Introduction
If you have enough money, you can buy anything. So why wait for an organ you need to become available? Raised to be harvested for parts, Ray had already lost her eyes when renegade surgeon Black Jack rescued her. Now, ten years later, she has grown up to be a surgeon herself. And thanks to the unique artificial eyes she received as replacements, she has a reputation for performing incredible medical operations that no one else could even attempt. But unknown to any but a select few, her surgical endeavors are only part of a greater mission: to discover what happened to the other children she was raised with, and to find the men who stole the eyes she was born with and to bring them to justice.
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Audience reviews
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tacaloking
well this is a anime i felt should of been better but parts of it end up dragging it down
story 6
when it actually focuses on the story this gets interesting but more then half the series it has medical stuff mix with scifi which really hurts the show it did not pull off that combination it gives some of worse hack scifi explanations i heard in a long time that could only really work in a thoughtless horror movie but this anime is more focus on drama so it just got me to lose interest and the show would of greatly improved if that part was cut and replace with normal medical drama but with that said i found everything connected to the main mystery of the main characters life interesting enough that i found it worth completing the show
art 7
i found the colors to stand out more then most…
Read at the sourceNalarueAni
Heartbroken for finishing all adaptations of "Black Jack" I stumbled across this anime. This anime is said to be inspired by Tezuka's "Black Jack", so I watched the first episode, hoping I would get the same satisfying feel of the whole "miraculously completing a surgery that is impossible for any other doctor to do".
I was so disappointed with the first episode that I promised not to watch it ever again. However, something compelled me to give the show another chance. And so I did. Easing my way back into the show, I thought maybe it would eventually get better.
It was extremely difficult to watch a show about a said "special" doctor dressed in a mini skirt and crop top like some teenager going through a rebellious phase. The plot didn't even begin to develop until halfway through the…
Read at the sourceColonelfancy
This is an incredible show that is as good as it is underrated. RAY the Animation is the adaptation of the manga that sadly got canned thanks to ADV's terrible manga division. I got warped in and was hooked. It's so basic, yet has such an innovative at the same time, it just goes to show that a story can be a little cliche without overdoing it.
STORY: Again, the story is fairly basic, following a doctor with X ray eyes who is capable of performing surgeries no one else can. You'll be wrapped up instantly as to how she aquired those powers. There's also cryptic flashblacks that she has, which will draw you in more, as you want to find out just what is going on with these mysterious figures she sees. For a show thats only 13 episodes, it flows pretty well without ever feeling forced, rushed,…
Read at the sourcephereia
While browsing through an anime mag I noticed a little article on the manga of Ray, and I found the synopsis interesting. When I discovered there was anime, I was also pleased, and (being unable to find manga) I watched it.
--Story: 3--
Sadly the anime resembles a boring soap opera with an anime twist. Though I did watch the entire series, I was not very impressed. No plot twist was unexpected, and none of the scenes/scenario's really stuck out as interesting, apart from one aspect: Ray's past. This was what drew me to the series in the first place, but unfortunately it doesn't play a very interesting role, which is mainly due to the fact that everything from that point on was easily predicted and had little impact.
--Art: 5--
The style is quite nice, though not spectacular. And the anim…
Read at the sourcepurplegold
I had put off viewing this anime for some time, from the description I thought it was a number of different short stories. The concept definitely got me after episode one.
Story:
To me, the story was unique. While I do agree that it did seem a bit episodic, those episodes were rather interesting. I get the feeling that there was quite a bit more that could have been done, and may have been done with the Manga, but it definately was a "page turner". The main plot had a fantastic number of twists and turns, for a ride that I would recommend.
Art/Sound: Nothing that really stands out. Perhaps its more in the realistic and dated drawing style, but not too old.
Character: There were a decent number of characters. The story didn't delve too much into the non primary characters. It felt like…
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The recommendation to me of the first volume of Akihito Yoshitomi's manga Ray was my first encounter with this series. While implausible, It had a lot of interesting ideas going for it; I could see how it could be really quite amusing, original and exciting. However I never got round to getting any more of the manga, for one reason or the other, before the release of the anime version *, so it was on the strength of only the first volume's limited impressions I started the series.
OOPS.
I wanted to like it. Really I did. I thought maybe its first episode was trying to be flashy to hook people, I thought the second might be part of a slightly rocky start. But it was futile.
First of all, this is an absolutely classic example of how different media formats suit different kinds of story. F…
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