Inuyashiki Review | Collab

 Hello people's, I'm your host Kona its PA Hunters finally back with another part of our long awaited Inuyashiki collab. Oh my gosh we have been trying to do this since September and finally it's here and we can put it to rest and work on the next one yay, enjoy

Overall Thoughts
Written by Eman

Inuyashiki is about 58 yr old man Ichirou who becomes reborned as a mechanized weapon wearing the skin of his former self. He uses his newfound powers to saving lives while Shishigami Hiro does the opposite with his newfound powers. My thoughts is that this anime was psychologically actiony but some scenes were a little dull that weren't that thrilling enough. The art and animation was pretty good for the anime/manga

Beginning Of Story
Written by Daynola

Inuyashiki. An anime that starts with an old man named Ichirou Inuyashiki who was friendless, and had an uncaring family. Inuyashiki had 3 months left to live, due to stomach cancer. No one cared. Not even his family, only his dog, Hanako, was there for him to break down all of his tears on the park hill. Until that moment. That one moment that changed Inuyasiki’s life. That unexpected explosion that changed one man and a high school student’s life, and body. These 2 are not humans anymore, they are robots. Robots who fight, specifically. These robots can fly, have endless strength, and most importantly, still have feeling; like real humans. But this doesn’t mean they both can fight for the same motive...

Heh, did I catch your attention? Well, Inuyashiki has one of the best attention grabbers during the beginning of the very first episode. Even though each episode is approximately 25 minutes for each episode, it seems like each episode is like 5 minutes, which is suppose to be a good thing. When you watch something, like anime or avengers endgame, your not suppose to realize that time is passing by very quickly, otherwise it’s boring to watch every scene slowly at the same time the clock ticks But Inuyashiki makes each episode intriguing to watch, making the viewers fly through each episode.

Art & Animation
Written by Neko.Inaru

The art has a fairly standard style, to the point to where it is recognizable, but wouldn't necessarily stand out if you were to put it side by side with other shows of similar genres. Due to its science fiction aspects, the art style fits the series accordingly. In fact, in which one would expect, however, that is not a bad thing considering its target demographic. There is a lot of semi-realism throughout the series (depicted in the manga and its covers as well) where there is more detail in the faces of the characters, which is how Inuyashiki somewhat strays from your general "anime-style" stereotypes. Of course, this is all only to be expected considering, Hiroya Oku, who created the manga is also the creator of Gantz which features lots of explicit violence, gore, and extremely detailed sci-fi elements. I myself am a fan of many art styles, in which this one most definitely conveyed a darker tone for the series; so I can appreciate the effort that has been put into the production.

Inuyashiki has been produced by studio MAPPA that has done other series including: Zankyou no Terror, Yuri!!! on Ice, In This Corner of the World, Kakeguri (S1 and S2), Banana Fish and the more recently popular 2019 Dororo adaptation. Admittedly the CG bits look kinda weird in some places but overall it really fits the series and actually makes parts where Hiro and Inuyashiki use their powers a look a lot more interesting. Overall the animation and art are pretty fluid throughout the show and I feel as though they never really dropped in quality.

Animation/Enjoyment
Written by Sal

Inuyashiki is an Anime I didn't think I would ever watch, much less enjoy. I was never into psychological Anime. So going in with this series, I was enthusiastic than normal. But just with the first three episodes, I was already impressed with its good quality of Animation and art. The characters design alone of Inuyashiki and Ichiro was already distinct that makes a good contrast to the rest of the people and characters in the story, emphasizing their roles in the story. Even the art of portraying Tokyo was spot on. It felt Anime but at the same time it felt realistic. The Animation had a nice fluidity and the use of CGI was good. Overall, as far as Animation is concerned, Inuyashiki already got it in the bag.

As for the overall experience, I really enjoyed the clear difference in character between Inuyashiki and Ichiro. Both were granted with powers but both used in completely ways. One used it for the good, to help people, while the other just went out straight playing God. To be honest, Inuyashiki greatly reminded me of Kira from Death Note. His character shows the worst side of humanity and how one can descend to having God complex with a small taste of power. It shows that every person has the innate desire for power. On the other hand, Ichiro also showed that there will always be good in humanity. Despite his age, he didn't hesitate to use his powers to help those in need. Basically Inuyashiki and Ichiro represents two sides of the same coin. The psychological aspect of this Anime really made enjoy it more than I expected. And of course, I just can't get enough of Inuyashiki's BANG BANG BANG. I know it's supposed to be an evil thing, but I just can't help but laugh and be amused every time he does it and people just drops like flies one at a time. So yeah, Inuyashiki is definitely an Anime worth seeing.

Story
Written by Kona

The epic tale of evil and good is portrayed excellent between Ichiro and Hiro, each use there powers opposite ways but have the same motive that the world is hopeless so Hiro purges the world as there’s no point in anything and Ichiro tries to protect the world as he had no hope to save as many people as possible. Hiro given his powers thinks he is unstoppable and can do what ever he wants because he no has the same powers as me until Ichiro Inuyashiki traces him down, they are go down a cat and mouse route. Hiro gets lost in a fantasy world, he gets too over himself and its not until the last moments that he realises what he has done and how many of his friends and family he has betrayed so Hiro to repent for his sins there’s a meteor that’s going to destroy earth which is a perfect opportunity to repent so finally Hiro and Ichiro work together, evil and good join together to save earth. The ending was very thrilling and sad a beautiful end for the show, really worth watching!!

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