Light Novel 'Madan no Ou to Vanadis' to Get Anime Adaptation

NeoAnkara said:
Someone say this is like DxD. Instant check.

Stark700 said:

With historical-like setting.

VioLink said:
Boobs.

Fai said:
Is it pointless fanservicy comedy, ala Zero no Tsukaima or is there something even barely resembling plot in this?

symbv said:
Zero has plot and the comedy is not pointless. It seems your question is even more pointless than anything in Zero.

Fai said:
You know exactly what I am talking about.

"Plot" in ZNT takes second place in favor of comedy gags and tsutsun female loli lead being angered by indecisive male lead. Its not exactly plot-driven series, which is depressing considering the premise of show(the whole "man out of time" thing) itself is decent and its has been proven that it can be handled perfectly(ex: Utawarerumono).

symbv said:
Second place does not mean no plot. Plot and fanservice is not something mutual exclusive. To think they have to be exclusive is only shallow and stupid,

particularly considering the LN is basically a form of pop entertainment.

Fai said:
Is it pointless fanservicy comedy, ala Zero no Tsukaima or is there something even barely resembling plot in this?

The plot synopsis and that main picture on LN page does not fill me with confidence at this being any good.

Fai said:
If we were to talk that way, TECHNICALLY its impossible to have a narrative without any sort of plot, because anything in narrative can be described as something happening.

fanservice taking the foreground incidentally DOES mean plot taking the background, which on itself means the plot will be less focused on element than fanservice and comedy, which was exactly my point.

Fai said:
]And yet as stuff like fate/zero proves, it does not need to be dumb, shallow or comedic to succeed.

Newhopes said:


The synopsis is actually really bad for this series it's very plot heavy and nothing like Zero no Tsukaima.

Basically the novels start with a border battle between two countries Brune the main charactor Tigre's country and zheted the land of the Vanadis, Brune loses and Tigre is taken prisioner for ransom.

The story revolves around Tigre fight to protect his people and his interaction with the 7 Vanadis, it involves civil war, lots of large scale battles with tactics and strategy, the fan service is there but not overly so the main character most definitely not a pervert.

Fai said:

Okay this actually sounds decent(barring fake european country trope)

Fai said:


Okay this actually sounds decent(barring fake european country trope)

how much fanservice is there exactly and how is it handled? is it typical sexist stuff or is it more subtle sexual nature of stuff?

Is it a harem?

and how is balance between female and male leads? is it typical "wimpy male, always angry female" or is it more balanced with both having moments of badassery?

Mr_Gutts said:
same thing again the light novel over the manga version.

UtsukushiiYume said:
Personally, this one is on the bottom of my list for all of the adaptations announced so far. Personally. It may be because the preview doesn't show me anything of interest.

Newhopes said:

Alot of it is accidently this is slight spoiler, after he's captured and taken back to Zheted after his training he went to a well to wash not knowing it was female only and walked into the Ellen the white haired vanadis naked.

And the main Charactor is in no way a wimp and none of the girls are abusives apart from one which was down to him been a prisoner of war rather than romance ETC, in fact main reason he was taken was due to the vanadis respect for his skill with the bow.

Fai said:


Hm, this sounds decent(unlike other ln adaptations anounced) even if a bit generic, os tlikely will check out ep or two once it airs to see whether its any good.

How does it compare to other war-focused stuff like utawarerumono?

Fai said:


Okay this actually sounds decent(barring fake european country trope)

how much fanservice is there exactly and how is it handled? is it typical sexist stuff or is it more subtle sexual nature of stuff?

Is it a harem?

and how is balance between female and male leads? is it typical "wimpy male, always angry female" or is it more balanced with both having moments of badassery?

Kaioshin_Sama said:


I read a bit of the manga so can sort of answer. The female is essentially like some sort of super soldier with a special weapon given to her by a sort of high king that makes her even stronger. The MC is the best archer in his kingdom but obviously still just a regular soldier with no special weapon. Both are pretty with it and rational people with good moral values (If I recall the main Eleonora tours her kingdom in disguise to see how conditions are and how she can improve as regent) etc only she seems to be more fixated on fighting and conquering etc from what I can tell. It was pretty balanced that I saw although I never got to any of the other Vanadis.

Fai said:


That actually sounds good (minus the typical "oh he is totally normal male attracting all those females" stuff and "uguuu" character designs), that is if other "vanadis" or whatever you call it characters do not overshadow and turn it into harem story latter on.

This is literally the only one of five announcements today that sounds remotely decent. Is it known yet which studio handles this?