Noriko

My review of Hamatora: The Animation

Note that this review might contain:

• Some minor spoilers
• Personal opinions that might not be true/best opinions
• Some explicit language

STORY

So let's start off with the story. The story is based on a secret organization called Hamatora, which is located in the cafe Nowhere. So there are these 2 characters, Nice and Murasaki (the glasses one) and the story is based on those 2, but also on other characters but I'll stop here because I'll get to characters later.

Personally, I did not really like the story, It was messy and in the end (especially the END) you ask yourself a lot of questions. And hopefully those questions will be answered in season two.... which is currently running wow i did not know this up untill now... moving on.

ANIMATION

The animation was okay/good. I really liked the part where they activate their powers, everything suddenly goes like they drugged themselves with shrooms. It's unique to see stuff like that in anime.

Besides the trippy animations when they activate the ''Minimum'', the enviroment itself could be better. There's nothing else special and notable about the animation. It's rather good and well done (unlike the anime this studio is currently airing. . .)

CHARACTERS

Sooooo here's the part that most of people don't like about Hamatora. The characters. It's true that the story focuses too much on the main characters Nice, Murasaki, Moral and Art. But there are some other characters you knoooow. Hajime is mentioned and showed ALL the 12 episodes but whenever she's showed, she's freaking eating or talking about food.

Then there's the owner of the coffee shop. HE'S BLENDING COFFEE FOR ALL 12 EPISODES I AM NOT JOKING. It annoyed me very much. And I hate all the main characters because:

1. Nice is overpowed but even tho he's like chill and stuff and it makes me want to punch him in the throat 
2. Murasaki is an asshole who can't accept the fact that he will never be as strong as Nice. And that's basically his point of existance in this anime.
3. Moral is a freaking weirdo. He's like 4chan type of weird. I don't like him. ew
4. Art is the one I like the most out of these 4 but the story doesn't really give much information about him. Because certain things happen, a lot of questions about Art remains unanswered. That's why I don't like him too...

SOUND

Voice acting is not bad. The music in the anime is not bad. Sound effects could be better. And just like the animation, there's nothing really notable about sound.

OVERALL

So yeah this anime is that type of anime which you can watch and still be impressed, because the animation and sound are good. But then when you finish it you're like WTF because the story doesn't make that much sense, and the characters are plain and undeveloped.

Wow now that I reviewed this anime I realize that It's not really that good... damn

Let's just hope that season 2 will be better because, for some reason, I WILL watch it.

Thanks for reading this review. I'm not that good at reviewing stuff because I don't do it often... aaand my english is not as good so I don't want to confuse people. Hope this helped you if you're planning to watch Hamatora. It's not really a bad anime, but do not expect much from it. Cheers! ^_^