Review of The Ancient Magus' Bride
First of all, I just wanna say thank you. This anime has changed me in some type of way, but definetly in a positive one. Why? you may ask. How? you may ask; The reviews differ a lot from eachother and its interesting to see everyones vision on this piece of art. __________ Story: A strong 10! The story flows smoothly, and the characters naturally appeared without it being forced. The series tells you about feelings, emotion, and more and it amazing on how good it was executed. Explaining love is a hard thing, so seeing the emotions develop was really interesting,and sometimes the story got me having tears in my eyes because it showed me a way, and that you're not the only one that is struggling, that almost everyone had been through hell but finally managed to get to the point they're at right now.
Art: 10
Woah, where do I even start. The art is appealing to the eye, and the animation was brilliant and smooth. The details were also really satisfying (For instance when Chises hair grows slowly back, it is a minor detail, but when you notice it you'll be amazed at how well this series executed everything.)
Sound: 10/10!
This is probably the best thing about this series. The music was fantastic, and it literally brought tears up in my eyes. It was beautifull, everything fitted with the scenes, the magic sounds wafting through the sky was just a beautiful sight.
Character: 10
The thing I also really like about this anime that Elias isn't an actual person, but tries to be one and wants to learn more about humans, its really sweet to see him along with Chise, and how much he wants to protect her.
Chise is a really good MC, she's smart and kind. At first she had no hope anymore, she didnt see a future anymore, but it changed when she was sold. She had to make hard decisions where someones or her own life were in her hands. It was really fun to see her grow, but painful when she overworked herself.
The other characters were also really fun, they all had visible different personalities and it was enjoyable to watch them all. The 'villain' wasn't a cliché villain, but had his own problems and a source on why he did all those things.
Enjoyment: 10
I really enjoyed everything about this anime. The backstories, the plot, the emotions, everything was brilliant.
Overall: what do you think?
People have mixed opinions about this series. This was mine. A piece of art.