This review contains out of context spoilers. I remember the first time when the reboot was announced: I was so excited to start it and because I rarely get hyped over new anime it is pretty clear that I had some high enough expectations at that time. It may or it may not be clear by now but I grew up watching the old adaptation and I will try to not bring it up that much in this review. I became more and more disappointed the more episodes Ive consumed. The first episode made me meh enough there was no wow factor to get me entertained but I was hoping that in time itll get better right? Right?? Sadly there is no hope for this series. Ill quickly resume what is going on animation wise. It looks bad it looks cheap it looks boring weak uninteresting there is no compelling thing visually. There are at times some more detailed close ups but they do not bring anything to the table. The action scenes are just boring nothing entertaining is going on. The far away shots look strange the animation is cutted out it is weird and clunky looking and the frames look junky. Boring color choices. There are times when characters dont fit with the background at all. There is nothing much to explain its exactly like this. It is a brand new adaptation of a 20+ year old battle shonen series for a 20212022 anime it is obviously filled with some outdated and old clichees that everybody had enough of. From the start it can have some lows in its storytelling but at least is it competent enough to pass? No I dont think its enough worse it gets worse and worse in time and the last third of the story gets so bad you cant even process what is going on in front of your eyes. From a basic battle shounen with some tournament elements in it this anime becomes an incoherent mess so bad in fact I can even compare with the Wonder Egg Priority special: in the end it became a random stuff go lets just put something just to fill in type of story and not as so bad it is funny as the early mentioned WEP but it actually gets frustrating to follow up the events. I wrote so much about how the story gets baaad but I havent wrote whats going on. Out of context spoiler warning after Yoh and Annas backstory the story gets confusing non sensical random things just start happening with no coherence or proper explication. Mechas? Aliens?? Random fleet raids that dont have any purpose in the story?? TRAINS Youll start questioning yourself what are you watching you came for some Jojo style shamanic fights you ended up in a state of constant confusion and fatigue. Everything is so rushed and random it is a complete mess. I dont even like the characters in this reboot. In the first episodes the main cast was more open to each other I think that they behaved pretty normally in the beggining but after the tournament started it became irritating to see them interact. Everybody is so apathetic towards one another everybody feels like they want to do their work individually and theyre forced to be together. Horohoro is the best example in this situation I may be too used to the old version of his and I assume that which is more comedic and fun but here he became more and more irritated more and more serious Bakugolike character he became even edgier than Tao Ren. I also dislike how Hao is portrayed in this series hes more comedic and has so much more interaction with the main cast it kinda ruins that mysterious vibe Im used to again I assume that. Also one last thing is that I absolutely despise that TanukiFox duo they were so gross and unfunny I hate hate hate them. STOP SHOVING YOUR BALLS ON MY SCREEN Its not a review that Ive put a lot of work into but there is nothing much to say about the newest Shaman King anime. With or without the bias of growing up with the old series the 2021 reboot is just not good. There is absolutely nothing decent or worth mentioning in this anime. It is one of the worst series Ive ever forced myself to fully finish just because of my own nostalgic feelings. Were you a Shaman King kid who hasnt touched the reboot? I dont recommend to start it like me its a complete waste of time. Youve never seen SK in any shape of form? Still dont recommend watching it.
20 /100
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