It’s a breath of fresh air. The characters feel like real people and it’s a fantasy anime that isn’t an Isekai. Also it has good action.
This is the sort of anime you show to your friends who aren’t anime fans. It’s wonderfully paced with nuanced characters, has an excellent English dub, has a heartfelt beginning, and occasionally reminds us that this is a Studio Madhouse production with some great action scenes.
And best of all, it’s not ridiculously horny like a ton of other anime. It’s not merely a great anime, it’s just a great show, period.
I read a lot of (western) fantasy and I rank it as one of my favorite fantasy stories, period. Tbf, I have a preference towards good character development. And I think there is something beautiful and bittersweet about a long-lived elf coming to terms with the death of her human friends.
Not to say this isn’t deserved, but popular anime ratings usually follow a certain trajectory where they’re overinflated initially and take a while to settle into their final score. It’ll be interesting to see if Frieren stays on top.
I really hope so. This show is honesty amazing.
The FMA review bombers should have been IP blocked from voting years ago. Every list is a joke until that happens.
If ever an anime deserved the praise, it’s this one. Frieren has been fantastic
You know, it’s been pretty good so far, I’d even say, really good, probably, and it has an advantage over FMA:B in that I don’t find the comedy kind of, grating and annoying, and I find it actually funny sometimes, even if it’s mostly just weird and kind of pervy or whatever. Not like, fanservicey, but it does feel like the comedy is just, sex-based, or something? I dunno. I might just be like overblowing it in my brain.
With all that being said, FMA:B is definitely better still. Frieren has specific arcs, FMA:B just straight up has an overarching story that basically never stops and never really falls into, like, specific sections. I dunno, I guess that’s mostly a pacing thing, but if you were to ask me which one I liked more on that basis, I would say FMA:B every time. There are some other anime that can match that pacing, right, but most of the time they end up being kind of older more adult-oriented animation, and they don’t really have as broad of appeal as FMA:B, so I think it still takes the GOAT position.
Frieren is really good though, I will give it that.
Really glad I held off on Frieren until last week. I would’ve died waiting for each new episode.
I have different tastes than the typical shounen-leaning demographic that serms to be the majority on MAL, so for me Frieren isn’t the greatest thing ever. BUT it still is extremely good. Maybe top 20, top 15 for me.
One of the best I have seen, if not the best. Especialy the first half, second half is more action heavy which doesn’t interest me as it used to. I could use a lot more reminiscing about past adventures, lost years and old friends. I cried couple of times…like full on tears. It is made marvelously. When there is no music and people only talk in complete silence… you can feel those unspoken regrets and hopes.
I don’t have account on mal and I don’t use it. Serialized is my go to website/app for tracking and rating of shows and anime. The biggest reason? It is not full of anime fanatics. And not owned by Amazon like IMDb.
As much as I like Frieren, I don’t like the attitudes surrounding it. The whole “it’s not just a good anime, it’s a good show IN GENERAL!”, “this is better than (insert all other anime I hate)!”, etc.
Didn’t Interspecies Reviewers also do that?
Not for long probably. There have been a few other anime that did the same and after the initial hype died down, they dropped below again
This is one show i finished recently. Its increadibly well done. Story telling is great, character development is awesome. I have also watched FMAB, these 2 are completely different in that FMAB is a greater volume of development among many charcter, which isnt a fair comparison by the amount of seasons availalble compared to Frieren. Hopefully Frieren expands so that i can see how it ends, because that is my favorite part of FMAB, its got a great ending.
Time to milk it out with terrible spin offs and horny OVAs! Also need the obligatory terrible anime fighter.
Looks nice, thanks.
I found it boring to be honest. The gimmick is that Frieren is old, and that’s supposed to make us have deep thoughts about life and the nature of time, right? Well, other fantasy media has been playing with the “Elves live long” trope ever since Tolkien, so it’s nothing new to be honest.
It might not be generic anime, but it is generic fantasy for sure.
