It's
been a while since I made an anime review so I've decided to make a quick one.
And for this one I've decided to make a review of Myriad Colors Phantom World or Musaigen no Phantom World as it's known in Japan. This one is done by Kyoto
Animations the company responsible for such series like The Melancholy of Haruhi
Suzumiya, Clannad and FullMetal panic? Fumoffu among others.
I'm
a big fan of Kyoto Animations since Full Metal Fumoffu is one of my favorite
series and is still is to this day. This series was recommended to me by a
friend years back and its sad that it's just now I got around to making this
review.
Myriad
Colors Phantom World is basically an anime's version of the Ghostbusters while
still keeping a lot of elements making it their own. In this series a virus has
spread around the world changing their brain chemistry allowing all humans to
see phantoms.
Kids
born from this outbreak have developed abilities to combat these phantoms. And
this is where Haruhiko and his group comes in as one of those group of kids
assigned for the task.
The
concept of Myriad Color Phantom World is great if only it had a decent story to
back it up. Sadly this story drives along the line of comedy and fanservice
than actual storytelling. if you've seen Highschool DxD, Zero no Tsukaima than
you got a pretty good idea of what I'm talking about.
Each
characters are well designed as you would expect from Kyoto Animation. Sadly as
unique each of the characters are the series goes into comedy and fan service territory
instead of fleshing out these characters. This is a series that has a girl that
can eat phantoms and one that uses elemental powers to augment her martial arts
skill too.
What
this series lack in the story development it makes up for in quality artwork and
animations. The action sequences are breathtaking and extremely well animated
something Kyoto Animation is well known for and it shows. In fact the series
could have been pure 90% action and I'll probably be ok with it. Some episodes just feels like fillers. There's also an episode
about Mai and a limbo rope that I felt was a waste of time even for fan
service purposes.
Don't
get me wrong I don't hate this series I actually really enjoyed it. The comedy
was funny the fan service isn't forced and I'd be lying if I said I didn't
laugh so hard when Haruhiko was kicked out of the window of the dorm for running
into the girls bath...twice. It's a fun series if you just want a fun anime with
the bare minimum in story plots. The series clearly knows it's cliche and just embraces and has fun with it and it shows.
Sadly
the series is only one season and covers only half of Volume 1 of the 3 Volume
Light Novel which is a shame since theres a rumor of Phantoms becoming more
dangerous in later volumes and people being forced underground to survive.
There's
also that buzz that Haruhiko is somehow going to lose his powers later in the
story and that he will sell his soul to get them back. Also a new more
dangerous antagonist will appear more powerful than what they have shown in the
latter half of the anime. How great this series could have been if given
another season I wonder.
Myriad
Colors Phantom World was a good anime if your into comedy with enough action
and fan service for those that need it. The action scenes and the comedy is
pretty good but still lacks in some areas for my taste. If you like comedy
action anime with fanservice like Highschool DxD and the likes then this anime
is probably for you.
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