06th Jan 2008
Weiss Kreuz
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=254
I decided I want pictures too, like all the other anime blogs out there, even if I can’t do reviews every episode and I’m years behind =(
As you can tell from the name, this is a pretty poser anime. The actual name is really Weiß Kreuz, but the squiggly thing is too much trouble to copy and paste. The name means ‘White Cross’ in German, which is somewhat puzzling since the show is most decidedly set in Japan…
The story is about a group of 4 assassins who operate under the cover of a flower shop, which is frequented by high school girls who come and ogle at our protagonists. They are given missions Charlie-Angels-style, via a secret agent looking woman with too red hair and too much lipstick, and a video of a man obscured by darkness who always ends his mission delivery statement with “Hunters of Night, deny these Dark Beasts their tomorrows!” Lololol. After they’re told about each mission, they’re given the choice to participate or pass. Not sure how that works. Maybe they get paid on a mission by mission basis? In any case, no doubt secret agent woman and video man are scheming something behind the backs of our brave heroes, and will double cross them at some point. But we’ll see (still on ep 8 here).
So we have Aya, your dark, morose man of few words, who has a comatose sister/girlfriend character lying in a hospital somewhere and who has some kind of troubling past I haven’t found out about yet. Then there’s Yoji, the ladies’ man, beneath whose playboy demeanour of course also lies some kind of troubling past. Followed by Ken, ex-football player and the reckless, emotional character of the group. And Omi, the obligatory prepubescent type and also resident tech expert. The problem is, at this point the show hasn’t really told you what kinda relationship these 4 guys have. Are they just coworkers? Or are they brothers-in-arms ready to throw their lives away for one another? Thus far every episode has been pretty episodic (for lack of a better word), and until some sense of continuity emerges, the plot isn’t going to get very gripping.
This was released in 98, so the animation is pretty so-so. But the best part of this anime (in fact, the only reason I even heard about it) is the most excellent vocal casting, consisting of some of my favourite characters from Saiunkoku Monogatari (which, aside from being my almost favourite anime in the world, also has a most excellent vocal cast): Koyasu Takehito (Sakujun), Seki Tomokazu (Ryuuki) and Midorikawa Hikaru (Seiran). Good enough to watch based on that alone =p
I’ll update again when I actually have something substantial to say heh.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=254
I decided I want pictures too, like all the other anime blogs out there, even if I can’t do reviews every episode and I’m years behind =(
As you can tell from the name, this is a pretty poser anime. The actual name is really Weiß Kreuz, but the squiggly thing is too much trouble to copy and paste. The name means ‘White Cross’ in German, which is somewhat puzzling since the show is most decidedly set in Japan…
The story is about a group of 4 assassins who operate under the cover of a flower shop, which is frequented by high school girls who come and ogle at our protagonists. They are given missions Charlie-Angels-style, via a secret agent looking woman with too red hair and too much lipstick, and a video of a man obscured by darkness who always ends his mission delivery statement with “Hunters of Night, deny these Dark Beasts their tomorrows!” Lololol. After they’re told about each mission, they’re given the choice to participate or pass. Not sure how that works. Maybe they get paid on a mission by mission basis? In any case, no doubt secret agent woman and video man are scheming something behind the backs of our brave heroes, and will double cross them at some point. But we’ll see (still on ep 8 here).
So we have Aya, your dark, morose man of few words, who has a comatose sister/girlfriend character lying in a hospital somewhere and who has some kind of troubling past I haven’t found out about yet. Then there’s Yoji, the ladies’ man, beneath whose playboy demeanour of course also lies some kind of troubling past. Followed by Ken, ex-football player and the reckless, emotional character of the group. And Omi, the obligatory prepubescent type and also resident tech expert. The problem is, at this point the show hasn’t really told you what kinda relationship these 4 guys have. Are they just coworkers? Or are they brothers-in-arms ready to throw their lives away for one another? Thus far every episode has been pretty episodic (for lack of a better word), and until some sense of continuity emerges, the plot isn’t going to get very gripping.
This was released in 98, so the animation is pretty so-so. But the best part of this anime (in fact, the only reason I even heard about it) is the most excellent vocal casting, consisting of some of my favourite characters from Saiunkoku Monogatari (which, aside from being my almost favourite anime in the world, also has a most excellent vocal cast): Koyasu Takehito (Sakujun), Seki Tomokazu (Ryuuki) and Midorikawa Hikaru (Seiran). Good enough to watch based on that alone =p
I’ll update again when I actually have something substantial to say heh.
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