Ange Vierge

Unlike most animes that are either based off manga or light novels Ange Vierge is actually based off a card game. This is unusual to say the least. The main story revolves around a force of female warriors and soldiers who are drawn from the different worlds that are connected to the blue world that they live in fighting a war against an alien race called the Ouroboro's. As settings go this is actually pretty unique. Saya is the main character of the show and the main protagonist. A relatively new member of the exceed division that is tasked with defending the worldsagainst the enemy attackers known as Ouroboros Saya starts the series as an inexperienced member that aspires to get to the top. This stems for her wish to be accepted by others because before she did not have much of a presence as well. Saya's dominant trait is that of determination in that she fights hard for her dreams and aspirations in order to be recognized by others. Something that we can all relate too. However, this first personality puts her at odds with others as she often rushes into things without thinking it through or waiting for backup. After what happened to Amane however and the regrets from that Saya's personality changes being more trusting of others and being true to them and to Amane. The scene where Saya finally told Amane her true feelings though was a great scene and was well done. Saya is easily one of my fav characters on the show. Amane is one of the main characters of the series and acts as the team’s main controller providing them with intel and special abilities via their links. Amane is positive and upbeat by nature and generally happy to have around however, her true self which forms a vital part of the second half of the series is anything but. One aspect of her character that I liked was he attempt to improve herself in that she can be of better use to the team despite suffering pain in the attempt. Yukari Tamura who is the seiyuu for Amane deserves no small amount of praise for her portrayal of Amane in which she did a great job. Almaria who I call Alma is a main character and a vampire from the black world. A capable fighter that fights with weapons created with blood Alma is the mother like character that holds the team together. Unlike most vampires who suck blood Alma sees this as embarrassing and refuses to do so but after a desperate action forced her to she has since accepted it. Her interactions with Saya afar that were especially funny. Elel is a main character and an angel from the red world. Energetic and friendly and a bit overactive Elel usually acts as comic relief for the series. Due to here friendly nature she can make friends with just about anyone. Elel is one of my fav characters on the show due to he being able to remain positive in even the direst situations and her realization that she has hurt the feelings of some of her friends and subsequent apology was heartfelt. Stella is a main character and an android from the white world. Stella has a thing for speed and humorously enough when she does speed up she sounds like a motorcycle. Being an android Stella has a limited personality that I felt could be expanded upon. Nya is a main character and a soldier from the militarized green world. Lazy and slothful by nature Nya nonetheless is a capable soldier that always speaks her mind. Nya to me is the foundation upon the team anchors on. Hinata is the student council president of the academy and the strongest fighter in the academy. Beautiful, Elegant and skilled Hinata is everything Saya aspires to be. Hinata is kind, considerate to others and always willing to listen to others. As the strongest fighter in the academy and with a keen mind her duals with the main cast in the end was particularly entertaining. Her seiyuu Yuka Aisaka deserves no small amount of praise for portraying her character so well. Ramiel is an angel from the red world like Elel is and was her first true friend. Unfortunately, a misunderstanding caused her to feel that Elel has lied to her causing a story event. Ramiel served as the boss for Elels arc and despite a long road Elel was able to talk to her and tell her true feelings and from there rekindle their friendship. Ramiel was played by one of my fav seiyuu’s Aoi Yuki who gave a particularly strong performance here as Ramiel to which im glad. Aurora voiced by my fourth fav seiyuu Saori Hayami is a support character that serves as a field commander for the exceed. Although not given much of a role Saori still managed to portray her character reasonably well as expected of her. A support character and a member of the EXR class like Aurora and Ramiel. While certainly a powerful character she isn't given much of a role. Yet her byplay with Clara was pretty funny. The arts style I found to be pretty good and the environments were nicely drawn. The animation especially the combat scenes was pretty well done. For the character designs I felt that the characters were well designed. The series had particularly good music as I loved the opening and ending themes that were used for the show. Konomi Suzuki is an amazing singer and her song love is my rail which served as the opening was amazing. A great anime that had a great story, setting, cast of characters and voice acting. The series though had an unusual amount of bath scenes which i found unusual.

Ange Vierge: Final Review Ange Vierge is an anime very loosely associated with a Japanese TCG. At the time of this review, there's also some manga material available for those interested. The idea behind AV is somewhat simple. There are 5 worlds, each that produces a fairly typecast sort of person. For example, the Black World has lots of dark atmosphere, wizards, vampires, etc. There is a fairy world, a human world, a cyborg world, and so on. At some point, these mirror earths starts being in danger of colliding, and its up to magical girls to save them Story: 7 Around the time the 5 earths startedbeing in danger, girls with special abilities were discovered and treated like rock-stars. "Progress", is what they are called. They are basically girls with powers that could kick super ass and fly. "A drivers", another type of special girl, are girls who lead the teams of Progress from a command center, and link with girls from their squads to increase their powers. These girls are assigned missions to fight weird Ourobouros, who kinda look like big black wangs. Between battles, they laze about naked and complain to each other or have soapy fights in the showers. There's also something over an over-plot concerning them sparring and fighting, as it releases energy back into the universe, which keeps the worlds from colliding somehow. There's also an acceptable amount of Shonen-esque melodrama about getting stronger to be special. So we have a few simple steps. 1. Take military girls, angel girls, robot girls, fairy girls, gothic girls, and angsty teen girls, throw them together and explain that they are all from different earths, and use them to form battle groups. 2. Give them a rank up system so there is a clear pecking order. 3. Make them naked a lot. 4. Once everyone settles in for a fan service Yuri fest with wiener monsters, you bring out the plot twists, when an event happens that turns the group on it's heads. Art: 9 This has great art. It's really nice to see all the different girl flavors blend together. The character designs are really good and the animation is solid. Usually, in a B list title like this, they draw you in with good art for a bit then slowly let the "sliding screens" take over. Not the case here. It's been solid every episode. That said, in the first 2 episodes, Fan Service was everywhere, and they handled the censorship really poorly. It's the only reason I don't rate the art a 10, even though it has all the deep saturation, color palettes and softer lines I like in my anime. Sounds: 8 Good music and VA. I have no complaints here. End song is great. Characters: 7 So far, the characters are what they are on the surface. Robot girls are cool and calculating. Fairy girls are cute. Military-planet girls are hard-ass battle freaks. Black Magic girls are showy and sultry. Earth girls have determination and grit and plucky resolve. There's a good relationship or two here and there, and the younger girls are attached to their Senpais in a neat way, each of them reflecting the unique relationships that likely occur on their home worlds. Enjoyment: 7 The first episode was annoying because they were naked with boob-mist the entire damn episode. The second was much better and by the 4th you realize they are wasting no time setting up the end game already. The show suffers from a bit of lazy writing. As of episode 6, the new plot direction is a bit predictable. It's still good to watch, as the animation is exciting and the va's are good. I don't think it's a bad premise, and it's certainly not the worst offering of 2016. Overall. 7.2 It's good, because the art and slightly different take on a battle-tribe works. It's rating has increased slowly over the last two episodes. The show has a definitive ending, which is always nice.

I personally liked Ange Vierge. It had really well done character development, minus one or two of the main group of characters. The art was a nice mix of cute, gothis and then the typically anime sexualization of womans' bodies and outfits. There were some finer points of the plot that it would have been nice to have explained but overall it was a good story line with a sastisfying conclusion. I wouldn't mind seeing a second season though this is probably one of those shows that you're better off leaving it at one. The show is a cross between My Hero Academia and Yuki Yuna isa Hero. It's not too big on romance seeing as it's an all-female show, but of course there are little hints of it here and there.

All girls, cute art. I take that. Let us look together what we find inside of the package. +++ PRO +++ #Cute girls and design #Lighthearted, easy to watch #Ecchi (Although I´d prefered it wasn´t that much) #Relaxing #Has some good doses of humor in it (Military sisters, Im thinking of you)#Affection between characters and pairs is really heartwarming --- CON --- #Story felt rush #Few more ep´s would have definetly helped story and character developement #Kinda predictable #Weird double harem scenario #Ecchi is not fitting for this show IMO #Ecchi censoring is horrible in this one #Rumors say even blue ray is censored (Wtf) #Just cut out the creepy ecchi shit and give us a heartwarming relaxing anime instead #Moe´ness of one character in general annoyed the shit out of me Conclusion: I kind of liked watching this anime. On my mission to look for the most relaxing and cute animes, to save world from melancholy and despair, I stumbled across this canidate. And yes, I can reassure you, this one doesn´t disappoint. Well at least for the most part. The first two episodes weren´t all that special and rather boring, but after some time it still caught my interest. Mostly because of the very adorable intercourse and affection of the characters, who make the most part of this anime. We need to talk about bathhouse scenes and F1 car sounds. I mean, cute girls, anime, bathhouse, ecchi, well I guess theese things somehow connect. But when we spent half of an episode in a bathhouse with lightning cutting the screen to save the waifus from our lustful looks it becomes tiring. Not because we wanna see nipples, but rather because it´s just not nice to look at given the amount of time we have to. The biggest joke is that rumors say even the Blu ray version is censored. Well RIP. One thing comes my mind. Why so much nudity then? The show is cute and adorable in itself. No need for that creepy ass shit. Cut it out. It´s uncalled for. Next case: We have a girl, she appears already in the very first minutes, who is specialized in flying fast, it´s her fighting style. While that in itself is okay, everytime she crosses the screen we hear a sound like a F1 car or a hayabusa. The first time I had to cringe, eventually I truly had to ask myself what the sounddesigners had in mind. Fucking horrible. When it comes to the plot, I would say it was rushed. The focus lense is so much on the characters, their pasts and their relationships, that I miss some info about their enemies and universe. There are 5 different worlds. Unfortunately we dont get to know or explore much of them. This is definitely potential wasted. Furthermore it´s kind of a „double harem“ layout, which I found to be weird. All in all I would say the story becomes a little bit repetive and way to predictable throughout the watch. Tell me Kokosnuss is this show for me? + If you like cute girls and moe + If you enjoy girls only + If you look for light entertainment + If you like shoujo ai - If you demand deep characters and story - If you are homophobiac - If you´d be annoyed by the infinite amount of bathhouse scenes - Moe could be too much for you ### Special info De-Classified for this review ### Forget the mc´s of the main squad, the real heroes of the show are the military sisters. Enough said. You will get it when you watch it.