Jan 21, 2013
First of all i would like to say that i only managed to get through 7 episodes of Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou. When the Power Ranger appeared and the oh-so-powerfull Demon Lord turned into a Super Sayan for no apparent reason i couldn't take it anymore and turned it off and decided to write this review in hopes that no one else would make my mistake and watch this.
I went into Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou expecting to see some light comedy and some nice "lady parts" but i got not a lot of the former to be honest and way too much of the
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later, which, coupled with a pretty good premise that required none of those, is not a good thing. As other reviewers have noticed the anime starts off pretty strong but goes downhill after about 5 episodes.
I actually found the premise quite interesting, a boy is destined to be the next Demon Lord and cause mayhem and destruction all over the world. The problem is that he doesn't want to be the next Demon Lord and cause mayhem ... etc. That had a lot of potential as an action anime or a nice philosophical/drama series, but since this is a harem anime instead, we get girls, lots of girls, that take their clothes of or show their underwear for no apparent reason every 5 minutes. And that is where the anime started failing for me, not that i mind a bunch of cute girls wearing nothing, but when that side starts to move in on the actual story and character development, everything becoming just an excuse to give a panty shot, getting a girl naked or throwing another sexual innuendo on the screen and the story, which again, had the potential to be interesting, is forgotten or rammed down our throats with some new villain or organization that just sprouted in the last 5 seconds of screen time and we have no idea who they are what they want is time to turn off or go watch a better series. Which i did, at the seventh episode where, as i said before, there was a Power Ranger, a Super Sayan, an old dude who licked a 10 year old and a giant sea cucumber (i couldn't make this up even if i wanted!). Even the comedy was pretty much forgotten after the first 5 episodes. Everything became so convoluted and weird there was no point in continuing.
The animation was varied. The first episodes were good, nice effects, not annoying or distorted. But the last episode i saw was awful, it went from bad to good, weird effects and distorted characters that didn't even look human to the way it was before then back again. The Demon Lord turned Super Sayan and had huge muscles for one minute then he was skinny then Super Sayan again the skinny again. It is like the animators had two teams that had no idea what the other was doing then merged the two animations together and decided to hope for the best. It made no sense whatsoever.
The sound was good, voice acting was adequate. I don't remember any soundtrack songs that stood out, good or bad, but i guess that says something.
In terms of characters i liked the girls, they were cute, funny and didn't really fall into a "type", had a background that seemed interesting and even presented some development, even if slight. The one i had a problem was the so-called Demon Lord. I thought he was too wimpy. He had some confidence but he didn't have that " i will overcome everything" attitude, nothing that made him stand out from the sea of main characters that had their own shows until now. In a month or two i will not have remembered him at all.
If you really want to see it, although i don't know why, there are better ecchi/harem/comedy anime series out there, i suggest the first 5 episodes then go look at paint dry, it will seem like better way to waste some time.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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