Loki, god of Mischief has been banished from the world of the gods and sent to Midgard. There he meets a human girl named Mayura Daidouji. He is told that he needs to collect evil auras to return to the world of the gods. In order to collect evil auras, he starts a detective agency which specializes in the paranormal. Along with other gods that have been sent to assasinate Loki for reasons previously unknown.
Is it possible for the ancient god of evil to survive in and unfamiliar world in the form of a eight-year-old child, lacking his former abilities?
Imagine an anime about the supernatural and the modern cyber world. (Serial Experiments Lain.) Think of another anime
about hunting witches that blends the stories of the past and the technology of the present. (Witch Hunter Robin.) Now
imagine an anime about young children with magical wands fighting monsters and protecting people. (Basically any magical
girl anime. ;)) Put these all together with a little Norse mythology and what you get is Mythical Detective Loki
Ragnarok. Despite this odd combination Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok flawlessly blends dark undertones with funny
moments, something that is rarely done well in anime. Most anime is either one or the other. If an anime does try to
blend darkness and light humor it is usually cheesy switching too quickly from the dark moments and the jokes. Mythical
Detective Loki Ragnarok manages the combination and the result is stunning.
Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok is about the Norse god of evil and trickery, Loki, who has been thrown out of the
world of the gods by the head god Odin for unknown reasons. Even more annoying to Loki is the fact that he has been
sealed in a child’s body. Throughout the course of the anime Loki is trying to get back into the land of the gods
by collecting evil spirits. The anime runs deep than that, however, as Loki is trying to figure out why he was forced
out of the world of the gods in the first place. A greater battle between Loki and Odin soon becomes evident, as does
the approach of Ragnarok, Norse mythology’s answer to the apocalypse.
All but one of the major characters are from Norse mythology and yet they have a human feel to them and aren’t
hard to connect to. For example there is Heimdall, the main villain. Heimdall has long purple hair covering half his
face because his right eye is missing. He makes it clear that he believes Loki took it though Loki says he
doesn’t have it. Heimdall refuses to listen to him and instead spends the course of the anime plotting revenge.
Another extremely interesting character is Freya, the Norse goddess of love and beauty, who falls in love with Loki.
She begs Odin to let Loki come back to the world of gods and as a punishment she is sent to earth as well and trapped in
the body of a young girl named Reiya. While she is in the form of Reiya she looses all her memories as a goddess. When
Freya first meets up again with Loki in the anime she holds extreme resentment for this and almost kills him. (This
resentment is made worse by the fact Heimdall gave her an evil necklace.) When she realizes what she is doing she goes
back to loving Loki with all her heart which makes for one of the more interesting relationships in the anime. Loki is
often fending off her all too eager advances but there are also signs that he likes her. This is especially evident in a
scene where Loki reverts to his adult form. Freya comments on how handsome he looks but soon changes back into Reiya.
After she changes Loki smiles and says, “I’m glad you feel that way Freya.â€
Rating:
The art is very pretty but it would defintly not win an award for being exceptional. What I like about the art is the fact that it matches the anime perfectly. It's not too simple or 'cute' for the serious moments of the series but it is also not too serious for the funny scenes. It was a little annoying how the eye style seemed so diffrent character to character though. Also some shots were rather poorly done though the overall presentation was wonderful. The anime also used nice visual effects such as static over the screen whenever Loki felt an evil presence.
Rating:
While the character interactions and constant references to mythology are all that is need to keep me coming back to
watch this supernatural detective there are many other perks. For example, the music is amazing. It blends everything
from soft and mysterious music to a bit of metal during battle scenes. Whatever the music you can be assured it matches
perfectly.
One thing that makes this anime so amazing is how well the voices are done. Yuriko Fuchizaki who did the voice of Loki
was able to give Loki the voice of a child without losing his calm and proper personality. Another especially notable
voice actress was Romi Paku who played Heimdall, the main villain. She was able to catch perfectly his dark cold
exterior.
Very few of the voices were poorly done and the only one that really annoyed me was Reiya who was a bit overly cute. It
seemed like they were trying too hard to make her that way. Also she was extremely polite, saying things such as,
"Hai desu." There is also a character later in the series who uses a bell. It can get quite annoying when you
hear it ringing about every 5 seconds. >>
Rating:
I am enjoying this anime thoroughly. All together the mix of funny moments and dark scenes is very well done and the underlying dark tones keep me coming back for more. The characters are entertaining and the interactions are well done and believable. All together I have to say Mythical Detective Loki is a rounded anime that blends elements of story, humor, soundtrack, and visuals. It is defiantly something worth checking out.
Rating:
7.8333 (good)
Reviewed by rinikittybabe, Apr 27, 2006
First of all... OMG, Romi Paku does Heimdall...? She does Hitsugaya too... I like her... hee... well, you learn something new every day...
Good review, Kyonkichi... very detailed and honest, and I have to agree with it even though I haven't seen enough Loki to know all of what you're talking about. Good job. I've never even done a review... lol. Maybe someday.
a evry good review of the series. You have said the exactly what the pros of the serie, and I agree with what you said. XD
wonderful review
great revew. loki is cool even though ive only seen 3 episodes-_-
One of the best choices for the voices was Paku Romi... <33 I love her voice (she does Edward and Hitsugaya)
not nice to mingle anime within a review, because people might not know of the anime in question, although there is nothing wrong with links though :) I rather liked this anime, it had several elements such as comedy, action and some romance after awhile.
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