Introduction
Cluster Edge Academy isn't just any school; it's THE school, where the offspring of the elite come together to prepare for their roles running a world where artificial soldiers and religious sects are major factors in the battle for total control. Which may be part of why new transfer student Agate Fluorite doesn't quite seem to fit in. It's not just that Agate's enthusiastic attitude stands out among the somber, brooding balance of the student body. There's something about him that demands notice, even from jaded honors students like Beryl Jasper, and from the moment of arrival he's been at the center of a series of mysteries that not even Agate understands. Because Agate's not just another student, he's part of a something so momentous, and dangerous, that the world that built Cluster Edge may not survive its passing.
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Audience reviews
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alecavalleri97
Let's start with the good things: animation and graphics are nice, it's a 2005 anime so it won't look as pretty and clean as modern ones but it's still pleasant to the eyes (or maybe that's just my old school preference bias), if I had to find a down side is that sometimes the bishounen aesthethic is taken to such extremes one might find hart to believe some characters are male; I especially enjoyed the fight scenes, the dogfights in particular, for a story dealing with superhuman soldiers (that don't even appear that much) it keeps things within the realms of reality as much as possible. Voice acting too is fine, I watched in Japanese so I don't know about other languages but there was nothing irritating, at least not to my ears (or maybe I'm just too used to Japanese dub). The plot too i…
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the show was dreadfully boring. I almost shed tears at how uninteresting it was. It was slow, and the fillers were all terrible, and piled with recaps of a ton of not so exciting stuff we already saw ten times.
I already hate filler episodes that are not mainly for comedy, like the fillers in Bleach that went on forever, which was nearly completely unmanageable, if just to see the familiar character's faces, one holds on. However,
Moving on, I watch slow paced anime's like josei, and realistic ones too but this was none of the above it was just a blur of words, and female faced guys.
Also, i am quite a fan of pretty boys (bishounen), and close relationships between male characters, even to the level of Nabari No Ou. However, this was just nasty. There was absolutely nothing thrilling…
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This is a really nice series with great characters(and lots of bishounen), especially the main character, Agate, who can perform miracles. My most favorite was Chrome, who is an artificial soldier. There are other artificial soldiers(who are discriminated against), in this action fantasy series that involves war, death, cloning, super powers, and much more.
I highly recommend this to anyone who likes these type of series. It's not a shonen-ai, so both girls and guys should enjoy it.
The only downfall of Cluster Edge were all of the recaps and flashbacks, and thats why I can't give it more than a 8, to make it a favorite. I believe this series would've had more recognition and be more popular if it wasn't for all of those recaps. I still enjoyed it a lot though and would definitely buy th…
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When I finished this anime then overlooked this page again all I could think is: "Wow, how does this series only have a 6.64 rating."
The plot covers a lot of very hard hitting topics in today's society. War, discrimination, human cloning(basically.. except they made them with superhuman and supernatural powers). They mix in comedy very well while keeping the seriousness intact. My favorite are the triplet artificial warriors. Their actions are brilliant, like when they tied the flowers back to the broken stem after they got told it was a waste to pick them if they were just going to smell them.
The only thing that gets me down with this anime and many other animes that involve organizations is that I can't believe humans could be so cruel. For some reason I'd like to think even evil co…
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I found the story to be very interesting and unique. I tried to think of something similar to put in as a recommendation, put even with all the anime I've watch (which is a lot), I couldn't think of anything remotely similar.
The main character, Agate, had an interesting personality, and the flashbacks to early in his life added a lot to the story. The supporting characters helped tie the whole show together and each had their own habits, personality, and style as well.
It was a great anime, if only it had been condensed into fewer episodes. Practically every four episodes was a recap, which got rather annoying, but I felt like I had to watch the recaps in fear of missing vital plot information. My suggestion: watch the show. It's good. But if you get to a recap, skip it. Nothing new happ…
Read at the sourceBishounen_Hunter
Main
Cluster Edge is a pretty good anime if you are into shows like Gundam Wing and/or any other type of action oriented, bishonen anime. Contrary to popular belief, this show is NOT shounen-ai regardless of the fact that all of the central figures in this series are male. It does seem to go a little overboard with the flashbacks but that's just the narrative style of this series plus it really doesn't interfere with the overall pace of the show. The art is pretty bad in some places but it actually gets better—or maybe you just forget about it—as the show moves along.
Art-Style
Cluster Edge, visually speaking, at times has the look of an older anime. Sometimes 5 years....sometimes 10 years older, like it's an anime from the mid 90's. Now if you take a good look at some of th…
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