Reviews

The story centers on a guy who is secretly more powerful than he lets on and his harem of girls who use magical weapons to battle...wait, that describes three different shows from this & last season. This review is for Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon but there may be some comparison to the other two shows, The Asterisk War & Hundred. It's inevitable given all the similarities between all three shows. Of the three Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon is the least memorable and innovative. In fact I had forgotten I'd even watched it until my brother reminded me. That's what doesn't work here. Nothing stands out, nothing is memorable. Bland cookie cutter characters, blasé setting; vauge enemy. It's too clichéd, to seemingly manufacted. Like literally someone googled the top ten most popular tropes and stereotypes and wrote a series based on the results. No further thought or effort went into the plot here. There's nothing to see here that isn't equalled to exceeded in one way or another by other series. Case in point the two aforementioned anime in this review. Sometimes I have to stop and ask, "Couldn't I be watching better anime than this?" and Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon certainly qualifies. Also when it was over, I just moved on to the next thing. It couldn't have been anymore run of the mill; ordinary. Just watch the other two shows I mentioned.