Bakemonogatari Series
Tagged under Akio Watanabe, Shaft (Studio), Series.
Bakemonogatari centres on Koyomi Araragi, a third year high school
student who is almost human again after briefly becoming a vampire. One day, a classmate named Hitagi Senjougahara, who infamously never talks to anyone, falls down the stairs into
Koyomi's arms. He discovers that Hitagi weighs next to nothing, in defiance of physics. After being threatened by her,
Koyomi offers her help, and introduces her to Meme Oshino, a middle-aged
homeless man who helped him stop being a vampire.
In each chapter of the series, he encounters a
different heroine, each involved with a different "apparition". The events of the previous chapters play an important
role in the subsequent ones. The series primarily focuses on conversations between characters; it contains a fair number
of parodies of other series, as well as Nisio Ishin's trademark wordplay and metahumour.
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Absolute unique series. I love all about it. Characters are great. Presentation isn't straight but uses many different angles, which might take much getting used to. You must read (by subbs :))a lot, indeed, but I have fallen for the dialogues - lovely, hilarious, sarcastic, serious, embarassing all at once. Must watch for all who are sick from the usual same old things.
MisaSasekage rated 7.50:I heard from others about Bakemonogatari being ‘boring’ or ‘too filled with talking’ and at first had my doubts about watching it. But somehow I talked myself into watch it. Where this anime shines is in it’s delivery of the story, which really develops into romance for the 2 main characters, and the dialogue and even dark humor (and many funny innuendos) throughout the series. So you heard me say ‘romance’ and I’m sure you’re probably rolling your eyes, but I must say for someone who doesn’t always get into things like this it’s the series flawless execution of nonchalantly throwing in the love element that makes this series cool—never does it feel forced. Another thing that I loved is the unique artistic style, rich colors, and overall storytelling of Bakemonogatari. All of these blend together to create a storyline that actually has an underlying sense of realism (something found rather far and in-between in most anime today anyway). My only caveat about the series is how I so wished it lasted longer so that even more time could be given to look back at certain aspects of Araragi. Let me be the first to put this out there, if all you’re about is crazy, happy, action-action time…then, well look elsewhere. Yes, it has some action, but not that much. If you want something that is sharp, witty, dark, and yet funny (in a mature way) really give this a try.
tsuyutsuki rated 10.00:I TOTALLY LOVED THIS SERIES!!! Even if the plot is relatively poor compared to the amount of mysticism present on the series, the impecable animation it has just makes up for every kind of lack the work coud possibly have. one of my favorite episodes is when Araragi has to fight Kanbaru: all those flying tables and the color shifting, even when he is swung out and about by his guts, the coloring and animation kind of made me forget those were actually his internal organs being ripped off of him... Nasty I lnow, but this can be looked over. It's a great work.
THINGY rated 10.00:This one peaked my interest to new levels, particular elements in this anime were so well thought out that I was dying to know what happened next.....The dialog was superb it engrossed you with it's witty, sharp, direct and cleaver character interactions that made sure not a single part of the anime was boring. The story centers around Araragi who is semi-vampire and Senj?gahara who escalate their relationship, all the while introducing new female protagonists who intertwine both the main protagonists and the story together and keep the flow moving smoothly.The base point is that it concentrates on emotion... it takes a peak on a deeper level and analyzes the weight of ones emotions on metaphysical level... and through out the series each female protagonist embodies a certain you can say 'curse' due to the weight of their own heart or cowardice which leads them to interact with Araragi. Overall this is another of "Those Animes" that are just epic from start to finish. As for the light novels, I have yet to read them but I can be sure to look forward to them. Bottom line It's in my top 'Seven'... Nuff said.
AnGeeChan rated 9.50:One word: masterpiece. Very unique show, just awesome! Animation, art style, backgrounds, characters, music, plot, everything! World needs more anime series like this. Come to think of it, everything is build on dialogues here. Action is just to fullfill it.