Review of Terra Formars

Well, this has been on my list for a very long time. I have also not watched any anime consistently for about a year now and I AM BACK BABY! So, I wanted to start with something that been lingering in my ever expanding list for a while. Enter, Terra Formars. I'll start with probably the worst part about it, the music. It's bland. Very bland. Ideally in any form of story telling medium with music, it must be used to service and expand the experience of the visuals. Here in Terra Formars, it's just there, like a crap conservatory, it's there, but, makes your houselook a little rubbish and doesnt really serve it's purpose, it's cold, it's lifeless and really basic. This show really would have benefitted for someone really thinking about the music, because story wise, it needs it, and speaking of....

The story, it's safely average. Prob slightly above at a 6/10. The telling of this story is told in two parts. You have the action and main story part happening that is purposely written with gaps. The second part is told via a conversation between two old friends that fills in the gaps. I'm always torn with this type of writing. I can never work out if it's a good thing or a lazy thing. Ultimately, I can't say too much beyond it's very average. The plot has essentially happened by the end of episode two and it then seems to just run out the rest of the show with fighting. Don't get me wrong though, I wasn't expecting Steins:Gate. So I'm not unhappy with it. It does what it intendeds to I believe.

Finally the animation. It's definitely the best part but again sadly, it does nothing above a 6/10. It's that generic animation you see in so many things from late 2000 to mid 2010s. It's a lot of greys, brown, and whites and the character designs you will feel have seen in multiple animes. I don't really want to say too much more about the character designs as itay spoil some of the plot so I'll end my details here.

In summary, it's a 6/10. It's not offensive to look at, the plot is fine and honestly I believe it does what it needs to. If you are into any form of action anime with a decent amount of gore in it, I would watch it. If you want another Demon Slayer or Attack on Titan however, you won't be finding it here.