I'm a fan of the mobile game, and still play the Japanese version after Scumi shut down the English server. The story in-game was more generic and unmemorable. But this movie was different. The story takes a different route where the Hero doesn't defeat the Dark Overlord and instead gets cancer and PTSD. It was an interesting and darker twist; and definitely has more potential than the story that the game had. The animation was stellar. It's no surprise the anime had an overload of characters, but the designs of them all were great. Most side characters have one or two quirks, but the main oneslike Yuri and Amat get quite a bit of development even though Yuri was just the self insert in the game. The Sages stood out to me the most; they're the crazy and over the top ones.

It was more than I expected from a card collecting game. I really enjoyed the show and the producers did a smart move to change up the story to get old and new fans interested. If you like the RPG genre, then this is an anime you should watch. It's definitely not 'tropey' or 'generic'. This has potential and I'm looking forward to more.

//first review dont kill me <3