Title: Paradise Kiss
Studio: Madhouse Studios
Licenced by: Geneon Entertainment (USA), Inc.
Length: 12 Episodes
Year: 2005
Genre: Shoujo - Romance - Drama - Comedy

Synopsis:

Yukari is a normal high school girl. She listens to her parents, she attends cram school, so she can get on a good university, she has someone she (secretly) likes. She`s 18.

Then one day she is walking in the street, when a guy approaches her. He is a bit "different" and scares Yukari, who tries to run away from him. She looses her conscience and awakens in an unknown place. She is explained that it`s an atlier, where a group of young fashion students are making clothes for their new designer brand - Paradise Kiss. And the guy "chasing" her actually wanted to ask her to be their model. There are four of them Isabella, Arashi, Miwako and George, the leader. They seem a bit eccentric and Yukari doesn`t want to assosiate with them at first, but they`re not giving up and soon Yukari realizes they're actually nice people and they`re passionate about what they do. As Yukari starts to spend time with them and watches them, she begins to realize there is something wrong with her life. She hasn`t been enjoying it at all. It is time for a few changes.

Anime Review

Paradise Kiss. Well, this one’s gonna be memorable.For a shoujo genre anime, it’s as "shoujo" as it can get. It deals with the life of the girl protagonist, who has a very strong personality that is brought out in the series, but still faces her own teen girl love problems and stuff. And the very strong personality that is brought out, not just the girl’s is probably why this anime is so attractive; for some people, that is.

You’ll see why. It doesn’t really contain mature stuff, but you’ll be amazed by the characters; their personality, their maturity and their individuality.

It doesn’t have to bring back old stories, memories or what to show the audience that each character have very different style; very individualized styles. None of the other anime have done something like this before (except maybe for Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu).

That is the main characteristic of Paradise Kiss. It’s story was great to, but sadly, it’s not to my liking.From a plot point of view the show is actually pretty short, but a lot of character development has taken place throughout the series. The main plot of the story isn’t the focus of the anime, rather how it was brought out. And you can say it’s a great ending to the story.

Sadly, there are many parts I didn’t like; the development, however suspenseful or cool, seemed boring for me. And the ending too, it’s too… well, you can use emotional, but not that kind for me. Don’t be mistaken though; these two parts contribute to the perfect shoujo anime, but it’s not for me.

The story of Paradise Kiss is great by far, if you’ve watch quite a number of dramas (not really anime) you’ll see that the drama development is really top notch. Well, I won’t say it look really professional, but really creative and that is professional. (In it’s own way, that is.)

Like I’ve said many times, its main attraction is the powerful personality that is brought out in the characters, particularly the two main characters. You gotta watch to find out why.

From an animation point of view I can’t say the animation is fantastic, but it’s creative. Use if real life pictures, some chibi-fied moment of the characters, and very detailed background. The main part of the animation, the dresses they designed, didn’t really seemed all that nice. What’s more, many time the mouth movements to the voice don’t sync.

The music and sounds of the show are great voices from the main characters. No real impressive BGMs though, but the opening and ending songs are great (the ending is a English song), and when they are paired with their respective opening/ending scene, it looks awesome.

Overall the show is memorable… Why? It’s because I’ve never really remember an anime with such powerful impressions, not just the characters, but also the opening & ending songs, and the drama development. The plot however, is definitely not for me, which in the end, I didn’t really enjoy the series. However if you liked the shoujo anime, you must give this a try.

Grade - A - I definetly think that girls that like Shoujo series, even if the don't like sad ending's, they should watch it, or they would be missing out on a great series by Ai Yazawa.

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