My first impression is going into this anime I was expecting to finally get a good horror anime with the right amount of creepy to give you a chilling but thrilling experience all at once since it's been probably a decade last time we had some that were deserving of the genre.
Like Higurashi and Shiki to mention some of the most notable which gives justice to the horror genre it deserves. Sadly Angels of Death fell flat on its face after giving us somewhat of a promising first episode. Deeper into the story, it convoluted into something terrible and spat all over the horror genre and should not by logical means even be called horror, because it was a yawn-fest and never once did get scared or had an intense moment while watching this sorry excuse of an anime. To put it very simply, it was a waste of space in the Summer of 2018 when it was airing back then.
The asylum has all kind of insane people, and everyone for what weird reasons want Rachel, whether it is out of some twisted form of love or something less messed up but not by much. The story is mainly to get out of the asylum and have Rachel killed; her wish fulfilled once they do so to say.
This anime tries too hard to make points but fails too hard. It lacks balance and things feel random and just an excuse to move on. The only saving factor is the combo between Rachel and Zach, with to some extent is possible to find entertaining. There are some arc's which I did enjoy, but not entirely. However, unfortunately, that alone was not enough for me.
The soundtrack is okay and nothing groundbreaking but not bad either, it gets the job done as much you can for this anime, in this case. The only memorable part for me was the ending song, which I enjoyed listening. Besides that, no OST stood out too much.
The voice, on the other hand, was good, for Zach I mean. It fit his character but his laugh got very annoying further in the anime you come. Rachel's was annoying for other reasons, I am sure you can imagine why.
Lastly, the animation was not bad, when it mattered you could see the studio putting some form of effort. All said and done, as you might expect, it was not stellar and it mostly used still frames when it could.
Zach could possible save this anime to some extent, but the menacing and scary vibe he had going for him, was gone by the 2nd episode if not before. In the end, he became comedic, and I couldn't take him as serious. Every action he took just made me giggle or cringe from how stupid it was and so on.
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