Assassination Classroom: Jump Festa 2013 Special

The jump festa 2013 special of Assassination Classroom was made before the official series. The jump festa special is about the Kyoto field trip which also appears in the first season of the main anime with almost the exact same events. Overall this special is inferior to the main anime in almost every way and it's not worth watching at all if you have watched or plan on watching Assassination Classroom. The story in the special is okay since it's just part of the story of assassination classroom. There are a few extra scenes that aren't in the main anime but it's not worth watchingthe special just for that. The speed at which the story unfolds also seems higher, as in voice lines follow each other quickly without many breaks. The characters good and interesting, even though not a lot happens in this 30 minute special, you can form a reasonable image of the characters and enjoy their interactions. The animation is not great though there are some neat animations in the way Koro-sensei moves and acts. The voice acting is okay but the voice actors are different from the main anime. Overall this special is not worth watching since the exact same events happen in the main anime and the main anime has better animation and a more pleasant speed. Watching this before the main anime is a detriment since it spoils part of the plot and watching it after the main anime is useless since you'll have a better experience rewatching the two episodes about this part of the story. Watching it indepently from the main anime is possible but I'd recommend just watching the real thing at that point.

Assassination: Classroom is one of my top manga for sure. Those who mentioned this skips ahead are correct. But the average viewer will be able to watch it just fine without any trouble. This is a combination of slapstick comedy, a tiny bit of tragedy, and positive "we can do it" thinking, and it works so well. I love how it can be hilariously funny at one moment, then make you feel for the characters the next, making you want to say, "You can do it!" The positive feel of the story really can make a bad day better; often, I've hada horrid day, and then read a chapter or two and it turned things around nicely. I saved this special anime episode for just such a moment, and it did not fail to please. The villains of the story (such as the upper classmen) are easily detestable, and you love watching them get what's coming to them. The protagonists were spot on. I can't wait to see more when it continues. If you're looking for a serious, down to earth story, look elsewhere. If you want a cute, fun story that will tug on your heartstrings, you'll love this.

Let me tell you something as someone who watched and enjoyed the TV series that aired in 2015: Assassination Classroom is a great series, that is wildly enjoyable. I would highly recommend watching the series (linked on the MAL profile). I would watch this special episode if you can't get enough of the series. Okay so this was made before the series and it essentially is a shortened version of episodes 7 and 8. Personally, those are some of my favorite episodes in the series, so this special is appealing.Anyway, lets begin: STORY: 7 Good old Assassination Classroom. This is a great arc that has good pacingand (although predictable) a decent story line. The series is very humorous, which actually provides most of the twists. ART: 3 Actually this is the worst part about the series. The animation is very pathetic and has pretty much nothing working for it. Granted that reflects the budget. Despite how poorly made the episode is, the characters are still distinguishable and recognizable. SOUND: 4 I'll just come out and say it: most of the voice actors are all wrong and the acting is pretty weak, especially Koro-sensei. The sound effects are fine, but not notable. The series lacks any noticeable sound track. CHARACTER: 9 The cast of this anime is fantastic, not matter how you spin it. The anime doesn't do a very good job at helping the characters come to life in that the animation and voice action is bad, but the characters as a whole reflect the greatness seen in the anime. This arch is very nice and touches on most of the cast for at least a little bit. It is also great how side characters (like Red Eye?) get enough screen time to develop and become likable. ENJOYMENT: 8 I actually liked watching this special. Seeing how the series started is interesting to me as a fan of both the anime and the manga. As I said before, this is one of my favorite arcs, and you can see how much it improved when comparing the 2015 TV show to this. OVERALL: 7 Okay so I weighted some of the aspects more than others. my statement on this would be "A fun watch if you are a fan of the series!"

Do not watch this after the anime series! Either watch it first, or wait an amount of time, it was a bit of a let down for me, because it was re-telling a story I already knew and was of, in my opinion, worse quality than the anime. Story: The story is fairly short, only covering a few chapters worth of the manga to tell what is one of my favourite early arcs of the story. The story was quite good still, and it stayed faithful to its source without making crazy changes like some do. 8/10. Art: The animation of this OVA was not to mypreference, I did not like the full body colour changes of Koro-Sensei, and I think that it was a bit awkward looking at times. That being said, it was never bad, so 6/10. Sound: The sound-quality from what I watched (may have just been my stream issue or something) was fairly poor, but the background music was alright. I don't think that a deep voice really fits Koro-Sensei's character, nor did I particularly like any of the other cast choices. 6/10. Character: The characters themselves, were left perfectly fine, but as it is an OVA none of them had too much depth, that being said they were still adapted quite well, 8/10. Enjoyment: This is based on my experience, and I am giving it a 7/10 for enjoyment, that is factoring into account everything that I just accounted for and my personal feelings towards it when I watched it, feeling that it dragged on a bit. Overall: This was not a bad anime, but I think I ruined my experience of it by watching the main series first, which is definitely the better adaptation. In saying that, I still think that a 7/10 is a fair score, I would recommend this, but only if you were willing to watch the main series afterward, or had some prior manga experience for more context on the characters.