Magi: Adventure of Sinbad

And so ends, one of the most greatest anime of the season. This was rather impressive and the anime does a rather good job at adapting the manga about probably the greatest character in Magi, who is known as Sinbad to a certain degree. In this review, I will try to leave it spoiler free. Story-9 The story is brilliant. Depicting the life of probably the strongest living character in Magi. This is a prequel series that shows us the life of Sinbad and his journey to change the world. Such as the struggles that he experiences and the people that he meets to get stronger.The pacing seems rather okay at times, sometimes it does feel a bit rushed, but apart from that I find it easy to get into the mood. I have found the story filled with adventure and comedic aspects that have honestly grabbed me, and have cracked me up. Art-8 I enjoyed the art. Not much I can say about it. The characters are drawn rather well. Animation is great. Sound-8 Having that amazing soundtrack present is what makes me engaged in Sinbad's story. Those opening and ending songs really grab you and make you want to join up with Sinbad as well. Voice Actors-10 They have managed to grab the same voice actors from the OVA and from the anime adaption, so I would deem this impressive. The characters in this anime feel like they are being voiced according to how they behave. They have such fitting voice actors for their respective characters. Character-9 Lets just say that if you want to know more about the characters that Sinbad has worked with then go with the manga as well. You have Sinbad, Yunan, Ja'far, Dragul, Serendine, Badr (Sinbad's father), Esra (Sinbad's Mother), Barbarossa, Mystras, Spartos, Baal, Hinahoho, Pisti, Piprika, Zamil, Tabi etc. All these characters will be expanded on or introduced, the anime has gone through a few and helped set up the cast that Sinbad will be travelling with. Some of that cast has already been shown in the Magi Season 1 and 2 anime adaptions as well. So it would feel rather nostalgic. Enjoyment-10 I am a major Magi fan. More Magi is never a bad thing. After waiting 2 or so years after the OVA(longer after Season 2), then you can realize how much of an amazing feel this is. This contains probably one of the most interesting characters throughout Magi. Finding out about his adventures and how he became the man that he is now is worth the adventure of watching this series. So, even though I didn't get a certain Fanalis or Magician I can say that I enjoyed the cast that we had and I found them rather hilarious. Overall-9 I have thoroughly enjoyed this series. It does seem a bit funny at times, but just wait it will get so much better. Has always the manga is a preferred option, but this adaption is pretty good. The history of Sinbad, Sinbad's friends, family and so on. If you are here to witness who he was as a child, why he became who he is right now and what caused him to become great, then this is the anime for you. Let us all hope for that Season 2 everyone!

Story:10/10 I loved Sinbad since the Magi series and he easily became one of my favorite characters.It felt so good to be able to witness his journey to become king and to create Syndria.I loved the pacing and all his adventures that came,how he matured and captured all the dungeons.It was a series full of surprises as well because of the turns it took such as his quickly mastering the djinn equip and his courage to face everyone with an open mind.The story I enjoyed the most was his adventure in the Imuchakk kingdom as part of Valefor arc.Also to see elements such as amazons andlegendary warriors assimilated into the lore of the series was great.I hope that we will get a season 2 because what is to come is even better. Art:10/10 I loved Magi's series art and to see it back it was a complete delight given the fact it was by the same author. Sound:9.5/10 There were very few occasions when I felt that the sound was out of the place but usually the songs chosen made the situation justice. Character:10/10 Sinbad is a young man born into a war-torn world that needed desperately a hero and with his ambition,intelligence and ability to make the others follow him he ended up being a great leader as well as being really handsome.Hinahoho was transformed through Sinbad into a fierce warrior able to have a family and responsible enough to be a father.Jafar was a soul full of darkness and the moment when Sinbad hugged his dark and his pure self-was heartwarming because he gave him a purpose to live for.Hinahoho's father,the king of Imuchakk,the knight king of Sasan and the queen of Artemyre were all characters who despite the problems each had in their country and the traits each one exposed:fierce warrior,religious zealot and a lonely queen who rules by the law of iron were brought to a point where they needed to expose their qualities in order to face and join Sinbad's company.The Djin we saw are various and each I think was given time to shine individually and my favorite was Valefor. Enjoyment:10/10 I sincerely enjoyed this series far more than Magi,each episode made me hunger for more and each time I wanted it to deliver it did,sometimes more than expected. Overall:10/10 I loved the ending because I interpret it as a preview of a possible season 2 that can't come faster.

I have mixed feelings about the existence of the Anime. So, as a fan of the Magie series, I am waiting for a third season of Magi... and when I ended the second season and the OVA of Sinbad with 5 episodes came out, I was like: Okay, it's cool, I want to know more about Sinbad and his comerades... But the 5 episodes did not statisfied me a bit. So now we have this! Why does it exist? The 5 episodes I have watched (OVA) are in this new Anime plus some other episodes (which are perfect, no doubt). But why did they not countinued the OVAunder the titel of the OVA? Why did they not took out the 5 episodes, which we saw before, and made new content? What I also must say, before my real review, I am afraid of the relase date of the third season of Magi, because the Sinbad series just had an open ending, which means that the fans want a Continuation ( I want it too! ). But what will happen to Magi? Story: I am the type of a person which loves historical events, like wars and political issues. In Magi or here in Sinbad also we have countries, wars, alliances and trades. I feel like I have found an Anime which shows me my whole interests in a bundle. Art: The Art is nothing new. Every other Anime is like that colorful and it remindes me of the Kyoto Animation Animes. So here I am a bit disappointed because it is nothing special. What I disliked was the jumping between scenes. It was like they forget to show us a scene, when it comes to battle scenes. The animation was good though. Just kid Sinbad was really big for a child, it didn't fit in the scenery. Sound: I did not enjoy the opening, not the ending, there is no soundtrack which I can call for. Nothing special here. Character: There was a bit too much kitsch in here. Sinbad which babbled too much about friendship. For example the Ja'far scene, where he cried a bit and Sinbad cames and rescued him. It could have been better. But it is okay. I am not complaining much. Enjoyment: Also Magi has many critical points, points which I did not like, but anyways I enjoyed it much, like this Anime. There was just one episode which was totaly needless (Artemyra Arc, when Sinbad got banned and was naked the whole episode). Story: 7 Art: 5 Sound: 4 Character: 5 Enjoyment: 8 All in all: 5

It’s so bad it’s hard to watch. This sentence perfectly sums up this anime. Unfortunately, Sinbad no Bouken was a huge mistake and I’ll explain why. I’ve been reading Magi’s manga and I’ve watched a few episodes of the anime. I was so interested in this one because who doesn’t love Sinbad? He’s one of the more intriguing characters of this franchise. I remember that, surrounded by all the hype, I even made a FB fanpage about him when it aired. But Sinbad from Sinbad no Bouken is just so bad, he’s personality is flat, there’s nothing interesting about him. He overcomes every struggle without a problemwhich makes him look fake, it’s just too easy. All of the other characters that appear later in the story are undeveloped. I don’t even want to begin with Ja’far, he’s character arc is almost nonexistent. The story itself is too simple, there’s nothing that would invest me emotionally in it. I’m aware of the fact that they couldn’t change his past because we already know him from Labyrinth but they could’ve tried to make it more believable. Animation is also a big let down. It looks rushed and there’s nothing nice that I could say about it. I don’t even remember anything about the music so I guess it says enough about that. All in all, it’s just a bad anime. There’s so many more that are worth your time, don’t waste it on this one.