Review of Fire Force
This is my first review that I've ever taken the time to write on Myanimelist. I am doing this because the ammount of people that are misunderstanding the directors approach to the show is just absolutley mind blowing. This is one of the most original shounens to come out in quite a long time. Just to cut to the chase, I am seeing tons of people complaing about how the show is directed. How the camera jump cuts at weird times. So I'm guessing no body has ever watched a Shaft show in their life? The Director, Yuki Yase, has worked on a ton ofStudio Shaft shows, and it definitley shows in Fire Force. Just because something is different, doesnt mean its bad. It's an artisitc choice, and I for one am happy to see a nice artistic change in the way this Shounen story is told. I'm getting the impression most people that are upset about this have just not seen this different sort of direction in an anime, and I urge these people to just go into this with an open mind. The directing is extremley artistic, and check out some other Shaft works while you're at it. Now that that's out of the way I will get into the rest of the show.
The animation is beautiful as well. I will admit, theres definitley certain episodes where you can see most of the budget went, even the not as nice animaition scenes are still on par with most anime coming out today. And on the scenes that really go all out, are really something that I will remember. This show has some of the most stylistic fight scenes I've seen in recent years. And without spoiling anything, episode 22 and 23 are episodes I will be remembering for a long time.
Can we also talk about how this show has some of the most creative sound design I've seen in anime? Crazy sounds when Shinra is blasting into the sky, the sound when Aldolla Link is activating, all of these sounds are crazy, weird, and threw me off every time they came on and I love it. Definitley watch with headphones to take it all in.
The story is strong and emotional, the characters are likeable, the comedy is very ironic and self aware, and the show gets serious when it needs to. there isn't much negative to say about this show. The only thing I need to say is GIVE IT A CHANCE. ITS NOT YOUR TYPICAL SHOUNEN