Bakumatsu Rock

Short/fast review Do you like your logic in your anime? Well there are none in this one. Till about episode 8 with out picking small logic problems, you can still watch this anime using your brain. But wait till you reach point when everything starts happening at random. Then you need to turn of your brain and don't even try to understand what is going on, why and how. Even ignoring all music/magic rules (if there was any), everything else made no sense. Its like 10 people came in one room and tried to put everything they could think about plot and put it inon place. And i mean everything: friendship, hatred,courage, fear, trust,betray, you name it. And in one episode? Why not! Main character reminded son goku from DBZ (not smart and strait forward) Kinda rare pick for main character, but it was refreshing. others were there just for being. Strong point of this anime would be music side, if you like rock music. There were few good songs, so it was possible to stand watching it till the end. I won't recommend it for nobody, save your time and do/watch something/ anything better.

Bakumatsu Rock had an interesting concept. From the first time I read anything about the show, I was convinced I was going to like it. Rock n' Roll versus J-Pop? What could be better? A story about musical ronin combating a controlling government that uses pop-idol groups to make people submissive sounded like a really cool idea. Once I actually started watching the show my hopes were disappointed to a degree, as what I had idealized for the show certainly wasn't going to match up with reality. Regardless, it was a pretty fun watch. It made a good effort at being dramatic while never quite takingitself seriously, ready to throw in a dumb joke or two to remind you what anime you're watching. Its art was acceptable. It didn't do anything very memorable, but its sometimes bizarre character designs and a few interesting CG moments (mostly) prevented it from being boring. The characters remained almost entirely one-dimensional throughout the show, with any developments in their attitudes or actions being heavily predictable. However, since their base characteristics (i.e. being rebellious rock stars) were enough to keep one's interest, it wasn't really that much of an issue. All of the above, particularly the premise itself, would have probably landed this anime a 7 in my book. Unfortunately, the show takes a hit with what I see as a glaring fault: what they were playing was barely even rock. I was extremely disappointed with the music in this show. The entire plot is based on the rebelliousness, soul, and passion of rock n' roll, yet many times it was hard to tell the difference between the protagonists' music and the pop-idol music they were fighting against. The "rock" of Bakumatsu Rock was the most simplistic, light-edge, vocal-centric version of the genre they could have used, which certainly isn't at all reflective of the spirit of rock. From the first time the main character played a song, my enjoyment took a huge plunge. I had gone into the show expecting to hear great music battling bad music, creativity battling standardization, excellence battling mediocrity, individuality battling the hive mind. Instead, my ears were met with two "different" styles of music battling to the same tune. Pop-rock versus pop hardly makes for an epic encounter. That being said, the show still managed to be entertaining. It also had some parallels between its fictional government-controlled music scene and the music industry we have now, though the lessons felt rather hollow in the face of what music was being presented as artistic. All-in-all, Bakumatsu Rock was worth watching if you don't really have anything else to watch, and are craving to watch a show wherein pop-idols get what's coming to them. Just don't expect any Foo Fighters.

Well, this anime was certainly amusing to say the least. Bakumatsu Rock takes place during the Edo period where apparently electric guitars, spotlights, smoke screens, and rock existed. Let me say first, this is a completely illogical anime full of bishounens. But I am going to forgive all of the illogical-ness in the anime because it was funny in a ridiculous way. However be warned that you definitely won't like it if: one, you can't stand illogical animes, and two, if you don't like bishounens. The story is simply about Ryōma Sakamoto who has a passion for rock and tries to perform in frontof people, but get rejected constantly. He meets these other two passionate rockers, and together the three rockers overthrow this craze called Heaven's Song. Thats it. That's all there is to the story. All of the other details include slapstick like comedy, upper body nudity whenever the characters are rocking out, and somewhat catchy music The art is undoubtedly good. The rockers are drawn very bishounen like, so it draws in the targeted female fan base. The only annoying bit about the anime is how much they use the same animation scene of the boys having their shirt... ripped? shredded? magically shredded? off. Also the random moments of CGI bugged me a bit The sound is okay, borderline good. The opening "Jack" by Vistlip was very good and the ending was alright. The songs are catchy though and the instrumentals were okay, not very memorable. Oh goodness hmm the characters. Well there certainly wasn't anything deep to them. The creator clearly showed what kind of person they are right off the bat and none of them have a dark past to reveal. I found some of the characters charming, but others not so much. The characters are solid and easy to read through. I wouldn't say that it was funny by content but funny because of how ridiculous it is. I wouldn't give this anime something higher than a 7 because the plot and characters were not the greatest, but hey the plot isn't meant to be taken seriously and is just meant to give out some laughs. Bakumatsu Rock is a good way to pass time or a nice break after watching some serious toned animes. Since the story, characters, and music were just okay, I give this anime a 6 because of the laughs and the art style.

Bueno let's ROCK! Btw, this is a repost, co'z the mods said so. Ok, so the 12 episode of this musical anime has ended, so without further adieu, I hereby present my ratings for each of this anime's category: Poor 3. Story- Basically, it has a very shallow plot, now , I don't know if the plot can be compare to a video game since according to Wikipedia the series was originally a video game that was adapted into a manga and then anime, well either way the historical aspect of the anime was a complete desecration of Japanese history. Clearly, this anime's plot was more onthe musical aspect than anything else, so it really does deserve a "Poor" score because of its desecration of Japanese history Pathetic 1. Art- Ok, though this series'' creator does have a lot of PASSION in making this, unfortunately it lacks FASHION with the character's wardrobe and frankly it kinda makes the main cast ( with the exception of Sōji Okita and Toshizō Hijikata) kinda makes them look like a bunch of old homosexuals who has committed a horrendous fashion crime, there is also that American in the very last part of the last episode whom clearly is somewhat of a trap who can be describe as a fashion terrorist which frankly for me was something that I gave a fuss about. Good 7. Let's ROCK!!! The rating is for the opening, closing and the Heaven's song that were played during the course of this anime, that I like. Decent 4. Character- Despite of the character's fashion crime, I still find them entertaining however In my opinion for giving this category a 4 stems from the fact that the character's were merely singers than actors, no need for me to explained each of the characters since there's no point to it when more emphasis was given to their songs that their portrayals. Fair 6. Enjoyment- my enjoyment for this anime was solely base on the songs and that's as far as I can explain it. Overall- well it's not bad, but not that good either, let's not forget that this anime was purely musical and everything else about is where just adding some form of climax, it maybe a time waster or maybe not, but to me I just enjoy the songs, and that's as far as I can explain it, so don't expect more from me. Let's Rock & Roll!!!!!!

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