This anime gets undeserved hate

Hirako179 said:
While this anime don't really deserve that much of hate, it don't deserve much praise either in my opinion. Though there was some good moments in it, but everything was ruined because of that mecha and supernatural stuff in it which I think was not something what would be good in an actually decent historical samurai anime.

DeeDubz12 said:
No it deserves the hate, it was marketed as a historical samurai show and we got a mecha supernatural cluster fuck and yasuke wasn’t even the main character

I view it as an anime of mindless fun , not sure what it was marketed as ,, but for what was given it still did a solid job in action and story

I mean sure the magic girl was overpowered .. but I didn't take the show that serious .. hence "mindless fun"

if you want a hardcore samurai show there aren't many out there , besides Shigurui .. if swords are clashing together at hyper-speed I'm not sure how or why you'd take the show more serious than its creators

DeeDubz12 said:
No it deserves the hate, it was marketed as a historical samurai show and we got a mecha supernatural cluster fuck and yasuke wasn’t even the main character

DeeDubz12 said:
No it deserves the hate, it was marketed as a historical samurai show and we got a mecha supernatural cluster fuck and yasuke wasn’t even the main character

kushmonatl said:
I see people faulting the anime because it features "mechas and magic" in medieval times ..

The story is still engaging with good action scenes and stellar animation

good mix of bloodiness, romance, and adventure

a good anime for mindless fun .. while it has some bushido codes of honor its not overly philosophical or slow paced

a decent 8/10 show .. I found it very enjoyable and a stylish anime to pass the time with

JWolf2000 said:

The reason that the magic and mechas get so much hate is because they're so poorly integrated into the worldbuilding. The mechas do get an explanation as to why they're here, as Oda Nobunaga told us, they're there ever since the Mongolian invasions in 1274 and 1281. But if that's the case, where are they during Yasuke's backstory sequences? Also, the setting does not support the likelihood of having mechas around, as it's clearly sengoku era Japan (the Edo period began in 1603 and the story is set in 1602), making the inclusion of mechas feel forced and just there to make the action scenes fancier.

Don't get me wrong, you can have a samurai setting with mechas in it. Case in point: Samurai 7. but he reason it worked there is because it had a steampunk setting and the mechas also supported the themes in the show.

The main problem with the magic is that that magic system is very inconsistent. I don't think i need to say more if you compare Saki's powers to all other magic users' powers, it just serves to make Saki cooler to the cost of everyone else in the show, including Yasuke, who just becomes stupid in the final battle.

I know this was already said, but this also had to do with poor marketing. When marketing yourself and just Troyan horse in magic and mechas, you're upsetting your audience, especially when they're not integrated at all.

Also, I don't remember any romance to be in the show.

kushmonatl said:
I see people faulting the anime because it features "mechas and magic" in medieval times ..

The story is still engaging with good action scenes and stellar animation

good mix of bloodiness, romance, and adventure

a good anime for mindless fun .. while it has some bushido codes of honor its not overly philosophical or slow paced

a decent 8/10 show .. I found it very enjoyable and a stylish anime to pass the time with

Capykat said:

I agree. It seems people really went into this hyped for an historical drama, which is understandable. But there are a lot of historical drama animes, and there is very little historically known about Yasuke anyway, so i really didn't mind them taking large liberties with the genre lol. I found this show fun to watch, loved the animation, and the music was really cool! Sometimes it's good to just have fun and enjoy the silly things. This was something unique that reminded me of the old cartoon network/ toonami days of anime. I'd probably rate it a 7/10. It's only 6 episodes and good to watch while working out! 👍 Also I did watch the Japanese language version, I know its not the original but I really enjoyed Yaasan's VA.