Gin no Guardian

"will probably write a full review once it's done airing"
Silver Guardian tells a story of a poor and orphaned high school student who also happens to be a pro gamer since he basically spends all his free time gaming.
inside his favorite game he meets a girl who turns to be his irl crush "how lucky" he saves her from a weak boss since he's so op she decides to look up to him and adventure with him "in the game ofc"
and from there starts the busy and unfortunate life of Gin-san.
The anime has an easy go happy feeling but is gonna throw down soon, ... characters are quite interesting and funny.
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Animation is pretty good if not amazing
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Great OST
A hard to skip Opening and Ending
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if you're worried that since it's a manhua adaptation the voices won't be Jap. or would suck don't worry we Jun Fukuyama to the rescue and he's doing top notch job.
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well if u wanna watch something good this season i guess u should give this one a try.

STORY: 6/10
CHARACTER: 5/10
ART: 9/10
SOUND: 9/10
ENJOYMENT: 8/10
OVERALL: 7/10

‘Gin no Guardian’ is an anime that resorts to ‘Not overexerting itself’, meaning they go ahead with everything they are comfortable with while leaving out the rest for later! The story is a little confusing in the beginning since the show makes a point of jumping around with their narrative. You start at a strange place with the MC, who’s in this ‘Cool and OP’ stage, as he’s wiping out enemies left and right after which the story jumps right back to its opening where the said MC is just another typical student! These ‘Jumps’ aren’t used a lot, ... but they are pretty jarring! The biggest complain everyone had is the freaking run time of the show, for they are about 13 minutes long including both the OP and ED! Yeah, I am not kidding! This leads to the anime trying to cramp so much due to its short run time, thus resulting to a very rushed and incomplete experience! By not taking time with their content or their characters, it’s hard to care or emotionally attach to something. Sadly, even the plot isn’t particularly unique, so it becomes that much difficult for the anime to make any kind of impact! You have your archetypal ‘Game’ genre situation where the MC is somehow stuck inside a game and must survive by playing as a guardian in order to save the world and the girl of his dreams.

Suigin (MC) is your plain looking, basic student who’s enrolled into an expensive school and makes ends meet by doing multiple jobs. Nothing about him really stands out whether it’s his expressions or his hairstyle, though his red scarf becomes very interesting once it’s seen in action despite the fact it is very distracting at first! The other main character, Rei, is even more generic and cliched than Suigin because she just happens to be side-lined to the one note role of Girlfriend 101! Literally nothing stood out about her! Her display of emotions, personality and expressions were all standard which is sad since she’s the other main romantic lead. I mean you are told great things about her, like how’s she so and so but we never actually see it to believe any of it! And how can you when they have less than 13 mins to demonstrate everything! And I guess the cat is cute so it has that thing going for it.

The art style is very bland and boring with nothing striking, whether it’s the background settings or the character designs. But the animation is a whole new story! I liked the depiction of his scarf even though it doesn’t suit with Suigin’s overall getup. But I liked how it changes colour based on Suigin’s emotions. And if this show succeeds anywhere, it’s the way the action scenes are illustrated! The latter part of those fights is pretty good but the opening battle with that army is simply Spectacular! Despite its use of 3D in the opening, I was blown away by it! You never got that lagging effect, rather the 2D was perfectly incorporated with the 3D which resulted into one smooth Badass fight as Suigin goes dashing into the Army of Skeleton! The OST is another achievement worth mentioning, especially the ED, which was simply Amazing! It’s not just another great music set piece, Nope! It also perfectly sings the overall main arc of the anime’s story! Yes, you heard it right because it harmonizes about the dream and struggle of romance for the characters of this show!

The short yet epic battle at the beginning get your hopes up into believing this will be an exciting anime, unfortunately it never manages to surprise you like that again! The common complain are the short length of episodes which really sucks but what I found frustrating was the direction of the story! It seems to move in one track at first but then suddenly changes course towards the end. Initially the story’s about Suigin and Rei finding each other in real life and a start for romance but then the last few episodes introduce a whole lot of new plotlines and characters which I found annoying. I understand they need to set up for the next season and further expand on the story but with such short episodes, I kinda wanted more closure. The other thing I would like to mention is the unfair kind of reaction this anime is receiving because it seems like people had insane expectations which the anime couldn’t deliver! Totally fair since the 1st episode almost blows you away with how good it is. But in my defence, it also becomes quickly apparent the rest of the anime won’t be following the same route, so people should really tone down your optimisms as well, after all the episodes are only 13 mins long! Since this is made by a Chinese company, I am willing to ignore its faults for now, but they better make big changes for the next season because now they have our feedback of what we liked and what we didn’t like! In the end, I liked the simplistic approach towards ‘Gin no Guardian’ and despite its flaws, I am willing to encourage others to give it a try!

Overall captivating,
This takes a common "Dragged into a video game" trope but gives it a fresh new take. The main characters are easy to project yourself onto. while also fulfilling normal anime tropes that we have come to know and love. The only negative is the fact that it has a poor first episode. The plot is awkwardly conveyed but if you can make it to episode two you will be hooked.
I've only seen three episodes but i'm already searching all over the internet for the source material since this 10 min episode doesn't quench my full craving. Hopefully they will release the full ... manga later or go deeper into the plot since i believe this could easily be a 30 min, 24-27 episode series.

okay, so... first off, the silver guardian is based off a chinese(?) manhua called the last gravekeeper. In terms of translation, the manhua was.... well, lets just say it needed work, but the anime that came out of it, this one, takes the manga and makes it SOOOO much better.

to start off, i guess ill talk about the story. uhm, mainly im not gonna spoil anything, ill do my best to keep things vague. the story talks about a silver haired kid who is working multiple jobs in order to go to school (dont i know the feeling). he's poor and is poorly regarded ... by his classmates in real life, but online he is a world class gamer due to his immense freetime. eventually various things happen that lead to a whole "sword art online" style experience of getting lost in a vast virtual reality world, but with a twist: he's the last of his particular play type. uhm, generally now, the story is very very good, and if it follows the manga it will be one to keep a close eye on.

art wise.... so, the art is very typical of anime studios these days, lots of sharp edges and pretty colours. i personally like this style very much but its nothing special.

the soundtrack is where the show really shines in my opinion, specifically the opening and ending. "TSG" is very peculiar to me in that it is one of the very few animes that i have watched that has a more memorable ending than opening, made even more memorable by the fact that it is almost entirely in english. ENGLISH. IN A JAPANESE SHOW. WHAAAA. lol
anyways, the opening is very chill and dulled and muted in some places and actiony and hyped in others, i quite like it, but it is nowhere near as good as the ed. the main soundtracks in the show do a very good job of setting the tone and vibe of the rest of the show too which is always a very good thing.

the characters are... almost a lower point of the show, though they are still good. the only really memorable characters at THIS POINT (NOTE THIS ISNT INDICITAVE OF THE REST OF THE SHOW ONLY UP TO EP 6. ONCE THE REST OF THE PLAYERS ARE ANNOUNCED THIS WILL JUMP TO A 10 IN A SNAP) are the mc and the love interest, with the rest of the people around them being very..... tropey, and dull. it feels too slice of life for my liking.

in terms of my PERSONAL enjoyment of the show, its a very faithful rendition of a great manhua, and it does a good job of the music and art style. i personally very much enjoy watching suigin's adventures through the world of gods grave.

overall out of 50 marks this show gets a 39, for a total of 3.9 out of five. rounded up to 4 of 5, that is a 7 overall.

Well, that's it for me, thanks for taking the time to read through this. sorry about the grammar, as you will find out as you read my reviews, i dont use it much simply due to it taking too long.

As I had seen many different opinions about this Anime I decided to write my review. It is spoiler -free so, if you want to know, if it is worth or not to see - then I'll try to tell you. Also I'm gonna tell something about opinions that I've seen because it's connected to each other. Let's start then!

First of all, if you are looking for a ambitious story - then you should watch something else. If you just want an addictive story, then you can watch it. The plot of the anime is "simply complicated". First season of Gin no Guardian is ... something like an introducing to the world. It's like an tutorial in game, not really more.

Main characters are not intricately, but it's easy to like them. Main protagonist is typical and definitely not an unique, but he is kinda goofy and can be reason to smile. His heroine is kind and innocent, but we don't know much about her just after 1st season.

As I said, story is simple, but for the most of anime we are wondering what is really happening. Didn't I tell you that whole first season is an beginning? It is also beginning of plot. So we need more than 8-9 episodes to realise what are actually watching, but to be honest, for me it was a reason to watch next episodes immediately after previous one.

This anime is something, that you can watch for fun, if you are not such demanding anime - watcher, just like me. I really liked that simple but addictive story. I liked main character and I'm curious what is going to happen next, since second season is now officialy confirmed.

For me, definitely the most important feature of Anime is to let it make me want to watch it at "one breath" - next episodes just after previous ones due to curiosity about what is going to happen, and Gin no Guardian really made it. Because of this I don't understand pretty negative reviews. I can't get it why someone is saying that he "wasted his time with it" and rate it with 5, or even said that it is "worst thing he have seen in his life" and give it f.e 4. I guess that these guys just expected anamazing and breathtaking adventure or experience, but with this anime it is like expecting an outstanding plot in Mario or Fast and Furious, it just not it's role.

Does it have any disadvantages? Yes, it does.
- 13 minutes long episodes - it is not bad to make short episodes, but with such big world that is going to be shown here I'm wondering if standard 22 minutes of about 20 episodes would make it clear, definitely not just 12 episodes for and 13 minutes each.
- Due the upper one, sometimes while we are watching an episode we can feel like someone just cut some scenes. We are in some time and doing something, and next scene can be whole different without saying what happened between those two actions
- As i Said earlier, after 12th, "final" episode, I just felt like i end up an tutorial. Same knowledge about world I had for less then 2 episodes of SaO f.e.
- It doesn't have so much action, since it's just presentation of the world. If you wanted to see many epic fights than you should watch something else, or wait for the 2nd season (it is going to have much more of these propably)

So, if you are looking for something not ambitious and just entertaining then you should watch Gin no Guardian. BUT, if you are looking for an serious story about sense of life, overcoming adversity of life, power of love/friendship, then you definitely won't find it here. It's short, entertaining story to watch for fun or because of boredom.

I am so tired of people hating on this show; this show has basically just started. I really love this show mostly because I love the characters and the mystery behind the male character's past and future.

I believe there something more than meets the eye, it's a show where you have to piece things together. Which I really enjoyed and the characters are lovable; I'm not sure why but this show makes me want to keep re watching it over and over again.

The psychology behind the villains and protagonists fascinates me. The only thing that bugged me was when they have a bunch ... of perv jokes, I'm still not sure how the story is going to play out.

I hope they will be able to tie up a couple of loose ends

Gin no Guardian or The Silver Guardian is a very specific anime. Whilst it combines elements of other anime it managed to create it's own atmosphere with nice characters and story. Though it takes a while for to pick up pace.

It is important to note the first season slowly goes from an ordinary slice of life with comedy elements to the real plot point in Season 2.
I personally adored Gin no Guardian, mainly since it felt fresh and nice to watch with it's characters but story too.
The story whilst clearly taking inspiration from other anime just has this charm to it that kinda makes ... it stand it out and then it becomes a shame it's not more popular. Yet, it's very specific as you need to watch the entire first season and half of season 2 to see if you like it but i think it's worth it in the end in my eyes. Also i would feel like it is important to say ,this ends on a cliffhanger and we are still waiting on Season 3.

So story is good, i liked the characters and i liked the general plot of it all and i can recommend it for sure if you like the synopsis you read on here. Though do take into consideration this anime is very, i would say niche in everything it does, as it does it right but a majority of people would not be able to sit through it until the end ,as it takes a long time for it to pick up and feel like it's special and it's not yet another anime set in a fictional video game. My advice is if you have time and want to take the risk since you liked the plot watch it until the end and see if you like it or not.