Nobunaga the Fool

Guided by her visions revealing the location of the King of Salvation, Jeanne Kaguya d'Arc flees with the polymath Leonardo da Vinci from the West Star to the East Star. There, she encounters Nobunaga Oda—the son of a local feudal lord who, following a brutal defeat dealt by an enemy clan, has sworn to conquer the world with his friends.

Quickly convinced that Nobunaga is indeed the King of Salvation, Jeanne pledges allegiance to the Oda clan. Meanwhile, King Arthur, the ruler of the West Star, sends his ruthless general Gaius Julius Caesar and his combat machine army to conquer Nobunaga's planet and seize the Holy Grail. Although Kaguya believes that Arthur is the King of Destruction, the reckless behavior of Nobunaga "The Fool"—who named his own combat suit after his nickname—on the battlefield sows doubt in his capability as a leader.

With the help of Himiko, the Yamato Queen, Nobunaga and his clan must unify in order to overcome tragedies, recover from betrayals, and eventually save the world.

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Oda, Nobunaga Main

Miyano, Mamoru Japanese

d'Arc, Jeanne Kaguya Main

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Ichihime Supporting

Chihara, Minori Japanese

Caesar, Gaius Julius Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Himiko Supporting

Touyama, Nao Japanese

Akechi, Mitsuhide Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

da Vinci, Leonardo Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Alexander Supporting

Nakai, Kazuya Japanese

Uesugi, Kenshin Supporting

Nanami, Hiroki Japanese

Kagome Supporting

Anzai, Chika Japanese

Tanaka, Shou Producer

Beniya, Yoshikazu Producer

Yoshie, Terushige Producer

Okamura, Takema Producer

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Nov 22, 2020

Xx_sami_xX69

Recommended

"Thats how it goes!" - Oda Nobunaga

Before I start my review, I tend to judge an anime after I have watched it and not but its score or average. Nobunaga the fool was a beautiful and tragic portrayal of determination and arguably selflessness. Even though he said it was his dream to "Unify the lands" I truly believe that what resulted this was him being fed up and tired of the war period on his star. And how he reacted to the death of his comrades in those first few episodes with Hideyoshi and Mistu showed that. Which lead to that magnificent scene in which ... they promised to "Unify the lands and change the world!".

The anime also displayed scenes of the MC's development and struggle elegantly I would say. It also perceived different sides of Oda Nobunaga that iam certain weren't obvious or known at the beginning through out the story. Which truly amazed me for I did not expect him to change in said way. And the plot twists at the end truly keep you at the edge of your seat.

I am also a big fan of music, so I really care about good Osts, Ops, and Eds. And Nobunaga The Fool covers that aspect very well. Some osts were combined into scenes where it amplified the emotion and message of that scene significantly.

This anime is a mix of genres and has a bit of everything, but if you truly enjoy anime without a strict preference on a certain genre, then I believe this could be a great show for you.



This is what I believe, hope it helps you.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jan 20, 2025

spacenewtype

Mixed Feelings

I started out with quite high hopes for this anime. I have a great passion for Japanese history - particularly for the Sengoku period, have enjoyed many of Kawamori's projects, and indeed my favorite anime, Vision of Escaflowne seemed to share a lot of DNA with Nobunaga the Fool. Unfortunately my hopes were not ultimately upheld due to pacing and a lack of character drive and presence.

It feels like the show needed much more time to let things breathe and move naturally. Things happen too fast, and important elements are frequently glossed over - things like why is this army attacking/retreating, did they just ... kill this enemy General or not? Especially by the end, I was feeling like a lot of stuff was half-baked.

Similarly - and most importantly in a mecha drama - character relationships are not given the time they need to grow and become meaningful. By the end we were making some pretty big jumps and I was rolling my eyes waiting for it to wrap things.

I will say, the setting is a very enjoyable mix of history and fantasy. If you are familiar with sengoku history you'll be able to appreciate how they've adapted it and how they've deviated from historical record and how the presence of these other historical characters throw a wrench into things (even if most are ultimately rather milquetoast).

The designs are nice, both character and mecha, though the animations can be hit or miss. Sometimes it's great and kinetic, sometimes it's really hard to follow and things just seem to reach an endpoint with missing steps inbetween.

Music is quite good when it kicks in.

Overall I daresay it would've been a good contender for a 50-episode show - I wouldn't say no if they decided to do a 50 ep remake, if such a thing existed in the anime industry anymore. Alas.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Dec 26, 2017

DesolatePsyche

Not Recommended

First things first. My "reviews" system is explained on a blog entry. Which can be found through my profile.
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Gotta "review" it before I forget what it was all about, this clusterhell of an Anime.

✦Story

You know... reason I kept watching was because I couldn't figure out whenever this was a masterpiece or an absolute bollocks. Thankfully last episodes helped me to decide that this was an horrid Anime. Aside synopsis I must say story was somewhat "good" because of it actually tried to have story, lot of sides of the story and the depth. But instead it felt as everything was tossed in, giving lot of ... narration and dialogues, which fell apart on it's own weight. Point being, story was attempted too serious for its thematic and also had an failed presentation. In another words story/world was quite inconsistent, pacing all over the place, even if story links made sense, they didn't feel any good. And way characters were tossed left and right plus that finale, made it even more moronic than it should have been. Point being, "story" was horrid, inconsistent and too much was attempted to throw in.

✦Art & Sound
Another aspect of mixed feelings regarding this Anime. Art and animation for the most part felt okay, while at some times (especially some character close-ups) it felt as I was watching at some paint image. Meaning it felt very basic and plain art at times.

As for OST, to be honest, I cannot remember any. Which means either they were as bad/mediocre or didn't have enough presence. Did youtube few tracks afterwards, but opinion remains.

✦Character
Probably part I liked the most, lot of stereotypes and moronic "depth" characters that tried to do/be something too hard and that simply felt stupid in the end. (hate overall people/characters with typical facade/lies characteristics..etc.).

Going to mention only main trio, few side-kicks and character I liked in a most simplistic way.
We have main guy, a loud meathead. We have a main girl, beautiful oppai moral compass and a squad gatherer the Da Vinci, who is some odd theatrical guy.

As for sidekicks. Aggressive monkey, Silent killer/tactician and bunch of others.

And the character who I loved the most was "Himiko", she was adorable.

✦Enjoyment & Overall
As mentioned, it's a clusterhell of an Anime, with too much attempted to throw in, too many moronic story aspects, and annoying characters and all over the place consistency. Too serious/heavy for it's own good. It crushed with it's own attempted weight. Point being, from the first look it looked intriguing Anime, but by the end of it I understood how bad it actually was.

Or in another words, I did not like it at all.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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