I loved the start of this anime. A kid falsely accused of a crime he didn't commit who now has to live through a Gladitor type of atmosphere for the enjoyment of TV viewers.
That's when it gets bad, they completely leave this storyline. It goes from a cool futuristic Hunger Games/Bloodsport type of thing to a break out of prison storyline.
They quickly add a bunch of secondary characters that have zero development and then kill them off as quick as they are introduced...leaving the viewer feeling nothing.
The whole time you're watching, you're waiting for an awesome show down with the Redman, (Side Note: I'm still not entirely sure who the Redman is) but instead you get two of the worst anime villains I've ever seen, a guitar weilding rocker and a 10 year old girl with a 12 foot sword. It made no sense.
At one point they do a background story of a bear child and a human snake creature who are killed literally 2 seconds after we got their background...were we supposed to develop a connection with them in that 60 second segment?
The series quickly ends with more questions than answers...
Some of the questions I still have:
Who was the Grandpa? What was the point of the Chief Warden's "research"? Who is the Hummingbird? Why did we learn about the brother and sister at all? Why is there a bar in a prison that no guards seem to know or care about? What's the deal with the Earthquake? And I may be stupid, but I still don't know who the Redman is...
PRO'S:
enjoyed the Shiro character Some cool gore earlier on A few strong episodes in the first half
CON'S:
horrible villains A whiny main character A massively confusing plot Tons of cliches A hurried ending Tons of unanswered questions
That's when it gets bad, they completely leave this storyline. It goes from a cool futuristic Hunger Games/Bloodsport type of thing to a break out of prison storyline.
They quickly add a bunch of secondary characters that have zero development and then kill them off as quick as they are introduced...leaving the viewer feeling nothing.
The whole time you're watching, you're waiting for an awesome show down with the Redman, (Side Note: I'm still not entirely sure who the Redman is) but instead you get two of the worst anime villains I've ever seen, a guitar weilding rocker and a 10 year old girl with a 12 foot sword. It made no sense.
At one point they do a background story of a bear child and a human snake creature who are killed literally 2 seconds after we got their background...were we supposed to develop a connection with them in that 60 second segment?
The series quickly ends with more questions than answers...
Some of the questions I still have:
Who was the Grandpa? What was the point of the Chief Warden's "research"? Who is the Hummingbird? Why did we learn about the brother and sister at all? Why is there a bar in a prison that no guards seem to know or care about? What's the deal with the Earthquake? And I may be stupid, but I still don't know who the Redman is...
PRO'S:
enjoyed the Shiro character Some cool gore earlier on A few strong episodes in the first half
CON'S:
horrible villains A whiny main character A massively confusing plot Tons of cliches A hurried ending Tons of unanswered questions