Zero no Tsukaima: Princesses no Rondo Picture Drama

Zero no Tsukaima: Princesses no Rondo Picture Drama is honestly, imo better than the entirety of S3 itself. If we're picking out moments from S3 then nah, but as a whole? I'd say this is better. Characters don't betray their personality like in S3 and ofc the other faults S3 has that my review pointed out but no need to mention that here as its not relevant to this review.

You can (at the time of this review's date posted) find this on YouTube, if you're looking for the English Sub version you can find 6 out of 7.the last one not subbed you can ... find with a CC turned on but the sub for the CC is crap. However if you like me have seen enough sub anime and know enough Japanese words then that + the CC and whats going on in the episode you can make out most or all of whats being said/happening. That said the other 6 that ARE subbed are out of order, it was annoying to have to play puzzle to find the right order, thankfully logic and common sense as well as the sub and start of the episode as well as the MAL synopsis here are what made it possible to find the correct order with little trouble. As a result i only saw 1 episode out of order.

Ah, my apologies, let's get onto the review itself. Basically the art for these 7 eps in this picture drama is really nice and well done. The story is basically Saito, Louise and Siesta are doing a play. Why, where and for what purpose is never explained, sadly. Likewise I'm unable to say if this is even canon, as only one thing said during the performance they did indicates this may not be canon (Hint: Wedding) however at the same time nothing besides that says it isn't canon. If its mentioned in S4 then its canon, otherwise you can skip this but personally if you like this series or any of the 3 characters then i'd strongly recommend to NOT skip it. (disclaimer: Siesta doesn't get much screen time at all, so its really the other two)

The first 3 episodes have Louise and Saito playing roles of the opposite of what they are in the anime. So, the proud stuck up aristocrat is now playing a maid. Mean while Saito is playing an Earl... sadly a cheating one who cheats on his wife but thats just part of the play and I swear this is based on an actual play as i swear I've seen/heard this story before, prolly in another anime or two... anyway, the real question is, will Louise be able to finish the play and stay in character or will she lash out and go back to being herself?

Episodes 4-7 put them in a role that's very close to their role in the anime, despite this it ends up going further than even the anime thus far has gone, so if S4 doesn't show serious growth/this then hey, this is a nice way to see what the two might be like in the future, sadly, i can actually see this happening as of the series' state thus far lol that said these short 7 episodes were really great, I'd really recommend checking them out, don't be scared of the other reviews with low scores. That said keep in mind it IS a picture drama so expect a few pics and most of it is just audio, those aren't so bad and certainly not here, especially if you like Saito and Louise!

I rate Zero no Tsukaima: Princesses no Rondo Picture Drama, a 7.0 out of 10.0, check it out :)

I remember when first time i saw this series. It had some potential in it. But series after series it went horrible. Back then it had some story in it. Relationship between Loiuse and Saito. But in second and third season there is only fanservice. And im not saying fanservice is bad nor good. There is plenty of people who do like it. The problem is in overall everything. First, in third season there is no story at all. Second anime has terrible sound for 2009. Third there is almost no animation. U can see that they are put just 3 or 4 mouth animation ... on characters and make them talk. That's bad. And last they put almost no effort to design of characters. I mean in first season there was some bad character looks that i said oh it's 2006 and it's ok maybe they will improve but as new series camed the quality was decreased. So if you are into some weird fanservice anime that has no story in it give it a shot.

This review might not be really helpful, but as there wasn't any review out there I thought I might just as well share my thoughts. The story is totally worthless except for the last two 'episodes', it mainly only consists of fan-service and naturally story is totally irrelevant to fan service. As its a picture drama the art is naturally poor, and the number of pictures was even low compared to other picture drama's I have seen. Sound was just ok, though I think it reused most music from the main series. In the picture drama Louise and Saito are playing a theatre piece and ... their characters are interesting to some extend and I in the last two 'episodes' there is something (at least I smiled for the first time) which is enjoyable to some extend, however due to the first few episodes which were pure fan service I went down from a 4-5/10 to a 3/10. Overall I think it's not worth watching, though it won't take a lot of time to watch either.