Gosick Anime Review

Gosick

GOSICK takes place in 1924 in a small, made-up European country of Sauville. The story centers on Kazuya Kujo, the third son of a Japanese Imperial soldier, who is a transfer student to St. Marguerite Academy, where urban legends and horror stories are all the rage. There he meets Victorique, a mysterious yet beautiful and brilliant girl who never comes to class and spends her days reading the entire content of the library or solving mysteries that even detectives can't solve.


The Review:


Plot: The story is very interesting and fast paced. Each episode has its own mystery to it with the underling mystery of who and what Victorique really is. There are not many different anime's that take place in the 1920's and in Europe so that gives it some uniqueness to it. The plot is so laid out that even at the end you are not sure if it is magic or science. 


Characters: 
Victorique is one of the the two main characters of this Anime. She is a child genius who resides on campus and spends the majority of her time in the library tower reading. She like s puzzles and sweets. Victorique may look very young but she is actually 15 years old. She looks more like she is 10. Through her adventures with Kujo she searches for her mother. Her mother looks more like her identical twin sister. That is honestly the thing that bothers me about Victorique is the fact that she doesn't look her age. In fact i wasn't sure of her age till they mentioned it in the last episode.


The other main character is Kujo. He is a foreign exchange student from Japan. Because he resembles the "Grim Reaper who comes in the Spring" he didn't really have any friends so his teacher kinda set him up to be friends with Victorique. They form an unbreakable bond. While Victorique is aloof from society Kujo acts as her key to humanity. He is very loyal and kind. 


Artwork:


This anime as some gorgeous art work in it. The overall drawing style is realistic with hints of watercolors added in giving it a beautiful feel. In fact the opening is done completely in watercolors and a stain glass effect. 


Voice Acting:

The voice acting was good. Each of the voices matched well with the characters. Also there weren't any spots where the mouth and the voices didn't line up. 


Music:


The music of this anime fit will with the time that it was placed in. The only real modern sounding music was in the opening. I believe that if someone from the twenties heard the background music they would not question it at all. 

My Ratings:

This was a really good anime. I thoroughly enjoyed it and infact I almost cried at the end because it was so moving