Reikenzan

Reikenzan: Hoshikuzu-tachi no Utage was quite a well-produced affair, and from the very first scene onward, which turns from a serious situation and interpretation of a certain prophecy into a supposedly funny skit, well, I had no idea what to think. Then came the main male protagonist, and I did not find him believable most of the time either. The boy is quite interesting, and he is pretty much anything but a classic hero. The main protagonist's behavior and mindset reminded me of a boy named Gokudo or a girl named Lina Inverse. However, this show's "hero" is not actually stealing, more like he is just cheating, taking advantage of every situation, and showing he has real balls. However, unlike Slayers or even Gokudo, the jokes are not as good. Sure the punchlines are quite strange at times. However, I did not laugh very much. The dirty blue humor is also quite hilarious at times. However, I am not a teenager anymore who can be amused by every double entendre and sexual innuendo. On the other hand, it is a nice change of pace once again, and once you get used to the pacing and sense of humor, it is quite watchable. The only shame is that the English subtitles were apparently created by a troll. They clearly used google translator, occasionally throwing in some witty observations and sometimes changing the subtitles to Spanish. The poor quality of the subtitles, unfortunately, reflects on the overall impression of this anime series. If the subtitles were synced properly and not created by a "troll" I might have even been able to get on the right wavelength, and it could have been a decent above-average anime series. However, since the syncing is so bad, I have to think about how it relates to and fits the narrative every second sentence and figure out many other things. In my opinion, it makes this anime series only slightly better than average. 6/10. (2016.01.18)

Compared to the first season, this is quite a change, especially in terms of animation, and I cannot decide if I like it. Also, it seems that the ratio between the comedy and the action is shifting more in favor of the action. I only laughed once during the first three episodes, and that is actually quite little for Reikenzan series as I know it from last time. It has an interesting narrative, and the characters remained more or less the same, although I did not get the same intense feeling of the main male protagonist being such a cheerful bugger as before. The subtitles are still coming out late, and again I have failed to get a decent version, so my patience is being intensely tried, just like last year. As a result, I think it is weaker than the first season, even though it is not so drastically worse that it should get less than three stars. 5.2/10 (2017.01.28)