Shi Cao Lao Long Bei Guan Yi E Long Zhi Ming

Herbivorous dragon is a light-hearted, cute, and feel-good show about a wimpy, kind-hearted dragon and an overpowered cute little girl who follows him. The show does a good job of giving an enjoyable experience with a consistent tone that is silly and endearing and cute. What it lacks is depth. It's a show that you can watch and be happy and then move on; you are not going to stop and go, whoa, what did I just watch?

The dragon is kind of like King, from One Punch Man, because people think he's powerful when he's a wimp. And Lingzi (Reiko) is kind of like Saitama, ... but subject to the mind warping field and also believes the dragon is powerful (and evil). So, you might imagine some of the antics that follow. It's not something you can take seriously, because real people have reasons for their beliefs, but if you let it go, it's pretty funny. I said "antics" because nothing in the plot feels central to the plot. It's sort of slice-of-life-ish in that regard.

The animation is simple. Don't expect any breathtaking sakuga. It looks low cost, with limited movement. The characters look nice enough though. Somehow, they make it work, without looking bad.

I have no qualms with the voice acting. Dragon has a soothing avuncular voice, and Lingzi has a cute but dauntless voice which fit their characters.

The ED is a total banger. It's no exaggeration to say that it possibly kept me watching the show. I often skip EDs after hearing them a few times, but not this one. I rewind and watch/listen to it several times per episode. The OP is also good. Note that the art style is much simpler but more animated in the OP and ED than the show.

It's short, so if you consider that it's less than three hours, I'd say it's worth the watch.

Here is my review of this anime in 2022!

Story (9)
The story is about a dragon who's a vegetarian and is worshipped by humans as an evil dragon. But actually, He's not an evil dragon and then the dragon encounters a girl who's going to suicide since She's doesn't have a purpose in Her life. Then that's where the journey begins. There is a lot of comedy and action on their journey you can watch it every episode.

Art (10)
The art in this anime is very good! I love the animation they make, mostly it's animated and less using static images. Not only that, but they also ... have a nice glow, shadow, etc effect.

Sound (9)
All the sounds that they used were suitable and adjusted to the animation.

Character (9)
The main and supporter character is memorable since they have unique personality. I love the dragon and the girl mostly.

Enjoyment (10)
It's delightful to watch this movie in 2022. I don't know why the rating is so bad, but I love this anime so much! The also have less duration than normal anime.

Overall (9)
It's recommended to those who love fantasy, magic, comedy, and action anime!

Plot: A several thousand year old Herbivorous Dragon is woken up one day when a local village has sent a girl to be his sacrifice, believing him to be an evil dark dragon. No matter how many times the dragon tries to convince people or tell his side of the story, and explain that he is just a wimpy herbivore, no one believes him due to his stature and the assumptions that have based around dragons.

This is just a light-hearted and comedic anime. You will not be blown away by anything, but for what it's worth, it is funny. Lingzi, the little girl who ... was supposed to be the sacrifice, is kind of an absolute idiot, but has immense magical power and everyone just assumes that it is the dragons magic after he 'made her his disciple' and 'ate her soul'.

I just couldn't really connect with this series cause it felt kind of boring beyond the fact of the comedic humor. I know it is the point of the series, but just seeing everyone consecutively being an idiot kind of pushes me off of the show entirely. The wimpy dragon was funny to watch get into these absurdly dumb situations when he is verbally telling people what he really is and no one listens long enough to actually receive the words that he is saying. The action, while it was interesting, it wasn't anything to really grasp me or make me feel like I NEEDED to watch more.

There are plenty of Chinese anime series' that I enjoyed, but this one just didn't really do anything for me other than provide background noise while I was doing something else. For being only 13 minutes an episode, I can't totally convince you that it's not worth watching, as for being less than 3 hours long, there are some pretty funny moments. I would just not recommend going into this with high expectations or some miraculous journey/story/lesson to learn.

Animation: 7/10
Art: 6/10
Story: 4/10
Characters: 4/10
Voice Acting: 7/10