Soul Eater - Reviews

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yasmin09's avatar
Jun 18, 2010

Story: Soul Eater is an anime about school kids that train to exorcise evil which is slightly reminiscent of d.gray-man yet it manages to itself. It starts off well and keeps building momentum until it ceases with an extremely sub-par ending which is so disappointing because had it not been for the rather abysmal ending, this would be one amazing anime. However, except for that flaw, Soul Eater is quite an anime that balances a high level of humor with a lot of action keeping it fast paced and without any dull spots. Even it's filler episodes are hilarious and don't take away from the overall action.

Animation: I was a huge fan of the Tim Burtonesque feel of the animation. It was bright, lively, clean and sharp, and expressions were highly exaggerated for comical effect and though it was somewhat cartoonish, it was done very well and fit the overall attitude of the anime. It stood out from other anime because of it's rather distinct, halloweenish art in a good way.

Sound: Quite original and very suitable. It never detracted from the scenes and actually enlivened them. It was most definitely not forgettable with its mixture of hip hop and action music. Both opening were good though I really had a preference for the 2nd. The 3rd ending was the most original and catchy to me but the 4th described the anime the best. Although the 2nd one was cute, it was not suitable at all because it was so glaringly out of place for the intense action scenes that were taking place. Other than that, the music was very well done.

Characters: THough most of them fall under a stereotype, they each have rather unique personalities with the exception of maybe Black Star, who seems to me to be a Naruto parody/rip-off? They are all rather extreme in personality and have such hilarious dynamics that add to the overall feel of the anime and take it up a whole level. They make the anime what it is and could easily have fallen flat but thanks to their voice actors and depth they each shone. Even Black Star, who really annoyed me in the beginning, grew on me.

Overall: Definitely an anime worth seeing despite it's lackluster ending. The whole of the anime really does make up for it's not so great ending. There are a few ecchi moments, but they don't last long and are fairly forgettable in conjunction with the other elements of the anime. Watch if you love comedy and action because it's quite a wonderful blend of both.

7.5/10 story
8/10 animation
9/10 sound
9/10 characters
7.6/10 overall
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maggiejwolf's avatar
Apr 19, 2015

I recommend this anime to everyone since it really is amazing. it does have violence and bad language but apart from that it has an amazing story and some of the characters are hilarious especially black star and death the kid. my favourite pair is soul and maka since I reckon they would make a cute couple. I think that black star and tsuibaki would be cool together and also kid and liz. I also think that stein and maria are amazing and should have so many babies but that may just be me :3.

10/10 story
10/10 animation
10/10 sound
10/10 characters
10/10 overall
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saintjimmy's avatar
Mar 18, 2011

Soul Eater (^U^) aww Soul Eater your the only thing that made me into a otaku and make review, but let me stop fan boying about it, and get to the review, by now almost everyone knows Soul Eater and say this is what Naruto should have been, now as i speak at this time Naruto is still going but i do sometimes watch some of the long anime like Bleach, Hitman Reborn and One Piece to see how it's going, but Soul Eater is short like 51 episodes a little bit long but all good great animation and voice acting very good, also i been hearing that Soul eater may get a second season, but the only thing i could dig up was the opening and ending song

6/10 story
8/10 animation
8/10 sound
9/10 characters
8/10 overall
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mrCorvus's avatar
Sep 2, 2011

Although I am not really into this genre, I really liked Soul Eeater. The story is of a typical shounen naruto style but it's not too long. Animation is pretty neat with some spicy details I enjoyed. The characters might not be realistic but they can make you laugh. If you like this shounen style anime I'll highly recommend Soult Eater

7/10 story
6/10 animation
5/10 sound
9/10 characters
6.8/10 overall
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fosmic's avatar
Oct 29, 2009

soul eater is a world of a constant halloween nightmare of monsters and little girls running around with wepons, meant for reaping souls which puts on the effect that there are some seriously messed up but genuis artist out there, that know how much crazy you should put in and how much you shouldnt.

and they hit right on the dot with this show the story begins with the girl i was writing about is collecting souls for her wepon to eat(yeah i know weird right ) but she slays a witches cat instead of a witch and has to eat another hundred monster souls plus a withces again kicking off the story

8/10 story
7/10 animation
7/10 sound
9/10 characters
8.5/10 overall
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