Anime: 3x3 Eyes

Note: This review applies to both 3x3 Eyes first and second OVAs. Also, its scores reflect its quality from the eyes of the present, not its historical value. If you are searching for a history class you wont find it here. It might have been a great grandmother for good shows which followed in later years, however, that fact alone doesn't make 3x3 Eyes worth watching nowadays. Unless you are trying to assess its historical value of course. However, if that's the case you wont give a shit about its reviews anyway.

Oh man, another geriatric show which should have never been touched. Seriously, 3x3 eyes is such a crappy show that even writing/reading a review about it sounds like a waste of time... But since I can't break my iron rules I have to write something down anyway. If you already realize that this show is not for you, then you can as well skip this review altogether. I mean, you wont find even a single positive line about 3x3 Eyes in here anyway.

From nonsensical and unfinished story, to one-dimensional and retarded characters, 3x3 Eyes never stops to surprise you with its unfathomable level of crappiness. When it's not boring - it's so bad it can make even the most forgiving users trample everything in rage. Not even mentioning bad production values and already lame original scenario, 3x3 Eyes direction does its best to make everything look even worse. For example there's some weird time gaps when characters suddenly appear in Tibet, then later in Japan again, they don't bother to show or even suggest how did they get from one place to another, it's as if the characters had suddenly teleported there or something. While it doesn't really sound that bad on paper, in the already broken show everything starts to seem even more disjointed when characters change their locations from Japan to Tibet in the matter of a few frames.

Heh, this anime is actually so empty I'm kind of having a hard time remembering even those bad points it has. Either way, no matter who you are - don't watch this show. It's one of the biggest wastes of time and budget (thank god low budget) in the whole anime industry.

Animation: 4/10

As in many old shows - animation is blurry and environment lacks detail. While character designs have slightly more detail than their surroundings, their original designs have a lot of rough edges and are extremely unattractive. Also most people look like lilliputians in 3x3 Eyes.

Sound: 3/10

While sound effects and music indeed exist, none of them are any attractive or pleasing. This show also possesses some of the worst japanese voice acting ever. I wonder why does Megumi Hayashibara (despite doing a marvelous job in Neon Genesis Evangelion as Ayanami Rei) sound so awful in here. Maybe she harbored a grudge to the director of this show for making her waste her talents on such trash.

Story: 2/10

This pathetic excuse for a story succeeds only at grating on my nerves. Basically an immortal demoness Pai comes here in Japan, to meet some sort of Yakumo boy and they decide to search for a way to turn her into a mortal human. Oh yeah, she also turns him into an immortal person (thus snatching away his humanity, though I couldn't notice any difference between him with or without his "humanity"). Anyway, so basically those two travel around the world, searching for divine artifacts, which can for some reason turn them into humans again (I wonder who create those artifacts... Or even, how did they last this long if demons are snatching them from museums daily?). It doesn't really sound that retarded until you learn that the only difference between being human and not is immortality and indestructibility. So, in other words, our two main characters are doing their best to turn themselves into humans AND die. Even though they could live like normal humans without any real problems. Except for being eternal (wow, what a big problem). There is also some important strong demon Kayanwang around who supposedly wanted to control the world or something, but he never really made an appearance in the show as it was cut short. And it's no wonder it was, who in their sane minds would have let such a show continue anyway...

Note: I realize that immortality is not all moonlight and roses, and that there are many philosophical controversies about it, but this show never tries to explain why it labels it as bad. It just labels it so. That was probably the most annoying thing to me in 3x3 Eyes. Seeing that its creators are simple-minded enough to think that everyone perceives immortality the way they do (in a very simplistic way), made me lose all faith in everything else they had set out to do. Add the fact that that everything else was below average even in the age this anime aired and soon I was getting nightmares about this show. However, seeing that there are people defending this show I realized I was, frankly, too hard on it, hence I raise the scores slightly, but not more than it's worth.

Character: 3/10

Well, at least they do have personality, even though they ARE annoying like hell. Yakumo is your every day idiot boy who for some reason falls in love with Pai and starts to do all he can to turn her, and later himself, into humans again (thus they wouldn't be forced to live eternally happily ever after). Pai looks like she's fourteen years old or something, but in all actuality she is above hundreds or so, though inside she is no older than six. Must have been tough living through all these years being mentally challenged. She sometimes have her another, old, personality to emerge, which sounds like an old hag (at least it goes well with her age I guess). But it's never really hinted as how did these personalities appear, or even who that old hag really is supposed to be. They didn't really bother to show us any flashbacks about Pai, you are on your own here. -_-;

Other characters, which are not worthy of being mentioned, range from retarded to extremely retarded and ohmygodkillme retarded.

Myers-Briggs personality type indicator:[/b]

Pai - ESFP (F)
Yakumo - ISTP (F)

Show Spoiler

Value: 1/10

I'd rather walk barefooted on lava than watch this show again. I bet, the most valuable way of using 3x3 Eyes' media is using it in fire in turn of coals.

Sorry if you don't understand what I write, I'm not good at english. Also I'm not good at writing reviews, but i try.

I read some reviews of this anime. Then I start seeking it. Did'n find it. Then my friend go to the USA and find it there. It was 'Collectors Edition' 2 DVDs, Immortals and Legend Of The Divine Demon. This serie was wery different than others I have seen.

Animation is good, sound pretty good, Story good.

If you don't scare blood you must see this. There is many strange and and vell made characters. Some of them have their own story.

First I think that this anime ends too soon, because it ends. Then I start to watch second disk and there it continues. Second disk with 3 episodes was little different style than first.

Short and complete review:
An incredible journey into the World of Demons and Immortals.

Remember, this serie is rated 16->up and duration is about 270 min.

Other who have write rewiews of this anime have done good work, read more from their reviews.
Thanks.

I cant remember how long i where trying to get this serie, i heard about it when i started with anime and since then i searched for it and then one day i got it and i imediatly sat down to watch it.

I found it really intresting i felt like they where as if the makers where making a new genre and like they where testing it out completely and that was what i loved about this anime, it dindnt really follow the same path as other animes.

I think this anime was intresting from begining to end sometimes it lacked some important things but it wasnt a major problem.

The animation is a typical 80´s switching to 90´s so its not as clean as todays animation, but there wasnt really anything poorly made.

The story where a little bit fuzzy in the beginning and i think they where playing a bit with it through the serie but u could understand it completley in the end.

The Characters wasnt that special and sound was pretty good.

I agree with gambit about 3x3 eyes being the father of horror but i belive that it put new basics to other genres too, this is absolutley a must see as gambit said, even if you dont like it it is important to see, there is only one thing i didnt at all like about it and it is tha follower 3x3 eyes shin, i think that one is just a attempt to make more money i really liked the ending in this one and i think they should have stuck to it instead of making another serie.

If you haven't seen 3x3 eyes, then you're not the otaku you want to be. Even though the series is old and the animation lacks the sharpness the current fansubs have, it isn't too bad after all. It fits the style and the story and since it's a bit aged, you shouldn't be too picky about the animation.

The plot is good enough to enjoy it. It's not too serious, but it's neither a big laugh; mostly a good mixture of humor with serious stuff.

The characters start off as weird, but they will become better. Even though the series isn't really welldeveloped in their characters, they aren't completely left open and they do have their share of change. But then again, how much character development can you put in 4 episodes? They did a pretty good job on it though, and it sticks pretty close to the manga as well.

It also has quite some blood and gore every now and then, but that's expected from a horror-anime. After all, it's about demons and such. Therefor I'd like to warn you that you should consider watching this one if you're not so fond of horror/blood.

This series is probably one of the 'fathers' of the horror genre in anime, and does a good job on it. It's not the kind of anime which will keep you occupied for days because of the excellent plot or action, but with 4 episodes of 45 minutes this will ensure some enjoyment :)
After all, it's a classic - and one of the better classics out there.

The only minor drawback is that it ends a bit lame, but that's where the sequel kicks in and picks up where this series left off. Kinda commercial, but since it's still the same story, I won't charge them for it. Don't be mistaken when I say this series ends lame. After all, the sequel kicks after this, and does that quite well, which makes the previous 'ending' not so important.