Idhun

Since no reviewer here seems to have read the original novels, I will try to my best: The Idhun Chronicles (or Memories from Idhun) is a fantasy trilogy, written by Laura Gallego (Spain). The original books are good, not perfect, but pretty good. But this adaptation is not worthy. It´s very difficult to explain, but I would say this is similar to the Avatar: the Last Airbender live action movie (the story is similar, but not quite. The characters are more or less the same, but at the same time they aren´t. It´s like all of the heart was taken away from this project). One of the worst parts is the voice acting: the author of the novels was originally involved with this series, she even casted a bunch of legendary voice actors for the show (the voice of Saitama in One Punch Man as the main character, professional voice actor Michelle Jenner (Hannah Philips in Toy Story) as the main female character... But the production company decided to fire all of them last minute, against the wishes of the author. And they casted a group of models, rookie actors and social media influencers instead (who never did any previous voice work), and it shows. Not only that, but this is the first animated product ever created by this production company. This not only lead to a lot of online controversy (since Laura Gallego was very open about her disappointment), but it also lowered the general quality of this show. My conclusion: You will only enjoy this show if you completely ignore the books, and you´re a BIG fantasy fan, but don´t think this represents the original story. There are a bunch of unique moments in the books that were slightly changed in this series, turning them into grey and generic (like the opening scene: I always thought the start of the first novel was pretty original, but in this series it was changed to the most generic main-character introduction ever). But to each his/her own.

If you don't like animation, this show is not for you. If you don't like storys written for children, this show is not for you. If you don't like shows getting somewhat bloody, this show is not for you. If you don't like fantasy, this show is not for you. And if you like all of the above? Then it's... okay. This show feels like it's made for children but somehow the creators thought the fights should be realistically brutal -- and didn't consider the consequences for the age limit (16 here in Germany). There are storys that look like they are for children, but aren't in a awesome way (e.g. Made in Abyss) but this is non of that. However, it has one thing going for it: It's fantasy. Not that it is particularly great, but if you really need a fantasy series and have no other left, you might give this one a try.

Mediocre animation, bad voice acting by the main character, plot holes... and an ending that doesn't really wrap anything up. I'm not sure if the source material is better, but if it is, then the author must be fuming.

Love the show. But does anyone know the name of the song in the season 1 trailer of Idhun Chronicles, been trying to find it for ages and it's driving me crazy.

So the thing is it's a good show, beautiful scenery and I love the animations, but it felt very rushed and unfinished. Only having 5 episodes really played into that. I wish we saw more development in the characters. I finished the show quickly and it felt very kiddish. Now I don't mind kid shows in fact I love plenty of them but being tv-14 and not having the more mature feeling I was hoping for was disappointing. This show had a lot of potential but it was wasted. Don't get me wrong it's not horrible but 5 episodes??? Anyways to wrap this up I don't recommend this show. I hate to say it but it was a waste of time. Shows I can recommend are The Hollow and the Dragon Prince!