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Diabound00's Angel Sanctuary Tv Review

Angel Sanctuary

Angel Sanctuary tv Review

Setsuna has a bit of a problem that most teenagers do not have: He is in love with his sister. However, things only get worse when he and his sister begin to be attacked by things calling themselves Angels, who claim to be after him because apparently he is a reincarnation of one of the most powerful angels ever.

Together, he and his sister get pulled into a war between heaven and hell.

Story & Characters

The anime Angel Sanctuary is based on the manga of Kaori Yuki and tells the story of Setsuna Mudo, a 16 year old boy who is the reincarnation of the organic (and female) angel Alexiel who once led a rebellion against god but failed in the last battle. When he finds out about this he has to deal with angels and also demons. But Setsuna has another far bigger problem: he is in love with his sister Sara, who, unknown of him, has the dame feelings for her brother. Because of all this events Setsuna’s life becomes a real mess mainly because he tries to deny his feelings and also because Rosiel, Alexiel’s twin brother, tries to awaken the powers inside him. But Setsuna is able to cope with the situation and after the help of some friends he flees together with Sara and for a short time they live like a normal couple. But this situation doesn’t hold long and when he tries to help his friend Sakuya Kira he has to fight against an angel who then kills his sister. In an extrem moment of anger his powers awaken inside him and he destroys Tokyo and kills millions of people. But then another angel named Adam Kadamon arrives and turns back time. Not only that he askes Setsuna to help him safe the world. Setsuna agrees but first his main goal is to bring Sara back to life. And so ends the OVA after three episodes.

Rating: 6

Art

The anime is in my opinion one of the best drawn animes ever. The colours are very strong and the characters look nicely. Because the OVA covers the first part of the manga which was created during the early until the mid 90s you see a difference between the drawing stile but in a positive way. Also the characters and background are very detailed drawn especially the city. What I don’t like is that the colour of the blood is in my opinion too light and it doesn’t really look like blood. Also Adam Kadamon (which has the appearance of a strong shining angel) is not so easy to see because he is drawn to bright.

Rating: 8

Sound

The voices are fitting very good with the characters. Especially Kira’s voice fits his character: dark but also softly and calm. Also the voice of Adam Kadamon was a good decision because the character is an androgyn beeing and so his voice should be a crossover between male and female. The musik is also very good. The musik of the main tracks like Sanctus remembers me at musik from a church. But also the background music is nice and fits the different situations. While in the action scenes it is sometimes “wild� and loud it is very soft and calm in the calmp moments of the anime. In my opinion a good decision.

Rating: 7

Presentation

Because the anime is only and OVA with three episodee while the manga has 20 volumes it is hard to fit the whole story in the anime. So the OVA only covers the first arc of the manga which goes until the middle of the fourth volume. And also this part was strongly cut to tell the story in only 90 minutes. It’s a pity that this manga wasn’t made into an anime because it’s my most favourite manga but considering the story it becomes rather clear why it wasn’t made into a whole anime series. Also two characters are completely missing from the anime who played a major role in the first story arc. It is also important that you should read the manga first befor you watch the anime because then you will understand the story better. Not only that if you read the manga you will also get to know what happens after Setsuna went into the underworld to safe Sara. Also the story in the manga differes in some parts from the story presented in the anime. Nevertheless the anime is worth whatching for it alone. The only thing which is really a drawback is that it has an open ending so you really will start to read the manga after you watched the anime.

Rating: 6

Final Verdict

6.5000 (above average)

Reviewed by Diabound00, May 23, 2005

Comments

  1. LilLaoRyo704 May 23, 2005

    I don't like angel santuary that much cuz' the
    story wasn't interesting and the only part i like was the ending
    cuz' his mom hits him cuz' he kissed his sister, which is nasty
    to have a brother kissing his own sister.

  2. LucyXlostangelwings May 24, 2005

    I was not so drawn to the plot of Angel Sanctuary because it contained incest. Nevertheless, I definitely want to check this manga/anime out as Kaori Yuki really is a fantastic artist! :) You review was good and very easy to understand. Thanks! ;)

  3. necro-sop Jul 03, 2005

    you mean to tell me that the guy did it to his sister?!!! :o OX that's just....just.....SIC! XD

  4. tornado Jul 20, 2005

    >=0!! so best laa..what the website to download this anime and other like naruto?...can some1 tell me>>>> x_x x_x

  5. AiHaibara Aug 06, 2005

    The OVA is ok I think, but the Manga is much better and it's a pitty that Ruri wasn't in the OVA.

  6. iggythefool Apr 13, 2006

    I like this anime, and I want read the manga.
    The story is original, the characters are very detailed and the love story between the brother and the sister is very romantic.
    Da vedere

  7. SerpentLetha Jan 22, 2009

    I loved the anime and was disappointed that it was so short. I don't think I'll read the manga though since I've completely lost interest in it now....maybe it's because of the art.

  8. rukasu04 Mute Member May 05, 2009

    This anime is good, but manga is better

  9. Sanisa Feb 24, 2010

    Thanks for the review! Nice ^__^

  10. angelxxuan Banned Member May 22, 2012

    sort of bland review, could have touched a little more here and there, but angel sanctuary is one of those anime not for the faint of heart, but it's equally one of those, if you find it interesting you'll keep on watching. really short too.

  11. back07 Sep 24, 2012

    thanks for the nice review
    :)

  12. UberDog Mar 23, 2015

    Sort of a short review, but the anime didn't really have that much structure to it to give it too much details, good job on the review.

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