Garo: Vanishing Line

The original Garo anime superhero television series attracted me with its first treatment. I consider it a quality anime series; I was very disappointed by the follow-up "Crimson Moon," and I was waiting to see what would happen with the brand next. Well, it seems that the screenwriters came up with the same concept as The Yu-Gi-Oh! brand (because the first series  was also good, in my opinion, even though the follow-up (GX) was much weaker). In other words, if you want to pick up interest again and make people forget the previous more inadequate effort, then you need a more mature and badass main male protagonist. You also especially need motorbikes (and that is how Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's was made)!!! Of course, that formula works in this show too. Everything is darker, more mature, more thought out, and just so one-hundred-percent cooler than the previous series of Garo. It has an interesting narrative and exciting fight scenes (except for the disappointing final fight scene when I expected an epic gold x black fight like they did in the middle and then nothing). I had no problem with the characters (especially Sword and Gina). All in all, I thought this anime series was pretty good, and I am going to forgive it for the fact that the conclusion is "a bit too much like The Matrix." I think this is the best Garo. 8/10. (2018.03.31)