Review of The Heroic Legend of Arslan
Arslan Senki (TV) アルスラーン戦記 Review Story (7/10) Good More Specifically (7.5/10) The story for Arslan Senki isn't anything amazing but it's not bad what so ever. My expectations for the story weren't really high especially have reading some of Kingdom (sorry low blow yeah I really should even mention Kingdom this is about Arslan Senki...) Anyway like said before the story is good but I did feel the pacing for episodes 17-23 could have been a bit better because I did indeed loose quite a lot of interesting in the semi-slice of life in a army they had going on during those episodes. Which is why Ipersonally can't give this an 8 so a 7.5 will do.
Art and Animation (8/10) Very Good
The art is very good and the animation (at least for episode 24 that is was amazing) everything else as far as animation was either just good or sub par. It definitely wasn't really consistent when it came to animation and art style it would go from looking good to looking mediocre quite a few art style derps here and there but not on a Toei level. With that being said if the anime actually looked like what those still pictures looked like at the end of the first outro man it would have been amazing. The CG didn't bother me as is wasn't used too much.
Sound (10/10) Masterpiece/Outstanding
Nothing wrong in the sound department as the Openings and Endings are amazing well chosen for such a series, the voice actors were outstanding (JP VA) and the sound effects on weapons clashing sound real authentic.
Characters (8/10) Very Good
The characters in Arslan Senki are very good also. With 25 episodes they did a good job fleshing out the cast and making everyone in the protagonist's group feel relevant and that's what you are suppose to do. Obviously Daryun stole the anime the dude is a best and he reminds me so much of Zhao Yun even their names kind of sound alike.. come to think of it Arslan reminds me of Liu Bei and Narsus of Zhuge Liang... hmmm maybe that's why I like them so much because I'm a giant ROTK fan.. anyway if those characters are inspired by those people it doesn't bother be because I loved them all.
Enjoyment (8/10) Very Good
My enjoyment for this season of Arslan Senki was a roller coaster if I do say so myself. I'm not going to lie I wasn't excited every Sunday to quickly watch this anime because like I said around episodes 17-23 my interest was at an all time low to the point were I had to put it on semi-hold and let episodes pile up, because it just felt like when I watched 1 episode a week (as far as episodes 17-23 are concern) it kind of felt like i wasted my time. But episode 24 was amazing! BUT 17-23 at least to me was the least enjoyable...
Overall (8/10) Very Good
More Specifically (8.30/10)
There are multiple reasons why I chose to watch Arslan Senki when I first heard about an anime adaptation of this series was coming.
1) It's a war series and I apparently like those
2) The manga was drawn but the artist and mangaka of FMA so that stood out
3) The picture and character first shown when announced looked cool to me (yes that counts for something)
And just going off of those 3 things alone I wasn't disappointed by Arslan Senki I'm glad I chose this series and the end of this Season definitely left it inconclusive and a lot of openings for a second season. Hopefully it gets one because it deserves one.