Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Obi-to_Kenobi
I'm sorry but this anime is shit. It started out good but ended on a sour note. I'm really disappointed since i read the reviews of others and 7.6 is a good score. but it was just a waste of time. Alicia is just the worst. She is such a brat and a drama queen. I couldn't understand her character. The MC was decent, if the anime went into a strategical military type of anime it would've turned out great, but no, it went into fantasy and magic lasers. Honestly why even bother with strategies when one character is overpowered enough to overthrow a country. Should have a fantasy, Sci-fi tag in there. And also Dementia because this anime made me crazy.
Read at the sourceDhaarok
This anime is severely underrated for its place in the MAL rankings. Other than the length of battles, there is not much to complain about. The battles tend to feel cut short and skipped over. (akward transition)
The protagonists, Alicia Melchiott and Welkin, can also be a bit annoying. Alicias character is portrayed as more tsundere than in the game. Welkin is also made to be a bit of a moron who can’t take a hint. While the protagonists aren’t the greatest, the supporting cast is very well done. They aren’t given a lot of focus, but their likeable personalities are shown though short dialogue scenes which are satisfying. The portrayal of the these supporting characters really helps to invest you in the story of squad 7.
Spoilers: The villains in this anime dont get enough screen time t…
Read at the sourceTyrraell
Valkyria Chronicles (The PS3 game which is the source material of the anime) is a piece of art with it's immersive storytelling, humane and multi-dimensional representation of the main, and a certain part of the secondary cast of characters, and with it's subtle way of conveying about the ""two sides of the coin", portraying the lack of solid difference between the warring factions of your ordinary soldier on either sides, all displayed on a background, unraveling the war-torn, even if fictional world of Europa.
And despite it's interesting premise, the anime adaptation of that material "Senjou no Valkyria", crashes down in all the beforementioned highlights, which made this franchise different from the other similar ones, shoving in our face chewed up, and weirdly twisted story, altered…
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One of the more garbage anime I have ever watched. Unbelievable that the top 2 rated reviews are 10's. I wanted to stab myself with a writhing swordfish and vomit blood everytime the estrogen for brains MC showed his lack of testicular fortitude.
I'll start with the story. The story is awful. I didn't play the PS3 game so I'm not going to judge this through any biased lense, nor am I going to necesarilly blame the animators if they were just sticking with the source material, but trash is trash no matter how much you sugar coat it with Alicia's subtle yet blazing hot zettai ryuoiki. The premise is basically just a highly fictionalized version of WW2 where darcsens = jews. Most of the plot developments are highly predictable cliche scenarios, ie: corrupt superiors and war time violence. No…
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At this point in time, you're likely coming here to see how the anime was after playing or hearing about the game. More people will likely have their curiosity piqued with the remaster on PS4, and still some with the usual Steam sales. Personally after playing the game again on PC, I wanted to see those awesome scenes and battles I played in animated form. Many are likely wanting the same thing...and does this deliver? Yes and no.
Story - 7 (Good)
The story I can sum up from just the game's description itself:
"Set in a fictitious continent reminiscent of the 1930s, Valkyria Chronicles depicts Europa, divided and ruled by two super powers: the Empire and the Federation. The Empire has set its sights on invading the principality Gallia, which shares its borders with the two superpowers,…
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Overview:
Valkyria Chronicles is not only one of my favorite games for PS3, but one of my favorite games of all time! So how does this anime live up to its video game inspiration? Well...it certainly isn't bad, but it also could have been a lot better. Give me just a few paragraphs and I will try to explain my thoughts.
Background:
As you are well aware, unless you have been living under a rock, there is a genre of fiction called “alternate history”. Alternate history is basically imagining a separate timeline if one or 2 major events went differently. It is widely used across all forms of media from novels to anime to video games. A common sub-genre of alternate history is fantasy alternate history in which magic and different laws of physics exist, so we have to imagine how that woul…
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Intro: I must confess, I was quite disappointed with this anime adaptation. I first heard of it when I was playing the game (which, by contrast, is amazing) and a friend happened to look over my shoulder and said that he recognized it. I asked if he played, but he said that only knew it because he had watched the anime. As a big fan of the game, I was immediately interested and enthusiastically searched for a way to watch "Senjou no Valkyria". You mean, there's MORE of the awesomeness and adorableness that is Valkyria Chronicles?! HELL YEAH! However, what I watched did not meet my expectations, nor did it rise to meet them. Granted, I will be the first to admit that I expected the anime to follow the game, even build upon its preexisting greatness; however, to my immense chagrin, the anime…
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Valkyria Chronicles ends up being a bland, predictable anime, full of tired cliches and one dimensional characters. While it's epic setting and relative industry quality art make it seem like it has potential, it ends up becoming more disappointing as it fails to live up to those standards in any other area.
Valkyria uses a fictional historical setting roughly mirroring a World War 2 style conflict, then ends up spoiling the humanity of the story by adding in fantastical ancient powers just waiting to be awoken that trump the actions of any hero, general, or army. It's cast of characters might as well come from one of those doll templates from the 90s, click, click, click, new hairstyle, different color eyes, one personality trait (tough guy, mean girl, gay guy, shy girl, you get the pict…
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I remember when I had just finished the first episode- I felt very, very satisfied. Indeed, I was an immediate fan of the anime's setting and artwork. But unfortunately, that was the high point of the anime for me. The art work and animations were both of very high quality. The sounds were also high in terms of technical quality. The voice acting went very well with the characters (although it was not necessarily a good thing, read below about my impression of the characters), and the music I did not take note of, but this is a indication of good music, according Feng Zhu(concept artist) in one of his videos.
Many of the characters, especially the main ones, felt like the overused, virtuous archtypes that -at least for me- made for some very bland characters. As a result, I felt myself en…
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Valkyria Chronicles went down in the Guinness Book of World Records as the best strategy-rpg on the PS3 and, having played it, I can't disagree. So when I found this anime (finally) I was pretty revved up.
I looked for this anime a while ago but I could never find it, either because it hadn't been released or I simply didn't look hard enough. The fact that it has been adapted from a game shouldn't bother the ones who have played the game because it's a pretty faithful adaptation. The emphasis has simply shifted slightly, from the more war-oriented action game to a more character-driven story.
Story - 9
Yeah like I said the story and its basics are carried over from the game. If you know the game, you'll know how this ends up. If you haven't played the game, think of WWII, with the Imperi…
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Senjou no Valkyria is one of those animes that I can't help but give credit to. Not only is this a nice series that represents video game to anime adaptions well, but does well as an anime in its own right. Granted (and I am speaking through here say since I have not played the game), there are differences between the game and anime, it is still a superior adaptation compared to it's competition. Video game to anime adaptions tend to be pretty awful in most cases, however, this is one case where it is definitely not. It proves to be a good advertisement for the game since now I am interested in playing the game as well.
However, since this is about the anime, I can tell you what this anime did right. It set the tone extremely well. Characters were likable and through their actions, you c…
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The Playstation 3 game Valkyria Chronicles has fun gameplay and an epic story, so I enjoyed every minute of it (unfortunately, the original and its PSP sequel hasn't sold enough enough to warrant a release for VC3 in the west). While its admirable that the anime tries to add a few things of its own to the story and characters, ultimately it only succeeds in becoming a rather loose adaptation that's inferior to the source material.
The opening of Valkyria Chronicles is engrossing and contains elements similar to real-life conflicts such as World War I or II. The small country of Gallia, and its Squad 7 militia, are basically underdogs stuck in a tug-of-war between two massive nations for its vast resources, and you're compelled to see how they will survive the war. Some of the drama in VC…
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This is the classic example of terrible start and great finishing touch.
This show start off with irritable, hard to relate characters that you are almost constantly face palming or imagining yourself teaching them a lesson.
The show however gradually picks up, in a very steady uphill climb. The character developments are subtle, but well made. The downside to this is that subtleness sometimes makes casual watchers with less than average emotional understanding puzzled.
The characters started off as some of the worst personalities I've ever seen. However, as the serie progress, an understanding is formed for these unique personalities who may come off as a big pain in the ass. The main character however is one of the most interesting male lead up to date. As far as I can remember, mast…
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This has to be the best game to anime adaption I have ever seen hands down. I dont understand why after reading many peoples comments on forums, their number 1 complaint would be that the anime is too different from the game.
Many viewers of this anime have also played or own the game while there are few who just happened to stumble upon Valkyria Chronicles. The ones that have watched this anime for the first time have nothing but praise for this anime. What I fail to understand is why people would want the anime adaption completely identical to the game? It baffles me.
My interest level wasnt very high for this anime to begin with since I imagined it to follow the game directly. After a few episodes it greatly surprised me by focusing more on relationships and character development abse…
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(as written on The Hateful Anime Truth on Facebook)
Games turned into Anime are almost equivalent to Hollywood's curse of bringing games to the big screen; It usually NEVER works, and you get a botched version of the game that you liked so much that you wished it never was born. For example, Tsukihime was a well-known Type-Moon RPG filled with many different paths, but in anime form, the director thought taking the BAD END of everything would work. Not entirely.
In came Valkyria Chronicles. An anime adaptation of the video game of the same name, starring Welkin Gunther, Isara Gunther, Alicia Melchiott and other important members taken straight from the game. Although a select few from the game were made of any importance to the anime, the rest happens to be in the back of the anime the w…
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welll i was very exited when the anime gone out becouse i had played the game and it rocked so i thought the anime would too and it did hell yeah
firstly i have to say if u played the game just watch it if u didn't here's a lil bit of my opinions here it goes :
it includes : romance,action(well the theme of the anime is war so..),a lil bit ecchi not too much,comedy
so story is like this
there are two super powers in europe and they fight for the precious ragnite.the place called gallia is between of these super powers and it's a heaven of ragnite so guess what happens.. our guy became a commander and he command the Squad 7 ...
it's a really cool anime and u guys gotta watch it
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I just finished this anime and I absolutley had to write a review on it!
This anime is FABULOUS. For any of you out there looking for adventure/action bit of fantasy and romance together, here is your anime.
The first three episodes are sort of slow, but once you get passed those, the anime keeps getting better and better.
The story in itself is not that original, but the way it is portrayed in the anime itself, makes it orignal. It is a story about war, and why one fights.
One outstadning point of this anime are the characters. Even if it is just a side character, all of them are given personalities and little side stories, and the main characters have odd, but wonderful personalities.
The anime is funny at the beginning, but turns into a drama later on, and at some point will ev…
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Valkyria Chronicles
What would make you go to war? Everyone has some line that can't be crossed. Weather it is your home being taken away, your family and friends are in danger, or your lover is also going to war. In “Valkyria Chronicles” a small country is pushed into a war that they most likely will not win. Now the people of that country need to ask themselves that very question.
When the show starts out the thing is a mess. The story was slowly paced and had filler episode thrown in so it took forever to tell anything. Slow pacing I could have dealt with but it felt like it didn't even know what it wanted to do. The story felt disconnected and it jumped from trying to push focus on the story to the characters and back again. Trying to develop characters and a story is great but the…
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Well, well, well, look what we have here? Can anyone say "under-appreciated" and "under-watched"? Those words would probably describe Valkyria Chronicles very well.
At first glance, this anime probably doesn't look like anything special. Originally based on a tactical role-playing game of the same name for the PS3, this anime might look like a couple of things. At first glance, it might just look like a military anime that wants to chock itself full of violence and gunplay. However, this is a serious, serious misconception. Let's get to the review and see why, shall we?
Story: The story that encompasses Valkyria Chronicles is as follows. It takes place in the year 1935, in an alternate history where two opposing military factions, the Empire and the Federation, wage war against one anoth…
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As far as the anime is concerned, it's a great story and a great watch. The characters are well developed. It has the Love/Hate complex to it which also makes it a great anime. The Artistic view and the Directing view compliment each other well. A must see for anyone.
The only underlying problem i had really found with this anime, is that it kind during the middle of the story, one of the best characters die and you get stuck debating "Should i continue watching or stop?". Personally i chose to keep watching because i figured it would get better but it felt like a damn knife wound that was getting pushed and pulled over the next view episodes after the fact.
In the end, this anime is great for just about anyone to see. The first glance isn't that great but after you get past the first 2…
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