Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken (2020)

A classic relived with mastery.
A nostalgic heroic storyline with exciting and well-built characters. It served as a school for most of the shonen who came after him, managing to capture all the magic and rhythm that the plot of the franchise's games have.

The animation and the soundtrack are cool and made with a lot of love. This is the maximum that Toei Animation can offer. The script is faithful to the manga, with some minor adaptations of humor and violence, but nothing to spoil the show.

If you are a novice, take advantage of the raw material that has shaped generations.

As a newbie in Dragon Quest universe, I can undoubtedly say that even if this series run for 100+ weeks, I will stick with it.

Dragon Quest (2020) is your typical shounen action anime, but this reboot is absolutely beautiful. This one is also amazing treat for eyes for its clever and well executed cg.



Story : 7/10

The anime has slow first arc, but interesting one. Dragon Quest's world building isn't very different from average shounen, but since it's source is old, no complain about that. But I can easily guess story will be good in future as early signs are showing.



Art : 9/10

As I mentioned before, I am a new Dragon Quest fan, but from 1st episode, I am really hooked up with the anime. This one has beautiful art and animation to offer. I have seen this high quality CG uses, and beautiful CG uses in very few anime.

I think for ART alone, this show worth a shot.



Characters : 7/10

Characters are OK at the moment (Ep 5), nothing noteworthy. Every character has typically shounen vibe. But I can hope Dai's character development will be something to look forward to. And as story moves forward, more cheerful characters will come.


Sound : 7/10

Well this show doesn't have best opening or ending, but both of them goes pretty well with the anime. Background music is also OK.



Voice acting : 6/10

As much as I am impressed by art and action scenes, I am kinda disappointed with va. But I can forgive it since the show is still very early stage. But I hope overall va improve. Well I am not saying va is bad, they can be improved.



Enjoyment : 9/10

I have many issues with the anime, but one thing is fixed - I am very much enjoying it. Every episode is full with actions. There are a lot of cg uses in fight, but they only improve overall performance. I can easily say that I will wait every week for one new episode. I haven't watched original version of this 2020 version, but I can say it really entertaining me.

This show somehow feels very nostalgic. Every episode feels like fresh teenage breath that only brings good memories.


Rating :

On anime performance : 8/10

On anime potential : 9/10

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