Audience reviews
12 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
violets_n_cheese
I liked it. I thought the sound was very on point, and would even like to listen to some of the instrumental stuff they had. It felt kinda like a slideshow at times, but maybe I'm spoiled by modern anime... Even then, the animation that it did have was very fluid and beautiful. Love love the flowey hair in the wind haha. The art was spectacular, if I ever come across a better quality than the one I found currently, I would so make some scenes a screensaver! The art is just so damn gorgeous!!! The quality that the average joe can find is probably not that great, but its fine since it is like. A fourty-ish year old anime.
As for the story telling... I haven't read the manga but its glaringly obvious its a random arc that probably happens early-to-mid way in the story. I think they do set-up…
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"Oh Orchids, that which is born from ashes should return to ashes."
...Oh yeah, for sure, gotcha.
I can't decide whether it was gutsy or just bonkers for Rintaro and Madhouse to adapt a single chapter from the middle of a seventeen volume manga into a half-hour OVA and provide only the barest of context for who the main characters are and what they have going on before we enter this particular storyline. Who is Deimos? Why does he apparently stalk Minako? And why does he appear so little in an anime with his name on it? Only the manga -- and Wikipedia -- knows! Into the deep end with you, no water wings allowed.
But enough about the story -- the animation is the real draw! (Pun intended.) Lovely character designs that lean into that '80s shoujo goodness? Check. Beautiful flowers, scener…
Read at the sourceCaerys
Wow, this production spans around 30 minutes, without credits, and yet somehow being pursued by an incestuous fae bishounen feels like a minor side-plot. And so we end up with too much, so that everything means too little. Reading other interviews, I have been made aware that this is based off of a manga series and not, like I for some reason thought, an original project going straight onto the (small) screen, but even so, I am struggling to forgive a lack of any context whatsoever. This is made somewhat worse by its title centering the Deimos plot line - while Deimos spends, what, two minutes on screen and receives no mentions whatsoever throughout. All in all, I'm just wondering whether, given the right extent of resources in case that was an issue, this OVA could have been more hooking…
Read at the sourceLuxuriousHeart
The OVA looked nice and had some compelling characters. They were interesting and I was excited to see more. Unfortunately, it's just too short. Not enough was adapted, so you have these interesting characters and this interesting concept, but nothing was really done with it. We have the MC which is the hot girl that the guys want. We have the intriguing siblings in a mysterious house. Then we have the hot demon guy, who wants the MC, and he has great chemistry with her. It's a great potential romance, but once again, it was too short and not a lot was done. It leaves you wanting more, but not in a good way. I'd be excited to see a full adaptation of this show, because it was good from what I've seen. Though there just wasn't enough for me to rate above a 5.
Read at the sourceccernunnos
A beautifully made OVA that deserves to be remastered.
Although the storyline is definitely rushed, as one has to do when having to fit it into just 30 minutes, the art compensates greatly for it. Bride of Deimos has a magnificent art style, and even in 480p you get to see the glances and panels of how much potention this OVA has if it were to get remastered. With beautiful coloring, still-life scenes and scenery, you fully get to live in the world that this OVA portrays.
The characters are made with compassion; beautiful faces in both men and women; definitely a win for the bisexuals.
Nevertheless, it deserves not only to get remastered but also needs a whole season. I feel like this story would be better if it were to get broken down in 12 episodes, with no rush, and better getting to k…
Read at the sourceSapphireloid
Perhaps it was dumb for me to watch this without the context of the manga, but I'm so used to being able to watch something without reading the manga that this just put me off, to be honest.
It feels like they tried to fit some sort of exposition in at the beginning of the OVA but I found myself quickly lost and bored. Some scenes cut so suddenly and weirdly that I became confused and had no idea what was happening anymore. While the mystery aspect of the plot is nice, there are various things and points I found myself laughing at in how ridiculous they are.
Overall, this OVA is unremarkable. If you've read the manga it's probably more enjoyable, but other than that it's a snoozefest.
Read at the sourceKamezuki
This OVA tells a compelling story with nice art and decent music, but it would have worked better if designed more as a standalone piece rather than as a teaser for the manga.
The synopsis listed on MAL, about a demon going after a young woman to use her body as a vessel for his wife's soul, is quickly explained in the first few minutes of the OVA, and then it shifts to an episodic murder-mystery-type case. The case is interesting, and has a satisfying beginning, middle and end. However, many aspects of the plot progression don't make much sense and rely on the viewer to suspend their belief pretty heavily.
And throughout the entire OVA, the most confusing thing was, how and why does the main character know who the demon is when he shows himself to her? Also, if this guy is some powerfu…
Read at the sourceWaternimf
It wasn't bad. If it would've been the first episode of the anime or something.
But for just an OVA it was.. well a very weird beginning since there isn't much information about the MC's at all.
I liked the music tho and the art as well, even though it's an old anime I did enjoy it.
The worst about it was that it actually would've been an good anime if it were a whole series. Too bad that potential is wasted.
The story itself is okay. It starts interesting and then it seems like the first episode of something with some short scenes with Deimos, but it doesn't reveal a lot about the MC nor Deimos. Most of it was just about about other people which would've been nicer if they made a whole series instead of just this short story.
Overall it was okay to watch, but too bad they never continu…
Read at the sourceBobSamurai
In all my life, I've never witnessed this degree of animation overkill. Studio Madhouse had the opportunity to produce an OVA adapting a shoujo manga where a cursed man pursues a beautiful teen so that her body can be used as the vessel for his wife, whose flesh is rotting away. Sadly, what we get is a random chapter from a 17 volume manga. I don't blame Madhouse for not producing a complete adaptation because, for 1, they were likely commissioned for just 1 episode, and two, I don't think the manga was ever completed either.
I consider Bride of Deimos to be an artistic total package. Character designs, background art, scene composition, animation, music, and sound effects, everything combines to create an ominous atmosphere. Although this was likely intended to be a promo for the manga,…
Read at the sourceStarfleeting
Another case of "it's very pretty to look at". But without the context of the manga it's based on, there isn't a great deal to latch onto.
(And even after looking up that context, this feels even more random than before. Why not make an OVA covering most of the manga instead of just this random chapter???)
Overall, I enjoyed the visuals far more than anything else in this. I really am a sucker for 80s anime in that sense. But aside from that, it offers little else of value when it's the most random-ass story set inside a far more interesting story that is barely touched on. It's hard not to be left feeling cheated, honestly.
Read at the sourceMurasaki0kami
How on earth did this pilot not get picked up for more episodes!?
This was clearly meant to be a episodic anime about a girl who is the reincarnation bride of deimos (based on the Greek myth)! And has him giving her guidance and advice (similar to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night’s Maria mixed with Luka from UraBoku).
Judging by this first episode alone, this could of became one of my favourites. (I love episodic detective series like Darker Than Black), but unfortunately, we only got one episode.
The art for this anime is dark and spectacular (even though they use one of the animation scenes 3 times, but I see it as being symbolic of the episode’s themes).
The reviews for this anime are poor (probably because many don’t realise that this was a pilot episode for a show that never cam…
Read at the sourceTomah
The OVA Deimos no Hanayome is, in one short sentence, a glorified demonstration of the manga. Does it make it bad? Not quite, but it definitely represents wasted potential.
First of all, do you see that pretty interesting premise for the plot in the synopsis? Yeah, forget about it. The main plot is told in the first few minutes and the rest of the OVA dedicates itself to a side story which is pretty much filler, so no revengeful gods, unconventional love or something like that. This is by far one of the greatest flaws here: you've got yourself some good enough source material for an entire series, yet choose to pick a random story and go with it.
Despite all of that, the story for the OVA is actually pretty interesting, so it's partially forgiven. The main character, Minako, is looking f…
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