Gosick meets Toaru Majutsu no Index

Written by squad14captain on August 11, 2011 at 4:19 PM

Story: So far the plot is based on one fact: find and put an end to the Phantom books that are spread throughout the world. Phantom books being old Tomes or Grimoires that are able to make their contents come to life or have its user manipulate them, ex: Have its user bring the dead back to life if its a book on ressurection or basically bring forth a murderous circus if it turns out to be a pop-up book about a circus. The story so far only focuses on these two characters, where the guy goes and recieves the estate and fortune he inherited from his dead granfather. Thinking that Dantalian is a pet that he left for him, to his surprise is an actual girl that he left for him. Each episode though takes on the form of some sort of actual story that someone created and turned it ito an anime version case for these two "Book" detectives to solve. Ep 3 was Children of the Corn inspired (though probably more will be put into depth with that cause they didn't really finish it), and Ep 4 was Stephen King's Misery.
Dialouge: Its very olden time...is what I can say. But at least they're understandable when they speak.
Animation: Comparing it to Asura Crying, its a MAJOR improvement, but still they have did a little more effort on the characters.
Entertainment: The actions scenes are nicely animated. Plus the different plot for each episode is unique and can get to you on a personal level. If you don't know what I mean, check out Ep 4, its so emotional (turning Misery from Stephen King into an anime episode did the story Justice because they did it well, even with a supernatural twist to it). I wouldn't really call this a comedy, its something more serious. So if you want to die laughing I'd check somewhere else. But the way the two characters interact with each other is amusing. FYI, Dantalian is a yaoi-fan girl...even that early of society's age.
The reason why I say Gosick meets Toaru is because bascially like Gosick, they spend their time solving supernatural mysteries that are influenced by these "Phantom Books". Toaru being that Dantalian is sort of like Index in the fact that she has all these Grimoires locked inside her body that she (well in this case her partner) can use. The animation sequence when Huey unlocks a Phantom Book inside of Dantalian is fantastic. Only issue about it is that when he reads off the books to use their abilities, it can be a while. I mean in one episode when he conjurs up lightning to fight a golem, he has to say this minute long incantation when in relatity the golem could have successfully killed him at that point. Either ways there's not much wrong with this show. Though an actual antagonist hasn't been introduced yet.