Review 43: Corpse Party (A Fan service Horror)Whilst it may only be four episodes long; this anime has blood, gore and fan service written all over it... But is the fan service seriously needed?
Corpse Party is more famously known for the long winded RPG game; but it
originated from the popular but short Japanese anime and manga. There is a
second season of the Famous mystery/horror themed anime, however it hasn't been
transferred into an anime; only a manga and another game have been made from
the second series.
The series itself is horror based but also has a few aspects of comedy
in-between the girls, fre an service from the girls and plenty of screaming
from the girls. Yeah, the girls get annoying after a while... But then again
the boys in the anime are practically useless one goes insane one is scared of
everything and one acts tough but isn't. So nearly everyone in the anime is
portrayed as useless in the situation they're put in.
The anime starts off with one of our characters called Naomi waking
up in Heavenly Host Elementary; She recalls what had happened
before they got there and why it happened, then soon after the action, the gore
and confusion kicks in. There was a festival at Naomi's school,
her and eight other people stayed behind too clean up and say good bye to their
friend who was transferring to another school. The extremely creepy class
Representative tells everyone about the cursed school which stood before their
own. That school is Heavenly Host Elementary...
On a rainy night, much like the one the story is told; a Teacher
kidnapped four children from the same school as his. he took them into the
basement, locked them away and slowly killed them. He removed eyes tongues and
half of one the girls heads. Shortly after the school was knocked down, and
another school was built in it's place. After the children in our story perform
the Sachiko Doll Charm they are taken to Heavenly Hosts closed
spaces; meaning that the 9 people who were taken there cannot find each other
even though they are in the same school. (Satoshi's little sister
comes in before they are taken to Heavenly host). The four children
who had been murdered in the school take out their revenge on anyone who
performs the charm and ends up inside of the closed spaces. Children go insane,
they kill each other, nearly everyone who enters the school dies...
The anime mainly revolve around our nine characters getting out of the
school alive; Satoshi, Ayumi, Yoshiki, Naomi, Yuka, Seiko, Sakutaro,
Mayu and Ms. Yui are all fighting to survive against the
vengeful spirits and those who are also lost inside of the closed spaces. But
since they cannot see each other it's nearly impossible to find their way out
of the Heavenly Host.
The anime itself is very gory; there seems to be blood around every
single corner. There's always a twisted way that one of the characters dies in
which also involves their intestines spilling out on the floor. If you've
watched the anime Elfen Lied or Blood-C then you should know a fair bit about
blood and gore; this anime isn't as bad as those two but it still contains a
fair bit. With piecing together the mystery behind the school; you may be able
to piece it all together very quickly, but if you've played the first Corpse
party game then you'll be angry with the anime... yeah they miss out quite a
bit by the looks of it.
Since it's only four episodes long, it makes the story line development
seem rushed and compressed. If i was going to produce this anime myself then i
would of at least extended the first season to over ten episodes; it's such a
good concept that it shouldn't of only been put into a few episodes. Also;
why is it that nearly all horror themed animes have a large amount of fan service?
if you've read some of my past reviews then you should know that i'm against
fan service; most of the time it just isn't needed, it's mostly used to draw in
a larger audience... But if you're a horror lover like me, then fan service
isn't needed; it's not like seeing a girls large breasts or panties makes us
more scared or drawn into the story line.
All in all; i do love the story line and the twists that occur all the
way through the anime. The only thing that lets this anime down for me has to
be the fan service which comes across as out of place and the amount of
episodes there are. I do love the story line but it seems that the anime cuts
out important pieces or pieces which then lead up to the important parts. In
some cases a big chunk is missed as the characters end up in a new place. even
though i love the story line and the characters, there needs to be more
episodes... I'm a little disappointed.
Since the anime is short, i've missed out some key information and
events so it's not as obvious as to what happens at the end. I wouldn't want to
ruin the anime for you guys
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