Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka

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Synonyms: DanMachi, Is It Wrong That I Want to Meet You in a Dungeon

Japanese: ダンジョンに出会いを求めるのは間違っているだろうか

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Type: TV

Episodes: 13

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 4, 2015 to Jun 27, 2015

Premiered: Spring 2015

Broadcast: Saturdays at 01:05 (JST)

Producers: Genco, Movic, Warner Bros. Japan, KlockWorx, SoftBank Creative, Showgate, MAGES., FuRyu

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

Studios: J.C.Staff

Source: Light novel

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.54¹ (scored by 949,172 users)

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Ranked: #1740²

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Popularity: #73

Members: 1,523,178

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Synopsis

Life in the bustling city of Orario is never dull, especially for Bell Cranel, a naïve young man who hopes to become the greatest adventurer in the land. After a chance encounter with the lonely goddess, Hestia, his dreams become a little closer to reality. With her support, Bell embarks on a fantastic quest as he ventures deep within the city's monster-filled catacombs, known only as the "Dungeon." Death lurks around every corner in the cavernous depths of this terrifying labyrinth, and a mysterious power moves amidst the shadows.

Even on the surface, survival is a hard-earned privilege. Indeed, nothing is ever certain in a world where gods and humans live and work together, especially when they often struggle to get along. One thing is for sure, though: a myriad of blunders, triumphs and friendships awaits the dauntlessly optimistic protagonist of this herculean tale.

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Background

The series adapts the first 5 novels of Fujino Omori's light novel series of the same title.

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Adaptation:	Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka
Side story:	Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka OVA, Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria, Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Movie: Orion no Ya
Sequel:	Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka II
Summary:	Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka II: Past & Future, Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka IV Episode 0

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Characters & Voice Actors

Cranel, Bell

Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu
Japanese

Hestia

Main

Minase, Inori
Japanese

Wallenstein, Ais

Supporting

Oonishi, Saori
Japanese

Lion, Ryuu

Supporting

Hayami, Saori
Japanese

Arde, Liliruca

Supporting

Uchida, Maaya
Japanese

Freya

Supporting

Hikasa, Youko
Japanese

Hermes

Supporting

Saitou, Souma
Japanese

Yamato, Mikoto

Supporting

Akasaki, Chinatsu
Japanese

Crozzo, Welf

Supporting

Hosoya, Yoshimasa
Japanese

Loga, Bete

Supporting

Okamoto, Nobuhiko
Japanese

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Nakayama, Nobuhiro

Producer

Miyazaki, Seiji

Producer

Suzuki, Kaoru

Producer

Yamakawa, Yoshiki

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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Opening Theme

"Hey World" by Yuka Iguchi (eps 2-13)

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Ending Theme

	1: "Hey World" by Yuka Iguchi (eps 1)
	2: "RIGHT LIGHT RISE" by Kanon Wakeshima (eps 2-5, 7-13)
	3: "REALIZE ~Hajimari no Toki~ (REALIZE ～始まりのとき～)" by Liliruca Arde (Maaya Uchida) (eps 6)

Reviews

Jul 3, 2015

HaXXspetten

Recommended

Danmachi is a textbook example of an anime that is truly a guilty pleasure in its own right. It doesn't have the most impressive writing, there are tons of clichés and fanservice, and the pacing is sometimes questionable but even so it never ever fails to be entertaining, which is something I can't say for most anime.

Danmachi follows a popular trend in recent years of having a setting that takes place entirely within an MMORPG game world. The difference this time however is that... it actually doesn't. Instead, the story takes place in the characters' real world, but their real world functions like a game. ... Adventurers gain experience points, earn loot, level up, gain skills and magic etcetera, but it all still takes place in their own actual reality. There is a magical dungeon which adventurers go to in search for treasure in order to make a living for themselves. They have to fight the local monsters found inside the dungeon in order to get the loot to drop, and in the process they level up, gain experience and become stronger. Pretty simple. It's a quite fresh take on what is otherwise a somewhat overused concept in recent years.

The story begins when a young rookie adventurer named Bell Cranel one day gets his life saved by a female swordmaster within the dungeon. Her name is Ais Wallenstein, a quiet, airheaded yet very powerful woman whom Bell instantly falls in love with. He sets a goal for himself to become stronger so that he one day might be worthy to stand beside Ais as an equal. Upon doing this, he gains a unique ability which makes him gain experience points at an unbelievable rate as long as he stays true to those feelings of affection.

Bell is an extremely shy and innocent boy, but also a very passionate one. What I like about him is that he actually feels like a real human being. He's not a typical self-insert imbalanced protagonist like Kirito (even if they do have the same voice actor), nor is he a generic shounen lead relying on nakama power. Rather he comes across as a very kind-hearted person who truly cares for those he's close to, and will do anything to help them in any way he can. He's someone you can genuinely relate to and cheer for during his struggles, and given the nature of Danmachi's dungeon crawling oriented storyline, that's a pretty important factor.

The female lead on the other hand would be the poster girl of the 2015 anime fanart community, namely the illustrious goddess Hestia; perhaps the only character ever who somehow ended up more famous than the series which she actually comes from. There are numerous reasons for her insane popularity outbreak. For one, she's an oppai loli, which is an incredibly rare sight in anime regardless of series, but she's also an incredibly energetic, fun and loveable genki girl who keeps breathing life into the show and makes it interesting for the viewer. She's madly in love with Bell, but she doesn't try to hide it any way whatsoever. She keeps dropping hints everywhere that she just wants him to push her down already, but of course Bell doesn't pick up on this very well… because you know, protagonists in anime don't do that for whatever reason. Lastly of course there's the unmistakable outfit and boob string she wears which took the internet by storm so hard it became an actual fashion trend in real life Japan, but I'm sure you know all about that by now. Anyway, as a goddess Hestia is the leader of a "Familia" which operates more or less like a Guild in your typical RPG, where Bell is the only other member, and thus they spend their lives together in a rundown church, barely scraping by with what little money they can earn. Watching the pair of them living their unorthodox lives together never fails to make me smile.

Then there's half a dozen other girls as well, either side characters or main characters introduced later on in the story who also conveniently enough end up falling in love with Bell (shocking, I know) so Danmachi is definitely a harem in the end even if MAL might not have it tagged as one. That being said it doesn't really focus on the harem elements all that much; it's mostly a secondary factor. The main attention is pretty much always on the adventuring aspect itself.

The plot progression of Danmachi is fairly straightforward. It basically follows Bell's struggles as well as how his relationships progress with the other adventurers he ends up encountering during them. You can probably imagine what a shounen adventure anime about RPG dungeon crawling is like, and that image is probably dead on as far as Danmachi is concerned. What I really like about it though is how it manages to present the dungeon as an environment. It actually feels threatening and ominous the deeper you get inside it. Have you ever ended up in a zone that is way too difficult for your character's current level when playing an RPG, and you can't manage to find a way to get back out alive? I mean in the kind of game where you only have one life, or at least you really can't afford to die? That's kind of the same feeling as Danmachi manages to give off to the viewer. As a result, the harder fights in the story feel awfully tense and relatable to any somewhat experienced gamer watching it.

Adaptation-wise, Danmachi is honestly pretty rushed as it spans a whole 5 light novel volumes in just 13 episodes. Yet despite that I never really felt like it was too much of a problem. Somehow, someway even from an anime-only standpoint the plot feels perfectly coherent and understandable. In fact as far as enjoyment value goes I'd even say I liked the anime *more* than the novels, because a) the fight scenes come across better animated, and b) Hestia's character is *way* more likeable in the anime. Yes, there is a lot of content from the novels that is skipped, but it feels like it didn't hurt the overall story very much to leave it out either, so it works out anyway. The only thing the anime occasionally lacks is some proper explanations of certain skills' and items' functionalities, but other than that I don't have a whole lot to complain about.

All-in-all, Danmachi is far from a masterpiece, yet given the premise I think it delivers a lot more than most people probably expected coming into it. The story has most definitely been done before, but Danmachi adds its own twist to it and more importantly it does it *well*. It goes to show that with proper execution, a time-tested concept is still perfectly viable, and as a result it provides an anime that always leaves you with a smile on your face. Call it generic or shallow or whatever, but that doesn't change the fact that it's easily one of the most entertaining anime of the year thus far. And really, when it all comes down to it... that's essentially all that matters.

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Jun 30, 2015

MAL29877

Mixed Feelings

welcome to my overcritical & super quick review
very light spoilers below

story 4/10 - an 8 year old could write something on the same level but at least it was coherent

characters 4/10 - extremely generic & less depth than the kiddy pool. their backstories and motivations were barely explained and range from "MY FRIENDS WERE ALL KILLED AND I WENT ON A QUEST FOR REVENGE" to "MY DAD DIED AND I WANT TO BE AN ADVENTURER BECAUSE"

sound 6/10 - it was okay, not close to Hiroyuki Sawano level

art 7/10 - i enjoyed the art style even if it was generic, had a nice fantasy and warm ...

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Jun 26, 2015

Tozzy

Not Recommended

There are times you get a reminder that no matter how many swords, boobs and magic you throw at a show it can’t save it from the boring characters among it all. Welcome to the world of Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka, where strong personalities are obviously illegal and main characters are inexplicably attractive to women. A 13-episode fantasy story put to screen by J.C. Staff and based on a light novel, ‘DanMachi’ can at times be an enjoyable experience if you shut your brain off. Action is served up in droves but in an equal share comes a bland ...

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