Review of Big Order (TV)

You know, I really am not even sure where to begin on this anime. After watching the final episode I'm left feeling really disappointed and confused... Throughout this anime, it was very entertaining and fun to watch. The character development was really well done, the drama between characters was a good touch without turning the entire anime in to some stupid soap opera. Yes, there's quite a bit of fan service which I hate in anime, but it surprisingly did not bother me, because it actually made sense to the character development. With that said, the development of the characters was astounding considering there were only 10episodes to this anime. One of the things I am disappointed about this anime, is how short it was. It made this anime feel rushed. There was just way too much missing in the middle of the story.

So let's break this down section by section to see if I can put a finger on what I liked and disliked about this anime.

Pros: The anime had a great base story line. The character development was fantastic for such a short anime, and I enjoyed the 1st 9 episodes a lot.

Cons: The ending was rushed, there was a huge lack of content before the ending it felt like, and there was a bit too many sex based scenes.

Story: At the very start of this anime, it felt like "this is a Code Geass knock off". The first couple episodes with the main character ordering people to obey him, I just felt "this is Lelouch all over again." With that said, I wouldn't say this is necessarily a bad thing, as I loved Code Geass. The story jumped straight in to action with the kidnapping of Eiji's sister, forcing him to be "king" and immediately going to war. There was a lot of action to the anime throughout it, which is what made it so enjoyable to watch.

Art: Personally, I cannot watch anime that look like they were drawn with colored pencils. If it has good art/animation I'll tend to watch at least some of almost any anime. That said, there was great art and animation to this anime. Smooth and fluent movement of the scenery and characters and not bad to look at.

Sound: The only thing I ever really pay attention to in sound, is the voice acting. Nobody had an obnoxious voice, so I have to say the sound was good.

Character: As for the individual characters, there were a lot of positives and a lot of negatives to this. The main few characters had great development as I mentioned before. Although due to the rushed 10 episode anime, the supporting characters were really left in the back ground on this anime. There were some characters that were easy to like and some that were easy to hate. I think that's a good thing sometimes though when there's a mix of likable and hateable chatacters.

Enjoyment: I want to say hey this was one of the most enjoyable animes out there. It had so much potential based on the first 9 episodes. Sadly however the enjoyment was just sucked away with the ending. I mean, if the ending was episode 24, with content to fill in the void that this anime left me feeling like I missed half of the episodes, then yea it would be a great ending... But because of being so rushed I just feel like the enjoyment was sucked away.

Overall, I can only rate this anime as a 4. The more I think about it, the more disappointed and confused I become about this anime.