Tuesday, 15 September 2015
Death Parade - ♪(ﾟ▽^*)ﾉ⌒☆
Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 10, 2015 to Mar 28,
2015
Producers: Madhouse, VAP,FUNimation EntertainmentL, DAX Production, Nippon Television Network Corporation
Genres: Mystery, Game, Psychological
Duration: 23 min. per episode
Rating: R - 17+ (violence &
profanity)
Sypnosis ~
After death, humans are either sent to the void
or reincarnated. But for some, at the instant of their death, they arrive at
Quindecim, a bar attended by the mysterious white-haired Decim. He challenges
them to the Death Game, wherein they wager their lives and reveal their true
natures. Decim himself is the ultimate arbitrator of who wins and who loses,
who will go to the void, and who will be reincarnated.
Dope says ~
“Welcome to Quindecim I am
Decim your bartender”
The show is a follow up to
the movie Death Billiards, very controversial. It delves into deeper when they
produced 12 more episodes for it. It’s a promising grey area Anime which people
will like or hate depending on their preference. I am glad to say that I have
very much enjoyed every part of Decim and his adventures that follow through
each episode
Dopes likes ~
So what I have gathered
through Death Parade was the morality of the show, it follows heavily on that. It’s
a show that doesn’t really have a specific arc but expands further through
themes.
The artwork and animation,
yes it’s the most beautifullest thing I have encountered. A theme of blacks,
red and purples only shadows and a few bright colours to throw us off. There are
outstanding details on the features of every character; they really focused on
the aspects of that. The art itself is fluid and smooth even when they do the
CGI it’s done so subtly that it blends in the show so well because there was
few of it. I especially found it mesmerizing when they played the games, the
details they put through to this Anime and the games they play blew my mind. So
creative and amazing that we could simply sympathize with each character as
they play in a darkened room with a few lights.
The characters although I
am amazed by the details they set out for Decim and Onna, I do believe they
forgot that minor characters should have been developed a bit more. But let’s
get to the good point, there was a lot of that Decim is a motionless man who
throughout doesn’t smile or so, having a human companion like Onna helped not
only him find himself through the emotions but kind of deflect what a arbitrary
is supposed to be. “They cannot feel emotions” but yet Decim did. I found it more
humane when I saw characters of all kinds during the play off and how they find
out their deaths incredible to the point of being quite realistic. What we will
do to stay alive is what I kept thinking.
The soundtrack is quite
thrilling, it plays so well during the games that it made the moody Anime even
better. It engrosses you into their world and makes you feel even more of what
they are going through. Mind you the opening does throw you off a bit for being
upbeat but don’t let that fool you for what Death Parade actually is. What was even more amazing was the characters
voices and mannerism, each characters always had a believable approach and
Decim was the most intense of that, he displayed things that showed him off as
a normal bartender but in reality was more than that to pass of judgement.
Dopes Dislikes~
Dopes Dislikes~
Overall my only complaint
was the supporting characters could have used a bit more development, if they
didn’t reoccur often it would have been fine but because they did it made me
feel annoyed that they couldn’t get more airtime. I wish it was longer too, it
seemed like a show to progress further, and have a bit more interesting look at
other characters and how they became arbitrary.
Dopes Concludes ~
I am so impressed with
Madhouse they made Death Parade so fluid and so flawless that I cannot
expresses how great this show felt to watch. It pulled me in straight away,
they had the wackiest games plays that helped them with judgement we see alot
of people questioning while watching this and finding out ones true
colours. When I found out majority of
their deaths and how they died I was amazed there was normal to dangerous
themes going on. I am really in love with Decim he seemed like a clueless man
but in reality he knew what he was doing it was so good to watch him. The
ending was surprising to me and made me feel somewhat complete but I wish there
was an alternative to it. So why watch Death Parade well besides getting
different perspectives of the games and characters, you realise how morality
works in this show revealing messages that could or cannot be conveyed. Its
dramatic and very dark its basically everything I really enjoyed in, maybe its
not everyone’s taste but it was really good it got the better emotional side of
me and gave me a reality slap.
Honestly you won’t be
disappointed with Death Parade, I was so happy when it came out now that I had
time to watch it I was not disappointed so unique and fresh that it leaves a
sad feeling behind for me. So make sure you give it a go!
Dopes ~
I shall leave you with some songs
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