Oct 2 2011 04:18 PM Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi is a show following Taito Kurogane and his mysterious encounter with the vampire Saito Himea. The original work is by the same author who wrote The Legend of the Legendary Heroes.
All right, there's a lot of hate for this show and I can understand exactly why. First of all, the lack of plot direction was a big problem. The first episode was really the best one of the show and that's all you really needed to watch for "this season." Everything was really meaningless wandering until the final few minutes of the last episode where they finally decided to uncover that the show is about a mysterious prophecy. Granted that they were hinting at it a few times throughout the series, it's a shame that they never got into the depths of it since that's the core of the show. Overall for the plot, these 12 episodes were a setup (hence all the training, character introductions, etc...), but that's what happens when you animate something that just started
Animation wise is very pretty for a ZEXCS title. Loved the art of Himea's hair but the magic circles were a bit sloppy overall. Magical effects were nicely done though. Quality also diminished after the first episode.
Sound? Opening was decent by Hitomi Harada... though I've heard better from her ef visual novel works. ED themes constantly changed, but the very first one remains the best of the show. Seiyuu wise? Mirai's seiyuu was really the only annoying one. As Gekkou would say it: "useless trash."
Enjoyment? Loved the first episode, and to some extent the second episode, but after that it was sloppy screenwriting that felt completely like filler with bits of character development thrown in here and there.
Overall, from the author who wrote The Legend of the Legendary Heroes, I actually look forward to the remainder of this series given how big of a shock the former title was. It really was a poor choice on the animation staff's part to animate a title they knew had not fully developed its premise yet and as of yesterday, it seems doubtful that we will be getting a sequel any time soon if at all since the show didn't even come close to breaking even:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2...suten-low-salesThe story remains interesting on the light novel side but the way the anime portrayed it simply disgusted me after the first two episodes. I initially thought this show could be a huge turnaround after the events episode 2 given how bad the rest of the summer was, but nope it was a complete downer and this only adds to that list.
There is an episode 13 OVA coming in December, but I doubt it will be anything useful. Maybe the staff will finally do something meaningful after the recent news about this series.
Preliminary Score: 7/10
Final Score: 5/10 
