Audience reviews
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50Fiftillididee
✒ 🛸Born to be Heroes °6.5° °good° 💯%🔍minor spoilers only
A Majestic Prince is Well Suited for Combat, but a MP must also be able to work as a team member. Enter the “Failed-5”.
It's just another day for the Failed-5 of the Military Junior Pre-Academy (MJP). “Don't call us that!” MP takes place in space. Our team operates power-suits. They have just had a below average practice session and now they are being deployed for the 1st time. The Failed-5 (sometimes even called “fart-knockers”) must distract the enemy long enough for a rescue of some trapped colleagues to be successful. The battle is HOT. Will they survive? It's time: Fight or die.
‘The purpose of the MJP was to create human beings better suited to the rigors of working in space and not, as some put it, a sick super-soldier…
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As the entire Majestic Prince saga was completed with the movie release, I highly recommend watching the entire series. It's like the the more bombastic and wild mecha anime of the past, but for the 2010s and no filler for its length. A main cast of underdogs you want to cheer for and follow backed by a large cast of supporting and minor characters that are utilized properly. As mentioned there is no filler, the timeline and setting of the impending and intensifying alien invasion constantly moves the show forward along with the character development and plot at a consistent and enjoyable pace. The usage of 3D is incredibly well done and excellently produced, used only for the mecha and spaceship scenes, and still holds up very well. Overall, it is a fun mecha action show with a straightfo…
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I wish I liked Majestic Prince more, I really do. Initially I ignored it after the first 5 episodes because it aired the same season as Kakumeiki Valvrave and Suisei no Gargantia, and Majestic Prince was far less captivating and engaging than those two. (And man…hoo boy…look how those two turned out…I guess style and shock doesn’t always create substance, Valvrave) However, when I came back to Majestic Prince, the sad truth that is while it’s not a bad series, it lacks a lot of qualities and just becomes a forgettable (and unfinished) memory.
Majestic Prince knows the tropes and dynamics of its genre very well. It was clearly made by a person or team that understands and adores the mecha anime genre. At times, it’s refreshing to see Majestic Prince portray such an unbridled love of its pr…
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I ought to have already learnt not to judge an anime by its name. "Majestic Prince" just does a good job of bringing that point home. Honestly, who'd take something with that kind of title seriously? It hardly has anything to do with the plot and as such, once disregarded, this show is immensely enjoyable. It's about space, robots and the survival of the human race - which, I don't know about you, but those themes are fun.
The story itself isn't anything spectacular. Aliens are attempting to take over the solar system and humans must defend Earth in a pitiably one-sided war. To counter this, authorities have genetically altered some teenagers and developed some cutting edge robots for them to fight with. On top of this, the government has decided to advertise them as heroes turning the ti…
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If you're bored and are looking to waste some time, you won't go wrong with this anime. It has barely any character development; our main protagonist wants to be a hero, but there is little motivation for him doing it beyond, 'because it's cool', and the standard spiel about protecting your loved ones at the end. In fact, there's too much focus on scenes which do nothing to move the plot, develop characters, or do any sort of world building. The battles are pretty cool, but the human battleships might as well have been made from tissue paper, the way they get easily torn apart, and are for all intents and purposes useless (except for the ones with extended screen time). The science is wonky at times (an enemy takes a blast caused by a 'laser' moving at the speed of light and isn't affected…
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SPOILER FREE REVIEW
Short and simple review.
The story sucks, there is some interesting bits later on when the enemies come in and you find out their background but it's generally dismissed because of Mr. "I want to be a Hero." It moreoless sticks to the stereotypical, happy go lucky MC with dreams of becoming a hero; very little development is shown for any character- for the most part it's a one person show.
Art; generally it's decent to good. Except for when the mecha fights begin- then its excellent and you can see that's where the budget is all in.
Sound/music: It's passable, again most of the good tracks are reserved for the intense mecha fights.
Characters: The main cast is boring, like paint drying boring. Some of the villians are pretty interesting but little development.
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Unexpectedly impressive. Mind you, this is like the first film of a trilogy that will never have a 2nd or 3rd part.
First off, whatever you do, listen to the first OP. It is ever so epic.
If we hold each individual aspect to the highest possible standard, it will fall short, but not by much in most aspects.
I have a few issues with it: The choreography of the fights is very stereotypical, bouncing boobs (that on one character are absurdly big, and such cheap things demean the show) and the gags revolving around Tamaki's personality. The vast amount of unresolved and unexplored aspects of it can't be ignored either.
The characters are the classic archetypes, but, the way they were fleshed out shows us a realistic portrayal of such personalities in a recognizable reality, and that is what…
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This review is written in hindsight, but I cannot LOVE this series anymore. The enemy is far from complex. There is virtually no character development, but it’s not completely nonexistent either. The characters are one dimensional and you know what: I DON'T CARE! I am here for the hot mech on mech action. Like Argevollen, nothing anyone could say or do could change my mind about this series. I am the target audience: cool character designs, cool mecha, and a story of how they are part of a much larger conflict. I’m tired of the mecha genre trying too hard to find deeper meaning in a series that’s about giant robots battling one another. Or focusing on the emotions of the pilot. Mecha show aren’t about an emotional journey. They’re about firepower. I don't like to throw out tens like they a…
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It is very challenging to impress the viewers when it comes to ‘mecha’, and not to mention, it is even more difficult to compete when ventures like Gundam, Gurren Lagann or Macross have already made their mark in the market. Moreover we have seen so many different types of anime revolving around ‘mecha’ with different elements like music, romance etc, that there is hardly any room for a particular anime to stand out of the norm.
Aired in spring 2013, Ginga Kikoutai Majestic Prince is one such anime that certainly did not appeal to many viewers. One of the reasons might be because of its stereotypical plot and characters. However, Majestic Prince does offer a decent story progression and also manages to cover some of its plot holes. Now then, extenuating with lame excuses such as “decent s…
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Well, pretty much every anime season, there's a show about space and aliens. In fact, it's not just about that but the fact that it becomes a major theme for that show. Then, there's Majestic Prince, a science fiction anime that takes place in the latter half of 21st century. The problem here is though the 21st century isn't exactly the most peaceful place in the future. In fact, humanity seems to be put into jeopardy by unknown alien forces from space. Then, the government decided to train a group of young people to take on these alien forces. Dubbing themselves as 'Team Rabbits', we have some real some heroes in the making....or do we?
[The future is not so bright]
This show is of the mecha genre so expect some giant robots/mecha fighting in space. More than that though, the series has…
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"I want to be a hero!"
Majestic Prince is an incredibly tough sell, on the surface it's nothing more than your generic mecha series. At the start it's a dull, generic, predictable, incredibly by the numbers show with literally nothing new to put on the table. It's riddled with clichès, one look at the synopsis will tell you right away that this series has been done lots of times before, the plot twists used throughout have nearly all been done to death, and you will see them coming from miles away.
All of the above are reasons that, understandably, would likely put many people off the show - frankly, the only reason I gave this series a chance was because I, unlike so many, actually like Hisashi Hirai's art and was interested in seeing a series which involved his trademark character desi…
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I planned to give up this show after boring myself to sleep in the first 5 episodes.
But I decided to toughen up and go on for a few more episodes and give it another go. Glad I made the right choice.
GKMP came off to me as slapstick mecha anime. More of mecha with comedy which wasn't really my cuppa tea. Further more their obvious usage of puns and gags were a little blatant, although it turned out pretty well in the end..
Midway through, the series suddenly emerged like a giant awakening from it's slumber.. It picked up a whole new level of seriousness...but not too serious and made a strong case in the end.
In terms of artwork and animation, it's just not as good as what Sunrise do with theirs...but it's not shabby either, and really, it's a matter of perception I would say. Persona…
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Overall, I think Majestic Prince was awesome! I'm not a big fan of mecha anime so for me to like this means a lot. If you haven't seen it already, it's basically about a five person group called the Failure Five AKA Team Rabbits. Due to their surprising potential during combat, they are pulled out of the training academy and become official pilots and must help fight against the Wulgaru, who need human DNA to survive.
Story: 7
I like the story line.Though the maiin storyline was pretty simple but there were some key points that could have been developed more. I would have liked them to go in to depth about somethings. If they had it would have made Majestic Prince even more interesting than it already it.
Art: 8
When I first watched Majestic Prince, my first criticism was how weird the…
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Ginga Kikoutai Majestic Prince, commonly known as Majestic Prince (MJP) talks about how humanity has advanced and harnessed its genetic engineering research. Originally, the research known as "MJP Project" was developed for humans to adapt to space life. However, it was altered to train humans as evolved soldiers when an advance alien race known as Wulgaru invaded Earth.
Indeed, the plot overview may seem that it's another unoriginal mecha anime, but every anime has its own unique features.
Story (8/10)
The story itself is predictable, but many people may not tolerate the lack of action scenes during the earlier parts (Episode 3 onwards all the way to about Episode 14), and causing them to drop the series. But, if you persist on watching, the later episodes (Episode 17 onwards), there wi…
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Ginga Kikoutai Majestic Prince doesn't invent anything new. It isn't controversial nor is it innovative but it DOES tell a decent story. With Majestic Prince's plot, animation, music, and character design and development I definitely enjoyed this anime consistently throughout the series. I'll be using the last episode as my starting point and expanding to the series as a whole.
Many of the reasons involve the final episode but are illustrative of the series as a whole. I never felt the story was lacking in explanation or depth. All the characters were expanded on well as well as some of the background behind the pilot and mecha origins. Overall the background and plot created good immersion into the series and provided the proper settings to allow the characters to develop. This character…
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Okay, I'm reviewing this show for anyone who hsn't watched it. I advise you to give it a try.
From a prospective view it is kinda predictable story wise. If you have seen this type of show before, you'll know the story
The characters are good in their depth but are the same old same old.
The art in this show is awesome, the mecha's background's so well detailed.
The sounds are awesome and enjoyable, they give you the sense they put there time into them to make it sound right.
Enjoyment: you will enjoy it, maybe not towards the end of the series but it depends on the person
Overall I would say watch it, but there is very little innovation, it is more a blend of multiple genres it isn't the standard mecha.
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