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Post by Lyss on Nov 20, 2010 1:27:50 GMT -5
Black★Rock Shooter Anime Movie Review Black★Rock Shooter has taken the Internet (and most animanga fans) by storm. First, there was the song (by the same name) by Supercell. Then there were the drawings by huke. And now there is the movie.
Well, technically it’s an OVA, but since it’s fifty minutes long, I’m calling it a movie. Sue me. (Actually, please don’t.)
On her first day in junior high school, Kuroi Mato makes friends with a girl called Takahashi Yomi. They become closer as the year passes, soon becoming best friends. In the second year of high school, Mato meets a girl named Yuu, who she begins to spend a lot of time with – they both like basketball – and Yomi gets jealous of Mato’s new friend, likely assuming that Mato doesn’t want or need her anymore. In between these “slice of life” parts of the OVA, we have scenes of Black★Rock Shooter – walking, at first, and then fighting with Dead Master. While this may seem rather erratic and confusing, let me tell you how I interpreted these scenes. Black★Rock Shooter is Mato, and Dead Master is Yomi. The clips show you how Black★Rock Shooter tries to get closer to Dead Master, who rejects her out of anger.
Since the plot is fairly simple, and covers a single theme – friendship – many B★RS fans were rather disappointed with the lack of action. Most people who had any expectations at all assumed that the OVA would be of the action-action-action-killing-action variety, and it seems as if they were wrong. I actually rather liked it – it was very simple, but managed to really strike a chord. I think it’s mostly because Mato reminds me of me – I’d probably go to those types of lengths for a friend. The fact that she even reminds me of me at all means that the movie is easily relatable to – most people should be able to relate to it and the scenes depicted, mostly the slice of life ones.
I can’t say much for art, although I liked it much better than I thought I would. The slice of life parts had an art style comparable to K-ON! – while I haven’t watched it, I do know that the art is very similar. The art during the B★RS parts is beautiful and the fights are very well-choreographed. The animation in the entire OVA is very fluid and well-done.
While Black★Rock Shooter managed to disappoint some people, I found it touching and moving. It isn’t the most original or the best OVA/movie in the world, but it is very good for what it is – and I can only hope they’ll make a sequel, what with that damn cliff-hanger.
8/10 stars
Credits This review was written by me, Lyss. Please do not redistribute without my permission, or claim as your own. Thank you. Black★Rock Shooter is the property of Supercell, huke, Tanigawa Nagaru-sensei, and Yoshioka Shinobu-sensei.
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