This review will be about the Inazuma Eleven Anime, in one of my next reviews I'll review the game. Be warned there may be SPOILERS! But I'll try not to include any!
Recently I have been watching Inazuma Eleven and I thought that I would write a review about it and why I love it so much. You don't have to be a football fan to get into Inazuma, I certainly wasn't a football fan but there was something in Inazuma that gripped me from beginning to end.
The first thing that really caught my attention long before I even began watching it was the character designs. Let's start with the hair each character has such unique styles or all colours of the rainbows, now if you've watched IE I'm sure that you'll agree that there are certain characters who do have styles which may are similar to others but at the same time each has a twist which makes the style suit that character.
The characters themselves all have varying backgrounds which makes following each character in the series that bit more interesting. You have to give the creators a lot of credit because when you think about it each squad is made up of 16 different characters and there are around 56 teams in the anime. Now for the maths, that's over 856 character designs excluding the extra character is the game versions!
The opening titles in Inazuma has it's good and bad points for example if you've heard the English opening it is very cheesy and a bit over acted. If we look at the original opening-Super Once- (which has got to be one of my favourite openings) it matches the each character as they appear, this opening is very bubbly and is a great way to represent the anime. With all the STAND UP,STAND UP fills with a sort of excitement and pride-very much providing you with the feel good factor already getting you pumped before you start watching. The osts themselves are fantastic let's look at "Stand In A Circle" which frequently appears in Inazuma Eleven, you can hear the music building up; you know that a key event is soon to come gripping you and making you want to know more! Now let's look at the ost "Sanctuary" the way the more and more is added to the music and the way it becomes more dramatic represents the trills of football. A lot of thought has been put into the Inazuma soundtrack which make listening to the anime a wonder! Now wonder what do you expect from Yasunori Mitsuda!?
The storyline: Okay when I first got into the Inazuma anime I found thought that the storyline was going to be the predictable "we will never lose no twists in the plot at all" well let me tell you the storyline isn't predictable you find yourself wanting to see the next episode- there really is never a dull moment. Aside from the comedy of Inazuma it sends out a lot of powerful messages, of course I can't tell you what they are as this would spoil it, if you're planning to watch it. I thought that Inazuma was a kids anime and yes it is but for the mature viewers Inazuma can be seen in many ways. such as good vs evil or even equality and friendship.
One last thing that I will conclude with is....
...Penguins
