The music was very unsuited to the scene portrayed. That was just wrong and some pretty bad sound design. One major issue, during a fight scene in the first episode, they play a pop track, complete with high-pitched female vocalist. The second set of intro and outro were much better. The outro was better though, but not amazingly so. Seeing it in the second episode, I personally don’t like it. The intro to this anime wasn’t there in the first episode. But ignore that, my recommendations for this anime are irrespective of gender. This in combination with the almost bishounen, pretty boy-like designs of some of the male characters makes me think this is a shoujo anime. There is no fan-service or ecchi I’m happy to say. I can still like an anime that looks like this, even if it looks a bit strange and most importantly I just got used to it. But after all that, this style of animation doesn’t affect the enjoy-ability of this anime that much. I guess I understand their perspective a bit better now. The eyes seem too big and unnatural or something like that. It’s anime like this that reminds me of those who are uncomfortable watching anime as the style is off-putting. I guess I should commend this rare type of character design though. There’s even a lightly shaded hand-drawn style used to good effect. They also make good use of facial expression and comic effects. It’s kinda inconsistent, since other times it looks normal. As a skinny person myself, I can assure you that such a training regimen should at least put on a little weight/bodymass. ![]() Two of the characters are supposed to be skilled in pro-wrestling and they work out for it. It’s a big different to other anime which have tried the tall and thin character style, like Code Geass where it was much more stylised and done better. When we first got a full body shot of the protagonist, I thought: wow, she’s very tall and skinny, how is she not falling over. ![]() It’s fairly original, though the faces of the characters seem familiar the most noticeably different facet of style are the bodies. The animation style however was certainly… interesting. ![]() A pleasant surprise after the last anime I watched, where even a higher resolution didn’t help too much. It’s not above average, but it’s acceptable for a 2008 anime. But even for an anime limited by its resolution, the quality is decent. The best quality it exists in seems to be 480p. Usually these types of anime don’t have a satisfying end. However, ‘high-school’ and ‘romance’ are two thing that don’t do well together, that’s just my opinion. It’s a sensible romance, suitable for most, but leans more towards shoujo. Considering the story, this is something that I’ve seen before in Kaichou wa Maid-Sama!, which I found funny and enjoyed. Special A is a 24 episode high-school (slice-of-life style) comedy romance anime.
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