Dog Days

Dog Days was one of those series that pleasantly surprised me. At first I thought the series wouldn't get anywhere, but it sure proved me wrong. As the weeks passed by, the series just kept getting better, and it just goes to show that first impressions aren't everything.

Dog Days starts off like a number of fantasy series, with our protagonist getting summoned to another world to assist with a war that is currently going on. Although the word “war” makes it sound like something big is going on, a war is more like a game with a protective barrier to prevent anyone ... from getting seriously harmed. However as the series goes on a catastrophe begins to develop and the characters are forced to stop it.

When the series first started, it looked like it wouldn’t actually have a plot because the series was all happy, cheerful and Flonyard (the name of the alternate world)seemed like a perfect world. However one plot twist would change all that and gave the series a foundation to build a plot on. The plot twist itself was also unforeseeable because it completely changed the mood from happy and cheerful to something more serious and dark . It just goes to show you that things aren’t always what they seem. The plot itself is pretty simple, doesn’t over complicate things and is pretty easy to follow. The story is also paced well too as it doesn’t try to squeeze it’s plot into 2 episodes like some series, and because of this the plot actually has time to develop. However I think that there could have been a little bit more added to the story if they had they introduced the plot a bit earlier, but nonetheless the story is pretty solid.Dog Days also excels in an area where I’ve seen a number of series fail, the ending . Not only is it really emotional and heartwarming but it also gives hope for a possible second season. Despite getting off to a slow start, for a 13 episode series the story is really well developed and well paced. Not masterpiece work but the story definitely exceeded my expectations for this series.

The animation was beautiful, the vibrant colors really added to the happy and cheerful mood that the series had initially. Also during battles the visual effects used to animate the magic are visually appealing too. The fights themselves are well done too.

The opening really fit the anime because of the heroic feel it had to it. The ending sounded more sweet and had a really catchy rhythm. All the voice actors matched the character they were playing. The insert songs in the anime were pretty good too. All around a pretty solid job on sound.

With the exception of the protagonist and the minor characters from earth, all the other characters are half animal. However they still look like humans, they just have animal features like ears and tail which make them look cute.

I’ve noticed that a number of recent series have these weak and useless protagonists that really don’t do much, but this is not the case in Dog Days. The protagonist Cinque/Shinku Izumi is called the hero for good reason, he’s always ready to fight and plays a significant role in many of the battles. For a human he has incredible strength and speed and looks like he can be on Ninja Warrior (search it on youtube if you don't know what it is). He’s also able to handle the other character’s emotions really well being able to cheer them up when they are down and really is a nice and likeable character.

The main female Millhoire F. Biscotti is a gentle, soft spoken and well mannered princess but she does have some unique qualities that seperates her from most typical princesses. During the middle of the series and toward the end she did fight the demon with Cinque/Shinku showing that she can fight and defend herself. Also as an added bonus, she can sing and songs she sings are always nice to hear and on top of that being half dog makes her and a lot of the other characters pretty cute.

A lot of other characters also play a role in the story instead of just being pushed to the side. Ricotta helping with her artillery support and trying to get Cinque/Shinku home, Éclair assisting Cinque/Shinku in battle and also
Leonmitchelli who’s secretly trying to prevent the catastrophe.

To be honest when Dog Days first started, I thought it was fun to watch but kind of stupid. However as the plot slowly revealed itself, my desire to watch Dog Days also increased. The random comedy at times was also hilarious and overall was an enjoyable watch.

Dog Days started out slow but once it got going it never looked back. The plot that was presented may be simple but it’s well paced and well developed and definitely worth the watch.

On a personal note, I had quite high hopes for this show. With a good amount of successful anime stemming from being original anime series, Dog Days, having that element, combined with having an excellent seiyuu cast and being animated and directed by the staff from the animation studio Seven Arcs, seemed highly promising to deliver a successful show. However for the most part they did not.

Story and Setting

Dog Days is a 13 episode original series which revolves around a boy called Cinque or Shinku who is transported into a medieval fantasy land called Flonyard as a hero of the country Biscotti, to fight ... against the nation of Gallette. From this premise, it was possible for the show to develop into something complex, but the setting of the show, being light-hearted in a manner suiting children, nullified most prospects of there being any serious conflicts or development from the get-go. As viewers will soon discover in Episode 1, war between nations is almost perfectly safe, with inhabitants either turning into animal fluff-balls or having their clothes blown off, a somewhat hilarious foil to the seriousness of actual warfare. However, this is not to say that Dog Days is a show completely suited to children. Seven Arcs being Seven Arcs, there are traces of fanservice here and there and a darkish twist when the 'villain' emerges.

The story, being set in a medieval war-like setting gives way to the strength of the series, that is the action scenes. Most of the fighting and action scenes were nicely choreographed with bows, swords, staves, shurikens and even magical artillery as weaponry. There was much flashiness, especially from the character's special Seal Cannon moves which are comparable to the much loved beamspam from the Nanoha series. The action was also quite prevalent throughout the series with several episodes being fully devoted to fights between the characters. Despite the action, I have criticisms of how certain fights were completely skipped and looking back now, I felt the series could've been improved if they choose to extend the fights instead of focusing on minor show elements such as fanservice.

The overall plot though is unfortunately very shallow and unimaginative and is something I have to be very critical of. There are perhaps only two major important points in the story, one which is resolved in the time span of one episode and the other is full of glaring plot holes and unlikely coincidences.

This brings me to the pacing of the series. Dog Days can either drag out one conflict or story element for several episodes, or resolve another story element in a single episode. This I found was quite detrimental to the series and marked a serious flaw in the storyboard and directing of the series overall.

My final opinion on the story is that I'm quite disappointed with it. It had potential to become something interesting and complex, but Seven Arcs decided to pull off the same twist too many times. Attempting to garner sympathy for the 'villain'.

Characters

Character designers these days are attempting to add more and more different elements to the characters and their outfits and designs and for the most part they are quite successful. Dog Days also follows in this fashion, creating a very large cast of different unique and mostly flavourful characters with their own quirks, features and personality.

Each major character who participates in combat (that is to say the great majority of them) possesses their own unique Seal, which is displayed as an emblem when they perform special attacks. Each character also fights in a unique style which is separate from the other characters using a large variety of weapons from bows, magical artillery, giant axes to even anchors. The characters also all have separate personalities, despite some being archetypical, it was strange yet pleasant that Seven Arcs managed to juggle all the different natures of the characters together.

For example, our male hero, Cinque, fights with his divine staff/sword (and no it's not Raising Heart) Paladion with incredible acrobatic, athletic manoeuvres and with his multiple Seal Cannon techniques such as summoning a divine jetboard or playing with flaming sticks. It's actually quite refreshing to have a male protagonist like Cinque who doesn't get beat upon or is a hesitant sissy when the action comes and for actually making a likeable male protagonist in the sea of boring males protagonists out there, Seven Arcs deserve some credit.

My only criticism is with such a large cast of characters, it's nearly impossible to give all of them the screen time that fans would desire. The character Godwin Dorure, who is voiced by Norio Wakamoto, is one example of a character I would've liked to have witnessed more. I felt other important characters such as Yukikaze and the Countess d’Arquien also needed more screen time.

My final opinion on the characters is that I'm pleased with depth of uniqueness most characters possess in things such as personality, fighting style and appearance. With such a large cast of characters, viewers will probably find a character they'll like to cheer for, although this brings me back to my criticism of the amount of screen time characters get.

Art, Animation and Music

The art and animation for Dog Days isn't a strength but nor is it a weakness. There are a few pluses for the show, notably the fighting and the art for the seal cannons and their emblems. They are very flashy and pretty to look at, and the design for the Emblems have quite a bit of depth to them. One of the more average aspects of art for the show was the rather uninspiring backgrounds. With the potential of the fantasy setting, Seven Arcs could've been considerably more creative then the very average backgrounds of floating islands, blue skies and clouds and lush green battlefields which is used quite a bit throughout the series. A minus for the show in the art and animation department was the crudely drawn faces of the grunt soldiers which features throughout almost all the episodes and in one of the later episodes, a singing scene which the animation really goes downhill.

What I feel is an underrated, or rather unmentioned aspect of Dog Days is the music. The battle music is slightly similar to music I've heard from games, such as Megaman, especially the music from battles which is to say they're of good quality. The music in general feels appropriate for the scenes they're accompanying and adds to the atmosphere.

Overall, there's nothing super flashy to mention about the art of the show aside from the special moves. The animation was average in most parts aside from large dips towards the end of the series. The music is a praiseworthy aspect which accompanies the progression of the scenes well.

Conclusion

In the end, Dog Days shapes itself to be a a bit mediocre at best. There's nothing inspiring or largely original with its story or background and the only real strength it has are the characters (which is the case for a lot of shows nowadays), the action (which it decided to skip out a lot of) and the music. For action fans, Dog Days may intrigue you with a decent amount of action. For fantasy fans, Dog Days is likely nothing new and there's probably better shows to watch out there. Enjoyment-wise, Dog Days proved to be a mildly entertaining light-hearted series with the action and a few comedic scenes here and there and gets an enjoyment score of 7.5. However from a critical perspective, Dog Days fares worse with a score of 7.

UPDATED UP TO EP 3

We rarely see Medieval Fantasy Anime. I mean, the only prominate one out there is Zero no Tsukaima. I love anything Fantasy related so naturally Dog days would be at the top of my list for the plan to watch anime for the Spring 2011 season and naturally being a fantasy anime it would be compaired to Zero No Tsukaima. But are they really the same? At first, my answer was No but now up to Three Episodes, things are different.
The thing is this anime can't decide what it is. It wants to be an anime with some ripped ideas with ... a sort of cool athletic/fighting competition (just don't call it a war, more will be explained later). But, on the other hand it wants to be a light-ecchi Rip-off of Zero No Tsukaima, having a bath encounter scene and a grope/tsun scene. But enough of this, On to the Review!

Plot 7/10
The basic plot is here for fantasy anime. The protagonist gets sucked into a different world of fantasy and has to deal with what happens and also becomes some sort of savior or hero of a kingdom and falls in love with a noble. Dog days is no different here. But now it is here that it gets...well...stupid. In the fantasy world of Dog days dog/human hybrids of the kingdom of Biscotti and cat/human hybrids of the king of Gellato..*ahem* Galette are fighting for territory, with the cats on the offense. But here, this war isn't actually a war. It is basically an obsticle course/athletics competition...ok...That is one of the dumbest things ever. Sure, while the cat vs dog thing in a fantasy land is cool the athletics conpetition as a civilized war is just stupid. Basically the anime turns the idea of war and makes it so lighthearted that it is a game that is magically broad casted across kingdoms (yes, this world has some advanced stuff like Binoculars or microphones, probably not electricity based and uses magic but still). I went through the definition of war and the 'war' in this anime is not a war and it shouldn't be called a war. Sure, there are swords and weapons but they do nothing as they seem to make the warriors go *poof* and they turn into their chibi version of their base animal. Oh yeah, there are no horses, the people here ride on chocobos, or some relative of them. Oh yeah, *SPOILERS*...

The Princess gets Kidnapped...surprised?

Characters 7/10

Updated:

Shinku: This is the main protagonist. Unlike Saito from ZnT, Shinku is pretty bad-ass to start out with, he can Jump high, run fast and is damn good with a staff. Sure, he follows the usual male protagonist in harem animes but he is turning out well and has good morals

Millhoire: Still, even though Millhoire is supposed to be the main female in this anime, she doesn't really have that much background. The only thing we actually know about her is that she can sing (which we haven't even heard yet). She acts more like a supporting character in the first two episodes, just watching the "war" (I still use this term lightly) and commenting. The third episode she gets in an embarrassing situation and gets kidnapped. Oh well, so much for character development.

Eclair: Seemly a perfect name for a character that lives in a kingdom named after a cookie (For those who don't know, an Eclair is a type of Pastry, very delicious also). Eclair is our stereotypical Small-Breasted, In-very-humiliating-situations Tsundere of the anime, not as much as any character Kugimiya has done but a Tsundere still. I hate this character and like her at the same time. For one, I hate her for one reason. She calls Shinku an idiot for not knowing that like the princess is an idol and the monetary system and stuff about the world Shinku is in at the moment. I'm pretty sure it is said about ten times in-front of her that he is from a different world, doesn't she have the brains to know that things are different on different worlds? It is very annoying, very annoying. What makes her likable? Well she gets into all the humiliating situations, might as well like the fanservice character.

Art 8/10.
It is a fantasy anime so there is some good art showing a fantasy world. Midieval Kingdoms, Floating rocks, great landscapes. Nothing special but still good art.

Sound 8/10

No problems with the sound. The OP and ED are ok, they can grow with enough listens. What really surprises me is the fact that some pretty high class Seriyuus are on this anime (Nana mizuki for example) so that is a + on my book.

Enjoyment 7/10

While this anime looks fun and is fun, I sort of lost some enjoyment from the stupid idea of trivializing war and making it a simple athletic/ obstacle competition (Sora no otoshimono: Forte's Snow war EP was more like a war than this series). The Fighting animation is very good and the visuals are good.

Overral: 8/10

Overral this anime gets an 8. Actually it should be a 7 but I am being leniant due to the lack of medieval fantasy anime's out there. I didn'tt expect to really, really love this anime but it has gotten better in the later two episodes

(Note: Lots of people seem to rate 7 as average or bad in their rating systems when in fact 7 means it is good. 5-6 is average not 7)

UPDATED through episode 6 now (was ep 3)
I've seen a wide sampling of fantasy anime, and there's a feeling you get when a series has that "something special" to it, and I most assuredly feel like Dog Days has that something that sets it above and apart from the many other anime in the genre.

They don't waste time bringing the protagonist into the new fantasy setting from his everyday life. Setting up the protagonist as a rather self assured, athletic and likable foreign exchange student, and then immediately transitioning to the new fast paced fantasy setting.

Dog Days follows a tried and true fantasy plot; ... the protagonist is faced with two "warring" factions, and helps to turn the tide for the faction he was brought in to aide. There is some exciting acrobatics and magic thrown in for some exciting action.

There are some unique, childish almost methods for waging war on neighboring countries, but rather than find it boring, I found it to be wonderfully refreshing. However don't be mislead by this, as there are some nicely placed portions of fan service.

Dog Days may not be breaking the mold for fantasy anime, but it has a self aware humor that has had me enjoying every second of it so far. I'll be greatly looking forward to seeing how the rest of this season turns out!

Edit: Okay now that I'm halfway through the series, I'm going to have to adjust my score down a point to 9 overall. For a 12 episode season anime, to still be dealing with effectively an extension of the first conflict all the way to episode 5, is a bit of disappointment.
That said, I still have high hopes for the rest of this season, and based on the conclusion of ep 6, there are intimations of some deeper, and more consequential plot points to come!

This is something worth watching this season, the graphics are good, the story is not cliche like most anime stories are, but this has it's own flavour. Enjoyment for all, themain character reminds you of the Monkey King.

Ok, I've just completed this 13 episode anime, at first, I've would have thought to be boring, but this is one very unique action, fantasy thing were there's no blood and gore, so how do I rate this:

Story: Good 7.

The action fantasy genre of this anime really did deliver as as what it's intended for which is to be enjoyed both but kids and adults alike, but I think it's info should also state other genres like, magic, martial arts and supernatural, since a lot of it were also present ....Harem? Hummmm, I don't think so, co'z the muchacho (the male lead, Cinque) has only ... confess to one chiquita (Millhiore, the female lead). Though, the plot maybe a simple cliche of good kingdom being invaded but evil kingdom, it is a bit diffident since both parties seems to do it in friendly terms were nobody get's killed, and everybody get's to go home after a fun in battle which kinda looks like a scene fro the reality show "Wipe-Out" except here opposing teams uses real medieval weaponry. anyway the bottom line is that things have a happy ending like those in a fairy tale thing.

Art: Mediocre 5.

Not much to comment around here.

Sound: Mediocre 5.

And same thing here.

Character: Good 7.

Ok, so the Italian/ Latin/ Sicilian names of the characters are unique, not gonna comment on that. I really like the voice actors who played the characters mentioned in this anime they really match the roles of the character, for one Horie Yui and if I'm not mistaken she did the same voice from another anime which features a half human half dog thing as well, but unlike this one, the character there has an aggressive attitude. But I do have a comment for the muchacho Cinque, I don't know the authors knowledge of parkour, but I think he should have use that terminology instead of Athletics, because what the muchacho did in the anime does resembles like parkour and the even that the muchacho did participated also has some resemblance from the reality show "Wipe-Out" (have I've mentioned that already?).

Enjoyment: Good 7.

Well, the last 4 episodes of the anime does bring about a surprise, one may have thought that there will be blood and gore, the moment they encountered an evil deity, but as it turn out, a happy ending for that foxy thing which has it coming. I can't deny that there were some fanservice along the way, but these can just be brushed aside, besides, sooner or later a kid is gonna grow up and see an external human body in the nude. But, as for the last episode, for me it's kinda cheesy.


Overall: Good 7.

Overall, this is one anime that really does deliver a PG rating into it.

I'm absolute furry trash



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Really though, this show is a wholly example of why you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Episode 1 is incredibly light and shallow, but the show blossoms into something much better by the end. All the characters are likeable and have their motives, so when conflict erupts, you can't just point to one side and go "those are the bad guys clearly in the wrong". Art is cutesy if not revolutionary, and all of the girls are best girl (except for the humans, they're lame) The show takes a war-game type approach, and paved the way for great shows like ... Mondaiji-tachi and No Game No Life, so that's cool I guess. If you too like touching fluffy tail I recommend this show.

War, war never changes. Dog days however shows us that war does not have to be gruesome and depressing, instead it's turned into an animated version of Takeshi's Castle/WipeOut with animal people! Dog Days is one of those animes that carries little to no substance but is at the same time extremely enjoyable and fun.


Story: 7/10

Dog Days suffers the same problem most "moe"animes have nowadays, namely the lack of plot. The plot in Dog Days is there but one has to look very carefully in order to find it the first 8 episodes. The plot itself does feel a little out of place in a ... happy-go-lucky world of cat/dog/bunny/etc people but is believable nonetheless.

Art: 8/10

The background art in Dog Days is outstanding, and the anime loves to show it to you by zooming out and showing you the beautiful nature of Flonyard. Sadly the character art is rather mediocre, but is still pleasurable to look at.


Sound: 9/10

The soundtrack is pleasurable to the ears and consist of some nice tracks, both the OP and the ED are catchy and fit in nicely with the atmosphere the anime wants to portray.


Character: 8/10

Although the characters in Dog Days fill the common "moe"niches of 2011's standards, the characters are beautifully portrayed by an all star VA cast, Dog Days tries to divert from the aforementioned niches but plays it safe by not straying too far from them. Character development is rather scarce which could've filled a few episodes but sadly did not. There is a romance subplot which plods along in a rather slow pace and suddenly goes into overdrive in the last ten minutes.


Overall: 9/10

Dog Days is a must-see for fans of the genre and for people who like light-hearted anime. Dog Days has it's flaws but is in the end a nice anime worthy of having a look at

summary:

+ a great OST and OP/ED
+ lovable characters
+ Great Voice Actor line-up
+ beautiful background art
- thin plot
- side characters are rather flat personality wise
- Character art not really outstanding for 2011 standards



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So this is one of the series that combines almost all the cliches into one anime, but, it does it well. Or something like that.

Story: 7

So we have our tipical "chosen-one" plot, when somebody somewhere in the world gets sucked into another dimension for good. In most series, the chosen one acts like a complete retard, asking everytime what to do. But this anime breaks completely this tradition, and the chosen one practically DESERVES to be the chosen one.
In the other dimension, two kingdoms-or-whatever-they-are are in a "war", and the -apparently- good kingdom needs more attack power, and is forced to summon a person from ... other dimension that helps.
This kingdom, Biscotti, ends up summoning Izumi Cinque, a 13 year old boy with great talent in what sports and athletics means.
Izumi, when summoned, acts like all the chosen ones should do. He agrees to help with the kingdom with his abilities, and doesn't forget that he came from The Earth. Basically, his primary goal is to help, and go back to the Earth.
Story goes on and on.

Speaking about other things, there is a giant plot twist in the middle (that I am not going to tell you) that gets twisted by the plot itself (you know, a twisted plot-twist), but well.

Fact: The battles are a reality show. (Monitored by television, but not like a war, more like American Gladiator)
Fanservice fact: It appears that everytime an important person loses a battle, HER (only her) clothes explode.


Art: 8

The drawing and the animation here is very well done, but not nothing outstanding though.


Sound: 8

The OST is very good, the tracks are well composed and well placed in the anime. But there is a very little lack in the voice acting, where 1/6 of the time the actitude of the voice and the flacial expression of the character doesn't match very well. But nothing very huge though.


Character: 7

Like I said at the beginning of this review, this anime is filled with cliches, and the characters are a cliche party.

(I will list only the important or must-review characters lol.)

Izumi Cinque: Main protagonist. The chosen one, that deserves to be the chosen one. A talented boy that gets sucked into another dimension. In my opinion, this guy was the best character in the whole series, because he doesn't act like a retard when sucked. (Sorry, I just can't say another word, get used to it.)

Millhiore "Millhi" Firianno Biscotti: 14 year old princess of Biscotti. The sucker. She sucked Izumi. Also, she's an idol. Our typical female protagonist that cares for the hero and acts like a sister for him. She's good.

Leonmitchelli "Leo" Galette des Rois: The princess of Galette, as well as one of the most giant tsundere there is, I am not going to tell you why, she just is. (You know, japanese really likes russian people with french names living in an english house)

Ricotta "Rico" Elmar: Lollipop lollipop, oh loli loli loli. She's the mad scientist in the series. Great character though. (loli fanservice ahead, she loses a battle.)

Eclair Martinozzi: You know everytime the male protagonist introduces himself, inmediately the wild Tsundere appears. Well, it's her. (Nothing new here, our typical tsundere we all know).

Brioche d'Arquien: The samurai girl. Energic and fast, like a samurai would be de gozaru.

Godwin Dorure: AAAANDERSEEEENNNN

Vert Far Breton: So, this is a war between dogs and cats. WOULD YOU PRODUCERS TELL ME WHY THERE IS A BUNNY HERE?!

Gaul Galette Des Rois: The brother of Leo, and a cat version of InuYasha, say, NekoYasha.

Yukikaze Panettone: Another samurai de gozaru.

Amelita Trompette: Secretary. And a musical instrument.

Noir Vinocacao: A SMILING REY AYANAMI. PERIOD.


Enjoyment: 7

I really liked this series... in its second half. The first is somewhat lazy, but I personally believe that it was that way to make the ambience for what is going to happen (zomg spoiler).


Overall: 7

Why I liked it: If you haven't put attention in all this review, the protagonist is not a dumbass.

This is a good series that you can watch if you don't have anything else to do in a day. I am not saying that is bad, simply it is not really great, and it is not bad, but I simply rather watching other series than this. Well, it's up to you. You decide. Go.


(English is not my native language, sorry for all the mistakes.)

Dog Days my first review this anime has some potiential the first anime to release in Spring and overall i loved it in any way

Overalls: This anime gives me a hyped i though it was gonna suck but i was wrong i like and hopefully the anime improves to its fans and the series if this is going well. Dog Days is like a mix of Final Fantasy and a new way of a different story its really amazing how this show can do many characters have some awesome times and place and explains about the show which i was highly impressed the battles ... in the anime is like a battle stage in a Dynasty Warriors game or a scene of Final Fantasy but involving not killing or murder its really intresting and quite good for the anime.

Dog Days is a 1-cour anime about the beautiful and fun-filled world of Fronyaldo, where the land is green and islands float in the sky. The people living there closely resemble that of a human except that they have big ears and fluffy tails similar to that found on other mammals such as dogs, cats, lions, etc. Anyways, the setting is similar to that of Medieval Europe where fortresses or castles are found everywhere and soldiers fought with weapons like bows, spears, swords, and magic.

The show primarily focus on a human male known as Izumi Cinque (or Shinku), who was incidentally dragged into an alternate ... world he never knew of after being summoned by the Princess of the Biscotti Kingdom, Princess Millhiore Biscotti, to be a hero and help them turn the tide of war against the nation of Galette. Initially, Cinque is in doubt whether he can really do anything, but after seeing how the battles are actuality fought by hero-like characters serving in the frontlines of large army formations and goes head on against an opposing force in a sports-like manner with silly physical challenges and obstacle courses serving as the main battle terrain, in addition to that, no one actually dies or gets serious injuries from the battle since the land is protected by some kind of spell that prevents those things from happening; Cinque accepted the Princess’s offer to become a Hero.

Each episode is filled with fantasy and magical themes that feels lighthearted and fun to watch. Most of the episodes are dedicated to the interactions of the Hero Cinque to the people of Fronyaldo as they try to unravel the mystery behind the constant wars fought by the kingdoms of Biscotti and Galette. Along the way the Hero will meet several people, as well as encounter events and battles that will contribute greatly to plot development. The pacing is good as each episode is provided with the right amount of details and excitement to keeping the viewers interested and looking forward for the next episode. The ending offers a good conclusion but still contains a lot of materials that can be used in case a new season is decided.

For a series that never really tried to be serious and focuses more on the lighter and fun-filled side of storytelling, the animation of Dog Days really works. One of the challenges in animating alternates worlds is that it has to have at least some unique features that isn’t found from Earth for the viewers to explore, in the case of the land of Fronyaldo, the series achieves that with the floating islands found everywhere, magical creatures roaming the lands, and the people which generally looks still like humans but with the inclusion of big ears and tails found in many mammal animals. The surrounding towns and fortresses look similar to those found in Medieval Europe. As for the technology found in Dog Days, it’s a nice mixture of magic, medieval, and modern technology which is a nice touch. For the environment itself; it looks detailed enough, neat looking, and the color tones fit the overall theme of the story. The character designs are likeable and cute, however outside the main and supporting cast all the other people presenting the town folks and soldiers are all generic looking having almost the exact same face and features, so I guess that one of the downturn of having to create such a huge cast of extras. The fights scenes and magic spells looks really pleasing to the eyes especially when a large number of soldiers are knockout in battle, they transformed into animal furballs which increases the fun factor of the show. Also worth mentioning are the large battlegrounds which the series achieves showcasing a very lively surrounding that is filled with hundreds of soldiers, the effect that there really was a war going on. In general, the production values are good except for several occasions that character designs looks distorted and out of proportion. Usually I’m not bothered by it, but when it involves very important scenes (e.g. concert scene of Millhiore in ep.11) and the characters almost looks like an entirely different characters, I tend to get disturbed by that.

Sound effects used in Dog Days are generally good, the battle sounds are nice to listen especially the summoning of magical spells and the sounds produced with its used, worth mentioning is the sound effect by the transformation of the soldiers into animal furballs and the expression “nyaah” as the indication they are defeated, it is quite hilarious to hear. As for the soundtracks, it did a fairly good job in conveying the moments but nothing really special. The Opening and ending songs also feels well fitted for the overall theme of the series but it is something that I could skip all together when watching. Voice acting is where the series really shines; it’s an all star cast featuring the voices of several well known seiyuus that are too many I’m not gonna try listing them in this review. The voices really fit the personalities of the characters they are portraying and listening to them exchange conversations with one another is really very pleasant and enjoyable to listen.

Dog Days have a fairly large number of characters, not included are the extras from the magic academy, the imperial staff, the soldiers, the commentators, and the townsfolk from both the Biscotti and the Galette Kingdom, it is easy to see the amount of effort poured into the production. However, this paved way to less development or little background of the characters which could be ignored all together because the series has made a very good job in blending such a huge cast and make a likeable and believable world. As for the characters themselves, Izumi Cinque, has done a very good job as the main character of the series, his personality as a male lead is not annoying in fact likeable, more importantly he did well acting as the “Hero” that ended the dispute between the two Kingdoms. Princess Millhiore is also a very likeable character, she may be innocent and pure at heart, but her determination is unquestionable. The other Princess, Leonmitchelli of the Kingdom of Galette likewise is also likeable, she may have deceive an entire kingdom to play a war due to personal reasons, but more importantly she admitted it and her people accepted it, just shows how her people loved her so much. Other important characters such as Ricotta from the research department and Eclair from the Imperial knights serving Princess Millhiore provided some comedic relief as well as important companions for the Hero Cinque in solving the dispute between the two kingdoms.

There are also a lot of supporting characters that added important contributions and several other viewpoints. Worth mentioning is Gaul (Leon’s brother) and General Godwin from the Kingdom of Galette, Brioche, Laurent, and Yuki from Biscotti’s side, also is Rebecca, which is an earthling that have a very close relationship with Cinque. Not to forget are the commentators that cover the matches and many other important events, they gave several hilarious comments on the background that added more fun to the series.

Dog Days is a series I started watching out of curiosity and after completing it, all I can say is that it is a very well made series. Enjoyment is quite high and not a boring moment so to speak. It has a fun-filled, lighthearted, magical, fantasy, and adventure story set in an alternate world with characters that have big ears and fluffy tails. Add to that are good animation, many interesting characters to meet and places to explore that really gave life to the world of Fronyaldo that will surely appeal to younger viewers as well as older viewers alike with interest on the aforementioned themes of the series.

Note: edited at some parts, ratings changed.

I think I'm going crazy.

Dog Days is, without a doubt, virtualy vapid. The main character is barely expanded upon from what we learn about him during the first few episodes, his motivation is lucid and those around him treat him like a piece of furniture for the most part. The entire show also seems to suffer from the same issues recent Final Fantasy games have suffered from, where it doesn't seem to understand who the main character is! The entire plot is circled around the main chracters love interest and the 'villan'. It's like in Final Fantasy 12, we all know Vaan isn't the hero, ... Ashe is. The animation is colourfull and fluid, yet nto very interesting and easily forgettable, all the music save for the opening is uninspired and yet...despite all of this...I like Dog Days.

I REALLY like Dog Days...

I think I'm ill.

I think I should, at first, explain why I watched Dog Days in the first place. If there's one thing I love, it's medieval themed anything. I'm probably one of the few people in the universe who can put up a defence for Zero No Tsukaima. Sadly, it seems to be an aspect that's lacking these days, and I was really happy to see something that not only looked interesting but also might be entertaining. When I found out it was by the same man who brought us Nanoha, one of my favourite series, I was pretty much hooked on the idea...but...

Allow me to explain both sides of the arguement, because if I don't I think I'll lose it completely. Let's begin, as always, with the plot:

We enter into Unnamed Magical World where two kingdoms are at war with eachother. The Kingdom of Biscotti and the Kingdom of Gallette. Now, wars in this world are a little different from the wars in ours. When you think of war, you think of guns, tanks, bombs that sort of thing. Or maybe swords, shields and medieval knights right? You'll find very little of that here. What does happen is this, a mysterious power source called Flonjar energy allows armies to fight to their hearts content without dying. Instead, when particular blows are struck, they turn into little fluff balls (although they do fight using swords, bows and other Medieval things, but you get the idea). Yes, these two kingdoms are populated entirely of Dog people and Cat people, FURRIES UNITE! Due to this, their battles are more like contests than actual 'battle'. They score points when enemies are defeated and both armies have to advance further than the other. Simple enough right? Except Biscotti is losing this war, and so their leader, the Princess Millhiore, decides to use magic to summon a Hero to help them out. As it turns out, this means dragging a human across dimentions to fight for them. In this case, it's a Junior Athletics champ called Cinque who just so happens to be pretty good with a Bo Staff. And that's just scratching the surface people, there's more to it. Unfortunately, I am unable to explain the rest to you without spoiling the rest of the series, so let's move on.

Strangely enough, Dog Days seems to suffer from Square Enix Syndrome: Being unable to decide on a main character. Despite first appearences, Cinque is not the main character. Although I'm sure many people can debate me on this point, allow me to remind you that Cinque gets absolutely no development whatsoever. This isn't that much of a problem, because he's not a bad character if you can stand him. No, the main character is Princess Millhiore. She the young, inexperienced leader of a nation that has to lead them into a war she didn't want and, as you'll discover, she doesn't even understand why it's being faught. To completely understand her development and her character though, we have to talk about Queen Leonmitchelli. Completely on the reverse end, Leon is the Queen of the enemy kingdom of Gallette. This wouldn't be a problem if it didn't turn out that both Leon and Milhi have been friends since they were little kids! Seeing the problem here? Leon herself is an interesting character, though she may appear sure of herself and maybe a little arrogant at first, her desire to protect her friend is apparent in the end and, through the plot, we learn of her real reason to declare war on her neighbouring kingdom. For what there is to talk about Cinque, I suppose I probably should. As a human who was magically wisked away from his home planet by a dog carrying a knife (no really), you'd think he be a little culture shocked right? Kinda like how Saito was in Zero no Tsukaima at first? Not in the slightest! In fact, once he's shown how it's actualy impossible to die in the war, he's a little excited to take part in it. You see, Cinque is a an expert gymnast and athelete, pretty good with a bo staff and eager to prove himself. The problem is that that's about all there is to him, he doesn't particularly advance from this point except the traditional main character route of protecting the romantic interest. His character isn't bad, I just feel like it could have been done more effectively. The rest of the character are, while not completely cookie cutter, are not really developed upon and serve really as litteral backup for the main characters. While good to have around, could be dropped and not much would, on the whole, be lost. With the possible exception of Eclair, the captain of the guard in Milhi's forces, who spends alot of time with Cinque either fighting by his side or argueing with him in wacky hijinks.

Dog Days is a concept created by the same man who brought us Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, and oh boy does it show. The magic they use in this show reminds me alot of Nanoha, just the general feel of it and how it's executed. I half expect the symbols on the back of peoples hands that they use for magic to start talking. Animation wise, Dog Days gets a 'good' at best to 'passable' at worst. While the art quality drops on occasion and the side characters suffer from Generic Face Disease, it's not unpleasent to look at 80% of the time. It's quite possible to say that the opening has the best animation, which is sad because quite alot of the action scenes in Dog Days could have used it's quality.

Sound wise, Dog Days gets a pass. The intro, once again in the style of Nanoha, Dog Days has it's opening sung by Nana Mizuki who always does a good job, if her singing style is your sort of thing. The opening song, Scarlet Knight, while not her best song proves that even when Nana Mizuki isn't amazing, she's still pretty good. Otherwise, the show has no particularly memorable songs. They're not bad, but not particularly memorable either, at least nothing you'll be bobbing your head to for any time to come. The dialogue is passable at times, verging on pretty damn good with the always awesome performances from Norio Wakamoto (Emperor Charles Zi Britannia, Code Geass) and Tetsuya Kakihara (Simon, Gurren Lagann) who voice General Godwin and Leon's brother Gaul respectively. And if you're a fan of her voice work, Nana Mizuki also voices one of the side characters, Ricotta Elmar. The rest of the voice actors/actresses do a good job aswell, I'm just naming some of the more interesting performances.

Where the series falls down majorly however, it's the execusion of the story. It's lazy, predictable and, as previously stated, deluding itself into pretending Cinque has anything to do with it at all. It's sad to say, but Seven Arcs seriously dropped the ball on this one plot wise. The ending is sloppy, which is where most of this issue lies. The main conflicting villan is defeated within a single episode, and the series stretches out for another 3 episodes that could have been used to boost the story and bump up this shows score.

Dog Days did quite a few things right, but the rest are wrong in such a big way it may be hard to enjoy for some. It's enjoyable for the most part, yes, but parts of it will rub the wrong way. If you liked Nanoha at all, I recomend giving Dog Days a watch. If you like medieval themes anime, I'd give it a go. If you like developed characters and an interesting narative, Dog Days might be worth avoiding. I half feel like the series wasn't done justice, being an original work it's able to do it's own thing without having to adhere to an already established plot and having to cater to a legion of fans who will pick apart every flaw with it. The issue, is that it makes you feel like it would be a whole lot better if they'd had more time to develop everything properly, establish the world a bit more and develop Cinque a bit more, we could have had a series that you would really want to continue. As it stands though, I don't see Dog Days continueing past this series. Perhaps a manga would be nice to see, but considering the original creator is still working on Nanoha Force and Nanoha Vivid, I don't see it happening in the forseeable future. Up untill the last 3 episodes, I'd pretty much set my heart on a score of 8/10, but seeing how it seems to have crash landed I'm bumping it down to a 7/10, and that's only because I found it enjoyable. I know someone who lumps this on the same level as Rio: Rainbow Gate, which is actualy kind of depressing when you think about it.

Final Score: 7/10

I just completed Dog Days less than 24 hours ago, so I'll post a quick review of the show for now.

STORY:
It has been four years since the disappointment that was Mahou Shoujo StrikerS, and I can see that the writers from Seven Arcs really learnt their lesson from it. Initially I thought Dog Days would be like another StrikerS, having only one complicated story arc and such. But no. Instead, the writers decided to give Dog Days a different approach by having many mini story arcs.

And what do the audience benefit from this? A show with a simple plot line and excellent pacing. ... I wasn't confused by the story in Dog Days as I was in StrikerS. I don't need to shut down my laptop and cool down to think over what the characters were talking about in the last episodes I watched. Instead, Dog Days kept me constantly interested for the next story arc and I was able to finish the series in just a few hours, never leaving my seat throughout.

Though simple, the story was really original. Fantasy shows like this tend to give the people impressions that it would involve giant quests and violence which would lead to a bloody conclusion. But no. A unique aspect of Dog Days is that there isn't much bloodshed involved and wars fought by countries were just part of a sport to improve the relationship between countries. There isn't a lot of giant quests involved either. Probably the only one I could think of is Leo's quest to prevent Millhiore's death.

So you have mini story-arcs, an original plot, sprinkled with some fanservice on top, and you get Dog Days, a show with a nice story that really surprised me.

ART:
What more can I say? The character designs are the standard (awesome) fare you get from Seven Arcs. Just think of the characters in Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha, add in some dog ears, a waggy tail and an epic emblem.

Moving on to the animation part, though some of the scenes were really off, the rest were quite decent.

SOUND:
A bit disappointed, I must say. Except for the OP (sung by Nana Mizuki of Fate Testarossa fame) and ED (sung by Yui Horie) which I loved a lot, there isn't much of the soundtrack that is memorable.

On the other hand, Dog Days features a godlike all-star cast which of course includes Nana Mizuki, Yui Horie, Ayana Taketatsu (voice of Azusa Nakano, my favorite character from K-ON), Kana Hanazawa (Tachibana Kanade), Yoko Hikasa (Mio Akiyama), Daisuke Ono (with his awesome gay voice), and most important of all, NORIO WAKAMOTO. I demand more of Godwin's sexy voice! I dare say that Dog Days had the best voice acting cast out of all anime series in 2011.

CHARACTER:
Again like StrikerS, Dog Days suffered from the problem of having too many characters. But unlike StrikerS, the characters in Dog Days all had enough screentime and were developed well. Everyone also had a unique personality that keeps the interaction among the characters interesting. This is another reason why I believe that the writers from StrikerS had really learnt their lesson from 4 years back. Yay for Godwin, my favorite character.

OVERALL:
I don't know why there's so much hate for Dog Days in MAL, I believe that it's an underrated anime that should really develop into a big franchise like Lyrical Nanoha. Glad to hear that it's getting a second season, and I certainly hope that the season 2 would have an epic storyline as in Nanoha A's.

I honestly wasn't expecting much from Dog Days. I simply clicked and watched it for the sake of passing some time. However, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed watching the anime. Normally I don't watch shows with such a lighthearted atmosphere but I feel like Dog Days was able to pull it off quite well. Although there were several elements that I felt needed work, the majority of the series was enjoyable enough that it could be ignored.

(Some spoilers!)
First the story of the anime is somewhat weak. The hero is summoned to an alternate world so ... that he may fight in a war. Seems all good until you find out that the wars aren't actually wars. Critical thinkers while watching the anime may feel distracted by the fact that the "intense" battles the characters face are not as deadly. However the story does become more interesting as you go into the series. The demon at the end and the foreshadowing quote from Brioche d'Arquien to Cinque may increase the drama and intensity in the next season.
As for the characters, at occasions things feel too extreme. For example, Cinque in the human world participated in the Iron Athletics (imagine Ninja Warrior) and placed second place. The princess of the dog world watched this from her magical mirror(?) and decided to make him the hero right then and there. That's already a bit odd but onto the next subject, the hero is in middle school and has a near superhuman ability to jump several times his own height, has the strength of several men, the ability to fight with dual swords and bo staff, and lastly the ability to quickly master spells from the dog world in mere days. Of course this IS an anime so I guess its only natural that he has these abilities. But I still find it...odd.
Lastly theres the hints of romance in the story. The main character has 3 main love interests. The human girl, Rebecca (seen only a few times in the series), Eclair (the tsundere), and the princess Milliefiore. You see a relationship build between both the princess and Eclair to Cinque quite often in the series. The romance itself is not bad, but the fact that they are all so young is unsettling at sometimes.

Overall, it was an enjoyable ride and I have high hopes for the next season.

Dog Days is a wonderful light-hearted series created by Masaki Tsuzuki, who also created Nanoha.

In Dog Days there is a magical world named Flonyard, where there are countries made up of different types of animal people. These animal people are not really animals, instead they just have animal ears and tails much like typical anime catgirls. The world has a magical barrier which allows residents to have military battles without physically being harmed. The different countries pool money together and use these fun mock-battles to entertain their people and keep their economies booming.

One particular country named the Biscotti Republic (most of the characters and places ... are named after culinary terms), a country made up of dog people, is having a bad losing streak. The dog-like pink princess of the Biscotti Republic, named Millihiore, decides to summon a strong hero from another world to have him fight so they can break their losing streak. She ends up summoning Shinku Izumi from Earth, who is well-versed in physical activity from his involvement in Iron Athletics (think Ninja Warrior). Together, Shinku and a group of colorful and interesting characters work together to fight off cat people named the Galette Lion Army, and overall just have fun together.

This sounds like the premise for any other typical “guy goes to another world to be a hero” anime, but Dog Days is unique in the way that it presents itself. The colors are incredibly vibrant, and the landscapes come alive when characters are riding around on their giant birds which look much like chocobos from Final Fantasy. The animation is all very crisp and fighting scenes involving characters using either physical weapons or magical attacks are all done with this wacky over-the-top fashion that makes it hard not to think it just plain looks exciting and cool. The characters are all perky and fun and have incredibly cute and expressive designs. It is very hard to hate any of the characters, and there is a favorite character for anyone regardless of their tastes.

Dog Days has something for everyone, but is hard to describe what exact genre it is. If you take a fighting shounen anime, make it super cute, give it tons of budget, toss out all elements of modern anime where it tries to be deep and make you think, add in a bunch of A-list voice actors, sprinkle in some Nanoha and Touhou, add in a tiny bit of harem and fanservice, add in a whole bunch of catgirls and doggirls and bunnygirls, all while keeping it unoffensive and allowing it to appeal to anyone who just wants to have fun and isn't stuck-up enough to think that anime should be some life-changing religious experience...you get Dog Days.

Dog Days is just like watching a Saturday morning cartoon show, back when Saturday mornings actually had good cartoons on.

Do you like lots of action and adventure? Do you like martial arts and special moves that require the attack name to be yelled out before executing it? Do you enjoy cute characters, cute animals, great art, magical girls, magical boys, a great soundtrack, romance, and great voices? Above all, do you just want to have fun and smile the entire time you are watching a show? You owe it to yourself to watch a couple episodes at least.

Dog Days will not make you think, and it's story is just good enough to tie everything together. It is a series you turn on, turn off your brain, get an adrenaline rush and have a heart attack from all the cuteness. The single word to describe Dog Days is “fun”, and when you think about it, isn't “fun” really the reason to watch Japanese cartoons in the first place?

I don't know where to start -_-" but as we know or we don't know my first impression is that it give me the feeling of Zero no Tsukaima.Where someone is being summon from (obviously) Japan to another world or dimension for a purpose and could not find their way back.

The story as i already said it is a little type of "I often watch this kind" but if you take a look of watching 2 or 3 episodes you will discovered something new and what make it a little bit unique.

Plus+
The fight between the two nation/kingdom or whatsoever is somehow pretty unique in ... my view,it is very save even if your 5 or 7 years old cousin or anything because there is no blood-core action and it hard to see any blood due to the war cause everytime a soldier is defeated it will not die but will become a very cute cat/dog ball :D ahaha

The 'Seal'(somekind of special technique) is also quite cool having some kind of cool symbols at the back of their body and launch a bunch of at least deadly skill that will turn a group of soldier 'killed'

The girls are cute either from the 'cat nation' or 'dog nation'

Comedy is somehow not really fresh but it still get me kind of laugh so it is still OK

Minus-
Somehow i hate every character call him hero in few/all episodes(i just watch till episode 7) and some variation like rookie hero or whatsoever,it just drive me nuts!Why the fxxk they can just tell his name or the reverse it like treat me im a kid...(actually im a kid)

I don't hate the opening but i dont like it either,it just a standard anime opening compare to Kami Nomi which i find it 'Cool'.Not very visual opening,(sorry) just randomly throwing character.

Conclusion=
It is a light anime very good if you just want to find something to watch,it is usually good when you need some kind of 'idleness' after watching some of serious anime like Full Mental Panic.For lover of Blood and Gore know your place *sorry* but as you can see even from the picture,it wont suit you,it is Bright,no bloody action and etc.

I made this review just when i have time and dont have anything to spend.If it Bad,Tell everyone this review sucks and hate it the way you like(even if you broke your screen just from seeing this review im terribly sorry).But if you like or ask if this anime suit you or not ,you can ask me by just posting it in my profile page :D

Before watching Dog Days you have to drop the notion of battles/wars being about bloodshed and violence. You must also be willing to drop any harem related tendencies that you have accumulated throughout your past anime experiences.


All emptied out? good.


Dog Days is a lot different then your typical action/warring nation based animes. Wars are waged for pure entertainment and fun for both commoners and royalty. Wars are not meant to steal or harm each other, it is for pure bliss and thrill.

Story: 9/10

Personally I want to give it a 10 but seeing how I only write reviews for the animes I truly enjoy ... I can't just give every category a 10/10 so I'll cut back here and art.

The story revolves around our MC being summoned from earth to a foreign land where a desperate princess needs help to save her kingdom from losing any more wars.

Through various trials (not many seeing how he ends up being there for 16 days and yet masters advanced seal techniques that knights/soldiers have been practicing for years) he winds up assisting the princess in various wars and helping her reclaim lost ties between her and another ruler.

If you liked Isekai No Seikishi Monogatari (which of course I did since I tell everyone to watch that since it's my fav anime :3) then you will like this anime. Strong human gets summoned to a faraway land and winds up becoming a powerful cause for whichever side they are fighting for.

Art: 9/10. Can't give it a 10 since it's a bit dated (or at least I think so) but it is not crazy old so the cute anime factor is still there. Vibrant colors and what have you.

Sound: 10/10.

Ahh the sound. The princess's concerts have really good music. Really good. Didn't care much for the OP ED (never really watched the ED since I just wanted to watch the next EP) but do yourself a favor and enjoy the Concerts.

Character: 10/10

Characters were great. Tsundere Knight captain, cutesy princess, kind/gentle/caring ruler who doesn't care that she will be the bad guy to save her friend, and the usual other characters (crazy strong samuari along with ninja companion, etc).

Honestly there is NO BAD GUYS in this anime. None. Even the war hungry general for Gallat (I think that's how you spell it) is a really kind guy.

No one wants to break the century long "peaceful" truce war pact where wars are meant for fun and not hurting each other so everyone gets along.

Enjoyment: Great anime. I dropped it in the past because at the time I was more into the harem aspect of animes and upon seeing practically 0 harem aspect I dropped it. That and the fact that I wasn't really digging the whole "peaceful war" aspect.

Honestly if you drop this because of those reasons I highly recommend you pick it up. The last 2-3 episodes are really touching (especially poor Rico :[ ) but I can't wait to watch season 2 tonight.


Hope this review shed some insight for anyone reading. Enjoy

I really love this anime! I was waiting so much for it to finally come out!

The story is great. Basically it is about an athlete boy who is summon to a fantasy world by a dog princess to help fight against the cat people. funny thing is the people don't die they just turn into little sqishy things which is humorous. And the last third of the show the plot takes a twist! (sorry not going to tell you cause that spoils it. you'll have to watch it yourself.)

What i didn't expect from show was the fanservice. I mean WOW it surprised me! since this ... anime isn't listed in the Ecchi genre. Thats what i like about these kind animes. they do things that you least expect.

Awesome characters Awesome action this is an anime to watch 10 of 10.

When I first saw this anime I thought, "Who would watch something like this? it looks stupid." But I still gave it a shot, and am now a major fan. This anime is great for first time watchers because it has a little bit of everything, without going overboard.

Cinque is a gymnastics master, athletic in every way possible. And he is also a hero. Not by choice of course. Princess Milchore of Biscotti summoned him to their world. A happy world that anyone would want to live in. In Biscotti, everyone is part animal, with little ears and tails for everything from rabbits to dogs. ... And every single one of them is adorable. Even their wars are adorable. The enemies line up to fight one another, but instead of dying, when 'killed' they turned into little fluffy animal plushies and are revived later. Their is no hate between countries.

So why do they need a hero?

Because not everything is going well. Milchore's close friend Leonmichelli, Queen of Galette, a city where everyone is part cat, is constantly fighting against Biscotti. And Biscotti always loses to the Cat Queen. In hopes of finally winning a war game, and making up with her old enemy, Milchore summons Cinque to fight for her in the games.

It manages to have a tone of seriousness, without being violent, but rather adorable. Even without hate, or malice, this anime managed to keep me on the edge of my seat the entire time i watched it, and I am anxiously awaiting the next season of this amazing anime.

If there was one word to describe this anime, it would be: ADORABLE!!! This is a kind of slice-of-life anime, but with some harmless action (however weird that sounds) and harem.

Story: There isn't much of an overarching story, just people living their lives in this beautiful and (for the most part) always peaceful world. There is a bit of an underlying plot where one character has to do things that they don't want to, for the sake of another person. But other than that there's nothing much to it.
But I think that's what makes it so enjoyable-you get to enjoy the world ... of Biscotti, with its cute characters and amazingly beautiful world. However, I do think they could have focused more on the world- maybe the main character could have gone on quests throughout the world so we could see different parts of the world, but as it is, I guess we can ope season 3 has more of the world.

Sound: I enjoy the music quite a bit- especially the openings.

Art: The world is gorgeous, and the characters are adorable

Character: I guess a lot of people would argue that none of the characters go through any real struggles, and therefore they come off as not having characters in the first place. And while there is one character who does go through some change, and there are characters affected y that, for the most part those people are right that there is no change. But in this show, there doesn't need to be- all the characters are innocent and adorable, and the world is peaceful for that. I feel like having this kind of perfect world shows that we don't NEED to have wars and fighting and death- it is POSSIBLE for people to live in peace.