Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
PanzerIV-J
Alderamin on the Sky is milquetoast, pretentious, rudimentary, and conceited.
Nothing about this anime feels particularly fresh or original. The story lacks an overarching plot, and the worldbuilding is too shallow to give the setting any real uniqueness. However, despite all of that, it's not a boring show. It’s a decent anime to binge, even if there are many better options out there.
Let me explain in more detail, starting with the good and ending with the bad.
The Good:
1. Characters:
The characters are fairly generic, but they aren’t unlikeable. Even tropes like Yatori (the stoic, sword-wielding female lead) and Haroma (the busty healer) manage to be charming and watchable. The main character, Ikta, falls into the “lazy genius” archetype, and while he lacks a bit of depth, he still…
Read at the sourceGodfather750
The 11th episode proves that the redhead is nothing more than a brainless, obedient dog to royalty. She follows orders without question, incapable of thinking for herself. The MC should have abandoned her from the start because a mindless slave like her doesn’t deserve love. No matter how much he cared for her, it was meaningless—if royalty ordered it, she’d kill him without hesitation. His devotion was a pathetic waste.
The MC is a genius when it comes to strategy, but when it comes to love, he’s a complete idiot—he should have picked someone else. The only great part of this anime is watching him use his brains to solve problems. The story overall is okay, and the MC is pretty cool.
If you’ve finished the story all the way to the novel, congratulations—you’ve wasted your life. Same goe…
Read at the sourceWhapper
"Let's write a hyper-intelligent child strategist who's so superior that he doesn't even have to try."
- ok cool, how do we write a brilliant character?
"I dunno. I don't know anything about basic military strategy or logical reasoning. Just make the enemy comically retarded and have things work out. Also have him play chess. For worldbuilding, we'll just write that he is only the second person ever to understand the concept of logical thought. "
That's about all I have to say about that.
Art is pretty good I guess. The characters are all a slog. The story is silly at best. At worst, well, you get the idea.
Read at the sourceVelisatra
It wasn't great. 6/10 at most. I got it recommended from an OP MC list. That being the case, it wasn't what I expected - not quite the "OP MC" I was looking for. It was more of a Lelouch/Light Yagami type MC. Though the secondary lead possibly fell somewhat into the OP category. Sort of like Ezra Scarlet.
It's kind of a strange story, and just kind of throws the story into stuff. It's all fairly simple to understand concepts and themes though. It seems somewhat senseless how things go, though I suppose the same could be said about a lot of anime.
Most importantly perhaps the series seems to only cover what should be about 1/5th or even 1/10th the total story. It's effectively the story of a strategist and his friends in a brutal hell-ish war. Or rather, the lead up to that and barely sc…
Read at the sourcealgoPotaku
This anime is honestly very good just because it has one of the best protagonists in history, if you like Light, this is your type of protagonist, he takes the series because it is very entertaining to see how he solves all the problems that are presented to him. And he helps his companions to stay alive. It's really good to see because I loved the construction of characters that it has but the second season never came out. I'm writing this like 5 years after seeing it and I still remember things that happened in the anime so imagine how good it had to be for me to keep remembering it.
En español:
Este anime sinceramente es muy bueno solo porque tiene a unos de los mejores protagonista de la historia, si te gusta Light, este es tu tipo de protagonista se lleva la serie porque es muy entre…
Read at the sourceweewaaweewaa
Haiku Review:
Underrated Show
Code Geass Meets Ginga Eiyuu
Go Read Light Novels
MAL won't allow only the Haiku, so I'll put in a useless explanation that you don't need to read.
Alderamin is a military show about the military genius Ikta Solork and how he becomes known as the Invincible Lazy General. Code Geass parallel comes from the relationship of Ikta with Yatori as well as the obvious military aspects of the show, but Ikta is no Lelouch. If anything, he shares more similarities with Yang Wen Li of Ginga Eiyuu/LOTGH.
While the anime is a great standalone adaptation, knowing that it is made by MADHouse and the way the adaptation chooses to relay major plot events are two great clues that it will never get a second season. It is a giant advertisement for the Alderamin light novel, a…
Read at the sourceTiago_Vaz_007
It is possible to state that this anime has serious problems in pleasing the public. The sales of the material are the clearest proof that people were not pleased, mainly in view of the script, characters and technical elements. Soon though a media note on my list is still an anime not recommended.
The plot is pretty predictable on everything in the initial situation involving the first three episodes, thus being expendable and short of the rest which is not very good either. In every work even when it escapes from predictability it appeals to a nonsense, childish, unsettling and unpleasant. Partly because of the elements of fantasy, for example the use of "spirits" that do not fit the proposal, or a more serious genre that is required for it to be good, and also of the unbelievable dialo…
Read at the sourceAce_39
In the midst of the star-studded Summer 2016 anime lineup, there's one particular show that I missed out on watching at first and that show was Alderamin On the Sky.
Let's get started with the story, shall we? The story follows the adventure of Ikta Solork, a lazy and laid-back teenager together with his friends and comrades. Using his tactical brilliance, he must defend his land. Yes, the plot may not sound original, but believe me the anime executed it brilliantly. How? It lies in the characters.
Ikta is not your typical male Shounen MC. In fact, he's the exact opposite of it. He's the kind of character you can't help but hate at first, but slowly you will root for him later on. One of the interesting aspects of the show was the dynamic or one could call it platonic, relationship betw…
Read at the sourcegnerkus
One of my favourite kinds of story is the one the involves an unlikely hero who leads a team of underdogs against a vastly superior opponent. Alderamin on the Sky fits most of the criteria and that's what drew me to the show.
The plot of Alderamin is simple and easy to grasp; it's focussed on the war between two nations and the trials of a group of soldiers within that war. While the plot isn't unique or outstanding, it's execution in Alderamin is remarkable. The show focusses on the tensions that arise due to the warring nations and the various connectionss and conflicts involved. A good example is a focus on the relationship between an invading army and its captives (for want of a better term).
The show starts out a bit slowly but introduces us to its central themes almost immediately:…
Read at the sourcePleaseStayWithMe
I've been searching a long time for anime like this.This masterpiece is combination of filthy truth about war,great soundtracks,pretty good combination of characters and drama with 8-9/10 picture.
MC is combination of laziness,great tactics mastery,satire and humanity.Decisions during the story line will be really hard and game changing.
Also all supporting characters are very colorful and you will remember them for a long time
Highly recommend Alderamin for guys who like dramas.Because it is war,every one can die,your favorite characters are not immortal.
I really enjoy watching Alderamin,like i did when Guilty crown came up.It is very upsetting that only 13ep. is planning to be,because it would be a good 100+ep.project.Many characters stories are not explained and many things are in…
Read at the sourceNigwin
War strategies, war tactics, and war. This anime strays away from the everyday plot of magic and sport and cooking and focuses on the aspect of war in this WWI-esque anime.
Story: 7
The story, by any means, isn't the craziest. It's a small part of something bigger. It mostly demonstrates the MC's genius as a commander.
Art: 8
I personally like the art style in the anime compared to the manga. People were especially upset about the anime not looking like the manga. However, the characters look more human like, and although they're not the prettiest faces, it's a unique change from other animes. The MC in the manga looks like a total dope, and Yatori looks like a generic anime character.
Background art and anime are standard, which is bretty gud if you ask me.
Sound: 9
The opening is re…
Read at the sourceTrashDax
War, HUH, what is it good for?
Story:
This is an anime about war, but set in a fantasy world. This creates some problems for me, though. The point of war stories is the fact, that war is a terrible thing, kills people and hurts the innocent. To have this happen in a setting where technically, everything is possible, as we don't know where the boundaries of this world are, heavily weakens this point. On top of that, while we are presented with the downsides of war here, stuff like Yatoris killing rampages and Iktas tactical manoeuvring are presented as cool and awesome. There is a weird double message going on here, that prevents this anime from having a real identity.
4/10
Art:
The battle scenes look pretty good, but they aren't the focus of the anime. While the character design is solid…
Read at the sourcemomoveliasama
Alderamin was one of the animes of the season that wasn't too hyped but enjoyable to watch. Normally, I do not watch many military themed animes, but the core aspects of a genre like so definitely shows here. The characters know that war is not all fun and games and the seriousness of war is depicted throughout the episodes.
The story was reasonable - two sides are at war and the MC and his friends are caught up on it. However, I have found at times not much development happens for maybe 1 episode, followed by a great combat scene in the next episode. So yeah, the pacing did not suffice with me. I feel like Alderamin would have shown more success if we could spread out the story to 25 episodes.
Not too much complaints with the art and sound. The art style was a bit different but nothing…
Read at the sourceGokuNazz
Brilliant, intriguing, captivating & thrilling.
I wrote an earlier review before, giving this show a solid 10. After the conclusion of this show, I'm proud to say it remains unchanged.
By far, this is easily one of the 'MUST WATCH' anime of 2016. Though SHORT, but they did a great job keeping me at the edge of the seat for 13 episodes.
Thank you Madhouse for another brilliant light novel adaptation.
----------------------------------------------------
The story grew more and more interesting as time passes by. The show doesn't feel much of a rush, taking its own sweet time to develop each characters (particularly Ikta, Yatori & Chamille). Soundtrack & narration wise, I'd say it fits & blends well with the show.
Viewers will often find themselves at the edge of their sits wanting for…
Read at the sourceSubxaero
Tenkyou no Alderamin it is then.Well this anime is hands down the positive surprise of the summer season and propably the best if u exclude some anime continuations (like food wards). Fantastic pace and story telling with an extremely interesting MC.
Story 8/10 : The Story wraps up around Iktra Solork a guy that joined the army against his own will in a sense, and he is left with no choise but to defend his country. THe story build up is exceptional episode by episode.In my opinion Tenkyou no ALdermin is a perfect example of how u can compress an anime into 13 episodes and still be satisfied by it.
The pace of the story its one of the biggest prons of the anime, it is exceptionally balanced and it never literally never feels rushed or slow.
The use of romance/action sequences /story tel…
Read at the sourceOiimn
Just skip to the TL;DR because i dont want to spoil the entire show.
This show suffers from the plague that are LN tropes and a weak writer. While it was really easy to watch and the premise was somewhat interesting i found the final product to be quite average.
This is a show that had a lot of potential and you could see how it could be amazing but it failed miserably, i would say it was disappointing to see what could have been a great show become this.
Characters- The main character and the red haired girl have a interesting relationship, but thats about it, not any of the other characters are worth mentioning. Yeah they exist, they have their place in the story but they are barely memorable.
In fact i actually think the best character in the show was a side character that showed up…
Read at the sourcemangastar
Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin is a 13 episode anime series based off a currently publishing novel series. Odds are, you already have realized a couple things, but if not here they are now: First, this series tidies up an arc at the end, but it otherwise has an open ending. Second, odds are there won't be a second season; if lucky, there will be an OVA in the future, but it likely won't even be that. So, if these two factors are a big deal, you may want to wait on watching the series. If you don't mind, continue reading for a more detailed review.
Story: 9
The anime is essentially composed of a few sections, which each section tidying up neatly, while still being open to the next section. This allows the anime to flow nicely, though unfortunately, also leaves the series with…
Read at the sourceDream95
Alderamin on the Sky isn't an overly impressive anime by all means, but it is enjoyable for what it is. It is a military, strategy themed anime which focuses on the cruel reality of war, politics, and how our MC, Ikta Solork, makes his legend by displaying his superb talents as a strategist.
The plot isn't original, but that isn't always a bad thing. Alderamin is mainly focused on the war between two neighboring empires Katjvarna and the Republic of Kioka, and the struggles of Ikta and his comrades fighting in the war. Besides the ongoing warfare between the two countries, there are also tension within the empire and other battles with various clans. The usage of strategies are pretty good and the battles are meaningful. Unfortunately, early on, Alderamin suffers from a slow start, takin…
Read at the sourceLegendAqua
"Great soldiers die from overworking" - Ikta Solork
This anime was actually quite the surprise where it was presented at first as a typical battle harem anime, but instead brought us an anime about tactical warfare and two rather unique main characters.
The plot of Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin is more focused on it's war themes as well as their religious elements that enforces the war themes and puts them in conjunction with it's interesting characters.
Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin's chaarcter like Ikta Solork voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto and Yatorishino Igsem voiced by Risa Taneda are some very interesting characters, Ikta is forced to be in the army after an incident where he wanted to have a more relaxing life and commonly disobeys the the higher ups (or b…
Read at the sourceStark700
War is not without causalities. Or a purpose. Or strategies. I must admit, watching Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin (Aldermain on the Sky) reminds me of many war movies I’ve seen although it’s also quite different than what I had anticipated. Maybe it’s the military gimmicks or the character relationships. But for what’s worth, Alderamin may surprise you in more places than one.
Adapted from the light novel, I was slightly disappointed that the show is only 1-cour. After all, there is more than enough content for a 2-cour length series so when I heard the show would only feature 13 episodes, my hyped died down a bit. This may also feel more like a personal opinion but for most war themed series, there needs to be a coherent amount of storytelling that matches in par with its d…
Read at the source