Operation Han-Gyaku-Sei Million Arthur

KANLen09★ 6

From the year 2018 and ongoing, there will be more split-cour seasons to lessen the burden of new series coming into play, and that's the cause of this popular smartphone game that is Million Arthur. And I have a nitpick: With how this initial season already played its cards, I wouldn't be surprised if Season 2 in Spring 2019 will be more of the same. Hangyakusei Million Arthur may look like the generic game adaptation that so many others have tried to imitate, and isn't good, but as it stands out, it's the typical wash-rinse-repeat formula of fighting some evildoers with their weapons called Excaliburs (whichgives them powers), and the 6-man team (Dancho, Renkin, Kakka, Rurou, Yamaneko and Tekken) must traverse through all periods of time to exterminate a million people for their mission to be accomplished. As par with its premise, it's really nothing special but it does good on its own. Characters are what it is (none from the game itself), and the amount of action is good and balanced enough. Still, nothing to trifle about. Based off on Square Enix's popular RPG, there shouldn't be a surprise that J.C.Staff could pull this off with minimal effort. Great choice of art and animations that follow strictly from the game itself (or rendition), and honestly, it doesn't look too bad. Same goes to the very generic music too, nothing that really captures the most wanted attention, but it fits and as far as I'm concerned, also a non-issue here. But...I'm not ashamed to say that if you want to watch this, I'd much suggest you wait until almost the end of Spring 2019 to binge-watch this split-cour from start to end (like around Episode 22/23 then start from Episode 1 way back in this season). Not to say that I enjoyed this anime, but there isn't really a whole lot to say about it.

Jezza_G★ 5

Disappointing Story: Terrible. So there are a million excaliburs located in the past. Anyone who can wield an excalibur is given the title of Arthur. These million excaliburs are causing some sort of time dilation so they need to be destroyed. Hence six present day Arthurs' are sent back in time to destroy them. However they don't bother to tell you why there are a million excaliburs, why they are causing time dilation, why the majority of Arthurs/Excaliburs are pathetically weak (defeated with one swing from the hero's excalibur). You are just supposed to accept it. Each excalibur once drawn from stone can change itself into anyitem to suit its wielder. So an excalibur may be a sword, a hammer, a whip, a gun etc. The episodes tend to follow one or two of the heroes at a time, while they are on a hunt for an excalibur. In these episodes we learn a bit more about them, but the back stories aren't really enlightening and there is next to no character growth. Every episode feels like a space filler episode, where the characters do things like work in a mine, attend a school, go to a water park etc. There isn't really a contiguous story line at all. Characters: Generic. The main character and leader of the heroes is a dumb blonde who likes to dress up in slutty cosplay outfits, and then can't understand why everyone looks at her weird. She contributes nothing useful to the story and we barely learn anything about her in the first season. There's also a pre-teen with a hammer as big as she is, a loud mouth young male, the laid back/lazy older male, a stuck up girl and an effeminate looking boy. There are also six faeries who you learn next to nothing about (including why they are even there). Animation: Good. Love the style. Action: Average. The fight scenes are generally short and not particularly entertaining, which is a shame as there was room for some great fight scenes, considering an excalibur could be literally anything. Comedy: Bland The supposed funny moments don't really hit the mark. I can't recall laughing once. Fan Service: Mild Lots of cleavage, as well as hair and hand covered breasts. No actual nudity or panty shots. Only in one episode did I find the amount of FS used excessive. Overall: Ordinary 4.5/10 There is very little chance I will bother watching the second season.