Review of Chrono Crusade

I am sure as hell glad that I did not put this one down after the first couple episodes. Chrno Crusade had surprised all my expectations, and I'm not talking about the overall art, sound, the quality of the story (not that it's not important), but I'm talking about the enjoyment. After the few couple lagging episodes, you get dragged into some enjoyable moments. Action packed, fast paced, emotional, dramatic, serious, and funny moments characterize the greatness of Chrno Crusade. The story was good, but not great. The struggles and dark conflicts with demons and mankind may seem interesting, but while watching the series, you may find yourself a little detached from the plot and more adhered to other aspects. The story revolves around the two heroes who are suppose to destroy other demons threatening mankind and also with rosette's own personal quest to find her brother. But all things considered, the plot is not that strong and the storyline I described is more like a facade for the action and other side events.

The dark animation art is not bad, not eye popping either. I'm actually very impressed with sound esp. with voice acting and the soundtrack. The soundtrack music during the dark moments and during the very emotional scenes had a profound effect including the various piano pieces. The opening is fine but the ending song is very very memorable and fits how the anime ends.

Character development and likeness is alright but the only character that stands out for me was Rosette. Displaying humorous, reckless, & juvenile traits in the beginning, then revealing her emotional and assertive side later on. A very strong and likeable character from start to finish.

The enjoyment gets a high score because of simply the wide range of aspects in this anime that just made it so fun and memorable to watch. The raw action and emotion are at their peak from the middle to the end. It just doesn't receive the perfect 10 for enjoyment because there sadly are those episodes that have dull fights and fastforwarding moments.

I believe the strongest point in this anime was the ending. I think that if I typed this review up right after I finished the end, I would give it a 10 overall, riding on my emotions. There are times in this anime where you'll have to think and draw upon the events of the time but otherwise, it's all guns and demons from there on. I highly recommend if you're an action junkie who also likes dark/serious plots.