Golden Time – Anime Review 
Shadows
Classification:
Recommendation: 71
in 100
Directed by – Chiaki
Kon
Studio – J. C.
Staff
Year – 2013
Season 1 / 24
episodes
Warning this review could contain spoilers!
If the reader wasn't watched this anime,
this could reduce the enjoyment!
For instance Sasuke will kill Naruto in
season finale!
See the danger of a Spoiler? Now this was a
lie, only to show the power of a spoiler!
The reader was been warned!
“The Love Pentagon”
Loose notes – High
expectations!!
Golden Time
started with a big handicap, the 71% in my ranking, it could be higher, but in
other hand it could be lower.
I have no problem
of doing a cheap plug, the recommendation come from the Youtube anime podcast –
Podtaku!
On my list of
anime to watch of shows that start airing in 2013 (Golden Time ended in 2014)
Golden Time wasn't planned, until I heard from the anime community that was an
anime about a serious relationships, something I think that lacks in anime.
The Opening
For someone with
high expectation, like me, the opening was pretty bad. It’s simply poor in the
graphics and the theme didn’t captivated me!
(Golden Time – first opening)
To make the opening situation worst, J.C
Staff did something that I hate in Seasonal anime, it changed the opening to that! The change has arguments because the arc of the anime changed but I
don’t like openings changing! And the second opening also has an uninteresting
theme song and poor graphics!
Analysis
In Golden Time, the characters gain a vital focus, the
built world it’s pretty simple, after all is our world, the success of Golden
Time is all about the iteration between the main characters and the secondary
ones (with a rare exception)!
Since the characters have such protagonism, their
names are very important to identify them and comment the anime (I didn't watch
this aloneJ). Because of
that, I have another problem: I’m from Portugal and the name of main character
(Kaga Koko) looses a little bit of credibility (If you want to laugh, in Google
Translator choose Portuguese and replace ‘K’s by ‘C’s).
The reasons that led me to watch Golden Time was the
promise of a relationship in (during) the anime, instead the usual stories
where is visible that two characters love each other but nothing happens or if
happens is in last episode! Or the annoying harem where all happen except a
kiss or a decision!
Is rare the anime having the relationship factor. In
my All Time Top
List there are only two animes with this factor: Future diary (Mirai Nikki) and
Steins;Gate (they are in top for some reason: p). Outside that list I only can
add the Dragon Ball series (where we have some marriages and new generations)!
Golden Time basically have two well defined arcs (and
two openings L):
1. The first arc gives a presentation and background of
the characters and starts to reveal and preparing the second plot.
2. In the second arc all the plot is revealed, with the
focus in relationship between Kaga Koko and Tada Banri !
Before I continue, I need to do a little presentation
of the characters. Golden Time is focused in three main characters who have a
major support from other four!
1. Kaga Koko: The spirit of this anime, she shows rage,
domination, confidence, despair, control freak of all aspects in Tada Banri
life, The Tsundere character is always a entertainment character in an anime
(in real life I think not :P).
2. Tada Banri: Shares
the spotlight with Koko, some annoying reactions but justified by his forgotten
past (that sometimes takes over his body giving birth to a entity simply called
the Ghost)
3. Linda: Banri’s best friend, she is Banri childhood
friend, carries the pain of the new Banri decision, to forget the past! Working
in the shadows for Banri’s future and welfare!
And the fantastic four:
1. Chinami Oka aka “Little Miss Supersonic”: A typical
character of anime always enjoyable and Kawai! Has a feud and a friendship with
Koko helping her to reveal his human side!
2. Mitsuo Yanagisawa: Important in the beginning to
construct Koko, Tsundere character and personality making the bridge between
Koko and Banri(his best friend).
3. Sato Takaya aka “2D”: Important to fix some plot holes
in Golden Times, having the answer or the right tool to fix a situation! Like a
car or manipulation of emails.
4. Nana: I had doubts to include Nana in this section,
but she always makes me laugh. She is gothic /appearance and way of life),
always making a connection between Linda and Banri when is necessary!
Golden Time is an anime that doesn't use some
fantastic powers or out of this world scenes. It make use of a well planned
memory plot.
1.
It’s the story of Linda's brother's bride. She cheats him
and is caught by Linda. I think the purpose was to reveal a little of Linda and
Banri past and they interactions, In the moment I thought it will bring a clue
to the accident on bridge with Banri, but not!
2.
The assassination attempt of Banri by the ghost, simply I
didn’t understand! (Maybe linked with moment 1)
Two moments in 24 episodes is not bad :P
The entire story arc received a conclusion (with
exception of the driver that runs over Banri in the bridge) and with exception
of little Miss Supersonic and the 2D lover boy, I think they like each other
but no proof is presented!?Future Seasons?
I think that a second season will not be produce!
There are some reasons for that: the story had a
closure and the 8 volumes mangas were all adapted to anime (I think!)
Obviously there is space to more stories. An arc with
them a little bit older, out of college, for me is an interesting theme like
Clannad after Story (I promise that I will watch).
*Watched by me in
2014 – originally released in 2013/2014
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