Seikoku no Dragonar

So, this is my first official review, and I hope to write many more after this one.

Story: 6

The story is a generic harem/fantasy story, filled with "Plot" and some battles. I liked the story and its concept, though halfway through the show, it became a bit too predictable. Though I really enjoyed certain parts, I also found myself wanting to fast forward others.

Art & Sound: 7

I grouped these two together because I felt like they complimented each other in this anime. The art was pretty good and consistent throughout the show, which is important. No particular sound stood out for me, but I did feel ... like the bgm (background music) in the battle scenes intensified the character's moves and passion.

Character: 7

The characters were good. Nothing more, nothing less. There weren't any exceptional or very outstanding and original traits between them, but they were good. The show had the usual harem girls, for example: a busty one, a rich one, a loli, a tsundere, and an erotic teacher etc. There were a few more, but that was the gist of it.

Enjoyment & Overall: 7

I did enjoy the show quite a bit, but it didn't really strike me as exceptional, partly because I have watched hundreds of similar anime and so I've kind of gotten used to all the recurring things in harem anime. The characters were alright, but neither them nor the story were able to pique my interest past the point of amusement.

Dragons? I'm ready!
It starts off with introducing characters, you learn that poor Ash doesn't have a dragon, but has a different sort of ability, and people make fun of him for it.

By the end of episode 1, Ash gets his... dragon?
If dragons had long pink hair and took the form of young girls, sure.
Eco is adorable, but she's a bit bossy. The little girl brat type. She's a little hard to like at first, she starts to grow on you.

Some of the Ecchi feels misplaced. Like it's just for the sake of it, which yes, a lot of it is, but there's also ... Ecchi done well. Some of this is kind of in the middle.

The story isn't just focused on Ash and Eco, you learn about Silvia and Rebecca too. Their pasts, their dragons. Plus other characters get parts too. It's a wide variety.

Halfway through I was enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would. It's definitely worth checking out.

Beautiful girls and dragons. With a ton of fanservice.

Seikoku no Dragonar is definitely your typical harem. The entire series based around the hero, who has multiple girls fall in love with him. The difference is, this series throws dragons into the mix.

Brief summary: Learning to ride and tame dragons comes easy to most students at Ansarivan Dragonar Academy except for first-year student Ash Blake. Ash is the laughing stock at school because, despite his unfashionably large star-shaped brand that marks him as a future dragon master, he has nothing to show for it. His dragon has never appeared. One fateful day, Ash's dragon awakes ... in full glory, but appears different than any dragon ever seen before, in the form of a beautiful girl, Eco! What's worse, Ash soon discovers that this new dragon has attitude to spare, as she promptly informs him that she is the master, and he, the servant. Ash's problems with dragon riding have only just begun. But as the series progresses, Eco begins to develop feelings for Ash, and their relationship soon begins to take on a new shape.

The story is definitely not the most unique plot that I have ever watched and is highly predictable.The MC helps girl, the girl falls in love, and the cycle is repeated as is true with most harems. It has a ton of action, and does transition very smoothly. It was not confusing in the slightest bit. The best aspect of the story however are the dragons. It's very interesting and intriguing to see the relationship the dragons and humans have, and to see them work together to accomplish goals. The story is indeed a fun ride though if you don't nitpick at every little detail.

The art and sound of the series are good. I enjoyed all the music used and thought it fit the mood of each episode and series as a whole. The characters are unique from one another. You don't have the cookie cutter anime girl used for all the females. Plus, they are all animated very well.

Other than that, you have the fan service. The fan service definitely plays a huge role in this series, and is present in almost every episode. Although, I must say that I don't feel it was being shoved down my throat as with some other series.

Overall, if you are looking for a series that has action, beautiful girls, and dragons, this show is for you. It has great deal of fan service, and the story will keep you entertained. It is a fun ride, though very predictable, but in the end will keep your interest if you don't over analyze it.

Seikoku no Dragnoar a typical generic harem but with dragons and power ranger armour.
Actual Score: 6.8

Story: 7
The story is highly predictable in a sense of its harem nature as it follows MC helps girl, girl falls in love and gets added to the harem which is basically what happens during most of the show. Yes there are dragons are very cool and one of the best aspects of the show but if what you want is a serious story your not going to find but it is a fun ride though and is not boring.

Art: 6
The art is fairly normal its not crap but its ... not good its okay; but the dragons I found to be well done and were the only things that really stood out me from the rest of the art.

Sound: 7
The opening and endings of the show where nothing to interesting with a fairly mild piece as the opening that was skipped every time but the ending was more interesting and fitted the show well.

Character: 7
The characters of show were ok but were to flat as most followed there classic harem archetypes like the Tsundere e.g Eco and Silivia and the heroic male Ash who without the help of the girls and his one awesome super power would be a pile of charcoal by the 2nd episode also he is really nice. But aside from some of them do get some character development which does give the characters more depth and creates a bigger interest.

Enjoyment: 7
Now then I did enjoy the show as it was a break from all the serious anime of spring 2014 and was a fun ride all the way through but was a bit too predictable.

Seikoku no Dragonar is set in an alternative universe were people can be chosen to bare a pal, or dragon, during a certain age. Its genres are ecchi and harem, and so you can't really expect much from it. While people may complain about its overuse of large breasts just to use as fan service and eye candy for the audience, this is expected for typical harem and so is easily understandable in this review.

Story: 6
As mentioned before, this is a stereotypical harem laced with lots of ecchi scenes. It's got everything in it to qualify it as a harem and so most scenes placed ... throughout the entire anime are easy to undermine and could, in most cases, be classified as cliche. While this may be true, the anime still presents to us an interesting story line filled with unexpected twists that would make you watch more, despite its overuse of ecchi scenes you would see in just about any harem anime. Adding to this fact, its pacing is slightly too fast, yet is a bit understandable at times.

Art: 8
The first thing you would think of when watching this anime is that ITS ART IS SO HIGH QUALITY. Actions done by the characters are done very fluidly with its backgrounds also drawn with the same amount of detail. Despite this said, there are not really any scenes where the art would take your breath away. They all seem to be there just because they need to be there and in that quality to match. Its purpose is to basically present its surroundings simply for you to forget about it a few seconds later.

Sound: 7
Not that much to say about sound. The OP and ED are catchy and the voices really match their characters. The stereotypical tsundere gets an abnormally high, yet cute voice and the somewhat arrogant princess gets a low proud voice that still never fails to actually say certain inappropriate lines that, in the end, may sound much more befitting to her character. That said, its sound affects are things that we've already heard before, nothing special, but still very appropriate to whatever is played out to us.

Character: 5
We have a tsundere dragon that has some kind of connection with the queen of Avalon, a stubborn princess that refuses to say what she really feels, and a dense male protagonist, who for some inexplicable reason, gets himself a special dragon that comes in a form of a human girl. If you ask me, thats just about all you need to make up a harem anime. Though we are given quite a bit of development behind them, the very fundamentals of each of their characters are still very much missing. I, personally, is very keen to know who exactly Ash's parents and how exactly did he meet the princess so easily. Moving away from that, some characters also just come and go very quickly. Most appear out of nowhere just to give some random fan service. With this, this part of the review gives a five to its characters.

Enjoyment: 9
Despite all of these setbacks, the enjoyment factor of this anime is very high, though that may just be for me. Of course, people who don't like the harem and ecchi genres would think otherwise, but there is a reason to why this anime was categorised under these titles. Why would someone who can't take horror watch a horror anime? Even if one did, their review would be bias by saying 'its too scary' when that is the whole point of the anime. Getting back on topic, this anime is so far very enjoyable. Though the stereotypical harem jokes may seem like nothing, some are still nonetheless rather funny. Action scenes are also well capable of stealing your attention away and putting you back on its semi serious plot.

Overall: 7
Not too high and not too low. This is an anime to be watched and forget about, though it does show some potential to move away from that. It is recommended that you watch it when you are bored and just want to kill time.

This is my first ever review so bear with me, this may look sloppy


Generally i liked this anime even though many didnt and i would say that much of it belongs to the ending that most people dont agree with, one of those people being myself. Though i am not saying that you wont.

Story: 7


The story is pretty interesting though it has alot of Familiar of Zero feel to it, i liked the story as it was an interesting take on the situation

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Sound: 4

The opening and ending music were very disappointing to me, i didnt enjoy either and i would mainly skip them which is something i wouldnt normally do, i will say though during battles the music is grand and works well with the action


Art: 6

Dont have much to say about the art, though if i would put it somewhere i would put it here; i enjoyed the fan service as there is a good amount in this show though this may be a turn off for some of you guys out there

Character: 8

Good character development for most of the main characters though some of the more side characters are mainly forgotten about but i really like the bunch of main characters and they were enjoyable to me

Overall: 7

I liked this show as i thought it was cool with the dragon concept and the weapons that they could use were all really cool to me. The only parts i really disliked was the honestly the ending which i cant stand.


I would very much so want a second season to this as it would be a favorite show of mine if they were to tweak a few things in the story

Seikoku no Dragonar is an interesting anime, and probably one of the few I find quite enjoyable about dragons. As most people would suspect, the comedy ecchi harem action genre isn't exactly new, and this anime makes no exceptions in that. It doesn't deviate too much to typical cliche and it doesn't do anything super special either. The story is what you expect from this type of genre, and the character development is about average. I feel the story is probably where it falls a little short as it isn't spectacular or even anything that you would find surprising.

In saying that though I personally loved ... this anime, it was enjoyable as the main character actually attempted to fight, and the few female characters also added the needed substance for this anime. I found myself laughing a few times, and even caring about the characters which is a really good sign. The action unfortunately feels quite short, considering a 12 episode anime, its understandable but it loses its impact if the character either wins or loses within a few minutes.

I thought the art was done nicely enough, and I was able to happily marathon the whole show in one sitting. In the end though this seems like the sort of anime which will appeal to a certain group of people but not all. While the fan service was quite comedic, certain choices such as tentacle monsters really detract from the overall story, at first it felt like a bad boss to fight, and the next second you are having a hard time taking it seriously since tentacles come out, and then you wonder whether the main character is even fighting it at all or if its just some sort of fan service monster. Ultimately that feels like the biggest fault for me, I would have a better feel of the characters if they fought monsters doing more then just adding fan service.

Still though there was enough typical action, the male lead wasn't a complete wuss like some anime, and I felt like I enjoyed the ending.

My last thoughts are, if you are the type of person who enjoys action harems, can tolerate the fan service, and enjoyed anime such as machine doll and familiar of zero. You will likely enjoy this anime.

If you prefer anime with a more in depth plot, something you have to seriously think about or something that will be completely amazing, then this probably won't be the first choice on your list.

I won't be reviewing the story now, but rather critizing the anime itself, so try not to pay attention to the ratings as that wasn't anything I spent any time on.

At first when I spotted this anime and saw it's low score I was really hesitant to whether or not I should watch it, but I decided I'd give it a try as I'm desperate with finding new 'watchable' animes.

The anime started out decently and I was quite early ready to score it a "9" but which gradually dropped to "8" and now at the end of the story I'm at "7" asking myself if ... I praise the anime too much.
Yet you somehow continue to watch the anime hoping it will turn to the better.

People talk about Fanservice, some people are for and some people are against it and personally I'm a fan of service. But the Fanservice in this anime was poor, not poor as in "just from time to time" but poor as in it was badly made. I wish for more kisses and romance when it comes to fanservice, this was pure tentacle fanservice that I found gross.

Besides from 90% of the anime's main characters being female and the protagonist who at first sight seemed to be interesting is in truth nothing but a wimp uncapable of thinking for himself. A weak wimp that is that can only rely on the females around him, I also don't like how the story progresses
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It sort of feels like that the protagonist makes irrational decisions purely to favour the 'bad guys' in the anime so their plot can continue to then when he face them which he wouldn't even have needed to in the first place if he would just have considered his options, he can't do anything but rely on the females in the harem once again.

This are just my thoughts, thanks for reading.

Don't go into this anime expecting a great story and nice characters/(developement) because there isn't.

This is your standart harem/magic/school anime in a fantasy world. (If you have some anime of the sort I haven't watched yet feel free to pm me ;))
The characters don't really have anything special going for them but that doesn't mean this show is bad. It's not the greatest, sure, but it's not necessarily bad. It's just your typical show with a more or less predicatable storyline.
There is our main dude. And as the show progresses more and more girls seem to fall in love with him, pretty standart.
The art for ... quite pleasant but again nothing crazy good, same goes for the music.

All in all a quite predicatable show with matching characters.

Still, I enjoyed this show.

If you just wan't to watch a harem with some "hot" girls and a bit of action then go for it, if you are looking for more than that, it's probably not for you.

at first i was like the story is good but as the show goes on it makes you wonder. it is a good story for the most part the ending i would have to say is by far not good. the amount of emotion struggle some of the relationships contain is just downright pathetic its has a harem like structure to it. big boobs everywhere and every ep the sexual references but besides that overall enjoyness would be like a 7.4 its good but it has the potential to be so much more. while your watching it does not leave anything really as a ... mystery you can clearly tell whats going on whos who and whats about to happen i still enjoyed the watch though and hope that the next season they will out due themselves

[Portuguese-BR]

Meu estilo de anime favorito, onde o protagonista estuda em uma escola de magia ou quase isso com bastante lutas e cenas "empolgantes".
O que eu mais gostei do anime foi sua história em si, pois eu achei muito parecido com alguns outros animes. Mas acho que deveria ter mais animes nesse estilo.

Ash Blake, um menino que "sacrificou" sua vida para salvar uma menina e foi salvo pela mãe dos dragões (se não me engano, foi ela), que gostou da atitude do menino ao salvar a menina. A menina que foi salva mais é revelada mais para frente no anime, porém Ash não se lembra de ... nada da queles dias pelo visto.
E agora ele vive na Academia Ansarivan Dragonar, que todos os estudantes são mestres de dragões, e Ash Blake ainda não conseguiu despertar seu dragão. O então chamado "garoto problema" pois se envolve em muitos problemas quando falam de seu "parr" que é o nome dado ao dragão. Ash tem um talento, que é montar em qualquer dragão, até dragões divinos. Outras pessoas ao tentarem montar em outros dragões que não são seus, podem acabar feridos, pois o dragão não deixa.
Quando Ash "desperta" o seu dragão, ele vêm com outra forma, sim a forma de um Humano. Sortudo, seu dragão vem em forma humana uma bela jovem com cabelos cor de rosa e Lolicon.

O legal do anime é que tem muitas cenas ecchi, em alguns casos parecendo até um verdadeiro Hentai, com muitos tentaculos.

Ao meu ver o anime poderia ter uma segunda temporada tranquilo pois deixou muitas coisas em aberto. Pena não ser tão simples assim

Observando minhas preferencias ao assistir um anime, eu não deveria gostar desse anime por ter muito clichê, como a personalidade do protagonista, e as antagonistas.
Mas a história ficou muito boa e me atraiu muito.
Recomendo muito, assistam!

[English-EUA]
My favorite anime style, where the protagonist studies in a school of magic or almost this with enough fights and scenes "exciting".
What I liked the most about anime was its history itself, because I found it very similar to some other anime. But I think I should have more animes in that style.

Ash Blake, a boy who "sacrificed" his life to save a girl and was saved by the mother of the dragons (if I'm not mistaken, it was her), who liked the boy's attitude in saving the girl. The girl who was saved more is revealed later in the anime, however Ash does not remember anything of those days apparently.
And now he lives at Ansarivan Dragonar Academy, that all students are masters of dragons, and Ash Blake still can not wake his dragon. The so-called "problem boy" because he gets involved in many problems when they talk about his "parr" which is the name given to the dragon. Ash has a talent, which is riding on any dragon, up to divine dragons. Other people in trying to ride on other dragons that are not theirs may end up injured, as the dragon will not let it.
When Ash "awakens" his dragon, he comes in another form, rather the form of a Human. Lucky, his dragon comes in human form a beautiful young woman with pink hair and Lolicon.

The cool thing about the anime is that it has a lot of ecchi scenes, in some cases looking like a real Hentai with lots of tentacles.

In my view the anime could have a quiet second season because it left many things open. Too bad it's not as simple as that.

Observing my preferences when watching an anime, I should not like this anime because it has a lot of cliché, like the personality of the protagonist, and the antagonists.
But the story was very good and attracted me a lot.
Highly recommend, watch!

So ill first say that this anime is WAY better than having a 6.75 rating i think people say it has all the cliche that a anime would have honestly it does but for me it was good and some people need too learn from that cliche of anime sometimes also ill say if you dont like tentacle parts or boobs just shoved in your faces than yeah dont watch

Story: so the story pretty much starts with ash blake who is a future dragon master but the reasons have show en that he isn't up too that par yet because he hasn't even showing up ... yet after all that time well that's until now (at the end of episode 1 so sorry for that little spoiler) the dragon ends up being a girl but she isnt her true from cause over time she will be but wont spoil anything else

Art: art was very good some people knack on this for the art when the hell did art matter too people

Sound: now the OP and the ED were ok nothing id download cause they were meh too me everything else was good

Characters: now with this at first i never really cared for Eco and Silvia but as the anime went on i liked them otherwise i liked all the characters nothing wrong with them at all

Enjoyment: so yes i did enjoy this anime it did seem more of a slice of life than a real action anime but i liked this anime form the comedy too the action them both were very good

Overall: im giving this a 8 yes it was that good the comedy was very good and the action of what there was of it was actually pretty good again people knack on this anime for DUMB reasons dont let the 6.75 rating fool you this anime was good and id so recommend this anime