Maougun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta

I liked this show for the following:
- Medieval fantasy setting
- No characters seem truly OP yet, all have a weakness and go through trouble
- MC has an interesting backstory
- Large-scale battles, tactics, kingdoms
- Human/demon interactions are interesting
- MC has a secret identity

I disliked this show for the following:
- Harem-like aspects (to be fair one is a pig-demon-man, though)
... - Ending was weak... I actually didn't realize what I watched last week was in fact the final episode 12 of the season
- Fairly predictable plot from episode to episode
- MC teleporting around so often, it sacrifices the journey/adventure of traveling in this world, all to increase the pacing of events
- MC's secret identity turns out to be not-so-secret as time goes on
- Some of the animation is bad at times, like for the mobs
- MC has not been put through enough of an ordeal yet, never really felt worried for him personally, but his troops/army/etc sure

If 5/10 means 50% like and 50% dislike, this is 7/10. I like the setting a lot, I have gripes about some characters, but overall I enjoyed it.

Lately it seems people are systematically review-nuking anything involving fantasy... I get that there is just too much, but you should always watch the first episode of a show if you think it seems interesting... and decide for yourself. Don't rely on the rating number or what other people think. If someone truly hates a show, they would drop it and not finish it! To finish a show means, by definition, that person found the show watchable, or they don't value their own time. The only consideration after that is whether or not you enjoyed it. It is very much NOT fashionable right now to admit enjoying fantasy or isekai.

A decent Anime. It's about a Human who is pretending to be a demon in the service of the Dark Lord as they wage war against humanity.
You can clearly see that it's a low budget anime. The animation is not great, the writing is infantile and the story is all over the place. They also frequently pad up the runtime with unnecessarily long interactions that only serve to annoy the viewer. The first half of the Anime is rife with it.

The main problem is that the anime doesn't know what it wants to be. There are episodes of nonstop combat, "tactics" and grandstanding. ... And then there are lighthearted romcom episodes that feel like fillers. The protagonist is surrounded by silly comic relief characters whenever literally everyone else in the world acts seriously. It can be really jarring at times, especially the "rivals in romance".

The anime really shines I'd say in the last two episodes. It's finally taking itself seriously and delivers a relatively good battle without too many unnecessary distractions. There is a promise of a sequel as well. I guess.

Overall for what I assume is a very low budget production I'd rate it at 6.5/10

As I finished writing this I just realized that this isn't even an ISEKAI. What the hell. I hate it now.

"he Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army Was a Human" is one of those animes that come every season with the typical overly
powerful protagonist without much of a personality except for being capable, humble and noble (so that the viewer may self-insert), where women seem to gravitate towards and fight for his attention but he's oblivious and every time someone makes an advance it is interrupted. A dumb relief character, fantasy elements (magic, demi-humans...), and one-dimensional villains can't be missed either.

The story is simple, we follow a human working for the demon lord (who is a young looking girl who seems to have ... a slight crush on him, just like every other girl) who is on a war campaign to unite the races. Along the way there will be rivalries, alliances, many fights (poorly animated, with lots of still images and ugly-looking 3D animation), drama with fanservice sprinkled in between and lots of irrelevant episodic plots that you can easily predict the outcome of.

There isn't much I can say in favor of this anime, the fanservice was pretty tame in comparison with what's out there, the characters where hollow and without development but mostly likeable, and the world-building was lacking but what I got to see was interesting. The story was engaging enough for me to finish 12 episodes but I don't think I could withstand another season of this generic slop.