Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Vintage:
October 24, 2004
Status:
Completed
Summary:
Read or Die takes place in an alternate world where some people have abilities such as the paper masters whom can create many objects and perform tasks with paper. They can even cut steel with paper
A lot of reviews on here are always 5 star and not very critical. So I decided to review this anime as it was not a 5 star choice of mine.
Had I seen the action scenes from ‘Read or Die’ and that been it, I may have given this series 5 stars. They were creative, well animated and something (theme wise) you don’t come across too often. I can also see how some viewers may find many of the scenes touching, and identify with character in the show.
However, in retrospect, the series drags. I felt slightly too much time is spent trying to build viewer-to-character relationship, and the viewer forgets about the interesting battle they’ve just seen. Also, there is too much going on in this series in my opinion. There is a historical aspect, science fiction, romance (although not so much), fantasy, comedy, adventure, mystery, psychological, action, ect. For example, Early in the series I was laughing out at a certain character situation, and since it was early in the series I expected more laughs throughout. However that was the only scene I found humorous throughout the series….
As a quick summary. The series seems to have been written to make ‘reading books’ seem interesting and cool to a younger audience. I am not discouraging watching the series, however it’s a bit predictable and has a lot going on.
