Audience reviews
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ktulu007
And we're back to Black Rock Shooter, an OVA based on a song which was inspired by an illustration. Some of you will remember that I looked at the TV anime back in August. It was a decent little series. So, how does the short OVA that came first compare? Let's take a look and find out.
The story involves two inter-connected worlds. One is an emotional landscape and the other is closer to reality. The story focuses on a girl name Mato whose just starting Junior High school when she sees a tall girl named Yomi and becomes instantly enamored with her. She finds out her name from the seating assignment and strikes up a conversation with her. Which starts out pretty awkwardly but turns out pretty well leading to the two becoming... close. Meanwhile, on the emotional landscape, we see the titu…
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I swear I couldn't understand what the fuck was happening even after seeing this crapwork of a movie twice.
The stupid story is about two parallel worlds of completely different nature, in which there are two sets of female characters doing completely different things and having different looks except for hairstyles.
In one world, it's a typical slice-of-life between two schoolgirls, which led to no conclusion. In the other one, the two girls were fighting to death, and at last one of them died! There are supposed to be connections between the two worlds, but there's effectively none...
This kind of bullshit crap... I can make a ton in my lifetime if I want to, but no, because only idiots do.
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Black Rock Shooter is specifically focused on the idea of protecting and keeping precious friendship from one another. It is a fact that this is an OVA, so it’s compiled and quite rushed in just a short period of time, although the inside of it seems to be well projected and that the main focus is still in contact to the flow of the story. What I’ve seen here is a picture of cherished moments where each passing day there will be some kind of test that will implicate to the main characters, where simplifying each day would be a kind of development for them. It has a solid idea that will keep viewers from watching, and also it has some unusual method for portraying the cycle of the plot.
Telling from what I’ve seen here is that simplicity always has a nice outlook for the viewers to be exc…
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I kept hearing about BRS, so I got curious and checked it out.
My friend fell asleep halfway through, I barely stayed awake. There's very little that's worth watching on this mess of an OAV.
There's no cohesiveness to this. The main characters are awfully boring with an unoriginal plot. Yeah I'm sure friendship and bonds are the main themes but what other anime doesn't have that? You get pretty much no clues about why the characters jump back and forth between worlds, when you do figure it out, it still makes no sense. The episode primarily comprises of the "real" world, in which quite literally, nothing happens.
To top it all off, the animation is pretty terrible. The art is nothing to write home about but animation is very choppy and doesn't flow very well.
The characters are flat an…
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Inspiration comes in a myriad of forms, and anything can lead a person on a flight of fancy. In 2007 the artist Huke designed an original character called "Black Rock Shooter", which he posted on his blog. The character inspired Ryo, the leader of the band Supercell, to write a song entitled "Black Rock Shooter", and Huke joined the band to provide further illustrations that were used in the music video for the song. Anyone familiar with the band's musical history will find it unsurprising that the lyrics themselves are sung by none other than the Vocaloid Hatsune Miku.
In 2009 Yamamoto Yutaka's production comapny Ordet (Suzumiya Haruhi fans should recognise his name as the production director for the original series until he was fired from KyoAni during the making of Lucky Star), decided…
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Unlike a few others, I just picked Black Rock Shooter on whim a few months ago and put it on my Plan to Watch list. I never saw any of the trailers or preview footage, so I had no expectations on how bad or good BRS might be, therefore zero bias. Safe to say, BRS is average at best, though it has a few merits that made it well worth the watch.
The storyline is where this OVA falls apart. Basic premises is that we have two girls (Mato and Yomi) who establish a friendship on their first day of high school. Despite being complete polar opposites, their bond and friendship strengthens, as they progress through the year. In a choppy transition to the second year, Yomi and Mato are now separated into different classes, and Mato has now became more acquainted with a friend named Yuu. The former…
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Story:
Black Rock Shooter is, for the most part, a simple slice-of-life story. What makes the story unique is the juxtaposition between the real world and the world of Black Rock Shooter. This creates a sense of mystery and breaks away from the more traditional style of linear storytelling. The downside is that this makes certain points in the plot quite confusing, and more than likely you will have to watch a second time in order to pick up on some of the subtler plot points.
The main drawback of the plot itself is the rushed feeling it gives; it becomes quite obvious towards the second half of the OVA that 60 minutes is not enough time to develop the story effectively. However, the merits of this OVA should not be considered on its own; it is but the beginning of what appears to be a c…
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If you keep yourself on your toes, and have seen a fair share of anime in the past, I can guarantee you will be able to predict every single major plot event in this drawn out and clunky story. First off though I'll say that the animation does not disappoint, the quality is up to if not better than most on the air shows and although there's not much deviation from the standard in terms of design and motion they staff's done a solid job.
Now, about predictability, which most certainly is not an issue in any good story as plenty of plots have a beginning that practically gives away the end. But with good story telling, you don't mind. Black Rock shooter however, does not have good story telling. Instead it has lengthy undramatic and emotionally forced build up to a random(yet, of course pr…
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This is a crappier version of Heartcatch Precure, a magical girl show written for 12 year old girls. I'll be using Heartcatch as a comparison show. Go watch that instead, or do anything else with your time but this.
STORY:
THIS IS NOT THE ACTION FANTASY YOU WERE PROMISED BY THE TRAILERS.
Roughly half of the 5 to 10 minutes of actual Black Rock Shooter footage was already shown in the previews.
I've seen a couple reviews saying that the show is all about a great friendship story, which is the only thing they can claim when the first 44 minutes of this 48 minute show are spent without the title character getting more than a 30-second spot on screen.
However, the "great friendship story" is 10 to 15 minutes of content dragged out over 44 minutes. Girls become best friends, one girl gets al…
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I've never written a review for this site, so bear with me. I've been noticing a lot of mixed and disappointed reviews. That's somewhat understandable if one's going solely on the trailers. Instead of an all action fantasy piece, we got a very experimental story of friendship. The very core of BRS is the meaning of friendship. How it bolsters one. How its absence crushes one. How far one will go to preserve it.
I'm not good at assigning number grades, so take them in stride. It's hard to quantify the difference between an 8 and 9 and so on and what deserves what.
Story: The story of Black Rock Shooter is a somewhat generic, basic one told in a very unusual way. It deals with two friends, Mato and Yomi, who grow very close to one another in their first year of middle school, only to drift…
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This is my first review, so... Well. Here I go.
Really... Before watching BRS, I was expecting something, like... "Pew pew pew fight fight". Indeed, I didn't receive it. It was just a slice of life. And guys, I tell you. The OVA is good, it just got the wrong public with that trailer. I mean, everyone was expecting something else, like Black Rock Shooter fighting against Dead Master and all. But, well, you see, they got... That. A slice of life.
Story: 7
The story isn't bad, it's even good, I tell you. For a slice of life, it's great. But I can't rate it with more than 7. Simply because it could have something more.
Art: 9
The art was great, but it wasn't actually "Godlike". Well, I suppose you can't have a good OVA just because of the art, right? After all, once the animation was the on…
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A year ago, an OVA about huke's original character and ryo's song Black★Rock Shooter was announced to the Japanese public, and soon, the Western-speaking world via the Internet. The Vocaloid fandom rejoiced as the thought of something relating to their beloved voice synthesizers finally becoming an anime at last. The project quickly became one of the most anticipated anime of 2010. Was it worth the hype? Well...I'm just going to say it: no, not even close.
For those of you who aren't well-versed in the Vocaloid fandom and don't know what the hooplah is about, here's a brief history: Black★Rock Shooter started out as an original character by the artist huke. A Vocaloid song producer named ryo saw some illustrations of B★RS and thought that she looked like a dark-haired Hatsune Miku. One so…
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Before I say what I think of this OVA in general, I'm just going to briefly say why I rated each attribute what I did.
Story: 3 (Poor)
What story? It's a high school slice-of-life, *but*, an extremely underdeveloped one. I've seen a number of popular slice-of-life animes, and while the genre itself is "basic", it doesn't have to be uninteresting. Genshiken is a shining example of slice-of-life done right. As is Azumanga Daioh, which I've just recently started watching. In order to make up for a lack of deep plot twists and turns (though they can work in the genre, they're rarely done well when implemented), character development usually steps up to the plate as a heavy hitter to compensate. I'll get to characters more in a moment, but as it stands the story leaves much to be desired. The…
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Basic Opinion::
This was a interesting story line . I believe that the parallel universe is a personification of their emotions. Example is when Black Rock Shooter was hugging Dead Master to save her from falling off the edge. The negative part of her was pushing away, and after words fell away from Black Rock Shooter and turned into ash, and all that was left was Yomi hugging the Black Rock Shooter. She was free of all the resentment and jealous she had towards Mato. At the end Black Rock Shooter fused with Mato. She fused with Mato because they are both the same person.
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(not very good with reviews so bear with me here)
Black★Rock Shooter was one of the most hyped up series of the year and perhaps the decade, everyone thought that this would be the next big thing. However in the end it just appear to disappoint because it didn't turn out to be the masterpiece everyone was expecting. Although it was a disappointment to many, to a casual anime watcher with no real expectations it was alright.
Story:
The story is about 2 girls who become best friends but as life goes on they grow apart and eventually one of them disappears. I don't know how to describe the next part except that the main character turns into Black Rock Shooter and fights what once was her best friend. Although the story did seem a bit bland (and something I've heard before) I think it was o…
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Now, before I get into the nitty gritty, I must admit I didn't follow much of the hype at all. I like Vocaloid related things and BRS was a pretty good song. I saw the OVA up and decided I'd give it a shot.
Story: 7
I watched the trailer and admit that like others before me I expected tons of fight scenes, epic action sequences and a whole cargo container of gar to top it off.
The general expectation wasn't met. I think a lot of people are disappointed, and probably rightly so. Starting with an action sequence right off the bat without any form of conversation to give a good context isn't what I'd say gives a good impression. We the audience only know three things:
1. We're in a setting obviously not in Japan.
2. The symbolic Black Rock Shooter gal is duking it out with someone.
3. Said…
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Everyone was really excited about this OVA coming out.
Even I was excited myself, but when I watched this OVA, I kind of felt something was missing.
I mean the trailer was everything. I was expecting AMAZING things from this OVA.
But it seems like the trailer was everything.
I was expecting other characters to come out from the OVA such as Black Matagi, Black Gold Saw (well she did come out but only in the beginning), Black Devil Girl, and all the other characters that Huke has created. I kind of hope there is going to be a second one that is going to be much better. (I'm a person who doesn't judge anime or manga by first episode or the first chapter)
But seeing how the OVA ended, I'm pretty sure there's gonna be a second one to it.
The overall storyline, uhhhh... I kind of have nothing…
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Some months ago, I watched the trailer to Black Rock Shooter for the first time. In short, I was blown away: the art was pleasing, the song it featured (also called Black Rock Shooter, released by Supercell) was both memorable and impressive, and the story at its simplest description was not hard to guess from only that preview: two high school girls, friends at some point, locked in battle after one turns evil. Needless to say, I was expecting this to be epic, and I think it's safe to say that I was not alone. However, I'm afraid that Black Rock Shooter simply did not live up to the hype.
Story:
The story presented in this OVA was a simple one, though it definitely had potential. Despite this, the story is weak, and one of the main areas in which the OVA fails to shine. Why? It's not th…
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This show was so hyped up. For a year before its release, floods of fanart, teaser videos, even cosplay, were everywhere. Then it finally comes out and is probably the most disappointing thing I've seen in a long time. It's probably going to get high ratings just because it has forced popularity, but don't be fooled. Here's the what and the why. Spoilers, of course.
Story: 2
Awesome promo art, a catchy song, cool fight scenes, and what does the story end up as? A slow-building, slow-moving school drama. It's not even interesting. Basically, the main character Mato becomes friends with a Yomi girl. Mato then becomes friends with a Yuu girl. Mato gets jealous (since they were OBVIOUSLY such good friends after all of what, three days?), vanishes suddenly, and is never seen again. After the e…
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I feel this anime definitely had far too much hype behind it and I honestly feel like it needs to have a review from the other side of the spectrum.
Story 5/10: There was virtually no story line or plot behind the anime besides a girl attending high school and her "alter ego" fighting what turns out to be one of her classmate's "alter ego." The plot was cliche almost entirely with few exceptions. I don't want to add in too much so I don't spoil it for those who really still want to watch it after this.
Art 10/10: Was amazing as expected of a newer season anime.
Sound 9/10: Was also amazing, the music matched the anime flawlessly.
Character 7/10: I wasn't too impressed with the characters themselves, however the actual character development for the time span that was covered in the anim…
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