LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BEHOLD THE LORD OF THE RINGS OF ANIME.
BEHOLD A MASTERPIECE.
This is not one of these reviews where they milk analyze the Sh*t out of a show and break down every single detail —I don't even understand them, let alone write one. This review is primarily based on emotions.
I have a keen sense for fantasy shows, surely. I've been watching too many shows and reading too many books of that sort.
Therefore, an author who wishes to snare me into liking... NO, loving their show has to walk a very thin line of using the fantasy troops that we already like and manifesting them in something uniquely fun.
Sousou no Frieren is RUNNING on that line.
Do you remember that feeling when you were young, watching "The Fellowship of the Ring" for the first time? That feeling as the fellowship were on their adventure, and you would see those cool camera scenes of them walking through mountains and cool parts of the Middle-earth?
This is the feeling that this show achieved for me.
Yes, it is a tale centered around the main character, an elf who has outlived her friends and most of the people she knows, as she seeks to comprehend humans a little bit more.
But it is also more.
There are sleeping dragons, Loli Demons, Magic spells that melt clothes, and moments of sheer enjoyment.
This show is sitting there on the MAL throne for a reason.