Anime: Teizokurei Daydream

animation - nothing wrong with the style, somewhat different from its seinen contemporaries, the only other piece really resembling it that comes to mind is flcl; the anim quality is ok too, it's high on saabisu but it's not the central point around which everything revolves[br]sound - nothing standing out in particular, seiyuu work ok, music good, sfx ok[br]story - dominatrix hunting poltergeists. umm, no, this won't get the author a nobel prize for literature but the general atmosphere is unexpectedly well created, it's dark, sometimes fun, reminding me much of newer seinen action stuff like baccano and black lagoon. it's not a horror comedy in the westen meaning of the term. it's rather a horror with comedy (and some other) elements. as far as quality of adaptation goes, i have read only two chapters and others looked quickly through and it seem this is not one of them, yet follows the rules of manga exactly; the ova starts like this: the main character, having the ability to talk to spirits, is hired to exorcise some evil one. she gradually finds out that the case may be a little harder than what she thought as it may not really be evil.[br]character - the characters are not based on stereotypes usually seen in japan comics, their behaviour is relatively logical but there is no depth to them, not because of them being badly written, there is simply no time to show everything in a 4 ep ova, the some goes for character developement. the main character is, as mentioned earlier, a dominatrix/exorcist, she's strong, beatiful, relatively short-tempered, with not-really-obvious sexual orientation and a tuxedo wearing follower who loves her, other characters have little to no presence, except for ghosts[br]value & enjoyment - if you look at my votes, you can see i rate this higher than, say, median of animation and story. it may seem illogical but as this is a highly subjective part, i think it's ok. even though i have no intention of ever rewatching this animé, i think the value vote should be high, the reason is simple. teizokrei is very original and was ahead of time. it definately isn't a masterpiece but is a good representation of a genre not often seen[br][br]i try to write short reviews. sometimes i forget something so if you find out what, feel free to leave me a message, preferably through a comment i see under your vote :)[br]v2-made changes according to shinypate1's request