Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen

These short series ... are an oddball. Like they're based off from games, made from Falcom, which is kind of obscure developer in the West, but respected on the East. Their games were, and still are, quite innovative for it's time, having great soundtrack, enjoyable and relateable characters, and interesting plotlines.

These series takes the chance to joke and goof around, hyperbolizing the behaviour of these said characters, or poking at their strange quirks. The gags vary in execution, but in general it's an enjoying and satisfying watch, BUT ... in order to get them you need to know some major knowledge ... of the games involved ... varying from random, often useless knowledge conceriing the game's lore or straight up jokes from the fan community, which basically means you have to be dedicated fan of either Trails in the Sky, or the Ys games, and preferrably to both, so you can safely say that show appeals to really small niche of people. In order to ease the fans of the developers, I'd like to include a list of the referenced games, which may help you figure out if you actually played a game from these series, or even better, to guide your attention to these two franchises, which are totally worth everyone's time, in my personal opinion. From Trails in the Sky - First, Second and Third Chapter, as well as Blue and Zero Kiseki, and from Ys - I and II, III (Oath in Felghana), IV (Memories in Celceta), as well as Seven.

To say that these series are not for everyone is an understatement, since this show is only aimed towards the dedicated fans of this franchise and is not really inclusive enough for non-initiated watches, who can honestly feel they're losing their time with this show, and I would get them. For the very few who actually are fans in some way, I do think you'll enjoy your time.

If you are reading this chances are you have already played the falcom games. That being said, there are a lot of games, including games I've never played, so unless you've played ALL the games you're going to miss some references.

Also this is basically just a comedy anime, not to be taken overly seriously, but its understandable that some/most jokes are subjective.
It's really like a more jokey and shorter version of carnival phantasm so to speak.
Really its just an experience to watch and hear the characters in funneh situations, though some are not so funneh.

(Disclaimer: I watched this a few years ago so I ... might not remember everything very clearly, but the general gist of the idea is the same.)

I guess this review can be seen as overrating... but honestly... it was funny and entertaining. But it is just for people who played basically all falcom series and still remember them and are probably fans of them. If you are this kind of viewer... then I think you will enjoy it aswell. The worst thing about this show is probably art which is on a level of amateur cartoon maker and they could give more attention to character art. But other than that I am liking it. References on games, battle systems, locations and use of music from the games is something I appreciated ... more than anything else. The hilarious behavior of otherwise more serious characters is goddman refreshing too.