Sometimes an
anime comes along that has serious potential but through improper development
of characters it falls apart. One such anime was the 2009 anime 11eyes. I will
be summarising the story, characters, animation and sounds to then give a final
summary so without further ado, my review of 11eyes.
The story
focuses on Satsuki Kakeru a middle schooler who was taken off to a plane of
existence later called the red night to fight creatures and rescue a girl
trapped in a gemstone, the idea itself was solid with good production however
leaving a massive lack of emotion for the characters succeeding showing lack of
development.
the characters were the biggest let-down with only a few characters getting proper
development and even then allot of that development gets tied up in the story and feels forced by the writers and this was my only real problem with the show bet it left me with an unfufilling ending as I had no real attachment to any characters by the end of the series
The animation
was one of the highlights with a dark theme and solid colours with a very strong
spectrum of colours. The shading for the time was excellent with no visible lack
of frames and fluid movement animation giving credit to Pony Canyon and Sentai
Filmworks as it shows the style of these production studios heavily.
The sounds
for 11eyes were well made with Iwanami Yoshikazu well placed for the role with
work in shows like Deadman Wonderland, and both Ghost in The Shell Arise OVA’s. Other notable mentions were
the opening and ending themes that were performed excellently. The opening
performed by Ayane who also did work on the Choujigen Game Neptune: The
Animation ending and Ayakashi opening however really going above and beyond
with one of my favourite opening songs of anime.
In conclusion the animation standards were excellent however
a lack of development of the characters and relation with the plot needed work
that is why I have awarded the following scores and giving a recommendation to stream rather than buy
Story
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7.3/10
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Characters
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5.1/10
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Animation
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7.5/10
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Sound
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8.1/10
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Personal Enjoyment
|
5.1/10
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Final Verdict
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6.6/10
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