BBK/BRNK (Bubuki/Buranki) Episodes 6-12 Review | A Hidden Gem of An Anime

By Chris Penwell
9 years Ago

Deep within a plotline that at first confounds the mind, BBK/BRNK (&&num;8230&semi;and a name that confounds the mind too) brings an interesting set of characters that people can grow to like while the fascinating story unravels and starts to make more sense&period; This is indeed a hidden gem that is worth watching on Crunchyroll&period;&NewLine;<a href="https&colon;//bagogames&period;com/bbkbrnk-babukiburanki-episodes-1-5-review/">In my review on the first five episodes</a>, I explained that I had difficulty understanding the plot and was frustrated by the lack of interaction between the characters due to the awkwardly placed battles&period; However, BBK/BRNK manages to pull itself together in the latter half of the season&period; More plotlines are introduced, the characters begin to learn about each other, and the cast and their actions are way more believable than they were before&period; Shizuru, the mysterious sniper, was given a lot more during Episodes 6-12 and finally became a part of the team in terms of story progression&period; And while the anime adds a lot more characters near the end of the season, all of them are established into the story in an effective manner&period; Character arcs are present, explanations are given for all the questions I had previously, and not everything is what it seemed&period; What surprised me the most about Episodes 6 to 12 is that the antagonists are fleshed out and show there is more than meets the eye&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a refreshing change that shows that each side isn&&num;8217&semi;t particularly in the wrong or evil&period; I&&num;8217&semi;ll stop with the spoilers there&period; Just watch it&excl;&NewLine;<figure id="attachment&lowbar;114750" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-114750" style="width&colon; 1000px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-114750 size-large" src="https&colon;//cdn&period;bagogames&period;com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/29022940/14890354&lowbar;1069974033121304&lowbar;2753694717999887692&lowbar;o-1024x576&period;jpg" alt="BBK/BRNK" width="1000" height="563" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-114750" class="wp-caption-text">(BBK/BRNK, SANZIGEN)</figcaption></figure>&NewLine;The fight scenes once again are outstanding, especially with the CG hand-drawn aesthetic&period; Shizuru is a badass&period; Every fight with her is great to watch&period; A girl using a sniper at close range while fighting off incoming attacks is awesome, and as she&&num;8217&semi;s a tactical fighter, she is incredibly fast and can think on her feet against her enemy&period; Other fights, including the Buranki battles look heavy, powerful, and are fun to watch, especially if you like two robots beating the crap out of each other&period; There&&num;8217&semi;s not a lot of them, but when they show up, it&&num;8217&semi;s a treat&period; The Babuki battles are frenetic but lack the scale of the first five episodes that really brings in that CG-hand drawn look&period; Despite the attention to detail with the fights, I still wish they didn&&num;8217&semi;t interrupt some possible downtime and interaction between the characters so abruptly&period; For the first time ever, I will say I would have loved at least one filler episode rather than it being jam packed into 12 episodes&period;&NewLine;The voice acting is solid and like the first five episodes, there are no annoying high-pitched voices present&period; Even though I can&&num;8217&semi;t understand the Japanese without the subtitles, Yuusuke Kobayashi plays the main character Azuma with a believable intensity during the heavier scenes without going too dramatic&period; Azuma speaks out his emotions a lot during the show and Kobayashi is able to convey them perfectly from page to screen&period; The rest of the main cast voice their characters&&num;8217&semi; attitudes and personalities to a T as well&period;&NewLine;<figure id="attachment&lowbar;114751" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-114751" style="width&colon; 960px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-114751 size-full" src="https&colon;//cdn&period;bagogames&period;com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/29023223/bubuki&period;jpg" alt="BBK/BRNK" width="960" height="540" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-114751" class="wp-caption-text">(BBK/BRNK, SANZIGEN)</figcaption></figure>&NewLine;As I previously said in my <a href="https&colon;//bagogames&period;com/bbkbrnk-babukiburanki-episodes-1-5-review/">Episodes 1-5 review</a>, the animation is stunning&period; From the grandiose size of the Buranki to the pretty landscapes of Treasure Island, the show looks amazing with its art style&period; It gives it a sense of depth no other show I have watched has given me&period; For more on what I think about the art style, check out the initial review&excl;&NewLine;I find it sad this anime hasn&&num;8217&semi;t got much love because there&&num;8217&semi;s a lot to like&period; The interesting characters and their well thought out backstories, the gorgeous animation, and the epic fights make this a fantastic watch&period; I hope this continues into Season 2, which is currently being aired in Japan and near simultaneously aired on Crunchyroll&period; Talking about Crunchyroll, their translation is spot on with no strange hiccups of dialogue or grammatical errors, so you should be happy watching this subbed version (a dub hasn&&num;8217&semi;t been given yet)&period;&NewLine;Oh, and I&&num;8217&semi;m still listening to the theme song, &&num;8220&semi;Beat Your Heart&&num;8221&semi; over and over again&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s so upbeat and the chorus gets me pumped up&excl;&NewLine;

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