Aug 7, 2016
Prince of Stride talks about a very original sport to the anime world, different from the common volleyball/basket/baseball, but let's give it a look to each of its parts:
Plot [5]
Well, when we talk about plot in a spokon we don't really have to think to something too complicated since it usually follows the standard of a team competing in a tournament and this show doesn't make an exception, so why have i considered this plot a bad one?
There were some episodes which could have been deleted and none would have noticed that, or better, they could have payed less attention to some events
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and more to some others.
Also, the final was something unwatchable but i won't spoil it.
Characters [2]
Characters were the thing i hated the most about this series, they were flat as hell and never changed their behaviour throughout the series, Sakurai Nana is the biggest example of this problem but also the main character was the same.
One of the few, if not the only one, thing i liked about characters is that supporter characters weren't forgotten, any character will play an important role in almost every episode but..yes, since they were so badly developed i didn't consider this as a remarkable thing.
I blame this point to Prince of Stride because i think in a spokon characters are always the most important thing to make well and this anime failed overall in this.
Art [7]
Madhouse did a nice job with Prince of Stride, the competitions were well represented by the direction. The thing i didn't like much was the chara design.
Sound [7]
Also here we have a good technical equipment with a very energic opening and some very good OSTs which were one of the thing that made me enjoy this anime a bit more, the bad side is that we miss good ones for the common events but competitions won't miss them at all.
Enjoyment [6]
I won't say Prince of Stride was horrible, i followed it without any problems but, as i said above, characters are the thing i care the most in sports animes and because of the poor development i couldn't relate to any of them nor make any of them like to me so i felt like they were acting just because they had too, for that reason i didn't enjoy it very much.
Overall [5]
As a conclusion, this anime is something you can skip without any problem but if you really like spokons then try to take a look at it since it also talks about a very uncommon sport that is new to the anime world, just don't expect any kind of deep plot/characters because you won't find them here
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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