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When I first saw it, I couldn't believe there actually existed an anime that focused only on Karl Marx's life & biography. Then I watched it, and the fact that it was Chinese made sense. It made me a little upset - after all, it was a kind of propaganda. Also, as seen in the anime, Marx-kun didn't like many compliments, and you know what? This anime is basically it!

With my first comment said - this "piece of art" is 147 hours of praises and compliments, telling us that Marx-kun was the BEST PHILOSOPHER EVER and stuff (honestly I disagree with that but it's a ... Chinese anime btw, probably the budget was all covered by the Communist Party), I'll tell you guys the truth about "The Leader".

The animation is poor sometimes. Yeah, only sometimes. Actually, many times. When it's not focused on Marx-kun or Engels-kun, it is CG-based and pretty weird. I mean, Jenny's hair didn't move naturally most part of the anime. There were scenes that really made me think I was watching some MMD animation. For real. Unfocused people at the background sometimes were just weird, with a real bad animation, even for normal anime standards. Let me give you an example: in Kill la Kill, people at the background often were just copies of the same individual, right? In The Leader, they aren't. That sounds good, right? Yeah, but actually some of them - a policeman, a chief, a NORMAL PERSON, their faces were just... wrong.

My ears couldn't believe what they were listening sometimes. The voice acting is horrible, emotionless at core moments. I mean, some emotions were just forced. Unnatural. Guess the budget was pretty low and the studio must have hired bad or novice actors, I dunno.

This is the time where you ask me, "but Sputnik, if this anime is so awful, why did you rate it with a 6?" Well, it's probably because the story is pretty good. Maybe. Okay, it's not so good. But there was something in it that made me cry when some characters die or just let me go on and finish the anime in some hours. If it were so horrible, sure I would have dropped it. It's not the kind of anime you watch for fun, actually. It's not entertaining at all, no drama involved - only a few, and well, those scenes aren't worth watching - and surely it will make you question why did you ever thought about watching it. Before you do, listen to me: only do if you are truly interested in Karl Marx or Communism. Many philosophical quotes are poorly explained - Bakunin-kun and Proudhon-kun are an example. It was only enjoyable for me because I already knew those guys, and even I was confused sometimes. That's it, farewell.

When I was a child, I used to enjoy this kind of anime very much. I didn't care if the character's background stories were lame or the anime plot itself was awful, I simply lied in front of the TV for the whole episodes and anxiously waited 'til next week to see what would happen after.

It's a pity I'm not a kid anymore.

When Saintia Sho was annouced, I jumped with joy. Finally I would see a kind of "what if the saints were girls?". Then I waited for it, watched the episodes... And got upset. I would say that at least the manga is truly ... a work of art, but I'm trying to focus on the anime - in which the art is the worst. Not in a Nanatsu no Taizai level but still awful. Sometimes the shadows are just wrong, sometimes the characters' bodies are terrible, sometimes the art guys don't even try to make their work well. You can just feel that they are doing that whitout giving a fuck about what you, spectator, will think about later. They don't even draw some faces correctly.

I cannot complain very much about the plot as it is set just for a Saint Seiya spin-off but it could be better. I know I'm reviewing an anime made for kiddos but Sailor Moon aims the same (and both of them are made by Toei) AND it still impresses me. The battle scenes are way better (I'm talking about the Crystal remake) & the villains too. I'm disapointed with the Saintia Sho anime & I hope Toei stops thinking that children anime have to be made in a careless way.

Well, how can I say that? It's just a very ordinary anime with ordinary characters. Basara's motivation is just... unbelievable. And not in the good way. I mean, I wold give 3.5 stars out of five for this anime because it tried. And failed. It seems like an alternate version of Highschool DxD, and would be great if it wasn't a low budged project AND everybody's motivation weren't so mediocre.

The first episode is OK, which means I thought it would be a great idea to buy every volume of the original manga. Well, I didn't regret that, because I had met this story in ... a way better point of view. The anime sucks. Hope the second season is better.