TL DR: This series had a lot of potential. I loved this anime and can only recommend it to others. And even though The Children show up a couple of times, they don't steal the show and don't act like the little spoiled brats they really are. There is action, comedy, intrigues, angst, drama, the psychic powers of course and nothing overly excessive. They remind us again that, no matter how strong you are, you are never invincible.Īll in all, this anime has everything. Their enemies until the show suddenly takes a turn into the department of drama. And it doesn't stop there.Įvery episode up until the middle is pretty much P.A.N.D.RA. The watcher isn't slowly introduced to the series, like we know from many other shows, but thrown right in the middle of a (very one-sided) battle. The first episode already starts with explosive action.
After looking at this animss art I decided to give it a chance.and was blown away.
I watched the original series and hated it with a passion. The parent anime,are present,though in a supporting role rather than as leads.hyobu is humanised,everyone seems to care for his wellbeing genuinely.the relationship between him and his sister could have been made better.i would love to see them reconciled in a way.and i would love a second season.this one is short,at 12 episodes.nowhere doe the narrative seem stretched.the pacing is very well.if you enjoyed x-men,chances are that you will like this too.even though i have not seen the parent version,i enjoyed this immensely.there is no need to watch that.on the contrary,i can confidently say that this is definitely better than its parent version.Īt first I made the mistake to avoid this anime like the plague because of the "Courtesy of Zettai Karen Children" part of the name. This one took me completely by surprise,it was executed just so well.to start with,i had not watched the parent series9it is 51 or so episodes long!)i also found it was a bit too.cute for me.it seemed to be a lighthearted anime,and i did not like the idea of watching a cute version of x-men.but this,its spin-off,this was just great!now i am not skilled in writing reviews which are detailed and well,good.so i will be haphazard in my writing.without spelling out the story,as you can see from the description,our protagonist is the head of an esper organisation P.A.N.D.R.A.the children,who are the main protagonists in Those of you who dont have to wait, well.you lucky Buggers lol. For me it's one of those animes I really love and simply can barely contain myself waiting on the next episode. The New character Andy also adds to the plot making it just that bit interesting with his own agender.Īs a spin off I actually much prefer it to the Parent story, probably because of the main character and the fact the 'children' are grown and, well frankly less annoying. We also finally find out what Fujiyuras power is and the threes relationship to Hyoubu. The characters are what make this for me, Hyoubu being the main is much more interesting than the children in the main story, he has an interesting past and a goal, problems and personality and doesn't seem to stray far from what we saw of him in the parent story with maybe the exception of his strength. The parent storys art, 'sharper' I'd say, but I really like it. The Art is very modern, and for me that's a good thing but really this is dependant on preference. 12 episodes doesn't feel like long enough though, I have 1 episode to go now and I dont feel like the whole thing will be concluded in just 23 minutes, but I dont know yet. In terms of story I think it's a pretty simple, quite easy to follow and understand what's going on at least the majority of the time as long as you learn what the names of things are like 'P.A.N.D.R.A', you will understand.