Anime: Angel`s Feather 116914

[Story 6/10][br]The original story seems long and complex but appears crippled to get much story into two episodes. That's why some things are confusing and hard to understand. It is not suitable for just two episodes, also it just stops at the end of ep2. A waste to even start such a project with just this little time to tell such a story. It left me with a dissatisfying feeling.[br]The topic is a typical good vs. evil story where the people with the white wings are good and the ones with black wings are bad. Just as much cliché as the characters.[br]If you want to watch it because of Shounen-Ai then just forget this one and look for something else.[br][br][Animation 8/10][br]The animations are good but nothing special. Action is reduced to boring little moves. I expected more from an anime from 2006 with such a story. The art however is pretty and the eyes look cool.[br][br][Sound 9/10][br]The sound was the only thing I liked from the start. The opening is a mix of Japanese and English and I think it's done pretty well. A song I'd also listen to in my free time on my mp3 player. The voice actors, but one, did a good job. The one in question gave Anri his voice (some unnecessary tag-along). Such forced cute voices downgrade an anime in my opinion, unless it's meant to be a cute or silly anime which is not the case here.[br]hint: If the voice of the main char (Shou) sounds familiar to you... yes, it's Ranma Saotome's & Inuyasha's voice. Some other guy has the voice of Kakashi (Naruto) and I guess there are more known voices.[br][br][Character 5/10][br]The characters sucked. Too cliché, as in standard characters, standard development (you can foresee everything more accurate than any weather forecast). For two eps it has quite many characters, one clear main character and several side characters. Some of them may get more screentime in the future (if there's a future for this story to get continued).[br]The stupid dude in this anime is Anri who's repeating himself endlessly if not stopped or enjoys us with lame phrases.[br][br][Enjoyment/Value][br]The anime had parts that I enjoyed, well actually I hoped for better action, like the art and the eyes. But mainly it was boring to me because of the shallow rushed story with no depth, which is a pity, and the stereotypes.[br]Also that's why it has no value for me, except for the opening tune.

this 2 episode ova is based on a shounen ai video game which i haven't played.

this ova has been a very nice surprise! most of the shounen ai animes for the time being are very dull, amateurish and fan-service-filled, this one isn't like that at all. all though it's often confusing and not very clear plot-wise, the direction is very intelligent and the characters and ideas have great potential.

Story[/u]:
to be honest i didn't get all of it - but i guess it's understandable since it's just 2 episodes and filled with characters and events. what i did like a lot about the "story" are the ideas, and the direction was excellent - they managed to transfer a huge amount of information in very small time using detailed shots and intelligent editing - i liked it a lot.
8 of 10.

Character[/u]:
i find a lot of potential in the characters but it's not used to the fullest because the anime is much short than needed! what i really liked is that the characters didn't feel fan-service-driven. sure, there were here and there sparks of shounen ai clichés but over all it really wasn't that exaggerated or annoying as it might have been. it really disappointed me we didn't get more "shounen ai" action - that is mainly due to the little focus on the characters.
8 of 10.

Animation[/u]:
high quality, detailed and fluid. the drawings aren't close to the beauty of the game but they manage to stand for themselves. technically i gave it 8 (and considered 7) because most of the in-between animation isn't that beautiful.
8 of 10.

Sound[/u]:
excellent, the voice actors are all great, the op/ed songs are very cool, and the background music are beautiful! i really loved the background music, it was very pleasant and one of the reasons i'm sorry the anime is just 2 episodes is that i won't hear more of this music.
9 of 10.

Value[/u]:
the only good point i see in the fact that this anime is short is that it forced the director to transfer a lot of information in short time and it makes the viewer always work his brain, and that's fun. it also makes the show something you can rewatch a lot because you always find out new things and old things.
8 of 10.


Enjoyment[/u]:
very enjoyable, very enigmatic and intriguing, it's fun to watch. i'd wish to see more of that director. and i really hope Angel's Feather will get a long TV series which will cover all the story and characters.
9 of 10.