Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
spacenewtype
I started out with quite high hopes for this anime. I have a great passion for Japanese history - particularly for the Sengoku period, have enjoyed many of Kawamori's projects, and indeed my favorite anime, Vision of Escaflowne seemed to share a lot of DNA with Nobunaga the Fool. Unfortunately my hopes were not ultimately upheld due to pacing and a lack of character drive and presence.
It feels like the show needed much more time to let things breathe and move naturally. Things happen too fast, and important elements are frequently glossed over - things like why is this army attacking/retreating, did they just kill this enemy General or not? Especially by the end, I was feeling like a lot of stuff was half-baked.
Similarly - and most importantly in a mecha drama - character relationshi…
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"Thats how it goes!" - Oda Nobunaga
Before I start my review, I tend to judge an anime after I have watched it and not but its score or average. Nobunaga the fool was a beautiful and tragic portrayal of determination and arguably selflessness. Even though he said it was his dream to "Unify the lands" I truly believe that what resulted this was him being fed up and tired of the war period on his star. And how he reacted to the death of his comrades in those first few episodes with Hideyoshi and Mistu showed that. Which lead to that magnificent scene in which they promised to "Unify the lands and change the world!".
The anime also displayed scenes of the MC's development and struggle elegantly I would say. It also perceived different sides of Oda Nobunaga that iam certain weren't obvious o…
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I'm normally a huge Mecha fan, so this review definitely compares the work with its fellow Mecha genre anime.
Art: 7
For something made in the early half of 2010s, it is pretty decent. Character design styles are typical but the animation, consistency of body proportions, and generally smooth animation is a plus. There is use of some level of CGI but it isn't super out of place and other than nitpickers, this bit isn't a big deal.
Sound: 7
1st ED was decently catchy. The sound track was overall okay. It isn't on masterpiece levels but it's not terrible. Leans on the good side.
Character: 6
Some characters were a bit bizzarre or somewhat difficult to understand. Other were easier to swallow and they did focus down on enough characters that each major one gets some development. The villa…
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Nobunaga the fool was a masterpiece i hope there is a season 2 i want to know what happens between Jeanne and nobunaga I liked this ending but not that so many allies died still i guess they will be reborn like Jeanne and Nobunaga were in the end.I loved the fact that nobunaga is a fool cauz if he wasn't the story wouldn't go the way it but i wish that in next life ichihime and mitsuhide will fall in love and live happily ever after but i still wonder in the end did ichihime love mitsuhide or Caesar what do u think please tell me
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Mmmm... I think my review will be like all others here.
Story - 6 (fair)
Why I'm giving this story a six?, well... because plot wasn't so bad, the execution is the problem here... It was a good premise, but this anime was trying to grab so much stuff and ends saying nothing.
Art - 8 (very good)
This was the good part of the show, battles in mecha armors are very well done by the art crew. And characters in general are well animated, not at the same level of mecha armors, but are well done anyways. Sound - 6 (fair)
I didn't like openings and endings, but I liked the OSTs fair enough to give them a 6, is not memorable, but something is happening inside my bones when I listen epic music.
Character - 2 (dreadful)
Oh, my... This is the reason of my poor enjoyment of the show... CHARACTE…
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NO SPOILERS C:
I started watching this show 4 years ago and dropped it after 4 episodes, and it's just now that I decided to give it a second chance. Difference being that at that time, I didn't know any of japanese historical characters. Knowing few facts about the real warlords changed the way I see the characters, and made it more interesting too follow.
Story fair to good enough but had greater potentiel.
Characters developements Ok to good.
Seiyus' acting was great as always and musics ok.
The Art good as well.
Overall 7,5/10
It wasn't the anime of the year, but even if the first episodes were a bit a torture to watch at last I enjoyed the show And I don't regret giving it a second chance!
Read at the sourceDesolatePsyche
First things first. My "reviews" system is explained on a blog entry. Which can be found through my profile.
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Gotta "review" it before I forget what it was all about, this clusterhell of an Anime.
✦Story
You know... reason I kept watching was because I couldn't figure out whenever this was a masterpiece or an absolute bollocks. Thankfully last episodes helped me to decide that this was an horrid Anime. Aside synopsis I must say story was somewhat "good" because of it actually tried to have story, lot of sides of the story and the depth. But instead it felt as everything was tossed in, giving lot of narration and dialogues, which fell apart on it's own weight. Point being, story was attempted too serious for its thematic and also had an failed presentation. In another words story/wo…
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Nobunaga the Fool is a perfect example of how a show can have everything and still be dreadfully boring if it screws up the most important element of storytelling: the characters.
Throughout the interesting setting, the great plot outline, the fantastic battles, and everything in between, you find yourself often wondering why you can't seem to care about any of it. Everything on paper says this anime should at the very least be enjoyable as a minimal amount of mindless entertainment, but it is not. Everything that happens in this anime simply precludes a yawn and a ho-hum.
So why is this show bad? It's not a complex reason at all really. Because at any point in time the entire cast could have been replaced by a new cast and it would have probably been for the better. Nobunaga the Fool…
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Nobunaga the Fool was both good and bad. I do not like the story it was to depressing and it made me doubt myself and i do not realy like that. The art of this anime was great almost the best i have ever seen. Sound was great to i do not like the characters because the way the presents Jeanne D'Arc is not the image of Jeanne D'Arc i have. Jeanne D'Arc was brave and tough, she was not this weeping little girl this anime presents. It was two things this anime hade correct about Jeanne D'Arc. The first is that she was beautiful and the second is that she got premonitions from god. There image of Julius Caesar was real weird it was both right and wrong with the image i have. It was some of the things i did not like with this anime. I like that they created the anime with such big names though.…
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I almost didnt give this one a chance due to the low scores it had and the random mix of genres, but after reading some reviews i decided to give it a chance - which im really glad for. I exctually did enjoy it quite alot. I recommend that you watch this show with an open mind, like a colourful circus or like a roller coaster in the funny house. So I will now get down to why I enjoyed "Nobunaga the Fool" (who in all means lives up to his name).
Story: 6/10
By all means the shows weakest part, but its actually not that bad at all. There are a lot of plot holes and alot of things are never explained so they can never be really understood. As the page tells you, its a quite unique mixture of action, historical, mecha and sci-fi. And it aslo magic, super power, fantasy and romance in that mix…
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Summary: This is a mech anime that isn't really a mech anime. It is more an epic story about the unification of 2 kingdoms with tons of historic figures reprising various roles and lots of awesome battles and story arcs. The anime jumps the shark a few times and there are definitely a few things to be desired but I thoroughly enjoyed this for all it's flaws. In lieu of a long review I will sum up the positives and negatives:
Positives:
An epic story that develops from something pretty simple and straight forward to downright epic. The story involves tons of epic historic figures from Alexander the Great to Julius Caesar to King Arthur. Seeing how each character evolves and the role they play is a pleasure.
The art is gorgeous and well done. This is a GREAT looking anime.
The music is nice…
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A short Review for everyone who is still not sure if to watch it because of the 'bad rate' :
Nobunaga the fool was one of my favourite Anime - at least for the first 15-18 episodes. Before that turning point it's a very good anime with a good story, awesome story developement, much comedy and a nice and cute Lovestory. I really enjoyed it! But after episode 15-18 the whole mood changes to a depressing, not very comedical, tragic story with an aweful ending that doesn't make any sense.
Still I would recommend watching it - if not for the end of the story it would be a clear all in all 9 ...but like this...
Nevertheless - watch it an enjoy it! I also rewatched the series a few times (till the episodes 15-18) and I'm still planning on doing so again :)
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Nobunaga The Fool is shining gem of a series I'm so glad I got to experience. Combining historical characters, history, fantasy, mecha and magic, this series delivers an ambitious and creative narrative and stands as a unique offering in a sea of "been-there-done-that". My spoiler free review:
Story: 7.
Nobuanaga The Fool's story is ambitious, it combines elements of Japan's history, famous figures from world history and magic and creates this incredibly juicy story that at it's core is about destiny. The way the show uses the cards - pulled once per episode by characters to fortell an event to come - is so incredibly unique and intriguing. The cards meaning often unfolds in a way you don't expect but guessing the meaning along the way - with the characters - as the story unfolds both pe…
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God this anime could have been awesome but it managed to ruin everything. Before I start be warned that this review might contain minor spoilers.
The summary of the story sounds awesome to the ears. Especially for a big fun of Fate/zero this anime would be the next best thing. But unfortunately it isn't like that. In contrast with Fate/zero which is a clearly battle anime with some philosophical aspects , ''Nobunaga the fool'' tries to mix all kinds of genres and the results is a huge disaster. From the first episode the anime was shouting from the distance that it was going to be boring. And unfortunately it was. Well, at least for the first 14 episodes. After that it became better but I don't thing that anyone is so patient to bare watching until then. It wasn't that the anime had probl…
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This is my first review(in general) so I apologize if the review looks really weird.
STORY: 6
Here's a concept: Oda Nobunaga with mechs and Nobunaga himself is not a girl and it's not related to high school! It may not sound interesting considering the fact that there are other historical figures in the series like Leonardo da Vinci. The story overall isn't too terrible nor is it fantastic. The story in a way is original but it's just that the writers occasionally didn't know what they were doing so they placed some random plot elements and it fully doesn't make any sense whatsoever. The ending however isn't that amazing but it does close off the story pretty well (something that many anime don't seem to have).
Although the story doesn't fully take it itself seriously and the story doe…
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This is very frustrating.
Nobunaga the fool is an anime of big contrast and conflict. The best way to describe my feelings after watching it is love hate relationship...
On the one hand, every topic of the visual arts are masterpieces! No matter what: mecha design, character design, background, animation. Simply beautiful and perfect. Further there are plenty of new ideas and new concept in the story. The way they separated the western and the eastern world into two planets or tries to combine so many genres into unity are refreshing!
On the other hand: how comes that a story with that big potential becomes kind.. boring? There are just little of character development (except Caesar), no success of going deep into character's psyche, most of the important characters appear facile, dial…
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*Spoiler free*
There are generally two kinds of anime that are difficult to follow. The first is the likes of classics such as Texhnolyze or Serial experiments Lain, where the show was intentionally made convoluted by the authors in order to leave interpretation up to the viewer. These are shows that are purposefully made with the assumption that the viewer must decipher the plot for a philosophical reason.
The second type are shows that are convoluted not in order to convey anything special, but because the writers of the show have absolutely no idea what they are doing and couldn't write a good story to save their pathetic behinds.
This anime is unfortunately the second type. It's actually kinda sad, because when watching it you can really see that the POTENTIAL for a good show is the…
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Nobunaga the Fool is one of those shows that attracted my attention immediately. It seemed to be a cross between Star Driver and Sengoku Basara. So, a vaguely historical drama with giant robots that battle it out for reasons only vaguely explored. With lots, and lots, and LOTS of ham-fisted flash and dazzle, of the kind that makes Gurren Lagann look like a couple of kids waving sparklers about. Not the most intellectually stimulating thing I can think of, but good for a laugh.
However, once the initial, introductory dazzle has simmered down and the show starts getting down to business, it becomes quite clear that the show can’t quite decide WHAT the business at hand actually is. The show seems to hop between fictitious historical drama, science-fiction, fantasy, mecha, occasional romance…
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A show like Nobunaga the Fool will make you look like a fool at first glance. The premise sounds absurd, not to mention foolish and the first episode stops nothing at all to make viewers ask themselves what is going on. What it offers is a mixture of historical figures ranging from Joan of Arc, Leonardo da Vinci, Da Vinci, King Author, among others. It doesn’t stop there however. Rather, it steps up one more stage and decides to make usage of mecha warfare in a world of the unknown. Nobunaga the Fool is the type of show where you’ll be watching it trying to escape a labyrinth.
To venture into a show like Nobunaga the Fool will take an imaginative and open mind. While it seems absurd at first glance, one should acknowledge the creativity of the show. For instance, take a closer look at the…
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Nobunaga the Fool is a jack of all genres, master of none.
It has an awesome premise—a reconstruction of Oda Nobunaga’s rise to power within a mecha-filled, pseudo-historical setting. Anachronism definitely has the potential to produce beautiful things (e.g. Gintama or Samurai Champloo), and going into this show, I was excited to see how its producers would handle a historical/mecha fusion. Now that I’ve completed it, I’m disappointed to say that it felt more like a disjointed mishmash of genres than a smooth blend.
When I say that NtF was a mishmash of genres, I don’t just mean historical and mecha. It was often fantasy, occasionally supernatural, sometimes shounen, sporadically romance, and towards the end, sci-fi as well. Hence the comparison to a jack of all trades, master of none. N…
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