Introduction
Meet Galan, a Russian spastic geek who'd do anything to be a real, live samurai. But that's just an impossible dream... or is it? When his friend Natsu, who is a successor of Japanese emigrants family, gives him the gift of an ancient sword, strange events unfold, and even stranger people drop out of the sky to attack. Now Galan must overcome his ineptitude and join a bunch of beautiful women in a wacky romp through a kingdom that time forgot. Hey, what could be better?
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Audience reviews
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SgtSalamander
Labyrinth of Flames is horny, goofy, and funny as hell, proudly leaning into anime's most ridiculous tropes from start to finish. However, it does so in a way which preserves its unique little world as something all its own, not feeling like carbon-copy ecchi slop that's so common in the medium. Beginning with the story, Labyrinth of Flames finds itself following in the footsteps of the inimitable Golden Boy, with an oblivious yet optimistic horndog of a protagonist surrounded by beautiful women getting wrapped up into hijinks of a nature far beyond his comprehension, and sometimes more serious than he is made to handle. In this way, Labyrinth of Flames does well, delivering regular laughs, and crafting a short tale that is simultaneously eager and self-aware. It excels in laying on the st…
Read at the sourceAntw0n
This is the essence of anime.
Labyrinth of Flames is a completely wacked out little OVA that never stops coming at you the whole way through.
Its funny, its sexy, it has unique & memorable characters, it has fantastic animation, it doesn't take itself too seriously, and it doesn't overstay it's welcome.
It doesn't have any deep lore, it doesn't have fight scenes that you'll find on anyone's Top 10 Anime Battles of All Time list, it doesn't have a touching romantic resolution between the main guy and girl, but it doesn't need any of that.
Because this anime has soul. Soul that drips from every word and frame. Soul that reminds you why you love anime.
Labyrinth of Flames is the anime of anime.
I guess what I'm saying is, it's pretty good.
Read at the sourceGanymede1135
Not bad for an early 2000s anime. I found this one mildly funny although it kind of left more to be desired in my opinion. The plot was more or less basic and most of the characters were entertaining hilariously, still it did not grab me for some reason.
The main male protagonist was okay yet Natsu and her aunt were the only two characters who I really liked.
While I love Samurai-themed anime, this one did not excite me as much as I thought it would but made me laugh when the humor was well struck. It's not terrible but at the same time kind of meh.
Read at the sourceCoolest_Girl
Ever heard of the saying "It's so bad, that it's hilariously good"? Well, I guess you can say this is one of those animes.
Story 7/10
So, when you read the synopsis for the story at first. It sounds completely ridiculous, right? But, when you actually watch the anime and story unfold, it's hilarious. It's about a guy, Galan, who is obsessed with the samurai lifestyle and even wants to become one if possible. When his friend, Natsu, gives him a ancient sword as a present, strange events start to happen (i.e being attacked and his friend asking him to marry her). Now it is up to Galan to stop these strange events.
(Also, you got panties in your face, how worse can the story get, right? xD)
Art 8/10
The art is very good. Some scenes were badly done, which is why I took points away.
Sound…
Read at the sourceSidewinder51
Rate a 6
English Dubbed
Story
Pro:Simple and straight forward
Pro:had some okay/cheese lines/jokes.
Pro:Ending was done in a nice comical manner.
Con:Too predictable with comedy and some aspects of plot. Mainly with character's body language. On the positive aspect of it the character was drawn perfectly. So, unless you knew what you were looking for you wouldn't notice it. The curse of over watching anime i suppose. Where aspects of surprise diminish.
Con: Ending was conflicting in regard to main female character's love. Was love more important or money? Art
Pro: In terms of the ending credits they were original but the elongated picture was too slow. I understand teasing is tempting but realistically you aren't changing the rating with each picture so why delay it? For tension is good…
Read at the sourceGenkai
Honoo no Labyrinth is what I consider a very decent anime. It's a short 2 episode OVA. For the 1 hour run time I would say it was enjoyable, yet simple.
The Good:
Overall I enjoyed it's art style, very 90s which I enjoy, and for an OVA the animation quality itself isn't too shabby. I also thought the humor wasn't too bad, it was kind of hit, and miss with more hits for me than misses for me personally. I felt the characters were nice, and decently written.
The Bad: The humor I felt while enjoyable was very obvious with it's punchline. I felt the over abundance of panty shots were too much, but it's an ecchi anime, what am I to expect?
Would I recommend it?: Short answer, yes. It's an hour long, it's goofy, and filled with OVA cheese. It's not perfect, but it's a fun time.
Read at the sourceDATA_EXPUNGED
You completely miss the point of this anime. COMPLETELY.
It's not just another parody OVA with bunch of fanservice.
It's a USSR and Russian culture parody. So, for haters it does not count as worthy, but we Russians (and I think Russian culture lovers) like it very much. Not all, but most of us, who is not an ill hooray-patriot and can laugh upon its birthplace.
I am not a patriot (who said wapanese?..), but I still like Russia, so thematical jokes I found sometimes funny. For example, this anime.
It is good. It is really good.
Story: 9. An ordinary tale about neophyte-samurai turns to become a crazy and action story. Imagine that.
Art: 8. Maybe it's because I like old-fashioned drawing style.
Who said about boobs? Go to hell with your boobs, if you can't see anything more.
Sound: 8.…
Read at the sourceGunsolkyle
Ok all I have to say about this OVA is one thing.
What..the..!#$%
This would have to be one of the most random anime that I have ever seen in my entire life, even more random than Paranoia Agent. But I have to admit that this was a pretty funny show and it made me laugh at several scenes throughout both episodes and I really enjoyed it. So I am going to give this OVA a 10 for being so funny and for being so random.
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