I'm playing Dota2 since 2015, and I had been avoiding this anime because of the bad trailer they made. It made me feel this anime would be bad and boring, and might destroy the image of some of the Dota characters. Then someone recommended this to me, and I watched it.
Be frank, this anime is not entirely bad. There is good character buildup of Dragon Knight, Mirana and Invoker. The story was good too. Although some action scenes could be better, most of them were kind of satisfactory.
Nevertheless, for many Dota2 players and lovers, it would be somewhat disappointing. Reason is simple. Out of a pool of about 120 Dota Heroes, they only had 5 characters in the entire first season. Then one of the main characters, Fymryn, doesn't even look like one of the Dota heroes. At first it felt she would be Wind Ranger. By the end it felt she would transform into Phantom Assassin in later season, as her abilities resemble that of PA. Maybe, maybe not. I believe she's just a new character. Otherwise they could have easily showed it to us by including one of the infamous dialogues of PA by using that on Fymryn. And this is kind of frustrating that out of such a large pool they couldn't find a single character to play that part.
Luna played such intense role in the anime. But her character was not properly developed. Even if she's playing villainous role, it would have been better to have a visual backstory, in something like flashback, to attach the viewer to the character. Same goes for Terror Blade.
Still, it is fun to watch this anime. Maybe in later seasons it would get better. I can just hope. And so can other Dota2 lovers. Because watching our favorite game heroes in an anime story is pretty good for us. We just have high expectations. But no matter what, I believe all of us would eventually watch the entire series.
Be frank, this anime is not entirely bad. There is good character buildup of Dragon Knight, Mirana and Invoker. The story was good too. Although some action scenes could be better, most of them were kind of satisfactory.
Nevertheless, for many Dota2 players and lovers, it would be somewhat disappointing. Reason is simple. Out of a pool of about 120 Dota Heroes, they only had 5 characters in the entire first season. Then one of the main characters, Fymryn, doesn't even look like one of the Dota heroes. At first it felt she would be Wind Ranger. By the end it felt she would transform into Phantom Assassin in later season, as her abilities resemble that of PA. Maybe, maybe not. I believe she's just a new character. Otherwise they could have easily showed it to us by including one of the infamous dialogues of PA by using that on Fymryn. And this is kind of frustrating that out of such a large pool they couldn't find a single character to play that part.
Luna played such intense role in the anime. But her character was not properly developed. Even if she's playing villainous role, it would have been better to have a visual backstory, in something like flashback, to attach the viewer to the character. Same goes for Terror Blade.
Still, it is fun to watch this anime. Maybe in later seasons it would get better. I can just hope. And so can other Dota2 lovers. Because watching our favorite game heroes in an anime story is pretty good for us. We just have high expectations. But no matter what, I believe all of us would eventually watch the entire series.