Blood Blockade Battlefront

Monsters, demons, ghosts, vampires, and whatnot roam the streets of a fantasy apocalyptic New York City landscape, and the only one trying to keep them at bay and maintain a delicate balance and peace is the mysterious organization called Libra... The show’s setting is very impressive, and all the different creatures that inhabit it are designed in a variety of interesting ways. I also like the way they are trying to create an evocative atmosphere, and the well-chosen soundtrack which is great in my opinion, however, these are the only positive aspects I have found so far. Although... The narratives within its stand-alone episodes do not really go anywhere, as the various cases gradually crop up, thinly connected by a main narrative, which the manga artist has hidden very well, eventually it is slowly revealed to the audience what is actually really going on... Well, it turns out that I was really starting to enjoy this uncertainty I felt (or rather, the feeling that I did not know what to think about it), which I was originally rather put off by, and I found this style of storytelling, the narrative’s denouement and the characters to be very entertaining. Furthermore, as the episodes went on, I started to like some characters that I had not found interesting at first. In other words, the more I got to know them, the more I liked them and found them more interesting. In addition, if I add to that the fact that I found some episodes really very good, like the sixth episode featuring the "mushroom man" Nej, and just could not get enough of the visuals in some (for example episode nine), I am forced to raise my rating again. So from the initial two stars through a better three stars, I am now up to a solid four stars (7.5/10) and if this trend continues I might even get to five stars, if I ever get to the final episode - twelve. I have personally never seen such a long wait for the final episode, so hopefully it will be worth it and hopefully the anime’s creators are not going to run out of money and the last episode will be released... EDIT 10.06.2015 - Finally, after several months of waiting, the grand finále has arrived! I have to say that the finále itself convinced me of the rating I have given as well as the whole anime series. There were some things I had suspected would happen, and others I had not expected at all, however, I quite liked the narrative’s conclusion. In other words, I liked where the anime’s producers took it in the end. It had a great atmosphere and was even quite emotional (which I pretty much expected from the ending) and so I thought that on the whole the feel of the narrative (the main story’s plot line) was outstanding. I really liked the style of the animation and in general this anime series shows that someone really played around with and worked hard on the design and animation and it is really noticeable, the animators really won me over with their ideas and use of colors. I also really liked the soundtrack. There was a lot of music in the last episode which I really liked, and I thought the soundtrack was really exceptional. In conclusion, I really liked this anime series and I think it fully deserves four stars, and due to the fact that I think the ending was really good, I am going to raise the rating one last time and end with 8/10. (02/20/2020) (less) (more)