can be described as two things: crazy and entertaining, and entertaining and crazy. Durarara is as crazy as it is entertaining
The Story
In Tokyo's downtown district of Ikebukuro, amidst many strange rumors and warnings of anonymous gangs and dangerous occupants, one urban legend stands out above the rest—the existence of a headless "Black Rider" who is said to be seen driving a jet-black motorcycle through the city streets.
Mikado Ryuugamine has always longed for the excitement of the city life, and an invitation from a childhood friend convinces him to move to Tokyo. Witnessing the Black Rider on his first day in the city, his wishes already seem to have been granted. But as supernatural events begin to occur, ordinary citizens like himself, along with Ikebukuro's most colorful inhabitants, are mixed up in the commotion breaking out in their city.
The story isn't really straight forward but mostly character driven, the entire anime can be summed up into three parts: The first 1/3 is the slow at the start, building up the characters and establishing many elements of the series, the second 1/3 is pay off of the start up, fantastic and fun moments are all found here folks with a lot of the more interesting characters featured the most, and then finally the last 1/3, the get a little tamer by the end were some people would say the, lamest part of the anime but i still found it all very enjoyable
The Character's
Like i said Drrr is mostly character driven cuz Drrr is a story told by some many diffent people in the show .
The most intriguing and amazing part of this anime, by far. It starts out with Mikado, who, though he may seem like the generic awkward male protagonist, has his own secrets that will shock you. His friend, Kida, is one of my favourites... he's adorable, first of all, although he also has lots of his own secrets and he'll surprise you... a lot. Anri gets kind of annoying since a lot of the plot is centered around her, but I actually did come to respect her once her character was really revealed. Izaya is my favourite, though. He pulls the strings with everyone... even in the beginning, he's introduced as a psycopath with no concern for other humans, although he loves them. His constant messing with peoples heads and being an awful person to everyone.. was just hilarious a lot of the time, especially since he does random adorable things like when he was walking next to Celty on her motorcycle and was all "Vroom Vroom! Vrrrrrroom!" But he also brings up psycological issues and concepts during the show, which actually make you think-- which is just amazing in an anime, and very rare usually. Shizuo I adored as well. He's mostly a comic relief character, since he's always being violent and hitting people with street signs even though he claims to hate violence.. yeahhh. Celty.. the other main female protagonist. I actually love her. Usually I hate female protagonists as a rule, but her character is complex without being overly tragic, and she's a genuinely good person without being all annoying and motivating. Shinra is just adorable with her, although he's does have his own faults and he isn't perfect. He's still adorable. That's it for major characters, but overall... they're just epic. Even though they may seem like stereotypes at first glance, none of them are what they seem. Even the minor characters provide just enough comic relief (and anime references) to keep the show happy, but still have a serious undertone.
The technical side
ANIMATION: Very unique and stylish, with character designs by Suzuhito Yasuda (The original artist for the novels and creator of manga series Yozakura Quartet). Apparently the original creator of Durarara wants consistency that even the studio that made Baccano, Brains Base, is also the one behind the production.
The animation is great, and the character designs are diverse enough to compliment their personalities and quirks (Of course a headless girl wouldn't need a detailed personality to stand out from the crowd), but most of them look rather generic, and the later part of the anime looks noticeably lower budget.
SOUND: With both a japanese and english voice over for Durarara available, I would recommend going your preference language to listen to since both languages are fine, however, I would give a more slight nod to the japanese voice over simply because the setting is Japan, and the english dub voice actors tend to be stumped by a japanese word when it would appear in dialogue, overall both have their stellar performances that only each language provides.
Music :The music is great, especially the first opening, but as the later part of anime becomes blander, so does the theme music. favorite song in this show has to be trust me by Yuya Matsuhita fening them song for the first half of the show . I like for the fact it has a good beat to it i like for the fact for how it seeming like who it tide the them of the story up .
The background music is mostly loud jazz music, which to fit this show very nicely but at time it seem to be a little out of place at times.
Overall
when you watch Durarara you are going to get something amazing
A unique and great character driven story,Diverse cast of interesting characters and Both japanese and english voice overs are equally great. but on the other hand The last third of the anime is disappointing, with too much focus on the bland characters.The technical side also suffers at the later end of the anime. but in all I did enjoy this show very much and i would tell other to go see it as will . and if you do like Durarara as much as i do you be happy to here that there going to be a seasons two coming out January 2015 =) and long with we do have the Manga that is still ongoing and that has 7 volumes and is done by Ryohgo Narita and long with that we do have light novel as done by Ryohgo narita as will . if you are long for a show like Durarara i would have to say
out of these i hope you all can find some thinking to watch and enjoy ^^ will this does it for me for now so in till next time here animeblogger girl say take care everyone sayonara bye bye ^^
