Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Official Animated Trailer - Magic: The Gathering

For „just“ a commercial, this short anime is noticeably high effort. As a long time player of MtG, this put a smile on my face. Stylized as a music video, Kamigawa: Kagayakeru Sekai aims to tell a story with the running time it has, rather to just present a product, and it works quite nice. If not for the screen at the end telling you “Available Everywhere”, this would absolutely pass as just a regular music video or a trailer for a longer work rather than an ad. The script and the video editing work greatly with the music to create an emotional experience, managing toconvey the characters and their feels without any dialogue. The visuals are also a treat – the aesthetics of Neon Kamigawa (which for those who aren’t familiar with Magic: the Gathering is fantasy cyberpunk set in fictional reimagination of Japanese culture) are already captivating, and were transferred to motion well. My only complaint would be that due to being released on youtube, even the FullHD 1080p video could use some improvement to video quality, but it’s not like we can get bluray-like source for this. If you’re not a fan of MtG, you might still enjoy this to an extent, even if you don’t recognize the characters. It’s worth watching even if just for the visuals and the sound. Overall, I have watched this multiple times, leaving me with the feeling on how much I would love a full anime series set in the MtG universe. Well, a man can dream, no?