Kodai Ouja Kyouryuu King

Absolute banger status anime. It has it all: the intricate plotline, deep and memorable characters, sad moments, funny moments, badass dinosaur fight scenes. The story follows Max, a troubled young man trying to fit in with society, just like we all are. On a fateful day he meets his steed, a triceratops named Chomp. Along with his 2 friends: Zoe and Rex, and their respective partners: Paris and Ace (A pararaurolophus and a carnotaurus), they set out on a journey to capture all of the dinosaurs that have been misplaced in modern time. This journey would not be an easy one, as they would be ... intercepted by the meandering evildoers known as the Alpha Gang. However, with the power of friendship anything is possible.

The story delves deeply into the internal struggles that each character faces, and our understanding of them only increases as the story unfolds. The dichotomy between the Alpha Gang and our protagonists, is one that calls into question our understanding of morality. What does it mean to be evil? What does it mean to be good? The choices our characters are forced to make really do make us reflect on our own life choices. I hope through watching this series, you can truly come to terms with what it means to be human.

It's like pokemon but with dinosaurs I don't think anything else needs to be said.

Story: 6
The story is episodic. Each episode has its plot. Each episode follows the same blueprint; new dinosaur appears, go battle bad guys, defeat bad guys. The show gets repetitive very fast. One thing that frustrated me was that I didn't know how the battle system worked. What determines who wins a battle? It always felt like the D-team would use a move card and they would win. I would've enjoyed the show more if they had some sort of battle system.

Characters: 6
The characters are Max, Rex, and Zoe, they're pretty generic and nothing special. The main antagonist is the Alpha Gang which mainly consists ... of Dr. Z, Ursula, Ed, and Zander. The Alpha Gang reminds me a lot of Team Rocket from Pokemon. My favorite character is Max's dad Dr. Taylor. I just loved how goofy he is.

Art: 6
The art is ok, all the episodes look the same. The dinosaurs are very colorful, and kids will like that. The move cards are also very colorful each element has their color and they look pretty cool.

Enjoyment: 6
The tv show gets a bit boring after a while. Although each episode has its plot they're not very interesting. One thing that I did like was that each episode had its own unique dinosaurs.

Overall: 6
Overall, I think this show is perfect for little kids from ages 5 to 10. Teenagers and adults might find the show repetitive and get bored fast. But, kids will find the dinosaurs fascinating.

Note: the show is intended for kids, my expectations weren't too high even considering that.

I wanted to watch this anime because I remember watching it as a little kid when I was obsessed with dinosaurs. However during watching the first episode I realized it would feel like a task instead of something I'd watch for enjoyment.
The plot is just a Pokémon rip off. Some kids who find ''real dinosaurs'' and need to defeat the bad guys. There's no real depth or opportunity to further develop the plot.
The idea of it is promising but it has been done so much better before.

Leaving that aside the dinosaurs ... are very poorly animated, the battles are boring and leave almost no room for variation.
If anyone reading this knows a good anime about dinosaurs please let me know because i need to fill the void this show couldn't do