Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Vintage:
September 29, 2005
Status:
Completed
Summary:
Ten years after the Bubble War, the dichotomy between the rich and the poor in the world becomes more prominent and Japan is no exception. The rich seeks to satisfy their desires and derive pleasure for themselves, and Tokyo has materialise into such a city as a result. Saiga, once a war photographer, works for Hibara Ginza in the capitalist state of Tokyo. He infiltrates into Roppongi Club, a secretive base located in the red district area of the city, to collect information about them. However, he was caught in the process and brought forward to a girl called Kagura who was in the midst of a ritual. His contact with Kagura awakens his special ability: the power to make things explode once photographed. In order to unravel the mystery behind the Roppongi Club and Kagura, Saiga begins his solitary battle.
Just like the title says, I have had to speed up with every Speed Grapher episode, well except the first two and the last one. Seinen genre should be more sophisticated and mature, seinen does not idealize romance, instead opting for more realistic and pragmatic approach to relationshipsand and I dont see it in Speed Grapher. What we have interesting in this anime: blood, gore, violence, death mixed with cliche and poor characters development, like for exemple cruel, cold mother who abused her own daughter, ah but through her past we see the she didnt act always malicious; villains are comic and silly with ridiculous ability, their power are stupid (lady that turns into a diamond, or a guy who's skin is like rubber). There is also a lot of sexual moments that ruined some decent serious moments and turns into silly joke, and action in that way looks funny. Voice acting is badly done, characters looks more irritating when you listen their voices, and lame music themes (egregious use of saxophone, 80's-ness, disco-like qualities) perfectly fits with lame gun fights. Relationship between Saiga and Kagura didn't work for me either. At least i managed to finish this before the “deadline“! :)
