Review of Black Rock Shooter
Blackâ Shooter: Where you learn new colors each day! Note: I've used my own scoring scale. View my MAL page for more info. Story: (6/10 - Decent) It had a lot of potential but the delivery was "meh." There are over 7 billion people on Earth... imagine if there are over 7 billion BRS. Insane right? So instead of this, they took the colorful bird picture book path. LOL! 8 episodes is just not enough for the story to fully develop. Art: (9/10 - Amazing) The visuals are outstanding with out question. Very colorful and eye appealing. Animations are silky smooth and very detailed. Like I noticed BRS's hair strands moving individually onmultiple scenes!
Sound: (8/10 - Great)
Opening is sang by supercell feat. Miku. What could go wrong with that?!
The ending on the other hand is less superior compared to the OP but that doesn't mean that it is a bad song. It is very balad like, very fitting for an ending.
Nothing really stands out on the BGMs and sound effects department. They are all decent.
Finally, they did a great job assigning the voice actors. Their voices matches their characters.
Characters: (3/10 - Bad)
I normally don't mind the names of the characters but on this one, it is kinda too "try hard cool" for my liking. For example Black Gold Saw:
She is wearing mostly black (check)
Her weapon looks like a saw (check)
Gold is no where to be found (X)
In my opinion, the characters are the weakest part of the series. Watching insecure kids is NOT ENTERTAINING! While the character designs are eye candies, it is not certainly not enough to stop me pimp slapping these little girls.
Enjoyment: (4/10 - Poor)
I didn't felt like "I need to watch the next episode ASAP." I only watch the new episodes when I had the free time. In other words, I did not enjoy it.
Final Verdict: (6/10 - Decent)
It had a lot of potential but poorly executed. It is definitely better than the OVA.