Monday, December 17, 2012

To Aru Kagaku no Railgun

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NameA Certain Scientific Railgun, To Aru Kagaku no Railgun とある科学の超電磁砲

Sequel: To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S
Status: Completed
Episode: 24
Release date (for eng subs): -

Summary:
Academy City is a highly developed place in terms of technology. It is said to be 20 to 30 years ahead of the rest of the world, and 80% of its 2.3 million residents are students. The focus of studies here is directed towards esper powers. Misaka Mikoto, one of the top level espers in town, shares a room with Kuroko Shirai, another high level esper who is a member of Judgement, a law enforcing agency composed of students. Both attend Tokiwadai, a private school reserved for the high-leveled and the rich. Kuroko's partner at Judgement, Kazari Uiharu, is a low level esper who studies at Sakugawa middle school. Her best friend and classmate there is Ruiko Saten, a level zero, one who has no esper powers. Together, the four encounter several adventures in the exciting scientific town. 



Summary source: ANN



Personal Ratings: 3.5

This anime, even though its a side story of To Aru no Majushi no Index, its actually much nicer then Index. Its less draggy and is packed with more action 
The whole anime, except for some episodes, is all linked to a single incident. I really liked to see how the many different parts of the anime form a single arc.
The actions scenes are just plain awesome! A total must watch.


Though i have to say they could have done this anime without some ecchi scenes, which totally bugged me the whole time because i had to fast forward. 

Truth to be told, some parts are hard to understand and some times they just throw chunks of information at the viewers making things hard to understand, the worst part is that they go really fast through those kind of boring bits, so its hard to take on a full understanding of the whole incident. 


I think that the whole sequence of the anime is really consistent. It always has 2 arcs in a single season. I feel that only the climax of each of the arcs are really interesting. The building up process is usually really boring. So I suggest to watch this series on shot, and not weekly.




Art Ratings: 3.5

Some times drawn abit inappropriately, like the skirt is to short. Other then that the art is good. Could see the flexibility of the people, except for Shiraishi's hair.


Recommended for:

Gender: Male & Female
Age: 16 and above
My ratings: NC-16


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