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Not as good as previous seasons

The whole show just seemed cheesier somehow than its previous seasons. I'm trying to think of the correct way to explain it and the best I came up with is this:
If the original series was written in a style that would appeal to teenagers/young adults, and then they added all the nudity and sexual references to it to make it adult. The style of this one seems like it was written for the 8-12yo market, so even with the added sexual references etc, the characters, story and whole premise come across as juvenile.

Artwork:
Most of the characters are similar enough ... looking to the previous seasons, with a few notable exceptions like Kiba. Overall, it wasn't as annoying as I thought it would be.
What did annoy me though, was that all the girls have got even larger breasts in this season (Ridiculously proportioned breasts is one of my pet hates with anime)

Story Line:
The show starts several months after season 3 finished and its like the writers just expect us to know what happened during those missing months. They never properly explain any of it, even when it has direct impact on the current story. The few flashbacks tend to leave you confused and asking more questions than it answered.
The relationship between Rias and Issei is disjointed and doesn't track from what we have seen previously.
The fight scenes were okay and there were some funny moments like we expect from DxD, but I didn't enjoy these as much as previous seasons (probably because of all the changes).

Overall:
A definite down grade as far as I'm concerned, but its still DxD and therefore still worth watching.

Average at best.

This anime started out okay and after the first four episodes I held out some hope for it. After that it quickly declined into the average run of the mill isekai anime currently flooding the market, with an over powered main character and a harem of girls.

There is nothing particularly new or groundbreaking in this anime. The action is average at best and other than Yue, the harem girls are pathetically poor characters.

Overall this had the potential to be something decent, but failed miserably.
If you like isekai anime, it is watchable, but otherwise I would give this one a miss.

I would ... probably rank it about the same as these other isekai titles below.
How Not To Summon A Demon Lord (Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu)
The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar (Hyakuren no Haou to Seiyaku no Valkyria )
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody (Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku)

Haven't read the manga, so unbiased at time of reviewing.

Story:
The biggest companies in Japan are all members of the Kengan Association. Whenever these companies come into conflict, such as both wanting to build on a particular spot, or bid on the same contract etc, the matter is resolved in an underground street fight known as a Kengan match. The Kengan association president oversees these matches and makes sure that the agreed upon terms are enforced. So the better the fighter is, the more money the company makes.

A few episodes in it is decided that there will be a Kengan tournament. Each company in the ... Kengan Association can put forth a fighter to compete for the right to become, or to name the next Kengan Association president.

The majority of this series is based around the tournament, with one or two fights in each episode.
And the good thing is, they show a lot of the fights, not just the main character Oma. Sometimes Oma doesn't fight for several episodes.

The fight scenes themselves are enjoyable and the episodes move along at a decent pace.
I found it a bit unusual that the 12th episode didn't end in a big fight scene involving the main character, but I guess this series is planning to have multiple seasons.

Art
I wasn't a huge fan of the style of art used. It was fine during the fight scenes, but when not fighting, the characters sometimes looked odd, particularly when talking.

Characters:
I found the characters a bit hit and miss. Some of them are downright annoying. Although having said that, Yamashita did start growing on me a bit in the later episodes.

Overall:
I enjoyed the series. If you like martial arts based anime and don't mind blood filled fighting scenes, then I recommend giving this one a go.

Disappointing

Story: Terrible.
So there are a million excaliburs located in the past. Anyone who can wield an excalibur is given the title of Arthur. These million excaliburs are causing some sort of time dilation so they need to be destroyed. Hence six present day Arthurs' are sent back in time to destroy them.

However they don't bother to tell you why there are a million excaliburs, why they are causing time dilation, why the majority of Arthurs/Excaliburs are pathetically weak (defeated with one swing from the hero's excalibur). You are just supposed to accept it.

Each excalibur once drawn from stone can change itself into any ... item to suit its wielder. So an excalibur may be a sword, a hammer, a whip, a gun etc.
The episodes tend to follow one or two of the heroes at a time, while they are on a hunt for an excalibur. In these episodes we learn a bit more about them, but the back stories aren't really enlightening and there is next to no character growth.
Every episode feels like a space filler episode, where the characters do things like work in a mine, attend a school, go to a water park etc. There isn't really a contiguous story line at all.

Characters: Generic.
The main character and leader of the heroes is a dumb blonde who likes to dress up in slutty cosplay outfits, and then can't understand why everyone looks at her weird. She contributes nothing useful to the story and we barely learn anything about her in the first season.
There's also a pre-teen with a hammer as big as she is, a loud mouth young male, the laid back/lazy older male, a stuck up girl and an effeminate looking boy.
There are also six faeries who you learn next to nothing about (including why they are even there).

Animation: Good. Love the style.

Action: Average.
The fight scenes are generally short and not particularly entertaining, which is a shame as there was room for some great fight scenes, considering an excalibur could be literally anything.

Comedy: Bland
The supposed funny moments don't really hit the mark. I can't recall laughing once.

Fan Service: Mild
Lots of cleavage, as well as hair and hand covered breasts. No actual nudity or panty shots. Only in one episode did I find the amount of FS used excessive.

Overall: Ordinary 4.5/10
There is very little chance I will bother watching the second season.

Given the story line, I didn't have a lot of expectation going into this one and ended up pleasantly surprised. There are no amazing episodes, just a good paced, easy to watch story that was an enjoyable way to pass the time. It was even tempting to learn how to play go after watching this.

The art wasn't spectacular, but I liked the subtle aging of the young characters as they grew over the two or so years this series takes place.

After the series finished, even though it wasn't mind blowingly amazing, I often thought about it and ended up re-watching the series again and ... then writing this review.

I strongly suggest looking past the boring sounding story line and giving this anime a go. It might just surprise you.

I will keep this review short and to the point.
For the isekai genre (summoned to another world type anime) this is one of, if not the best one I have seen so far.

I am enjoying this series more than I enjoyed:
Overlord
That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime (Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken)
KonoSuba: Gods Blessing on Ohis World (Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!)
Isekai Cheat Magician (Isekai Cheat Majutsushi)
How Not To Summon A Demon Lord (Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu)
The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar (Hyakuren no Haou to Seiyaku no Valkyria )
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody ... (Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku)

So if you were a fan of any of these, I highly recommend this anime.
7.5/10

P.S - I have finished series now, and review stands. I hope there is a second season.

If having watched the first season, you are unsure whether its worth continuing on with the series, rest assured the second season is better.

The story line for the second season is more series oriented rather than being episodic like the first season was. The first arc (which is more of a prequel), while annoying at first because it doesn't follow directly on from the first season, turned out to be very enjoyable. Episode 5 we return to the story that was set up at the end of the first season and other than one random episode about the super detective guy, it was non-stop action.

Definitely ... recommend continuing with the series (unless you hated the first season, in which case, why are you even looking at this?)

The first thing you need to know about Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon is that it gets better the further it goes along. The second season is also better than the first. So if you do decide to give it a go and are unsure after the first couple episodes, I suggest sticking with it.

The story line can be difficult to follow. They don't take the time to properly explain to you the history of the world or the politics, you're just expected to follow with only a limited grasp on these things.
To make it even more difficult, there are heaps of characters to keep track of ... right from the get go. Other than that, the show has some good action and comedic moments that kept me watching and some interesting takes on magic.

The characters themselves are decent, but because there are so many of them, there is little in the way of character development. Each character might only get a couple minutes of screen time each episode. What I saw of them though, I tended to enjoy. The main male character bordered somewhere between annoying and amusing, shifting more to amusing in the later episodes and the 2nd season.

Art was fine as was sound.

Overall: I came very close to dropping this one, but glad I stuck it out and watched the second season. Even if you struggle with the story like I did, there is enough action and comedy to keep the show watchable.

P.S they say Judge alot in this show. Whenever someone would normally say yes, okay, will do, right away etc they say judge instead.

Kept waiting for something to happen.

This show is fairly easy to watch and there are some moments that will make you laugh.
Overall though nothing really happened. You would think a show about girls with telekinetic powers and some shadowy organization would have more violence, fights or anything really.
Instead you are treated to 12 episodes of Hina wanting food and lazing about. Nitta caring for and often complaining about Hina. Ansu's life as a homeless teen (which was probably the most interesting part of the show) and finally Hitomi working in Nitta's favorite bar and occasionally helping Hina or Ansu.

This show is very episodic, with ... very little in the way of a contiguous story line. After 12 episodes there was no indication of where these super powered girls came from, or what the "Organization" is, why they exist etc. Like I said, it's 12 episodes of nothing.

Animation was fine. If you care, there was little to no fan service.
Soundtrack was fine.

Go into this one with low expectations and maybe you will enjoy it more than I did.

5.5 out of 10

Disappointing.

I knew exactly what to expect when I started watching this anime and though nothing is original about the story, or the characters, I have always enjoyed anime like this.

So its a typical school type setting where the worst students are given an outcast teacher to help them improve or face expulsion. Add to that the girls are cute, have super powers and have to battle other students. So when it comes time for the annual school battle, the girls as expected compete and prove to everyone they aren't the losers everyone thought they were. Brilliant, seen heaps of anime just like it and ... loved most of them.

However in this waste of a time anime, instead of devoting the main portion of the series to the tournament and the fight scenes (which is the best part of these types of anime), they only show the very first match and then in the next episode jump straight to the tournament final. WTF... How can you leave out the battles, the hard fought victories, the pulling a win from the jaws of defeat???
There was hardly any time spent on training episodes either and even though this series was only 12 eps, they managed to add generic space filler episodes like the girls working in a maid cafe.

Very annoyed at this series as it could have been so much better.

If you like the magic/fighting school genre anime, you might like to check out these.
Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry - 8/10
Seiken Tsukai no World Break - 7/10
Gakusen Toshi Asterisk - 6.5/10
Absolute Duo - 6/10
Hundred - 6/10