Broken Blade 4

Break Blade 4: Sanka no Chi. The land of disaster. It is the 4th installment of the Break Blade series. The story continues and Rygart is still in the process of becoming a "cold-blooded killer", it is not that he is changing but he wants to change. This said, the war is progressing and more and more battles occur, some new characters introduced, but for the rest. it continues the way it was heading. As for the art, as you already might know since your on the 4th movie of Break Blade, is top-notch, very detailed and smooth making those battle scenes look better then youraverage anime. "Fate" by Kokia, this OP fits perfectly and bears the emotions of Break Blade. But i'd rather aim towards the seiyuu and effects'. The seiyuu do their work pretty damn good, but some just felt off sometimes, thus destroying a little of the realistic feel it would give off and making it harder for the viewer to get into the movie. But opposite to that you have the effects, when the characters are talking it is like an average anime, but when the fights start it takes a drastic turn and the sound explodes. Don't get me wrong, not in a bad way but in a good one. Every sound effect fits and is not annoying to the ears, added to that we have the extra loudness of these sound effects making the fights just that bit better. The character department stays almost the same, ofcourse we have Rygart wanting to change with some succes. But the accent in this episode is on Sigyn, she is the one that we find out the most about. The enjoyment level as always is high, it is just a better anime then the standard for me. Overall i give it a 9.

This is my second review and I'm still lack of experience so bear with it The forth episode of Break Blade is really good and Break Blade officially become my favourite show from now on. [STORY] There's not much to say. It simply continue the 3rd episode and stick to the manga although it has some changes. The war started, Rygart, accompanied by some new and old character, rolled out! Score: 8 [ART] Still outstanding like other episodes. Very detailed and well-drawn characters and robots. The characters are unique and cool (a new cool boy is coming, prepare yourself!). Sigyl is damn hot in this episode! The fighting scenes in thisepisode is even better than the previous episodes! Rygart's Delphine is truly a monster on the battlefield. The movements are smooth and powerful. Score: 9 [SOUND] What can I say here? It's just... awesome. The opening is still as touching as ever. BGM is good and there is an insert song in this episode. It fits well. Score: 9 [CHARACTER] The characters are BADASS. As all of you who watch the 3rd episode know, General Borcuse and Girghe will appear in this episode. They are just so cool, cold-blooded and powerful with awesome Golem controlling skill. Rygart is still very funny and enjoyable, Sigyl is cute. There are romance hints, I love those scene m/ [ENJOYMENT] So far, this is the most enjoyable Break Blade for me. Good story, nice art and animation, touching songs, cool characters, that's all about a good show. Score: 10

This is my first time writing a review so be nice to me. There stuff I Love and hate about the forth OVA. I read the manga and watch the anime. So lets begin with the stuff I hated. Right in the beginning they add a scene that should had be in the second OVA, but somebody fudge up somewhere so they added this scene right in the beginning of THIS OVA so they can use a DIFFERENT scene later in the OVA to make it work. If you read the manga you know what I mean. Rygart sexual harassing Narv about if she wants tosee Rygart Tinkerbell or not, but in the second OVA before Rygart visit Dan grave you see them talking but you don't get to hear there conversation. They when in the trouble to add it back in, so that they could use the scene where Narv and Sigyn pull a gun up to Rygart Tinkerbell. The other thing I hated was that the close quarter combat scene was so crappy. The gun fight scene was amazing, but the close quarter combat scene was so bad. Every time they had a close quarter combat scene they only show only a few second or use a still frame. The only good close quarter combat scene they had was when "One Eye" kill that women...but that the bad guys killing the good guys... In the manga it was very short, but they were able to drag it out so good. The only other good one was with Rygart and Girge training fight. If they could do the same to the rest of the close quarter combat scene it be awesome. The C.Q.C. scene in the first 3 OVA was much better. I don't know why they change there style. F.Y.I. they cut or use a lot of still frame for Girge fight scene. If the trailer for OVA 5 is any indication to what the C.Q.C. fight scene looks like it should be much better then OVA 4. For the stuff that I like it would be the the gun combat scene. It was nicely done even if they did use some cheap animation tricks at some points. There finally have some naughty nightwear Sigyn fan service. Over all I like the art, character, story, and the music I really love. I love the mecha design. Even those I wrote more on the side I hate that only because there was some detail I hated, but over all it was very good.

While I am enjoying the series, the only think that really stands out is the art. The characters are nothing special and fit pretty neatly into age-old cliches. The main character is a farm-boy, who (lacking the "magical" powers that everyone else has) is the only one that can pilot an ancient and especially powerful mecha. He's likeable enough, and he is willing to change his I-won't-kill-anyone attitude in the face of war, so that's something. There's a queen that has the hots for him despite her being married to the king, and he has friends on both sides of a conflict. The fights are fun, and thewhole series had provided some beautiful eye-candy. The mechanics of the world and the magic system are not well-explained. The plot is straight-forward, and the scripts is nothing spectacular. What I really can't stand is the fan-service. The outfits that many of the women wear are ridiculous. The queen walks around all day with her panties showing, and the anime takes every opportunity to show us her naked body. And then there are the lolis. Why oh why is there a twelve year old with gigantic tits fighting on the front-lines of a war? I was really hoping that she would die off quickly, but instead *another* annoying loli is added. She claims to be twenty-five but doesn't look like she's graduated middle school. Both seem to be around for the long haul. I might have given this anime an 8 instead of a 7 if not for these two insufferable characters.