Ray The Animation

If you have enough money, you can buy anything. So why wait for an organ you need to become available? Raised to be harvested for parts, Ray had already lost her eyes when renegade surgeon Black Jack rescued her. Now, ten years later, she has grown up to be a surgeon herself. And thanks to the unique artificial eyes she received as replacements, she has a reputation for performing incredible medical operations that no one else could even attempt. But unknown to any but a select few, her surgical endeavors are only part of a greater mission: to discover what happened to the other children she was raised with, and to find the men who stole the eyes she was born with and to bring them to justice.

(Source: The Anime Network)

Kasugano, Ray Main

Nogawa, Sakura Japanese

Shinoyama, Toshiaki Main

Takahashi, Hiroki Japanese

Hariuchi, Sumire Supporting

Horie, Yui Japanese

Koichi Supporting

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

One Supporting

Ohmi, Tomoe Japanese

Honoka Supporting

Kanai, Mika Japanese

Aka Ribbon Supporting

Miyazaki, Ui Japanese

H Ring Man Supporting

Yamanoi, Jin Japanese

Kasugano, Mother Supporting

Hitotsuyanagi, Miru Japanese

Edogawa, Kenji Supporting

Kubota, Megumi Japanese

Miyoshi, Keiichirou Sound Director

Kumagai, Masaaki Episode Director, Storyboard

Ishikawa, Toshihiro Episode Director

Uchida, Yuuji Episode Director, Storyboard

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Sep 25, 2009

Colonelfancy

Recommended

This is an incredible show that is as good as it is underrated. RAY the Animation is the adaptation of the manga that sadly got canned thanks to ADV's terrible manga division. I got warped in and was hooked. It's so basic, yet has such an innovative at the same time, it just goes to show that a story can be a little cliche without overdoing it.
STORY: Again, the story is fairly basic, following a doctor with X ray eyes who is capable of performing surgeries no one else can. You'll be wrapped up instantly as to how she aquired those powers. There's ... also cryptic flashblacks that she has, which will draw you in more, as you want to find out just what is going on with these mysterious figures she sees. For a show thats only 13 episodes, it flows pretty well without ever feeling forced, rushed, tacked-on, or boring. Almost every scene revolves around character development or Ray's emotions of her cloudy past. Yet, this won't dull you at any point, because it's never overdone, unlike most shows, which will blitzkrieg you with comedy out of nowhere, destroying the mood set by the previous scene. There are very few far-fetched points, like an episode involving body possesion, and it gets a little weird near the end, but those can be overlooked once you find out what happening.
ART: The art is simple, yet pleasing. As far as most manga/anime transitions, this one is very nice to look at. The character designs are nice, the backgrounds are great, and the fight scenes are good, but don't expect too much combat. A highlight for me was Shinoyama's new look. In the manga, his eyes are hooded by his bangs 90% of the time, but his face is in full view, which makes him look so much better. The operation scenes are graphically detailed, but look really cool, and are the cream of the show, what with it being about a surgeon and all.
SOUND: The music is nice, but can get a bit repetitive at times. BGM is not the shows strongest point, but the voice acting and sound effects do more than make up for this. There are a lot of slicing and opening sounds of scalpels and foreceps, which will send a few shivers up the spine and cause goosebumps, but that means it's effective without being too disgusting.
CHARACTER: Ray is awesome, Shinoyama is my favorite character in the show, the supporting cast (nurses, Sawa, etc.) are loveable, especially nurse Misato, who badgers the love interests about their feelings. I've seen this done, but she does it so nonchalant, it's even funnier. The antagonists are effective, as they are kept as a mystery for most of the story with just minor clues given, and you'll hate the H Ringed Man with an M. Bison level passion.
ENJOYMENT: Since it's not long, it's easy to enjoy this show without much worry. The idea is just great, the characters are effective, Ray's backstory is intriuging and twisted, and watching her work on patients just shows that a lead character can be really awesome without super powered fists or zanpoktos.
OVERALL: If not a masterpeice, then this is just short of it. There's very little bad about this title and I recommend it to everybody who would like to watch a very solid anime with a hearty plot.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Apr 20, 2021

tacaloking

Mixed Feelings

well this is a anime i felt should of been better but parts of it end up dragging it down

story 6
when it actually focuses on the story this gets interesting but more then half the series it has medical stuff mix with scifi which really hurts the show it did not pull off that combination it gives some of worse hack scifi explanations i heard in a long time that could only really work in a thoughtless horror movie but this anime is more focus on drama so it just got me to lose interest and the show would of greatly improved if ... that part was cut and replace with normal medical drama but with that said i found everything connected to the main mystery of the main characters life interesting enough that i found it worth completing the show

art 7
i found the colors to stand out more then most anime and the design of the main character was really eye catching so it did enough for me to take note of it

sound 6
it was find i don't often note the sound unless there is something that really gets my attention and there really wasn't

characters 5
the show i felt was more held together by the idea of the show for the most part i just do not feel they stand out enough except for the main characters friend Shinoyama he tends to make a good few parts of the show more entertaining as the main character has a more serous personality and unfortunately there is little else to her other then her connections to other characters but the same can be said about the most of the cast

overall 6
in the end this was a show that plot really got my interest but the medical scifi did a good bit of damage and if they gave the characters more personality this would of been much better but the overall plot of the show gave enough that i did not find my time wasted but it did sadly fail to be as good as i thought it should of been

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jul 4, 2009

phereia

Not Recommended

While browsing through an anime mag I noticed a little article on the manga of Ray, and I found the synopsis interesting. When I discovered there was anime, I was also pleased, and (being unable to find manga) I watched it.

--Story: 3--
Sadly the anime resembles a boring soap opera with an anime twist. Though I did watch the entire series, I was not very impressed. No plot twist was unexpected, and none of the scenes/scenario's really stuck out as interesting, apart from one aspect: Ray's past. This was what drew me to the series in the first place, but unfortunately it doesn't play a very ... interesting role, which is mainly due to the fact that everything from that point on was easily predicted and had little impact.

--Art: 5--
The style is quite nice, though not spectacular. And the animation is fairly standard, or even a little below.

--Sound: 5--
Again, nothing really stuck out, but it did the job.

--Character: 3--
Excluding minor appearances from Black Jack, the series was filled with pretty dull characters. Their designs were nothing special either - though that can arguably be a good thing. I did like Ray's design though. But apart from that I didn't really sense all that much development, and could not relate to any of them.

--Enjoyment: 4--
Though there wasn't much special in my view about this anime, I still enjoyed it a little. Only a little though. As explained earlier, Ray's strange past was the only part that interested me, the rest was a disappointment.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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