Sirius

I watched it hoping for a more mature and interesting take on vampires but got a story of a girl (Ryouko) stalking the main character whenever he went to instead. Even the ending somehow involved her even though she didn't really contribute much to the story. Honestly, her bahaviour was appalling yet everybody in the anime cheered for her wtf. Anyway, the story itself left a lot to desire. The ending ruined any hope I had for it too. Apart from the uninteresting love interest, the conclusion of the first season didn't make me want to see more of the series. I was bored watching last 3 episodes too. The only saving grace of it, for me, would be Philip, Dorothea and Fallon who I thought were actually interesting and nice buddies. Though this saving grace didn't actually save anything, just made the show somewhat watchable. The main character was alright, but pretty standard and by the end of the anime I stopped liking him smh. Overall, I wouldn't recommend it.

This is a vampire action anime with a nice setting of the 1930s, one of the anime's strongest points is the overall atmosphere of the pre world war 2 ambience which is embedded splendidly into the animation of the show. Story The story is average at best and it is out of place for the most part, it felt like some subplots were a lot more interesting than the actual main plot. The first few episodes start on a good note but around episode 7 everything seems to get random and weird in a bad way. Everything gets weirdly rushed with little to no explanation of most plot elements. There is no build up for anything after the first few episodes where there were some actual extremely enjoyable and strong plot lines but that build up is completely gone towards the end and it becomes dull, boring and rushed. Characters The main character is the typical ''I want to kill all bad guys cause they killed/destroyed my family/village'' but it had some nice development that could have mattered if the other plot points were strong and connected but nah. All the other characters are completely empty, Supporting characters and villains are both tedious. This anime has probably the most forgettable villains ever, I don't think i even remember their appearance 2 days after being done with the show. Conclusion This is a generic show that has poor character development and repeated plot, but it is enjoyable if you like the setting and atmosphere, that is the strong point of the anime and it can get you hooked up until the end without getting bored to death listening to side characters and villains.

Plot: The plot basically follows around a group of Jaegers (german for hunter) who’s main goal is to eliminate the vampires. They all have different reasons that are revealed in the throughout the story. The main plot though surround Yuliy, whose goal is to avenge in family, but lets just say that there was a lot of stuff in the background that he was unaware of that makes it so that killing vampires isn’t the exact revenge he should be seeking per say. Since this is spoiler free I can’t go into detail, but this series really keeps you on your toes with the mysteries, cryptic backgrounds, and just wondering how a certain relationship (not romantic) will end! Character: I liked how all the characters came from different backgrounds/ethnicities. Though it really didn’t play too much of a role in the series as a whole it was still a nice concept. The character relations were also very interesting, though it is hard to say without spoilers but there are a few strained relationships in this series that either started like that or were introduced. With that comes a lot of character development, there is so much character development in just 12 eps and that is amazing! There are also questions (as watchers) as to why each character chose the path they’re on so it is always a treat when we get the answers. Art: Animation was not the strong suit of this series. It wasn’t BAD but it was very flat. Let me start with the good though, the movements were amazing. Fighting scenes were so fluid and just in general the ways the characters just walked naturally etc was very nice. Also, I LOVE the eyes and the attention to details to that feature. All the main characters had such beautiful and different eyes. Onto the bad now. For one, the background didn’t match the people. I can kind of compare it to if you took a picture of the real world and used that phone app filter that makes it look like a cartoon. The characters themselves don’t have depth, except for super basic shadows/shading. But I think where it really fall through is the gore. It reminds me of an 80s horror movie where they didn’t have budget and anything red is blood. For an anime with so much violence I would’ve liked blood splatters to look decent. Overall I give this series an 7/10, my typical ‘you should watch this’ rating. I know I didn’t write much but that is because this is spoiler free and the plot just has so much! Also, anime original? YES PLEASE! The animation was it’s biggest flaw but it wasn’t unbearable, I really adored character designs and the movements were so fluid. Anyway plot matters more. Overall:

And I think we have a serious contender for the biggest letdown ever. Whole 12 episodes we've been getting a serious buildup with revenge, characters developing, learning acceptance, adventuring, then seriously badass vampires. For what? The whole show just collectively farted in our face, laughed and went on as if by saying "gotcha... tee hee". Story felt like an elaborate scheme to trick us into watching it without us really having any desire to. For the most part everything was more than capable. Character development, world building, pacing, animation, sound design. Everything was decent if not better but it all amounted to absolutely nothing. Story someone else has to tell some other time but on this occasion studio just wanted to get you warmed up. There's not even a witty comment I can come up with that will make this disappointment at least somewhat funny and bearable. Skip this one, it's an unfinished story without the sequel.

To put it simply the word 'shallow' perfectly encapsulates the show. Story (4/10): The setting is fairly interesting (Imperial Japan) and so would seem the premise of the story itself but neither is explored much. The worldbuilding is at best lackluster - The show goes through a lot of events, multiple locations and features a fairly big cast all in just 12 episodes, no wonder it feels flat when it has spread itself so thin. There's basically no context for what is happening outside setting up the protagonist and the story is both too all-encompassing to be a proper journey of a person, and too personal and restrained to be about the wider world Sirius the Jaeger is set in. Juggling so many things it just sort of ends up all over the place and feels rushed and aimless in the end. Characters (4/10): While the cast is mostly unexplored cliche archetypes (both personality and visual wise) they're mostly likeable; although quite a few side characters suffer from being completely disposable or useless story-wise on top of being flat like cardboard. In retrospect, it feels like there was a design quota which is most obvious with the gothic lolitas. The strongest point of writing is the few semi-explored relationships with the protagonist (Yuliy) but they don't dig deep enough and his characterization being flimsy/directionless weakens the overall story. Art (6/10): Nothing notable - fairly visually appealing with a modicum of clunky/lazy/derpy frames, the CGI is noticeable. Pretty generic overall in both style and execution. Have to note the weird editing? - there'd always be a clip of OP song (even if the actual OP just played) overlayed with a picture and then a few seconds of a still frame with no sound before the anime actually played each episode (just FYI this is what I got on Netflix). Sound (8/10): The soundtrack was beautiful and fitting. While I didn't particularly love the intro or outro I always ended up listening because of the instrumentals (vocals are decent but IMO kinda generic), I adored the unique sound of this series and wished it was more prominent in the songs (especially the intro). Enjoyment (7/10) /Overall: The show has nice themes of family, hope. Sirius The Jaeger does too little of too many things to be good at any of them but if you don't go in critically it's a fairly decent watch.