Dog Days

ok so this review will not focus on boring stuff like art,sound,characters comparisions and stuff if you want to read it plz check the reviews with most views or lowest scores.ty
first thing i want to point out before i write this review is this anime is 3 seasons long and it is complete no suspense and fans who are kept waiting for the complete story.second its close to family friendly type anime after i watched it i felt like almost anyone can watch it and enjoy it not many plotholes,suspense and mystrey just plain simple yet enjoyable.
In short a boy is teleported to a different ... dimension where he is the chosen one and has to fight for a Dog princess yea its a kind of world where there are animal people really cute ones and although there are battles shown none of them are actually really violent in nature.just like a huge military exercise with fun games no violence.
I feel like this anime is for people who want to watch a light hearted comedy,fantasy,action type of anime.its fun to watch how the characters develop from start to end and has nice ending.It carrries a good message and why not give it a shot.
I found this anime downloaded in a cyber i frequently visit.so i said what the heck lets watch it.i didnt know much about what genre this anime might be so i just took 1 season of it.had i known it was action,adventure,magic,fantasy i might not have watched it coz i dont like any of these types but turns out this anime was actally iinteresting.so i downloaded all episodes staying all night in the same cyber.was it worth it? definately.the anime doesnt loose its charm in the other seasons and always finds a way to keep you interested and plot becomes better if you liked the first 3 episodes otherwise dont watch it.
thanks

This anime had THE GREATEST POTENTIAL of all to become something better than "yet another steaming pile of crap that's stuck in the otaku loop."

It had the useful, athletic, and otherwise awesome male protagonist (voice my a Mr. "Bust Out In A Fit Of Laughter, That's Right. I'm Kira"). It had the team behind the Nanoha series. It had COLORS all up in dey art and animation. And it had some "stealth panty shots."

But then... As if the "LeBron James Hate Plague" spread from Cleveland (or its basketball team) and managed to revitalize the otaku-base's hatred against those better than themselves... It pulls Dog Days ... right back down.

If it's not Eclair attacking Shinku through the main chunk of the series, then it's during the previews for the next episode where he's suffering whatever the company behind this title throws at him.

It's a good show overall. But even grown-ups expect their kid(s) to grow up and leave behind their obnoxious behavior. And the people who grow up watching anime expect that from the anime industry which, for too long, caters to "grown-ups who haven't grown up at all."

I was also expecting a little more "venom and blood" between the races of cats and dogs since, you know; it's a "battle" between cats and dogs. But it's from the "Nanoha Team." So I'll give 'em points up for that.

Welcome to Flonyald! The land of the furries, and cities that are named after desserts! As a bored teenager looking for entertainment anywhere, I browsed through possible animes and found this, and looked at the art, then the tags, finding "shounen", questioning everything I thought that was in a shounen anime in the first place. This review is about Dog Days, and anime that I found to be...interesting.

Story (7/10): With the story being about a boy getting sent to a magical land of the furries where the main source of capital and entertainment came from wars, I was pleasantly surprised, ... as I had genuinely never though that such a plot could exist. While this idea was just amusingly strange to begin with, the story itself never really stood out as a focal point. There were times where the plot changed completely and turned into a slightly darker version of itself, as well as rushing with information that you would just need to go along with due to the lack of information. Yes, there were some flaws with the execution of the story, but it didn't seem like too much of a hinderance.

Character (7/10): The characters for the most part, are furries. Specifically, dogs. We have Millefiore, the main heroine, Eclair, Rika, and so on and so forth. As well as the main character Sinque, who is more agile then any normal 14 year old boy should be. And yes, we have furries of different factions and species as well. The characters are sort of bland, to be honest. They have their specific character traits, and that's all well and good, but they never put too much emphasis on the character growth or anything. The whole cast basically just has fun with life in this magical realm riding Chocobos (if anyone gets that reference). While character development was lacking, again, this wasn't too much of a hinderance either.

Art and Sound (8/10 and 7/10): The art itself is pretty damn good. The colors are extremely vibrant, and the character designs are nicely detailed. The scenery is pretty average, and the art in general isn't nothing to shy away from. It's no SAO quality stuff, but it's still pretty good. The sound I felt was a bit generic. The tracks were nice to listen to, but they weren't so good that you would listen to them on repeat, as most fans of certain animes do. They weren't that memorable, but they were nice to listen to, (that is if you can get through that annoying vibrato in the OP.) All in all, the art and sound were pretty decent, and not that bad.

Personal Enjoyment (7/10): At first, I questioned myself why this was a shounen in the first place. It was a magical land that was filled with humans of various hair colors and species, and a main character that was more gymnastic than hero. That was until the fanservice started. Almost every female character in this anime, gets stripped by an impossible means throughout the whole series. It's absurd. It was then, that I realized how this was rated as a shounen. In any case, I found Dog Days to be, a relatively nice series to watch. It wasn't the best, but it was nice to pass the time. The story didn't hook me that much, the characters were eh, and the art and sound were all average. But this anime doesn't take itself seriously, which is probably why it's so enjoyable. All in all, I was looking for entertainment, and that's what I got. If you're looking for something that will hook you like a fishing hook, this definitely isn't what you should watch. (I would suggest something called Nagi No Asukara.) However, if you're looking for something to just sit down and be entertained, then this show would definitely suit your tastes. As long as you like furries and exploding clothing.

I love this anime, and I might even classify it as my favorite anime as of the time I'm writing this. So why would I give a show I love a 7? Simple, as much as I love this show and as many times as I've re-watched it, I'll be the first to admit that it's objectively flawed, and for the sake of actual criticism, I can't just ignore those faults.

Let's begin with the most common complaint I've heard about this show, the huge missed opportunity with the "Warfare Economy" that is explained in episode 3. They never actually explore this idea which makes a ... lot of people I showed this series to (and myself on my first viewing) wonder why it was mentioned at all. This did kill the show pretty quickly for a few of those people, so I will agree that this claim has a degree of validity.

The main characters are all very archetypical and don't receive much, if any character development. This also applies to the supporting cast, many of whom do barely anything on-screen despite being high-ranking military officers.

So, yeah, these are both big problems, at least for most people I know who have seen it, so why do I love this show despite that? What makes it good to me? Well, a lot of things.

First, we have the action sequences. Flonyard is a world where war is quite literally fun and games, with commentators, points, various special actions (like summoning a hero), and people turn into these cute animal ball things when they would get hurt. The smaller fights in particular are fun to watch and very well animated, especially in episodes 4 and 5. No fight lasts too long, there are smaller attacks that give the bigger ones real impact, pretty much everything I could want from a melee fight. There are even characters who specialize with bows or guns, and our protagonist wields a quarterstaff instead of a bladed weapon.

The animation as a whole is really good, with very well designed characters who are all visually distinguishable from each other, lots of amusing chibi moments, beautiful looking magical attacks, and the occasional use of CG is generally pretty good and never really distracting. The movements during combat were all very fluid, I could practically feel every weapon clash and seal spell. The world of Flonyard as a whole is a very pretty setting, with 2 moons, floating islands, a gorgeous skyline, lush landscapes, wide, blue oceans and lakes, the list goes on. It's a world I'd love to live in and just bask in how beautiful everything is.

And while I said the characters are all archetypes and don't get much development, I honestly don't think they need to. This show isn't concerned with stuff like that, nor do I think it needs to be. Everyone is fun to watch, both when fighting and bantering. I did like a lot of them, with my two favorites being Eclair and Leo. Leo is probably the most interesting character in this show, but I won't say why, otherwise it'd be a spoiler. I will say that she, and pretty much everyone else are all great fighters in their own way, so that's a plus. They also have a pretty all-star cast for this show, and while people like Norio Wakamoto are unfortunately underused, most of the VAs have plenty of time to shine and put on what looks to be a good performance.

I also feel a special mention should go to the opening, which is well animated and is made all the better by Nana Mizuki's lovely singing voice. It's one of the few openings I don't skip when watching a show.

Overall, I think Dog Days is a fun time and I absolutely love it, but I realize that there are plenty of people who can't get past episode 3 or 4 because of one or both of the major flaws with the show.

I'd say watch up to episode 5 at least, since that's where things really get going. Who knows, you might end up loving it like I do.

Let’s see…. This series was SO boring for at least the first half, and slightly less boring for the second half, or maybe I got accustomed to the boring-ness. I spent more time identifying the voice actors than actually paying attention to the series. Also, what’s up with the girls’ clothes just coming off…?
Surprisingly there are many well-known voice actors participating in the series, with very distinctive voices. Probably my favorite part about the series, if I had one.
Also, the last episode was probably the best one out of all of them. I think.

Story: Uh… interesting premise and ideas. 13-year-old who loves athletics gets sent ... to a world full of dog people and cat people, and spoiler, demons show up halfway through the series… Or, they’re mentioned at least. The plot could have been better. I predicted half of it, which is basically what I bothered trying to think about. Overall, though, not the worse I’ve seen, so that’s cool.

Art: The characters looked the same in some ways, and I can’t identify their names, but fortunately they have super colorful hair, so there’s that. The character designs are nice I suppose, and I couldn’t really find anything at fault for the art… Not the best judge of art, so that’s there.

Sound: Uh, this anime was from 2011, and the music sure sounds that way. I heard some of the OST and that was nice, the opening and ending song are pretty good, and as mentioned before, there are many well-known voice actors participating in the series. So the voice acting was maybe the best part of the series.

Character: They had individual personalities, besides the canon fodder, and most were female besides the older dudes and that one other dude, and also that main character. What I liked most about the characters was their voices, as I have mentioned before, the voices actors were great. Could probably list off ten of them just after watching an episode, you know, if I watch an episode. I still don’t know who voices the demon thing though.
I still feel bad for Becky, her friend disappeared and then made more friends… Who are all female, of course, besides that one dude.

Enjoyment: Really, nah… It was just like UtaPri, I struggled to focus on the anime. Maybe the last few episodes were a bit better.

Overall: This is absolutely something I’d rate as “average” until the last episode or two. Then it got better, so now I'm rating it a 7. Congratulations to the last one/two episodes. And the voice acting. That brought the score up.

Let me start by saying that I just watched all three seasons of this back-to-back and that, going in, I had no idea what it was about (except that it had animal-ear girls).

The story starts off in a typical "isekai" flair--the main character Shinku (or something phonetically similar, depending on your translation) is summoned to another world to fight in a war as a Hero. Shinku is an incredible athlete in that he placed second in a Ninja Warrior-esque competition behind his mentor/rival; both of them happen to be in Middle School, by the way. After getting a quick explanation of what is happening, he ... heads off to war. Since "war" in this show equates to American Gladiators on an obstacle course (with large armies of people on either team), Shinku is able to quickly excel.

These encounters are a central part of the story, but the underlying plot that connects the battles and the characters are really what makes this show shine. The light-hearted fun of the "wars" later takes on a more serious tone as the story develops, leading to an exciting finale. Even after the dust settles, there are some well portrayed emotional moments that really deepen the characters.

All throughout, there is action, suspense, as well as some drama, and even a bit of romance. The ecchi parts are a bit unnecessary, but add a few comical moments as well. The show succeeds in building an emotional attachment to the characters and their plights. Characters were decently developed well and, in the final episodes, it really showed.

Overall, I'd say this was a really good show. It had an interesting premise, beautiful art and music, and the story and characters were very interesting. The fan-service was sort of pointless, but was fun to watch nevertheless.