a scratch (sometimes I think they should have gotten rid of the lifebar instead....). Also I didn't get how the tournament works.
Story is good enough, nothing special. Misaki, our protagonist who has a disappeared mom, moves to tokyo. There she meets new…
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Angelic Layer is created by CLAMP, which is pretty well known and I have seen, Card Captor Sakura, Chobits, Magic Knight Rayearth and Tsubasa Chronicles, so I guess I'm pretty much used to their work.
After watching those animes, the romance here lacked extremely. The first anime I watched, CCS, I was so in love with it for years. And the romance was amazing, compared to this - - the ending pretty much sucked.
Unless your a fan for family reunions - which im not - you'll love it.
Story: 8/10
Overall, I felt the story was really good. It was passionate and lovey between the mother and daughter, as you get to see Misaki develop her emotions. It also gives you that sense of finding your identity. The real problem, or issue i had was the ending. I'm was quite hyped up about the romance in t…
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I guess really what this series is trying to spell out, is that anyone - no matter what gender, race, physical appearance or disability - can achieve what they want, when you can put your mind to it.
STORY: What was mentioned above applies to everyone. It's brilliant to come across an anime series that has morals and such within it (and/or role model characters), that can be used in our everyday life. Apart from that the storyline is fairly bland. This has a tournament theme to it, so expect something along the lines of Pokemon and Beyblade. Also expect predictability. I think we can all start guessing what's going to happen in the end, once we're a few episodes in.
ART: The overall art is actually quite clean and bright for something made in 2001. We can all recognise that CLAMP is behi…
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The anime, Angelic Layer, isn't recognized very often. Among us otakus and maybe the older audience may be able to recognize it. The story is very lighthearted and predictable at moments but its cute to watch if you want to watch something similar to yugioh but with girls and fighting dolls. It is not filled with too much romance but it does have some shoujo elements put to it and, if this encourages you even more, the anime is a CLAMP work which makes it almost automatically good.
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To tell you the truth, I was skeptical of this anime when I first started watching it. I found it from an anime mix AMV I saw on Youtube. I think that "battle" animes are usually boring and repetitive, but Angelic Layer wasn't. It had in depth fighting for every battle, and no two fights were the same. It also had a very nice twist at the end which was really cute! The characters were really thought out, too. Athough Misaki was the typical cute main character, I think that Tamayo was a really good character. And Icchan's personality was great. =)
Overall, this anime was amazing! It wasn't a masterpiece, but I found myself laughing a lot. It was intense and cute at the same time. The more episodes you watch, the more the storyline is revealed, and there's a LOT more to the anime than what's…
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In my view, Angelic Layer is an anime that is often overlooked by most anime viewers in the community. I feel bad for it because is it actually a very nice and peaceful show. If you are looking for gore and darkness it is definately not for you. However if you are looking for something that is light and funny, without a buttload of romance this is perfect. Although it my seem childish at first within the first 4 episodes you will be hooked. In Angelic Layer, the girl connects with her feelings and with her past through these dolls which she controls.I not only find that cute but the plot is original making it unique. The best part is: it is enjoyable and suitable for all ages. I definately reccomend this for anime fans!!!! :)
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Angelic Layer:
When it first started out, the story gets you hooked with dolls battling one another in an in-zone layer. i thought that was pretty cool and the fight scenes were well done resembling the same styles used in cardcaptor sakura.
as the series went on, the anticipation started getting me impatient and later on too long of a wait, only referring to battle scenes. and the entrance to the layer took up some time, much of like the sailor scouts transforming or using their powers.
i would've liked to see the story develop deeper in some way. the episodes with all the waits and pauses felt like it was just trying to kill time.
overall i still found it enjoyable to watch.
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This is a pretty decent show, having a coherent plot and interesting (yet still mostly stereotypical) characters. There are some scenes that are very sappy, but being a show aimed squarely at girls this is somewhat forgivable. Yet I was saying 'stop trying to make me cry, dammit, it's not that tragic! (sniff)' at several points. Yeah, I'm a big softie.
The show manages to meld a couple sub plots involving the supporting cast that not only get good treatment, but are resolved in a satisfactory manner as well. On the supporting cast, outside of a couple minor characters whose only purpose is to further Misaki, they each get a good amount of screen time so you get a sense of who they are. I did find Hatoko pushing my suspension of disbelief, though. It would have been much more believable if…
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CLAMP decides to take the standard shonen fighting tournament setup and retools it into a series for girls. Partly it does this by making the tournament a fighter between customizable dolls, and making most of the competitors young females.
Like most tournament shows, the themes of doing your best and friendship pervade the experience. A doll used in the Angelic Fights is usually treated by her (or rarely, his) owner (deus) as though it were a dear friend, with concerned cries going out when they are injured. Unlike most competition shows, however, Angelic Layer isn't treated as the be-all-end-all of life. Characters who take it too seriously end up losing to Misaki and come to see that winning is less important than making friends and having fun. That's not to say the entire show is ligh…
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Angelic Layer is an anime for a younger crowd, with enough in it to keep the little ones happy, but not enough to be satisfactory to those that have become adults.
Story 4/10
Aside from a brilliant setup, the plot of Angelic Layer is a failure. The concept is plausible, clever and very interesting in theory. The delivery however, left me extremely disappointed. The main emotion wrench in this anime is caused by such a stupid reason, I felt scorn and disbelief when i was supposed to be happy and cornily crying. I really don't mind corny moments that make sense, but to have a corny moment when id rather throttle the perpetrator and scream sense at them... aside from that huge failure, the fighting scenes were fairly bland, with no techniques or skills to the battles, just long dialogues an…
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The story line is simply sublime although I would of expected Misaki Suzuhara to be more annoyed with her mum at the end but this would have been an expected reaction. I like the idea of using medical research to create a game to gains fund and improve the technology this story line alone makes this worth it.
However at the end I wanted to know did Misaki mother diced to marry Ichiro? I don't think any good Anime collection should be without this show, maybe I just like the stuff the guys & girls at Bones put out.
If you have not seen this show watch it you might love it, I wise there were more Anime's of this standard out there.
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I first found pictures from CLAMP's anime Angelic Layer when looking for random anime angel pictures, and right from the start it was hard to resist the concept of the angels.
I couldn't help but think from episode one, where Misaki gets an Angel, that I would kill to get one myself. The costume designs, particularly of her doll Hikaru and that of the others she fights, are really appealing. It'd be so cool to get an angel make it look however you want, then fight on the layer.
The plot of the anime is relatively good, although it mainly follows Misaki's fighting progress. There are relatively few characters, but they are in general well-developed. The music is repetitive, and you get well used to the themes, but that tends to be the norm for a lot of animes. The fight scenes are prett…
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Title: Angelic Layer
Genre: Action, Comedy, Shojo-ish
Rating: 6/10
Plot Summary: Suzuhara Misaki moves to Tokyo city in order to attend school and for a hope that she will see her mother, who left 7 years previous to work in Tokyo. After exiting the station, she sees on a big screen two people fighting. However, these are not people - rather they are Angels, which are dolls controlled by a Deus. These dolls are custom made, and they fight in Angelic Layer, which is the name of the sport. She is told all this by the scientist Icchan, who walked up to her and started telling her this stuff. Ignoring the possibibility that he might be a lolicon [AKA, pedophile][He isn't], she followed him into the Anglelic Layer store, where he went and showed her what to buy to create her own angel. After c…
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If I were to describe this anime in one sentence, it would be: "Pokemon with Battle Dolls!"
Story: 6/10
We follow little Mizaki, a little girl wanting to see her mother after years and years of being away from her. Upon arriving in the city where her aunt lives, she sees a jumbo vision screen that has two little battle dolls (known as Angles) fighting one on one. She is intrigued by them and decides to try it out for herself, unknown to Mizaki her mom is actually much closer than she thinks. This is the base of the storyline, along the way she meets new friends and rivals alike. To her; Angelic Layer is nothing more than a fun activity she likes to play as a sort of hobby, she soon becomes more involved with it and eventually signs on to a tournament...where her mother is the grand champi…
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I saw this anime recently, and I must say the story was alright, but It's kind of boring if the main character always wins, and you know who will win as soon as fight starts. I'm not going to bother writing what this anime is about since you can read that in the summary at the top of this page.
The art was alright, CLAMP is well-known, and has "ok" art in my opinion, its not the best out there, but not bad. Also, this show is NOT widescreen, so that kind of disappointed me a little, but that doesn't really have much to do with art.
The sound was bad. To back that up, try listening to Misaki-chan's (japanese) voice for 26 episodes. Trust me, you will get annoyed VERY soon, but even with that, the show is watchable, and has nice background music and sound effects during fights, really ge…
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