Introduction
Long before superheroes, there were legends. One of them begins with Shaka Nyorai, whose bravery and enlightenment once saved humanity forever. But forever is fleeting because Mara, the personification of Earthly desires, forges a corrupt coalition with the devil to again visit wrath and vengeance upon humankind. To counter Mara's cruel attack, Taishakuten and Bonten, divine beings, must join forces with the Thirteen Buddhas. Can the allied powers of light defeat the vicious onslaught and save humankind in their darkest hour?
(Source: sentai filmworks)
Audience reviews
4 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Siluetta
If you like anime with beautiful boys who represent... Buddhist deities (!), then Namu Amida Butsu! Sounds like something tailor-made for you. But well, that's exactly what it sounds like. While the concept is interesting and the aesthetics are very “bishounen-friendly”, the story itself doesn't stay with you for long.
Animation & Art Style
Here, I have no major complaints - the characters are pretty, very pretty. Lots of sparkle in the eyes, lots of wavy hair, beautifully coloured robes. The backgrounds? Rather simple, but fitting. Fights - sometimes dynamic, but not thrilling. Just correct and aesthetically pleasing. If you're watching for the bishounen, you'll be satisfied. 👌
Sound & Music
The opening and ending are classic anime reverse-harem vibes - nice, but not necessarily someth…
Read at the sourcemo_lave
Enlightened Boys— I mean, Namu Amida Butsu Utena, to sum it up, is one where "they tried, it's an enjoyable watch."
In this show where it's in no way revolutionary, nor about a girl, nor any mention of the term "Utena" present, the main conflict is tacked on and is nothing special, but where it shines is the comedy and the slice of life pacing. Although I consider it overall "just good" and hobbled with budgetary constraints, it's great at portraying cute boys doing cute things among the different facets of Buddha.
I emphasize the (time and money) budgetary constraints, because the staff is competent. The voice actors are very skilled and excellently cast, the sound effects are great, and where they upped the ante of visual quality in certain action scene, you can glimpse flashes of Dem…
Read at the sourcecitycat
I would wager money that you chanced upon this anime looking for hot anime guys, so I'm going to focus on that in this review.
Story: There's a larger plot that loosely keeps the episodes together, but you're not watching this anime for the plot. Correction, DON'T watch this anime for the story. It's nothing fancy and isn't memorable. I think there's sin in the world and there's an antagonist, but again, nothing special. (The anime is based on the deities of Buddhism, but I apologize, as I'm unable to comment on the veracity.) What's important to note is that there's enough scenes written in that involves the bath.
Art: For a short show of 12 episodes, I was surprised by how many characters are crammed into it. All of them are pleasant to look at. They included every trope to please the…
Read at the sourceCrimsonKing25
At first glance Namu Amida Butsu!: Rendai Utena seems like your typical slice of life anime with hot guys going about doing whatever it is they’re doing. And you’re right. At its core, Namuami (which is what I’m calling it instead of the title name because that is too long) is a slice of life anime in a similar vein to Touken Ranbu Hanamura. The question is: is it good? I would say it’s a decent show if you go into it with low expectations. I liked it enough but if someone comes and says why they didn’t like it, I might agree with them even if I liked the show.
Going into Namuami, I had low expectations for it not because I thought it would be bad (just average), and it’s a good thing I did that otherwise I would’ve been very disappointed.
The complaints I have is that Namuami feels too…
Read at the source