There’s no nude scenes to report just yet, and even the casual fanservice was pretty low at first.
There was no fanservice of note in episode two.
Episode 1
Episode 3
Episode 4
So that’s the service so far. Two girls provide all the service, the vengeful Rin and the mocha-skinned Kagekiyo. It’s not a bad start, but hopefully the miko girl Iyo can contribute some flat fun at some point as well.
The art and animation of this series is laudable especially by the standards of anime these days. It’s pretty impressive how much Asread got this series to look like their previous series by the same creator (Future Diary ).
If Future Diary was influenced by Death Note , then Big Order takes its cues from Code Geass . The main character has the ability to mind-control others against their will, and through a convoluted series of events, attempts to take over a futuristic, post-war landscape once known as Japan, while fighting off the rest of the world.
The story has some cool ideas but never quite executes them just right. It’s also just a ten episode series, and the rush to get through material ultimately harms the story, especially since the story is so fond of ‘twists.’ The twists aren’t always stupid, but too many are, and they quickly lose their effect when the series relies on playing tricks every single time the characters get in trouble, which is multiple times per episode.
The soundtrack is good quality, but just seems like a total mismatch for the anime. The total lack of ambient sound makes the series feel artificial and hollow.
Masakazu Morita (Ichigo from Bleach ) is a solid voice actor, but he seems like a bad fit for the boyish looking protagonist Eiji.
Overall, the anime isn’t close to being as good as the art makes it look. So I can’t really recommend it, even though it has some ideas and character concepts that were probably pretty cool in the manga.
