Beautiful....but not super true to its origins

Written by guardian_angel_7 on April 8, 2011 at 2:25 PM

I started reading Freezing as a manga and really enjoyed it. The story was pretty decent and the characters were nice. Now i admit i do read/watch ecchi for the girls, at least in part. However i personally am the kinda guy who doesnt appreciate nudity like at all (dont know wy srry), so the topless scenes were something i couldve gone without. that aside tho this anime had some of the cutest girls ive seen in anime, especially bridget. I loved her rough outer atmosphere but with the gentle, vulnerable girl underneath. Although the anime seemed to show that side a bit too often and took a bit away from the rarity of it...but it was ok. I very much enjoyed the true love aspect of the story as well with kazuya and bridget. Now the fighting, i must say some of the most intense relentless fighting scenes i have ever seen! The maker also did a great job with keeping u informed with the terms and names of abilities. However, now comes my biggest complaint to the anime: it doesnt stay as true to the manga as i would like. Sure some things were a bit smaller like cutting out the flashback with Ingrid and the change in how kazuya met Rana. However there where other bigger changes that i think they should have not changed sush as pandora mode wich instead of being this Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep awesome armor was just a thing with glowing lights (although it did still look cool dont get me wrong, its just i think the armor was more appropriate). THE BIGGEST problem was the ending.....the PREMATURE ENDING!!! I dont know wats up with anime creators nowadys but theres been a growing trend of creating anime from smaller, kinda third party manga and ending them prematurally by cramming everything from the end of the series into the last couple episodes or making up an entirely new endind. Freezing, Claymore, High School of the Dead (although i hav not read the manga for that so i dont know if they really screwed it up that badly), all of them were ened at earlier times then they should have! In Freezing in particular they sped up the threat of the Novas and referenced a major character and plot that hasnt even been seen in the manga yet! I guess im getting too angry, its just i hate seeing anime that have alot of potential being ended so early before they even have time to bloom into something great! Overall though, Freezing is an amazing series that has great characters, intense fights, hot girls (although a bit of nudity), and great pure love with the main characters. I do recommend this anime however i strongly argue to read the manga as well, since it keeps going and does a little better of a job.