Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho (Grimoire of Zero)

In a world of constant war between humans and witches, there exist the "beastfallen"—cursed humans born with the appearance and strength of an animal. Their physical prowess and bestial nature cause them to be feared and shunned by both humans and witches. As a result, many beastfallen become sellswords, making their living through hunting witches.

Despite the enmity between the races, a lighthearted witch named Zero enlists a beastfallen whom she refers to as "Mercenary" to act as her protector. He travels with Zero and Albus, a young magician, on their search for the Grimoire of Zero: a powerful spell book that could be extremely dangerous in the wrong hands. During their journey, his inner kindness is revealed as he starts to show compassion and sympathy towards humans and witches alike, and the unlikely companions grow together.

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Adaptation:	Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho
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Zero

Main

Hanamori, Yumiri
Japanese

Youhei

Main

Koyama, Tsuyoshi
Japanese

Albus

Supporting

Taichi, You
Japanese

Holdem

Supporting

Katou, Masayuki
Japanese

13-ban

Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito
Japanese

Roshell

Supporting

Aoyama, Yoshino
Japanese

Majutsushi-dan A

Supporting

Sakura, Kaoru
Japanese

Kokuou

Supporting

Tsuji, Shinpachi
Japanese

Sorena

Supporting

Sakakibara, Yoshiko
Japanese

Furugiya no Tenshu

Supporting

Oohata, Shintarou
Japanese

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Nagatani, Takayuki

Producer, Production Manager

Kaneko, Hirotaka

Producer

Yoshikawa, Tsunaki

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Yamazaki, Fumiki

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Opening Theme

"Hakkensha wa Watashi (発見者はワタシ)" by Tapimiru (たぴみる)

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"Hajimari no Shirushi (はじまりのしるし)" by Chima

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Feb 13, 2024

IchUndAnime

Recommended

(Note: Since I'm currently looking into the anime, I thought I could revise my original review from 2022 and upload it here in English.)

Tija is great. I watched this anime slightly overtired and had endless fun, because tigers are great.

"Grimoire of Zero" is about the mercenary Mercenary - yes, we don't know his name yet - and Zero. In a world full of magic, in a world of witches and witch burnings, an organization suddenly appears that promises to free the witches from the oppression of humans and avenge the death of a well-known and popular witch. But at the very end of the land, ... the tiger man and witch hunter encounters the witch Zero - an incredibly powerful witch in search of her book, which is said to have the power to destroy the world.

"Grimoire of Zero" has charm, without a doubt. But some teething troubles can never be completely avoided and so this anime isn't perfect either.
And yet it starts very strongly, so strongly in fact that I have nothing to criticize about the first half. But unfortunately this doesn't last and the closer the series gets to the finale, the worse it gets. Although it was really only a matter of minor things here.
For one thing, I found the series completely predictable. With every story, I try to predict where it's going to go and here it really wasn't difficult to solve 90% of all the mysteries. Who founded the Wizards of Zero? Who stole the book? Where is Zero's missing friend? All important questions that were foreseeable within the first few episodes. Even though I didn't feel like the anime really tried to hide the answers, I really missed the big reveal, the bang at the end of the season.
Secondly, I found many characters too lax, too lukewarm in their convictions. Here, true villains can simply be convinced with a few words, victims may have difficulties accepting them at first, but they always get along very quickly with their sworn enemies. The fact that the entire kingdom simply tolerates witches after decades of witch hunts, suffering and war - in what utopia would that be possible? Apparently in "Grimoire of Zero".
I also found it a shame that very little is explained about the world and especially the magic system. We have a genius here who has revolutionized magic, but magic is never really explained. By guessing from a few scenes, you can make some sense of it, but I would have liked a bit more depth. Where does magic come from? What distinguishes witches from humans? What kind of organization is Zero from? How did the kingdom come into being? These are other questions that could have been included at one point or another.
I would also have liked to have seen a proper happy ending for Mercenary and Zero, even if I still have to see the sequel.

Conclusion: I really had a lot of fun with this series. It's obviously not perfect, but what is? At least I don't know anything.

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Nov 10, 2023

ArchangelEST

Mixed Feelings

A fantasy story with the worst kind of storytelling cliches, that is made only just bearable thanks to decent main characters.

Animation / Art / General Visuals - 7/10
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Pretty standard anime fare.

Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 7/10
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Aug 18, 2022

TheEtherea

Not Recommended

The show is borderline between "it's ok, I can finish this" and "boring".
Grimoire has a couple of visible issues that make this into a mediocre show:
1. It's concentrated around a few characters with some support cast who only appear once-twice for a couple of minutes and disappear.
This means that we need to have some proper development of both the characters themselves and the relationships between them. Both parts are very limited and shallow simply following a formulaic path of an average plotline. There is nothing special here, at all. Sure, maybe someone will be amused by "uwu she is sleeping on a furry" part, but ...

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