Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Soul Eater Review



Soul Eater is an attention grabbing anime, created as a manga in 2003 by Atsushi Okubo,It began airing in japan in 2008, the director was Takuya Igarashi. Soul Eater is an action/supernatural/comedic
anime and is a very interesting one at that, standing out among all the others. It only has 51 episode in all so its not to long compared to others.

STORYLINE: The story starts of in a gothic town called "Death City" where a strange creature that kills a women than eats her soul, it sounds sick right? 2 kids come out of nowhere and start to fight this creature, these 2 kids are the main characters,Soul Eater and Maka Albarn. These are not ordinary kids though, these kids are students at Death Weapon Meister Academy, A.K.A the shibusen academy. Maka and Soul were trained to capture ninety nine evil human souls and one witch's soul in that order. the reason for that is is that soul is a human shaped weapon that can transform into a scythe, and when he eats 100 souls he will turn into a more powerful human weapon called the death scythe. As the anime goes on it starts to get more psychological.

CHARACTERS:
Soul Eater: Soul is a demon weapon that can turn into a scythe and fight against evil souls, but he is basically a badass that is obsessed with being cool, and usually has a laid back attitude. he never talks about whats going on in his mind. He is Maka's demon weapon partner. Though they constantly argue they do take care of and look after each other.

Maka Albarn: Maka is Soul's meister, which means that when soul turns into a scythe, Maka is the one who wields it. She and soul make a good team together, even though she does sometimes loses it when soul does something foolish. She is a character with a lot of potential and will do anything to help her friends. She is basically a sweet bitch so to speak.
Soul eater and Maka.

Black Star: Black Star is a character that is obsessed with being the best that ever was at anything, you can tell this every time he says "i am the man who will surpass god", this character has more passion than the others and will do anything to succeed at being the best. He is also a meister for a girl named tsubaki. (below) Being loud an obnoxious, this blue haired Naruto knock off sports a total opposite weapon.



Tsubaki: Tsubaki is usually the quiet one that doesn't like to get involved with other people's affairs, she is really sweet and gentle but she is also a demon weapon, but she can take more forms than other demon weapons which makes her really special in her own way.

Death The Kid: Death is a very organized person with OCD, everything MUST be symmetrical even
though he himself is not symmetrical no matter how much he tries to be- an ironic fate. Three white lines cover half of his head and not the other half. No matter how hard he tries he cannot get rid of these lines. He is the son of shinigami who is the dean of Shibusen Academy and also the grim reaper. he is a meister of 2 demon weapons that are sisters who turn into perfectly identical guns which is perfect for him.


(above) Death the kid and his two gorgeous guns striking an odd pose. 
Lizz & Patty: Lizz and Patty have been with Death the Kid. They grew up robing and mugging people on the streets but one day they came across death and he said he would take care of them if they were to be his demon weapons, the agreed to this and became friends with him living good lives.

Many Many more characters appear later in the show, but this is your main cast.

ART STYLE: The art style in this anime, was very eye catching, with bright colors and very smooth animations. It is similar to One Piece but with smoother lines and more detailed backgrounds. the lighting was also very impressive, the way it was animated made it seem like a real light more than just a drawing. The backgrounds and colors themes were apparently inspired by Tim Burton. The anime is mostly hand drawn which is amazing considering the fight scenes and intro. Fluid animation. The quality of the anime.
(Below) Sporty, clean, cool, bright- these things the art style is. It really wants to be 3D, things are always coming out at you durring a fight.



OVERALL: As i mentioned before, this anime is very attention grabbing and I highly recommend you watch this anime. The characters are cool and hilarious like the OCD personality of Death the Kid (my favorite character) and around the middle of the series things start to get more psychological and dramatic. Sometimes it's  just plain weird and stupid but in a hilarious way I'm sure you'll love. Thank you for reading this anime review we hope you will enjoy watching this anime. Stick around this blog for more reviews like.

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