Hey everyone, Charmer here. It’s been a while since I wrote a full review, but this anime triggered me to the point of no return. Mainly because it’s current rating is almost an 8, which is completely outrageous in my opinion. Alderamin is like a beautifully wrapped Christmas present with nail clippings inside. Fairly speaking, the anime only manages to look good from the outside. Scribble scripting and nonsensical directing are just some of the problems this anime faces. So strap your seatbelts because it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
Story:
Alderamin is set somewhere during the mid 1800’s I presume, as technology seems to be
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making a breakthrough and primitive weaponry begins to emerge, but honestly, this anime is so whack that it might be set 200 years in the future, heck if I know. The series dwells upon certain kingdom themes that revolve around knights and royalty, except without all of the heavy armor, or the swords. I know what you’re thinking at this point “Charmer-san, you haven’t really said much about the story yet”, that’s because there really isn’t one. You can say that Alderamin is an anime that likes to develop on its own, as it goes, things just happen you could say. But to sum it up as best as I can, it’s mainly about a bunch of 18-year-old “Imperial Knights” that protect their kingdom from the opposing army of Kioka. Alderamin can be compared to a boxer who spends an entire year of training only to never actually fight. Can you imagine that 4 episodes, of a 12-episode series, is nothing but a slow and boring practice match between 2 mini armies? I can’t believe it either, but that’s actually what it is. Oh and just to reassure you, it doesn’t get any better. “After the sparring match I was raring to go, boy was a pumped! But in the end, I never really got to fight.”
Art:
I have to say, the cover art completely fooled me. Here I was, thinking that even if the show was not that good, I could at least enjoy the aesthetics. Well turns out I was wrong about that too. I just don’t know what it is with Alderamin, one episode our MC is looking canvas fresh and the next he suddenly resembles a preschool pixel project, what is happening? The inconsistent animation is just confusing. It’s like the producers slowly began to realize how fruitless this anime was and decided to just not care anymore. I have to say, in some occasions the art shines brightly, and it truly is a sight to see, the characters look very detailed and refined. However, it just never lasts for too long, and there’s nothing more that I hate in an anime than inconsistent animation, it really burns my insides. But to be honest it won’t really bother you once you realize that you’re only watching for the sake of completing, it’ll grow on you I guess, like fungus to a tree.
Sound:
Oh God, I need to think of something I can compare Alderamin’s soundtrack with. I know, imagine yourself locked in a prison cell with nothing to eat but dry bread and warm water. Sounds plain right? Sounds disgusting right? Well that’s exactly what Alderamin’s sound sounds like, absolute garbage. Actually, you can trick your brain into thinking that there isn’t a soundtrack, because there is no way you’d be able to remember anyways. I seriously can’t recall anything besides the opening and ending songs, after all they were not that bad, actually they were pretty good truth be told. However! I would have highly appreciated a dramatic soundtrack during the mock war, yea I said mock war. But Instead, I got absolute silence with a bunch of screaming in the background. Who’s the sound director for this anime? If I try to look him up there’s a good possibility he won’t exist, just like his music, missing. Can somebody tell me how this anime scored an 8 out of 10 again? Please?
Characters:
Here we go again, it’s time to start dismembering these “main characters” one by one. How do the directors of Alderamin have the audacity to label some of these nobodies as actual “main characters”? You know what a main character means right? Somebody who plays an integral part to the development of an anime, yet I can name 3 characters who could have mistakenly died in that practice war and nobody would have even noticed. Actually, if that had happened, maybe this anime wouldn’t have been so bad, and those “main characters” would have found a purpose through the only way possible: death. There are only 2 characters whose names are worth mentioning: Ikta Solork, the “lazy general” archetype that was obviously stolen from Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu’s Yang Wenli, and Yatorishino Igsem, his female partner whose presence decreases the more you keep watching. So Solork truly is the only main character of the series, and he’s not so bad, he can be pretty funny sometimes and is actually a very capable person, mentally that is. We’re also presented with a series of inner conflicts that subside within him, none of which are actually solved by the end of the series, but oh well, can’t say I didn’t see that coming. Oh and of course, you guessed it, one of those conflicts revolves around the death of his parents, very original!
You know how some characters are forced to do something they don’t agree with, and in the end they follow their inner voice and make things right again? Well, Solork just decided to go with the flow, he hated the fact that he joined the imperial army (almost as much as he hated the day his mom died) but just decided to keep strolling along with it, eventually winning important battles for his kingdom, beautiful, simply beautiful! Also can someone explain why the princess likes Solork so much? I mean sure, he managed to save the life of the one saving her life, but shouldn’t her gratitude disperse just a little? When he was gone for war all she could think of was “Solork Solork Solork” not once did she ever say something like “Gee I hope everyone is alright while I sit here and do nothing” or “Everyone! Hang in there!” Nope, none of that, no wonder this kingdom is so corrupt. Oh and the character development is another disaster on its own, there’s this one “main character” called Mattew Tetojirichi who develops as a person after every question he asks. The director was probably like “no wait! It’s not time for Mattew to ask that question yet! He’s not ready to develop that fast!”. Literally this guy goes “Solork, how do I become confident like you?” then Solork replies with a witty phrase from ancient times that nobody really understands, but somehow, through the magic of his words, Matthew becomes a confident war general and overcomes the fear within his heart. Man I need someone like Solork in my life.
Enjoyment:
If I was forced to describe Alderamin with one word It would be: boring. This anime was so boring that I had to motivate myself to watch it, because I knew that beyond this dark bridge of terror, JoJo’s Bizaree Adventure awaited me, and that was enough reason to finish the show in around a day or so. If you’ve read this far through the review you’ll know that the story is boring, the art is boring, the sound is boring, and the characters are boring. So I guess it’s obvious how enjoyable this anime is. Alderamin is worse than filling your bowl up with cereal only to find out there’s no milk. It’s just that bad.
Watch?: No!
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Hey everyone, Charmer here. It’s been a while since I wrote a full review, but this anime triggered me to the point of no return. Mainly because it’s current rating is almost an 8, which is completely outrageous in my opinion. Alderamin is like a beautifully wrapped Christmas present with nail clippings inside. Fairly speaking, the anime only manages to look good from the outside. Scribble scripting and nonsensical directing are just some of the problems this anime faces. So strap your seatbelts because it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
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