How Not to Summon a Demon Lord

While it takes similar ideas from other animes, I do want to see more of this. It's entertaining and makes me laugh every so often. I definitely want to see it through.

Season 1 is definitely better than season 2 but season 2 is still pretty much watchable. Season 1 made me laugh a good couple of times. Also funny character development and ecchi.

Deadpool could take a lesson or 2 from this show. Its so adult, and yet hilarious and a top notch anime all around. I was pretty surprised by it.

Animation - Everything from the character designs to the fight choreography, to each bounce of a titty clearly had a lot of thought put into it. The overall look of this show is very well done, and I applaud the animators, who clearly had a lot of fun doing their jobs.

Characters - I was expecting the cast to just be a bunch of cliches and was pleasantly surprised to find that everyone had unique personalities. The lead guy is actually quite likable.

Plot - All jokes aside, this show actually does have a plot. While its not that complex, and the overall runtime is most dedicated to fan service, fight scenes, and just straight-up comedy, there is some interesting stuff going on here. Its not brilliant but its fun and serves as a nice framework for all the jokes. This is not a show you are going to enjoy if you take it seriously.

Voices - The voice acting in this show is pretty good, the actors are clearly into their roles, and it makes the show fun to listen to as well as watch.

Sakamoto Takuma spends his days playing a computer game; he has got to such a level that fellow players call him 'Demon Lord'. Then one day he finds himself summoned into a world very similar to the world of the game. In this world he appears as his game avatar and has all the powers from the game. He was summoned by two girls who immediately cast an enslavement spell on him... unfortunately for them he has the skill 'Magic Reflect' so end up his slaves. The girls are Shera, a busty elf, and Rem, a petite pantherian. The trio soon get into a series of adventures and The Demon Lord is soon defeating everybody he faces; of course they gradually face tougher foes until they find the real Demon King and must battle to save the mortal races.

The idea of a character somehow being caught in world that is either an actual video game or just like one is hardly original but that doesn't matter as this series is quite fun. The fact that Sakamoto is ridiculously overpowered compared to most people he fights provides some laughs. The story is simple enough but, thanks to the likeable characters, it is a rather enjoyable. There is quite a lot of fan service which might bother some viewers even though, at least in the broadcast version, we don't see too much. The series comes to a solid conclusion which wraps up most plot details in an enjoyable way. Overall I'd say this might not be a must-see series but it is worth watching if you like the genre as it provides more than enough laughs and a decent story.

These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.