Finally Fall Season has ended, except Skip Beat! . I’m proud to present all of you with the first Overall Review for a anime season. This will be the overall thoughts/rating for the whole entire shows of the season. So I’ll be putting up the overall review for: Yozakura Quartet, Vampire Knight Guilty, and Earl and Fairy. I hope you enjoyed and look forward to the Winter 2009 season.

Yozakura Quartet

Overall Thought: Where should I begin, the only show I dropped this season.  First off I found the show to drag on meaning they didn’t get to the point or plot and according to lot of people it ended with us still not knowing the point in the plot so in overall the anime was useless,maybe they should have of waited a few years for the manga to go further. Basically it was all fillers. It was also long and some parts were unbearably long. The Character Development was another thing that made me disappointed. They focused on Hime’s development, and a bit of Akira’s, and small amount of Ao but the rest was like: That’s not important. Even Enjin’s development from Gin to Enjin was never shown. They showed Gin as a friend with Akira and Hime but that was pretty much it. Kotha got some development from child to teenage but not much, I found this sad and made me feel as tho a certain portion of the characters were missing to make them seem realistically as the characters portrayed. Animation started to lack after awhile and some of it’s mistakes were pretty obvious. I enjoyed the animation at first but started to hate it after it became obvious that it was starting to look bad or not “right”.  The Music was the only thing that really was good the opening and ending were catchy and I couldn’t wait to here them,  I rather hear that then the whole episode. The opening and Ending were perfect and so was the insert music but sometimes the insert music really didn’t fit in the scene. Overall I didn’t like this and if your looking for a show with action pack heroes, a slow paste show, and doesn’t solve the ending then this is definitely your cup of tea, if not well then you’ll have to look somewhere else. Here’s the overall view:

Earl And Fairy

Overall Thought: Probably the best series I reviewed out of all in the Fall Season, I wouldn’t recommend this too boys unless they like really shoujo like things. This was a series that is definitely categorized as Shoujo.  But I enjoyed it The only problem with this series is that it left some things unanswered which you’ll probably have to read/translate the novels to find out unless they have a second season. The plot had two main arcs, the first one was about Edgar becoming the Blue Knight Earl and the second one involved the Prince,but they both tied into together to make one hug plot.  The first arc of  the plot was really good but it started to drift off into the second. The taste and love that we felt in the first arc wasn’t felt as much in the second. Tho I must admit the storyline was pretty good and played out well, the only two things were that there were cliffhangers at the end and it could sometimes be very confusing. Character Development, happened alot in Edgar mainly I think thats where you notice it the most. Lydia didn’t really change or grow as a character she still ended up being a character who denies everything tho I think she grew in terms that she became more comfortable with her gift as a fairy doctor.  Edgar however even tho still a flirt was able to show how he has grown from child to adult and show that even tho he may be a playboy he really does care about Lydia, he also went from seeming like a villain to a prince =D The rest of the character didn’t really change or they didn’t have time to develop. Music in Earl and Fairy is quite nice, I enjoy the instrumental music in the anime because they seem to fit with all the scenes =D The opening takes a while to get use to but after a while it becomes a catching tune. The ending was the only thing that I didn’t like and never go use to. The Animation starts to lose it’s touch but it’s not like Yozakura Quartet where it’s annoying. When the animation starts to lose it’s original  touch you won’t mind because you’ll be too attentive to Edgar’s every move and word. In all I enjoyed this and pray for a second season. Overall Ratings:

Vampire Knight Guilty

Overall Thought: I love Vampire Knights, I’m a huge fan of the manga and the anime. I must say that the second season was better than the first season in the terms that it was boring. Vampire Knight has something for everyone: love, action, and comedy. The voice actors are well picked for the characters and it’s a enjoyable ride through the whole second season but one thing that bothered me in Vampire Knights was that the second season really didn’t have any action, a lot of it was cut and the ending fight was really easy and horrible. Other then that the show was pretty good, I believe this even tho some others don’t. The Plot is following the manga but they take things and rearrange this isn’t so horrible considering that it still follows the manga pretty closely ,excluding the fact that the last two episodes were anime-orignal endings. I don’t really think the plot is any down point to the show except that they cut they huge fight with Rido short,which makes Rido’s death look babyish and like a easy task. The thing in Character Development is that all the characters development which is nice and we get to see everyone view point of the situation, not only Yuuki’s. Yuuki goes from immature child to more of a maturer person. Zero goes from being really depressed, to depress, to a point where he knows how he feels. He thinks two sided now instead of one. Aidou has matured. We’re shown that even tho Kaname comes off as like the guy with really no emotions he does have them and Yuuki can see through them. Music one word beautiful. Animation , I do agree that the animation isn’t the best , but I really don’t focus on it so much in this series. So if you watch this and are only in it for the animation, then I suggest not watching this series. Overall it was a well down sequel. Overal Rating:

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