THE PERFECT COMBINATION BETWEEN THE ODDITY OF MAPPA AND THE DARK ATMOSPHERE OF AN ALMOST UNKNOWN WORK
Each season brings its revelation and I personally found the summer one in Idaten Deities (I will refer to the show this way throughout the review, to distinguish it from the characters called Idaten), the latest adaptation of the MAPPA studio that we have come to know in all its features, both positive and negative.
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PLOT:
Idaten Deities has its roots in a plot that is not particularly original, but not boring and predictable. Idaten Deities tells of how the eternal feud between gods and demons has been carried up to a more modern age and how this war has even affected humanity itself that populates this world, helpless in the face of the enormous power of the two factions. 800 years after the "final" defeat of the demons, a remnant of that faction tries to regain its place in the world, triggering the prompt reaction of the Idatens who for all those years have guarded the seal that kept the enemy clan imprisoned.
A peculiarity of the anime is certainly the dark atmosphere of the work accompanied by a large amount of exaggerations and situations to the limit in order to bring out even more the excessive power of the characters. This feature is certainly the main factor that has led many people to drop the series , so I recommend seeing it only to those who actually don't have big problems with rape, splatter scenes and "ethically incorrect" situations.
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CHARACTERS:
The series is characterized by the most varied characters that it is possible to conceive: Hayato, the classic protagonist who wants to become stronger, Ysley, the strategist of the Idatens, the tender and naive Paula, the sensei Rin who has survived from the times of the seal, her pupil with clown shoes Prontea. To these are added a series of characters excellently characterized by the demon faction: the short-lived Nickel, the general Piscalat, the child fetishist Miku, the emperors Brandy and Takeshita and the cryptic Over-M, center of the mysteries that characterize the world of Idaten Deities. And of course not to forget the only human point of view of the matter, Sister Guiltina. You will notice a somewhat poor description of the characters because in fact there is little to say beyond this, but their strong point is the fact that they all have a fundamental role in the story and in the dark atmosphere that distinguishes it.
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ART/ANIMATIONS:
Absolute strength (although not the only one) of the series is certainly the great work completed by MAPPA which has succeeded in the titanic enterprise of censoring the crudest scenes by adding "original material" that manages to maintain the same level of anguish of the scene. In addition to this, the anime is characterized by a unique graphic style, in which even drawings that look like scribbles have a specific function.
Graphic style also characterized by a splendid choice of colors. It is undeniable how Idaten Deities and MAPPA have come together to perfection: the series has gained fame thanks to the splendid work of animations and MAPPA has managed to prove once again the great graphic and adaptation skills for which it has distinguished itself so far.
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MUSIC:
Very catchy Ending and stellar Opening (my favorite of the season) both in terms of visual and song. Perfect OSTs in any situation, they maintain a very high level of tension throughout the series.
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CONCLUSION__:
I conclude by once again congratulating the anime and the animation studio for the great work that has been done to delight us with this excellent work, which without MAPPA would probably have remained hidden in the depths of mediocre shows.
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P.S. I'm not a native English speaker so I apologize for all the grammar mistakes :)