Gilgamesh

Synopsis:

Twin X, the event named after an accident at the Heaven's Gate research facility that had a catastrophic affect changing the Earth's sky into a mirror-like ceiling destroying anything the comes near it and causing all electronics to no longer function. Below this dome of death, two teenagers, Tatsuya and Kiyoko Madoka are on the run from the Yakuza because of a debt owed by their now dead mother. Taking shelter from their pursuers and the rain, Tatsuya and Kiyoko in what appears to be an abandoned building. However, they happen upon a group teenagers dressed in skin tight leather outfits and display extraordinary psychic powers that call themselves "Gilgamesh". After the Gilgamesh teens quickly dispatch of the gunmen in chase, they come to realize the the two kids taking shelter in their humble abode are also the children of Dr. Madoka, the absent leader of their group whose dream it is create a new more powerful human race. Unsure of what powers Dr. Madoka's children may posses, the Gilgamesh try to convince Tatsuya and Kiyoko to join their group of gothic depressants.


Reviewer: Endosanity
Number of episodes watched: 26


Review:

First off, I gotta apologize on that synopsis up there. My mind is a little cloudy since it took me over a year to finish this series.

... yyyyyeah...

Anyway, the first thing that will probably get your attention is how dark and brooding this anime's visual appearance is. Only a handful of colors make up the palette ranging from several different shades of gray and brown to a few dull instances of red, blue, and one very faded yellow... and that's it. Let me put it this way, this show makes you depressed just by looking at it even if the episode was on pause. Unfortunately, this doesn't help the overall boring plot that just slowly plods along and never seems to produce anything interesting to keep your mind from wandering off. The show did start out interesting enough with everyone displaying their psychic abilities and how much power they have but the story behind it is incredibly boring offering up nothing that you didn't already expect. By the time the show hits it's climax and puts everything together it only comes across as ridiculously lame and almost makes you want to shut off the last episode and not even finish it. And there really is no point in getting into any kind of character depth because you just won't care at all about a bunch of angsty teens whose constant barely audible mumbling make it seem like they are trying to be as uninteresting as possible on purpose. Well, it worked.

The only thing that sort of stands out about this series is the actual animation itself as it appears very out of the ordinary for anime trying to take on a more realistic appearance instead of the classic style that most are used to. Other then that, this show has nothing to offer other than showing you what happens when goth vs. emo is pitted against each other in a supernatural brawl. If that sounds interesting then by all means, check it out but as for me the interesting animation style just didn't mesh very well with the extremely slow moving plot and characters that had about as much enthusiasm as being awake only after two hours of sleep. Like I said, it took me over a year to actually get through the entire series.

Gilgamesh (opening)

Recommendation: |Low|

Media type: Netflix 'Watch Instantly' internet streaming
From: ADV/Section23
Spoken Languages: English
Subtitles: None

*Note - This series is available on DVD that contains both Japanese and English audio and does have subtitles available. Information posted is what was watched for review.