Amagi Brilliant Park

Ahh Amagi Brilliant Park, hyped because it is animated by the legendary Kyoto Animation...and rightfully so. I will try to not spoil anything, though I am not very experienced with writing reviews so we shall see how this goes, please understand Senpai. Amagi Brilliant Park boasts beautiful animation and a beautiful soundtrack (I love the opening theme). Kyoto Animation does what they do best with stunning art and a memorable soundtrack, combined with a frenzy of laughs. Every episode is humorous and worth the watch, never does an episode seem to overstay its welcome (If only all comedies could be like this). Our main character.Kanie, is dragged to an amusement park by fellow student Sento (sound familiar? Well kinda) Where he is told that he must help magical strangers attract guests, with the intention of saving the park. Kanie must hit a target goal of 500,000, or the park will be shutdown. Seems rather lighthearted, and it really is, however as we move along we see a plot start to develop, one that really brings out the hero (If that is really a word to describe Kanie) in our lovable mc Kanie. Kanie may be the center of attention, but the other characters get a solid share of the spotlight. Each character contributes to the comedy in his or her own unique way. Each one has it's own purpose and none of the characters feel out of place...or maybe they are all out of place so it works out...idk. At the end of the day, Amagi Brilliant Park is not on my "must watch" list when recommending anime to friends, but it is however just below that magical. I would recommend Amagi Brilliant Park to anyone looking for a lighthearted anime. The comedy is well executed, and is enhanced by a wonderful soundtrack and beautiful art. It does not introduce any new concepts, but it is a great example of the tried and true, and if you give this enjoyable series a watch, you might just find something magical.

Nice breaktrough in anime world with"slice of business" like amaburi. It's just too antimainstream. with the magics and funny moments in each episode, plus fusion with deadline to reach out the target make this anime not boring at it all I'm just too fckin enjoy this series, i'm just too curious and ask too myself every episode "what happen in the next eps?". Why i'm too curious about the next episode? coz the storyline has a deadline..it just make me want to end dat deadline by my self... and relationships of kanie seiya to some girls on amaburi are exciting to follow on there.. (i'm support kanie x sento lolz XD) heartbreaking moment when 500.000 visitors was cleared in impossibility on the last time. relieving... Nice story, colorful art, good sound, funny characters, full of enjoyment, just enough to tell this anime... but unfortunately, the last episode just too hangover, need the 2nd season already with the new story about amaburi.. so, if you want the "antimainstream" anime comedy , amaburi is a good choice. enjoy :)

Amagi Brilliant Park was mediocre and had very lopsided pacing. The idea of the story was meh to begin therefore its unfair to be too judgemental of the execution. The art and sound were all fine, thats not really an issue for me. Im more of a story and character guys so ill judge the show solely on those two elemts. As i said before the idea of the story is very underwhelming. The show is episodic in nature with each episode being either the addition of something to the park or some sort of scheme implemented by the main character to help drum up business, there is slight variation but these are far and few between. The ending was very lackluster and unbearably predictable. This isnt inherently a bad thing however twords the end the story tried to focus on Latifa and tried to make the weight of the situation more intense. This really didnt do it for me because she was painfully underdeveloped and acted more as a motivation device to, as stated earlier, add urgency to the situation. Instead of caring about her well being because she expressed attractive character traits, the show tries to give her a pitiful backstory as well as a mysterious disease in order to tru and gain the empathy of the viewer. This to me was just lazy. I understand that they only had 12 episodes to work with but you would think one of the priorities should be developing your main plot device because without that development no one will care about the outcome of the entire show. Latifa isnt the only failure of a character in this show. The supporting characters are fine. They often have one episode in which there prescence is heavy then proceed to fall of in subsequent episodes. I could go on about how underdeveloped they are as well, but like Latifa, they are a plot device. The show shot for quantity of quality to try and increase the urgency. They wanted the effect that adding all these characters would add to scope of the park, making its closing affect such a great amount of characters. Thats fine no complaints. Im also categorizing the main three mascots as supporting characters as well because even though they have distinct personalities and offer something to the show in their own rite, i felt they as foils to the main characters was more important to the overall story. The only two characters i would consider to be main are kanie and sento. Kanie is a douchebag. Hes supposed to give off that impression that he truely cares about others but is afraid to let anyone get close to him and acts like a douche as a self defense mechanism. Thats fine. Original? Not by any stretch of the imagination, but fine. Mediocre mc is mediocre. Sento on the other hand had the potential to be a great character, but suffers from one of her iconic features, her gun. At first the gun was very interesting to me but got stale later on. I found it interesting that she ruled by fear and was tyrannical, but she did it all with good intentions. She didnt know anything but brute force so thats what she used to get results, but like any tyranical leadership, things fell apart, which of course she couldnt understand why. I liked this, i liked this a lot, but what killed it for me was when she used the gun to prevent character development. It was lazy writing. When someone would say something that made her uncomfortable such as bringing up Kanie as a potential partner for her, instead of literally any other reaction, she would just pull a gun on them and they would cease the discussion. This fits her character in the beginning because it is clearly a self defense mechanism, but later on as her character progresses, which is extremely slow due to her limited dialouge, it would make more sense for her to slowly ween herslef off the gun and then towards the end discard it as a mechanism entirely. She also suffers from being extremely one dimensional, the scenes where she displays a change in character are very few, as in maube 3 if you're lucky. Like i said her introduction was good and her psychological value was good in the beginning, but the show shifts too much attention away from her which is very unfortunate.

why 10? im graduate at college and now im starting my job, on that time i start thinking, should i watch school type anime? because my mind is not on school anymore but in the the field of work right now. I saw amaburi on internet and i start watching it, at first its just a plain anime, and i planned to drop it, but instead of dropping, i just hold it and wait for the several episode to released. story 10: story is outstanding because while im watching this anime, im starting to have a confident on my self because the story is about how to trust workmate, obey the rules, ( costume is always right) and have a patient. art 8: The first thing i see on art of this anime is the hand of sento, at first episode of amaburi here hand is like a hand of male, i think its not well draw, but later they make a good art on the character. sound 9: the opening is good, well i expecting is sing by one of the character in this anime ex. kakuma ai on opening song. the ending song is made by 4 fairies, i can say its good because new to my ears, because the seiyuu who sing the ending song and insert song in epsiode 9 is unusual. kakuma ai have a good voice, because you never notice she played the role of est ( seirei tsukai no blade dance ) character 9: kanie seiya is like an overpower character in action anime, because he knows how to handle her comrade like sinbad in magi and lelouch in code geass, he knows how to handle and approach guest/costumer. sento isuzu is one of the best character here, because she have no face expression, the 3 mascot, i start to like those mascot in the middle of the story, i become interested on this because there is a playboy, delinquent, and a commander. 4 fairies, a straightforward, bl lover, a wierd one and a normal, well i expecting there is a tsundere or a sadist on them. enjoyment 9: like i said in first part of my review, i stop watching this anime because i can say its boring from the start, then after several week, i re-watch it because some of my friend recommend it, well i cant say its boring now because its too good. why do i enjoy this anime: -hilarious event that make you laugh -face expression of some character even they serious -a unexpected event that will become good event -new character, even they are just supporting, they can become everyone's favorite well if your a person who working and like something different anime that refers on your daily life ( some of us right now is not in school but in the field of working ) then i recommend this anime for you.

BMW has been known to be manufacturers of German luxury cars. They include manufacturing motorcycles, and owns the Mini and the Rolls-Royce. As much, with all the German engineering under the bonnet and tech-savvy interior, their cars are known to be rear-wheel drive (RWD), in which they handle well on oversteering and horsepower delivery. In 2015, they made a front-wheel drive (FWD) car for the first time, called the 2-series. BMW says it's a revolutionary car with all the commercials on saying how great and awesome and passion and won't be mistaken as your mum's car. That kind of "revolutionary" approach brings me to Kyoto Animation (KyoAni), as they produced Amagi Brilliant Park (Amaburi in short) as the revolutionary anime they have, yet. And that's the problem, because it's like this: BMW is known for producing RWD cars, it's their trademark. It's the same way as KyoAni is known for the moe trademark they have established since the K-On--or even the Air era. Now, I'm not saying that K-On or Air should be the basis for KyoAni's products, but like BMW producing FWD cars, is KyoAni doing something similar as they seem to be producing something that is...for their own first time, playing fire with the lesser kind of anime where its fantasy genre written only in paper. That's something that KyoAni is not known for. STORY = 7 It's a story of reviving an amusement park (eponymous as it is), filled with magic elements, packed with reasons of how important the Amaburi amusement park is for the magical creatures, and plot and characterization ignites from there. Being magical, logic is excused here as most of the characters are the usual teens (Kanie-kun and Sento Isuzu are both 16) with their hands full of trying to revive the Amaburi itself. I mean, talk about legalities and debits and credits, net profits, taxes--put them in a box and throw 'em out the window. Rather than logic, you'd better just focus on these: there's the fanservice team, a perfectionist-- rather narcissistic kind of male character, a princess who must be Dekomori's cousin, and a soldier from the magical land, and oh--living mascots, and supporting characters. All of them are tasked to attract 250,000 visitors for the Amaburi in a span of 3 months. At first glance, it has a huge potential, but somehow if it's KyoAni we're talking, we're demanding it to be KYOANI, the same way as if you'd get a BMW and you're demanding it ofc to be a BMW (and not something from let's say, Hyundai). What actually happened was like, we expected KyoAni, and we got something that resembles JC Staff. Because even if I'm not using K-On as the yardstick of this all, and I dunno if the Amaburi magic worked in your senses a little bit too well, but we're expecting KyoAni itself to be as moe-music-friendly as K-On, or sublime as Hyouka, or light-hearted slice-of-life as Tamako Market, or romcom as Chuunibyou, or flaring as Kyoukai no Kanata; perhaps even as memorable-dramatic as Clannad, and as emotional as Air. I could go on to be as wacky as Nichijou, or otaku-approved as Lucky Star, or as demanding as Haruhi Suzumiya. In Amagi Brilliant Park, what did we get exactly? We get "revolution". We get the "new KyoAni". See, this is just like how BMW made RWD cars for so long and suddenly started building FWD's. CHARACTER = 6 They're as memorable as a shopping list: you remember them as you know what to do with it. It also has the KyoAni prowess of somehow, at least somehow, exercising character development. Again, as I've said earlier, the story itself has a huge, and I mean very huge potential. KyoAni has made 23- or 24-eps back in the past, perhaps longer episodes can do well as to give enough space for the development, in which the plot will be delivered with characters that transcended as the number of episodes progressed. Kanie-kun was rigged from the start to be complex but unchanging 'til the end. Sento Isuzu is the "best hot heroine" according to otakus and fandoms and those from the magical doujin-land; I don't see why--except that she's the new fantasy material with her physical hot body and fanservice--but character-wise, she's the KyoAni's version of what a kuudere is, but that's it: she was predictable and nothing new or magical or developmental that happened to her. There's also Dekomori's seeming cousin, Latifa-sama, seems to be good enough as the foil character, but flat. The K-On look-alike fanservice team of Sylphy (resembling Mugi), Muse (resembling Yui), Kobori (resembling Mio), and Salama (resembling Ritsu) did well on their fanservice role, had a one-episode dedication for their development and was leave-able after. Then there's the trio of mascots: Moffle, Macaron, and Tiramie, whose main purpose was maybe, to become comic reliefs. Though Moffle is more of serving as a complex character to help junction the plot and explain the reasons. The other two, you will find them funny, that is, if you're a goober. SOUND = 8 Usual J-pop songs with KyoAni-esque trademark in them since Hyouka, so I really don't need to complain. Picking the right seiyuus for the right roles have also been important, and with Ayako Kawasumi's performance as Moffle--and she's renowned as Saber--that's already a plus. ENJOYMENT = 5 It's like enjoying what you can do with a tap water. You can put juice powder on it, ice, and stir. Amagi does that very well as you're hoping to get KyoAni elements but every episode seemed like it's convincing you on how "new and revolutionary" this is. Really, it's like BMW convincing you of their new and revolutionary 2-series. This is like convincing yourself that you're watching KyoAni's Amagi Brillaint Park and not Kagaku-railgun. If you've gone to BMW and saw the 2-series yourself, it's pretty much like that: you're expecting a BMW, and it is revolutionary only because you've never heard a front-driven BMW before. Somehow, people love Amaburi in a way that it's more sexy that you're seeing more skin, more Sento Isuzu, more of those fanservice fairy team which means more eyecandy, then less on moe-ness, more on read-between-the-line jokes, less on KyoAni trademark and feel in the end. OVERALL = 6 If KyoAni defined this as their new quality, their new trademark "flagship" anime where from here on, they're going to be making more anime this way, then more otakus will rejoice. The minority here ain't otaku: we enjoy KyoAni as we like enjoying good quality shows that won't waste our time. But majority wins, I reckon. Ultimately, my review seems, as I want to say it, I derived it and wrote it thinking to be the KyoAni that I know, or used to know. It's like missing a friend who died or went away, and you know, you can't put this into exact words. What I can say is that, despite giving this as a rating of 6 because it's still a generally good anime to watch, but somehow it doesn't look like KyoAni at all. Really, it just looks like JC-Staff material. Revolution is a good thing, but a lot of times it's difficult. Acceptance is not the issue, because there's trademark in every namebrand: whether BMW, or Coke, or Marvel, or McDonalds, or Levi's, once you've attached yourself to a namebrand, you'll ultimately know and feel it with its trademark. Amaburi just kind of lost the touches there--or if they haven't then they're the new trademark of KyoAni. It's still KyoAni by namebrand, but like the BMW 2-series, finding that out to be 3-cylinder front-drive is Hyundai material--when we're expecting for a BMW. Verdict: The majority screams for Amagi Brilliant Park is the new KyoAni. But I kind of miss the old KyoAni.

There are an unassailable number of anime out there, too many. Logically then, there are going to be a very large number of truly great anime. But I haven’t watched them all, and probably never will. Why? Because I’m already having fun. Why am I having fun? Because I’m watching Amagi Brilliant Park. Kyoto Animation are the undisputed kings of the moe slice of life style. Anime like K-On are thoroughly enjoyable rides if you accept that Mio is just the best girl, whilst Clannad is a masterpiece of the anime world, despite the fact that Key are seemingly only capable of drawing side-characters with purple hair. There is a sense of sameness though to a large number of Kyoto Ani’s shows, a sense that they’re a one trick pony. That is, until they released Amagi Brilliant Park. For better or for worse, Amagi Park is a noticeable departure from the standard mold, not least because it spends less than 99.99% of the time OUTSIDE a high-school. Amagi Brilliant Park is set in a magical amusement park. It’s populated a variety of chirpy characters, with talking animals, a fairy who thinks she’s a helicopter, and a dragon suffering from acute anxiety. Most importantly, it has Kanie Seiya: our narcissistic, arrogant and friendless protagonist. Yes, that was not a sentence I would ever have expected to write in a review for a Kyoto Ani show. For once, Seiya is not the layman protagonist who attracts girls with his aura of affability. I definitely wouldn’t say he brings an air of maturity to the KyoAni roster (far from it, he’s about as idealistic a character as you can get). What he does is bring a likeable cocky persona to the table. Cracks in his armour of confidence do begin to appear throughout the show though, and so Seiya thankfully isn’t all talk. He’s a fully-developed character, but simply chooses to hide behind an exterior that can get things done. It’s something that KyoAni show themselves capable of doing just as well as their Aizawas or their Tomoyas. As the protagonist, Seiya is tasked with rebuilding the park and attracting 250,000 visitors, or else the magical staff of the park will lose their popularity and die! He has no mean challenge ahead of him then, but the challenge itself though is not the focus of the show. Enter his side-kick and ‘obligatory KyoAni love interest’, our very own Isuzu Sento. Not quite a tsundere (lovey-dovey under a ‘it’s not like I only have eyes for you, baka’ layer), and at the same time, not quite a kuudere (lovey-dovey under a ‘I couldn’t care less if you fell out of that window’ layer). These are the two features that most define Sento. She is efficient, but trigger happy and very willing to pull out her trusty shotgun, often with hilarious if painful consequences. Although Sento suffers from a distinct case of inexplicable in-love-with-the-protagonist-for-no-particular reason-it is, she is still the more empathetic character of the two – she suffers from nervousness when interacting with others, often resorting to violence as she pulls her gun from underneath a skirt that seemingly holds TARDIS like qualities. Sento is loveable and entertaining in the very opposite way that Seiya is, but their chemistry is more than enough to drive the show, and largely overshadows the artificial drama set-up for each episode. No, there are no panty shots as a result of this ‘TARDIS’ skirt, but I hear Highschool of the Dead is very happy to see you now. You’ve probably noticed by now, but entertainment is an approach that plays a much larger part in Amagi Brilliant Park than in some of the more dramatic pieces Kyoto Ani has become known for – many episodes I did indeed find myself in tears, not from sadness, but from excessive laughter. The OP is insanely fun and catchy, and I’ve not seen anything quite as entertainingly ridiculous as when I watched three stuffed animals sitting down to a pint of beer, but it’s situations like these that Amagi revels in. There’s a good blend of more innocent and inventive humour more traditional to KyoAni, and a very adult, crude approach as well. It may be a KyoAni show set in an amusement park, but sometimes the show is anything but child-friendly! So I definitely enjoyed the show. There is a ‘but’ though. And that but is this: Amagi Park is very similar to many of the shounen anime out there. Amagi Park may be a departure from Kyoto Ani’s norm, and that’s to be welcomed, but it starts to become inseperable from other popular shounen titles in the process. Kanie Seiya’s cock-sure personality is something we’ve largely seen in shows like No Game No Life’s Sora. I have grown accustomed to Kyoto Ani shows emphasising the moe fan-service, and Amagi Park doesn’t buck this trend, but it introduces a surprisingly sexual sort of fanservice into the mix. It’s one of the few problems I have with the show: I wanted and expected to innocently enjoy this storyline, and on a few too many occasions I was vehemently obstructed by several busty pairs of PLOT (those milk secreting mammary glands females have). I should note that, for better or for worse, Amagi is simply not a finished story. It's got an ending that successfully manages to tie up the 13 episode series, there is still ample room left for what will presumably be another season. It’s not a bad ending, justifying the drama that had been building up the last couple of episodes, but it leaves me vaguely underwhelmed. Regardless, I look forward to the inevitable Amagi Brilliant Park!!/Amagi Brilliant Park: After Story. Amagi Brilliant Park is light-hearted and whimsical, largely satisfied to be nothing more than harmless fun and looking pretty great to boot. If you’ve enjoyed this year’s lineup of shounen anime, no doubt Amagi Brilliant Park will leave you satisfied. If you’re a KyoAni fan, you may find yourself disappointed with quite how the show doesn’t take itself seriously enough, and doesn’t feel quite finished. Ultimately though, you’ll probably find yourself surprised at how, even when it’s not particularly serious or a tearfest, the KyoAni magic is still there, making Amagi Brilliant Park both a visually impressive and wholly enjoyable anime. Recommendations: No Game No Life - Seiya and Sora are similar arrogant and good at getting the job done. Both are set in a fantastical world with magic, with a mixture of drama, comedy and fanservice. Also both need a season 2!

Amaburi is a place of dreams, hope and enjoyment... That's how the premise was supposed to start and yet— it was the usual reverse-psychology plotting. Bad advertisements, poorly maintenance on the attractions, wacky dolts as entertainers. The hectare field of an amusement park is the setting where magical elements is the focal point. Oh yeah, we can already see how it'll go. The synopsis have given me a rough idea on what Amagi Brilliant Park is. A place where bankruptcy is knocking at their door's end, a saving hero will turn the situation 180 and happy ending is achieved. Starting with an original MC plus the interesting three stooges along with beautiful girls with large circle eyes, I had myself hooked up from the first episode. Story: 7/10 Solid writing. The author didn't bother making the story complex to garner the watcher's interest. It is also the winning formula of Amaburi. As far as the story goes, the series only had one problem, 'How to win 500k customers in a limited time'. Within this hurdle comes along many variations on which it gave us a good watch for a 13 episode long title. Art/Sound: 9/10 Usual Kyo-Ani standard. Frankly, I am really not a moe enthusiast but Amagi's art department is such a hard thing to resist. I find myself liking every character, whether he/she be a supernatural like Moffle and his two friends to the ever beautiful Sento Isuzu, Latifa plus the rest of the chicks. Everyone has a good art, not only the characters but the amusement park itself. Sound is good as well. I play a little piano and soon as I finished watching the series, I started poking the keys just to make the tune of the ending which I really, really like... Bgms are also fitting. Whether it be a sad tune due to a predicament or an exciting one because of a hype twist. Nothing beats good music when you're watching a good show. It's a must and Amaburi had played their aces well. Character: 10/10 Perfect characters. Of course, the crew is vast so only the highlighted characters are the ones I'm talking about. Kanie Seiya f.e. This guy is just too original. Unlike overpowered MC and flawless bishounens, Kanie himself had the fundamentals of being one of the generic but hey, turns out he's the 'real' deal. Whether it be his past or his series actions, he was always a good and entertaining watch. In the end, realizing that 'no man is an island' he came to accept everyone despite his terrible narcissism. That itself makes his worthy of his screentime. Plus it's also thanks to his VA who wonderfully depicted the character. Sento and the other girls. Oh damn, these girls are just too beautiful. Sento and Latifa in particular, who would obviously turn Kanie's romantic interest if a sequel lits up in the future. Sento, who also got a terrible view on how to associate herself and Latifa, who at first episode, looked like she was bothered by a terminal disease. Oh man, she's just too adorable. Honorable mentions are the fairies. Muse, who got the most screentime definitely looks my type of girl but hey, Amagi's girl are all my types. Please don't touch them... XD Lastly, I wouldn't miss the three Amagi pillars. Most especially, my favorite character in the series, Tiramie. This dirty old dude is just too good. I had myself on a laughtrip because of his antics. Whether he be deliberate on doing rotten lewd acts or just too stupid to do things right, he is just awesome... Enjoyment/Overall: 9 For a normal 13 episode series. Some tends to do things like inserting irrelevant fillers. I don't read the reference. But if Amagi has one, then its filler is still wonderfully threaded to its main story. As per my mention above, the story is still the main winning formula. Not too complicated to the point it tried too hard yet not too lax to the point it never tried anything. The story is very easy to empathize and easy to appreciate. Concluding, if there's another standout gem last season including Bahamut:Geness, then it's definitely Amagi Brilliant Park. Good laughs, good story, good characters, minimal fanservice. The 13 episodes will keep your time worthy of watching, will keep you on your seat entertained and will never leave you bored. A recommended watch for everybody. So come and watch Amagi Brilliant Park and wish for a sequel in the future!

What once is a flourishing amusement park with large attractions and fun mascots is now in shambles. Everywhere you look inside are in shambles and everything has just fallen apart, forgotten by society. And now you have to make it popular once more, in 3 months. Is it possible? Amagi Brilliant Park tells the story of a boy in his attempts to revamp and bring this park into glory once more. This is what I think of this series. Story: 9/10 So in short, it's about a boy who is forced into helping the park's staff attract more tourists into their park. Seems simple enough, which I find to be really great. This is because 1) it's really simple to understand and follow their main motives without being drowned in subplots and 2) It really allows for other subplots to develop that bulks up the main plot as well. Art: 9/10 The character designs are beautiful and very unique. The incorporation of the diverse, magical staff of the park (which I found to be particularly cute) as well as the humans (whose designs exceed my expectations) brings a wonderful-looking cast into play. The park itself doesn't look to bad either from a view. Sound: 8/10 In regards to sound, I found the OP and ED to be perfectly fitting to the whimsical and comedic theme of Amagi Brilliant Park. Just listening to it brings a good vibe to you. The OP is one of the things that really got me into the anime series and the ED is alright, although I frequently skip it. Character: 9/10 I personally love the characters and their diversity. I admit that I first expected the characters to be the typical kind that matches their designs. Fun-loving, cute, and friendly. They are, but they have so much depth that their character development interests me. Moffle, Tiramie, and Macaron's characters really makes me love Amagi to a whole different level. Enjoyment: 8/10 I really do enjoy Amagi Brilliant Park and I always look forward to the new episodes every week. It contains humour, comedy, a great theme, and pretty much anything you'd expect in this series! One thing I've got to say is how they build upon the development of a theme park, which is a nice approach since I also love theme parks since I was a child. I look forward to this. Always. Overall: 9/10 It exceeds in pretty much everything. Each episode is able to develop the story further while not making it too boring since there'd always be some running gag or a continuous series of jokes. Amagi Brilliant Park is an anime series I recommend to people who enjoy watching Comedy or Slice of Life since it contains similar aspects to other series of their genres. Definitely worth watching!

Welcome to Amagi Brilliant Park! Where your manager is a high-school student and 70% of the staff aren't human. Story: 8/10 The story is actually quite original, as I have never seen an anime dedicated to a theme park the perspectives of staff working in it. The story was solid, but sometimes it would drag out, though that didn't affect the story that much, as it was more interesting than boring even though there wasn't any action scenes at all. It was funny to see how each character responds to each reaction, because some of their reactions can be really stupid. There's harem in the anime, but it's barely noticeable because some of them don't show their feelings that much. Same goes with romance, but later on the anime Isuzu starts to show some interest in Kanie. There's actually fan-service in the anime, but it's mild. Art: 10/10 The art is amazing, but expected from an anime that finished airing at the end of 2014. The animation is smooth and the colors are darn bright and eye-catching. Sound: 8/10 The OST in the anime was used whenever it was necessary and matched the each scene the OST was used in. Even though the OP was catchy, it didn't quite fit the anime. I'd think that the OP was more for an action + romance anime. The ED has lyrics that fit the 4 element characters (water, fire, wind and earth) and does fit the happy theme of the anime. Character: 9/10 If I were to classify a character as a bad one, it would have to be someone who is really annoying and easily gets on my nerves. Did this anime have anyone like that? Nope. Kanie Seiya, the main protagonist of the story who likes to compliment himself, like telling him that himself he is a perfect 10 in any outfit. He's a very cocky person, but is also hardworking, to the point where he would do anything just to save a person from dying. Sento Isuzu, a monotone character because of her background. She uses guns to threaten people into helping her, because she doesn't know how to ask politely. A very mysterious character and has funny responses, such as crying to a very badly produced video. Fleuranza Latifa, a very calm, kind and elegant character. She is the type that has a strong heart on the outside, but is very emotional in the inside. Before you question yourself about her age, all I can say that is she isn't under-aged. A type of character who thinks of others before herself. Enjoyment: 10/10 I really like this anime, mainly because it's new to me. Even though I'm used to action, this anime somewhat calms me down and makes me happy. Overall: 9/10 If you're looking for something new and unique, then this anime might suit you. Would I re-watch it? Yas.

This is my Second Review on this Anime (Because of my 1st Review, i got Negative comments on My account. and that HURT.) so I wanna fix it. So please expect some wrong grammar due to my english (Im still learning english). Thanks. --CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS FROM EP1-- Story: The Story starts off with Kanie Seiya. a Perfectionist high school boy who has it All! Good looks, genious, and Excellent reflexes. Then one day, a Girl named Izuzu Sento. a High School Transferee forced him to go out on a Date; Seiya thought that would be a Interesting Date but Turned into disappointment. Seiya founds himself in Front of Amagi Brilliant Park; Japan's worst amusement park. Rusted signage and benches, Old rides or Systems and Faded paintings around the place Proved how the Amusement park has Lost its Beauty and Popularity. During their Date, he didnt waste any minute to despise the park. He kept on Cursing, muttering how sick he is. Before they left, Sento introduced him to the Manager of the Park, Lafifa Fleuranza. Without giving seiya the Benefit of doubt, Lafifa entrusted him to Restore the Beauty and Popularity of the Park. --- The story was good. Great start, good plot, great characters and Some comedy scenes you should Laugh. But i'll give it a 9 due the misunderstanding? I dont think I can understand the other Scenes but it was Funny through, so 9/10. Art: Art? Perfect. It was amazingly good. One cannot simply ask Kyoani's work. Giving it a 10/10. Sound: The song "Extra Magic Hour" by AKINO with Bless4 really Fits the every episode also the ED. The pop and the Funky Chorus feels us Happy. For the Voice actor thing, The voice Actors and the Actresses fits the Characters well. I'll give it a 10. Characters: The characters are all good, no Annoying Characters either. 10/10 Enjoyment: Really fun. (I dont know what to say, Sorry) Overall: 10!!

Ok, so the anime is over, Amagi Brilliant Park or Amaburi, pretty much a theme park where the main theme "This is [not] a fantasy," ok, I can live with that, but really this is one good fantasy based anime where main theme goes around the supernatural humans living in the park, but enough of that, here are my ratings for this anime: Story Like I've said, it was one good fantasy based anime where a the fate of the theme park, that is about to get down on the dumps, rest on the shoulder of one guy-and you've probably guess it, it's a guy who shares the same name as Kim Kardashian's hubby, Kanye West, geeez I hate that guy. So, the story line was unique, sine we don't see a lot of magical being living among the human population and in a modern time. Also, the plot doesn't depend on the usual harem [cu'z there isn't any] or the fanservice [where, there are quite a few] to entertain us audience, rather, the plot balances the slice of life element with a touche of drama and comedy. But, I still can't fathom the fact that is the usual high schooler who should grow up fast to do a job that should done by a grown up, so it's a 7 for this part. Art I would have liked the illustrations of nearly every background and building in the anime, I would have like the way them mascots were drawn, but ther was still an ecchi element in the anime art pertaining to the characters, and I'm referring to Sento's work outfit, I wuld have like seeing her wearing a professional business suit and high school uniform, but not her work clothes that is serious crime of fashion. The Elementaro's on the other hand, looked good in their street clothes, but in their work uniform........let's see, Muse and Salama really does make them look like performers, Sylphy, looks like a whore, while Koboli looks more like a stripper, since she is the only one whose panty is showing and if this anime has an fanservice element, it would be her. Nevertheless, one part of me like this animes art and another part of me is making a fuss over Sento's work clothes and Sylphy ad Koboli's work outfit, so, it's gonna be a 6 here. Sound I'm giving it an for the opening "Extra Magic Hour" by AKINO, and the closing "Elementario de Aimashou" by by BRILLIANT4 . I also like the karaoke scene where the Elementaro were stuck in some castle and have to sing a song 'Fantasy Time," so, it's an 8 for the sound. Character Ok, I don't if it is true that Original Creator, Gatoh, Shoji really, did based his characters name from famous rapper or movie stars, but one thing I know that, I didn't see any character name after, Soulja Boy, Snoop Dog, Pharrell or Rhianna... Ok, so lets go over to some of them: Seiya Kanie- I really can't fathom that he was left with the job that should be done by a grown-up, thought at time I kinda hated him for his Devil in Prada attitude towards the park's personnel, but then again it was that attitude that save the day for Latifa, so for him alone I have one reason to give this part a 7. I still don't get why his name was taken from Kim Kardashian's hubby, Kanye West, I nerve like the guy's rapping style, but I like his bad boy attitude. Latifa Fleuranza- I kind like her sweet and innocent traits, also her being this helpless hundred year old girl {if that's how old is she} trapped in a year body was something else, since it does add to this anime's sweet touch, so she is another reason why I'm giving this part a 7. Sento Isuzu- I kinda like her for being this gun toting bitch who knows how to put those mascots in check, since it adds to this anime's comedy element, but I kinda hate her for being the cause of the park's further demise since it was her trigger finger that scares the shit outta everybody. It rather ambiguous if she has any romantic feels for Kanie nor does Kanie have any feelings for her, so one more reason for a 7 in this part. Moffle- Is one bad mascot that's funny. Tiramie- Is one perverted mascot that adds to this anime's comdey element. Macaron- Well, let's just say that he is part Moffle and part Tiramie in terms of his attitude. Elementaro- For a while they did provide the kind of spunk that adds to this anime's entertainment value, thought , Koboli still looks like a stripper and Sylph looks still looks like a whore, so it's my last reason to give this category a 7. Maybe, Orginal Creator,Gatoh, Shoji should have given Muse the name Beyonce, Salama as Nick {Manja}, Sylph as Jennifer {Lopez} and Koboli as Rhianna. Enjoyment and Overall, where I giving both of it a 7. Enjoyment Well, it was enjoyable to a certain point, but I still can't fathom that such job is left to a kid. Overall -It was good, but not that good, since the anime as a whole indirectly makes the older characters like Ashe a fool. -Cu'z there is their is a plot hole that conflicts Latifa's as to how she was able to remember Kanie when her info states that every Aug, she undergoes a kind of rewind that she'll forget everything as what has transpire during the course of her life. Then again , she is one sweet character. - There is also a plot hole as to how the wizard who to put a curse on Latifa manages to still be alive, when info states that Latifa's father had him killed, but then again, for a brief moment as Takaya Kurisu, he did provide a certain climax to the anime. So, with my review done, I leave it to you muchahos out there to watch and judge for yourself.

Story - 6/10 There's nothing really compelling about this show and that was to be expected, it being a comedy and a lighthearted one at that. Art - 10/10 I'm a sucker for KyoAni's art. Instant 10. Made me love watching the show. Especially Sento. Sound - 8/10 Good intro. Forgettable outro Character - 7/10 Funny references to Western black culture. Character depth is another story. I wish there were more developments regarding Kanie-Sento or even Kanie-Latifa Enjoyment - 8/10 Looked forward to this show every week because it was really fun. Overall 7.8/10 I liked this show. Came in expecting a series I would drop after the second episode but then it grew on me. I hope there's a second season with romance!

I honestly wasn't sure what to make of Amagi Brilliant Park when I learned of its existence. It was the Full Metal Panic team coming back for the first time in almost a decade to adapt a Shoji Gatoh light novel about some dude saving an amusement park. It was called a "slapstick drama", whatever the hell that means. It had the rat with a hat from Fumoffu. I wanted it to be Fumoffu, but I read a bit of the manga beforehand and knew it wasn't going to be like that. As such, I went into the show with cautious expectations. Then I discovered that the main character was Kanye West as a Japanese high schooler. Then I found out that the cast included a bunch of weirdos like a perverted pink dog, a tough-talking sheep, a shark who turned into Jaws when splashed with water, a masked wrestler who acted as security, and a triceratops who does not hide his desires well. Then I realized that despite taking place in "reality", the show was about as unreal as could be. Then the show started parodying old classics like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Rambo, and...um...KISS? And it finally clicked with me around the halfway point: I was watching a Takahashi sitcom except made by today's standards. Let's look at this a bit further: Amagi is about a teenage boy getting roped into saving an amusement park because the employees are magical beings who need the energy generated by customers in order to survive in the real world. The one in particular who needs said park to survive is the princess, because of a curse placed on her due to her dad reneging on a deal he made (in other words, her dad was a dick). It turns out that the boy met the princess once as a child and swore to make her smile, thus establishing a connection between the two that will pay off now that the boy has grown up. From that description alone, you'd probably expect some sort of sappy Disney-esque love story where the main character uses his charisma and such to save the princess, and indeed you wouldn't be far off the mark. But then things take a darkly comedic turn once you realize why the park is shutting down in the first place: because the management is f*cking terrible. The employees are a bunch of lazy assholes who have pride in their jobs, but they have no work ethic. They close the park on Fridays. They take unscheduled breaks when they're not in the mood. And no, there is no outside interference causing this to happen. The park simply sucks because the employees are a joke who don't evolve with the times, and now they're paying the price by having their very existence threatened. You know, just like real companies and the people who make them that don't evolve, except greatly exaggerated because the employees are live animal mascots or humans who might as well be mascots And as time went on from that realization, I became more and more convinced in my claim. Yes there is a plot, and the show does work towards it throughout its entire runtime. But whilst shows like Arakawa and Zvezda use the comedy to tell a touching story, Amagi simply uses its plot as an excuse to tell jokes related to its wacky cast and company management in general. Even when the show dips into the serious territory, it's just so that they can setup punchlines for later, sometimes in the same episode. Kanye has a past as a child-actor, but it's never really used more than as an excuse to justify why he's so good at managing things. Fiddy Cent (Sento Izuzu to all you plebians) has a fight with Kanye over her behavior, but all that comes out of it is her gaining a crush on our hero, as well as for a later episode to use the results of said drama as a springboard for its comedic story (that admittedly, wasn't all that funny). I've heard people complain about the princess drama, and yeah it wasn't very good. But at the end of the day, it's just an excuse to add necessary tension to the show's end goal (whilst adding a man-eating plant chomping on the three stooges), as well as a reason for the show to continue in the future. It didn't change the game like Chuunibyou's tonal shift did. Hell, the actual resolution of the "save the park" plot was mostly just an excuse to have the characters suffer for our delight. That's exactly the same sort of structure that Ranma and Urusei Yatsura had, isn't it? Each show set up a plot in its opening episodes - the males getting engaged to the females - and there is some progress regarding that throughout each show until it reaches its end (well, not really the Ranma anime) but most of the time, it's just used as a high-concept justification for all sorts of wacky adventures that add to its large cast whilst causing said cast to suffer for our delight. And what differentiates it from other LN trash that try something similar like Kore Zombie is that the situations, including the ones that aren't very good, have imagination to them and are supported by a cast of hilarious idiots whose saccharine appearance betrays their gritty personalities (again, like a real amusement park employee). Not everyone works of course - looking at you, Dornell - but the final piece of the puzzle that makes me love Takahashi's sitcoms as much as I do is because the majority of the cast is f*cking hilarious. From Kanye to Tiramie to Macaron to Okuro, these characters never failed to put a smile on my face with their antics. So if Amagi is so much like my favorite anime sitcoms of all-time, does that mean that Amagi itself is one of my favorite anime comedies of all-time? Um...no. One thing I don't like about Takahashi is that she can't really do serious very well, and it doesn't help that KyoAni has a reputation for mishandling that sort of tone at a worse level than her, themselves. Even if it's necessary for future laughs to land and it only takes up an episode at most, it's still not that fun to sit through unless you turn it into a joke by the end of the episode. And whilst KyoAni do turn serious situations into humor more often than you'd expect from them in this series, there are times where they slip into their old habits. Episode 4 may been necessary to give Fiddy and Kanye more of a personal relationship, as well as show the weaknesses in Kanye's business strategies, but it still wasn't very fun to watch because the dramatic tone felt over-reaching and the resolution was quick and sappy. It's the second-worst episode (worst being Episode 9 with the focus on the Elementario) IMO, so thankfully the show doesn't really slip into that territory again. But then we get into the princess's stuff. I won't go into detail regarding it, but whilst I didn't hate it as much as some of my colleagues since it worked fine as a plot device and never really got in the way of what really went on, that didn't change the fact that the resolution to her problems was lame, played entirely straight, and was poorly built-up to the point of Deus Ex. Yeah, I know she's still cursed and all - because otherwise, she'd be able to leave the park - but c'mon! The biggest reason why this show doesn't sit amongst my favorite comedies though is that despite getting all the fundamentals right, I didn't find Amagi Brilliant Park to be gut-bustingly funny. Its quality is more akin to the later seasons of Ranma in that there's a few laugh-out-loud gems buried under a bunch of mildly interesting stories that are more weird than hilarious. Or to put it in more modern anime terms, Amagi Brilliant Park is to KyoAni what Ouran Host Club is to Bones: A decent show overall and much more preferable to the studio's usual - and more popular - output, but not something I'd consider a must-watch because the laughs are mostly moderate and it dips into the serious territory a bit too much for my liking. I can't really explain why the laughs didn't come as often as I wanted other than some awkward timing, focus on a character I didn't enjoy, and so on and so forth, but the bottom-line is you can't force yourself to laugh and Amagi just didn't cut it in r…

I'm going to start with the highlights. The main character was good. So were all the mascot characters. The concept is unique and pulled off well. Everything that the concept had to offer felt present. It explored the concept in the way it should. The main struggle is good and handled well. It has a satisfying solution. Now for the bad. Sento is a good character but she get so many poor storyline which prevents me from enjoying her character properly. However their a character who's personality is to be stupid. This character makes me cringe every time I see them on screen. We never were given a reason to care about Latifa. Thus there isn't a sense we will have a meaning full loss if she were to disappear. Any and all sympathy for her comes from her situation and not her character. Her character is non existent. An episode dedicated to her would fix my main gripe with the story. If we instead were given time to explore her character and how she thinks, we would care for her. Instead her character is situation driven and not character driven. Lastly how her situation was resolve was lazy. It was wave away with magic that was only explained after the fact. And the explanation was also lazy. Overall a few bad episode and how the secondary conflict was resolved prevents me from enjoying the show. I have low ratings for this first season. However in a second season, I'd probably give it a higher rating like a 7 or 8. It is very unlikely they will repeat the storyline that brang it down in the first place. Thus without these plot points, the show exponentially goes up. A season 2 is needed for this series to make this show shine. This first season is just poor. A second season great.

Synopsis: Amagi Brilliant Park is about a magical park having to close down due to the lack of popularity, hence they invited a high school student as their manager to save the park, by hitting the quota of 500 000 guest for that year. Basically the show is about their daily experience, and how they gradually try to attract more guest. Story: I am not giving any spoilers, so don't worry. Talking about the plot, amagi brilliant park has a simple and straight forward plot. However it is still interesting and enjoyable. There are quite a lot of humour throughout the show, so it doesn't bored me to death. Although the pacing might be slightly slower at times, but it's mainly because they only pass 3 months for the entire 13 episodes. There aren't any plot holes in the show as well so the story is quite a solid one. Art: The show is done by Kyoto Animation, so the art is great. Things are vibrant and nice, characters and background are nice looking too. The movements are also smooth and natural. Their animation follows more towards the exaggerated kind, which makes it humorous at times. Character: They did quite good on characters. Everyone certainly get a decent screen time in the show. Hence the character in the show is really good. We get to know everyone personality in depth and especially the male character where he get quite a bit of character development, where they even talked about why is he selected as the manager. Overall: It's a good and fun show to watch, definitely not a masterpiece but it definitely won't waste your time watching. Initially I thought it was a show mainy about fan service but nope, it's not.

(This has been adapted from my reddit thread) A favorite pastime of many people, young or old, is visiting the local amusement park. Roller coasters, pools, mascots, and food are staples of such areas. It's a time to relax, a time to just enjoy what the attractions have to offer. At its core, an amusement park is nothing more than a place designed to bring fun to the customers who visit it. In Amagi Brilliant Park, they challenge such a broad statement, finding that there is more to ferris wheels and play castles. STORY Amagi literally starts with Isuzu, an employee of Amagi Brilliant Park, holding a boy named Kanie up with a gun. She asks him to come with her to her job, and makes a very strange request of him. The anime does something rather curious: it brings to light the problem, doesn't address it directly in the middle, and picks it back up again by the end. That is to say, there is seemingly no central conflict despite there being one. This honestly shouldn't work; common story-telling elements have basic frameworks involving drama and resolving it. The only "villain" is the park itself. So, how does Amagi get away with it? The answer is in the comedy. For all intents and purposes, the show is a comedy first and drama second. To this end, the anime decides upon an anecdotal premise. It's essentially a series of short, segmented stories that build upon one another. The drama is taken care of indirectly until it can no longer take such an approach. That is, until the ending demands a swift resolution. Kanie and Isuzu investigating a closed-off arena, "Ironbeard" invading the pool, and them looking to hire multiple new people seem distracting or out-of-place within the story. But the entire purpose of what they're doing is to solve the issue at hand without having the audience worry about it. Talking more specifically about the comedy, Amagi goes about achieving it in a variety of ways. It utilizes character quirks (such as with Tiramie and Macaron), visual gags, observational humor, and dialogue jokes. All of this is possible because, again, the setting provides the foundation. The areas they visit are not only magical in nature, but also unique enough between them to give a vast amount of scenarios in which to present the comedic moments. That is to say, it isn't technically the characters, the plot, or the writing that brings about the comedy, but instead the environment that evokes it from them. As a final note, one must talk about the ending (not the final episode). Looking at it realistically, it is one of the largest plot contrivances in existence. While it may have a one-line explanation, it comes about without rhyme or reason. By all accounts, it should be treated as a massive negative. But alluding back to earlier, the anime was never interested in the drama. It was simply there to get the characters in one place. So it being solved in an unsatisfactory way is quite lame, but falls in line with the show's overall focus. And where does this ultimate solution originate? The answer is, once again, the environment. Tying these thoughts into one, where are the comedy, drama, characters, villain, and story all found in? The answer is the setting. It's there in the title; this isn't an anime about Kanie realizing he is no longer bored, it's not about Isuzu falling in love, and it isn't even about Latifa overcoming her illness. It's about what the park is, what it brings, and how it connects everything together. In other words, it's literally an anime all about Amagi Brilliant Park. ANIMATION KyoAni comes through once again across the board. The art for the anime itself is vibrant. Filled with an explosion of different colors, the show is never afraid to have a wide palate during any given situation. Everything just screams "fun," as an amusement park should. On top of this, the detail is usually apparent, from the background scenery to the lighting. Since the anime's focus is on the setting, a lot of attention is rightly paid to it. The character designs are given just as much detail as the environment itself. The main cast see intricate employee outfits and modern, casual clothes. The remaining employees embody specific roles, and are drawn (jokingly) as such. For example, Wrench is literally a wrench and Jaw is a shark. It sounds simple, but they look the part while being given more facets than typically deserved. The actual animation maintains the stride created by the art before it. As examples: explosions, both quick and slow character movements, differing facial expressions, multiple objects in motion, etc. It's a plethora of techniques that keep the experiencing from ever feeling dull. CHARACTERS Amagi actually contains a weak main cast supported by a strong side one. Technically the star of the anime, Kanie exudes confidence. His arrogant attitude and unwavering determination allow him to be the leader that the park needs. Not afraid to speak his mind, he often butts heads with Moffle and the other employees due to his ambitious plan to renovate the land. While he begins the season being rather unforgiving, he ends it coming to the realization that there is more fun to be had doing what one loves as opposed to brooding. This development is rather awkward, with him not entirely changing his ideals until moments before the finale. Simultaneously, he proportionally provides the least amount of comedy given the amount of screen time he holds. His snide remarks and sociability make him cool, but still a rather flat character. The literal Princess of the park, Latifa is a young girl with a heart of joy and a smile that could melt ice. Classy, proper, and kind beyond measure, she only has the well-being of the people attached to Amagi within her mind. Physically weak, but a master at cooking, she is usually found within the kitchen making another batch of sweets to be shared. The majority of the drama within the show revolves around her, and since the story ignores it, she, too, is sidelined for a large portion of the anime. Contributing cuteness rather than comedy, this is the correct choice, even if it causes her development to be clipped. Isuzu, loyal subordinate to Latifa and right-hand-woman to Kanie, is pure sex appeal. With a great body and brains, she lets her magical guns do the talking for her. Her speech and attitude are mostly unemotional, due to her lack of exposure to regular, human interaction. Surprisingly, she is unintentionally daft when it comes to simple tasks. But this actually allows her to be one of the funnier cast members. The feelings she has for Kanie remain sheltered at almost all times, once again causing her to fall into the camp of underdeveloped characters. She's sexy and beautiful; there is no doubt about that. Sadly, she isn't much more. Where the mains falter, the supports come through with flying colors. This is mostly attributed to their overall better hilarity, but also by their constant inclusion and unique moments (for example, the final episode). Excluding Tiramie and Macaron, the lesser cast bring about a nice amount of comedic variety. Wanipi's (the alligator) fretting over losing his job, Eiko's (the "AV" woman) calm narration despite the situation, and Tricen's (the triceratops) endless hunching provided the anime with a nice set of characters that performed both of their jobs -- both in and out of the show -- wonderfully. Arguably the strongest humor-wise, Tiramie and Macaron are brothers-in-arms. The former is perverted to a fault and the latter is always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Together, their antics bring much discomfort and troubles for Kanie, Isuzu, and everyone else. They actually enjoy going along for the ride, hoping to see what crazy new events will ensue. They're pretty one-dimensional, but for them, that's perfectly fine. As a final aside, it's important to take into account the overall purpose of the show once more: the park's influence on everythi…

Our story starts off one school day morning as the day had only begun a gun cocked to his head without warning our protagonist thought "man, won't this be real fun?" The assassin was a hot model teen who is the girl in literally every man's wet dream she wouldn't take "no" as an answer on her quest to ensure that the theme park she worked at becomes the best. Once there, he met a beautiful young maiden whose heart, he felt, was quite shaken as he looked into her eyes he remembered grey skies and a promise he could not fulfill one past summer day. The story, is not found in the books it is filled with sorcery and even some crooks. Laughter and tears are abundant in here which I think is its recipe for success. Tomfoolery at its best if you want comedy, you're at the end of your quest. This show will split your sides in half with its characters and art but be warned, it might touch your heart in unexpected ways.

"Hey man, how was your day yesterday?" "It was...pretty weird. This new girl in my class forced me AT GUNPOINT to go with her to the worst amusement park I've ever seen. And guess what? She wants me to manage the park and improve it!" "LOL, so what did you say to that?" "...I accepted." And there you have it, the premise of Amagi Brilliant Park or Amaburi. Admittedly I didn't jump on the bandwagon immediately, but from past experience I knew what Kyoto Animation was capable of, so I decided to go along for the ride...and man was it a fun one. Story (7/10): The premise of the anime pretty much sums up the story; the MC, Kanie Seiya, is given 3 months to improve and attract 250,000 visitors to the failing Amagi Brilliant Park. A simple premise to say the least. However, the anime makes great use of pacing to make up for it. The park doesn't just turn into DisneyWorld overnight. Kanie, as perfect as he thinks he is, is only human. Under his control, the park is slowly brought together, is put through many tough situations, and utilizes many trial and error methods to improve itself. This whole process made good use of the anime's crazy and diverse characters and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Art (9/10): Done by the renowned Kyoto Animation, the art was every bit as good as I expected it to be. Many bright colours are used throughout the anime, which contribute to the happy and lighthearted mood. The characters designs are numerous and very unique, almost childish, which definitely contribute to the atmosphere of a cheerful amusement park. I just don't know what else to say, I'm a KyoAni fanboy :3 Sound (8/10): The OP "Extra Magic Hour" is a really energetic and upbeat song that actually left a big impression on me, and made me genuinely interested in the anime. The cheerful and optimistic beat really captures the mood of the anime and is definitely noteworthy. The OST and ED are less overwhelming, but still fit the mood of the anime nicely. Characters (9/10): The vibrant colours and upbeat opening would all have gone to waste if it weren't for the diverse cast of characters. The main characters aren't particularly noteworthy. You have the self-confident and perfectionist MC Kanie Seiya, the serious and busty Sento Isuzu, and Latifah, the overly nice princess. The large cast of supporting characters, however, make up the flesh of the show. You have everything from perverted pink cats to closet otaku weasels to gigantic timid red dragons, all of which contribute to the show's humour and even the plot since many episodes focus on the introduction and development of these characters. Enjoyment (9/10): This anime was one of the most hilarious and colourful things I've seen in a while and the end of every episode left me thinking "wow it's over already?". I enjoyed pretty much everything the show had to offer, especially the catchy OP, the diverse characters, and the subtle fanservice (more Sento pls). Overall (8/10): Again, I jumped on the Amaburi bandwagon just to see what KyoAni would bring to the table this time, and I can say I'm definitely not disappointed. Overall, I'd recommend this to people looking to relax after a serious and intense anime or just anyone who enjoys comedy. In conclusion, I'd say that Amaburi was definitely a rollercoaster of a show. "Dang, why would you accept a job like that?" "Uh, their croquettes were good."

What's it like behind the scenes of a theme park? I've actually been backstage before at Disneyland, way way back in high school (over 20 years ago... damn I'm old). It's busy, and remarkably mundane. Although I'm told that management insists the staff adopt a happy attitude in the "Happiest Place on Earth" at all times (even more so in Tokyo Disney, which, fun fact, is in Chiba prefecture), I would imagine that it's a constant challenge to plaster a smile on your face when you're around kids when the preparation was stultifying, dull, and boring. I would be very surprised if a good number of the staff at the big theme parks aren't like the mascot trio drinking themselves silly after a hard day's work or otherwise finding some way to completely deflate. The story of Amagi Brilliant Park ("AmaBuri") sits on two rails: comedy (mostly slapstick, which is KyoAni's forte), and drama. To be honest, the drama did feel like watching someone play a Rollercoaster Tycoon scenario while being trolled by the loan shark, especially with the rolling counters at the end. Some of the slapstick looks straight out of The Three Stooges, which is perfect because we have 3 mascots, and there's always a little bit of circus clown/mime in both The Three Stooges and theme park mascots because a good slapstick act means you must get the audience to laugh without words. It's harder to perform than it looks, but I bet it's a bit easier to draw it. The drama's "challenge du jour" motif (reinforced by the episode titles) did a decent job of driving the story forward, but sometimes this was just distracting filler (e.g. the Seiya Suit episode and the OVA). Nevertheless the buildup to the climax is well-executed, and that final plot twist makes me hope for a second season (I kinda doubt they'll green-light one, this wasn't a bestseller). Like any good comedic show, every character has a funny weakness, and the show mercilessly explores the weaknesses of just about every main character (with the possible exception of Sylphie) and even some of the bit characters. The soundtrack is a bit like "easy listening" or "elevator music" with better instruments. Now, that sounds like a bad thing, but KyoAni did something rather cool with it-- a lot of the tracks are theme music to the rides and attractions at the park, so they recorded the music played back over inexpensive loudspeakers. I think this was a nice touch, creating the illusion that we're actually at a run-down theme park. The opener, Extra Magic Hour, is by one of my favorite bilingual artists, Akino with her brothers and sister. While it's not a Yoko Kanno tune, it certainly puts one into the mood for going to a magical amusement park, and the opening animation evolves as the cast grows-- nice touch. The ending is catchy, and yet, like the song that's sung by the same quartet in one episode, feels like a way to push yet another idol group and record sales. I think the main weaknesses are the characters of Latifa and Isuzu-- Latifa could've been an automated croquette dispenser in a dress, and it wouldn't have mattered for most of the show. Isuzu was used as moe fodder, making her a recurring target of Macaron's/Tiramie's pranks or flying into a quiet jealous rage when she sees Seiya with another girl. Sometimes it was funny, other times I wished they would write something better for Isuzu like during the big rain storm. I'll toss in a couple of counterpoints to the argument that Seiya couldn't possibly run a theme park business. (1) It's FICTION. It's heavily fantasy-themed fiction. This is a stretch of the imagination, not an outright mathematical impossibility. Save your critical wrath for the latter. (2) Seiya, Isuzu notes in her research, is a genius-level overachiever with show biz experience. I would not be surprised if he absorbed a lot from his manager and countless producers during his brief career as a child actor. Remember, a theme park is show business, and while actors often don't get involved in the business side of the industry (they really should, IMHO it's one of the reasons why they struggle to stay afloat), it shouldn't be too much of a stretch to imagine a genius-intellect former child actor knowing why this act is in trouble and how to fix it.

The story of Amagi Brilliant Park involves characters named Maple Landers from another dimension (probably Canada) that moved here to gain energy from happiness. Other than that fact, it's mostly realistic, with running a theme park and gaining fans and revenue. The story is pretty interesting, captivating me for the first couple of episodes. I lost some interest watching it at some point, but being the otaku I am, I don't tend to leave anime behind without completing them first; so watching a few more episode got my interest back. So basically, what I'm saying is that the anime can be interesting, fun and boring at times. The design is great. Some eyecandy here and there (cough, big bust, cough), as well as some cute looking characters. What I REALLY like though, is Isuzu's gun...damn. There aren't any visible flaws with how the characters speak, but I would opt for an English dub. As for the music, it's pretty good, but I like the song in the intro the most. The characters each have their own unique personalities. It's also somewhat satisfying to see Kanie's transition from narcissism to the opposite. Still loving the gun. The diverse personalities are a great thing for a peppy anime like this, but it wouldn't really hurt to include a few other ethnicities, right? This anime was pretty fun to watch but like I said before, it can get boring sometimes. I recommend adding a sudden turn of events in some episodes to keep the interest consistent. Overall, it has been a very good anime. It was pretty colourful and fun to watch as it neared the end.