An anime marathon after sooo many months! The life is back. Alright, this is my first anime review (as far as I remember). I’ll try my best.

Speed grapher is an anime which shows what power and money can do to humans. This may not be the first anime to touch upon this subject, but it does take things to a little extreme with its plot. Let’s get started.

Plot – This is a story about a war photographer Saiga Tatsumi and a girl named Kagura Tennouzo. Saiga is in search of his perfect photograph and is working for a newspaper in the beginning. He gets a scoop about a secret club run by the biggest Tennouzo group and is able to get entry in there. What he sees there is beyond his belief. All the big names are present there and a lot of illegal activities are going on there including prostitution which they call pleasure. He sees a girl coming down from the roof who is being called Goddess. People come there to gain her blessing and he tries to capture her with his camera. Well, it turns out to be a taboo there and he is taken to the podium where, the goddess blesses him instead of the person who had come for the same. Saiga becomes a guy who can kill with his camera and abducts the Goddess who turns out to be the heir of the Tennouzo group, the only daughter of the family, Kagura Tennouzo. She has ability to give powers to the deepest desires of people’s heart and is the center of the whole mystery. Now Saiga takes upon himself to show Kagura the true freedom and their journey starts.

Deep Meaning – Well, it does show how weak the human heart is before money and power, how human beings don’t give a damn about others just for their profit. And it also tells how the government officials are working behind the backs of the people to fill up their accounts. That is something which most of us are aware of, but it does need a portrayal, from time to time. Revenge is also a subject in the anime, which destroys everything. Action plots are actually more about avenging for oneself or some family member or the whole family itself, which is the main motive from the starting itself or is gained in between. Here the case is the former one. And at the last, it is about the suffering and turmoil which common man has to go through due to selfish acts of those in power. No, there is more, the thing I like the best – How everything – money, pride, ego, selfishness and everything dissolves before death and we, the measly humans become so helpless before it that we are ready to give up everything we do so much slaughter of others’ emotions, pride, their selves and such , just to remain alive for few more moments. And this ends my analysis on the relation of the anime with the truth of life.

OSTs – There aren’t many. One main beginning and one ending. The beats for the beginning song are pretty good and ending is kind of slow. The lyrics are meaningful. Other than that, I remember encountering one different starting song and another ending song in one or two episodes in between. To be honest, I didn’t pay heed to them coz they didn’t kind of “grab my attention”. And there is a tune which plays throughout the anime which is playing in my head even now. So I’m sure I’m gonna download them soon.

Other details – First of all, it’s TV Asahi’s anime. I think it speaks more than anything. And it has got everything – romance, drama, mystery, action, sex (occasionally), science, supernatural phenomenon etc. etc. So it’s kind of full package in that sense. It has got fighting female police officers, big hideous mutants, awesome and somewhat unique abilities, handsome guys and many old geezers. Animation is pretty good, sometimes, the old geezers’ characters become distorted in between drawingwise. Rest is alright.

I think it’s more than enough to summarize my thoughts. If you want any cast, technical or any other info, you can refer to its Wikipedia page here.

Today’s song – I’ll post the OSTs of the same anime here –