Right Here at Anime UK Information, it’s reasonable to state that we allow followers of Workshop BONES and also I directly have a love for enigma collection. So when these 2 points are integrated in The Head Guy it should verify to be a suit made in paradise, right? Well, allow’s learn!
Our tale adheres to independent reporter Hayato Mikogami, that lives and also operates in Tokyo yet picks to go back to his home town to seek a high account situation that might place his name in the limelight. In his home town, a collection of strange murders have actually been occurring and also the awesome is somebody using a head mask.
Sadly for Hayato, very few individuals have actually seen the occasions first-hand to offer him any type of hints, so he’s mosting likely to need to do a great deal of examination to obtain anywhere. The good news is for him, on the train from Tokyo he satisfied Kiriko Mamiya, a lady with an enthusiasm for digital photography that is intending to win a reward with among her pictures. Must she assist fix the situation of the Head Guy, Hayato guarantees her that everybody will certainly understand her name.
The murders that the Head Guy is devoting appear to have a pattern to them and also as Hayato checks out, he starts to obtain an image of what’s driving the offender. Sadly, the much longer he requires to fix the enigma, the even more individuals are passing away. In the very first 4 episodes of this collection, particularly, there goes to the very least one fatality per tale.
Having claimed that, in the direction of the midpart of The Head Guy the tale begins avoiding the murder enigma aspect and also rather leans right into the superordinary (consisting of presenting an unusual cult!). I had not been specifically keen on this instructions since the collection sheds what it had going all out initially and also it jumbles the entire point.
Hayato’s home town is tiny and also everybody understands each other so the extra Hayato digs, the extra he sees the link in between those that are a target of the Head Guy and also those that are possibly attached to him. As a secret, it’s enjoyable to view this untangle to start with, yet as the collection takes place, that fulfillment subsides as whatever obtains a lot a lot more challenging and also impractical.
I need to confess I additionally located it hard to appreciate any one of the personalities. From the very first episode onwards, we’re presented to such a huge team, combined with the reality the collection so conveniently exterminates participants of the actors as it goes, that you start to really feel hesitant to expand connected. Hayato and also Kiriko are great as our lead characters, yet eventually they just function as the target market replacement and also a way to go from factor A to B. If they would certainly been more powerful personalities after that possibly that would certainly have aided me via the 2nd fifty percent of the collection where whatever obtains a little bit shed, yet sadly, that had not been to be.
As formerly pointed out, The Head Guy originates from Workshop BONES ( Fullmetal Sorcerer, Noragami, My Hero Academic Community) It is freely based upon a one-shot manga by Shotaro Ishinomori ( Cyborg 009, Kamen Motorcyclist) and also the manga’s remake by Kazuhiko Shimamoto, yet in lots of methods, the anime varies significantly from either of these tales. The computer animation, overall, is great and also records the feeling of a collection from the 1970s well, yet it’s additionally rather typical a lot of the moment. The option of colours is rather frustrating as well given that they offer the collection a really soft appearance.
Songs for the collection was managed by Shiro Sagisu ( Magi, Neon Genesis Evangelion, SSSS.Gridman) and also while a great deal of the tracks are excessive used, the choice below is suitable for a murder enigma. Although having claimed that, the primary motif for when the Head Guy shows up seems like it came right out of sci-fi which does not constantly fit the scenes previously in the program. The opening motif is “Hikari no Machi” by Tokio, while the finishing motif is “Ashita wa Ashita no Kimi ga Umareru” by Chocolove from AKB48. Sadly, both motifs are rather featureless.
The collection has actually never ever been referred to as, so when it pertains to articulate actors, we simply have the Japanese side. Hayato is played by Makoto Yasumura (Bikou in Highschool DxD, Takuzo Misaki in Hanasaku Iroha) that offers the lead character a wide variety of feelings. On the other hand, Kiriko is played by Ayako Kawasumi (Riveria in Is It Incorrect to Attempt to Grab Ladies in a Dungeon, Kazumi Yoshida in Shakugan no Shana) and also she offers the efficiency you would certainly anticipate to listen to for a 19-year-old personality while matching Yasumura in regards to psychological outcome. They make an excellent duo, that’s for certain.
The Head Guy pertains to the UK many thanks to MVM as a total DVD collection. It’s a little frustrating to still have DVD launches at this moment, yet it does not feel like the program has a Blu-ray launch in any type of various other areas either. This launch consists of all 13 episodes of the television anime in addition to some trailers yet there aren’t any type of various other additionals to mention.
Generally, The Head Guy begins as a fascinating murder enigma yet swiftly escapes itself. The 2nd fifty percent of the collection sheds the fulfillment of the very first fifty percent and also truthfully swiftly expands complex, introducing an alright yet weird final thought. A tough one to advise regardless.
