Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere Season 1 [Blu-ray]

When humanity descended from the sky they brought the Testament. A guideline that everyone must follow if they are to return to the heavens. In their world Japan is the only habitable country. Many different factions vie for power, and fight to protect the land they live on. Each group has an ultimate weapon called the Armor of Deadly Sins. The greatest threat is not the Armor though. The Testament ends abruptly, and this is the last year chronicled. Tori Aoi and his friends at the Aerial Metropolitan Ship Musashi will fight for the future and try to save Horizon. What or who is Horizon anyway? Is it worth fighting for? Is it worth dying for?I bought this anime when it came out. There were no reviews or information on it yet. I was quite surprised. The first episode had me laughing out loud. At that time I could also see signs of a dramatic story in the works as well. There is an excellent mixture of comedy, drama, action, and suspense, not to mention boat loads of fan service. Most of the chicks are totally stacked, and the main character likes to run around fondling them and pulling their pants down. Along with those things this series also flaunts an amazing English vocal cast, high quality animation, and great character designs. It's got some unique themes as well as some typical anime hijinks. If I had to give you a frame of reference I would say this series very much reminds me of Infinite Stratos. I think I can see a little bit of Shattered Angels type stuff in here too. I have seen some pretty good animes come out in 2012. This series is no exception. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.P.S. I'll give you a tidbit. Horizon is the name of the girl on the Blu-ray case cover.

The first three to four episodes may seem so confusing and strange that the viewer will be sorely tempted to stop watching but if the user bears with the confusion and keeps watching on then they'll be rewarded with one of the most amazing shows to date. Even if you don't understand the plot or the terminology, the fight scenes are exciting and original enough to keep the viewer engrossed. Essentially the story is set in the future where people can use magic under certain conditions and they have to retrieve Horizon's emotions that were turned into weapons.This show had the most unique battle technique I have seen in any story. What was that technique? A debate. No, that's not a joke. That just gives you an idea of how different (and good) this show is. The characters decide to battle with a debate and what a debate! The main male character starts off with a unique tactic in this unique battle strategy that I have never before seen in a debate. Watch to find out what it was.This anime will have to be watched twice to understand fully what is going on as it doesn't explain the background and when the characters do exposition the history or their circumstances, it is still full with gaps. A special glossary should have been included in the Extras section of the discs but wasn't. I did watch this show twice and, to once again prove how good this show is, I had just as much fun watching this a second time as I did the first.

I can go on and on like everyone else about this and that and spoil plots and all the different things about so much effort put into this anime that would just limit the time and usage of what I just said, but it was packed to the brim with just about everything, that would be an understatement, it is bursting with potential that if more seasons never come out it would be the biggest let down I have ever received since I was abandoned by my father as a baby.

So I'm not even really sure where to begin but I guess I'll just start with the positive points I took away from the series. First, the art direction and animation is very smooth. Not quite as clean as say "Angel Beats!" but there is more going on, a lot more with mechs and tech witches and gigantic floating ship cities and a ton of supporting characters ever episode. If you like variety, I have to say that "Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere" has got that in spades. Accompanying the artwork the original Japanese voice over work is pretty good. Lines are delivered with emotion and debates in the 9th episode are spoken with conviction. Essentially, it takes itself seriously to a degree but the pacing is utterly insane rocking back and forth between emotional moments and then off the wall joke sequences with very little build-up to buffer the sudden changes.Leading in from there, I get the feeling the plot is very complex but the direction they took was to explain things in long monologue sequences by separate characters in piecemeal portions in each episode progressively filling in holes about the world and the technology and backstory. It's kind of a contrived, under the bus method of telling a backstory though it does its job. I just didn't agree with the format. This style lacks elegance and breaks up the pacing a lot to have some character explain what could ONLY BE common sense to everyone else but awkwardly they do a pseudo soliloquy to simply tell the audience/viewers what it is they are even referring to so we as the audience aren't totally lost. Downside is the concepts are so foreign with no point of reference to hinge on most times, it still doesn't really elucidate what anything they are saying really means.If that wasn't bad enough, there are holes in character development that never really get explained. For example the lead character Tori is a flippant, happy go lucky guy who is portrayed as bumbling and childish in almost all things; however he is a student council president who has no intention on bettering his home room class which appears to be only one of 2 in an entire academy and what's more he somehow has garnered the unconditional loyalty of every member of that same class with no explanation as to why. He if anything, spends his time stripping naked as weird punishment games for failed wagers with his teacher and gropes most of the other girls' bubble shaped boobs that are nearly as large or larger than their own heads.However, after episode nine, everything sort of falls into a mish-mashed organization since the driving force becomes a rescue mission that also stands as the opening battle for a nation state's independence. It still doesn't really answer a lot of issues with characters except maybe the main 3-4 and very thin expos at that but the series really stands out by chucking new strange elements right into the battle fray. Everything from future tech witches complete with mecha styled upgraded brooms to ride on that fire lasers to powered armor suits to super relics that have battle tide changing properties and a hot headed Pope who accepts a duel from a man-girl grooming to be a major politician. Yeah, it's just that unhinged.Altogether, I wouldn't say I dislike this series, it's just chaotic and hard to follow for what I'd consider most casual watchers. It has some redeeming qualities and the characters are generally likable if mostly unexplained correctly and lacking much character development but with all the madness that goes on from the opening sequence through the battle that acts as a linchpin for the last 4 episodes it still has its charms I guess; really you just have to take it with a grain of salt and keep in mind it's probably not like any series you've ever seen before, for good or bad.

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Very interesting spin and unique points of view and the fact that they have battles with words and debates makes it a fairly unique. To top it off there is a very we'll put together polished look to the whole show.

Set in the distant future where humans returned from the skies with the testament the guide they must follow if they wish to return to the skies. This is an excellent anime with plenty of fan service comedy and action. Join Tori and the gang as he tries to declare his love for horizon.

The first series is great how everyone bands together for a cause they believe in as a team for war and piece.

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