Puzzle & Dragons Cross

Okay, since most of the reviews about this show are negative, here's my counter claim.

For starters, when seeing the trailer for this anime, I originally thought it would be another Pokémon clone. Now, after seeing about 17 episodes into the series, I don't see much of a similarity besides that they live in a world inhabited by monsters.

THE STORY: The story is pretty average. The main character is a dragon caller in training , who works with other dragon callers to help balance the world, and stop drop impacts(which are huge monster attacks). I like the story, but it's not what I'd call the best ... plot ever.

THE ART: The art style of the show is very good. Most of the monsters don't feel to over designed, and I like the character models. I also like the way Vienna City, and the regions of Dragoza Island look. The animation is good, but I don't like how at times, there is little animation. There are some scenes in episodes that just consist of the characters just standing around talking, which just gets boring.

CHARACTERS: I honestly like the characters in this series because they have good personalities. The only one I'm not too fond of is Ace(the main character) because he's really boring. I know other Animes like this have pulled something off like this(Yo Kai Watch and Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters for example) but in both shows, these characters boring personalities are used as importance in the show. Here it isn't. Besides that, I like the rest of the characters' personalities. My favorite character would probably be Charo, because of his dark past and his 'never giving up' attitude.

SOUND: The show's soundtrack is probably one of it's best parts. I never skip over it's opening when watching subbed or dubbed episodes because of how good it sounds. Hell, I love listening to its ending song, because it's pretty catchy(though I don't know what it means). The soundtrack music in episodes is also really good, and I find myself listening to it outside of the show.

THE VERDICT: Personally, I enjoyed watching this show, and I do recommend it if you're interested. My Rating: 8.2/10

Starting off as an easy happy go lucky anime that follows most of those 'been there done that' troupes of the genre to a T with very little originality until you reach about episode 41 where this anime takes a suddenly yet refreshing dark turn into an oppressive race war which has got me hooked and kept me intrigue as to how it will be resolved.
There's plenty of Ho-yay bait for the fujo/fudan fans and a variety of fan service as one would expect from the puzzle & dragon title. Moderate to decently animated fights scenes with RPG pacing, cute adorable monsters and your ... standard magical transformation scenes which are thankfully spaced out and speedy enough to keep the action going.
The animation quality can be hit or miss at points, the fight scene in episode two with Lance vs Crimson Dragon is even cringe worthy at parts as they try to replicate the mobile game into a world environment, this steadily gets better as the series progresses.

I'd recommend giving it a go, a very under rated series imo