Review of Arakawa Under the Bridge

Short Review: A show with soo much promise ruined by amataur animatiors, apart from the great characters nothing else is that good, the story which i like didnt progress from the first episode and made this feel cheap and tacky, it seemed like they knew that season 2 would follow and didnt really bother with this show apart from getting the viewer to understand the characters for next season. Also i have to add the art in this show is dreadful one of the worst i've EVER seen. Longer Review: This show looked so unique from the Preview so i decided to watch this, and i felt this couldbe the "Dark Horse" of the current season, a series that could be amazing that many would of not watched or planned too.

I want to keep this short, i have so many negitive views about this show, for one the Art (apart from last episode) has been TERRIBLE, one of the worst ive ever seen, too much repetitive animation (eye scene closeup seen over 100 times) it makes this show look to me the first animation this company has ever done (which isnt a compliment)

Also nothing happened and with the Bridge the only place they go its hard to keep it fresh and you can see even the company behind this show dont know what to do they delve into randomness (build a home on a pillar/amusment park etc...), the characters are AMAZING thought they are become so well known to me quick, i knew all there names and attributes off the bat (which is good for any show to make these impressions on me) if the characters werent soo watchable i would of stopped viewing this show.

Also shouldnt characters progress? none of them have apart from Kou (Recruit) all the rest have stayed the same from the whole 13 episodes which makes the show seem more amaturish, to me the unqiue story was wasted they didnt develop it and nothing happened of any note, understand the characters and thats all you will get from this show as season 2 was annouched maybe things MAY happen in that, to sum it up this shows lacks substance, a preview that offered such a unique storyline and characters was just ignored for some RANDOM events (MUCH like K-On) so its a hit and miss, for me this average i have seen 100's of better and enjoyable shows (so maybe n00bs to anime may love this show anyone who has watched more than Bleach/Naruto may find this a bit dull.