Audience reviews
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Danycraft
This anime is a truly heartwarming experience, with a storytelling style that feels refreshingly unique compared to many others I’ve seen. At its core, it tells a bittersweet tale of a noble knight’s quest to defeat chaos, blending moments of warmth with the sadness of loss and the resilience found in overcoming hardships.
Set in a beautifully crafted fantasy world, the series is filled with poignant scenes that moved me to tears with their bittersweet beauty. The heartfelt storytelling, unforgettable characters, and thrilling action make it an emotional journey that is sure to resonate deeply with viewers. I have no doubt that others will find themselves captivated by its powerful narrative and enduring charm.
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Quick review:
If you like fighting scenes and some scenes that try to be political rather than generic side A vs side B. Then this show is for you.
MC: very dull. Practically a do-gooder that can do nothing wrong. Nor is the audience given any reason to root for him. In the end, the anime tries to do stuff for him but fails.
Cast: Boobs here and there, action scenes, boobs, a rather huge cast with only a few people getting development.
Story: gets the job done. Nothing really new in this show. Music: I don't remember the music, so probably it was garbage.
Art: Pretty good
Overall if you like to see an anime that tries to dive into politics and decent action scenes, this is for you.
Read at the sourceGwynevyr
People like long stories spanning years over a characters lifetime showing their growth along with their allies, enemies, and world as a whole. It worked for Berserk, it worked for Kingdom, and it absolutely, positively, did not work even slightly for Grancrest Senki.
The issue with Grancrest Senki is that the writer forgot to put the story in the story. the best comparison to make is to a Minecraft content creator who "did a little mining off camera". In between each episode, and occasionally each scene, the show will lurch forward to give the viewer a recap of the awesome plot that happened off camera. The point at which this comparison breaks is that after your favorite youtuber does his off camera fuckery, he will take those resources and make a nice house or upgrade his gear, Grancre…
Read at the sourceSofia-chan_PT
This is not the perfect anime, but it a very enjoyable one. This is a spoiler free review that I hope can help you decide if this anime is what you are looking for or not.
THIS IS A GOOD ANIME IF YOU LIKE:
Fantasy: Action / Magic: If your focus is JUST action or JUST magic there are better anime out there. But if you like the combination of both this is an interesting one. The action is mostly focused on battles, not on one-on-one fights but there are plenty of battles and even some nice one-on-one that will keep you invested in each character fight style. The magic aspect is interesting, but it is not a universe in which people with magic are almighty and can do whatever they want to – which was a plus for me. It is a nice balance between characters with different fight styles, some with…
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I downloaded the whole series to watch on my pane ride home just incase the in plane tv didn't work. I ended up watching the whole thing, it was garbage the story sucked and the whole crest thing was pretty dumb. The show seemed more geared towards kids but there were some very random sex scenes that didn't really make any sense as there was no real need or build up. I also found the dialogue to be quite dumb. This is the only review I've ever wrote because this is the worst anime I've ever watched.
Honestly looking out of the plane window would have been better than this.
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HIGHLIGHTS: Good art, military theme, magic, kind/heroic MC
Overall, I think this anime is pretty good. Not one of those boring ones that you end up dropping half-way through. There's nice art with unique looking characters. The only negative I would say is that there isn't much character development, and the characters remain the same throughout the whole series. It might feel a little flat, but the story and concept is interesting so it makes you want to watch it until the end. I think the highlights I wrote above pretty much summarises what the series is about. If you enjoy listening or watching different military tactics in action, then this is a great show. And if you're still doubting if you should watch this show after reading all of this, you might as well try the first episode. I…
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The Game of Thrones of Anime.....kinda
Grancrest Senki is one of those high concept fantasy animes in many ways, with it's many factions, individual ambitions, supernatural medieval setting, battles and war and a hierarchy of Lords and Counts vying for territory, but it's until a wandering lord by the name of Theo voiced by Kentarou Kumagai has a chance meeting with uncontracted mage Siluca Meletes voiced by Akari Kito they strike up a deal, Siluca contracts to Theo under the condition they both achieve Theo' s goal, liberate his homeland.
Ok so with this kinda a premise, Grancrest Senki itself has some grand ambitions which thankfully it tied to our main protagonists of Theo and Siluca. On the offset this kinda premise brings in TONS of political as well as wartime strategies throughout…
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My personal genre of the show: War Strategic
I did not expect anything from this show since plenty of watchers expressed their disappointment with some of the major scenes. Honestly, after I heard about the presence of Netorare in this show, I removed it from my watch list. However, just recently I'm having a rough time looking for a good action/romance anime. Let's say, that's just my crave at that time. Grancrest Senki came under my radar with 7.3 (decent enough) MAL score. The reason is that I saw a few forum replies that "Grancrest Senki does not have NTR, and the Internet is only talking out of their ass". So, I gave it a try.
Grancrest Senki is a story of an emotional ride for fantasy/romance watchers. The show has partial similarities with the Game of Thrones but the characters se…
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This anime had a lot of potential, but it's squandered on what has to be some of the most frustrating pacing I have ever seen in an anime.
Everything in this plot moves so ridiculously fast that the stakes never seem to stick, and without stakes that stick the entire premise just falls flat on its face.
Art and sound quality is great, there is a lot of CG used in the battle sequences but it at least looked good and gave the feel of an actual battle instead of what we see in some other anime that have tried it so that's what gives it a 5.
This could have been a 6 or a 7 anime if it was about 50 or 60 episodes, but the cramming an entire war into 24 episodes just makes it seem like everything is skimmed over. Missed opportunity.
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Grancrest Senki was a magnificent political drama that I enjoyed watching to the end. Both story and setting were excellently crafted and character development was very well done. This anime poses deep ethical questions on the morality of decisions made for other people instead of oneself. The ending is rather abrupt but it still provides a wonderful conclusion to the 24 episode series.
Story: 9 - Elaborate and Pragmatic
Grancrest follows the duo of Theo and Siluca on their quest to instigate rapid political change in the interest of the commonfolk. They find themselves with many allies and many enemies who (mostly) all will play a vital role in the conclusion. Explaining more would spoil too many vital components of the plot for the viewer to truly enjoy the experience.
Art: 6 - Decent…
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I didn't really enjoy this anime. It bored me out when I was half-way through the anime. The story was weak, the plots are cliche and weird. I just couldn't understand the story at all. The only thing that kept me to watch this series until the end is probably the relationship of the protagonist and the heroine. Although their development together doesn't really exceed my expectations. I guess(?) it's okay.
This anime was pretty disappointing in my opinion, there were so many cliches that left me unimpressed with the series up until I had to hold it and watch around 20 more anime before coming back to watch this again. GEEZ. I'm not going to write this review any further. I just realized that I'm wasting my time.
Story : 2/10
Art : 8/10
Sound : 7/10
Character : 3/10
Enjoyment :…
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Grancrest Senki is... not good. It sets up a decent premise as a fictional drama between nations. I've enjoyed similar anime like Arslan Senki and 12 Nations, so I thought I'd give this one a chance despite its low MAL rating. I need not have bothered.
In actual execution, it is terrible. The writers don't seem to know the first thing about politics, economics, or military strategy. The battles are hilariously devoid of actual tactics and the political decisions made by the major players seem like those of petulant middle school students rather than leaders of nations. Although, since my nation elected Trump, I suppose it's not THAT unrealistic...
Sorry, I got a little distracted there. I tried to enjoy it for its romantic elements, but the decisions made by the Marrine character are als…
Read at the sourcePaperMash
So this will be my first ever review. Take it as you will, you may agree or disagree with my opinions. Any feed back on review writing is appreciated. (Not going to be a long full depth review)
Many people have compared the show to Record of Lodoss War, but as someone who has not watched this show here is an outsiders’ opinion. I originally rated Grancest Senki an 8, but after the series finished and I had time to think about the anime I've revised that back down to a 7. Honestly, I feel that this show should have been split into 2 seasons.
The show for me starts pretty slow, around mid-season is where I got really invested. I enjoyed the main characters development, the relationship that grew and the pacing the show had. The art style for me is good, it isn't however the best and the…
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This is a very fun anime that I think gets a bad rep. It does have a typical "weak" guy becomes OP . It has its moments where u forget the characters or their name (cause there r too many characters) and a few other little problems here and there. But more over these problems doesn't seem envelop the story and will be (for the most part) absent mindedly forgotten.
But a important thing if u decide to watch this u have to binge watch this anime. I think if I had to watch this anime one episode every week I would have dropped it somewhere between episodes 6 and 10.
I'm getting near my 150 (and hopefully 200 by the end of the year) anime series and this is a show I think noobs would enjoy more than people with experience in the anime community. I liked this this show and again I think it's…
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I have watched almost 200 anime. There were better and worse ones. I have few that are my favourites but when I finished Grancrest Senki yesterday I was super happy that I had a chance to watch this one.
Overall I can say that it was amazing story, full of action, magic, battles, creatures and romance. For me MC and his mage were really nicely done (however Silica should have more screen time) along with a lot of other characters like Shadow, twin werewolves, valkyrie, vampire lord, black witch and few lords. Draw style was really nice, music was good but not superb.
What I also liked about this anime was that there were no hentai/echhi elements and instead we had a lot of drama but not so much like in Akame ga kill. Characters are not overpowered (maybe in fight with the cyclop...), the…
Read at the sourceRaggadish
Grancrest isn´t a show best watched an episode per week. It’s way too many things going on at the same time, and important parts lacks explanation along the way. Which is why I half way in the show stopped and saved up most episodes left. Watched like that it wasn´t as bad as it first had appeared.
Does Grancrest Senki (Record of Grancrest War) has its notable issues? Absolutely. The pacing is, if not off, very uneven. Character exploration and development is forsaken for hasty strategy and battles (think Game of Thrones S7), and the number of difficult names of characters thrown back and forth is sometimes staggering.
Yes, it’s very generic, and the narrative isn´t what I prefer in storytelling. But it did however, have its moments and showed some great potential, hence the relatively…
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I can't say for sure what convinced me to stick with Grancrest Senki until the end, but it became a surprisingly good JRPG inspired action-adventure series.
Record of Grancrest War is, in my opinion, a shining example of how a story can be brought to life remarkably with a talented director. The director Shinichi Omata previously perfected his craft with Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, he’s proven by now that he’s capable at adapting a good source material; plenty of his visual storytelling quirks are visible in the political drama this series offers. Grancrest is quite different from the drama oriented Rakugo in that its story is fantastical and its setting revolves around the battlefield.
In adapting this different kind of story, Omata employs new methods to realize the more battle-focu…
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War isn’t so bad but it’s what and how it leads to it. It seems in fantasy war stories these days, we rarely encounter a story that isn’t saturated with the most generic tropes possible. Romance, tragedy, revenge, politics. You name it. It’s there. What does that say for a show like Grancrest Senki (Record of the Grancrest War) though?
To be fair, I’ve never read the original light novels before. It’s written by a guy named Ryo Mizuno who created the Record of Lodoss War series. Even as an anime original viewer, it felt like a series that was easy to jump into. The premise isn’t overly complicated as we learn about how war broke loose in the world of Grancrest Senki. Humanity uses Crests that are capable of utilizing magic to deal with supernatural threats such as demons. The most powerf…
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tbh. theres nothing special about this series.
-the settings is pretty much similar with the other typical Advanture-Fantasy series. bringing peace to the land or saving/changing the world from a certain condition, advanture party, magic-user,non-human being existance and some "trademark elements" in this series its the "Crest".
-the plot is proceeding toward the partial cases that will lead to a certain happy ending(theres nothing wrong with the happy ending, the audience/fans/readers etc deserve it).
-you probably could guessed out most of the plot since its not confusing at all instead its pretty much straight but just to alert yourself of some unexpected twist(since we dont know what really will happen when blind watched some things) for example:episode 9(not twisted at all but quite…
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If there an anime studio that I hate the most it would be A1 Pictures. Not because of Digibro with his 12 part Asterisk Wars sucks series. I hate A1 pictures is because the way they constantly ditching out garbage left and right as well not learning from the mistakes. Some people way say that Toei and Pierrot are the worse but least at times they can actually ditch out some quality and enjoyable projects every now and then compare to A1 Pictures where almost all the anime that were done by A1 are either mediocre or steaming pile of shit that shouldn’t exist. In a nutshell, they are basically the anime equivalent of Electronic Arts where they love to pander to the lowest common denominator with the buggy releases, forced micro-transactions, and overall shallow games.
Record of the Grancres…
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