Zelot

A short anime about a realistic group of people and their interactions with each other. Story: 6 The story follows two groups of siblings, the Saitou siblings and the Shinmoto siblings. The older sisters are best friends and so are the younger brothers, but everyone is in good relationship with each other. Their isn't much of a story since each episode is approximitely four minutes long, but the short stories are very enjoyable and actually quite entertaining to watch. Art: 9 This is the thing that stands out the most with this series, the art style. It is quite unique and uses very bright colors asthe main color palate and heavy focus on circles to give details and depth on certain things such as hair. I found the art to be interesting and it works quite well with what the anime was aiming; a short, cute feeling that puts the viewer in a happy mood. Character designs were great, all the characters outfit looked awesome as well. Sound: 8 The only thing I can rate sound wise is the ED, Watashi ni Naritai Watashi, which is super duper cute. Again, just like the art, this ED helps with the whole cute, short feeling of this anime. Character: 9 The characters felt very real, characters that have personalities that can exist in real life. Both the Saitou siblings are quite but passionate about certain things and the Shinmoto siblings are loud and competitive, both very realistic personalities. With realistic personalities, the characters are very easy to relate to. Enjoyment: 8 The series is short and simple, but done very well. The goal of the whole series is to make a cute impression with silly stories and humorous moments that are realistic. They did this very well with the sound, art and the characters. My only complaint is that I wish there would be more romance, but so far this review has been spoiler free and I would like to keep it spoiler free. More romance would be nice though... Overall: 8 This is a very cute show that is easy going and can replace any emotion with a smile. This will probably be my to go anime when I finished a sad series or feeling down, since this series is very light hearted.

S3OL

"He's addicted to net games, so we go on dates online!" - Kohara Shiyo I've had this anime on my list for a while now so yesterday I decided to start watching it. As a fan of short episode anime anyway, I was not disappointed at all. [Story (8/10)] : As I said above, I had watched a couple of s.e.a (short episode anime) before starting this such as: Aiura, Chitose Get You and currently Onee-chan Ga-Kita! and this was by far the best in terms of story. Now I wasn't for looking for any sort of continuity between the episodes at all because they're not meant tohave a solid plot but what I really liked about SSB is the fact that on multiple occasions, they had episodes that would carry on from the last and it made for some great character development. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Art (10/10)]: Most anime that you see generally have a very cliché art style and colour scheme but as you can see by just looking at the cover photo, this is not the case with SSB. The colours compliment each other well, are basic and aesthetically pleasing to the eye. The shiny effect was a nice touch too, I was almost always drawn to their hair because of this. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Sound (6/10)]: Being a s.e.a, it didn't have much going for it musically. It didn't have an OP but I guess the ED was nice to bop your head to. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Character (9/10)]: My oh my, the characters were so so great! Along with the art, this is where the anime really shines. Chika (Male with blonde hair and blue eyes) and his elder sister Chiko are complete narcissists whilst their "neighbours" : Mako and Mao are the complete opposite... But not really. (For any Yaoi fangirls/boys out there, Chiko is an Otaku who's obsessed with Boy Love. Just sayin'!) Mako is lazy as is Chiko but she has a part time job and can't stand University. On the other hand, Chiko attends University but hates the idea of a job other than drawing Manga. Mao is the younger brother to Mako and best friend to Chika. Whilst Chika is hyperactive, Mao is extremely serious and stoic. Mix everybody's personalities together and you end up in some seriously funny situations. Something else that really impresses me is that the side characters (One is a trap and a great one at that!) are just as memorable and funny as the main characters, they don't steal the spotlight though. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Enjoyment (9/10)]: Out of all the s.e.a I have watched, this definitely has to be my favourite. I'm with a lot of people when they say that this anime should either get a continuation or it should become full-length. It has the perfect mix of humor, character and plot. The latter being something that is rarely seen in this type of anime. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Overall (9/10)]: Watching Super Seisyun Brothers was a great way to spend my day off college! I'm craving for a continuation and I'm sure I will be for an extremely long time. So much so that I'll be rewatching this very soon.