Ragnarok The Animation First Quest: First DVD Review
Hello people I think its time for something different so thats why I decided to do a dvd because nobody has done a dvd review yet. The only problem with doing a dvd review is I have to change the way I grade now dont everyone start sending me hate mail since its still going to be in my usual ways. The grading scale for dvd’s will have 3 categories Story, Sound, and DVD extras. I might add another category to my grading scale but for now its going to stay at 3. Also while I am talking about nothing you should check out my myspace page while you are there you can check out my older reviews before I came here and if the site is down check there for my updates. Well Lets get to the description and stuff because lucky for you I dont have much to talk about today so onward.
A great evil is sweeping over the realm, an evil that the young swordsman Roan and his life-long companion, the acolyte Yufa, must face head on! For these two travel toward their destiny, from the highest towers to the depths of the underwold, through forest and desert alike! With an ever-growing cast of felow heroes, fate will grasp these travelers by their very souls and propel the band of skilled adventurers towards a noble end. Or ignoble, if they don’t watch their step! Monsters are afoot and the way rife with danger and magic, the path forward may be unclear… But where will is strong, there is a way! Lessons wait in the depths of darkness, and good must preveil. The journey starts now!
Wow that was a interesting description and this time it came straight from the back of the dvd box which is where all my dvd descriptions will come from.Well theres not much I can say about the description besides the fact it sounds a little cliche but lets not worry about how cliche it is and continue with the review.
STORY
Well the story is I guess a little interesting if not slightly dull where there is a story the actual story really starts after about 4 episodes I guess its a good thing theres 9 episodes. I bet you are wondering why theres 9 episodes well I dont know exactly why decided to do that but it is nine episodes on two discs which actually surprised me. I actually had some high hopes when in the first scene of the anime a band of travellers get killed by orcs or something like that not too sure but that got my attention. However after the first scene the story got lame when it introduced the main characters Roan and Yufa. Roan is almost a waste of space half of the time and Yufa is almost as useless but she is more important than Roan because she can heal yay. I know it seems like I dont like the main characters but its true I dont like the main characters they kinda suck but at least they are usefull for one thing. COMEDIC RELIEF yep that takes up 2/3 of the dvd which has its good side and its bad side at least this show doesnt screw it up too much. I wasnt a fan of the story not enough action and the comedy didnt really hit its mark with me but it wasnt a bad show still watchable but not awesome. I give Ragnarok the animation first quest a 3/5 in the story department I know it sounds low but its not a bad thing to have a three since its still in the recommended level to be watched.
SOUND
Okay I might have been a little harsh on the story part but the sound I actually liked the sound since it had some very interesting Background music which was pretty cool sorta. It actually had some background music that fits the mood that its been placed like a video game speaking of video games here a bit of info Ragnorok the animation is based on the MMORPG called Ragnorok cool huh. Enough with the trivia but heres the skinny on the Opening Theme it is “We are the Stars” by Maimi Yamasaki. The Ending theme is “Alive” by Maimi Yamasaki which both song I thought fit well enough into the mix of things. Also the voices are pretty good in my opinion so theres not much to say. I give the Sound part of Ragnarok the animation a 4.5/5 because I like some decent BGMs dont you just love video game lingo.
DVD EXTRAS
Alright I know funimation has a habit of not giving many dvd extras but this right here is down right pathetic just trailers. Whats even worse is one of those trailers isnt much of a trailer at all it was just one picture with some words for longer than needed. Maybe in the next dvd there might actually be some extras but this one is lacking big time so if you are wanting dvd extras this isnt for you. I give the nonexistant dvd extras a 1/5 sorry about that but Trailers arent really a dvd extra hopefully funimation will start putting better extras on their dvds.
OVERALL
Overall I give Ragnarok The Animation First Quest a 3/5 because theres some problems that exist in the story and there are no dvd extras which brings down the score.
Heres a special recap
Story: 3/5
Sound: 4.5/5
Dvd extras: 1/5
Overall: 3/5
Here is the Trailer for this DVD just in case you are interested also theres already a volume 2 but the trailer is basically the same.
Volume 1 Trailer