ブラスレイター

BLASSREITER

ANIME

STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
24
RELEASE
September 28, 2008
LENGTH
23 min

DESCRIPTION

The story is set in a fictional Germany and centers around the outbreak of biomechanical creatures named "Demoniacs", who rise from corpses and attack people mindlessly. The Demoniacs have the ability to merge with most technology including cars and motorcycles, not only gaining control of them but also enhancing their performance greatly. Against them is a group of people known as XAT, Xenogenesis Assault Team, who police these Demoniacs in an attempt to keep the peace and discover the reasons for the "Demoniac" change. All the while, a number of human-turned-Demoniacs appear. Some use their powers for good whilst others for evil. One will rise above all other Demoniacs to become the "Blassreiter".

(Source: Wikipedia)

CAST

Amanda Werner
Shizuka Itou
Joseph Jobson
Masaya Matsukaze
Hermann Saltza
Kenta Miyake
Gerd Frentzen
Unshou Ishizuka
Elea
Kana Hanazawa
Beatrice Grese
Sayaka Oohara
Lene Clavier
Eri Kitamura
Magwald Xargin
Junichi Suwabe
Sasha Jobson
Hitomi Nabatame
Malek Werner
Junko Minagawa
Alvin Lutz
Nobuyuki Hiyama
Mei Fang Liu
Aya Endou
Shido Kasagi
Unshou Ishizuka
Bradley Guilford
Yuuichi Nakamura
Maria
Sayaka Oohara
Jill Hoffmann
Kumi Sakuma
Victor Stachus
Atsushi Ono
Snow
Mai Nakahara
Wolf Göring
Fumihiko Tachiki
Igor
Wataru Hatano
Johann
Fumie Mizusawa
Matthew Grant
Hiroyuki Kinoshita

EPISODES

Dubbed

| | |

RELATED TO BLASSREITER

SPECIAL ActionBlassreiter Navigator

REVIEWS

shimokitazawa
50/100
A CGI eyesore fest. Sadly, it's not the only problem.
Right, Blassreiter.

I didn't really expect much going into this, and I have to say that was a good thing.

Don't take me wrong, there were a few times where this show actually shined, but aside from those times, it felt mostly boring.

Many characters felt somewhat predictable (with the exception of Amanda, but that's mostly because after a bit of development she remains the same for the entirety of the show...).

As a positive note, they did focus on many characters (which is nice if you like a diverse cast).

While watching the episodes, you'll soon notice something quite annoying, which may be a minor point to some of you, but it may also make you sigh because there's no point to it.

There are some intervals during each half of an episode, it's just a splash scene with some of the characters and some sound, however, the music played here is bad (specially during the 2nd half of the series), and this also servers no point. It's just a useless gimmick.

Something I thought I should say - I usually have a very high tolerance to the shows I pick to watch, even if they are bad, and I usually marathon them. However, with Blassreiter, I found myself wanting to do other things and simply not come back to it.

One last thing before I continue, there is gore on this anime, and the general theme is grim.

Now that I got that out of the way, let me go over some specific points (art, sound etc).

-

Sound: 4/10

The music is mediocre IMO. The OP and ED are forgettable, and I found myself skipping over them after the very first episode. This is not to mention the 2nd OP/ED, which are even worse. Sound effects are okaysih, nothing to praise or hate. I have to mention yet again the cringey splash screen which you'll be seeing every episode (not too bad during the first 12 episodes, but gets ridiculous later on).

Art: 5/10

This is the first thing you'll notice, and if you're like me, this will bother you a lot -

BAD CGI. Now, when I say bad, it's really bad. The art assets animated through CGI seem like something you'd see in a 1998's movie or so, it's glaring and annoying. Of course, art isn't the end all be all of anime, many more seasoned anime viewers know this, but for a show that doesn't really deliver anything special on many fronts, this is a big problem. I'd much have preferred traditional animation here but ah well... The only good thing I can say about the art is what I already said earlier, there's very diverse set of characters, so you'll most likely find one you can identify with.

Story: 7/10

I'm giving this a 7/10 for creativity, the premise is something I hadn't seen before, even though you'll find some cliches here and there. The problem is, there isn't anything new in the way it was executed, in fact it was quite predictable who would turn out to be a bad/good guy, when someone would sacrifice him/herself etc.

Also - the ending felt rushed in some ways, but I don't want to go into much detail because I'm not really sure how to convey what I mean with this without spoiling it, so I'll leave it at that.

Enjoyment: 5/10

I didn't enjoy this that much. It was so-so, but there were times when I wasn't really sure I could endure it for much longer, and I just wanted to play games/study do something else instead of watching it.

-

Overall, this wasn't horrible, but it also wasn't good. Which is why I'm giving it an overall score of 5/10.

If you have nothing else to watch, then maybe you should pick this up, given that you are willing to deal with bad soundtracks/CGI/gore, if not, then don't even come close to this one.

I hope this review was helpful to you, thanks for reading, and sorry about any grammar mistakes!
Continue on AniList