Nobunaga the Fool

Guided by her visions revealing the location of the King of Salvation, Jeanne Kaguya d'Arc flees with the polymath Leonardo da Vinci from the West Star to the East Star. There, she encounters Nobunaga Oda—the son of a local feudal lord who, following a brutal defeat dealt by an enemy clan, has sworn to conquer the world with his friends.

Quickly convinced that Nobunaga is indeed the King of Salvation, Jeanne pledges allegiance to the Oda clan. Meanwhile, King Arthur, the ruler of the West Star, sends his ruthless general Gaius Julius Caesar and his combat machine army to conquer Nobunaga's planet and seize the Holy Grail. Although Kaguya believes that Arthur is the King of Destruction, the reckless behavior of Nobunaga "The Fool"—who named his own combat suit after his nickname—on the battlefield sows doubt in his capability as a leader.

With the help of Himiko, the Yamato Queen, Nobunaga and his clan must unify in order to overcome tragedies, recover from betrayals, and eventually save the world.

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Background

Nobunaga the Fool is a part of The Fool multidimensional project by Shouji Kawamori. Stage productions of the series featured a combination of live action and animation by Satelight, where onstage actors and the voice cast work in tandem to enhance the performances. Three acts of the play were performed from December 8, 2013 to July 20, 2014.

The series was released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan from April 25, 2014 to November 26, 2014, and in North America by Sentai Filmworks from April 28, 2015 to September 29, 2015.

A smartphone video game based on the series titled Nobunaga the Fool: Senran no Regalia was released by Bank of Innovation on June 30, 2014.

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Oda, Nobunaga

Main

Miyano, Mamoru
Japanese

d'Arc, Jeanne Kaguya

Main

Hikasa, Youko
Japanese

Ichihime

Supporting

Chihara, Minori
Japanese

Caesar, Gaius Julius

Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi
Japanese

Himiko

Supporting

Touyama, Nao
Japanese

Akechi, Mitsuhide

Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro
Japanese

da Vinci, Leonardo

Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu
Japanese

Alexander

Supporting

Nakai, Kazuya
Japanese

Uesugi, Kenshin

Supporting

Nanami, Hiroki
Japanese

Kagome

Supporting

Anzai, Chika
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Tanaka, Shou

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Beniya, Yoshikazu

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Yoshie, Terushige

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Okamura, Takema

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Opening Theme

	1: "FOOL THE WORLD" by Minori Chihara (eps 1-13)
	2: "Breakthrough" by JAM Project (eps 14-24)

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Ending Theme

	1: "AXIS" by STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION (eps 1-13)
	2: "Ran (蘭(RAN))" by ASUKA (eps 14-24)

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Nov 22, 2020

Xx_sami_xX69

Recommended

"Thats how it goes!" - Oda Nobunaga

Before I start my review, I tend to judge an anime after I have watched it and not but its score or average. Nobunaga the fool was a beautiful and tragic portrayal of determination and arguably selflessness. Even though he said it was his dream to "Unify the lands" I truly believe that what resulted this was him being fed up and tired of the war period on his star. And how he reacted to the death of his comrades in those first few episodes with Hideyoshi and Mistu showed that. Which lead to that magnificent scene in which ...

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Apr 12, 2018

LinHashimoto

Mixed Feelings

Mmmm... I think my review will be like all others here.

Story - 6 (fair)

Why I'm giving this story a six?, well... because plot wasn't so bad, the execution is the problem here... It was a good premise, but this anime was trying to grab so much stuff and ends saying nothing.

Art - 8 (very good)

This was the good part of the show, battles in mecha armors are very well done by the art crew. And characters in general are well animated, not at the same level of mecha armors, but are well done anyways.

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Dec 26, 2017

DesolatePsyche

Not Recommended

First things first. My "reviews" system is explained on a blog entry. Which can be found through my profile.
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Gotta "review" it before I forget what it was all about, this clusterhell of an Anime.

✦Story

You know... reason I kept watching was because I couldn't figure out whenever this was a masterpiece or an absolute bollocks. Thankfully last episodes helped me to decide that this was an horrid Anime. Aside synopsis I must say story was somewhat "good" because of it actually tried to have story, lot of sides of the story and the depth. But instead it felt as everything was tossed in, giving lot of ... narration and dialogues, which fell apart on it's own weight. Point being, story was attempted too serious for its thematic and also had an failed presentation. In another words story/world was quite inconsistent, pacing all over the place, even if story links made sense, they didn't feel any good. And way characters were tossed left and right plus that finale, made it even more moronic than it should have been. Point being, "story" was horrid, inconsistent and too much was attempted to throw in.

✦Art & Sound
Another aspect of mixed feelings regarding this Anime. Art and animation for the most part felt okay, while at some times (especially some character close-ups) it felt as I was watching at some paint image. Meaning it felt very basic and plain art at times.

As for OST, to be honest, I cannot remember any. Which means either they were as bad/mediocre or didn't have enough presence. Did youtube few tracks afterwards, but opinion remains.

✦Character
Probably part I liked the most, lot of stereotypes and moronic "depth" characters that tried to do/be something too hard and that simply felt stupid in the end. (hate overall people/characters with typical facade/lies characteristics..etc.).

Going to mention only main trio, few side-kicks and character I liked in a most simplistic way.
We have main guy, a loud meathead. We have a main girl, beautiful oppai moral compass and a squad gatherer the Da Vinci, who is some odd theatrical guy.

As for sidekicks. Aggressive monkey, Silent killer/tactician and bunch of others.

And the character who I loved the most was "Himiko", she was adorable.

✦Enjoyment & Overall
As mentioned, it's a clusterhell of an Anime, with too much attempted to throw in, too many moronic story aspects, and annoying characters and all over the place consistency. Too serious/heavy for it's own good. It crushed with it's own attempted weight. Point being, from the first look it looked intriguing Anime, but by the end of it I understood how bad it actually was.

Or in another words, I did not like it at all.

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