In Episode 9, she is seen wearing a new outfit which consists of a tight black sweater underneath which she wears a white t-shirt only visible by its collar, a blue jacket with short puffy sleeves, white buttons with red and black streaks detailing its collar and center, black shorts and high black boots with blue platforms. ![]() Its pink streaks still appear, however, in a slightly messier fashion. In Episode 8, the Swindler cuts her hair very short, including her bangs. ![]() She also wears a black choker on her neck. She has shoulder length black hair that appears to subtly curve outwards and pink streaks on her bangs. The Swindler is a young woman with a youthful appearance who wears a short-sleeved pink and white striped dress with long black fingerless gloves that reaches above her elbows, a light blue bracelet on her left wrist, pink shoes that expose her toes and calves and black thigh-high socks. She is currently "impersonating" being an Akudama called Swindler who claims she wasn’t registered in the Kansai Central Information Bureau because she “erased it” leading them to believe she is an extremely capable and talented Akudama/Swindler. She was leading a simple life until a series of misfortunes got her involved with the Akudama. □ The cuts are SO fast in this OP.The Swindler was a regular girl. □ Most of the GIFs I included here are also slowed down. I’ve no outro for this one… Akudama Drive and STEAL!! get a 7.5/10 from me, it’s a cool little OP. Or the credit next to Hacker appearing a little glitchy… Nice touches. 1.5/2. □♂️Ĭategory 5, Bias: Miscellaneous things about the opening… ? I like when the robots dance to the singer, or other small reactive things, like at the start of the OP, when the singer goes “RA!” and a credit? appears over the title logo for like 2 seconds. I haven’t reallyyyy watched any other cyberpunk shows, so now I’ll go over tropes quickly… The Akudamas and Executioners being shown off, then getting group shots ? That one’s kind of whatever… We also go through Cutthroat’s head/eye, and –of course– there’s the sequence of the seven Akudamas looking off and being moved very quickly (with the lights). Also, I think the simple lyrics go with the show… 2/2.Ĭategory 3, Relevancy: It’s kinda… A lot ? The cat turning into the kids, episode titles given in the OP based on movies, then things from the movies happening, visuals of the Akudamas’ wanted posters, Swindler/Courier’s ‘500 yen coin that changed everything’, the Executioners and Boss getting an appearance, the inverted shot of the kids, the kids going into the light, Swindler turning over her hand so it reads “sagi-shi ”, and, in the OP’s second version, Swindler’s change in appearance being reflected, Pupil’s kanji becoming clear, the shots in the Akudamas’ heads becoming clear… 2/2, basically described the whole OP.Ĭategory 4, Originality: I’m reminded of Psycho-Pass’ second OP, but just for also being colourful, and the overall show plots, kinda. Basically, I’m just saying, this anime is either really popular, or the song is just that recognizable to non-watchers. ![]() The English probably helps with remembering the song, but 10/10 I get this song on Anime Music Quiz anyway. ½.Ĭategory 2, Song: STEAL!! by SPARK!!SOUND!!SHOW!!, their debut anime OP song. I’m also not a DR mega-fan, so idk if the OP has a DR under-current, but nonetheless, the animation/overall artstyle is also standard/above average. I love the colours, the colour-highlighting they do in several parts, like the beginning, the kanji over the Executioners, or at the end, which are all the GIFs I put in this review. Opening theme STEAL!! by SPARK!!SOUND!!SHOW!! is fun, and the visuals colourful, but do they work ? I’ll try to be vague in Category 3: Relevancy, but you might want to just skip it if you haven’t finished Akudama Drive… Or not.Ĭategory 1, Artstyle/Animation: The OP looks great, but the actual video might be a littleeee boring if I separate the song and video ? It’s still really good, but I don’t caaare about the wanted posters segments, ‘the low points of the OP’, lol. Original story from Danganronpa creator, Kazutaka Kosaka, Studio Pierrot, and Too Kyo Games, Akudama Drive was a recent-ish –Summer 2020– seasonal anime, that I actually watched week-by-week :0 (!!). The first real Friday review…! I felt kind of stuck, at first, on what OP to bring, but I knew I wanted something short and simple, with just 12 eps and 1 OP–Īkudama Drive.
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