Audience reviews
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onespankman
Isekai Cheat Magician is best described by a string of 48 vomit emojis, and the word “mid”.
I’m as big an isekai junkie as anyone, and it still took me over a year to get through these 12 episodes. I’m not even going to bother snagging a free MAL entry by watching the extra episode that aired with the rebroadcast (because this was somehow broadcasted on Japanese TV twice).
The general understanding of Cheat Magician is that it’s generic garbage, but that undersells just how difficult it is to sit through. It is front to back boring, nothing it attempts works. There aren’t even any insane plot twists, it's difficult to understand how the human mind can produce writing this unimaginative. The horrible art and animation compound all the resulting boredom.
The OP is by Myth & Roid, a band t…
Read at the sourceGenghisAres
This is a probably the most generic Isekai anime I've ever seen. Overpowered MC, Harem of girls that love him, generic fantasy world. All Check. If it did any of these things in a more interesting way, it'd be alright, but it really doesn't.
The premise of the MC getting transported to a world with their childhood friend is an interesting start, but it doesn't change anything. She's just another girl in the harem.
The biggest issue, is just that the show is kind of boring. There's a lot of characters and exposition, so nothing feels really dynamic or developed by the end. It just kind of plods along.
The only thing I think they did in an interesting way was showing how the magic system worked with how the Childhood Friend develops her magic abilities. She visualizes the magic in a scien…
Read at the sourceSjama
An intriguing, but generic story, coated with commonly used tropes in shonen action anime, as well as cheesy dialogue that tries to sound sentimental.
Still, I don't understand such a low rating for this anime, as it fulfills the most important metric for non-educational entertainment: it is fun to watch (at least on 1.25 speed). If you watch something to criticize it, without even being a critic and getting paid for it, you take the fun out of your life.
Despite just sticking together common isekai and fantasy elements to a nice, but also generic story, the resulting collage became actually fun and entertaining to watch. The animation is mediocre, but still quite above the minimum threshhold of 'watchable', sound and music are ok, so these 2 factors don't compromise enjoyment, nor enh…
Read at the sourceAnimeJunki3
HANDS DOWN ONE OF THE WORST ISEKAI ANIME EVER MADE!!!
I'm an isekai junkei, i love them no matter how bad they are. But this anime would make Death march to parallel world rhapsody and SAO 10/10, Thats how awful this anime is. It literally put me to sleep.
Male MC is OP but cant use his powers, so there goes my power fantasy out of the window. Later becomes OP for some odd reason, because the 'spirit' gives him more power. Why didnt the spirit give him power-up early before the stupid monologue and before whe is fighting an enemy stronger than the him is beyond me.
Female MC is a collateral damage due to an incompetent Princess's summoning, but somehow she's also OP than most people in the parallel world, which makes no sense. It makes sense for male lead because Princess intend to sum…
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If voice actors were better (especially the guy) it would´ve been so much better. If the guy had a good VA then you might have thought something. You could not hear any tension in the voice at all from good VA´s you can hear the tension from their voice and is very nice. Also good music could've helped too. If they had a good sound director they could´ve made this anime 10 times better. The art wasn't that bad but wasn't amazing or anything. The characters were terrible. The story could've been built on this and had very good potential but the staff did not prepare well for this. Overall most of the staff involved were just terrible.
Read at the sourceGDropout
Man seeing the picture they use I was expecting a mediocre but enjoyable Isekai anime but Fate is a cruel thing you know and also so they say but anyway this was absolute trash
I have watched so many Isekai anime and I can say fully that this is the Isekai trash king, man the worst part I know these tropes I thought midway through that maybe it picks up from being generic garbage like some others I have watched have been generic but this takes the cake.
While watching this all I thought was man is this how far isekai have fallen Arifureta was at least somewhat likable in a certain manner that appealed to me I thought that Arifureta would be the last trashy isekai of 2019 but ya know wut this came out then I wished I let it rest in piece
Now I wanna go full RANT mode on how trash this…
Read at the sourceGeneralSolaire
I kid you not, never before have I trashed myself so hard. This piece of hmm let's call it visual product is so unique that during the 1st episode it made me into class A alcoholic and during the finale in the 12th episode both of my livers were destroyed... 10/10 would want another season.
Also, pro-tip, if you plan to watch this piece of visual product you better do it in a sessions and with your fellow weebs, because damn, watching this solo is a death sentence to your sanity
Thanks for reading this review and I hope that the information I provided will prove helpful. I wish you a great time watching this piece of art.
Read at the sourceStulf
If you've given this any higher score that 1 you need to stop whatever you're doing, take a shower, go run in the woods for 10 hours, take another shower, look at yourself in the mirror, slap yourself in the face while chanting
MUST. WASH. AWAY. THE SIN.
Then go back to your room, and find a way to sort out your life. Maybe start by watching some actual good shows.
Oh and:
"Be sure to tell us the reasons for WHY you liked or disliked this anime or manga."
Because it was the cheapest, ugliest piece of rubbish that I've ever seen. Everything about it is bad. I refuse to elaborate.
Read at the sourceHelixDraxzonyx
If you've already seen "That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime", or seen "How Not To Summon A Demon Lord", then you will likely find this disappointing. It uses the same general formula as those two: specificially the MC being summoned from another world and is overpowered. Except that the MC (Taichi) isn't quite as overpowered as the title would have you believe. While it is stated that Taichi is supposedly powerful enough to destroy an entire nation, and allegedly has near infinite magic capacity, he tends to struggle in most battles and gets exhausted more easily than his friend Rin (who was dragged off to this other world with him and is supposed to be much weaker than Taichi is). So then, the title becomes rather questionable. Rin and Taichi often refer to their magical skills as che…
Read at the sourceMalayo
TL;DR
The most average, boring Isekai created.
I have to admit, a couple months ago, I was on an Isekai grind; Overlord, Slime Isekai, Shield Hero, Re:Zero etc. and whilst I was watching these shows, I thought I could never get enough of the genre. Yes they all had the same principle of someone being transported to another world, but they could always put a unique twist on what would happen to the MC which made the shows enjoyable and fun to watch. However, I think anyone who has watched Isekai Cheat Magician can agree this show needs to be renamed: Isekai Cliché Magician.
Whilst watching the show, I couldn't help think to myself that this was the most basic Isekai out there. At certain points, I couldn't even find the motivation to watch the next episode it was that boring and plain. But…
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This anime had the potential to be at least decent, but instead I think it is the best contender for worst isekai anime this season. It's plot has many holes. So much so that it feels like one is skipping through many parts, but isn't. There is little character development. For having 2 isekai characters supposedly be OP they are terribly weak. There are many cut or short scenes because it looked like the producers/animators always tried to cut corners so they wouldn't have to put near as much effort and work into the animation...of an anime.
Overall I would say it is barely watchable, but there will be many times you will roll your eyes, and at other times you will be shocked at the number of little scenes and plot holes that get skipped. At the beginning of each subsequent episode you w…
Read at the sourceKiliianSleipnir
this show could have been a good one. unfortunately it fell flat on it's face very early on. the original premise was interesting... not unlike 'Problem Children Are Coming From Another World, Aren't They?' this isekai 'high fantasy' swords and sorcery show brings two modern Japanese highschool kids (a guy and his galpal) into a 'classical Western RPG style world'. but there's no 'game elements' just hack n slash and spell-flinging. but unlike most isekai fantasy worlds, these two kids actually are spell-slingers so... that's different.
unfortunately the show was VERY poorly executed. the story was ok. it had several good hooks at the start and an interesting premise that just didn't work out in the end. the art was very poor and inconsistent. the CG for the spell arrays was the only thin…
Read at the sourcePeacefinder
I will have my personal rating and a critical rating.
First my critical review and rating
5/10 overall
I'm going to simplify everything so this isn't long
Story 5/10
lacking, there is no end goal besides getting stronger to protect everyone with a guiding hand that pushes the protagonist to improve. There is nice reveal which is exciting for the future of the story if this has more seasons.
Art 6/10
The artstyle looks good with animation being very lacking. Its obvious fights are reduced in animation to save budget.
Sound 7/10
The sound is good with nothing really standing out as wow. Sound effects are just good and music isn't thag impressive at all.
Characters 6/10
The MC duo has a nice relationship, but they are very cliche. Antagonist don't really feel threatening and most are 1…
Read at the sourceAndreAffonso
So let's start with this torture.
The anime is really bad, really bad. Think of a tale without any grace, without clear direction, without any appeal. Think of a ridiculous and humorless protagonist, hypocritical pacifist, inveterate clueless virgin, dense, boring (very boring indeed). It's this anime. You don't need to talk much more after that.
The supporting characters are much better than him, everyone. All a little bland, you can't get attached to the characters, the only good character dies for no apparent reason, the author killed for killing to create a drama that was not at all dramatic, was bland in the end, had no appeal.
The sound is weak, not even enjoy the music, goes completely unnoticed.
Weak animation, dull, nothing to comment on good, low median and ready.
The manageme…
Read at the sourceBTDarklings
Do you absolutely love Isekai and all the beauty that comes with it?
Characters struggling to readjust in their new homes... Knowing they have no way back.. Missing their families... Friends... Pets?
Well, this ain't it fam.
If you're interested in overly optimistic MC's with no self respect then this is for you.
The story? Absolutely dreadful. 2/10
Every decision the MC's made made absolutely no sense.
They were overly forgiving, kind, and caring to a fault. Yes, being an empathetic character is a good thing, but these guys take it to the fault.
They let people threaten and harm them when they could easily overpower them... They let villains get away without even attempting to stop them...
It's pathetic. Truly pathetic how they acted the entire time. They have absolutely no backbones w…
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Isekai Cheat Magician a series that's had mixed review to put it kindly and may not be everyone's cup of tea. What doesn't help its case is that this season and the season before had several Isekai anime airing and as such I feel this had an impacted on overall score.
The story starts off with your typical Isekai story MC is transported to another world which they've been destined to protect. MC has powers and is stupidly overpowered and they don't explain why. that there is my main crux with the story.
The story its self is pretty standard but its not a terrible story, I just feel that they haven't adapted it correctly and this shouldn't put you off from viewing it.
The Art on the bright side of this review is easy on the eye and pleasant to look at, each character has a "style" and th…
Read at the sourceLaLeLuLiLo
The current state of the isekai genre in anime is a rather odd one to say the least. You really can’t go a season without at least one show being an isekai. Granted that due to the over abundance of anime being produced every season, it’s not like the situation of other genres are any different. Nonetheless Isekai for the most part is the more scrutinized and mocked of the genres just for the fact of being an Isekai. It certainly is not without reason, when compared to the much more abundant High school centered anime, the later gets a lot more slack. This, I personally believe, is due to the fact that you get what you expect in terms of narrative from a high school anime which lends to the show being focused on character tropes. Isekai on the other hand also has to deal with story tropes…
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I really hate those wannabe writers, who think that they can just write a rip off, of the rip off, of the rip off, of the rip off, while changing only the names of characters, and try to monetize it. And some of them get away with it, that’s how we’re getting these new shows, that are nothing more then absolute trash, without any soul. Isekai Cheat Magician is that kind of show. You shouldn’t expect anything good from this, but it’s actually not so bad that it deserves nothing more than 1/10, the fact that it’s so unoriginal, makes it insulting to watch, for this reason the score is so low score. So, without further ado, let’s dissect this cancer.
Part 1: F the Fantasy
JRPGs made my childhood, not only mine, but also millions of other people. I played countless hours in Pokemon, Dragon Qu…
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By NO doubt this show should be skipped (without a second thought), but for it's efforts in the adaptation and the original LN source (no hate towards the novelist), I will give it a B for binary code (if you know what I mean, 1 or 0) just to add the (not so nonsensical) pun here. I really wish I could give this series a BIG FAT ZERO.
This Summer season was an absolute stinker for isekai:
- Maou-sama, Retry!: A parody that could've been better (honestly my isekai of the season).
- Arifureta: Hampered by bad production values and poor source adaptation.
- MILFsekai: More than being an isekai parody with moms being heroes, fanservice kills it much.
AND THEN, there's the absolute (no kidding) garbage that is Isekai Cheat Magician.
By far, everyone should have realized that this series obnox…
Read at the sourceStark700
Watching Isekai Cheat Magician is equivalent to trying to complete an assignment from your most dreaded class in high school. You’d want to tear your hair out and punch the teacher for being a such a dick. The experience this gimmicky show speaks for itself not just because of its title but by the context of its plot, characters, and absolute lack of creativity. This anime…no, this abomination is more of a cash cow riding on the current popular isekai trend.
Like most isekai anime, we have the characters trapped in a fantasy world after certain circumstances. At this point, any anime fan familiar with this concept should already know what to expect. But if we take a look back, the main characters themselves had no clue what was happening. Taichi and Rin manages to land themselves into a s…
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