Granbelm

Title:Granbelm
グランベルム
Overall:Unevaluated
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Notables: Animation - Nexus
SHIMABUKURO Miyuri
TANEZAKI Atsumi
In this day and age, magic is virtually extinct. But it was once quite common, and it hasn't disappeared altogether. 'Granbelm' is a last-person-standing battle fought between the remaining mages on each full moon, to determine who is the most powerful at the moment. The mages do the fighting with magically powered mobile suits, called ARMANOXes.

13 episodes
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Unevaluated Stretch [series:3742#628]
(One episode watched):

I started watching this show twice, but both times I quit after the first five minutes or so, because I was put off by the nonsensical kawaii mecha theme. After reading a headline at ANN which implied that the show might not be terrible, I tried a third time and soldiered through the entire episode. But I was frustrated by the confused, chaotic battle that played out. I had little idea who was the good girl and who the bad one, except that one was clearly a bitch. Aren't they supposed to be fighting in an every-girl-for-herself manner? It seemed that the bitchy girl had formed a team in which several lesser ARMANOX pilots were subordinate to her. Why is it necessary to keep reaffirming who is the best mage? Where did they get these mobile suits from? What's the deal with the shift from modern day Japan to an alternate reality? I couldn't get much of a grip on what was going on, and as a result couldn't become seriously engaged. At one point I found my mind wandering to other topics as the show played, which isn't a good sign. We get the pretty standard plot element that a seemingly ordinary person discovers that she actually possesses amazing powers. But I detected no signs that the characters would be dynamic or interesting. With that being the case, I couldn't care all that much whether mages existed or who was the best one.

Last updated Wednesday, August 07 2019. Created Wednesday, August 07 2019.

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