garycofield

I went into this assuming the collective opinion had to be exaggerating about Velma. Sadly, I was mistaken. This take on the characters is damaging to the status quo of the Scooby Doo! Franchise. It isn't the lack of Scooby, or the fact that ethnicities, characteristics and personalites are changed, it's the fact that they're all so damn unbearable, and it isn't just the "gang", it's everyone with a speaking role. None of the jokes are funny. I couldn't find myself warming up to the brand of "humor" at any point through the first episode, and when it's not the lack of humor, it's the highbrow themes being broken down to you after the joke didnt land in a conversation between characters or the cringe-inducing situational humor. How this fell into full production is a true mystery of it's own.

This is a really good anime. Everything about it, visually, reminds me of an animated DC project. There's even a great attention to filipino culture. Sadly, this anime wasn't able to hook me. I think the story builds up quicker than you're able to latch onto everything involved. There's little character development and even less explanation what everyone's role is. Perhaps more episodes would've allowed more time for explanations like those? I have to imagine 6 episodes restricted scene time in some storytelling scenarios.

A lot of the reviews here call the anime confusing. It's not all that complex. The real world and the game differentiate vastly. There's also scenes of him logging in and out of the game. Everything doesn't always have to be explained in a story. Other than that, this is an anime that just focuses on a boy playing a game with an end goal in mind. If you like the RPG anime genre, I'd recommend this one.