Taimadou Gakuen 35 Shiken Shoutai

In a world plagued by magical dangers and threats, there exist special warriors—known as Inquisitors—who are tasked with non-violently preventing these threats and nefarious actions. The Anti-Magic Academy is a specialized school built to educate and train these Inquisitors, which splits its students into small squads in order to train them to work together. Among these talented squads is the 35th Test Platoon, also known as the "Small Fry Platoon" due to its low ranking and incompetent members.

However, everything changes when Ouka Ootori, a powerful yet rebellious former Inquisitor, is forced into joining due to her tendency to break rules and committing a serious violation: the killing of a witch. Tempers flare upon her arrival, as she clashes with their clumsy captain Takeru Kusanagi and argues with the rest of the squad over her views on witches. This eclectic group has a long way to go if they wish to succeed and climb the ranks at the Anti-Magic Academy: they must first set aside their differences and come to work together as a team.

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Nikaidou, Mari Main

Itou, Kanae Japanese

Lazuli, Lapis Main

Nomizu, Iori Japanese

Suginami, Ikaruga Main

Shiraishi, Ryouko Japanese

Kusanagi, Takeru Main

Hosoya, Yoshimasa Japanese

Ootori, Ouka Main

Ueda, Reina Japanese

Saionji, Usagi Main

Ookubo, Rumi Japanese

Kusanagi, Kiseki Supporting

Anzai, Chika Japanese

Hoshijiro, Nagaru Supporting

Yamada, Natsumi Japanese

Haunted Supporting

Yusa, Kouji Japanese

Kurogane, Hayato Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou Japanese

Kaneko, Hayato Producer

Tamura, Junichirou Producer

Kawamura, Tomoyuki Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Kameyama, Toshiki Sound Director

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Aug 21, 2022

Connoisseur5910

Recommended

Well, i must say, i watched this Anime, because it was available on Amazon Prime for limited time only, i was nicely surprised, despite just the average score. I was entertained for the last 2 days watching it.
The Story is light, yet for Anime with just 12 episodes it was interesting and complete, no plot holes or any uncertainties. I would say it was done just right, really. And the Ecchi Harem moments were pretty entertaining, it had also it serious moments, cause of the supernatural, scifi and military theme. This formula for a successful Anime works quite often.
Art is good, the typical Anime design, ... about the sound i have nothing to comment, i usually skipped the OP after first episode, it does not have any remarkable OSTs
Since the Anime is on the lighter side, not to deep. The characters were exactly so, light, with a backstory which had the perfect level seriousness for a short Anime, and in 12 episodes all characters had their moment of development where they could shine.
Overall i do recommend this Anime, trust me for the couple of evenings at home, perfect light Entertainment.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Sep 11, 2023

OMusicoNerd_

Mixed Feelings

This anime was quite boring if I could describe it in just one word. I only got interested in the last plot involving the protagonist's sister, and I believe that if the entire anime had focused on her, it would have been much better because it seems like the episodes leading up to that event were just filler.

However, I was not pleased with the ending at all, extremely rushed, with a resolution that was extremely simple and disconnected from what was previously "predicted" to happen.

It became quite clear that the story is still ongoing, but I can't say whether this anime will ever receive a ... second season...

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Pt/Br

Esse anime foi bastante entediante seu eu pudesse descrever com apenas uma palavra. Me interessei apenas no ultimo plot envolvendo a irmã do protagonista, e acredito que se o anime todo fosse voltado a ela seria muito melhor, pois parece que os episódios anteriores a esse acontecimento eram apenas encheção de linguiça.

Porém o final não me agradou nem um pouco, extremamente corrido, com uma resolução extremamente simples e desconexa com o que era anteriormente "previsto" para acontecer.

Ficou bem claro que a história ainda continua, mas não sei dizer se esse anime um dia irá receber uma segunda temporada...

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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May 16, 2022

namibodypillow

Not Recommended

TLDR at the beginning bcuz too much to read for those who don't care:
The rating is 3 because it just didn't make sense as a standalone show. Without any extra context whatsoever, this anime is a writing mess with fanservice that's so shoehorned in, even MY degenerate self felt weird having to look at some of it (except 4 ribbon wrapped blonde girl and hot big tidded "almost segz" scenes. Those are quality scenes if you remove the context of the show ;D). The pacing and writing is simply awful, and unless this entire show gets entirely remade by a far better studio, I won't ... recommend ANYONE watch this anime, it's a waste of time unless you're in it for the POTENTIAL story and fanservice. (some action scenes are OK if ur for that as well. but I'd say watch any other action anime ever instead, as this show's action is quite short-lived or lackluster).


I watched all 12 episodes because I hate myself. It was bad. I'm shocked having looked at it's overall rating.



I wanna preface this by saying that this is my first ever review for MAL, so I apologize in advance for any lack of quality that most reviewers present. But I do hope you still hear me out as I'm going to be as honest as I can, and try to keep pointless bias out. \

I'll try and keep this short. I was someone who was unfortunate enough to go into this anime without ANY previous context whatsoever, I hadn't read the light novel it was based off of (which I've heard is significantly better) or the manga adaptation at all. And I must say, nothing made sense 90% of the time. The story itself is somewhat interesting, but the way it's told in the anime just frustrated me, as it seemed like every plot point was just jammed into the anime with astoundingly little build up, and so many things that characters say throughout the show have 0 context, or are just set up so awfully that they have no impact.

I'll go down the rating list

Story - 4: Again, in concept it could be cool, nothing about the world is fundamentally bad, but idk what the director was on when making this because none of it feels like it belongs. One of the biggest flaws I noticed was just the GOD awful pacing. Nothing EVER had proper buildup, or when it seems like it finally WAS building up to something, it falls off completely with some lackluster scene/line/literal lack of anything coming of it.

Art - 6: It was.... ok. It had alright visuals and animations, not the worst things I've scene, but far from great. It's one of the few things I somewhat appreciated about the show. But that's as far as it goes, as regardless of how ok it looks, some things still look out of place. Character expressions sometimes don't fit the scenario, or, sometimes, even what they're saying. There is some pretty meh 3d animation, it's not the worst I've seen, but it certainly didn't make me like it more. Some crappy animations were re-used several times (namely transformation related), and it wasn't even like they cut at different points, or tried to make it look different, I'm near positive they used the same exact cutscene like 3 times for different parts. The Super Sentai esc. designs were alright if you're just looking at the designs themselves. But them in battle is just way more lackluster than it should be. Some transformations don't even make sense.

Sound - 5: It was ok. Some songs were.. strange. But overall it did its job, least from what I can remember, nothing stuck out to me except for the weird ones.

Character - 3: The only genuinely decent characters are big tiddie tech genius/scientist and psychopathic plant guy. The most relatable and ACTUALLY interesting character was the one I initially figured was JUST for extra fanservice. Turns out Suginami (big tiddie girl) was the ONLY character who was decently written in this anime, at least until the explored her more, then some parts contrasted what I like about her character entirely. Thankfully they don't change her much throughout, and she is one of the few character's who's backstory was interesting to watch for a while. The only reason I liked psycho guy was because. Well. He's crazy, and the scariest and most dangerous people are simply those who are absolutely messed up in the head, so he was the only villain who made much sense to me because he didn't NEED a good reason to do what he was doing. The rest of the main cast is just tropes with forced personality. Personality, I'll say, that is very shallow and plot conducive. Orange hair chick's entire backstory is skimmed over like hardly anything, and she gets this crush on the mc because. Well she HAS to, she's the main heroine. etc. short stack blonde chick is just annoying and really bad at her job. That's it for 90% of the show. fun. magical girl is just a "not tsundere," who's relationship to everyone else is wishy washy and NEVER fleshed out. There's the emotionless little girl trope filled by some soul machine thing who's only apparent reason (given in the anime) for choosing the mc was that she needed someone who could use a sword real good, and he's just perfecttt. I refuse to explain or elaborate. I won't get into the villains because frankly I forgot most of them, except this one short blue haired girl who's reason for being alive isn't elaborated on at alll.

Enjoyment- 2: I obviously just couldn't enjoy it. maybe it's because I didn't turn my brain completely off or something, but nothing felt natural whatsoever, not even the fantasy elements within its own fantasy world felt like they belonged.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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