Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin

It's rare to find an anime with such a common theme, (ie, a school whose students and teachers deal with supernatural elements) that manages to spin it on its head and give it a life entirely its own. Occult Academy does this, and does it quite well. ] Even from the first moment of episode 1, you'll see crisp, clean animation which is accompanied by some of the most, and I've no other word to describe it, stylized soundtrack you've ever heard. Both set the wonderfully spooky yet comedic atmosphere that will be explored. This is an anime that does not follow traditional guidelines, and you'll go from crying one minute to laughing until it hurts the next. The writers of this show were clearly capable, as even repeated gags within the anime are not overused or exhausted even by the last episode. Of course, all the wonderful animation and beautiful music in the world mean nothing if you don't care about the characters they follow. Fortunately, this is far from the case. Each character is wonderfully developed and fleshed out, and all have their little endearing quirks that make them all too easy to fall in love with. It's the little things that these characters do, such as the main character, Maya, using her bracelet as a set of 'brass knuckles', or Kozue groping on the floor for her glasses every time they fall al la Wilma from Scooby Doo, that truly make this show 'pop'. The characters also manage to avoid most of the pitfalls their archetypes are guilty of, so you never feel like you're watching some cookie cutter persona of the same personality. Overall, this show is incredible. Anyone who enjoys comedy, supernatural or, obviously, occult themes, and endearing characters should definitely give this show a go. Just watch the first episode, and I guarantee you'll be hooked.

The plot is interesting but the storyline and flow of the story becomes less anticipating. It is interesting at first considering I’ve been in love with occult, supernatural, and mystery type of stories but as the story goes it becomes less and less interesting. There are several clichés in the storyline. The only exciting part is the ending. Though, I am amaze that there are several moments of laughter in the series despite the seriousness of the story. Plus, in the ending part the male lead uses a “SPOON” to defeat the enemies. It is just so hilarious. Despite everything else the main plot is still so original. The characters are not that memorable. The female protagonist is typical “TSUNDERE” type who’s usually hostile towards others, not so honest about her feelings, and always mad type of character but later on softens and shows her warm side. The male lead is the typical weak guy who’s easily manipulated by a girl using her body which is what I hate the most among the type of characters. The only character that I like is Kozue with all her weird and hilarious moments. Setting aside the storyline, the animation is nicely done. The landscape and visual effects are amazing. There are lots of flaws but it was still entertaining enough.

I've just finished to watch it and I can sincerely say that it wasn't what I was expecting not in a bad way but in a good way. First of all the animé has pretty good theme which is the occult and it's not very common to see it on animes, I'm not a fan of occult or an practician but it sure surprised me a lot the development of the theme. Although that the animé has a pretty good Story, the art itself it's the medium, the Soundtrack was very nice because it was in perfect time and in the perfect moment not that kind of soundtrack's just to fill in. His characters are very unique although they're a little "freak" the situations can be pretty mysterious or very funny despite the existence of a little ecchi but just in one or two episodes. In the general I think it's a good animé to watch and in the end you will be sorry because it has just 13 episodes.

Clumsy is the word I would use to best describe Occult Academy. I'm not going to lie, it hooked me decently well with the first episode. The setup isn't bad, as there's a a good driving force for the plot and already several threads to explore. I took a pretty good liking to some of the setting and character design too. However, it then goes on to fumble the execution at almost every turn. Character writing, jokes, story beats, and world building are all wonky. I have never before seen a show where it feels so clear as to what they're going for, and yet where the execution feels so incomplete. Nothing is so bad as to be obnoxious, as is the case with most bad anime, and yet it feels almost like it's literally missing scenes at many points. It's the oddest thing, the pacing is so jarring when it comes to these areas. Characters are treated as if they've been well established when we've barely met them, and wild concepts are introduced out of left field while characters show almost no reaction to the life-changing implications. Central aspects of the setting and characters are either never set up properly at all, or are set up more than halfway through the show, which ends up leaving a massive black mark throughout the viewing experience. So what we're left with in practice is a show that sets up a main hook real fast before spending 10 episodes on frivolous bullshit that in hindsight forms a complete picture, but in the moment is terribly bland, poorly directed, and not very entertaining to watch. There's a lot of wasted screen-time with repetitive character moments that advance nothing and are grossly predictable and transparent. I called one of the main twists of the entire show in the second episode, and all the episodic storylines in-between the main plot are no better. The world's mechanics are pretty terrible too, as most of the supernatural aspects of the show display wildly inconsistent behavior and illicit head-scratching non-reactions from the main cast. It's hard to even structure a sensible explanation for just how much the show is lacking, because every facet of the pacing and directing is tripping over something at every turn. I'm talking fundamental screw-ups, down to even basic failures at establishing the space the characters inhabit or how they enter and exit a scene. There's some pretty lame fight choreography to that effect as well. To convey the disorganization in my thoughts here, I think it's fair to say that the show is just overall poorly directed, and it affects absolutely everything negatively, in ways both big and small. All that said, the finale is a fairly entertaining watch, at least relative to the rest of the show. It quickly wraps up the main story threads and reincorporates the few character developments that were covered in a fairly standard but at least correct and satisfying way. Mechanical errors notwithstanding, although I had already given up on the show putting any effort into that by this point. On paper, this show has a decent setup, setting, and story beats, but the pacing and execution is just grueling at times. If not for the positive impression left on me by the ending, I would've landed it closer to a 3 than a 4. As such, I really don't recommend anyone watch this. Most of the runtime is spent waffling around not delivering on the main premises implied by an either an apocalypse prevention scenario or an occult academy, and the things it does spend its time on are done pretty poorly at that. I only kept watching it because the more unconventional and slightly baffling moments in the show intrigued me enough to want to know where else it was going to end up, but most of it came up thoroughly disappointing.

I’m in the afterglow of binging this series, and so my overall score reflects that. That said, my scores are based mainly on the first 3ish and last 3 episodes of the series. The 7 episodes in the middle are almost pure filler, only necessary to establish evidence for the rapport between characters before going into the climax. I actually started this series something like 6 months ago, got stoked on the first 3 episodes and dropped it in the middle of the fourth. I’m glad I came back to it while home sick from work. If you’re gonna get invested in this show, binging is a good way to go- savor the first and last episodes and get the rest over with like taking a pill with a glass of water. There are only 13, so it’s over pretty quickly. I love that this series takes place right at the end of the 90s, as someone who grew up at that time. There’s time travel- you might think of it as kind of a poor-man’s Stein’s Gate in that sense. All the characters seem to live in this world where magic and occultism clearly exist, but are still on the fringes and not taken very seriously by society as a whole, which is a pretty interesting balance to strike. Maya and Bunmei are great characters, and the sole reason the show gets an “8” rating on that count from me. Maya kicks ass, without being too powerful or flat as a character. She really changes over the course of the show, and the connection between her and Bunmei by the end is perfect and kind of bittersweet. The plot hangs together as well as anything with time travel AND magic AND aliens, etc. can be expected to and the last three episodes were so much fun to watch. I also awarded this show my special extra star, for Maya. It’s true that there’s some fan service but I feel like it was animated really well and done in an adult way instead of an immature way, which I’d honestly like to see more of. Nothing wrong with some hot ladies being hot. So for my breakdown: 2/3 stars for characters- Maya and Bunmei specifically 2/3 for story and plot- minus 1 star for all the filler 3/3 for art and music- really well made, the short length keeps the quality high 1/1 special award for Maya and her female friendships, and also that one character with the dowsing rods who I actually thought was hilarious P.s. Gotta say that I just realized this anime came out in 2010, and it holds up really well. I find it especially charming that it was released 2 years before 2012, the other major End of the World dooms-date.

It is one of those situations where an anime with good artistic qualities SOMEHOW has absolutely horribly written story. Visuals are very nice, and character designs are interesting, plus there is nice music here and there. The story, however, has huge plot holes in it, ridiculous story turns, and characters, despite being nicely drawn, believe in completely nonsensical, unbelievable fashion. Detailed breakdown below. Story: 2/10. The anime really can't decide what it wants to be. It starts with an interesting premise, then forgets about it for several episodes, devolving into pretty much disconnected string of events, then near the end it freaks out, and makes absolutely insane nonsensical story turn that doesn't make sense. The anime also seriously has trouble deciding on magic level in the world, or power of "occult". In several episodes characters act in completely ridiculous/unbelievable fashion as well. Art: 7/10. Visuals are really nice. I really liked character designs and their art style. It is more realistic style with proportions that are closer to real life, and frankly, i'd love to see more anime drawn this way. There are few visually awesome scenes as well. If only story was as good as art in this anime. Sound: 6/10; There's a really nice tune corresponding to "Occult" that is occasionally played in background. Character: 2/10: Characters are very poorly portrayed. They can't be really called stereotypes, but they aren't believable. On occasion characters slip into some sort of comedic stereotypes, but this isn't really well done. When they snap out of stereotypical behavior, they don't really behave like real people, relationships between them develop in abrupt and unrealistic ways, and occasionally they have disturbingly low level of concern about their close friends/relatives/etc. Male lead is annoyingly spineless, and Female lead is pointlessly violent. However I liked character of Kuroki Ami and her family - those were more interesting than leading characters. Enjoyment: 4/10. Around 5th episode or so I realized that show makes less and less sense as it goes own, and it only went downhill from there. Didn't really enjoy it much, although I really liked the visuals, plus there was a visually awesome scene involving Kuroki Ami. Overall: 5/10 Good art, nice music, horrible story. Might be worth checking out for visuals and nice character details, BUT the story is bad, doesn't make sense and generally is facepalm-inducing.

I marathoned _Occult Academy_/_Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin_ in one go, and overall: pretty solid. Nice animation, reasonable storylines, amusing characters and a nice twist for one. The ending gets my approval for taking time-travel seriously. But I felt confused at the end - I had gone in expecting tsundere+supernatural action somewhat like _Fate/stay Night_ but got a Miyazaki-style tale about the importance of relationships. I think?

This shit is so peak 💔 An anime about aliens, time travelers, and witches. My first impression was that it's gonna be something like Suzumiya Haruhi. After watching it, I honestly wasn't very far off I think. To preface, this is truly a slice of life anime. I think people came into this with action in mind which disappointed their expectations. Our main protagonists team up to save the future from its doom. To do that, they need to go around to see what was the cause of the end of the world in the first place. They investigate different occult things surrounding the Occult Academy to try to catch a lead. The concept for me is alright, not your generic isekai but also not super avant garde. However, the cast of characters and the setting really elevates the scenario for me. It is set in a small town with people that are rather numb to the occult. The countryside feel of this town makes it slightly eerie and sets the tone for the show. The main cast gets their character developed and adds a lot to the main characters themselves. It never felt like they were sidetracking from the main storyline when they were more focused on the side characters. Occult Academy was apart of a run of shows by A1-Pictures called "Anime no Chikara" (The Power of Anime). This concept is something that I believe needs to come back one day. It was to promote original concept anime that are not originally based on light novels or mangas. I think original anime has the advantage to fit all of its contents in the totally of a season or however many episodes, it won't need to be held down by the length of a light novel or to adhere to the source. It could use all of that to its advantage and make a show like no other. A good example of an original anime would be Id:Invaded. This is such an underrated and enjoyable show to watch, I don't understand the problems with the ending couple of episodes since everything seems to fall right into place. The animation is also awesome for a 2010 anime I would not be surprised if this was released in 2016 or 2017.

Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin is the prime example of a show that has an interesting concept but completely fails to deliver on what it set out to initially do. My feelings on this are extremely mixed because there genuinely seems to be a lot of effort put into the show , the animation and production are good , the music was great and there seemed to be an intriguing world and story being built in the first 3 episodes. An interesting take on the occult and those who hate and love it , there are multiple references to real life occult scholars , hell they even had the characters speaking Latin to say their spells and whatnot . But it turns into this episodic show which tries to mix slice of life and occult mystery together which really took me out of my immersion. Then my biggest issue is with the final 3 or so episodes when the big reveals are being showcased and we see everything being unravelled , These episodes were not bad at all but at this point I really didn't care anymore. Characters were a 5/10 , Maya carried the whole cast. all in all it was alright but I really do think that this could've been great