Levius

This is one of those short anime that kept me glued to the screen.

The story made me feel for the characters, and whoever practiced any sort of combat sports knows about the feelings portrayed in the anime: comradery, the will to keep pushing and becoming better.

I see that a lot of reviewers disliked the CGI and the story.
The art was amazing and so was the story in my opinion.

Hating CGI anime solely for the sake of agreeing with the status quo, that's just snobbism, and a poor attempt of achieving elitism.

Mediocre anime? The reviews do not do it justice.

If you like anime like Baki, or Kengan Ashura, this one is a nice touch, with steam-punk like cyborg boxing campaign, the premise is pretty wacky but then again, so are most anime.

I loved it, and I think you will love it too.

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Despite the CGI, the action of this show was actually interesting to watch, the fights were well build and had some basic to relentless strategy on it, although sometimes the scenes had some obvious low framerates and static/repetitive characters in the background, but no big deal.

As for the story, it seems decent, although it wont explore clearly the main characters intention and their reason to engage in fights from the beggining, which is kind good and bad at the same time, since it creates some environment of mistery while also kind of make hard to relate with them until later on, specifically Levius due to his silent archetype and lack of expression, although such character construction suits his tragic past/trauma.

The opponent characters were ok, but ironically kind falling behind due to the fast progression in their story. Still the characters animation actually seems very lively (taking in consideration it's CGI). Overall, I'd give it 8, because despite a few flaws it have, I'm actually a fan of fighting genre and also due to the fact that this anime made me aware about it source, the manga, which was totally off my radar and I'm glad to learn about that excelent piece of art.

I surely wasn't expecting this show, but I'm glad it came.

Hope for a second season with all the covered aspects upgraded.

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TL;DR middling show that is based more in its aesthetic than its story or characters.

Some spoilers, nothing explicit but implied

I will say that I enjoy story for what it is. A simple rising third rate boxer trying to move up the ranks with some mystery past is a good base and the pacing for growth is quite good except for the telegraphing. It’s good to foreshadow, it isn’t good when you can deduce an entire plot line of an episode the first time round.

The art is typical 3D Netflix affair but having recently watched Kengan Ashura, the fluidity is missing so I’m ranking it as mediocre instead of Ajin level. I do enjoy the steampunk aesthetic but it is decent enough to not be jarring, though the uncanny valley is there at points.

Sound is standard fighting anime and I don’t notice anything jarring alongside the forgettable. The ED is melancholic and the OP sounds like a budget FMA Brotherhood so it’s good enough for me, the average joe.

Character is where it falls apart as Levius has all the personality of a silent protagonist/ Kirito. The main character is gruel. The uncle and engineer are decently written and the best characters alongside discount hisoka but the way they are conveyed lends no real weight behind their motivations. The “rival” is lower tier than the tea drinking gran and reads like “we need a female fighter as a love interest”. The opponents also read like trope villains with murderer who lost faith in X activity, beefy dude who thinks they’re the bees knees, childhood regret turned down the wrong path.

Overall, this show is mediocre in every sense of the word. It’s half decent but I feel nothing for the story or characters struggle besides it looks cool enough because the backstories seem half-assed and lack the heart to bring the investment up. Hence 6/10

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I saw Baki and saw Kengan, but now after seeing Levius. I can only say that it has been a wonder, as much as the story as to the quality of everything. Just check it to the end, its going to my top fav Shows and this is not a joke, we need more animes like that, Megalobox is the same wonderful anime that we need.

Characters: 10/10

Audio: 10/10

CGI: 10/10

Overall: 10/10

The only bad thing its we can't enjoy more than 12 chapters.

A trully amazing show.

I hope we get a second season from the manga, i will be dreaming till this day.