Super Crooks
a review by Mazzotta
a review by Mazzotta
The story starts off seemingly normal through the eyes of an teenage boy outcast named Johnny Bolt who has a pipe dream of being a superhero in a world where heroes are treated as deities. Johnny quickly finds out he has superpowers and just as quickly his illusionary journey as a hero begins, him and his bestfriend Tom start staging and preparing for Johnny's miraculous path on to fame, but not everything goes as planned for Johnny.
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The anime itself felt like something that would air in the early to late 1990's-2000's in a modern art style and the soundtrack reflects the older timeline the anime is set in. I truly believe the music is perfect relative to the setting and overall character groups. During my watch I felt strong nostalgia to the older superhero cartoons that would air such as Batman Beyond, The Amazing Spider-Man and so on and so forth. The OP's were catchy visually and audibly as well as fit well alongside the show itself.
Personally I found the animation style to be very charming and familiar yet different than what you'd expect coming out of Japan. The art style had a very western feel to it. I'm not the type to make a big deal out of animation and overall harbor a mostly positive opinion for a lot of anime that may not pass the original eye-test in animation. I found the fight scenes the anime did showcase to feel very dynamic and fluent, the enhanced movement through superpower scenes felt very fluent and well done as well as captured each superpower in a fun and engaging way. The key point I got from this amine's animation is that it captures very gruesome events in a way that doesn't have that uncomfortableness impact similarly to The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace anime. That may throw people off who desire that kind of impact in those types of scenes but I found it to be enjoyable. The final thing I'll touch on is cityscapes and landscape shots, overall I thought they were very eye-catching and easy on the eyes, I found they captured cities like New York, Miami and Chicago in stereotypical comic book styles but that made it enjoyable in my opinion.
The character superhero/supervillain COSTUME design's were very charming and engaging albeit a bit cheesy but that's what they were aiming for, an old-school Superhero/Supervillain style and I loved it so much. Out of costume the characters felt very in-style and very very charming as well as modern to the time the anime is set in. I.e.:
Each character felt very distinct and very different from each other which kept them so memorable and fresh in my mind throughout each episode. The relationships between characters I found as a plus each character seems to bounce off each other fluently and differently, it felt like a team that was crafted very well. The characters in this show are very diverse in many different ways and done in a way where it doesn't feel forced or disrespectful.I just wanted to add this for my own volition but in this anime there isn't a ton of romance but the story between Kacey and Johnny I felt was very good and you find yourself rooting for them in the end and for Johnny to make the right decisions.
The voice actors that were casted for this anime I felt were perfect and voice acting work between characters felt natural and for the most part it made you feel so immersed and as if this is a real team of real people. I would make no changes to the cast and none felt annoying.
This anime was high octane fun, the journey had ups and downs and that helped develop the characters as much as one can in a 13 episode premier. The anime felt similar to Invincible which was a big hit over the last year. I'd recommend this anime to people who enjoy a fun high octane anime with a diverse and unique cast. I wouldn't recommend this to people who enjoy a more serious anime and look for perfection or are overanalytical or critical toward anime they desire to watch.
MY Score: 100/100, I'm not critical toward anime negatively and usually feel very positive watching everything. I'm happy I got the opportunity to experience this work :) my score will be very different than others but it's how I feel.
Favourite characters: Johnny Bolt and Kasey Anne
Thank you for reading if you do choose to watch it I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
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