![]() ![]() It’s one of those that uses a lot of blurring and sound effects with blood splatter instead of actually showing the blows and character movements. On the downside, I will say that Kokuu’s climactic battle is a little boring. There are some strong designs, detailed backgrounds and decent action sequences. None of these characters in this massive cast are compelling or memorable. Once again, the anime relies on clichés and archetypes in lieu of actual development or complexity. And in twelve episodes, we’re supposed to develop some attachment to these people? And I do mean we’re supposed to because there are several “emotional” moments that rely on us giving a shit about the well being of these characters we barely know anything about. ![]() The genetically engineered children story has its own cast that’s every bit as big if not bigger. There are at least nine major important characters in the serial killer story. The instrumental characters in each thread are a completely different cast that occasionally interact. Once again, the anime gets let down by its short length and trying to juggle two stories. The problem is it needed at least thirty episodes to do all that effectively and it’s twelve. I’d even go so far as to say if they’d had a lot more time to develop things, strengthen the connection betwixt the narratives and flesh everything out, they could have made something special. Where I give the series credit is that the project is clearly very ambitious and there were some interesting ideas behind it all. So, everything ends up being very minimalistic and relying on over-used clichés. The problem is that you can’t flesh out and properly develop both of them combined in twelve episodes. In theory, either of these stories would work with twelve episodes to develop. And one of the problems that comes from that is that the pacing is pretty horrendous. And they’ve been forced together with very little care or skill. Another is about a genius detective trying to catch a serial killer who’s used various resources to get away with his crimes for a long time. One is about these kids who were genetically engineered and they’re following this old prophecy. To the point where you have to question why they’re part of the same series. The two story lines are connected very tenuously. ![]() Let’s start with the big narrative problem with this series. Meanwhile, Detective Keith Flick returns to active duty to pursue B and a case from years ago that he isn’t satisfied with the outcome of. There’s a mysterious super-powered vigilante going after violent criminals called B after the mark he leaves at the scene. Yes, the studio behind Psycho Pass, Ghost in the Shelland some significantly less impressive works like Robotics Notes & Blood+. It came out in 2018 and the studio behind it is Production IG. B: The Beginning is one of those Netflix produced original anime. ![]()
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