DanMachi Review - By Aquack

Intro DanMachi is an Action & Fantasy, Anime focused around Bell Cranel who moved to the city of Orario to find fame and fortune through fighting monsters in dungeons within the city. He is picked up by Goddess Hestia to join her Familia and represents the Familia as its sole member with a never seen before ability, he improves rapidly breaking all previous levelling up records.

DanMachi from afar may be perceived as another SAO/typical game world remake and although in some ways it is, it also has a remarkable charm to it that makes it somewhat enjoyable despite it being very cliche.

Review All-inclusive, DanMachi is a good Anime that could have shined brighter without being held back by cliches. It is definitely above average in the majority of fields but does nothing much to go beyond. The Action & Fantasy aspect are both great with a good and easy to understand power system based on levels and abilities together with fair world-building.

Story 6/10: The story is both well-written and enjoyable. It is easy to follow, wholesome and has clear goals of what the main character wants to achieve and why he is doing it. Overall it is above average and keeps the audience engaged will remaining interesting and aims to keep viewers attentive.

Characters 7/10: The characters are good all together, each character is represented differently with a different personality and look to each of them. The character designs could be passed off as basic but are actually deeper than that. The designs are cute and there is a wide range of vibrant characters for the audience to enjoy and interact with.

Animation 7/10: The animation (produced by JC Staff) is done very well, from entertaining action scenes to lighthearted, wholesome moments the animation stays strong throughout the anime without many faults.

Music 8/10: The music in DanMachi is good in all aspects, it is pleasant and enjoyable to listen to. It ranges from indulging action music to its calm and relaxing fantasy soundtrack were both have no flaws and really goes well with the Anime. The music choice for the fight scenes where well thought out as they go together. Overall the whole soundtrack is definitely one that I would go back and listen to.

Rating Conclusion As much as DanMachi could be considered to only be slightly above average in all aspects, much to my bad taste in anime, I have decided to give it a 79/100 due to how much I enjoyed watching the anime despite it being very cliche. In my opinion, it was definitely a good watch and would recommend to people who like fantasy anime as it ticked all the boxes of what I like in fantasy animes.