I changed my mind again. This anime is actually very good

patchworx said:
if you can't even remember the name of the main character himself is it really that good of an anime 💀

Nirinbo said:
My opinion of this anime is still the same: its only problem is the animation of the action scenes, not even the art style which is fine (except for the monsters CG). It's not a minor problem, which is why I'm rating it 5/10 at the moment, but that means it is better than about half of MAL top 100.

Nirinbo said:
My opinion of this anime is still the same: its only problem is the animation of the action scenes, not even the art style which is fine (except for the monsters CG). It's not a minor problem, which is why I'm rating it 5/10 at the moment, but that means it is better than about half of MAL top 100.

EndlessMaria said:

imo it should at least be higher than what MAL rates it. A 6.5 would be more accurate compared to the less than 5.5 that stinky MAL users give it.

Animaticide said:
This series would actually be a masterpiece by today's standards of it embraced it's rushed and loveless production state and acknowledged it in it's approach to humor.

The characters are somehow charming enough to carry the whole stupid story but it is no secret that it looks like ass, is very poorly directed, and it has no grasp on the concept of pacing. If it had been like "fuck it" and mocked itself on those bases, it would be actually pretty funny while still hitting those character progression marks.

The way it just unintentionally rushes through scenes like someone trying to retell the story of a show they watched once 7 years ago while trying to hold their pee in a public restroom queue is hilarious, even more so than the choppy and constantly off-model animation. I ironically love how chaotic this garbage-dump is at times, and how it feels like absolutely no one had any idea of what was going on during the making of this. The plot is already super dumb and relies heavily on absurdity (case in point: the world-ending threat is a literal giant hammer), even trying to make clever comedic quips at itself (like when the MC tries to figure out how the animal guardians would fit into the legendary beasts archetypes), but it doesn't go the full mile and I believe that is it's greatest weakness. It wants to treat itself seriously but there aren't elements to back it up in this goal, production-wise.

I will bet that if this got the Ghost Stories dub treatment from the beginning, cursing and all, it would rise to the top of many watchers' lists. After all, it is it's super low quality that still has me glued to it.

RealLotto said:
The point of adapting a manga to anime is to give the source material story one thing that the printed medium is unable to convey in full power, that is, movement and sound. This is the reason anime adaptation of manga exist in the first place, and the show laughably failed at the one thing it is supposed to do. The animation is stiff, the color choice is unappealing, the sound design sucks, the pacing is all over the place, it is unable to translate the energetic feeling that you get from the manga. The only redeeming quality of this anime is the plot, but then you got the source manga, which is miles better than the anime. A 5/10 rating is definitely earned since it was a half-baked show.

If anything, this anime only serves to drive people away from the incredible story that is Hoshi no Samidare rather than promotes it.