As a fan of Sword Art Online I went into watching this anime
expecting to get pretty much a rehashed version of the series, with maybe a
plot twist or two. To my delight I found a whole new world filled with players
not too interested in getting back to ‘the real’ world and more interested in
making a home for themselves and continuing to live on in the world they find
themselves stuck in, a vast difference to that of SAO to say the least. One of
the key factors in this could probably be because in this anime a character’s
death isn’t final as in SAO, thus giving our characters a sort of care-free
attitude to their situation as they carry on trying to deal with their new
situation and way of life.
The key points that draw one in are however that our main
character struggles to just sit back and let things go as he decides to ‘change
the world’ and we follow him and learn that this new world isn’t without its
drawbacks and sacrifices as it proves to be changing.
The animation is beautiful and the story is intriguing as it
draws you in, and from the bad guys perspective no less and I love it!
Log Horizon takes you on a journey through politics and war
and makes you enjoy being the bad guy as you watch how things unravel with the
right amount of planning and strategy. It’s brilliantly executed and well
written and the character development is interesting to observe as each
character faces the changing world as well as what it really means to die.
What I also really love is how the fighting is constructed.
Never having been much of a gamer, I feel like I get to peek inside how things
run in real-time from normal online gaming and for me that is pretty exciting
stuff!
So despite going in with false expectations, Log horizon is
definitely an anime I think SAO fans will enjoy as well as generally any anime
fans for that matter. It has the visuals and storyline, what more could an
otaku ask for?
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