Review of K

As much as I personally love this anime, I'm going to write this review unbiased...or try to. Know this: Alongside the anime are two mangas out. "Memories of Red" which is basically a memoir of HOMRA that comes before the anime, and "Stray Dog Story" which is Kuro's life before the anime. You don't need to read either of them to start the anime at all, but it is interesting for those who truly follow the franchise. Story: 8/10 --It mainly follows three groups: Scepter 4, HOMRA, and Shiro's ragtag group (Shiro's being the absolute focus). It starts out very vague, and the very beginning may be aturn off to some people because of the extremely broken English script, but once you get past that, it does pique your interest to see two feuding groups, and for no explicitly stated reason. The transition into the next episode is very vague. Rather, the whole anime happens to be vague a lot, but that may be a reason to keep you hanging on until the end, which isn't that far away considering it's very short (only consisting of 13 eps). A lot of times you will be left with a cliff hanger at the end, and even by the time you finish the whole thing, you're left with wondering questions. It's rather rushed, and we don't know the whole detail for anything really...

Art: 9/10
--The CGI incorporation is pretty amazing. The level of FX in this is above the standard for anime, which is what I really like. The art of the characters aren't too unique, but I do prefer the style to others. The coloring kind of threw me off. It's very bright in a lot of the scenes. So much so, you lose the details of some characters. The background art is amazing, while some things are rather bland, they did put a lot of extra details into the buildings, if you have an eye to pay attention to it. There are a few inconsistencies that can be spotted, but nothing too big or attention grabbing.

Sound: 10/10
--The soundtrack is very calming for the most part, but when the mood changes, it usually matches well. The soundtrack is also very limited. You'll notice that the anime repeats the same tracks in multiple episodes, but at least it's not annoying. It's rather intense. It's light sometimes and easy to listen to, and other times it's rather heavy, but nonetheless it does matches the mood quite nicely. I personally hated the OP and ED, but I don't usually count either of those when I rate the sound. The FX sounds were pretty good. I would say that they would make great ringtones as notification sounds. The voice acting: 100% right. I felt that all the characters were truly matched well with their given voice actors. Nothing felt awkward about their voices to the characters at all.

Character: 7/10
--Some people will say that there are a lot of characters, but it's not hard to fish out which ones are actually important. Pros: The characters strongly have their own personalities that sets them apart from one another. Those that get enough screentime definitely leave their mark. Cons: Some characters that should have gotten more screentime, didn't. We don't know enough about certain characters when we should. I'll tell you right now, reading the mangas won't tell you much even still. I did find one particular character to be intolerable, and that's Neko. It may just be how useless I thought she was, or how annoying she ended up being. Nonetheless, she happens to be a key character. By the end of this anime, you'll probably remember maybe 7 characters top and that's because they happen to get the most screentime.

Enjoyment: 10/10
--Despite there being a lack of a solid foundation, it does show promise. I enjoyed following what would happen between the two feuding kings, and now I still wonder what happened by the end of it. There was an announcement saying that there will be a second season, but I wonder what they will do since at least three key players that made, what little of the plot there was, the series continue.