Archive for January 2014
Log Horizon
I think it's fair to say, as soon as someone sees
the words; 'Stuck' and 'Online World' in the same sentence, they mainly think
of Sword Art Online. So it's pretty easy to see why a lot of people would think
this Anime would be a lot like Sword Art Online.
However with Log Horizon, that is not the case.
For one, the main character is a realistic gamer,
and not some incredibly photogenic Overpowered teenager, who just so happened
to practice martial arts when he was younger. Instead, the main character of
Log Horizon is an elite couch potato, with a mind made of pure strategy-sauce
and a rather lanky and skinny frame, which is great, because most 'elite'
gamers are a lot like this in real life.
The supporting characters are a great deal more
'down to earth' than Sword Art Online's cast as well, their purposes as
characters are a lot more obvious and the way the Lead's companion's mind's
work in tandom with his borders on the scary.
So for the Story I gave Log Horizon a 7:
The Story seems very unmotivated at times, as we
all know, in the online world there is always plenty to get on with, even if
you are the max level as soon as you begin (for some strange reason). However
in Log Horizon the Lead characters just seem to wander around aimlessly looking
for things to do and jump on an opportunity to travel halfway across the
continent. However there is a lot of hidden potential in the story and it seems
a bit too early to give a definitive view.
As for the Art, I gave it an 8:
The Art quality overall is very good, however not
eye-meltingly amazing. Although the realistic way everything was presented, did
reflect people's expectations of what life would be like inside an online game.
The sound gets an 8:
The theme as well as the OSTs are very nice and
give a very iconic gamer feel to the anime, somewhat attracting a gamer crowd
to the anime. The theme itself is called 'Database' and was selected for
obvious reasons as it works well with the overall story of Log Horizon.
Character design is a solid 9:
The character design is very unique and reflects
the kind of people I would expect to see getting trapped inside an online
world, doing what I would expect them to do, however no doubt they will add
some twist to the characters at a later date.
Enjoyment gets a 9:
I do enjoy this anime and that has nothing to do
with the fact I enjoyed Sword Art Online, its just a very well executed anime.
Overall I would give Log Horizon a 9:
Great for Gamers as well as people who don't play
games quite so much, however its a little to early to say how the story might
pan out. Guess the only thing we can do is wait and see!
