{"id":855,"date":"2004-03-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-03-11T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/2004\/03\/11\/ask-john-whats-johns-opinion-of-chrno-crusade\/"},"modified":"2004-03-11T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-03-11T14:00:00","slug":"ask-john-whats-johns-opinion-of-chrno-crusade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/ask-john-whats-johns-opinion-of-chrno-crusade\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask John: What&#8217;s John&#8217;s Opinion of Chrno Crusade?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><br \/>\nI recently watched a anime show called Chrno Crusade. Have you seen it, and if so, what do you think about it?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>Answer:<\/strong><br \/>\nSo far, I&#8217;ve watched <a href=\"http:\/\/chrno.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chrno Crusade<\/a> up through episode 9. Lately I&#8217;ve been falling behind on it because I&#8217;m losing interest in it.  The show is a Gonzo production, which usually signifies exciting and entertaining anime intended for hardcore anime fans. But Chrno Crusade (along with Gonzo&#8217;s simultaneous production Peacemaker Kurogane) has given me the impression that it&#8217;s anime trying very hard to attract both traditional male anime viewers and female viewers. The show seems to include quite a bit of sappy sentimentality, comedy that&#8217;s stupid instead of witty, occasional fan service for male viewers, and a heavy-handed effort to turn Chrno and Joshua into bishonen heartthrobs for female viewers. For me, these aspects of the Chrno Crusade anime dilute a lot of the show&#8217;s potential. Considering that the Chrno Crusade anime is coming from the same studio that produced the Hellsing anime, Chrno Crusade feels like Hellsing for girls; a kinder and gentler Hellsing. Personally, I just don&#8217;t find that very appealing. While Chrno Crusade does have attractive character designs and animation good enough to remotely maintain my interest, I can&#8217;t help but feel as though the Chrno Crusade anime has been watered down. Instead of developing a single focus and either being a lighthearted, fan service friendly version of Hellsing or a bishonen adventure like Meitantei Loki Ragnarok, Chrno Crusade waffles between both styles and fails to totally succeed at either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I recently watched a anime show called Chrno Crusade. Have you seen it, and if so, what do you think about it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask-john"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}