Friday, November 8, 2013

Karneval/(カーニヴァル) anime review

Year : 2013
Episodes : 13 episodes
Manga written : Touya Mikanagi

Plot: The story is about  a mysterious boy Nai that is searching for his friend Karoku , Nai is a helpless child and some dark organization wants to use him . In his adventure Nai meets Gareki , the young robber  pity little Nai and tries to help him escape from a monsters that follow him , in the most desperate moment they are being saved by a powerful organization Circus . This organization works as an undercover circus but in truth they hunt and destroy different monsters created by a secret organization called Kafka ( somehow it reminds me of Kafka the writer and his monster people stories) . The anime has very nice drawing , original and colorful scenes , a lot of action and fun . If you love fantasy , magical heroes and beautiful characters , here even most of the villains look good this is what are you looking for .
Main Characters:
Nai animal form Neji
Nai Karneval cute
Nai/ Circus
Nai - Nai is a white hair child with red eyes , his provinience is mysterious but he seems to be genetically related to an rare animal “ neji” . Nai is hunted by Kafka organization for his abilities . Nai is very naïve , he doesn’t  know much about life and things surrounding him because he grew isolated on an island and never seen anyone else beside his mentor and potential creator Karoku .
Gareki
Gareki is an orphan teen that grew in a small village , he see the world in dark colors and is very vengeful toward rich villains so he robs their houses . In one of his missions he meets Nai and for some reason a strong friendship starts between them, in some way it is a little inexplicable but considering Gareki life and his past  that’s doesn’t seem so impossible for him to help a naïve and helpless Nai. Gareki is very skilful , form childhood he can make different mechanisms and bombs .
Circus:

Tsukumo /Circus
Tsukumo is one of the cutest girls in Circus , she is Hirato subordinate , she is very good at fighting and an amazing acrobat . Ivi lovers her very much . Tsukumo usually is not very emotional and acts as everything is her duty , most of time she wears pink and doesn’t smile much . 

Hirato/ Circus
Iva / Circus 
Eva (Iva) Is one of most glamorous and beautiful ladies in the Circus , even so she is very strong and fiery . In critical moments she can be very aggressive and violent toward Yogi , especially when he doesn’t  accomplish his missions or is acting careless .

Yogi / Circus
Yogi is one of the cutest and most funny character in Karnaval , even he is 21 years old he acts as a child , he is very kind and compassionate . Most of time he wears a cat yellow costume "Niam Perona" and welds a rapira ( there is something  related to personage cat in boots ) . He is very sweet and always gives candy to children.
Akari / Circus
 Akari is the doctor in the circus crew , he is always very serious and grumpy , sometimes he likes to scary others around him , especially Yogi, but in reality he is very kind and in the moment when they want to make experiments on Nai he defends him . He seems to dislike Hirato or at least they have some kind of torn between them .
Jiki/ Circus
Jiki is a scientist working for Circus , he is not very good in combat , he likes Tsukumo but it is very shy to tell her about this.
Kiichi - she is very vain and always competes with Tsukumo.
Azana /Circus

Tsukitachi / Circus

Kafka :
Karoku
Eliska
Funny Moments :
Eva carry Gareki like a princes.