Laidbackers

In order to take over her grandmother's Dagashi store, art student Kumi Honamanuma moved to Kyoto. She met Harami Mino, K Kusanagi, Mai Haisaka, and a dog who lives in the store, which supposed to be empty. Kumi ended up living with these girls, who claim that they are heroes reincarnated to contemporary period to chase after the demon king. Harami and others seem to live in a peaceful life with no missions to to do anymore, Ran, who was demon king in the past and appears to be an elementary school girl from failing to reincarnate, one day. The story begins with Ran requesting to collect demon king's fragments.

(Source: MAL News)

Valvaran Main

Naganawa, Maria Japanese

Honamanuma, Kumi Main

Hanamori, Yumiri Japanese

Arnelia Main

Uchiyama, Yumi Japanese

Kusanagi, K Main

Taichi, You Japanese

Maisaka, Mai Main

Akaneya, Himika Japanese

Sanno, Harami Main

Hidaka, Rina Japanese

Ozawa, Fumihiro Producer

Usa, Yoshiki Producer

Fukao, Satoshi Producer

Aoki, Takao Producer

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Oct 2, 2021

Sinankooesa

Recommended

We all are aware of the Isekai genre, which has been a big part of anime for a while now, with new shows coming out every season, all about the same guy getting killed and reincarnating or just directly getting transported into another world. Though one genre that’s also a part of it, is the Reverse Isekai, which is basically characters from another world ending up in our world. And this movie definitely belongs in that category.

The story is basically about a group of heroes, who fought the demon queen in another world and when they defeated her, they along with her ended up in ... modern Japan. And now, with the demon queen herself just being a little girl, they make it their mission to collect all the pieces of her power, before they turn spirits into monsters...if only our world didn’t have so many fun things. The story is pretty fun and definitely sounds like something I would enjoy, these heroes who only know war and bloodshed are suddenly learning about Doujin works, video games and stuff. But the big problem, as can probably be seen by that description already, this movie feels more like a TV pilot than anything else, with it starting right in the middle, certain elements getting introduced...but not getting expanded on, characters having arcs that are sorta just there and it having a rather abrupt ending. And I do admit, I would love to see it done as a full series. But as just a pilot for a series, that most likely never will be picked up, it was still fun.

This problem sadly also goes over to the characters. As said before, most of them seem to have interesting arcs, that in a TV series could be fully explored. Be it one of the heroes wanting to give up being a hero to become an idol in our world or the woman who comes from our world and has the girls live with her (who I haven’t even mentioned until now) struggle to become a good artist. These are brought up for like a couple of seconds, before being either immediately forgotten or just have sorta a resolution. The only character, who’s arc I did really get, was the one of the leader and knight of the group, who turned into a dog and has to struggle to accept that the demon she fought for so long is now a nice, little girl. But other than that, there wasn’t much that felt developed.

So, what can I really say? If you’re looking for just a fun and quick watch, then I can recommend this. The characters are still fun, if underdeveloped and there is still some nice action here. Just don’t expect to see a movie and more, like an extended episode of an anime that was never made.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Apr 17, 2020

liljames326

Recommended

This is going to be short and simple.


Stop being a critic. Enjoy the anime.

This story is actually very good compared to most standalones that dont have a huge budget or super sponsoring or a big company behind them. It is a short movie but the overall animation quality is just as good as any normal big budget animes, especially when the big companies lose funds in the middle of the anime and skimp on the quality. This was well rounded with comedy, cute characters, and good action. It just needs more time.

The main thing is we need a two season main story. The before ... the current world where they can have their action adventure in their time in all its glory, then the current one and finishing to them going back in the second season. it would be plenty of time to get out all the story, inject the humor, and then finish with a bang like they did this movie. We dont sit here watching animes to be a critic. otherwise we wouldnt enjoy them like this, if you want to you will like this. Its worth your time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Nov 9, 2024

Kittyta

Mixed Feelings

I love this show, even if it is not for everyone!

This is one of the shows that I love, and I think I understand its low score.

Some things that I think people might find off-putting:
- CGDCT in general
- huge cast, too little time with everyone
- feels like a teaser or a pilot, only setting up things, or just a sneak peek, but no real payoff

To which I would reply:
... - you should read the booklet/pamphlet for it, after/before watching the show, with the descriptions of the characters and the background story
- watch the show twice, to get familiar with its characters and what is happening
- I even found myself a payoff or a message in it, which is: appreciating that modern Japan is a peaceful place, without war

The things I love about this show are:
- its message
- it is energetic and fast-paced
- the genres: CGDCT, humor, SoL, action

Every bad show is someone's favorite. Laidbackers is mine. I don't even think that it is a bad show, although I think that it is not a "just watch it" show, since it doesn't spend enough time with the characters for the viewers to get familiar with them.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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