Audience reviews
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SuperAdventure
Chaos Dragon, a.k.a ‘Red Dragon War’ was a project put together by all-star creators Gen Urobochi, Kinoku Nasu, Izuki Kougyoku, Ryogo Narita- the connections with Fate/Zero (Urobochi, Nasu) are so strong that even the first episode is called “Kill One to Save Many” (if you’ve seen F/Z you’ll get the reference)
Also if you know each of their styles, you can recognize which characters in the show were designed by whom (and who wrote them); but I think Kougyoku probably designed the main characters as her style is beautiful and Ibuki, Eyhka (the Bounded One), are so incredibly cute it will make you want to watch the anime even if you don’t like the story. But unfortunately adorable character designs are contrasted against some of the dumbest, worst CGI dragons I have ever seen. I mean they ar…
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As a fantasy anime, Chaos Dragon is mediocre at best, and if you're watching it for the sake of watching a fantasy action show, you are wasting your time. MC is whiny, the world is confusing, and the CGI is laughable.
If you're watching it because you have watched enough Urobuchi, Nasu, Narita, and Shoujo anime, then you're in for a treat.
Chaos Dragon is what happens when you take four really strong writers in the Japanese Anime/Manga/LN industry and let them go complete ham on their favorite tropes. Kogyoku writes a shoujo protag that's endlessly bittersweet, demure, and loyal towards the MC to almost a fault. Narita does his typical schtick of a supernatural yet goofy character that's on-the-ball, skilled and kinda flashy, but there to have fun during downtime. Nasu has his Fate protag…
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I'm sorry for never writing a review for this...
I just planned to forgot about this pile of shit, the worst anime i ever watche.
I never rated 1 in any anime i watched in all my life... the characters , the MC and the story are just so bad.
A show so edgy and poorly written that it can only cause "darkness-induced apathy".
So in case you didn't understand all that, no I don't recommend Chaos Dragon at all.
Story: Bruh Art: Generic, i didn't even remember anyone anymore.
Sound: The Op and Ed... probably bad, i don't remember anymore
Character: all trash minus one
Enjoyment: Nope
Overall: Watch out! super pathetic and horrible.
Read at the sourceArminMin
I watched this show as the Character designs are right up my alley and the main character being a young boy also really stood out and seemed interesting. Despite that I wasn't really enjoying this show tho..
I think the story , while not super unique or surprising, isn't actually the problem. I'ts more the way it is presented.. Things get really confusing sometimes and some things seem to happen just super randomly without any explanation or obvious reason.. just a lot of weird coincidences happen and none of the characters questions it... and that feels off.
I have to admit I watched this over a longer time because it was incredibly boring and hard to chew through.. so sometimes things happened that got mentioned a few episodes prior but they didn't really explain it again or make it ob…
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Story: I'm personally a fan of politically motivated plots. There wasn't a great deal of depth or interest for me in the overall story. There is very little information given about D'natia and Kouran besides vague descriptions like "they are a great nation" or in regards to the dragon magic, which seems equally vague as far as magic systems go (I do love the attire the D'natia soldiers wear though). The story is very average, but not particularly terrible, hence the score.
Art: I don't have any gripe with the general animation or art style. It's nice enough. Not spectacular, not an eye sore. However, there is a special place in hell for whomever decided CGI dragons and elephants were a good idea.
Sound: I love both the intro and outro music for this show and they were certainly part of…
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okay, SO. Not the best anime's ive ever watched.
We start out completely thrown into a battle, and the main dude "Ibuki" the one who is supposed to be crowned king after his family's death must kill the ones close to him to protect the rest. LOL WHAT?? that is a terrible pretense, what a life of sadness and loneliness.
Next, we begin to meet all these new characters that are in search for the red dragon, who went "mad" and I dont even feel like it was that long of a time they were all together (perfect strangers at first) and yet they talk about all these "bonds" and stuff. LOL WHAT???
Ibuki, in the very beginning to save the ones he cared about had to kill Mashiro, who was apparently the closest person to him.. and then the next thign you know, these "new" Friends are suddenly also eq…
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Legends speak of a show that is considered to be one of, if not the absolute worst show of 2015. A show with such incompetent direction and CGI that frame rates slow down in the very first scene. A show with such uninteresting characters that their deaths are a loss to no one in the audience. A show so edgy and poorly written that it can only cause "darkness-induced apathy".
You know what they say about legends. There's always some truth to them.
*Spoilers for Chaos Dragon*
When you hear about an adaptation of a gaming session involving the likes of Gen Urobuchi of Fate/Zero and Psycho-Pass, Kinoko Nasu of the Nasuverse (Fate/Stay Night, Tsukihime, Kara no Kyoukai), and others, you can't help but wonder how the hell it'll turn out. It's based on a game session but it's a session from ra…
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I don’t think anybody really thought for even a second that Chaos Dragon was actually going to be good when they saw the team attached to the project. The plot is pretty simple to explain, but that’s actually its biggest problem. It’s so simple that Chaos Dragon tries to distract us from that fact by over complicating everything to the point that we have nothing to focus on, and when you do, you’re too embarrassed to spell it out for the audience. There’s this red dragon guarding this generic fantasy land who has gone mad, and the only one who can stop him is this royal boy who can use the dragon’s power at the cost of a beloved one’s life. He gathers a crew of RPG rejects and goes on a journey to hunt the dragon whilst trying not to use his power. And…that’s it. That’s literally all there…
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I honestly can't see why this anime garnered so much hate. It's actually pretty engaging and I found the characters to be pretty interesting I like how it feels like a wuxia novel with the story centering on One big journey. Ibuki has a power that really not common at all : he's been cursed by a powerful red dragon and must kill his friends in order to gain great power. It would of been best if he only had to use it once or twice since it can get depressing to see deaths that could of been avoided The music is a fun listen and compliments the action scenes quite well. My biggest complain with this anime is how one of the members of the group is a serial killer and they never find out about it. It annoying to see her continuously kill people and get away with it. Also, this show really coul…
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You know what... this series gets a pretty bad wrap for what I consider nonsense reasons. I am REALLY glad the trailer had a badass metal thing going on so I gave it a chance because it was actually pretty refreshing. Don't let the haters dissuade you, this is definitely worth a watch.
Story: 8/10
The story is actually quite interesting. You have Ibuki who is given the power of the Red Dragon (to kill someone precious to him in order to kill someone else). You would think this would be fairly common in anime but this is the first and only time I've ever seen this concept explored. I know metaphorically it is explored through hard choices that get you to the same place but never has it literally been a life for a life. I think this is pretty cool. Also, the story may have a few issues (kil…
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Chaos Dragon redefines the word "underrated". If you don't know what I'm talking about, try pondering on it.
DEEN makes a bad adaptation of Fate/Stay Night and no one bats an eye... Silver Link. and Connect make one of the best mobile game adaptation and everyone loses their minds.
What sets me off about people is that they constantly complain about this show only because they compare it to some other anime and blame it for not exceeding their expectations only because " ITZ GEN UROBUCHEE AND KINOKO NASU LULZ LULZ".
Is this a Fate/Stay Night anime? Does it have any similarities to be likened to it? Just because it has the same authors and the animations looks very close to Ufotable, doesn't just mean this show must be always rated so lowly because of it.
But let's go on with my opinion:…
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Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Seneki, cool title huh? Meh too long. The first two words would have fit the the anime already in my opinion. CD was nice, but not interesting enough for me to keep my eyes on the screen. I have been holding my phone while using Disqus and other sites the whole time I have been watching the series because even if I don't focus on what I was watching I knew that I won't be able to miss anything important. Okay so let's move onto the review.
Story 6/10
The story was pretty much easy to predict, like what's gonna happen and who's gonna die. There was really nothing that made me gasp on a scene or not blink for like 5 seconds or so.
Character 5/10
The MC was so-so. Like he has the normal reactions a human would have, cry whenever his friends die. Refusing to hurt thos…
Read at the sourceMinster122
So I got really pumped looking at who was involved in making this piece.... and then got disappointment.
At the beginning, I thought, "oh wow this is a new idea" and I was in for a trip that would make my heart break apart at the seems. I was wrong since the story that followed it was nothing like the opening episodes of the anime. The story was bland and rushed, there was all the character development happened in the last episode of the series... the only good thing about it was the art.
The anime itself would have been a bit more enjoyable if there had been more episodes? To spread out the story a bit and give the characters some time to make themselves less minor. They introduced a lot of characters but didn't really expand on them, even the more major characters. Some of the major ch…
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I don’t think anybody really thought for even a second that Chaos Dragon was actually going to be good when they saw the team attached to the project. Interesting, maybe. Fun to joke about. But definitely not good. I mean anime in general has always been worse in regards to the kitchen sink approach than Hollywood films and AAA video games, and considering that the only thing these supposed “talented” people like Ryogho Narita and Gen Urobuchi contributed to this project was making up the characters whilst leaving the story writing to a guy who’s written nothing but black holes since the 80s - and before you say anything, yes I’m aware Sho Aikawa adapted the original FMA series and Un-Go as well - you’re pretty much getting the series equivalent of a movie starring all your favorite actors…
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Story: the story was generally confusing. Like who was doing what, where was everyone. The story seemed to be a victim of overthinking-syndrome.
The art would have been alright if it weren't for the CGI dragons. It was jarring and took from the enjoyment. This contracts to Madoka Magica, where the differences in the styles actually complimented each other.
The sound - well, the OP was the most redeeming part of the anime. That and the art for it.
Character - I actually preferred Lou and some of the other background characters because most of the other mains had flat personalities.
I ended up watching the entire thing purely out of curiosity. It wasn't the worst, honestly.
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I usually don't write reviews on anime but seeing how low the rating for this anime was, I had to write a review. When I watch an anime I tend to watch animes with a rating of 7 or higher, but looking at Chaos Dragon with a rating of 6, it had me put it off for a while until now(finished it in 2 days).
Also, I'm not a picky watcher so I tend to like most animes even if the anime got a low score.
**I might have a little/small spoilers, hopefully I won't**
The anime in my perspective was a decent anime. The story wasn't that bad as many people say it is and I found it pretty enjoyable.
Story 6/10
The story is pretty straight forward and it keeps on. There are some plot holes but its nothing like WTF? All the eps follows the plot pretty well, but maybe a few small fillers in the eps here…
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Why not asking the dragon you have inside where it is, but instead going into a risky journey to find it having no idea? Well, that Chaos Dragon! A series that broke all my expectations since first episode.
So here I am writing a review of it for those who haven't watched it yet and, in some way, want to do it. It will be quick and painless.
Story: 3/10
Is it me, or everything that happened did it freakingly fast? Also, the story wasn't quite interesting to me. It's terribly simple and repetitive (you'll see), and in a super fast pace and nonsense. Good for a videogame (from which this anime comes), but not for a series.
Art: 2/10
Horrible 2D animation and terrible 3D. The dragons were ugly as hell and poorly animated. Models were poor detailed, as it were drawn by a child. Battle anima…
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I'm sorry Chaos Dragon, but you just didn't manage to attract me.
First off, the animation. It would be really good, if it weren't for the CG. It's overdone, and useless. The Bollock lord of Sheet mountain.
(On the other hand I'd be a really nice person, if it weren't for my personality)
Story: CD has a lot of focuses, which some people might think of as it is diverse and combines "good" elements of each genre, but how i see it is that it doesn't have a bloody focus, and without a focus, it gets really boring really fast! Doesn't have consistent comedy, story, characters or actually, just about anything.
Gets boring quickly, I don't know how i went through 12 episodes of something that equals chinese water torture.
Characters are boring and inconsistent. Generic as well, trying to pict…
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Despite all the big-name people working on this show, Chaos Dragon was laughably bad and quite possibly the worst show this season.
Story: 4/10
The country of Nil Kamui was a country, until they got invaded and their allies didn't help. Additionally, their guardian, Red Dragon, didn't help. This is the backstory that gets repeated at the start of every episode, and man, what a lame setup it is. It's very basic stuff for a high fantasy anime, and there's very little worldbuilding. It also doesn't help that the opening potentially spoils who's gonna be dead by the end of the show.
Art: 4/10
Generic at best, atrocious at worst. The characters don't look terrible, just not unique in any way. One of the lady knights is literally Saber. The titular Chaos Dragon (and all the other large monster…
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High expectations and a huge disappointment...
Story: 3
By the end of the series I think I finally got the story, which is in fact not a good one. This Red Dragon destroyed Nil Kamui, a small country which is now invaded by Kouran and D'natia, the neighbour countries. Ibuki, the MC, holds Red Dragon's power: every time he kills one of his friends, he gains great power. Now, you see, this idea is pretty shitty because:
1. It creates pointless drama
2. It predicts the death of the other characters
3. At some point, it becomes annoying because you see the same thing happening over and over again.
Back to the story. Ibuki then gathers a bunch of random people, whom he later calls "friends" to help him become king and win the independence of the country. Not original at all. As this is a spoil…
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