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ktulu007
Chrno Crusade is an early 2000s anime based off of a manga by Moriyama Daisuke. The anime version was handled by the folks at Gonzo. Yes, the Bakuretsu Tenshi, Final Fantasy Unlimited & Trinity Blood studio.
Story:
We open with representatives of the Magdalene order, a religious order that hunts demons, going into action. These are our main characters, Sister Rosette and her daemonic partner Chrno. We quickly learn that Rosette's younger brother, Joshua, was taken to a twisted version of Shibuya to play a reaper's game. I mean, he was kidnapped by a demon named Aion. To search for him, she's formed a pact with her friend, Chrno. The price being her very life force.
I have to give Moriyama a lot of credit here. The writing is brilliant. It's one of those series where the premise has po…
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I'll make this review somewhat quick. Chrno Crusade was simply an alright series. While it has issues, I enjoyed the series somewhat and if it's on your watchlist and you have nothing else you want to watch, go ahead and give it a go. It's not bad but it isn't great either.
The art was acceptable but I couldn't get over that Kids-WB-saturday-morning-cartoon look. Most animations were crisp and clean but there were corners cut, especially with flying characters (ever flying scene was a static character moving around the screen), and the awkward animations of some side characters.
The story was decent and did suffer from pacing issues. At the start it's entertaining and fast paced (but not too quick) but about a dozen episodes in, the pacing slows to a crawl. Episodes go by with little to…
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So let's first get some things out of the way. I do NOT recommend you watch this. I personally dropped it 2-3 times before episode 12 and decided to come back and finish it out of the blue one day.
Animation: Holds up really well if you excuse the 4:3 aspect ratio.
Characters: They're actually pretty good and likable.
Story: The story is pretty good for the first 8-10 episodes and maybe a few more in the middle. Sadly though around episode 16-19 the story begins to drag heavily feeling similar to One Piece. The last episodes get worse becoming even slower and more drawn out but if you manage to hold out until the last episode you'll realize it was 100% NOT worth it in the slightest.
Many of the fights are very anticlimactic and poorly paced, and the ending feels very shoe-horned and odd (…
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Well, even with distorted story well and with little explanation about the events, there can forget Chrno Crusade. In my humble opinion, one of the best of the supernatural genre. Well, let the review:
Story (9/10)
Well, as I already mentioned above, the story followed a completely different route from the manga. The story in the anime, it was a little hard to understand and some events were cut from the anime. But does not have much to complain about the story, the story in the anime even not following much of the manga, it was great. I do not know what happened, but the end of the anime is something that leaves most of the people who did not follow the manga confused. When I watched the first time, I also was very confused. It's something you can not understand very well without readin…
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I can't fathom why this is rated so high. The first 12 episode were decent. They're an okay comedy action thingy. But once the plot starts to move, it just becomes stupid.
The main story was really bad. Aion makes this extremely convoluted and unnecessary complicated plan to do something, and just ends up dying anticlimactically at the end. After watching the entire series, i honestly can't tell you what Aion was trying to do, or why he was doing it.
The last 12 episodes are so bad it brings this down to a 3. Characters do things for no reason. Nothing is explained. By the end, i didn't care the slightest bit about any of the characters. I didn't care it they lived or died, or what happened to them. The last episode had more characters doing inexplicable and random things that make more…
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Ok Ok.. enough for trolling... Chrno Crusade is one of the great anime of all times.. As you can see it has great twist of plot.. I really hope it has a remake and follow the manga coz the manga has a better ending than the anime....
Story (10/10)
As for story.. It is after the Great War mostly known as World War I. As you may know many of the people during the post war reach prosperity and later suffered into Great Depression.. In this time an exorcist name Rosette who exterminate demons has a partner also a Demon name Chrno/Chrono.. Their real goal is to find Rosette little brother an apostle and later joined by Satella/Stella a Jewel Summoner and Azmaria a Apostle. To face a great threat Aion who is somewhat plotting something
Art(10/10)
The Art is somewhat cool and great for an anime…
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The story is about a girl, Rosette, who wants to find her little brother (he's missing at that time), her comrade is a demon, but he's very kind, and protective, and wants to find her brother as well for her sake. it's a sweet story, with action, demons, and mysteries.
I think the art is pretty good, especially for an anime, the art is an important thing for an anime, and I think they succeed with that.
The personalities could have been better worked out, especially with Rosette. She's not really an original character, as with the most girls, she's very protective and thinks first about others than herself. But I don't think the characters are bad or something, 'cause they're good, but it could have been better.
I really enjoyed this serie, (not all the time, some moments were very sad)…
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(one little spolier ahead)
Of all series that come's with a religious outlook soo powerful it comes from the mind of Daisuke Moriyama Chrono Crusade embarkes on a very adventurous were the outlook the christian faith have been completly altered, were god is our father & are here to store balanced & to hold our faith...or so we think the story take as any other good impulsive Rosette make good & just in 1020's New york with along side Chrono her contract parther, but like all decision's she has a moving motovation to driver to find her brother as her Chrono, & all her friends go face there demon's it also leave us to know of ourself's & were we are in life
My reason for recomending is for the obvious knowlage that you recive(if you have not read the bible)also the light moment's it give's…
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There have been numerous stories that take an unusual view of the war between Heaven and Hell and those who fight that war. Some are focused more on their interpretations of the Divine Mission, some more on action and some more on the supernatural.
The focus of Chrono Crusade is on its characters and the relationships they share. Of course there's action, too, and supernatural elements, and a touch of the Divine Mission... but mostly it's about its memorable characters. Rosette Christopher, a nun in the Magdalene Order, has a contract with a devil named Chrono, meaning his power comes from her very soul. The more he uses, the shorter her life becomes. But Chrono is a good devil (excuse the oxymoron) with a sad past who only entered into this contract because of extreme circumstances, and…
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I admit the animation is well done and the art is beautiful, but that is that.
In the end it is a bad developed idea, shows a very poor knowledge of catholic ethos (if you want to make an anime with this concept you need to at least STUDY what you are trying to use to do it in an artful way. The concept was so intriguing at first..) and with very absurd depictions of said organization. I saw it to the end and deleted it whole afterwards.
The end was also badly ploted and executed.
And do not mistake me for any religious ascet. I am not. Animes like Trinity Blood work far better using the catholic organization and its truculent side than this one...
In the religious ideas use for instance Demon Lord Dante has a real interesting plot, using the catholic ethos with much more attention a…
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I decided to write another review on Chrno Crusade because my last one wasn't very good for me and considering this is one of my top two favorite anime of all time, I thought it deserved something better.
For the general, loose synopsis, Chrno Crusade is about a young girl named Rosette Christopher, who makes a contract with a demon named Chrno that cannot access his true powers anymore due to reasons in the past and together they are attempting to find Rosette's brother, Joshua, who had something extremely horrible happen to him in the past and he went missing. Rosette works with a church as a demon exorcist but has Chrno, a demon himself, as her partner. Generally, the church looks down upon this, but since Chrno is an exceptionally sweet guy and Rosette will not part with him, he is al…
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chrono crusade centers around a girl who made a contract with a demon to help her search fro her brother and how the order for which she works for deals with the situation in the early 1900s.
The story is fantastic. I have never seen anything like it.It inculcates many elements such as supernatural,romance(suttle),comedy,historical,drama. Though the romance that occurs between the characters is not very dramatic it is one of the rare "versions" that is also quite romantic in its own way. I loved the story for how it was able to incorporate the supernatural element into such a life-like story,as if the story itself is real as they do follow real events in history. The story is also very deep containing many themes such as the despair and suffereing during the time as well as questioning ch…
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Welcome to my Review of Chrono Crusade, this is definitely one of my top 5 rated anime's. I remember the first time I came across this anime was when I was in a anime club where I got free dvd's sent through the mail. I think I checked out a few episodes. They were dubbed though. Viewers beware if you watch this anime, definitely do not watch it dubbed. Its WAY better if you watch this series subbed. I tried giving it a chance until I heard Satala's Dubbed English voice. Her screams were just damaging to the ears lol.
Story:
Chrono Crusade talks about a demon that has lost his powers due to his horn being taken away, and has a contract with a sister called Rosette. In order for Chrono to turn back into his true form (demon), he requires Rosette to give him her life force. The longer he s…
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Apart from the few high-tension moments that come in the latter episodes this anime really has nothing that merits recommendation. It's a good enough series to watch if you are bored....or you have the type of job where you could watch this to while away the hours.
ART/ANIMATION
Art/Animation was done by a big budget company, Gonzo, which usually means there isn't going to be anything lacking by way of animation. I would assume this would be considered a period piece [since it takes place in the 1920s] and as such, a lot of the artistic design was from or inspired from that era: the cars, civilian clothing, scenery and buildings. Movements and high-tension moments, like, car chases and fight scenes were all very smooth and realistic. The only thing I really liked animationwise was the en…
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I am sure as hell glad that I did not put this one down after the first couple episodes. Chrno Crusade had surprised all my expectations, and I'm not talking about the overall art, sound, the quality of the story (not that it's not important), but I'm talking about the enjoyment. After the few couple lagging episodes, you get dragged into some enjoyable moments. Action packed, fast paced, emotional, dramatic, serious, and funny moments characterize the greatness of Chrno Crusade.
The story was good, but not great. The struggles and dark conflicts with demons and mankind may seem interesting , but while watching the series, you may find yourself a little detached from the plot and more adhered to other aspects. The story revolves around the two heroes who are suppose to destroy other demon…
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This is a short review. This is basically a very driven girl trying to save her brother from being manipulated by the forces of hell. She is a sister in a branch of a military-church sort of deal, and her best friend is a devil. The plot is very interesting, including the questions towards God's involvement, death, and devils, and you can tell that every episode is somehow relating to the overall picture. My only qualm with this amazing anime would be the accent for the "Jewel Witch" (Satella). Being a German and speaking fluent German, and knowing my parents' accents with English... i'd have to say that she's actually closer to Transylvania and Hungarian than German. But that's only the English dubbed. I saw the SUBBED version, too, and enjoyed the Japanese actress's pronunciation of most…
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Reviewer’s Brief Notables: I know that most people often don’t trust or are a little skeptical about a Perfect 10 review, but that is, without any exaggeration, how I feel about Chrno Crusade.
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Story:
I first watched Chrno Crusade without any expectations for it whatsoever. After completing the first episode (weeks before I completed the series), I wasn’t really fascinated with it at all. For the time, I just thought this anime was pretty generic and somewhat dull.
I was wrong.
After a few weeks, I was led to completing the series. To make the most general and the most appropriate statement: It was captivating! The story behind Chrno Crusade is very intricate with numerous characters, subplots and details. Th…
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Chrono Crusade, what else can be said about this show, it has a perfect mix of comedy and drama, and not to mention the show is incredibly fast paced, I would say that the ending to Chrono Crusade is one of those rare animes that actually gives closure to the show.
The character of Aion (the main villain) is probably one of the best characters I have ever seen in terms of a villain, he isn\'t a cliche villain, he\'s more cunning and he seems to love using others and manipulating people\'s hearts to get what he wants.
I seriously urge people to give the dub a try, it is by far much better then the original audio, the dub sticks very close to the original script and does add some 1920\'s period slang to keep it topical. The show itself should not be missed. You will love it!
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I was proven wrong again. I am appalled at how much I get wrong impressions, but then again it’s fun to be pleasantly surprised when I find out that the anime I thought was going to be bad, ends up to be something spectacular and memorable.
My first impression was that the show is too serious, and since I don’t like serious themes, I probably won’t like it. I was wrong – I LOVE IT! I even overlooked the blasphemy since it rocked. It was funny when it needed to be funny, it was cute when I needed to go “awww…” It had high energy when I looked for some action. Thank God (no pun intended) my first impression was so wrong.
I love the characters. Rosette was cool – she was so brave and a bit inspiring. She didn’t waste her time at all, a…
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Originally written by Daisuke Moriyama, Chrno Crusade (sometimes translated to Chrono) is an excellent action anime, that is possibly the saddest one I've ever seen.
I created this review, because unlike the one other CC review, I've seen the whole thing, and I appreciate it. Sooo, here's my opinion.
Story
Rosette Christopher, and her little brother, Joshua, two little orphan children, are exploring, when they come across a mysterious cave. Within, a devil named Chrno was living, but the two young children befriend Chrno easily.
One day, Joshua is driven insane by the powers he had already had, and the horns on Chrno, given to him by Aion, and puts all the other children of the orphange into a temporal stasis, where they are frozen for four years. Aion than takes Joshua away, as one of…
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