Black★★Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall (2024)

Grain_of_Salt

Not Recommended

Black Rock Shooter, where did you go? Never has that line been more true. I guess this adaptation definitely evoked this line of the song, by destroying everything else.

I really don't feel this is fair to call a BRS story, as it really feels like a subpar light novel (which it was) that only got greenlit by attaching itself to the BRS identity. None of these characters, plot, or setting has to be a part of BRS, and as a consequence of that none of this feels like it is.

This show is an absolute edgelord nightmare of mediocre writing. In early episodes it tries its ...

Ellenwitch

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

My, my, my. What have they done to you Black Rock Shooter?

I do wish to state before I go on, that this isn't a bad show, there are a lot that you can enjoy from it. Just there are very much plenty of WTF moments, that really seem super weird, it's as if the directors were high when making this. While it's not all bad, but it's certainly really questionable. Will say though, if you are expecting the BRS from te previous anime, then you are sadly mistaken. Your best bet, is to wait how this wraps up, before checking it out. But let's go ...

--Kaori--

Recommended

3xTripple

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

At first I felt this anime was the definition of "almost". It could have been great but many subcategories lack in critical ways that makes it fall off, ending up as simply "alright" overall. As the story progressed it started to feel like somebody wrote this story to appease their fetishes.

Story: 4/10
Some people might wonder why this story feels so weird to watch, and some may even think "I can't tell if this show is good or bad". However, if you are somebody that's familiar with JRPG games, this story format might feel incredibly familiar. Essentially, the entirety of the story appears to follow a ...

SpicySalamie

Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Story 9/10, The reason that i have marked the story 9/10 is the fact of the story for me, is very interesting, it introduces alot of mystery and action which i find interesting

Art 10/10, The reason for 10/10 art is the fact is the really good CG, i personally find the art for this anime fantastic, the CG does not look absolute ass and actually fits in really well with the anime, the actions scenes blendedin aswell, the action and the cg was probably the main factor which allowed me to give the art a 10/10 aswell.

Sound 8/10 Opening is a banger theres your 8/10 ...

PixelB

Not Recommended

CuteChaff3503

Not Recommended

Preliminary (4/12 eps)

What have they done to this franchise!?
I like to point out I have watched the original series and loved it, but this...I have no words. Nothing about this is the same as the original. I think the only thing that is the same are the designs for the characters..

Story:5/10
It is just a generic story. Nothing felt unique in any way.

Art:6/10
This part of it wasn't that overly terrible as there were a few times where the art was pretty good but was let down at times.

Sound:5/10
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coldasicee

Recommended

Soilborn

Not Recommended

Black Rock Shooter has a wide array of good media out there. This is not one of them.

The story is interesting in premise, for about 15 minutes, at which point it turns pretty rote and goes pretty much where you expect it to. The badassery that the franchise banks heavily on is absent. The mix of CGI and 2D art is worse than Inuyashiki; there were a number of times when I questioned how static the Colonel's model was attached to that vehicle's gunner seat.

This was an effort to get through, and I had to choke it down. If you're a fan of the franchise, ...

Wakui

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

SmoothlyF

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

While well animated with very dynamic action scenes this show makes me ask the question of why I should bother giving random action animes the time of day.

Nothing too out of the ordinary in character design though the power-loli MC is somewhat striking in design. In terms of characteristics the main cast themselves by and large come across as rather forced and shallow constituting various flavours of the "bitter because the world made me this way and that's my character" archetype but there is enough there to be carried by a decent story... only that's where it all falls down:

What really makes me genuinely angry ...

AnimSr

Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

This anime is one of the most reactively reviewed on MAL. As far as I cab see this is because of two reasons. The animation seems completely CGI. And because this tory is based very loosely on a previous anime amd/or game. So two reasons for the EdgeOkus of MAL to find fault with it: CGI=BAD and This Anime is DIFFERENT from my first encounter.

Well they are SOL. No, BRS is not profound or pathbreaking, but it is a thrilling and compulsive mash-up of a lot of oughts anime, which looks gorgeous almost at every point, no matter how fabulistic the very idea ...

tessaiga97

Recommended

I just watched the last episode and I'm extremely sad because I really like this franchise, they rushed through practically the entire anime and in the end it didn't show the outcome of the story.

On the other hand, I really liked the villain Lunatic who was very charismatic

The characters, Strength and Dead Master are pretty cool.. I missed the Black Gold Saw that unfortunately didn't appear due to the change in the anime's story

The anime has a vulgar image/language and at times I laughed at some +18 jokes

In my opinion it could have been much better, but if you're a big fan like me of ...

Ranacchi

Mixed Feelings

When this anime was first announced I was immensely excited for it, I missed out on the first Black Rock Shooter hype trains my anticipation was through the roof.

Before you go into this show, let me warn you about one thing.
It's different, very different from the other 2 installments released prior.
Don't go in expecting more like that, if the previous 2 weren't to your liking however, you might enjoy this one more.

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Teresey

Mixed Feelings

i personally am generous when it comes to expectations, i was a big fan of BRS as a kid.

I liked the anime because of how it tries a unique art style mixed with CGI.

however i find it weird how some designs in this show are sexualised. i can only point out one of the non humanoid monsters, which looks like they have a pp for a blaster.. so weird.

the story was decent at best, i am generous when it comes to expectations. they offer some major choices yet also find a way to work around any bad things happening, leading up to ...

OnyxQueenRockin

Not Recommended

Preliminary (5/12 eps)

The story is cliched, the characters designs are uninspired, the music is generic, the action is okay at best, the new characters aren't that interesting and the original BRS ones had most of what made them cool interesting and slashed by 95%, the only positive thing I can give this show is the animation and even then, it's just okay.

This series plays out like a bad fanfiction based off of the PSP game.

I tried to give it a fair chance but 5 episodes were all I could handle, give me the 2012 series any day.

I just hope that this is just a flash in the ...

milksignal

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Wowie. I normally don't post reviews on here, but this series pushed me past the breaking point.

Key Points:
The soundtrack is strangely forgettable; not bad, but surprisingly average to the point of not standing out.

The content feels empty, meaningless, and like hollow filler. Nothing really happens; most scenes feel like they drag on forever, and mostly seem to focus on tanks firing bullets. When it’s not focusing on that, the fight scenes between characters aren’t enough to make you fully engage in what’s happening.
Also, can I just say that the 13 minute mark in Episode 1 gave me such intense physic damage? What was the point ...

Reviewholic

Mixed Feelings

I have never seen any form of Black Rock Shooter other than reading negative reviews of the first few anime. So I watched Dawn Fall with low expectation.

For the most part, this anime heavily reminds me of Mad Max.

Some extremely vulgar stuff like sex and gore that aren't fully displayed or animated, so it feels a little light-hearted despite the horrible context.

Most the characters are messed up and stupidly volatile. The main protagonist and friends have the classic plot-convenient amnesia and rely on it for easy development. The plot is straightforward.

Despite mainly using 3D animation, the show doesn't have stellar action scenes. ...

LeKess

Mixed Feelings

What to say about Black rock shooter?!

Huke sold the rights to his characters to people who suck at scripts and animation.

I think Black Rock Shooter would be a good game if it was scripted in a similar way to "drakengard". This new anime made me think a lot about it, because it has many interesting characters. If the universe of BRS were really a game, we could unify the stories of the high school characters and the warrior characters of this new BRS, in addition to the characters from the mangá. We would have three plans in this game: Black rock Shooter (First anime) ...

Pinzonff8

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