Granblue Fantasy The Animation (2024)

wolfwing

Recommended

A decent enough anime, never played the game, but I found the anime watchable, I'm interested enough that I hope it gets a second season.

Story: Basic fantasy story, go around from sky island to sky island hunting things to reach a fantastical area, not completely sure where it's heading but passable.

Art I liked, it has some very nice tones and such to it.

Characters: Maybe one of the weaker parts, a few neat chars, but alot that I didn't realy find myself getting involved as much with.

Overall and enjoyment: I enjoyed it enough to keep going, though not sure what to ...

Shingster

Recommended

Granblue fantasy based off a popular mobile game is an interesting anime that reminds me a lot of the famed Final fantasy series of games because the premise behind them are very similar. While I played plenty of Final fantasy games over the years I have yet to play the game that this anime used as a source material so im unable to compare the two.

The premise behind Granblue fantasy is a rather simple one but never less one that is already well tread in the anime world. The hero character rescues a beautiful but mysterious girl from an evil enemy faction and then ...

Werty800

Recommended

DWYjobu

Recommended

Preliminary (12/13 eps)

I've read some reviews and I realized that whether you'll enjoy this anime or not will depend on your tastes.

For me, I enjoy anime that are nice to look at. Whether it be through the character animation, like in One Punch Man, or through its overall art and world style. I also appreciate a good story and lovely characters, but first and foremost I look for beauty in animation and art. It's a bonus if I get the good story and characters.

Granblue Fantasy is absolutely beautiful to watch. Visually. The scenes are as if they're straight out of a painting, and the characters and ...

LegendAqua

Recommended

Granblue Fantasy: The Animation is what happens when Final Fantasy has a good adaptation of it's source material.

LA was a massive Final Fantasy fan at the time, playing FFX constantly to going back further and playing FFI, FFII, FFVI, FFVIII, FFIX more recently and adoring FFXII thus it was no surprise that LA would take a liking to Granblue Fantasy: The Animation what with it's many plot beats coming from Final Fantasy yet being it's own thing with it's own world to explore just with the lens of Gran voiced by Yuuki Ono. LA does say this as many of the early plot beats to ...

Flexicute

Not Recommended

This anime is mediocre at best, and that's a damn shame.

I've rewatched Granblue Fantasy and tried my damndest to like it, I really did. There's something in it that's drew me in. I like the art design. I liked the promise of adventure and seeing new sights, which it fulfilled to some degree. I liked the few moments of action in between the long - and I mean long - transition of exposition between scenes.

And that's where GBF:TA falls flat. In spite of its surface beauty and promise of adventure, it just kind of drags along from point A to point B with ...

Balsamina

Mixed Feelings

I know this is an adaptation of a game but I am critiquing the anime independent of the game.

Story: 6
Too generic of an RPG adventure story and with no plot twists to keep viewers hooked. Sure it isn't on the ground but if I really want an aerial adventure, Elemental Gelade did a better job. The waifu character is even better in Elemental Gelade than this. This show's story is basically start -> go to place A and collect/defeat elemental boss -> place B & collect/defeat elemental boss ->... place X. Then on the last episode, they introduce a new character onto the ship just ...

SenApai07

Mixed Feelings

I know this is an adaptation of a game but I'm critiquing the anime independently:

The anime is mediocre at best, and that's a damn shame since it has unique character designs, (like Kara's and Yuel's curves), a nice setting, and is well-animated. It basically had a lot of potential and all the factors to be a good anime, but ultimately fell short.

This anime's for people who want to be introduced to Granblue before trying the game, or for those who already play it and want some eye candy.

I don't know why but since episode one I just didn't like Lyria. And I knew damn ...

Eartheaven

Recommended

Preliminary (9/13 eps)

This is my first review, and though I should've probably saved it for something that holds more importance to me, I think Granblue is good enough to be the first one - I recently started to play the game, the timing is perfect. So, here I go. I may be a bit too gentle, since I can be pretty optimistic - however, please note that this does not mean I can't see what is wrong. My rating takes into account the effort put into the anime.

Story - 6
If I have to summarize the story in one sentence, it would be that it's the story of ...

Xheo

Recommended

Preliminary (7/13 eps)

This type of animes are my favorite, even that most of the time they screw up everything with a bad story, but I still really love watching Fantasy anime with characters that in addition to looking good, also have a good background story (Except for the main character).

It's too soon to say that the story, in general, is bad, but we are following a character that his only goal is to see his father that left him to never come back without a good reason.

I can not say that the art is bad, but it could be much better, sometimes it leaves you waiting. ...

oneeris

Recommended

Granblue Fantasy is one of the higher tier JRPGs, and you can go play it on your desktop or your phone. I played it for a bit before I lost interest, but this anime is making me want to play it again.

Despite not doing anything new and following the very cliched storyline of not-Final Fantasy (although it should be expected from the staff working on this), this series is charming on its own right.

==Story
We follow the story of Gran as he journeys through the seemingly infinite skies, adding crewmates along the way. Does this sound incredibly generic? Yes it does. This story is a very ...

Kyoumoshi

Not Recommended

only watched this because i needed noise in the background and i play the mobage, it has nothing special and it's your very cliché story with cliché characters
at least they look cute
(i also watched this because i didn't follow the story in the game and i realize i didn't miss anything)

what was nice about the music is i could recognize rearrangements of the game ost
it's good to watch if you play the game, if you don't well there's nothing for you here
it's not awful tho, it's cool to see game characters animated... in an anime i mean
the art is... nothing special

Yes "nothing special" is how ...

Jetezark

Recommended

Let the winds of adventure never stop blowing. Beyond the skies is a realm of endless possibilities, where new discoveries are awaiting, new friends to meet, and where we realize how big the world truly is. This was the feeling I was experiencing when I was watching Granblue Fantasy The Animation.

Granblue Fantasy is without a doubt what a great Final Fantasy anime would have been if SquareSoft (back in the day) or Square Enix (these days) ever made one that embodies the core elements of what makes Final Fantasy such a beloved and memorable franchise. The game this anime was based on had used ...

KM-

Recommended

Preliminary (13/13 eps)

Granblue Fantasy is adapted from a mobile game with the same title.

What can you expect from that since the story from the game it self is not really interesting. Fortunately the soundtrack and art really covers the scores, in my opinion.

This anime is created to make the players from the game excited, because they can see their favorite characters in the anime animated, such as Narumeia.
And also bonuses like SSR weapons that they gave when Gran's crew fights the Primal Beast in the anime afterwards.

To be honest. It's pretty decent. I'll give it a 7/10 since i actually played the game my self. If you ...

baxa

Recommended

"GRANBLUE FANTASY THE ANIMATION"

Genre- Fantasy, Adventure, Action.

Having received a letter from his dad when he was little, Gran makes it his dream to venture far beyond the islands and into 'the world of Astrals', where his dad is waiting for him. Unknown to the dangers in an adventure like this, Gran trains himself for that one opportunity that might come and take him away on his journey to the world of Astrals. And one day that opportunity is laid out in front of him in the form of 'Lyria', a human that is said to be the last of the remaining Astrals.

This anime is one ...

Daxonzion-

Mixed Feelings

Granblue Fantasy The Animation is an anime set in a fantasy world where magic, sword, and any other medieval soldier would use seems like a common view, no different than any other fantasy setting anime(s).
But, the world is interesting to look at. It would make you think THAT is the visual definition of a fantasy world, and it makes you want to know more the lore of Granblue Fantasy The Animation's world setting.
Only It's world is enough to make you hooked to get into the story and wanted to know more about what journey would the characters pursue.

Now, let's get to the actual ...

lrdalucard

Recommended

So I have watched the entire anime, and honestly I have no Idea why tbis anime is ranked at 6/10... It doenst make any sense. Really it doesn't!

Story, is great. Heart warning, interesting follows its own pace and enjoyable. As far as I know, its based on the original game, and it follows it for thebmost part.

Sound, its ok, I isnt a master piece but for the anime its a perfect fit.

Characters are quite nice and have very destintive qualities. The main char might look a bit "bland" but since in the original game he is a "Silent Protagonist" there really isn't much you ...

an_Enchanter

Mixed Feelings

Episode 13 is hot garbage. I am sure that been stated enough by others and I fully agree with those that have voiced it. It was clear episode 12 was the finale with hero types coming out of the woodwork to fight the big bad. I guess it was meant as an OVA I assume, but whatever. OVA or not, it still did not do this series any favors.

On to real talk now. I found characters designs to be adequate. Nothing ground breaking there. Art style for interior/city backgrounds I found to be well done in most cases; ...

sixfourone

Recommended

Updated Review.
Warning: Minor Spoilers Ahead.

I'll be tackling some things here that I believe is part of the anime's strong points.

First of all, the art style and animation.

You'll probably thinking, "are you serious? The art style is probably one of the anime's weak points!". Well, I beg to disagree. While the art style definitely doesn't appeal to a certain number of viewers, I can say that the art style fits in very well. Take a look at the battle between Gran and Tiamat as an example. Coupled with a great soundtrack, the art style and animation gives you a certain feel; telling you that you're watching ...

angelsreview

Recommended

I never heard of this series before I found the Animation on Netflix just a little bit ago. Because of this, I may not know the whole story or if there is anything before it.

First we should talk about the characters. This is not that hard to talk about seeing that all the characters are pretty much stereotypes for video games. We have the wide eyed hero in Gran, the high ranking warrior in Katalina, the mysterious powerful damsel in distress in Lyria, and even our cute little mascot character in Vyrn. The other characters we meet kind of run in that sort of ...