Onto today’s show of discussion, however, we are going to look at what has been commonly referred to as one of the bona fide ninja anime experiences. Pretend to play the devil’s advocate all you want, but we know what you’re thinking Whether it be the sheer agility they possess, their determination to succeed, the destructive apparatus frequently associated with them, potentially tragic backstories, or even simply their badass attire (seriously, where the hell do ninja shop for clothing?), I have yet to meet someone who would refer to them as lackadaisical or mundane.
If there exists one unanimously shared opinion held by the human race, I would imagine it is, in juvenile terms, that ninja are downright awesome. Read on my blog with far better presentation:
Might watch it again if ever have too much time in my hands. So yea, predictable, cliched romeo juliesque ending, but still, any ending other than this one would have been BS. Genosuke loved her too much and decided to die too, because basically everyone he cared was dead. None of them wanted to kill the other but they couldnt escape the situation, so oboro ended her life. And I think the way it played out was consistent with their charcters.
So one of them had to die, no matter what. They both knew that if they escaped the ninja war would have been pointless, their clans would be targeted by the government, and the non decision with respect to the heir would cause a civil war. I want to hate it but frankly there is no better way to end it. The ending itself was predictable, obviously. My review is over, but I still want to comment the ending. Other than that, this is nicely animated, story is cool, dark and aimed at adults. Some characters are better than others, but pretty much all of them were good enough to have an impactful death, especially when such death scenes are well directed. Here is the thing though IT WASNT NEEDED. I lost count of how many times a death scene or a fight (that leads to death) is interrupted for MINUTES just to tell the dying characters little sob story to manipulate their death into being more emotionally powerful. The above is exactly what happens in Basilisk. Its cheap manipulation that is sometimes necessary when the directors want you toįeel sad, but the character might not be good enough to evoke that feeling upon his/her death. Here is what annoyed me though: It is usually a cheap tatic in anime to show a bland charcters sad backstory right before they die to make the viewer more sensitive to his/her death. Some of the more boring ones lived too long.Īs for the death scenes, they are powerful and wonderfully executed. The ones I liked the most died way too soon. This isnt a spoiler, you get that its that kind of anime in the first 2 episodes.ĭont get attached to any characters. Overall,Basilisk is an amazing anime which I'm really surprised that it doesn't appeal more to the viewers.I recommend it whole-heartedly to all of the ninja and action lovers and I'm pretty sure you won't be disappointed. The characters are very different from each other and you learn about their lives,secrets,feelings and their relationship with the others,which will make you sympathize with both clans and maybe shed some tears when they are finally killed. Woman and a man love each other but they cannot be together because of the hatred between families,but this action filled cliche offers something more.Once the pact was nullified between the villages,only Iga became aware of the situation and gave the anime some funny moments too by not letting their "new chief in charge" find out about it and trying to kill as many kougas as they can.I think i would've enjoyed more a love story that evolves by the end of the anime. The story may seem for some like a cliche,you know the story,a I must say that i am not a die hard fan of animes that involve historical figures and change some facts with the help of fantasy,but Basilisk was,in my opinion,truly awesome.Why?Well,it has some really kick ass graphic,the characters are well designed and the background is astonishing.Another thing that really surprised me when I watched it was that the action starts immediately,it doesn't offer you time to get bored of it and you instantly feel like you want to know what is going to happen next,which was really exciting.