Viper's Creed

PhdInCartoons Feb 26, 2013

6.8

Story The storyline is quite familiar and does nothing to stand out. Average at best   Animation The animation is slick and stylish. It deals with the content well   Sound The music throughout is good, but at times does not blend well with what is happening. The voice actors give, generally, a good performance although there are some exceptions.   Characters The characters are very stereotypical. Each one has been seen before. There is also very little depth to them.   Overall Overall this anime is O.K. but only O.K. Don't rush to watch it.

nil911 Mar 11, 2013

6.8

It seems this anime isn't all that popular and I can understand why. When I was watching it, it just didn't feel like a popular anime. The story itself wasn't all that bad, but it never quite felt like it was going anywhere important. At first introduction, the mercenaries of Viper squad are not all likeable. For one thing, they're mercenaries and the fact they're protecting the city simply for the money becomes apparent. The only member who isn't openly in it for the money is the stoic, almost prototypical Saiki who appears to want to protect the city at all costs. As the anime goes on, each of the members gets a couple of episodes of character development, ultimately showing they are human (often in rather cliched ways). In the end, you kind of grow to like these people. Unfortunately, this is never done for Saiki (at least not completely) who has been made out to be the main character of sorts. There's definitely a story behind how he lost his eyes and why he does contract security work and all that other stuff, but it feels like we never get to see what's underneath the surface when it comes to him. The other three members have their stories told and the motivations revealed, but he remains a mystery. It's kind of disappointing.  The actual quality of the show seems to be on par, more or less, with other animes with a medium to small budget. The manuever blades have some weird effects during fight scenes and there seems to be a lot of recycling of footage. Personally, I don't have a problem with it, but I did notice and I understand that it might bother some people. The voice acting is decent, but it isn't anything spectacular. Overall, the story starts out bland, has some interesting character developement, but ends up in a disappointing place. The side characters are interesting, but the two main characters seem one dimensional and/or cliched. Quality of the animation does leave something to be desired, but it could definitely be worse. You're probably not going to recognize any of the voice actors' voices, and I suspect that's a result of the overall budget of the production. In the end, it was something that killed time, but you're probably better off watching something else.

Garyuu Oct 7, 2009

7.2

It took me a while to finish it. For at least two months I thought they stopped fansubbing it. What happen is, the group dropped it, but another group went ahead and finished it.   I thought it was good. I noticed that it has a really bad average rating here, and I don't understand it. It wasn't amazing, but it wasn't that bad. I had mixed feelings about the ending though. Parts just became too predictable.