Hortensia Saga

A violent rebellion in the capital led by Duke Rugis Camellia wreaks havoc on the Kingdom of Hortensia, leaving every member of the royalty either dead or missing. Barely escaping with his life, knight Maurice Baudelaire flees the ensuing chaos after his brother, Fernando Albert, is killed by a werewolf in battle.

To honor his legacy, Maurice treks to Albert's house and delivers his son, Alfred Ober, his father's sword. Despite his grief, Alfred is reminded of a vow he pledged with his father—to become a knight so that he could protect his land, the Albert Dominion.

Under Maurice's tutelage, Alfred hones his combat skills to fulfill his promise. Training alongside him is Marius Casterede, an intriguing boy whose age seems to be more than meets the eye. Elsewhere, Pope Alexi Valdebron delivers the order to capture the missing princess and crowns Charlot D'Hortensia as the new king. Hortensia Saga is a tale of camaraderie and determination as Alfred, Marius, and Maurice work together with friends of past and present to bring forth light amidst Hortensia's dark times.

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Ober, Alfred Main

Hosoya, Yoshimasa Japanese

Casterede, Marius Main

Horie, Yui Japanese

Olivier, Adelhied Supporting

Kobayashi, Yuu Japanese

Danois, Deflotte Supporting

Umehara, Yuuichirou Japanese

Baudelaire, Maurice Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou Japanese

Valdebron, Alexi Supporting

Horie, Kazuma Japanese

Foly, Nonnoria Supporting

Ueda, Reina Japanese

Bashro, Roy Supporting

Eguchi, Takuya Japanese

Ober, Bernadetta Supporting

Ootsubo, Yuka Japanese

Vialdo, Didier Supporting

Ikeda, Shuuichi Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Satou, Yoshiki Producer

Herek, Samantha Assistant Producer

Nishikata, Yasuto Director

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Mar 27, 2021

ImWeebs

Recommended

This anime is nothing interesting but somehow I like it and watch it until it runs out.


I like the graphics and animation during sword fighting and for this story it seems normal (I'm not saying the story is bad lol), I like the opening song as well as the ending,
For Cgi I don't really care, the voice actors are good too, one thing I don't like is the ending because I think it's hanging and I also know this anime won't get the second season, I want to play the game but it can't be on my laptop because the specifications are low and I ... hope there will be a second season.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Mar 24, 2021

Marinate1016

Mixed Feelings

Hortensia Saga is an odd one. On one hand, it’s yet another generic fantasy gacha adaptation. On the other, it was actually quite enjoyable for me.

I’ll be quick and brief with this one, everyone knows I am easy to please with anime. Story doesn’t have to be top notch or revolutionary, I like good character interactions and waifus. Hortensia has neither. The plot does nothing to actually draw you in and interest you. The characters are all shallow and have no real depth to them, other than the main antagonist whose motivations are still rather generic.

Despite the complaints, I actually did find the ... show to be fun to watch. It’s one of those situations where you know something isn’t good, but yet still like it. I definitely would not recommend this show to most people.

The CG in the show is pretty damn bad at times. When the fight sequences stay 2D, they’re decent. But, often times monsters and fights went with the CG style, probably to save the staff time and effort, but it just didn’t look right at all. The still art is really good, though. Backgrounds are bright and colourful and I do like the character style.

If you’re looking for a fantasy gacha adaptation to watch, try Priconne or King’s Raid. Hortensia Saga is painfully average and will most likely be a chore to sit through. Hortensia Saga gets 6 out of 10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Mar 9, 2022

AatihoNora

Not Recommended

Hortensia Saga is a kind of melodrama about a kingdom and its allied dominion. The story is about a princess trying to take back the kingdom while fighting supernatural beings.

The plot had some potential but the story and the events were written far too horribly and the characters never got a single chance of development. It was some sort of melodrama, unnecessary sad scenes, too much friendship power, and a lot of unexplained things. The antagonist and side characters never had any depth, to begin with, and the protagonist never got any development. It was just one bad fight and he learned everything about the ... situation. The character of the maid gets pretty annoying at one point with the screeching voice and over-excitement. The animation was alright although the use of cgi was terrible and the background fights were so bad to the point of laughable. The art was also far too downgraded compared to other anime of the same time. The anime could have been an average series if they focused more on character development, story events that had a real impact rather than just being a melodrama and giving better story and direction to side characters and antagonists.

The story just barely scratches the plot in my opinion if they had taken their time and made a 24 episode series and shown better parts like showing more about dominion warfare and involvement and giving better history to support the story. All and all the anime as it is right now it's just horrible and I will not recommend it to anyone.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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