A Review on Brains Base’s "Electromagnetic Girlfriend"
//edit: this may not be that useful because i'm on my dumb era
//edit: i did a little refresh and changed some aspects here.
How are you? Are you happy? Are you sad? Do you have a fever? Always remember to take care of yourself.
“Denpa-teki na Kanojo”, or in a more known title, “Electromagnetic Girlfriend”, is a 2009 OVA adapted from a novel of the same title. This work is animated by Brains Base, the studio known for Durarara!!, Baccano!, and the Natsume Yuujinchou Series. This film talks about the life of Juuzawa Juu in his high school life when he met a “delusional high-school girl that claimed that they were bonded in their past time.” For this review I’ll try to avoid spoilers.
STORYRating: 7.3/10
The most notable in the story is the lesson being portrayed, however, there are some aspects that do seem unrealistic. The writing of the story is honestly good too. As an anime of the mystery genre it did quite fine, however in the thriller aspects it doesn’t strike me the way I expected it to be. But on the bright side, I haven’t yawned, not even a single breath or a sign of sleepiness. The pacing seems to be both a combination of “fine” and “fast”.
The story really does give of Paranoia Agent vibes, where some people die because “Shounen Bat” killed them.
Oh and also, that line on the picture above seems to be unforgettable to me.
CHARACTERSRating: 6.5/10
Pretty decent characters, but they do seem the generic type. I didn’t like the antagonist to be honest. In fact maybe I /don’t/ understand her, probably because her philosophy is quite different.
VISUALSRating: 6.5/10
I /kind of/ have issues here. Was this a low budget film? I do hope so. There are scenes where it’s two heads on the same frame but they’re not even close to each other. I think it’s common in the 2009 era, I don’t know. There’s also this visual issue and I can’t also remove it in my mind. That time where they’re at the train and when the wind blew her bangs flowed, appearing that she only has ONE eye, where in fact she has two. So, this maybe a low budget one (but I also don’t want to believe it because Baccano’s animation was great for its time.)
AUDIORating: 6/10
Sound effects sound weird, it’s like they’re auditorily blurred. Some parts sound empty at times but it’s tolerable. No song is memorable, but I don’t find that as issue.
ENJOYMENTRating: 7.2/10
It was a good watch. The only thing that annoyed me is our damn internet connection that had to buffer at some point in my watching period. If you seem to enjoy this animation, give Paranoia Agent a shot.
Overall Rating: 67%
Nothing to comment more. Everything I want to say is kind of summarized and is above the message.
I’ll probably drop my knowledge when I die, idk.