Psycho-Pass: Anime Review

Psycho-Pass is THE anime when it comes to insights on Human society; the anime’s focus is how people are judged through the eyes of an omniscient and omnipotent system in a future where you cannot escape the law. But when a criminal mastermind who cannot be judged wreaks havoc and exposes the system's imperfection, who will stop the chaos?

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Everything is just spectacularly done in this anime; the written plot is perfect, with twists the viewer wouldn't expect; the well animated action scenes compliment the 'crime fighting' theme very well; the art fits the setting; the fight scenes, dialogue, overall plot progression and character development just nails a 10 on every criteria a critic has for anime. There isn't a boring moment in Psycho-Pass, every episode just compels you to watch the next and before long you're itching to watch the second season.

The characters are well thought of and have unique personalities, each having their own strengths and weaknesses, and offer lots of space for interesting character developments. The dialogue between characters offers deep insight and makes viewers rethink about their opinion of a perfect community. Definitely one of those anime you can rate 11/10, and is a must watch for every anime fan out there.

P.S. The ending songs were Egoist's (Guilty Crown) and it is AWESOME

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Tokyo Ghoul Root A: Anime Review

A Huge Power spike and Personality Change for Kaneki starts off the second season of Tokyo Ghoul. Let's get on with the review shall we?

Tokyo Ghoul Root A strays from expectations; instead of focusing on the newly powered-up main character, 2/3 of Root A viewed the ghoul-human relationship through the eyes of the ghoul investigators; In my opinion it was a good compliment to the first season where the story was being told on the ghoul's side. They gave the investigators character (so they could kill them off later for drama) and had them express their views on the human-ghoul conflict. Kaneki was pretty much MIA until the third part of Root A, and the second season was totally dedicated to character building on the humans' side.

"Can't you just let me through?"

While the 1st season was more on action and the like, I would say Root A focuses more on the losses we suffer at war, and unanswered mysteries about human-to-ghoul conversion and one-eyed ghouls. The last episode topped off the series with a layer of drama when prominent characters add to the list of the war's casualties. The second season gives of a vibe of loss; a message to viewers that there are no victors in war.

It's still a good watch, and it gives viewers the push they need as to continue the series by reading the manga, but that my friends, is for another day. :)

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Tokyo Ghoul: Anime Review

Man, the Opening Song was the very definition of badass. Ghouls killing humans, humans killing ghouls --- Tokyo Ghoul was a very satisfactory shonen monster- anime. So let's get on with the review!

Short summary:
Tokyo Ghoul, as the name suggests, are about monsters (called ghouls) who are 1 level above the humans in the food chain; thus, the humans contain the ghouls and force them into hiding (we outnumber them). The main character, a human boy caught up in ghoul business, gets turned into a half-human half-ghoul and struggles to blend in with human society alongside other peaceful ghouls like himself.

So what makes tokyo ghoul different from other shonen monster manga? First of all, the anime starts of with a very weak protagonist due to the fact that he has not accepted his changes yet (yep, exactly like Kiseiiju) and the plot revolves around the interracial war between ghouls and humans --- complete with BADASS fight scenes, BADASS art, BADASS powers and characters; what made the anime a hit for viewers wasn't particularly the drama/conflict between being a ghoul and being human but rather the action packed battle simulations, may it be ghoul vs human or ghoul vs ghoul. Season 2 was also made a necessity because of how they made the last episode: Kaneki (main character) undergoes a drastic personality change after being traumatically tortured and DESTROYS his captor, a rather powerful ghoul. This leaves the viewers hanging from a cliff; dying to see the next episode, and just because of that sales for Tokyo Ghoul season 2 was already assured.

For those who enjoy fighting and general shonen anime, Tokyo Ghoul is a good watch; but for those looking for a more complex storyline/twists, you're better off looking at other upcoming anime.

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