Apr 21, 2017
First of all if you bear hostility towards chinese anime. Don't come here.
Supposing you bear huge distastes towards chinese dub, just turn your back.
Looking for another widespread virtual fantasy game ? Look elsewhere.
However, if you're seeking for something new, willing to attempt something fresh, then please do give <Quan Zhi Gao Shou a.k.a The King's Avatar> a try as it is probably relatively unlike what you have seen in the anime industry so far. You may come to love it, or also detest it but its definitely not a waste of time in my opinion.
Story:
You should have a good idea what it's about from the
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synopsis on MAL. It's basically about a top pro gamer that got kicked out of the industry because of a fallout with his team mate due to various reasons. With nowhere else to go, he ended up working the night shift at a local net cafe and surprisingly a new server opened on the game he spent his entire career on.
That being the case, this story aims to showcase the hardships of a pro gamer in the industry, relationship between people be it friendship or rivalries, with a little drama here and there as the man character embarks on his journey back to the top. Unfortunately, with only 12 episodes I feel that there are only that much that can’t be covered and it might be difficult to bring out its true potential. The pacing is on the fast side but not to the level where its unbearable if you don’t nit-pick comparing it to the actual source material.
Characters:
This is one of the main selling point of this franchise, the characters all have their distinct personalities, motives and drives that makes them who they are. You have good interaction between each characters and the dialogues always tend to be funny. (The mc just has the talent to piss other people off tbh, and the anime really made him out to be a person that you’d wanna slap seeing his smug face rofl) The relationship of the characters are explored and play an important role in this story as they embark on an adventure bonding, competing or fighting against one another. All in all, the characters here are more mature and realistic than the usual japanese characters.
Art & Animation:
Now this is finally one chinese anime adaption I can proudly claim to not lose out to any of the major studio's in their effort put into it. The visuals are just spectacular, the use of cgi merge very nicely. Of course there are minor cases such as the badly disfigured mob crowds in the background at times but those are not really that distractive as its pretty much inconsequential details since you’ll only see those like less than 5% of the time. I really like the mature theme this anime has unlike the usual japanese artstyle, the over exaggeration and reaction is still present but toned down a lot. The visuals really give off an atmosphere of watching a movie.
The background just looks fantastic without words to describe it really, the amount of details put into the scenery be in the real world or game was similarly awesome. Those camera angles switching between third and first person perspectives or panning from the ground to the view from the sky across the city was just beautiful. I love how they depict the scenery and cinematic used in this anime. The background and scenery are just a sight to behold. In terms of action the animation wasn't the best but still very good.
Soundtrack:
The osts used in the anime is my personal favorite. The soft piano melodramatic music is just tender to the ears during those touching and sad occasions. The intense and fast paced osts that was used during the fights and actions scenes are fine quality, then you have that theme music to showcase how our main character kick some ass. There's the tipsy pop-ish music for all those comedic moments that just puts a smile on your lips. How they mix it in between in conjunction across fights is excellent. They really done well in fusing those melody and make the most out of it to bring out the atmosphere. Both OP and ED are splendid but I just adore the ED song, it really brings out the meaning of the story and feels from the story (especially so for those who’ve read the novel).
Enjoyment:
What else is there to say ? I’m disappointed that it couldn’t adapt all the good portion from the novel and really feel pity such a good piece of story could only do so much as an anime adaption but nonetheless it didn’t wither down my enjoyment watching this anime. I appreciate every moment of it and despite the waste of not being able to have the full experience for non-novel readers, it’s still well done for the most parts.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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