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“Crown Knights defend Card Kingdom against giant chess-piece war machines threatening its collapse.”
Wild Cardz
じゃじゃ馬カルテット
5.45
13,188 rank · 2,836 viewers · 1 favorites
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy
Shounen
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Synopsis
Crown Knights defend Card Kingdom against giant chess-piece war machines threatening its collapse.
The Crown Knights are a bizarre special force to fight to the criminals who threaten the tranquil Card Kingdom. Each one had a special ability. But these Crown Knights must get down and dirty when they run up against two war machines shaped like gigantic chess pieces. The deck is stacked against them, somehow they've got the checkmate these indestructible invaders before the Card Kingdom topples. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
5.5
/10
What 4 viewers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5.5
mode 3
σ 1.80
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.80 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↑ 2.50
Running avg · Aug 2015 → Dec 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “These OVAs are fantastic if you go in with proper expectations. It's a 50 minute ad for a manga, and it's not going to spend time on the basics of a story, like telling audience who the characters...”
- 5 “JaJa Uma Quartet, or Wild Cards as it was released in English, is very ambitious for a short OVA. There's a lot that happens in each of the two episodes. But this anime never takes the time to...”
- 6 “This is animated way better than it deserves to be. Playing card themed heroes battle ... who are these people? Who is this guy with bad grammar and a flying drill? Who is the leggy wolf lady?...”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 50%
Long · 0%
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A Ova Production
Movic.- Format 2 × 30′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 00m all episodes
- Aired May 1997 – Sep 1997
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-1692 catalog
Licensed by
- Central Park Media Licensor