Dungeon Meshi

The show has been carefully designed, to make use of vibrant colors and quick pacing, which hooks you and keeps you watching. The concept is entirely unique, has the perfect sense of morbid curiosity, and is intertwined with a meta story that wraps into something bigger which is excellent. Surprisingly for a Netflix show, the main character Laios is not portrayed shamefully, and there's many elements of cultural European folktale and mythos - portrayed again, surprisingly accurate for being curated by Japanese. Clear inspiration from Dungeons and Dragons, which is infinitely fascinating, but the show has its own concepts. Though, Namari's voice acting was jarring and hard to listen to.

The show doesn't take itself too seriously despite having many references to depth. And, it is childlike in a sense. I think it's good if you have no intention of a more serious plot. I do think there's just a little too much emphasis on food at times, which I honestly think could've been handled in a less repetitive fashion - it alternates between a medieval fantasy setting and a cooking show and I think the former is more intriguing personally.

In the beginning, Laios seems pretty unemotional which isn't explained until they go into how death and resurrection works. That seemed out of place, and for people watching I don't think they'll understand. It really does almost portray him as a straight up psychopath at first.

On the topic of death and resurrection, having something go wrong that gives rise to "real deaths", I think would give more gravity to the storyline. Adding or subtracting characters, especially in a political climate adds a lot of meaning. Marcille's charisma is really held back by her unwillingness, and there's not much of a character ark that has handled that so far. Izutsumi's negativity kind of brought the party out of balance and there's not much chemistry with Chilchuck.

Those are my criticisms, however it's still in general enjoyable to watch: the campy nature of an adventure party never fails to entertain, medieval fantasy will always strike the perfect chords for me, and the intrigue painted by the plot clearly does a great job of making an easy to follow and interesting story.

Hoping to revisit this series when newer seasons arrive, and that it gains popularity.

I genuinely really like this show. Is it dumb? Yes. It is slowly becoming a comfort show for me. I genuinely like anime about food/cooking and this show is basically that mixed with d&d.

The premise is a group of adventurers set off to rescue a party member who has got "trapped" in the dungeon but they have no money or resources for food other than a book of recipes for cooking monsters.

They respawn? It's not really very clear to be honest and it doesn't have to be, it's fun and that's all that matters. If you want a show that looks pretty, you don't really have to pay attention to it and is funny look no further.

It's nice looking, music is good and the English dub is actually pretty good. I am usually a sub over dub guy but the dead pan of the main guy hooked me.

I hope this gets loads of episodes as it's slowly becoming a favourite for me.

It was great, very amusing. I appreciate the attention to detail with both the cooking and explanations of the dungeon's ecosystem.

I did not read the manga, so I had no expectations about how characters should sound. So, while "some people" complained about the English voice acting I didn't have any problems with it, my perspective is that those people are overly sensitive. The target of said criticism was a female dwarf character who sounds a bit manly; but it could be artistic interpretation of what a female dwarf sounds like. Those people should stop crying over trivial nonsense and grow up.

I would say the manga is a 10/10 while the anime id 9/10 because the animation quality kinda varies here and then. Some might like it but for me it was such a jarring transition especially when they do it in one episode.

I did started this series from watching the anime. It didnt interest me at first until like episode 2 and then I started reading the manga.

I have to give my highest praise to the mangaka. I dont think I ever saw another series that put so much work and detail on their lore, character designs, and world designs. The mangaka really knows what she's doing and it truly shown in the manga (and the anime since they follow the manga pretty closely).

The anime has become one of the things I look for every week. I just wish they would have animated the extra mondter tidbit from the manga too and put it in as an extra. It would be an added joy to watch.

I find this series enjoyable. It reminds me for some reason of childhood. The plot is not very serious and heavy and the humor is blended well. I think I enjoy the pacing the most, nothing is rushed and you really take time to know the characters. The characters by the way are a pleasure to watch how they interact with each other, with the environment, and how they behave with their main and side quests.

It's also great how they left enough space to further develop the world with intrigues all around, which even if they don't address I wouldn't mind, as the plot is already good enough.

All in all this is a nice series to watch as a filler series that doesn't feel heavy on you.