Audience reviews
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SenApai07
I know this is an adaptation of a game but I'm critiquing the anime independently:
The anime is mediocre at best, and that's a damn shame since it has unique character designs, (like Kara's and Yuel's curves), a nice setting, and is well-animated. It basically had a lot of potential and all the factors to be a good anime, but ultimately fell short.
This anime's for people who want to be introduced to Granblue before trying the game, or for those who already play it and want some eye candy.
I don't know why but since episode one I just didn't like Lyria. And I knew damn well that plot armour wasn't gonna kill her since no one dies in this show. the animation was beautiful and so was Yuel.
Yuel was best girl :P
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"GRANBLUE FANTASY THE ANIMATION"
Genre- Fantasy, Adventure, Action.
Having received a letter from his dad when he was little, Gran makes it his dream to venture far beyond the islands and into 'the world of Astrals', where his dad is waiting for him. Unknown to the dangers in an adventure like this, Gran trains himself for that one opportunity that might come and take him away on his journey to the world of Astrals. And one day that opportunity is laid out in front of him in the form of 'Lyria', a human that is said to be the last of the remaining Astrals.
This anime is one of the few fantasy anime that you are bound to love. With an interesting twist in its form of storytelling, Granblue Fantasy, makes you dive deep into the unknown world of islands and teaches you what it means to be…
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Granblue Fantasy The Animation is an anime set in a fantasy world where magic, sword, and any other medieval soldier would use seems like a common view, no different than any other fantasy setting anime(s).
But, the world is interesting to look at. It would make you think THAT is the visual definition of a fantasy world, and it makes you want to know more the lore of Granblue Fantasy The Animation's world setting.
Only It's world is enough to make you hooked to get into the story and wanted to know more about what journey would the characters pursue.
Now, let's get to the actual review:
Story: 2/10
As you get past the introduction episode, you'll get a promise that the characters will go on through a long journey with a bumpy road ahead.
On the first few episodes, you'll be thinking "…
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Alright so as a disclaimer I haven't played the game this anime is based on so anything I say about the game is pure speculation based on the anime.
Story 4/10
The story wasn't terrible or anything it was just boring for 90% of the runtime.
Art 8/10
The art for this so was extremely beautiful. No complaints here.
Sound/music 7/10
The music for this show was good. Nothing really to write home about but there were some good tracks. Characters 4/10
The characters are where this anime fell flat for me one might say. All the characters were either flat or annoying. I did enjoy the chemistry between Io and Rackam, but that's about it.
Enjoyment 4/10
Since my enjoyment from anime largely comes from the story and characters I rate my enjoyment as a 4/10. There was a (singular) handful of cool…
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So I have watched the entire anime, and honestly I have no Idea why tbis anime is ranked at 6/10... It doenst make any sense. Really it doesn't!
Story, is great. Heart warning, interesting follows its own pace and enjoyable. As far as I know, its based on the original game, and it follows it for thebmost part.
Sound, its ok, I isnt a master piece but for the anime its a perfect fit.
Characters are quite nice and have very destintive qualities. The main char might look a bit "bland" but since in the original game he is a "Silent Protagonist" there really isn't much you can add to it or else it would stop being relatable. The girl character that travels with the main protagonists my seem naive and bland as well, but keep watching and she will reveal to why she is the way she is. The girl…
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I never heard of this series before I found the Animation on Netflix just a little bit ago. Because of this, I may not know the whole story or if there is anything before it.
First we should talk about the characters. This is not that hard to talk about seeing that all the characters are pretty much stereotypes for video games. We have the wide eyed hero in Gran, the high ranking warrior in Katalina, the mysterious powerful damsel in distress in Lyria, and even our cute little mascot character in Vyrn. The other characters we meet kind of run in that sort of suit as well. It’s not a bad way of starting out your stories but it also feels like it didn’t have much extra for it to stand out.
The world and story feel like its out of a Final Fantasy game more then its own stand alone story.…
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Granblue Fantasy is based on the popular mobile game of the same name, and proves itself to be a fair adaption with strong art and sound, but is plagued by issues such as lackluster characters, terrible villains, weird pacing, and an overall lack of direction. Despite these issues, for a mobile game adaption, it is surprisingly good.
The story of Granblue Fantasy follows Gran, a kid who is searching for his father who went on a journey and never returned. His story gets set in motion when he finds Lyria and Katalina, defects from the Empire on the run. The story starts extremely fast. Within one episode, Lyria and Katalina escape, Gran throws away his life to travel with them, he dies, is reincarnated, and becomes the lifelong soulmate of Lyria. The hyper pace continues throughout the sea…
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Huh. I originally wasn't going to review this, as the second season is airing right now, and I wanted that to be done before I reviewed the series, but I found I had too much to say about the first season to keep my mouth shut about it. So why not? Might as well talk about it. Granblue Fantasy started out as a smartphone JRPG that became really popular, and is still going to this day. It received an anime adaptation, and the second season is currently airing. This anime never even crossed my radar, but I was bored and wanted something new to watch, and when I found out this had an English dub, I decided to watch it. I finally finished the first season now that it's up on Netflix, and I definitely like it, though it's not without its problems.
In a world where the skies are endless and tra…
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Episode 13 is hot garbage. I am sure that been stated enough by others and I fully agree with those that have voiced it. It was clear episode 12 was the finale with hero types coming out of the woodwork to fight the big bad. I guess it was meant as an OVA I assume, but whatever. OVA or not, it still did not do this series any favors.
On to real talk now. I found characters designs to be adequate. Nothing ground breaking there. Art style for interior/city backgrounds I found to be well done in most cases; most rural/outdoor areas where nothing special. The story follows a very linear game like style (no surprise being based on a game). The formula consisted of go to island, help the spirit there, get a map piece that clues the crew where to go next; picking up new friends along the way. Fo…
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This anime is mediocre at best, and that's a damn shame.
I've rewatched Granblue Fantasy and tried my damndest to like it, I really did. There's something in it that's drew me in. I like the art design. I liked the promise of adventure and seeing new sights, which it fulfilled to some degree. I liked the few moments of action in between the long - and I mean long - transition of exposition between scenes.
And that's where GBF:TA falls flat. In spite of its surface beauty and promise of adventure, it just kind of drags along from point A to point B with no true feeling of tension or gravitas. The characters feel dry and underdeveloped, lacking anything that would make you relate to any of them... although strangely enough, the one character that really truly feels developed is actually…
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Updated Review.
Warning: Minor Spoilers Ahead.
I'll be tackling some things here that I believe is part of the anime's strong points.
First of all, the art style and animation.
You'll probably thinking, "are you serious? The art style is probably one of the anime's weak points!". Well, I beg to disagree. While the art style definitely doesn't appeal to a certain number of viewers, I can say that the art style fits in very well. Take a look at the battle between Gran and Tiamat as an example. Coupled with a great soundtrack, the art style and animation gives you a certain feel; telling you that you're watching a fantasy genre anime.
Sure, there are times wherein the art style looks a little bit awkward. But you can definitely rely on the art style and animation when it comes to the acti…
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Let the winds of adventure never stop blowing. Beyond the skies is a realm of endless possibilities, where new discoveries are awaiting, new friends to meet, and where we realize how big the world truly is. This was the feeling I was experiencing when I was watching Granblue Fantasy The Animation.
Granblue Fantasy is without a doubt what a great Final Fantasy anime would have been if SquareSoft (back in the day) or Square Enix (these days) ever made one that embodies the core elements of what makes Final Fantasy such a beloved and memorable franchise. The game this anime was based on had used so much material from the Final Fantasy series that it is pretty much Final Fantasy and at the same time it is its own identity. When I first heard about this anime I thought it was gonna be a cool f…
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only watched this because i needed noise in the background and i play the mobage, it has nothing special and it's your very cliché story with cliché characters
at least they look cute
(i also watched this because i didn't follow the story in the game and i realize i didn't miss anything)
what was nice about the music is i could recognize rearrangements of the game ost
it's good to watch if you play the game, if you don't well there's nothing for you here
it's not awful tho, it's cool to see game characters animated... in an anime i mean
the art is... nothing special
Yes "nothing special" is how to define this anime. It's not awful, but don't come here for an amazing story with a amazing ost with deep characters.
also stop comparing it to final fantasy you uncultured swines
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Granblue Fantasy is one of the higher tier JRPGs, and you can go play it on your desktop or your phone. I played it for a bit before I lost interest, but this anime is making me want to play it again.
Despite not doing anything new and following the very cliched storyline of not-Final Fantasy (although it should be expected from the staff working on this), this series is charming on its own right.
==Story
We follow the story of Gran as he journeys through the seemingly infinite skies, adding crewmates along the way. Does this sound incredibly generic? Yes it does. This story is a very classic tale that reminds people of 90's JRPGs. People who grew up with them would most likely enjoy this series.
Despite being incredibly cliched in many ways, the story carries itself with character int…
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What happened in that last episode #13.They switched out Gran the captain for the
girl (Djeeta) without explanation, Just so gamer's can see her in an episode, Should of
done a OVA instead to explain it better,(a what if) other wise it made no sense for
those who don't play the game. They should do a 2nd season with Djeeta and Gran
to put an end to the series, instead of wasting that last episode. What a waste of
production $$
Story-8 It was a good in depth story (excluding last episode 13)
Art-7 The art was nice and colorful, it fit the character of the show, not bight colors.
Sound-6 Sound was ok, a hit and miss for me.
Character-7 I liked the characters and the growth. Grand needs to show a little more
in confidence growth. If they do a second season, hope they put people that wer…
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I know this is an adaptation of a game but I am critiquing the anime independent of the game.
Story: 6
Too generic of an RPG adventure story and with no plot twists to keep viewers hooked. Sure it isn't on the ground but if I really want an aerial adventure, Elemental Gelade did a better job. The waifu character is even better in Elemental Gelade than this. This show's story is basically start -> go to place A and collect/defeat elemental boss -> place B & collect/defeat elemental boss ->... place X. Then on the last episode, they introduce a new character onto the ship just to do flashbacks and go on vacation somewhere. After which, I just got confused and wondered if they ran out of stuff to do for the last episode.
Character: 4
They're mostly 1-dimensional. They have a role, a cliche…
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Granblue Fantasy: The Animation is what happens when Final Fantasy has a good adaptation of it's source material.
LA was a massive Final Fantasy fan at the time, playing FFX constantly to going back further and playing FFI, FFII, FFVI, FFVIII, FFIX more recently and adoring FFXII thus it was no surprise that LA would take a liking to Granblue Fantasy: The Animation what with it's many plot beats coming from Final Fantasy yet being it's own thing with it's own world to explore just with the lens of Gran voiced by Yuuki Ono. LA does say this as many of the early plot beats to elements has similarities to Final Fantasy, such as a mysterious girl with some power that the empire wants can be contributed to Terra from FFVI, the world of Granblue Fantasy: The Animation is similar to FFXII in thi…
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A decent enough anime, never played the game, but I found the anime watchable, I'm interested enough that I hope it gets a second season.
Story: Basic fantasy story, go around from sky island to sky island hunting things to reach a fantastical area, not completely sure where it's heading but passable.
Art I liked, it has some very nice tones and such to it.
Characters: Maybe one of the weaker parts, a few neat chars, but alot that I didn't realy find myself getting involved as much with.
Overall and enjoyment: I enjoyed it enough to keep going, though not sure what to make of it, if you like fantasy I say give it a shot.
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Granblue fantasy based off a popular mobile game is an interesting anime that reminds me a lot of the famed Final fantasy series of games because the premise behind them are very similar. While I played plenty of Final fantasy games over the years I have yet to play the game that this anime used as a source material so im unable to compare the two.
The premise behind Granblue fantasy is a rather simple one but never less one that is already well tread in the anime world. The hero character rescues a beautiful but mysterious girl from an evil enemy faction and then embarking on a quest to find and save mysterious but powerful creatures and gain their allegiance to you while at the same time fighting to stop the evil faction from doing the same. Along the way they are joined by a handful o…
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Fantasy is such a majestic genre. It creates some of the most spectacular settings, worlds full of wonder and amazement, creatures that we could only imagine come to life to take us on an adventure that we could only dream about, we witness epic events unfold before our very eyes as huge monsters fight a group of adventurers that are ready to take it on. Granblue Fantasy is definitely an adventure that encapsulates all of that, amongst many other things that make fantasy so great, not to mention that thanks to some great directing and stellar action sequences, the people over at A-1 were able to put together some of the most pleasant and wonderful anime in recent memory.
*Spoilers included*
Gran is a simple boy. He lives his day on one of the floating islands with his pet Vyrn and dreams…
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