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Well, after binge watching The Rising of the Shield Hero in one sitting I can say I felt as though there were similar feelings of other anime in here, but they weren't trying to copy any of them. Overall I thought it was really good, but I wish some things were done a bit differently. That's about every single anime for every single person though 😂
Common themes in this anime: "It's a long story, and this isn't a great place for a chat. Lets go somewhere more suitable.", "I'd like to talk to you in private.", and "I want to go home".
Below may or ... may not contain spoilers if you consider vague talk about things happening being spoilers. Not much is in particular order. Anything I didn't address I likely felt was fine as it was, wasn't something to point out, or I missed after I spent over an hour typing and thinking.

Character/Story
It's easier to talk about character and story together.
When all four heroes come into the world, they all displayed their first impression personalities right then and there. Naofumi was the only real nice guy. The others had hard personalities making demands and being quiet unhappy they were summoned there. Later on, Naofumi develops a personality more severe then the three of them and throughout the story it gradually becomes a friendlier personality with the help of his companions. Watching Naofumi go from hero to zero to overwhelmingly hero was pretty nice. As the story progresses, the other three heroes become more and more useless to the point of where they are literally useless and just decide to not even try to fight. They didn't seem to grow much throughout the show as their personalities stayed the same as well as their strength. Throughout the story the king rarely mentions, only being twice, that he doesn't want his family being taken away again. Either I didn't pick up on something the audience was supposed to on their own, or they truly never explained what happened in his past which I'm pretty sure is the case. It was actually really enjoyable watching Raphtalia go from weak slave to grown woman. Both physically growing and growing into a stronger character mentally. When she encounters her past underground later on it gets really sad :'(. For Melty didn't change much besides her way of talking and her feelings towards Naofumi. Filo's personality was, of course, that of a child, but a determined one. There wasn't much development besides her strength, status, and physical body which I think is totally fine. Tate no Yuusha had the perfect amount of backstory where I felt they had just the right amount of them showing someone's past to add more flavor to the characters while having plenty of airtime to go on with the present. It was never an entire episode of backstory that just felt filler. It was usually brief and the longest backstory was a few minutes at most.

Art
Just fine. For some reason it seemed like they put a ton of 2D animation into Fitoria more than others(examples: her introductory episode). I don't mind though. There's plenty of 3D models used in here, but I don't think they look bad except the background still frame ones. Some of the seagulls looked spooky but it's probably just the design.

Sound
Sound is a topic I never have much to say about as long as it doesn't make me feel like I'm listening to people talking in a studio voicing over the show. However, I did take note of one time Naofumi moved his shield slightly and it made a nice shield sound.

Enjoyment
I enjoyed Tate no Yuusha for sure. Below I talk about my likes and dislikes. Personally I find this anime above average at the least and one that was worth watching.

What I personally like and personally dislike
It felt as though it was another pacifist anime where nobody gets killed by the main characters(except for one Naofumi kills, but there were much worse people to kill in my opinion). Of course, following the no killing policy, the main characters continue to get back stabbed by the people they didn't kill. Two people are to be executed later on for being the scum throughout the entire show and of course they get saved by the main character, who was screwed over by them the most. I would've liked to see him let them die. Raphtalia encounters her old past later on and decides not to kill him when he's but a poke away from death.
The show felt cliche when Naofumi is about to go berserk THREE times (after the duel, undead dragon, and cathedral spell battle) in the show but is calmed down and brought back to his sane self by his female companion. I just wanted to see him go berserk once :'(
I feel like this the way they presented the shame and hate onto Naofumi was way better done than other anime where they just ridicule the main character for absolutely no reason just because they're buttholes. I wish Naofumi defended himself a bit more though because talking to a character later on, it makes it seem like he didn't deny much.
Tate no Yuusha didn't really have a real ending, just a happy ending. I'd have liked to see a real ending because whenever an anime has no real ending I always find myself wanting another season so they finish what they started.
Personally Raphtalia was my favorite character of the show. I really liked her design, personality, and voice actress.
In the first ep it shows Naofumi having a dream of him and his companion on a really high place. With all the other "dreams" in the show, they all come true and are shown throughout, yet this one isn't shown :/ just felt like they were doing a cool intro I suppose.
Naofumi's voice actor is Genos from One Punch Man. Not much else needs to be said.
Little touches are nice like in the beginning of ep cinco when someone is eavesdropping in the throne room and you have to wait until later to find out anything.

Frankly, as I haven't done much research, I have no idea how this is related to Shingeki no Bahamut besides it being related to Cygames and the fact the end of episode one shows a picture of Favaro and Kaisar. In my opinion, everything from the (main) characters (whom are polar opposites) to the story line (which there is no story) is a completely different feel from Bahamut besides maybe the art. Though one could say that's what makes it unique. Unfortunately there's no real story and we never get anything exciting like peering into the royalty lives of either princess. There's definitely a lover's ... vibe between the two princesses throughout the show, though it stays PG13. I guess we'll leave that to the people of the doujinshi world. To me, Manaria Friends wasn't bad per se, but it wasn't amazing. If I were you, I wouldn't go into this expecting much out of it but to just watch it for fun.

Who I'd recommend this to: anyone who wants a quick watch for a chill nonsensical slice of life with some magic in it. The show isn't very intense and is pretty lax throughout. There's some points in the show where they try to mislead you to make you think another way, but that's about it.

My own synopsis:
Phenomenon, an exceptional, unusual, or abnormal person, thing, or occurrence. A phenomenon happened 100 years ago where nitroglycerin, which was supposed to be impossible to solidify, crystallized during a shipment overseas. This happened on a global scale ever since that day. Bringing it to the present day where once again another phenomenon has occurred.
Five guys (not the burger joint) break out of some maximum security prisons across the world all in synchronicity: two from USA, one from Russia, one from France, and one from Japan. These men head to Tokyo in order to know what defeat truly is.

My thoughts on Baki:
To sum ... this anime up in a single sentence, this is the manliest anime I've ever watched. There's plenty of fighting and a touch of drama throughout, and it's not boring like One Piece where they stand around in some battle stance and talk for a whole episode while a semi-intense soundtrack plays then finish after a few moves the next episode or two. The protagonist was a little disappointing because the anime missed the whole point of the hype for him, but they still made him a badass for the most part. The anime, Baki, gives a lot of air time to each character which felt great to watch so it wasn't just all protagonist this protagonist that. In my opinion, I think the art was amazing. It's so aesthetic and detailed with nice color gradients and crisp lines. At the end of the season they basically hype up of a second season so I look forward to that.

Very happy ending! Had some twists at the ending, unlike other anime you see now a days. If you want to watch a loli harem, I'd definitely recommend this to you. It felt kind of like a musical with all the singing, but it tied in nice with the plot. Let's just say the protagonist ISN'T beta like most other anime MCs. So points for that. Some questions left unanswered like about him having to do some things to people (it's in ep1, vague for no spoilers), but other than that pretty good drama and romance watch! My favorite character ... was Rinne AYY LMAO