The first thing that caught my attention with Hiiro no Kakera was the animation, it was well-done and truly eye-candy. Unfortunately, the the only thing that makes this anime pop-out everything else seems to be average and there are time were the story gets a bit frustrating most specially the fight scenes. If you love reverse harem (girls surrounded by pretty boys) then this anime may appeal to you, there is even a bit of fan service were you get to see each male character do some dialogue at the end of each episode. Typical of a game to anime genre the characters are one-dimensional each having their own persona with little or no improvement as the story progresses, except perhaps Mahiro who showed a bit of vulnerability after his fight with Logos. Tamaki is your typical heroine suddenly thrust into a role of priestess who tries to be there for her guardians, however, ends up being more of nuisance. I hope the 2nd chapter of this anime prove to be a lot more interesting because there is absolutely nothing that make this anime stand-out except for the animation and perhaps the "fan-service" for some bishounen fans. (show less)

I had really high expectations for this anime but, I'm really critical on this one. It wasn't as good as I had anticipated it to be. My greatest criticism is the overall story. It started out pretty good with the protagonist, Tamaki, going on her quest to find out what it means to be a Tamayori princess but, I personally think the writers dragged it out too much. I didn't really like her as much as I thought I would only because Tamaki couldn't aid the other characters except cheer them on. In addition, they focused too much on giving each character at least one line to speak in one scene just so that everyone gets to speak up. Afterwards, there is an excessive use of screen closeups of characters (probably for fanservice). I also wished that there was more development on characters instead of just giving the viewers a brief summary of each character's personality. The ending wasn't too satisfying. It felt too much of a cliffhanger and I kind of wished they made another season to conclude the story. (I kinda wanted to see each character's full transformation from human to non-human)

On the good side, I think there's good character development on Mahiro because he provides comic relief which pretty much was my remaining reason to continue Hiiro no Kakera. The use of CG was good and it didn't take up too much of the series. There was also a bit of fight choreography incorporated which was pretty good.

Overall, I don't recommend this series to seasoned anime watchers. I would suggest this anime to people who are fans of light stories. Hiiro no kakera is simple and short. If you are a big fan of otome based storylines, go for it. (show less)