Regular high schooler Taichi Nishimura and his childhood friend, Rin Azuma, are on their way to school one ordinary morning. Suddenly, a glowing light envelops them, transporting them to a fantasy world full of magical creatures.
Upon their arrival, Taichi and Rin are threatened by a beast. They are promptly saved by a group of adventurers, who advise the pair that traveling unarmed and inexperienced makes them vulnerable to the recently increasing monster attacks. Taichi and Rin are directed to the Guild, where they can determine their magical aptitude and register as adventurers. However, the test they take reveals an unprecedented result: Taichi and Rin possess extraordinary powers that far surpass the standard mage, instantly transforming them from typical high school students to the ultimate cheat magicians.
Taichi and Rin learn to grasp the full extent of their powers and familiarize themselves with their new world. However, while the duo seeks to uncover the reason behind their transportation and a possible way back to their original world, unexpected trouble lurks in the shadows.
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Comentários
KANLen09
By NO doubt this show should be skipped (without a second thought), but for it's efforts in the adaptation and the original LN source (no hate towards the novelist), I will give it a B for binary code (if you know what I mean, 1 or 0) just to add the (not so nonsensical) pun here. I really wish I could give this series a BIG FAT ZERO. This Summer season was an absolute stinker for isekai: - Maou-sama, Retry!: A parody that could've been better (honestly my isekai of the season). - Arifureta: Hampered by bad production values and poor source adaptation. - MILFsekai: More than being anisekai parody with moms being heroes, fanservice kills it much.
AND THEN, there's the absolute (no kidding) garbage that is Isekai Cheat Magician.
By far, everyone should have realized that this series obnoxiously fails in ALL aspects and pointers, and is (dare I say) not afraid to show it in the most disgustful of ways possible: the "Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V" (or "Copy and Paste") notion. Everything is taken from existing isekai stories, from the city settings to the usual tropes and cliches of isekai characters being OP for no reason, other than to exert superiority. What this series DOES DIFFERENT, is to "intentionally" summon some random-ass people to help them resolve crises so evil that only these people are the solution to the problem. How unwittingly obtuse.
Nevertheless, these are my "UN's" to exponentialize the absolute "UN-justice" of a UN-dercooked shitshow:
The story is UN-ridiculous, yet UN-scriptulous at the same time. The whole isekai thing has been done the same way ever, let me script that out for you: the magic and random summoning like KonoSuba's Kazuma, somehow the magic made the characters OP just like Isekai Smartphone's Touya, brought into the overworld that looks UN-canningly like KonoSuba, having a "harem" of girls like every other isekai harem rom-com (again, Isekai Smartphone), fighting together with the Royal Family with "willpower" that is just solely the "blessings" of the gods, with enemies that ACTUALLY have both IQ and EQ (thank God they're smart and stupid too) to acknoweldge strong characters and say: "You're strong. I acknowledge you as my rival!" (Pokemon's Ash-Gary much???) It's such a joke at this point that if Japan doesn't heed the notions of the West (which 100% they don't), this is an overexponential problem and an ass-kicking insult to the anime community outside of Japan.
The characters are just UN-interesting and UN-inspired, meh, not even decent. As far as it goes for the OP MCs Taichi and Rin, I'm not surprised if the central characters are hated from the get-go. Hell, don't get me talking about generic. Those 2 don't even reach generic levels, especially worse in the isekai setting. Taichi is easily Kazuma's level of stench, being bossy just because of his unbeatable powers, while Rin (thankfully not being Aqua) is just the support character that's just ther because her best friend's there. Oh, and she's secretly in love with him (part Rie Takahashi, part in-character expressions). WOW, TALK ABOUT LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP, in a war setting that's a overburden on their atrocious levels of situational awareness.
The support characters are not any good either. Based on how much this strange world is ascertained, the political crisis between families is the norm (which is bog-standard), but this show made me wonder what is going in the original novelist's mind, whether he/she has the knowledge to pan a GOOD setting, or rather: "Let's plan first, and think later!" Not to mention with the usual partners/enemies cliche that has been overdone at this point, I was just wishing for a not-so-predictable loophole to talk about, and the only area I can commend this show for is enemies who REALLY ACT the part of being enemies, in spirit BUT NOT in truth and honesty. Like, come on, don't beat around the bush, get straight to the point!
The art and animation are UN-impressive, simply savage to make a good point on it. I mean, if you have the word "Encourage" in your studio's name, then do a freaking good job about it! But too bad, Encourage Films, your seemingly bad art and non-existent animation causes everyone to "Encourage" spreading the word to stay the hell away from this show, and rightfully so. Don't ever think of taking another show unless it's one the studio can manage decently.
The music is absolutely horrifying and UN-kempt at doing its job to get people into the show. Starting with MYTH & ROID's OP, it is by far the worst song they've ever done (and my ear's still bleeding from it), so much so that the OP lands in a stalemate. Rie Takahashi's ED is no better either, as I'd tell you to watch other shows that stars her in a better light. Other than these things, this show is a fine example of how not to mix music badly, to cover as many layers of badly-done compositions as possible, yikes.
As a conclusion, we have (not) isekai-ed, but definitely got cheated our way into this shitshow, and cheating our way out of this show, not with being magicians, but with social influence and the likes of it. If you're here to watch the usual tryst of bad isekai shows, this is the pinnacle (thanks Japan!) of it all. Enter this show at your own safety, and whether if you managed to cheat your way out of this show or not, I applaud you regardless.
Please, for the love of the overbearing Isekai genre, if you have a sense of respect for yourself being an anime-lover, I beg you (with my knees on the floor) to avoid this AT ALL COSTS! Don't second guess, just don't pelt your feet into this show. Just. Don't.
Stark700
Watching Isekai Cheat Magician is equivalent to trying to complete an assignment from your most dreaded class in high school. You’d want to tear your hair out and punch the teacher for being a such a dick. The experience this gimmicky show speaks for itself not just because of its title but by the context of its plot, characters, and absolute lack of creativity. This anime…no, this abomination is more of a cash cow riding on the current popular isekai trend. Like most isekai anime, we have the characters trapped in a fantasy world after certain circumstances. At this point, any anime fan familiar with thisconcept should already know what to expect. But if we take a look back, the main characters themselves had no clue what was happening. Taichi and Rin manages to land themselves into a strange world after being hit by a mysterious light. From there on, we get the usual gimmicky monsters, guilds, magic, swords, and every page out of the book you can think of in an isekai theme show. It’s the type of isekai anime where anyone can pull out of their ass.
Collectively, Isekai Cheat Magician is actually watchable at first glance. Sure, there’s a lack of creativity but it has a colorful open world. This is by no means an expansive world as the show mostly dedicates its time on the main protagonists. Be ready to have Taichi’s character shoved down your throat as the show pushes his character to broken degrees. I’m not a fan of using buzzwords but there’s no other way to describe Taichi other than a “Gary Stu”. The show even addresses his potential from the early episodes and as he begins to gain experience, his fights begins to feel like curb stomp battles. Rin isn’t too far off as she manages to master magical abilities under the tutorage of Reima. (you know, the girl who shows up nearly nude in her first appearance) Rin’s character is the stereotypical childhood friend who has obvious feelings towards Taichi. The anime itself doesn’t focus too much on the romance elements as it’s much more of a high fantasy isekai. That doesn’t mean it spares the time to get them alone though. Plus, you got a character like Myura who I honestly see little point in being in this anime altogether. What a lackluster character roster.
However, I did try to watch Isekai Cheat Magician for its plot. Unfortunately, I didn’t feel like the plot has a main purpose. Our characters aren’t there to stop some world ending apocalypse or seeking a way to go home. They seem to adapt with their new life and become part of this new world. Without much of a purpose, the plot itself is extremely loose and constantly adheres to every isekai theme imaginable. It’s like one of those early access RPG games that developers made and try to improve. For this anime, there’s no room for improvement as the show limited itself to just 12 episodes. Every episode follows a similar trend of the characters facing some sort of obstacle but with an overpowered guy like Taichi, it’s easy to guess who comes out as the winner. Furthermore, Taichi himself is a poorly written protagonist who receives little character development. No, his mastery of his powers is definitely not a sign of his character growth. Similarly, the other characters he bonds with falls under many generic pitfalls you’ll discover in an isekai show. Hell, even side characters like Anna can hardly make an impact and ends up being disposed with little development. Like I said before, this story is one that anyone can pull out of their ass and it’s not hard to see why.
But is this abomination truly such a catastrophe? The short answer is yes and the long answer is also yes. There are only some minor parts in the show that makes it above the lowest denominator. First, I do have to say that the overall visual style makes this anime feel consistent. It looks a bit JRPG-ish at times but definitely fits under the category of an isekai-fantasy. Second, some of the magical elements in the show has its standard. What I mean is that they do explain it in a way that relates to isekai and fantasy. However, that’s pretty much the only acceptable parts of Isekai Cheat Magician I’ve realized. Everything else is just underwhelming from the actual combat scenes, character relationships, and overall plot. Even the world fiction wears itself out as the show dedicates more and more time into Taichi.
I’m pretty convinced Isekai Cheat Magician is made for the purpose of marketing its light novel and other related franchise. This got an anime adaptation as a way to convince us to become fans of its universe. But please, don’t fall for it.
chair-sama
I really hate those wannabe writers, who think that they can just write a rip off, of the rip off, of the rip off, of the rip off, while changing only the names of characters, and try to monetize it. And some of them get away with it, that’s how we’re getting these new shows, that are nothing more then absolute trash, without any soul. Isekai Cheat Magician is that kind of show. You shouldn’t expect anything good from this, but it’s actually not so bad that it deserves nothing more than 1/10, the fact that it’s so unoriginal, makes it insulting to watch,for this reason the score is so low score. So, without further ado, let’s dissect this cancer.
Part 1: F the Fantasy
JRPGs made my childhood, not only mine, but also millions of other people. I played countless hours in Pokemon, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, and The Legend of Zelda. The time spent by the creators in making these fascinting worlds made me apreciate these titles so much. That’s why I loved imagining myself in them, and wondered what I would do in a place of main character. Turns out that I wasn’t the first person to think that. A whole new genre was created out of these thouhts.
Isekai is fascinating in concept, guy or a girl is transported into another world, or they’re trapped in a game, where they need to start a new life, using the knowledge they aquired in the previous, where it would’ve normally be useles. The problem starts with how repetitive this got. I absolutely don’t understand why they stopped at fantasy setting, there’s so many other interesting genres. Also basically every isekai excluding No Game No Life, is making the same flaw that Tolkien had started, and that is every species needs to do exactly what was established in the earlier story’s. For example the ogres are warriors, elphs live in the peace with nature, and thay’re skilled at handling the magic, and so on and so forth. There’s never an explanetion of why something like this occur, it’s just simple copy, and paste from other fantasy titles. Everyone is just pretending „that’s how it was supposed to be, and every difference is a heresy”. If the author doesn’t care, why you should?
Part 2: Story is laughable
Finally I’m starting to talk about this show, so let’s go with the plot. It begens with two main characters walking down the street, then suddenly the bike is atacking them!!!!
Altough sadly they avoid it and are teleported by some magic ring, that has apeared out of nowhere, to another world. I must say that if they died by being hit by a bike, it would’ve definitelly grab my attention.
The only difference that this anime is proposing is a female counterpart for a protagonist. Although this turns out pathetic later, I'm gonna talk about this in the next part.
The rest of the story feels like it was written… no actually drawn by a todller, and some adult thought that it’s a good idea to write a story based on this drawing. It is full of plot conveniences, deus ex machinas, incostinent characters, broken power ascalation, in the end I still don’t undarstend why it is called „cheat magician”, and the worst thing – it’s boring. If the writer don’t try, then why he even started this in the first place? Of course it’s for the easy money.
Part 3: Formless goo, not characters
Characters are totally riped off from other shows. There’s litterally nobody, who would even seem to be kinda original. They’re remembering me of those creatures from one scene in Inside Out where Happyness and Sadness go to the inside version of Holywood, and there are those beings that take some form if you see them by „dream lense”, and the script from wich they were acting depanded from what happened in the day of Riley.
What I meant by this comparison is that those characters are basically those beings, when you watch this show, the „dream lense” is your monitor, and the script for them are characters from other shows.
Part 4: The visuals are awfull
It doesn’t feel right to give this, and Kenja no Mago the same score, the second one has at least kinda original plot, and the visuals were actually good. What can I even say about Isekai Cheat Magician? Animation is bland and disgusting, nothing that stands out.
Part 5: Soundtrack is passable
To be honest I don’t really remember anything at all from the soundtrack, but maybe it’s better that way, if something did stand out, it would probably be so bad it would’ve made my ears bleed. And these are harsh words to the composer of Dororo soundtrack. But actually there was something that made my ears bleed, it was opening. I’m not a fan of Myth&Roid, in my opinion they made, at best 3 good songs, and one very good. And the ed was painfully avarege.
Overall Thoughts:
Why would you even consider watching this. Everything that could be done better was already made. Watching this is a painfull waste of time.
Isekai is probably making it’s dying breath, looking at how many of those shows they’re cramming now, where practically every one of them is avarege at best, which most of the time, is a sign of a bitter farewell. I asked some people some time ago „is there any good isekai left” the answer wasn’t very reassuring, the future does not look too bright for this genre.
LoveAnime93
Isekai Cheat Magician a series that's had mixed review to put it kindly and may not be everyone's cup of tea. What doesn't help its case is that this season and the season before had several Isekai anime airing and as such I feel this had an impacted on overall score. The story starts off with your typical Isekai story MC is transported to another world which they've been destined to protect. MC has powers and is stupidly overpowered and they don't explain why. that there is my main crux with the story. The story its self is pretty standard but its not a terrible story, Ijust feel that they haven't adapted it correctly and this shouldn't put you off from viewing it.
The Art on the bright side of this review is easy on the eye and pleasant to look at, each character has a "style" and the art in my opinion makes the action scenes worth watching and compliments the sound.
Now for the characters, they felt generic and at times bland, character development is little to none which again brings me back to them to explaining things properly. There is development but I myself only saw it in the last few episodes. overall the characters are likable but I feel like they could of worked on it more.
Enjoyment wise, you don't need to watch this attentively, if like action, MC's that over the top then this is for you. The only complaints would be the story and the little character development but overall you could watch this anime and you won't have a positive or negative experience.
If I was to give advice, it would be go into this anime with an open mind, make up your own opinions, don't give it a low score just because everyone else is. While the story isn't the best the art, sound and the characters are likable.
HelixDraxzonyx
If you've already seen "That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime", or seen "How Not To Summon A Demon Lord", then you will likely find this disappointing. It uses the same general formula as those two: specificially the MC being summoned from another world and is overpowered. Except that the MC (Taichi) isn't quite as overpowered as the title would have you believe. While it is stated that Taichi is supposedly powerful enough to destroy an entire nation, and allegedly has near infinite magic capacity, he tends to struggle in most battles and gets exhausted more easily than his friend Rin (who was draggedoff to this other world with him and is supposed to be much weaker than Taichi is). So then, the title becomes rather questionable. Rin and Taichi often refer to their magical skills as cheats, and yet seem virtually powerless in comparison to Rimuru of "That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime", or Diablo of "How Not To Summon A Demon Lord".
The plot is not original by any means. If you have seen any anime which features a character getting summoned to another world, then chances are you have already experienced the same basic storyline. The plot of Isekai Cheat Magician is not really any different to any of those, meaning that you will have a rough idea of how everything will play out even before it does so. Even the plot twists are predictable. You know that when one character vows to save another, then that other is bound to die. You know that if something will allegedly never happen, it will end up happening that very episode. The trope of triggering "flags" gets used quite a bit in Isekai Cheat Magician, which would be fine if it were handled uniquely or with any level of competence, but in this anime the tropes come walking up to you face-to-face so that you see it coming a mile off, and frequently enough that you begin to dread them.
The artwork and animation are one of the two redeeming features of this show. The fantasy settings may not be unique in any form, but are still done cleanly, resulting in aesthetics that very few should find displeasing, though the lack of originality may disappoint some viewers. Fight animations are smooth without being unnecessarily flashy, magic usage is likewise quite well done without many obnoxiously long chanting sessions (just one that I recall). The best part of the anime however is the opening theme. "Panta Rhei" by Myth & Roid (who also provide the opening themes of Re:Zero and Youjo Senki). It's a splendid song, but that also has the drawback of building one's expectations of the show a little too high. The song is far more epic than any scene could hope to be.
Character development in Isekai Cheat Magician is, sadly, virtually non-existent. Only in side characters does there seem to be any real development. The main characters have very little development, which is rather unusual actually. At no point do Taichi or Rin mention their surnames, even. What little is revealed about them early on is about all that will ever be revealed of them. Meanwhile, a side character by the name of Anastasia goes from being a nameless, voiceless character to having a name, back story, and various desires. More of her is explored in a single episode than for Rin or Taichi across the entire season, which seems like a very odd choice. That might actually be the only unique thing about this show.
Another problem that many viewers will likely pick up on is the pacing of some episodes. Isekai Cheat Magician falls into a trope that many anime fall into: the excessively long-winded discussions that only ever seem to take place in the middle of battle, when the pace should be fast, not slow. While anime such as Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari has scenes where antagonists take advantage of such discussions, the ones in Isekai Cheat Magician seem content to let characters continue talking for nearly half an episode before resuming the fight, which ends up being rushed in order to keep the episode within normal time limits. A lot of anime are guilty of this, so Isekai Cheat Magician has no excuse for falling into the same trope.
Over all, not a great anime. It could be much worse, but it could be so much better as well. It had the potential to be, but that potential was wasted. If this is your first experience with Isekai-type anime, then it may not seem too bad to you. If you're familiar with the premise of the genre though, then you'll likely be disappointed. If you have nothing else to watch, then I suppose this will suffice to pass some time, but to be frank you would be better off re-watching something else, even if you've seen that something else 100 times already.
GenghisAres
This is a probably the most generic Isekai anime I've ever seen. Overpowered MC, Harem of girls that love him, generic fantasy world. All Check. If it did any of these things in a more interesting way, it'd be alright, but it really doesn't. The premise of the MC getting transported to a world with their childhood friend is an interesting start, but it doesn't change anything. She's just another girl in the harem. The biggest issue, is just that the show is kind of boring. There's a lot of characters and exposition, so nothing feels really dynamic or developed by the end. It just kind ofplods along.
The only thing I think they did in an interesting way was showing how the magic system worked with how the Childhood Friend develops her magic abilities. She visualizes the magic in a scientific way(chemical reactions and such). But this is only shown briefly and while interesting, it's just a brief explanation for but a moment.
I gave it a 6 and a mixed feelings because it's watchable. The art, animation and story is ok. It isn't actually awful to watch, it's just super generic and kind of boring.
If the show focused on the two earthlings instead of side-lining the friend, it could have been better.
GeneralSolaire
I kid you not, never before have I trashed myself so hard. This piece of hmm let's call it visual product is so unique that during the 1st episode it made me into class A alcoholic and during the finale in the 12th episode both of my livers were destroyed... 10/10 would want another season. Also, pro-tip, if you plan to watch this piece of visual product you better do it in a sessions and with your fellow weebs, because damn, watching this solo is a death sentence to your sanity Thanks for reading this review and I hope that the information I provided willprove helpful. I wish you a great time watching this piece of art.
Sjama
An intriguing, but generic story, coated with commonly used tropes in shonen action anime, as well as cheesy dialogue that tries to sound sentimental. Still, I don't understand such a low rating for this anime, as it fulfills the most important metric for non-educational entertainment: it is fun to watch (at least on 1.25 speed). If you watch something to criticize it, without even being a critic and getting paid for it, you take the fun out of your life. Despite just sticking together common isekai and fantasy elements to a nice, but also generic story, the resulting collage became actually fun and entertaining towatch. The animation is mediocre, but still quite above the minimum threshhold of 'watchable', sound and music are ok, so these 2 factors don't compromise enjoyment, nor enhance it.
Some reviews mention that the MCs are shallow, but I'd say accurate cosidering they are about 15 year old children. Do you expect an unrealistic portrayal of a 15y old like Giorgio Giovanna from every just above average school child in animes? However, I won't argue that some (quite a few) of the other characters are quite shallow.
As a fan of animes in magical fantasy worlds (isekai or not), I enjoyed watching this show and hope there will be a sequel.
From all action isekais I have watched, this one is definitely below average however, so if you still have a lot on your watchlist, put this one in the back.
Wampire4SK
If there is someone that you hate simply send him this.... and he WILL suffer. Some reasons would be: - Braindead MC - Animation - Overall concept - ... Don't get me wrong i like my average isekai anime but this this... i don't get it. Source material is not that bad someone could even say that it's good. But whatthey did clearly butcherd the adaptation without giving a sh*t. Author of the novel
who was probably looking forward to it, it is sad. Imageine you get offer for anime as mangaka and what comes out is this.
All in all would not recommend to watch this one, thare are more decent isekai shows to watch.
Stulf
If you've given this any higher score that 1 you need to stop whatever you're doing, take a shower, go run in the woods for 10 hours, take another shower, look at yourself in the mirror, slap yourself in the face while chanting MUST. WASH. AWAY. THE SIN. Then go back to your room, and find a way to sort out your life. Maybe start by watching some actual good shows. Oh and: "Be sure to tell us the reasons for WHY you liked or disliked this anime or manga." Because it was the cheapest, ugliest piece of rubbish that I've ever seen. Everything about it is bad.I refuse to elaborate.
Vandervekken
Cheat magician is a product that has been competently assembled out of low-quality components. Everything about it is poor. The art is poor, the sound is poor, the character development is poor, the plot is poor. But at least everything you need is present, and this means that you can veg out to it without encountering the sort of brain-jarring incompetence as you get in, for example, 8th Son. This show wombles along on a steady course, introducing characters and having them interact and the plot develop in a reasonably coherent way. As an isekai, there is the usual unique feature: here it is that there aretwo isekai'ed MCs, who are a pair of high-school friends. Apart from this everything is isekai accountancy - everything is entirely by-the-numbers:
They have been summoned to help the kingdom out.
They both need training.
They turn out to be OP.
They build a party with the people they train with.
Most of the characters they meet are girls.
Political shenanigans is going on behind the scenes.
We do get a bit of 'modern education is OP in its own right' for good measure, but that is hardly ground-breaking.
I binged the whole series in a couple of days and it passed the time. There isn't anything remarkable about it and there isn't anything particularly bad about it.
It's just... poor.
CrimsonWanderer
Recent Isekai is a disgrace to Fantasy, there's at least more than 3 Isekai each season and they are all the same: Random summoning to another world (There´s a chance that your mom is able to be summoned in another world too!), shitloads of ecchi garbage, terrible writting, generic characters and the MC is either an Underdog or an Overpowered one that has the personality trait of a potato. There is simply no in between and there is no innovation, everything is the same, there is no world building, there is barely any fantasy on these anime, and then we have Isekai Cheat Magician, whichtried to play it safe but end up being exceedingly boring.
There's absolutely nothing of value, world is as empty as the personality of the characters, villains are really shallow and since the most common trait our MCs has is being overpowered, there is absolutely no danger. It's just a display of massive power. It's basically The Wiseman Grandchild 2.0, with the difference that the MC also brought his childhood friend with him to this world. (Her being the only reason I decided to watch this).
Animation is really lazy, characters gets out of model pretty often and the amount of still frames are increased by each episode. I don't even remember any remarking soundtrack that stands out with the exception of the OP, that I still don't like because I'm not that fond of Myth & Roid but that's another story.
Last but not least, Characters are by far the worst part of this anime, from a MC with the personality of a potato, to girls that randomly fall in love with him, And then we have Ana who is a plot device to give MC the motivation it needs (yes, killing her in the progress on a very stupid way). The MC's childhood friend is the typical childhood friend who is in love with the MC but does nothing with it and only exists to add random "romantic" moments that goes nowhere. We even have a clone of Asuna from SAO, everyone else is just... there, they exist but they add nothing towards the plot than just being devices for the MC.
I wouldn't recommend this to anyone unless they have a lot of time to kill or just want to sleep. Just no, Stop with this swarm of trashy Isekai anime, we're tired of them.
Cheeks2184
I have watched something like 500 anime in the past 7 years. I can enjoy nearly anything even if it's absolute trash, ESPECIALLY if it's absolute trash. Isekai in particular tickle my fancy, no matter how bland the storytelling or subpar the plot and worldbuilding. This series is, without a doubt, the worst I have ever witnessed by a ridiculous margin. I have never seen such lazy storytelling in my life, and the characters could not be more shallow even if that were the intent. But that isn't even the problem, nor is the issue that it follows every isekai trope possible. There are twomajor downfalls. The first is that it can't even do its tropes properly. The MCs are supposedly super overpowered, yet they don't seem to ever really utilize those powers, and nobody really reacts to them in an exciting way. The whole show is basically just the MCs flexing but it falls flat everytime. There's no "this is BA" experience you get from other OP protagonists, it's just dead. The second downfall is the animation. Oh boy, the animation. I don't even know how to describe it except to say that it's actually quite bit impressive how terrible it is. If they had gotten together a few first year animation majors with 0 experience, paid them nothing, and given them an extremely limited budget and time-frame, it probably would've turned out infinitely better than this. For the love of God please spare yourself the agony of sitting through this garbage.
Aku_Bukan_Wibu
This is a trash isekai anime. 2 trash people enter a trash isekai, and become trash there too, resulting in this very trash story. From here it is clear, right, that I really do not recommend this trash anime. I really regret watching 12 episodes of this anime. I thought in the first episode the story would be good, but I was a bit hesitant seeing the rating and also the reviews of this anime, until the next few episodes it turned out that this was indeed a trash anime. It's true what they say about this trash anime. If you still love your life, if youstill want to keep your virginity, you shouldn't watch this anime. You have to take care of your eye health and your mental health.
Malayo
TL;DR The most average, boring Isekai created. I have to admit, a couple months ago, I was on an Isekai grind; Overlord, Slime Isekai, Shield Hero, Re:Zero etc. and whilst I was watching these shows, I thought I could never get enough of the genre. Yes they all had the same principle of someone being transported to another world, but they could always put a unique twist on what would happen to the MC which made the shows enjoyable and fun to watch. However, I think anyone who has watched Isekai Cheat Magician can agree this show needs to be renamed: Isekai Cliché Magician. Whilst watching theshow, I couldn't help think to myself that this was the most basic Isekai out there. At certain points, I couldn't even find the motivation to watch the next episode it was that boring and plain. But I won't spend time dwelling on this fact.
Visually, Isekai Cheat Magician looked decent, in no-way was the art style unique or distinctive but it wasn't the worst I've seen. The major downside was mainly the animation; There were hardly any animated fight scenes that would get you thinking: "The animation team put time into this", or show off how strong the MCs were.
In all honesty, The OP was really good. I was getting Overlord vibes due to MYTH & ROID which is probably the main part of why I enjoyed it too but whilst watching it, I've got to admit, it did make the show look good. Too bad they couldn't keep up with this quality.
Like I've described previously, this is the most generic Isekai ever created. It had nothing special to it or had anything to make it stand out. Just simple OP MCs who was really boring.
Leading on to characters, Why? Why did Rie Takahashi have to have a role in this? From all the shows she's been in, this has got to be the worst. Don't get me wrong, her voice acting was still good, but her character as well as all the others were so tedious. There was no development and I can't see how anyone would favourite any of the characters.
Levels of Enjoyment were debatable, It was quite funny being able to guess how much of the next episode you could predict as well as what was gonna happen during the episode. On the other hand, it was just so monotonous and that's exactly why my rating is so low.
In Conclusion, The Isekai Animes of Summer 2019 have been the worst by a long shot and after this season, I hope no other studios jump on this Isekai Bandwagon and pump out some utter shit.
LaLeLuLiLo
The current state of the isekai genre in anime is a rather odd one to say the least. You really can’t go a season without at least one show being an isekai. Granted that due to the over abundance of anime being produced every season, it’s not like the situation of other genres are any different. Nonetheless Isekai for the most part is the more scrutinized and mocked of the genres just for the fact of being an Isekai. It certainly is not without reason, when compared to the much more abundant High school centered anime, the later gets a lot more slack. This, Ipersonally believe, is due to the fact that you get what you expect in terms of narrative from a high school anime which lends to the show being focused on character tropes. Isekai on the other hand also has to deal with story tropes which would be fine if it weren’t for how they dealt with them. Isekai really has a tough time breaking away from many of its narrative tropes that for a genre that is about being sent to a fantastical world, they all start to feel the same. More shows have tried to break from the mold by being widely different in terms of story, making fun of the genre, and sometimes having an aspect that resonates with a large audience. Many of them still end up becoming the same shit they set out to distance themselves, but at least they tried.
However there are also another type of isekai that don’t even bother trying at all. In fact, they just end up doubling down on their genre tropes without bothering to go beyond the framework of the trope. Each new work repeating the same tropes over and over again until they become more blander than the last. So much so that it’s honestly seems like a joke of which studio can produce the most blandest of them all, and when it seems like one has topped them all, another comes to take its place. For me, Isekai Cheat Magician is the one that now takes the top, being the peak of distilled story telling where anything in terms of uniqueness or interest is hard to come by.
It’s hard to find anything to say about this show that I can't say for any other isekai genre. character(s) get sent to a pseudo-European fantasy setting, they gain some unique overpowered abilities, and they go on a miscellaneous adventure while trying to find their way home. Any redeeming factor that this show has is mostly countered with how devoid of personality it all is. The main protag isn’t a dweeb, but he doesn’t have much of a personality. The female duotaganist, the mentors , the creatures, and factions all are just lacking in personality and impact. Even the production value just feels devoid of any substance or even style, Just the most basic of basics that it hopefully doesn’t come out so laughably bad.
The only reason i didn't score this show any lower is because it’s not infuriating to watch, in fact I feel some sort of pity this show. I feel bad for the author who wrote this, i feel bad for the studio who made this, I feel bad for the people(except me) who watched this, i feel bad for you having to read this. It’s an odd sense of sadness, and it’s probably one that will roll in again when the next one tries to top this.
BTDarklings
Do you absolutely love Isekai and all the beauty that comes with it? Characters struggling to readjust in their new homes... Knowing they have no way back.. Missing their families... Friends... Pets? Well, this ain't it fam. If you're interested in overly optimistic MC's with no self respect then this is for you. The story? Absolutely dreadful. 2/10 Every decision the MC's made made absolutely no sense. They were overly forgiving, kind, and caring to a fault.Yes, being an empathetic character is a good thing, but these guys take it to the fault.
They let people threaten and harm them when they could easily overpower them... They let villains get away without even attempting to stop them...
It's pathetic. Truly pathetic how they acted the entire time. They have absolutely no backbones whatsoever.
And all the useless fanservice along the way... Jesus.
Art 6/10
The art was pretty good imo, but not good enough to warrant watching an entire show with a plot like this.
Sound 7/10
The voice actors were good, ambiance good, they did a pretty nice job overall with the sound.
Characters 1/10
The MC's were forgiving and kind to a fault and constantly made annoying decisions.
Side characters instantly fell in love with MC just because he exists, as they do with many a harem anime. So that was also annoying.
Enjoyment 1/10
Just wasn't for me, fam.
Who knows though, you could have seen or COULD see this anime in an entirely different light than I do.
Overall a 3/10 for me.
Good luck on this Isekai journey should you choose to move forward.
Peacefinder
I will have my personal rating and a critical rating. First my critical review and rating 5/10 overall I'm going to simplify everything so this isn't long Story 5/10 lacking, there is no end goal besides getting stronger to protect everyone with a guiding hand that pushes the protagonist to improve. There is nice reveal which is exciting for the future of the story if this has more seasons. Art 6/10 The artstyle looks good with animation being very lacking. Its obvious fights are reduced in animation to save budget. Sound 7/10 The sound is good with nothing really standing out as wow. Sound effects are justgood and music isn't thag impressive at all.
Characters 6/10
The MC duo has a nice relationship, but they are very cliche. Antagonist don't really feel threatening and most are 1 dimensional. I only give it a 6/10 because most the characters aren't bad at all, most cases you have that really annoying character which is nonexistent here(Opinion here for though) .
Enjoyment 8/10
So heres my biased opinion
I love op character in fastasy game like setting, and I love progressing op MC. If anime just pulls it off as ok i love it.
Overall my rating is a Low 8/10
onespankman
Isekai Cheat Magician is best described by a string of 48 vomit emojis, and the word “mid”. I’m as big an isekai junkie as anyone, and it still took me over a year to get through these 12 episodes. I’m not even going to bother snagging a free MAL entry by watching the extra episode that aired with the rebroadcast (because this was somehow broadcasted on Japanese TV twice). The general understanding of Cheat Magician is that it’s generic garbage, but that undersells just how difficult it is to sit through. It is front to back boring, nothing it attempts works. There aren’t even any insane plottwists, it's difficult to conceive of what thought process produced writing this unimaginative. The horrible art and animation compound all the resulting boredom.
The OP is by Myth & Roid, a band that’s opened for a bunch of much better isekai. The song and visuals are pretty phoned in, but if you go to the YouTube upload of it, all the comments say some variation of “this is the best part of the show”. As unlikely as it appeared, they are correct. This anime’s mediocre OP is an oasis, the sole 5/10 respite from this 1/10 anime.
The plot is, the protagonist and his childhood friend get isekaied, then they fight a monster, then they learn magic, then they fight some people, then they fight some monsters, then they fight some people. Truly riveting.
The protagonist is nice, and wants to protect his friends. The childhood friend character is nice, and wants to protect her friends. The other characters… there’s an elf girl… there’s like this spirit thing that gives the MC wind powers… the other character on the poster taught the MC magic, I think?
The final arc centers on a civil war, and the MC just blindly sides with the people who summoned him. We don’t even know what the war is about, it is confusingly lacking in detail.
The MC’s "character arc” hilariously ends with him committing his first homicide. Because he’s “given up his humanity” or something. So, the message of this anime is: killing people is okay, but only if they’re the bad guys.
This review is low-effort as hell, and so is this anime. It is not deserving of thought. It is not fun bad, it is not interestingly bad, it is as straightforwardly bad as anime can be.
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Mid.
