Reviews

Feb 2, 2014
Mixed Feelings
Campione! is an unfortunate anime.

The set up is cool, at least for the harem genre - random guy kills a diety and inherits his powers, which causes him to fight other deities and attract various pretty girls during his adventures who compete for his affections. And if you bother to read the light novels (there are over fifteen of them I think), the story and characters are pretty good for the most part.

But Campione! in its desire to hit the apparently required minimum harem four-girl threshold by the end of the series decides to cover way too much material in too short of time. It feels rushed from the beginning, making every development with the female characters feel even more unbelievable than normal for this type of anime. It also makes the misstep of taking the story chronologically instead of following the storyline in the books.

Finally, for those of us that watch dubs, the voice acting in this one is bad. The voice actress for Erica is terribly miscast.

Art is good, not great.

Overall this anime could be a lot better if the anime staff had put more faith into the underlying source material rather than making a checklist and forcing too much into too little space. Do yourself a favor if you are thinking about this series. First read the light novels (you can find them online). Then check out the series so you'll be able to fill in the gaps in your head.

Hopefully, another studio will take a crack at this one after the light novel series puts out a bunch more volumes in another few years. There is a lot of potential with the source material. But I doubt the anime made enough of an impact to get another season green-lit.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
What did you think of this review?
Nice Nice0
Love it Love it0
Funny Funny0
Show all
It’s time to ditch the text file.
Keep track of your anime easily by creating your own list.
Sign Up Login