Granblue Fantasy The Animation

"GRANBLUE FANTASY THE ANIMATION"

Genre- Fantasy, Adventure, Action.

Having received a letter from his dad when he was little, Gran makes it his dream to venture far beyond the islands and into 'the world of Astrals', where his dad is waiting for him. Unknown to the dangers in an adventure like this, Gran trains himself for that one opportunity that might come and take him away on his journey to the world of Astrals. And one day that opportunity is laid out in front of him in the form of 'Lyria', a human that is said to be the last of the remaining Astrals.

This anime is one ... of the few fantasy anime that you are bound to love. With an interesting twist in its form of storytelling, Granblue Fantasy, makes you dive deep into the unknown world of islands and teaches you what it means to be a skyfarer. From the dangers that come out of voyaging like this to the beauties and wonders that you see on each travel, this anime gears you up in case you want to travel the world for yourself. And from life-threatening battles to tasty food and meeting new people, Granblue Fantasy does a good job of introducing the cast and side cast.

From a technical viewpoint, this anime also has a pretty good animation style that is kept consistent throughout the series making it all the more watchable. From battle scenes that you can fall in love with to animations that give you the depth that you need in such animes, everything here seems to be perfect.

This anime is absolutely a "MUST WATCH."

I know this is an adaptation of a game but I'm critiquing the anime independently:

The anime is mediocre at best, and that's a damn shame since it has unique character designs, (like Kara's and Yuel's curves), a nice setting, and is well-animated. It basically had a lot of potential and all the factors to be a good anime, but ultimately fell short.

This anime's for people who want to be introduced to Granblue before trying the game, or for those who already play it and want some eye candy.

I don't know why but since episode one I just didn't like Lyria. And I knew damn ... well that plot armour wasn't gonna kill her since no one dies in this show. the animation was beautiful and so was Yuel.
Yuel was best girl :P

Alright so as a disclaimer I haven't played the game this anime is based on so anything I say about the game is pure speculation based on the anime.

Story 4/10
The story wasn't terrible or anything it was just boring for 90% of the runtime.

Art 8/10
The art for this so was extremely beautiful. No complaints here.

Sound/music 7/10
The music for this show was good. Nothing really to write home about but there were some good tracks.
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Characters 4/10
The characters are where this anime fell flat for me one might say. All the characters were either flat or annoying. I did enjoy the chemistry between Io and Rackam, but that's about it.

Enjoyment 4/10
Since my enjoyment from anime largely comes from the story and characters I rate my enjoyment as a 4/10. There was a (singular) handful of cool moments in the show but the fact that I was bored 90% of the time and annoyed by half the cast is what lead to this rating.

Overall 4/10
This section will have light *SPOILERS* so you have been warned. My two main complaints about the series, other than its mediocrity, are the last two episodes. My main issue with episode 12 is that it appears to be used as an excuse to shoehorn what I assume is the rest of the cast of characters from the game into the anime. The characters weren't being fleshed out much to begin with so throwing in like 30 random characters into the final battle certainly didn't help. Then there is episode 13. It truly is an extra 1. For no reason, in episode 13 Gran is replaced with Djeeta (assumedly the female counterpart to Gran in the game), and the final episode is an unnecessary beach episode. Granblue Fantasy The Animation is (unsurprisingly) labelled as a fantasy and adventure anime. The fantasy aspects of the anime were satisfactory as well as the adventure elements. It was enjoyable to adventure around the fantastical world and collect the beasts the characters found on their adventures. If you are looking for a beautiful fantasy adventure anime with decent music then Granblue Fantasy The Animation is perfect for you. If you're looking for a more fleshed out story with good characters then look elsewhere. With all this being said I give Granblue Fantasy The Animation a 4/10. Have a good day and enjoy.