Welcome to Random Button Adventures #3 .This week, I get to review something I have not been looking forward to. A comedy. Well. To be fair. It's not a complete comedy. It also has action, fantasy, and a little slice-of-life.
The reasons for this are:
1. I don't want to spoil the jokes
2. Trying to translate comedic situations to text diminishes it's comedic value.
3. Visual jokes only work when you can see what's going on.
For these reasons, I have opted to, instead of write a synopsis filled with screenshots, to just embed the episode in it's entirety for you to view, and my final thoughts afterwards.
So, this week, it's Night Wizard.
Night Wizard is 13 episodes long. It ran in 2007 and is based on a Japanese RPG of the same name. It was directed by Yuusuke Yamamoto and animated by studio Hal Film Maker, which has animated such anime as Oban Star Racers, B Gata H Kei, Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan (Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan), and Skip Beat!.
Now for the episode :
To be honest, there weren't that many comedic elements in the show, but it does give me an excuse to experiment with how I review something. Instead of mentally draining myself by spending hours writing a synopsis, I can focus my energy on my final thoughts. Speaking of which, I think the episode can be summed up by three sentences I repeatedly thought to myself while watching it: "That's pretty funny.", "This is boring.", and "What the hell is going on?".
The first half of the episode was boring. The only saving grace was the comedic scenes with Hiiragi. Everything, and everyone, else just bored the crap out of me.
The second half was confusing. I had no idea what the hell was going on. But, at least because of the action, it wasn't as boring as the first half.
It didn't really inspire me to see the rest of the episodes. But, I might have to just to understand what the heck I just watched.
So, in conclusion, I give the episode a 6/10. It wasn't bad. The comedy was alright. The action was good too. But everything else was completely boring.
