Teogonia

Teogonia — A traditional fantasy that has some semblances of an Isekai...interesting! Or...is not so the case? I think we can all agree that Isekai has been unanimously integrated into the cusp of traditional fantasy, so much so that any and all kinds of plots have been experienced in one way or another. Albeit, to the point where, depending on the premise, plot, and execution set out by the authors themselves, that'll depict how the vast audience will take this and interpret it into their own opinions. And as it has been for the past decade, where we're seeing this trend still hanging on to dearlife for its share of hit-and-miss series, there is that lingering feeling that fewer people are willing to deviate and experiment on the road less travelled to come up with something purely original, and I'm kind of sad to see this happen. That is, not until this season, where we encounter one such show that is the very definition of "odd, but something special." This is novelist Tsukasa Tanimai and his lone work of Teogonia, a traditional dark fantasy adventure series with a touch of Isekai that hits non-existently different than most. Of all the Isekai stories we've seen over the last few years or so, I can attest to the fact that Teogonia plays that formula rather radically differently, and its inclusion is only but a mere fraction depicted in a few seconds' worth of thought. This is the hidden premise that gets the audience introduced to the simple villager boy of Kai: a young foot soldier living in an era of relentless and brutal warfare between the regular humans and the demi-human creature counterparts, playing a part to fight and defend alongside the other people who call Lag Village their home. However, what sets the soldiers apart comes in the form of the entities called Guardian Bearers, who are akin to being leaders of their own tribe to enforce law and order within their control. These Guardian Bearers feed upon the souls of their fallen brethren, collectively known as godstones that help to increase one's strength, more from the power that was birthed from the land they're in. Because you see, the brutality that's similar to people of high authority claiming the fruits of the labour from the people whom they serve and not giving back to the people, the land gods are of a similar stance, where, depending on their geographical location, they can provide their respective areas with spiritual blessings that amount to power and strength, and each and every one of them serves a different purpose. It's then without a shadow of a doubt that even Lag Village has its own Guardian Bearers that are strong enough to fight off the demi-humans, which consist of the Ash Monkeys, a.k.a. macaques, and the pig-like Ogres (which the aforementioned applies to them the same), and it's truly a dog-eat-dog world of unsympathy, senseless logic, and lack of understanding that peace is an option, but that the long-term goal is too miniscule to even be of consideration. And while I wouldn't say that Kai, as the representative MC in all of this, is a bad character that unfortunately has to go with the flow with what he's been dealt, it definitely takes some time getting used to how he's like and the process of maturity that he has to get used to in quick succession, while grappling with a power that's clearly proving to prove its weight over him. The other characters of note that help Kai along the way, like his Childhood friend of Elsa who has a one-sided crush on the village boy; the feudal Lord Vezin of Lag Village that keeps him and his village informed of the proceeding conflict; the outsiders of Jose and Orla whom are Guardian Bearers in their own right; or be it of Porek and his small village tribe of Koror, they sustain Kai in their own ways possible, while letting the red-haired boy try to understand his newfound power from the valleys, as well as the lingering memories and visions of the modern day that despite the understanding, allows Kai to effectively use his Guardian Bearer magic that's imbued from the knowledge of life and its advanced technolgy that's beyond his years (which technically, this should be considered an Isekai, but it's not integral to the plot, even if by the slightest hint of it). With the abject failure of last season's Hazure Skill "Kinomi Master" a.k.a. Bogus Skill <<Fruitmaster>>, Asahi Production and director Kunihiro Mori are looking to stage Teogonia as a high-quality show, which I definitely got for the most part. While compared to the former series, Teogonia's production looks solid, and at times, bearable (due to the low-budget feel), much of it is very watchable. It's not the greatest, but it'll do against quite the development story for the series, which evokes the sense and fashion of old-school anime, a time when story takes precedence over everything. The music, however, feels so-so because there's just nothing going for the wavelength of what the anime is trying to portray, and even then, it's minute at best with the sound design. I'll give props to Emi Noda for her OP song, which Teogonia here serves as her 3rd Anisong outing that has the old-school charm to it. However, the choice to feature AKB48's sister group from the Setouchi Region, STU48, for the ED song is rather weird, because idol songs like these always never seem to fit the narrative well, apart from being a decent standalone song by themselves. Overall, Teogonia is not a bad show. In fact, I would say that its plot premise is one reason why it stands out from the oversaturated pack of fantasy shows, and with a world-building setting that is otherwise lesser seen than expected, it does take time for the show to cook and get moving, which is also its Achilles' heel. Still, give this the 3-episode rule if you can. It's different, but in a decent way.

Some great & relatively uncommon concepts, paired with bad execution, and a boring ending. The concept of this series is the title, Teogonia, which based on my knowledge of Greek means birth or making (or offspring?) of god(s). We are introduced into a system of gods and their chosen that doesn't share many similarities with 99.9% of the series out there. That's the best part, and it makes the whole series (or at least the first ~3-4 episodes) worth a watch. Thanks to lots of free time and cliffhangers at the end of almost every episode, I managed to binge-watch it in a single workday (whichis uncommon for me), but the last ~2 episodes were kinda boring. But that's it with the positives, everything else is negative. Dialogue sucks, and for some unexplained reason the MC thinks aloud, but somehow most people don't notice or can't hear. Most of it is unnatural, extreme amounts of narration and exposition / explanation for the viewers' sake only, and even then lacking too much substance. Lots of things go unexplained, which is really strange given the amount of narration, and really disappointing since the core differentiator of the series is the god system. Animation, sound (including OP/ED), art style, character design: nothing to write home about. I didn't notice anything stand out too much (other some weird but minor CGI choices), negatively or positively. The characters might have been borderline interesting if they had been given even a bit of background or development, but nope, they're just there doing mostly nothing with very little meaning in any interaction they have with the MC other that the "please, MC, help us" which is constant. There are other 12-episode series that do it way better. Anyway, watch this if you feel you want something new-ish, but don't expect too much out of it. I was expecting next to nothing when I started (and have not read any other adaptation/source), and as a result I was *positively* surprised. My early/mid enjoyment slowly fell off from an 8 to the final rating of "6 - Fine".

What I saw was an anime with a lot of potential. Particularly the story. I can see multiple seasons of this. The animation is decent but it would be so much better if it gets more budget in future seasons. Nice worldbuilding. I want to know more of what is out there. Character design and art are both right for this medieval fantasy type of settings. The story is better than most anime. Our hero is not too overpowered that it seems he cant be defeated. I liked both the OP and ED credits, especially the songs. The gods are quite mysterious in season 1.I wondered if any have a physical body, maybe in another realm. One of my favorite characters was the Priest, who unfortunately didn't have as much screen time as I wanted. I like the main character too. He is young and does behave like a young hero, not too over smart. This is a good Fantasy and I recommend to others and await season 2. My Rating : 8/10 (Great)

A frash air in todays anime scene, a original world building, it's look like a Isekay with overpowerd main character but this isekai doesn't remember that he is from another world, and his overpower he has no control over it and there is beings in the world that can easily kill him alone, so the character has something called development that was forgotten in today animes scene and he learns and grows as being a kind of divine being, he has to care about all living beings even the ones that he was trained his whole life to kill because they are considere evil, soat the beggning I was disliking the anime but watching it to the end I was glad I hold into it as the world building got me hooked

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