Alternative Titles
Japanese: GOSICK -ゴシック-
Information
Type: TV
Episodes: 24
Aired: Dec 27, 2010 to Jul 2, 2011
Producers: Bones, TV Tokyo, Kadokawa Shoten, Bandai Entertainment, The Klock Worx, Memory-Tech, NTT Docomo
Genres: Mystery, Drama, Romance
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Synopsis
The year is 1924, the place, Saubure, a small European country neatly tucked beside the Alps...
Kazuya Kujo has been studying abroad at the prestigious Saint Marguerite Academy, where urban legends and horror stories are all the rage. Kazuya ignores most of them but the story of the Queen Berry, a mysterious ghost ship, really gets to him. Of course, his brainy friend Victorique is much more intrigued by true stories, and she uses her unrivaled logic to solve mysteries even the town's famous detective can't. Ironically, it is Victorique's inquisitive nature that leads the duo to board a ship that matches the Queen Berry's description to a tee, a ship that might just hold the key to solving a sinister mystery...
(Source: Tokyopop, edited)
Review:
I am so ashamed that I overlooked this anime for so long. I never liked the whole gothic loli look of the cover picture and so I ignored it when this anime first came out. In fact I didn't even bother reading the synopsis back then- I was THAT put off by the picture. But, I had nothing to watch yesterday so I threw this on for the hell of it.
I have to admit the first few episodes were nothing special. It sets itself up as a Sherlock Holmes-esque murder mystery plot. But the mysteries themselves are incredibly easy to solve. Little did I know I was being setup...
Somehow, out of nowhere, I was whisked away without warning into an incredibly well woven tale of political intrigue and emotional stimulation. I was hooked, deeply hooked, and I found myself powering through each episode. I didn't make dinner, I didn't go to bed at a decent hour and once I did finally go to sleep I woke up 3 hours ahead of my alarm just to watch some more. And here I am just having finished the last episode desperately trying to write a review that will hopefully entice people to watch this, despite their initial ho-hum impressions of the series based on the cover art.
This anime has quickly become one of my all time favorites. It's brilliantly written (albeit slow to start) and well executed. The character development is more than I usually see and the love story is beautiful. This anime had me laughing, crying and sobbing with delight. I felt like a menopausal woman having mood swings and hot flashes.
Now that it's over, I'm out of breath and deeply impressed.
Review by: tenten427
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