Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis

 Pros

The premise of the show, the show encompasses deities, mythology, historic figures, gods and demons. Very likable cast of characters, there personalities and traits, the anime has a lot of interesting concepts and ideas that are very unique and one of a kind. A lot of amazing character designs of famous deities, demons and figures

Cons

The only thing I disliked about the anime is that I felt the anime had so much more potential because of all the fascinating concepts and character designs that having just two seasons doesn't give this franchise enough justice and would love for more input and stuff to come out of this universe. So in other words I need more of this show xD

Information

12 Episodes
Fall 2014
Action, Adventure, Demons, Fantasy, Magic, Supernatural
MAPPA Studio
English title: Rage Of Bahamut

Synopsis

A ancient dragon which is the most infamous terrifying monster of them all, that no one could go up aganist this immensely petrifying behemoth who's name is bahamut; a bloodthirsty incredibly powerful creature which caused havoc on the world of Mistarcia thousand of years ago that the opposing forces in the world; God's, Demons and man came together to stop this dragons destruction on the land but barely managed to seal Bahamut, agreeing to split a key to bahamut so the creature would be forever emprisoned.

Now go back to present day our story revolves around a bounty Hunter called Favaro Leone who lives a carefree simple life while always looking out for a another bounty hunter called Kaiser Lidfard, a man who has a vendetta aganist Favaro but one day he stumbles upon a fallen angel called Amira who has stolen other key to the world's Fate. Shingeki No Bahamut: Genesis tells a story of a group of unlikely heroes who find themselves caught in the middle of an epic clash between God's, Demons and Mankind, forced to carve their own path in the face of the imminent storm

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Story

Our protagonist Favaro is a goofy laidback bounty hunter who works for Bacchus and his companion who is a talking duck Hamsa and who always runs away from his rival Kaiser a knight who has fallen from grace they lives in a fantasy world where mankind is powerful and enslaved demons and God's are aganist Man. The title is called Rage of Bahamut because there's the legendary dragon called bahamut who has unworldly power that would take the power of the entire world to seal and this happened thousands of years ago and one day he will awaken because of there are many evil no gooders out there who want to release chaos onto the world.

Favaro and Amira go on a epic adventure through the land of Mistarcia, among there path they meet demons, gods, zombies, pirates later joined forces with a Zombie girl called rita and Rival Kaiser join forces. Amira feels a impending Doom that is going to happen on the world, watch as our cast of unlikely fiends join together to save the world and find Amira's mother. Rage Of Bahamut: Genesis is probably one of the best, if not the best fantasy anime I've seen. A show to pull off this immersion of the fantasy world which has God's, Demons and Mankind is rare in anime and it's one of a kind series which make it a must watch anime and on top of this it's a great adventure anime, this combined with the fantasy element makes it thoroughly enjoyable in my opinion.

Characters

Favaro Leone

Favaro is young man who has orange that's styled into the shape of an afro, green eyes, has two scars across his face into a shaped of an X, when forging a contract with Amira Favaro eyes turn red and grows a demon tail. The reason I liked Favaro is because he has a goofball personality which as being a man child I and many others can relate to, he does everything his own way which allows him to have free will by not having to deal with responsibility and lives life how he wants and does what he wants, when Favaro asking if he is lieing he can't keep a straight face making his character more likeable and funny which I love about his character.

Kaiser Lidfard

Kaiser is from a prestigious family and used to be a knight for the king's royal guard but lost his status so he blames Favaro for it and always chases after him to gets his revenge. Wears clothes of that a knight would wear usually wear, holds a sword, has armour on his legs, has his hair clipped to the side and has a cloth over his shoulders. Kaiser has a very serious attitude towards life, everyday situation and life in general. As a former knight he has strong sense of pride and composure. He is the exact opposite of favaro making there interactions with each other hilarious.

Amira

Amira has lustrous long pink hair that is very long tied in two ponytails and is a tall young female with a pale complexion. A half demon and half angel who left heaven to find her mother but got accused of stealing the key to the world's fate so in result is being hunters by every race. Amira despite her appearance is very childlike, she loves her food of any sort, drinking and adventure. When Amira and Favaro first meet they got stuck together even though Favaro was against it but after Amira protected favaro he was in her debt so she proposed to form a contact and take her to Helheim.

What I like about Amira is that she is very adventurous, curious and wants to learn as much as possible from this new world that she traveled to, I admire her as she went against the rules of her world and went to do what she wanted to do because of this; I think that's why she got along with Favaro as they got to know eachother more they realised they were more similar than they thought. Which form a strong relationship as they traveled together then eventually formed into love. Furthermore, I also love her character concept as she is half demon and half angel so when she transforms her design is amazing and beautiful. I think because she is a half blood she is the perfect symbol of peace between the two races that are always aganist eachother.

Rita

Rita is a 200+ year old Zombie loli who is also a necromancer she is the only surviving one from a massacre. She was revived and now lived as a Zombie in a normal town. What I love about is her design which is a dead and pale looking appearance because she is a Zombie, has black hair, has a neck brace, wears red boots and has stitches all over her body. I also like that this loli is very young as for a appearance but has a very mature and blunt way of explaining things which makes her character very interest because of her polar opposites.

Now when I say Cerberus you'd think that it's a scary, massive three headed bloodthirsty hound but if you were to have watched this show you would know that this is not what I said and you would be right. This Cerberus does still relate to the Cerberus but Japan took that and made it into a perfect demon waifu. Cerberus is the Guard dog of Hades, she teams up with Azazel on a quest to investigate where the key went. She is a dog girl with red eyes. What I like about her is her design as she has the other two heads of Cerberus as doggy puppets which I find very adorable making her my favorite character.

The animation is done by MAPPA which has done show like Garo, Kakegurui, Yuri On Ice, Ushio to Tora, Inuyashiki and Zankyou no Terror. MAPPA has made a reputation of being either a hit or a miss for its animation as seen from Yuri on Ice and kakegurui but despite all this I found to not have a problem with Rage of Bahamut animation, I believe this is because Cygames was also working on the show. The animation is very good to me because of all the unearthly creatures and beings in war were animated very well and didn't see any problems with it.

There are many other character in this show like angels such as Micheal, Sofiel, Gabriel, Nicole, Raphael, Uriel, Poseidon, Zeus. Demons such as Lucifer, Azazel, Belzebuth, Satan, Cerberus (which is my waifu btw), Hades and historic famous figures from mythology or history such as Odin, Zeus, Poseidon, Charioce XIII. I like the idea of putting inspiration from greek mythology and all of these other god from various religions making it very interesting and most people who watch the show would already know of these figures so flipping the tables on the character design or personality makes for a hilariously enjoyable premise.

Opening

This opening is one of my favourites the song is EXiSTENCE by a band called SiM. This song alone get you hype for the start of the episode, it's one of the only openings I never skip because I love it so much. The song is unique because we don't hardly see any (kinda) metal music in anime so this only makes the anime amazing, just find out for youself by listening to this. This song alone makes this anime my favourite show I've ever had a pleasure of watching in my otaku journey.

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