Review of Chrono Crusade

chrono crusade centers around a girl who made a contract with a demon to help her search fro her brother and how the order for which she works for deals with the situation in the early 1900s. The story is fantastic. I have never seen anything like it.It inculcates many elements such as supernatural,romance(suttle),comedy,historical,drama. Though the romance that occurs between the characters is not very dramatic it is one of the rare "versions" that is also quite romantic in its own way. I loved the story for how it was able to incorporate the supernatural element into such a life-like story,as if the story itself isreal as they do follow real events in history. The story is also very deep containing many themes such as the despair and suffereing during the time as well as questioning christianity itself.so if you are a devout christian who hates being discriminated or to see an alternative i suggest you don't watch this, but i feel this theme is what makes the story very interesting as well. The story also has a good deal of action to keep you glued to the screen.

The art is nothing special, it can be a bit cartoony at times to portray the comedy but besides that it is of a good standard.

I loved the opening and closing songs, i felt that they were very suited for a drama anime like this. Also, the songs that are sung during the show are quite soothing and the choices were good.

The characters were another spectacular feat. The main characters all are deep, as you get to know about their pasts and their resolutions. What makes them so interesting is how they are in continuous conflict with the desires of their heart and how they face reality, i feel that the characters do portray very well a lot of the themes and bring out the realness of the anime by how life-like they are.

I thoroughly enjoyed the anime as there was a good mix of the genres, so it would not be to dark and serious and the comic relief is done up quite nicely to allow optimum enjoyment, while not making the anime seem childish or stupid. Though i must say that the anime is quite dark in that its not all happy endings due to the realism, but this is what i like about the anime as we can empathize a lot with the characters due to the realism.

so if you are looking for an anime with depth and meaning and a good sesnse of realism along with a dabble of supernatural and ethnicity then give this anime a try. Truly a masterpiece.