Most of my enjoyment of this show comes from the effort put into making it feel like an early 2000s show, an era of anime that I, myself am a very big fan of. So it's kind of just nostalgia bait for that era through and through, an idea I support but wasn’t that impressed by. When all is said and done, however, the show isn't really that pleasing to the eyes anyway, which unfortunately makes the whole concept fall kind of flat except for a few stand-out moments. I guess you could giga-brain it and say that the low-quality animation is meant to emulate the look of the lower-profile shows of that era, but I highly doubt that.
That said, the story, unlike the style, is basically non-existent. Well, to be precise, there is a story, but it kind of doesn’t matter at all, a fact that is further reinforced by how absolutely zero sense it makes. And yes, shows like this don’t have to have a cohesive, nuanced, or intriguing story, but in those cases I expect them to have something else to enjoy… which Magical Destroyers unfortunately mostly lacks. Almost all of the characters (including the main one) are abhorrently lame, the over-the-top action isn’t as well executed as one might expect, and the complete lack of personality all just eliminates any hope of the potentially fun ride that this show should’ve been.
Credit where credit’s due though, the three main magical girls all have unique, unconventional designs and quirks that I really enjoyed. They are the one aspects that I actually liked, and they are unfortunately done so dirty by the rest of the show.
5 / 10, was really hoping for this to be good. Turns out a concept like this only works for the first few episodes before the novelty wears off.
