Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Vintage:
July 4, 2017
Status:
Still Airing
Summary:
A professional dancer named Sengoku rescues Tatara, an introverted third-year middle school student who is being harassed by delinquents. Tatara ends up at Sengoku's dance studio where he meets Shizuku Hanaoka, a schoolmate he comes to secretly idolize. From this defining moment when Tatara enters the world of dance. Sengoku is a free-spirited, dynamic international dancer who recognizes Tatara's potential and begins to coach him. Through dance, Tatara meets another schoolmate, a dance prodigy named Kiyoharu. Through these new friendships, Tatara develops a passionate desire to improve as a dancer and be accepted by his peers and rivals, which nurtures his own native talent. And through interaction with Tatara, other dance members are encouraged to take steps to overcome their own challenges and issues.
So this is a tournament based anime about competitive ballroom dancing.
You need to decide your preference for that up front.
I don't know that I particularly cared for the idea myself, however I gave it a shot anyway.
I am glad that I did. The anime is great.
The story is compelling, but I rated it as only good, because there's really not much meat on that bone, however it's about what I'd expect from a 'were doing this and it's a tournament' style anime.
The dialogue is pretty standard fare, nothing intensive or really over the top. (read more)
So this is a tournament based anime about competitive ballroom dancing.
You need to decide your preference for that up front.
I don't know that I particularly cared for the idea myself, however I gave it a shot anyway.
I am glad that I did. The anime is great.
The story is compelling, but I rated it as only good, because there's really not much meat on that bone, however it's about what I'd expect from a 'were doing this and it's a tournament' style anime.
The dialogue is pretty standard fare, nothing intensive or really over the top. I mean this anime doesn't need it's scripting to be anything special as that's not where the show lays its scene. That said, it's not as though the script is bad or anything, and I found the voice acting to be done very well. In all I gave a good.
The animation is where this anime chose to lay its scene, and its done in the characters, more so than anything else. We spend a lot of time in only a couple of places, but location has no real meaning as it is the characters that matter here. While scenes are sparse, that doesn't mean its bad, its just not prominent. The characters are built up more in-depth than is really needed unless we are gonna get another season, which I hope we do get. I approved of the use of facial extremes to show who the characters are and how we would see them. I think all together the animation was well done and excellent was the best grade for this anime.
Entertainment wise....well to each their own....
My thoughts....
I liked the show. I liked the characters. I liked the progression. I had fun. I want to see a second season.
I grade the show an excellent for entertainment on these factors, and maybe others as well.
I hope you give this one a shot. Enjoy the show! (show less)
