Perfection Incarnate Checklist:
Based off a video game made by the same people who made Sonic the Hedgehog?
Check.
Expands upon characters who were just kind of there in the video game so much to the point of making me cry?
Check.
Beautiful ending?
Check.
Amazing villains who were even more compelling than the heroes?
Check.
Hatred for this anime being practically non-existent?
Check.
In summary, is this anime perfect, at least in my opinion?
Check.
In order to extend this review, let me discuss the spoiler-free comparison between the original video game of 2008, and the anime of 2009.
Valkyria Chronicles was absolutely amazing for a game coming from Sega. Seriously, the game had easy-to-grasp controls, an amazing story, and a cool correlation between the story's plot having to be executed in the actual gameplay. Not to mention that first scene with Welkin sketching the shining trout felt exactly the same as watching it happen in the actual anime.
In summary, the Valkyria Chronicles video game was just amazing and the anime was simply perfect.
