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The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk.

Drawing its inspiration from the hugely popular 1980s arcade games of the same name, GONZO and a team of today's top creators have joined forces to write a new chapter in the epic Babylonian Castle Saga!
Defeat the demon, save the kingdom - and don't forget those extra lives!

The long awaited "Summer of Anu" has come.
It is a season that comes but once every few years and during which the powers of the monsters within the Tower wane thanks to the grace of the great god Anu.

Each Summer of Anu, the armies of the Uruk Kingdom secure their strongholds within the Tower, aiming to eventually conquer the upper floors.

Decades of re-fortification and battle have passed since the infamous adventures of Gil and Ki. Their story has now become a legend.

Now, finally, the third Summer of Anu has arrived.

The city of Meskia - the first stronghold built on the first level of the Tower - is brimming with unprecedented expectation. In addition to the Uruk Army, preparing for their third campaign against Druaga, innumerable adventurers have been drawn to Meskia by rumors of a legendary treasure believed to be hidden on the top floor of the Tower...

I think the way Gonzo advertised the show itself led to a big surprise to the pilot itself. All this time I thought that the show would be about a big and epic adventure, serious and do the usual things a show of its substance would do. Instead the amount of parody and irony was the very element that I, and am sure many other viewers, did not anticipate. There were quite numerous moments when they (Gonzo) pushed on heroic and romantic themes found in plenty of other animes just to depict an opulence of satire and sarcasm. spoiler[One of the key moments for me had to be the marriage proposals and the senselessness of the protagonist, who turns up to be the anti-hero in the hero. ]
I hope that this was not just a way for Gonzo to introduce the story and turn salient, but actually the entire show will be a mockery (in good spirits) of the amount of clones of animes we have witnessed in the past few years. 2 thumbs up for the first episode!

spoiler[Simply because it took place in a dream sequence, and not the regular mmo world, nor the real world, is what gives me worries that it won't be funny all the way through. ] I hope my fears are unfounded, cus this looks like it could be a great comedy/fantasy show if they continue with what they started in the first EP.

Okay Gonzo you fooled me and everyone else pretty good with Druga. Promos made us think this was going to be an epic adventure but we get a hilarious comedy instead. Shoji Gatoh the author of the FMP novels is doing Series Composition and Screenplay for this so I'm sure this series will stay funny

Let's see how this series will progress. And it feels kind of funny that we're talking about the episode already broadcasted in Japan that has legit English subs. I really hope more companies will follow this suit in the near future.

I guess for Gonzo's case, it REALLY depends on who's on the staff. With Koichi Chigira as director (who did a great job with Last Exile) and Shoji Gatoh who we know has a great sense of humor, this series might get a bit more attention in terms of quality. Even though I'll remain cautiously optimistic, Gonzo has pulled a few solid series for every mediocre and dreadfully crappy series they made.

I'm just speculating here, but I'll use spoiler tags anyway. spoiler[Did anyone else get the feeling from the opening that the world the story takes place in so far might just be a game that the characters are playing? A lot of the scenes in it look like they don't take place in the fantasy world they've shown so far.]

At first I was unsure (it being GONZO and all).