Review of Record of Grancrest War

Grancrest Senki stands out because of above average writing and great show direction. These two things made me greatly enjoy this show, that otherwise has plenty of flaws. I'm not going to talk about the flaws in this review. The good qualities of the writing appear on a small scale. What I mean by that is that the overall story is pretty "whatever". But the story is full of small pieces that made me go "wow, I love this part, this is so cool/well written/poetic/emotional". It always kept my full attention. Most characters have superhuman courage, which is perhaps not realistic but gives this show an epicfeel. The main character acts boldly and decisively in all sorts of situations.

Grancrest Senki has many scenes that are cool and well put together, or visually interesting. The show director did a great job.

I recommend this if you're not the kind of viewer who goes out of their way to critique everything wrong with a show, but instead takes it easy and enjoys the good parts, because there's a lot of good stuff in this anime despite its flaws.

Most negative reviewers for this anime have had the good aspects of the show go over their head and also found flaws where there aren't any (such as the pacing, it goes fast to keep the story focused on interesting events). This is why I made this review, to provide a different perspective.