Anime Review: D.Gray-Man, Season 1

[Motakikurushi]

I remember D. Gray-Man starting great, then getting worse as the series progressed into filler. I've watched 100 episodes and I can say it only picks up around 60 or 70 after the initial hurdle of Episode 40. It's that long a wait for something worthwhile. Still, I liked the anime, obviously shown by how many episodes I actually sat through. It's a shonen, it's not as great as One Piece, but definitely gothic and unique enough to be an individual anime. That being said, some parts are dragged out soooooo very very long over many episodes, but if you persist you should get a lot out of the series. It's a shame they stopped it due to poor viewing figures.

 

[flaming_squirrel]

I remember D. Gray-Man starting great, then getting worse as the series progressed into filler. I've watched 100 episodes and I can say it only picks up around 60 or 70 after the initial hurdle of Episode 40. It's that long a wait for something worthwhile. Still, I liked the anime, obviously shown by how many episodes I actually sat through. It's a shonen, it's not as great as One Piece, but definitely gothic and unique enough to be an individual anime. That being said, some parts are dragged out soooooo very very long over many episodes, but if you persist you should get a lot out of the series. It's a shame they stopped it due to poor viewing figures.

Watched the entire thing fansubbed a while back, it seemed to have a ton of potential that just wasn't quite shining through, the ending turned out to be a massive pile of fail which didn't endear me much to the series post viewing. It does also suffer from Bleach syndrome somewhat, like you said, dragging things out for far longer then was necessary.

 

[mannaroth]

Good show I'm glad someone reviewed it.

 

[solsticesins]

This failed to me in the same way the first try at Full Metal Alchemist, where the manga is superb and the anime starts out by following the manga precisely but then out paces the manga in releases and decides to branch out in a different instead of taking a break and waiting for the manga to tell it what to do next leading to spurts of plot decay and breaking out in fillers.

 

[tweetie]

IMHO the ending is EPIC. The art and animation is brilliant and enthralling. Please please do not let the 20 or so episodes of so-so filler put you off this series. All series has it; this one just had it a little to soon (around the 30s or 40's I think) and many fans had trouble forgiving it.

The first three story arks are better than most anime films I have seen. I am an artist though and I am just so inspired by their take on Hoshino's art and the amazing visuals that I am biased

 

[wewontdie11]

I tried watching this but it didn't hold my attention past the first 5 episodes. Didn't seem like anything special to me. Dropped it for Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex, that's much better.

 

[Optimystic]

I love this series a lot. While the filler does drag a bit, the parts that aren't are solid gold. I want them to continue the damn anime already, the manga has a big enough lead on it now.

 

[Necromancer1991]

I liked the series, as far as the title is concerned it's a reference to one Dorian Gray (Wikipedia it)

 

[jbm1986]

Good show even if it's a bit formulaic. Almost quit watching around the rewinding town arc. Damn I hated Miranda Lotto.

 

[jazaniac]

I never got why they didn't just tell the populace about the sorcerer and the Akuma. You'd think a nice announcement reading: "hey dumbasses, if a guy offers to reanimate a dead loved one, he's conning you and you're gonna end up hurt or worse, so don't be stupid" would solve all their problems. Although upon further thought that would probably put them all out of a job, so maybe that's the reason.

 

[jazaniac]

I never got why they didn't just tell the populace about the sorcerer and the Akuma. You'd think a nice announcement reading: "hey dumbasses, if a guy offers to reanimate a dead loved one, he's conning you and you're gonna end up hurt or worse, so don't be stupid" would solve all their problems. Although upon further thought that would probably put them all out of a job, so maybe that's the reason.