07-GHOST anime

[Roots]

Originally Posted by idont

there is no episode 26.....it ends at 25. DB releases troll subs just to mess with people.

Thanks, that explains a lot since episode 25 sure as heck felt like an ending to me.

[velderia]

Oh godwtf, I loved the troll sub that DB put out. I thought I accidentally downloaded a previous episode, but then I knew what was happening when the pedo bear baker came along... Wow. xD

[oblivionnight]

So we're not guaranteed a second season.... If there isn't one, my liking for this series will plummet to the ground. The last episode, is this where the manga is currently at? Is this anime even closely related to the manga?

:/ this makes me nervous.

[kvi]

Originally Posted by velderia

Oh godwtf, I loved the troll sub that DB put out. I thought I accidentally downloaded a previous episode, but then I knew what was happening when the pedo bear baker came along... Wow. xD

I downloaded it just to see what it was. Was defiantly no disappointed The only thing that would have topped it would have been random Ayunami saying Teito Klein during the scenes or something

[PreSage]

I'm so behind with this series. So the series has ended but I still can't find the OST...does anyone know if the OST is out yet? O_o

Haven't seen the last episode yet but I can guess they stopped before the Journey arc. T_T Darn...<_<

[Ayumi08]

Originally Posted by PreSage

I'm so behind with this series. So the series has ended but I still can't find the OST...does anyone know if the OST is out yet? O_o

It will be out on 18-Nov-2009. Info here.

[PreSage]

Originally Posted by Ayumi08

It will be out on 18-Nov-2009. Info here.

Ah, thanks!

So what are the chances of there being a sequel for this series??? I so want to see the Journey arc; that's when a lot of the action really begins. Plus we see another side to Frau.

[FireChick]

I have a question: in which episode does Teito gets those chains removed?

[Zu Ra]

Originally Posted by Ayumi08

It will be out on 18-Nov-2009. Info here.

Thanks for the info hopefully the album/albums feature the instrumental version of Hitomi no Kotae just loved it as an insert track

Is the track list out or leaked , just wondering : )

[roriconfan]

My 5c

Spoiler for ok maybe not just 5:

Let me warn you beforehand that I’m not homophobic nor I see women only as sex toys.

ART SECTION [Don’t I look hot in this robe?]

General Artwork & Backgrounds 4/4: A blend of medieval fantasy and science fiction, the artwork is both catchy and interesting. There was much work and detail given into making surfaces and textures to look fairy tale-ish so the series manages to attract you on first looks with its amazing combination of clergy life, occult mystery and military super-soldier projects. So, yeah, the general looks of this series are captivating.

Character Figures 2/2: Hohoho, this is a series of bishounens. Every main and secondary character is made to look like a dream boy any fangirl would kill just to touch his hair. They have glances and smirks that can lure you into their arms in less than 3 seconds. There are some women and old people as well but they are just background decoration used just as cute mascots, like a perky mermaid, a fuzzy pink critter and a trio of aloof sisters. Most of what you see in the foreground is bishounens women dig and men are envious of.

Although I find it lame to have a picture-perfect cast, I must admit that this series was MADE to be eye candy for a female audience, pretty much like an average harem is full of bimbos and nude aiming at a male audience. This series is almost devoid of nude or blunt fan service yet it doesn’t take much to understand that the characters are made to look and act all erotic. This is NOT a negative aspect; the target audience loves this sort of thing. They are dream males acting all moe and a fine looking cast is what you should expect from it.

Animation & Visual Effects 1/4: And here is where things are one big mess. Action scenes and visual effects are terrible! Choreography is a joke, explosions never damage the background, magic attacks feel like a different layer of flashy computer rendered visuals not unified with the rest of the artwork. Characters stand too much still and flap their mouths, jumping is just a static picture scrolling. And many, many more. I mean, how the hell is Teito sitting on that spiky top in the intro song without sticking it in his ass? The entire series pays no attention to physics. That practically makes all battles completely boring and fake looking as the characters just shake their hands and magic stuff happen that don’t react with the environment or the characters in a believable way. I understand the series was never about the action but this is too much. If you are going to make it so bad, don’t make it at all. The only thing you are left to gasp at are the pretty faces of the males… their frozen still faces with the innuendo smirk while their hair and cloths flap in the wind with a few repeating frames.

TOTAL FOR ART: 7/10 The series looks awesome when you look just at frozen frames. But looking at the animation of battles and moving is just ruining most of it.

SOUND SECTION [-I love Teito! –I love you Mikage! … in an erotically innuendo way only!

Voice Acting 2/3: Yes, generally pleasing again. They all seem to fit with the roles of their characters. None has an amazing voice pattern and many mascot characters are way too silly sounding to actually take anything too serious while the non-stop feeling that everyone in this series is a crypto-gay kind of ruins the otherwise seriousness of listening to them while talking about serious matters.

Music Themes 3/4: Very pleasing OST, easily making your mind travel. Using chorus rarely creates a bad result. Even the silly pop songs were elegiac enough to make your mind travel to magic worlds. So sure, I liked them songs. Not that I consider them great but they did manage to make me interested into listening further.

Sound Effects 2/3: Well, they sound rather generic, but unlike the visual effects they are not terrible.

TOTAL FOR SOUND: 7/10 A pleasing result, although it never gets into excellence anywhere.

STORY SECTION [Oh forget about the fate of the world and just look me walking elegantly]

General Scenario 2/2: Ok, seriously, this is not a series you watch for the story. The story sounds mighty interesting as a concept. Military secret ops, mystical temples, scary ghosts, gay innuendos, a sort of detective feeling, a lot of daily fantasy life… The general idea is mighty interesting. But…

Pacing 1/2: Slow! Very slow! Most episodes don’t even seem to progress the plot and the rest just drag it to the point where you only learn something new in ten seconds. Seriously, they could have taken out half the episodes and it still wouldn’t feel rushed.

Side Stories/Extra Spices 1/2: Very few and simple. It was a straight forward story, centered on five people in a world of millions. And that wouldn’t be a problem if it was a simple story. Yet it isn’t one. It has world enclosing events in it. It stays too focused on a few aspects (the military base and the temple) of an otherwise huge and complicating world.

Believability/Reasoning/Realism 0/2: With terrible battle choreography, plot with the speed of a snail and a picture perfect cast spending most of the time looking erotic towards you, you hardly believe this story is believable or realistic. And this wouldn’t be a problem if, again, the general story was simple. But it ain’t. Military invasion, murderous ghosts and other world shaking events play less important that a spaced out look from Teito the pretty boy.

Conclusion 1/2: Simple and open. A story that escalates for so many episodes ends in a very boring and half closed way. You will probably yell “Where is the rest of it?”

TOTAL FOR STORY: 5/10 Looks epic but it is practically slice of life with some magic dressing that unfolds in a very slow and tiresome way, while focusing too much on erotic aesthetics.

CHARACTER SECTION: 4/10 [Pick the one you want to date]
Eh, they are so blunt I won’t even bother separating them into categories. Just like playing a date sim, the series is full of ero/moe archetypes you are suppose to like for their variety in looks and mannerisms and not because of their personalities. Let’s face it, most of the cast was useless to the plot altogether. Yet, it was there just so you could pick your favorite amongst the drones. If you ask me, all the characters the series needed was Teito and Mikage (the main couple pair, any one of the priests and Ayanami the psycho military man. All the rest was just dressing and a bad one in terms of personalities. So, although they all LOOK great, very few actually offer anything and even those few don’t actually blow your mind with their antiques.
It’s less than a half-baked result as they have very little to offer in overall and the ending is too blunt to offer clear catharsis.

VALUE & ENJOYMENT SECTION: 2/10 [Next please!]
Meh, this series doesn’t really offer anything new or refreshing or even remotely interesting if you are a seasoned viewer. The plot is snoring and the characters too generic. I understand it will feel a lot better for women (the target audience) and far worse to homophobic males (who have no reason to watch a series of pretty boys and devoid of girls in the first place). I for once have seen far better BL, or yaoi or fantasy/sci-fi blend.
Down to it, this series is a one-time time killer at best. It will be forgotten soon under some pile of mediocre anime.

SCORE: 4.5 / 10

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[Forever]

Originally Posted by roriconfan

My 5c

Spoiler for ok maybe not just 5:

PROLOGUE
Ok, seriously, I don’t like this sort of anime. I review this one just because nobody else found the courage to do so. Let me warn you beforehand that I’m not homophobic nor I see women only as sex toys.

ANIMATION SECTION [Don’t I look hot in this robe?]

General Artwork & Backgrounds 4/4: A blend of medieval fantasy and science fiction, the artwork is both catchy and interesting. There was much work and detail given into making surfaces and textures to look fairy tale-ish so the series manages to attract you on first looks with its amazing combination of clergy life, occult mystery and military super-soldier projects. So, yeah, the general looks of this series are captivating.

Character Figures 2/2: Hohoho, this is a series of bishounens. Every main and secondary character is made to look like a dream boy any fangirl would kill just to touch his hair. They have glances and smirks that can lure you into their arms in less than 3 seconds. There are some women and old people as well but they are just background decoration used just as cute mascots, like a perky mermaid, a fuzzy pink critter and a trio of aloof sisters. Most of what you see in the foreground is bishounens women dig and men are envious of.

Although I find it lame to have a picture-perfect cast, I must admit that this series was MADE to be eye candy for a female audience, pretty much like an average harem is full of bimbos and nude aiming at a male audience. This series is almost devoid of nude or blunt fan service yet it doesn’t take much to understand that the characters are made to look and act all erotic. This is NOT a negative aspect. The target audience loves this sort of thing. They are dream males acting all moe. So, a fine looking cast is what you should expect from it.

Motion Fluidity & Visual Effects 1/4: And here is where things are one big mess. Action scenes and visual effects are terrible! Choreography is a joke, explosions never damage the background, magic attacks feel like a different layer of flashy computer rendered visuals not unified with the rest of the artwork. Characters stand too much still and flap their mouths, jumping is just a static picture scrolling. And many, many more. I mean, how the hell is Teito sitting on that spiky top in the intro song without sticking it in his ass? The entire series pays no attention to physics. That practically makes all battles completely boring and fake looking as the characters just shake their hands and magic stuff happen that don’t react with the environment or the characters in a believable way. I understand the series was never about the action but this is too much. If you are going to make it so bad, don’t make it at all. The only thing you are left to gasp at are the pretty faces of the males… their frozen still faces with the innuendo smirk while their hair and cloths flap in the wind with a few repeating frames.

TOTAL FOR ANIMATION: 7/10 The series looks awesome when you look just as frozen frames. But looking at the animation of battles and moving is just ruining most of it.

SOUND SECTION [-I love Teito! –I love you Mikage! … in an erotically innuendo way only!

Voice Acting 2/3: Yes, generally pleasing again. They all seem to fit with the roles of their characters. None has an amazing voice pattern and many mascot characters are way too silly sounding to actually take anything too serious while the non-stop feeling that everyone in this series is a crypto-gay kind of ruins the otherwise seriousness of listening to them while talking about serious matters.

Music Themes 3/4: Very pleasing OST, easily making your mind travel. Using chorus rarely creates a bad result. Even the silly pop songs were elegiac enough to make your mind travel to magic worlds. So sure, I liked them songs. Not that I consider them great but they did manage to make me interested into listening further.

Sound Effects 2/3: Well, they sound rather generic, but unlike the visual effects they are not terrible.

TOTAL FOR SOUND: 7/10 A pleasing result, although it never gets into excellence anywhere.

STORY SECTION [Oh forget about the fate of the world and just look me walking elegantly]

General Scenario 2/2: Ok, seriously, this is not a series you watch for the story. The story sounds mighty interesting as a concept. Military secret ops, mystical temples, scary ghosts, gay innuendos, a sort of detective feeling, a lot of daily fantasy life… The general idea is mighty interesting. But…

Pace of Plot 1/2: Slow! Very slow! Most episodes don’t even seem to progress the plot and the rest just drag it to the point where you only learn something new in ten seconds. Seriously, they could have taken out half the episodes and it still wouldn’t feel rushed.

Side Stories/Extra Spices 1/2: Very few and simple. It was a straight forward story, centered on five people in a world of millions. And that wouldn’t be a problem if it was a simple story. Yet it isn’t one. It has world enclosing events in it. It stays too focused on a few aspects (the military base and the temple) of an otherwise huge and complicating world.

Believability/Reasoning/Realism 0/2: With terrible battle choreography, plot with the speed of a snail and a picture perfect cast spending most of the time looking erotic towards you, you hardly believe this story is believable or realistic. And this wouldn’t be a problem if, again, the general story was simple. But it ain’t. Military invasion, murderous ghosts and other world shaking events play less important that a spaced out look from Teito the pretty boy.

Conclusion 1/2: Simple and open. A story that escalates for so many episodes ends in a very boring and half closed way. You will probably yell “Where is the rest of it?”

TOTAL FOR STORY: 5/10 [Looks epic but it is practically slice of life with some magic dressing that unfolds in a very slow and tiresome way, while focusing too much on erotic aesthetics]

CHARACTER SECTION: 5 [Pick the one you want to date]
Eh, they are so blunt I won’t even bother separating them into categories. Just like playing a date sim, the series is full of ero/moe archetypes you are suppose to like for their variety in looks and mannerisms and not because of their personalities. Let’s face it, most of the cast was useless to the plot altogether. Yet, it was there just so you could pick your favorite amongst the drones. If you ask me, all the characters the series needed was Teito and Mikage (the main couple pair, any one of the priests and Ayanami the psycho military man. All the rest was just dressing and a bad one in terms of personalities. So, although they all LOOK great, very few actually offer anything and even those few don’t actually blow your mind with their antiques. It’s a half-baked result.

VALUE & ENJOYMENT SECTION: 3 [Next please!]
Meh, this series doesn’t really offer anything new or refreshing or even remotely interesting if you are a seasoned viewer. The plot is snoring and the characters too generic. I understand it will feel a lot better for women (the target audience) and far worse to homophobic males (who have no reason to watch a series of pretty boys and devoid of girls in the first place). I for once have seen far better BL, or yaoi or fantasy/sci-fi blend. Down to it, this series is a one-time time killer at best. It will be forgotten soon under some pile of mediocre anime.

Although the story hints yoai overtunes throughout, I believe the author actually intends to express friendship, mentorship and brotherhood more than yaoi. And ....

Spoiler for After the anime ending...:

Later in the story, a girl will finally appear as a potential teito love interest much to the relief of those straight males and much to the dismay of BL supporters.

[roriconfan]

^ It sure fooled me

[Zu Ra]

Yet another hilarious and well constructed summary : )



Oh well if you can sit through the BLFest which is disguised as Ninja Show this will be relatively easy . As GH7 has no BFF necklaces or kisses . And lets not even touch misogamy


That being said and in all seriousness . the anime was initially planned for 12-13 episodes . Due to the popularity of the show it was stretched to 25 episodes . Not a manga reader but I have heard there were lot of anime original content added to this show

[thenuge69]

I am currently looking for a picture of the necklace frau is wearing in the opining movie i can find a clear picture anywhere its going to be my next tattoo for sure ?
and i have a dvd box set of only 4 dvds is their more it was episode 24 i think i dont remember exactly

if you can find the pic much thank can you e-mail me at thenuge69@hotmail.com

plez someone help me

[FireChick]

After watching episode 9, I am officially declaring that episode the best episode of 07-Ghost I've ever seen! I laughed and cried at it!

Spoiler for episode 9:

MIKAGE!!! Nooooooooooo!! Teito's so cute when he's sad!! I was tearing up right when he was! It broke my heart! And the new Mikage (albeit the cute purple dragon) is JUST ADORABLE!! And the bishops antics at the end were cracktastic! And Labrador's innocent face when he said "the collar will explode" cracked me up sooo much! But my only pet peeve is that now I have to put up with seeing Teito with that collar on a regular basis, even though I'm relieved he doesn't have those darn chains anymore. They annoyed me to NO END...well, until episode 8 at least.

[FireChick]

The OST (called Melody of Michael) is out, but I can't find torrents anywhere.

[PreSage]

Finally it's here!

07-Ghost Original Soundtrack – Melody of Michael tracklist (74 songs! I don't think I've seen a tracklist that long before. ...and Burupya gets to sing? ):

Spoiler for save space:

Tracklist:

01. Teito Klein
02. Reminiscence (Piano version)
03. Reminiscence (Trombone version)
04. Guiding Memory
05. Busy Time
06. Imperial Military Academy
07. Warm Heart
08. Soul Killer ~ Zehel
09. Soul Killer ~ Zehel 2
10. Soul Keeper ~ Profe
11. Soul Keeper ~ Profe 2
12. Soul Binder ~ Fest – Spinning Fate
13. Barsburg Empire
14. Empire’s Menace
15. Everyday wrapped in Light
16. Sisters’ Guidance
17. HO-BURUGU Fort
18. The Next Move
19. End the Fight Violently
20. Power of Darkness becomes Powerful
21. Barsburg Church
22. A Song of Blessing
23. Requiem of the Beloved Sacrifices
24. Unreachable Thoughts ~ Despair
25. The 7th District ~ God’s Domain
26. The Night at Church Wears On
27. Darkness draws near
28. Noel Mermaid ~ Razette
29. Legend ~ Seven Ghost
30. Counterattack Signal
31. Counterattack Signal (chorus cut version)
32. Power of Darkness released
33. Eye of Michael ~ Awakening
34. Escape
35. Spirit that sinks into darkness
36. God grants a kind power
37. God grants a kind power 2
38. Familiar ~ Kor
39. Ayanami ~ Verloren
40. Commence Operation
41. Tension
42. Heartless Decision
43. Crisis draws near
44. Anxiety
45. Powerful Imprisoning Darkness ~ Wars
46. Be Pure My Child, and Sleep
47. Flow of Calm Times
48. Soul’s Path
49. Tree’s Filtered Sunlight
50. Fate’s Choice
51. Aka no Kakera (TV Size) Artist: Suzuki Yuki
52. Snow of My Home
53. Light that guides forward
54. Power of Darkness crawls
55. Hymn A
56. Time Light Floods
57. Lamb that Falls From the Sky
58. Dark Clouds
59. Eye Catch A
60. Eye Catch B
61. Chance Meeting
62. Inside my dear daily memories
63. Raggs Requiem (album edit) Artist: NORIA
64. Hymn B
65. The 7th District’s Specialty
66. Unsettling Wind of the World’s Destruction
67. Lost Lamb
68. Premonition
69. Hitomi no Kotae ~The past ver.~ (TV Size) Artist: NORIA {Hitomi no Kotae: The Eye’s Answer}
70. Informing Flower ~ Number 1
71. Informing Flower ~ Number 2
72. Informing Flower ~ Number 3
73. Bonus Tracks Mini Drama “Escape”; Seiyuus of Teito, Frau, Ayanami, and Burupya
74. Hitomi no Kotae ~The future ver.~ (TV Size) Artist: NORIA

credits to shockingblue (lj) for the tracklist.

[Kakkou]

Were there really that many tracks used in the anime? o_o I swear I remember the same tunes each episode.

[blewin]

oh, so it's finally out? wow, that's a long list!

[FireChick]

I can't find any places to download the OST!