Review of The King's Avatar

I think many will understand where I am coming from here and if you do I strongly suggest you try this anime. Like many when I first saw a few years ago The first episode of Sword art online, I got really excited. The setting, the game, the skills of the main character. but then few episode and you quickly see how the game is not important, its all about the character and his cliche love story that unfold. So here come Quan zhi Gao shou. Where SAO Failed to aatisfy, this anime succeed by puting the whole focus of the anime on the game andit does it really well. It doesnt take much time for the anime to quickly establish the setting and put you up to speed of whats going on without needed long explanation. The story is simple and we dont need more here, What This show is about is the action and it wants you to sink into their game.

First It seems like a lot of peopel got troubled by it, and I feel its kinda idiotic to be anoyed by it but as you mmight guess from the name of the anime, its nor japanese, it's Chinese.(excuse my lack of knowledge on whether its cantonese on mandarin however because I do not know how to make the difference by ear). Lot of people who are too used hearing japanese voice over seem to not enjoy the language difference. Which is a shame considering the sound in the anime is probably one of his highest point. I'm not talking about the opening or ending here because too me its irrelevant of the anime as a whole since after one time when you binge watch a show you are likely to skip it for the remaining episodes. The sound of the show is well executed the music and skills sound effect are on point, the ambient sounds are making the whole thing top notch. Excuse my lack of technical words here but you will know quickly what I'm talking about by watching only one episode.

For what it is of the animation, Everything inside the game and all the backgrounds and the main character are really well done, there is use however of 3d animation which I never really enjoy myself and which I find kinda ruin the rest of the art when being used but that is the same opinion that I have in every other anime I watch. They dont abuse of it at least so if like me it is something you dont like to see you will be able to get over it easily.

Overall I truly love this anime. I sunk myself into it and I was able to get the satisfaction SOA failed to give me. The approach of pro gaming is making this much more realistic too compared to other MMO themed anime. The ambience of the show is what got me in so fast. I didnt know what I was getting into when I pressed play for the first episode but after every episode I didnt give any second thought before pressing next episode. This anime might appeal people who are into esport and competitive gaming and It might also give you some nostalgia of your MMO time if you played like me MMO a lot when you were younger.

Strongly recommend it for anyone who want a game theme anime that knows how to keep the focus on it without needing cliche romance, comedy or fan service to keep itself relevant.