Review of Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody
When it comes to this anime, my opinion is probably different than most people's because I actually like this anime, to an extent lol. I've seen it 4 or 5 times now and will watch it again in the future. It's very easy to watch and isn't super complicated although this probably would have changed if it had more episodes. That being said this anime would have benefited to have been 24 episodes or atleast have 2 seasons to help get deeper into the lore and backstory. Story: 6.8/10 - the story in my opinion was ok in this anime, it has a decent pace anda good amount of content without seeming to be thrown together and rushed to much. It is an isekai in a world that is similar to a video game. The MC is OP pretty much from the start but he still has to learn a lot so he doesn't seem that OP compared to other OP MCs. One of my major critiques would have to be the "ecchi" moments, I could have done without the "lolis" that were basically naked with just hair and hands covering themselves. The score would have been a few points higher without the aforementioned "ecchi" aspects.
Art: 6.5/10 - the art and animation is alright but when it's not a close up, the quality drops. The environments are drawn decent but are a little too repetitive and they were also not very detailed which isn't expected in this kind of anime. It also looked a little blurry in certain scenes but nothing too crazy. The magic animations were ok and the action scenes were fluid and didn't look cut together but it would have been better with less CG especially on the enemy characters.
Sound: 6.5/10 - the OP & ED were pretty average and generic but the background music and SFX were decent and sounded realistic , as realistic as magic can I suppose.
Characters: 6.5/10 - the characters were pretty well designed and had a decent variety of species. Even the characters that had small parts or were introduced late in the anime were decently designed. The English voice acting was actually pretty good and I recognized a few voices. They seemed to put in a lot of effort and actually brought life to the characters. I haven't watched the Japanese version yet but I should try that next for something different.
Enjoyment: 7/10 - I actually really enjoyed this anime the 1st time I watched it and I still enjoyed it the 4th time I watched it also. It is entertaining and better than most people say it is. It's a good anime to just relax and watch, and it isn't so so fast paced that you could read a book while watching.
Overall: 6.5/10 - it's a decent anime to watch to kill some time or if you enjoy isekai anime or anime with OP MCs. If you have an open mind I'm sure you will find it interesting and worth a watch. It definitely could have been done better or differently I should say and it definitely should have had another season or another cour. It gets very interesting once the story gets a little further and I would have like to seen it animated. But I rate it for what it is and not what it could be.