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REVIEW: Delicious in Dungeon – Episodes 1-3 Review (Theatrical Screening)

MarshalBanana wrote:

Trigger don't usually do Manga adaptations, When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace was the last one, I wonder why they decided to adapt this particular title

Ahem that was actually a light novel adaptation thank you

Ngl, i find it a bit hard to believe the animation for the first 3 episodes to only be considered a "c" considering its trigger. Not to doubt richard himself necessarily, i dont really know his other reviews, but saying the animation is fine because there is "Little action" and that the character designs are "quite basic" are already kinda red flags for me when im trying to see someone´s opinion on a visual medium that (from an outsiders perspective) 1. never seemed to be action heavy in the first place, and 2. that its produced by trigger, which despite being indeed amazing at doing fights, also absolutely excels at character acting work (and in general always do very simple designs every single time, its kinda their thing).

bacalhauvoador wrote:

Ngl, i find it a bit hard to believe the animation for the first 3 episodes to only be considered a "c" considering its trigger.

Yea that didn't convice me at all, if its half of what i saw in the trailer, then it already would be atleast a B for me.

In regards to the urgency there's a fact which changes the context somewhat in the manga. The group are under the impression that they have plenty of time to save Falin as Red Dragons enter hibernation after periods of activity and therefore digest food very slowly. I'm not sure if this was left out of the anime or went unnoticed by the reviewer.

Mugwug wrote:

In regards to the urgency there's a fact which changes the context somewhat in the manga. The group are under the impression that they have plenty of time to save Falin as Red Dragons enter hibernation after periods of activity and therefore digest food very slowly. I'm not sure if this was left out of the anime or went unnoticed by the reviewer.

This is indeed mentioned in the anime and is part of the "odd tonal juxtaposition" I talked about. It's like the characters have enough to time mess around in the dungeon but not enough time to find more party members or make sure they are properly equipped this time around. It's like the ticking clock only matters when it's not related to eating monsters or learning about them--if that make sense.

Also the main characters are idiots. So that's not really an issue at all.
What do they not come off as idiots in the anime or something? It's pretty clear in the manga.

Mugwug wrote:

In regards to the urgency there's a fact which changes the context somewhat in the manga. The group are under the impression that they have plenty of time to save Falin as Red Dragons enter hibernation after periods of activity and therefore digest food very slowly. I'm not sure if this was left out of the anime or went unnoticed by the reviewer.

This is indeed mentioned in the anime and is part of the "odd tonal juxtaposition" I talked about. It's like the characters have enough to time mess around in the dungeon but not enough time to find more party members or make sure they are properly equipped this time around. It's like the ticking clock only matters when it's not related to eating monsters or learning about them--if that make sense.

lucio542 wrote:

bacalhauvoador wrote: Ngl, i find it a bit hard to believe the animation for the first 3 episodes to only be considered a "c" considering its trigger. Yea that didn't convice me at all, if its half of what i saw in the trailer, then it already would be atleast a B for me.

Just to be clear, a C ranking by ANN's guidelines means average, not bad. And to add a bit more information, while some scenes were slightly above average in these first three episodes (some of the fight scenes), others were bellow average (static shots where literally no animation was happening because Senshi was talking and his beard hides his mouth).