s-CRY-ed ( 2001-07-04 to 2001-12-26 )

     I needed to free some space for my HDD since it was getting to full and I was getting ready to download some new series. So I thought maybe s-CRY-ed was going to mediocre and if I watched it, I could've deleted it right away. But I was wrong and it feels bitter sweat because since it was so good I have to keep it in my HDD and I still have to find some free space.

     The animation's really nice; the movements of the characters were very smooth. The colors were very crisp and bright but some of the colors didn't really fit the object, such as the "Big Magnum" Alter had purple bullets and the Aircraft Carriers in the second last episode were a nasty purple again.

     I didn't like the opening music at first because the beginning sounded like a Ricky Martin song, but I guess I grew into it. I'm not sure if it was the downloaded version but I didn't get to see the closing video until the 24th episode. I didn't find any background music I didn't like and I especially like the Jazzy ones which sounded a lot like the ones in Cowboy Bebop. All the voice actors sounded great, no one sounded fake except for Kazuma's laugh.

     I found the story to be the weakest part, but it was still decent. It had a constant pace and it didn't feel rushed or slowed down. I thought the first half was great and the second half to be excellent, hence the 8.5. I really liked how some characters switched sides near the middle because it really balanced out the characters and if the second half were to continue at the same pace (character wise) it would've gotten really stale. There was one thing or character that I really didn't like and it was Kanami. She is the most useless character I have seen in a while, almost as useless as Flay from Gundam Seed. Kanami was such a burden for everyone and to make things worse, she couldn't do anything and when she's place in a kitchen with all the older women, she looks so misplaced. I think it would've been better if she looked older, maybe 17-20 instead of 10.

     I'm sure Dragonball fans are really going to like s-CRY-ed because they are very similar, where characters have different power stages, some characters are so powerful that it can be seen from space and people can move so fast that it looks like they're teleporting. Up Next Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Animation: 7.5/10

Sound: 8/10

Story: 8/10

Enjoyment: 8/10

Fav. Episode: 24

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