This series has left me conflicted that's for sure... I wanted to watch something a bit darker and more serious than some of the recent series I've been watching but this one might've carried it a bit too far!

As other reviewers have mentioned, this is definitely a Romeo and Juliet-esque story where the overall story world takes a backseat to the individual characters. It is a very gripping, compelling story with lots of action and emotion. Since this is a review, and hence my own opinion, I could not rate it excellent as much as I would have liked to. Romantic tragedies such as this are good in their own way but I can't watch them more than once...

Technically the series was well drawn although at first I was wondering what was up with some of the character's non-typical eyes. That will be explained in the series as you watch. The animation was good, smooth with plenty of action. I enjoyed the OP and ED pieces, especially those by Nana Mizuki the VA for Oboro. BGM was also very appropriate and 'traditional' which added to the period feeling.

My main complaint, and again this is opinion, was with the entire premise of the romantic tragedy. The story was circular and thus frustrating. Yes, not every series has a happy ending and ultimately it is the characters that make this series worth watching, but at the same time I was left feeling a bit empty as if they had really accomplished nothing. Just a little backbone on the part of the supposed ninja-clan 'leaders' could have prevented the wholesale slaughter of their two clans, but again, this was not the point of this series.

As I said before, definitely left me conflicted.

Basilisk will hold you on the edge of your seat before gently pushing you over the edge... if you're up for some tragic romance with plenty of fantasy ninja action then you've come to the right place! (show less)

Basilisk is a ninja action anime. While not perfectly fitting into shounen style anime, it definitely has a very similar feel, in some parts, to Naruto and the likes. This is primarily due to the ninja's and their individual ninjitsu's.

The story line is engaging from the start, but at times stagnates. The story is very romeo and juliet esqu, the son and daughter of two separate major clans are engaged and fall in love but then the clans, who have a history of bad blood, feud again, and so all hell breaks loose.

This anime is worth a watch, the characters are well developed and the story is very thought out if not original. It is not as light hearted as Naruto or Ninja scrolls but i will liken the action to these animes, the dialogue being something more along the lines of Devil May Cry or even Samurai Gun.

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i will highly recommend this anime for those who loves action anime like ninja scroll and such. the story is well thought off. but what makes this anime worth its time is all the unique action sequences. since every fighter has his \ here fighting style. the animation is well drawn, and its been payed a lot of time in to the details. it is almost only one word fitting for the animation.. Excellent. ive started over this anime now for the 3rd time and still am amazed over being able to find detail that i missed the other 2 times ive watched this anime. the dialogue is a bit thin, since the anime concentrates more one the fighting sequences and the storyline. so if u have the time to spare, will i recommend this anime.. just remember to change the audio track if u use the subs from REX.

sincerely hope this will be off some assistance (show less)