If you go into this expecting a jousting version of Girls und Panzer, prepare to be disappointed. The jousting itself - even though you wait so patiently for it - is all but underwhelming, it's riddled with painful characters, and the "charm through absurdity" wears off pretty fast. What you're really looking at, is a lot of fanservice, dull 'serious' parts, some uninspired ecchi humour and annoying characters without depth, in particular the mindless and squeaky main character. There haven't really been many hints of interesting character relationships, and the struggles each of them is facing aren't really all that meaningful ("should I joust?", "whom should I team up with?"). Normally - as was the case with Girls und Panzer - all of the above would be completely acceptable if the action was really entertaining or in this case if the ridiculousness had an appeal to it, but there really aren't many redeeming qualities here.

I really wanted this show to be good, or at least "so bad it's good", but sadly it was neither. Shame, because I love championship-style set-ups, and A Knight's Tale was a lot of fun. Bottom line: There is plenty of better stuff you can be watching this season!

I wasn't really expecting that much going into this, and wasn't very surprised by the result. I may have been tainted by the rest of Crunchyroll's content, but I found this show lacking a lot, even for one based off an eroge - although the animation and art were fine, that's all that the series really had going for it. The writing and story were dull, and the characters seemed to lack any depth. They did have decent backstories, but the characters themselves seemed more like blank canvasses without any connection to their own pasts.

If you want to watch something like this but actually well-written, I suggest watching "I couldn't become a hero...". If you feel that interesting characters and decent writing get in the way of random pantyshots, go ahead and watch this.

Note: This review is only a basic insight into the anime NOT a full review, as only 6 episodes have been released so far.

Walkure Romanze

GENRE: Romance, Action, Ecchi, Sport

PLOT: The plot revolves around 5 major girls and one boy who attend a jousting academy in a town named Helen's Hill, the town is know for it's extreme love of jousting. The story follows these 5 girls who each are 'knights' basically jousters and a boy named Takahiro who was previously a knight, that they all what for their begleiter which is simply a knight's assistant.

STORY: I found the story quite unique in some aspects, I liked the thought of an anime not being based around an ordinary sport like basketball and baseball but rather around a different unusual sport like jousting. I got hooked on the anime from the story and enjoyed seeing the backgrounds of the characters so far and their passionate love of jousting.

CHARACTERS: So far I have come to love each and every one of the characters, as a female myself I expected to atleast dislike a few of the female characters but I really like them all. Each has a great personality and are all different, none are boring in the least. The male character however began rather bland in all honesty, he rarely cracked a smile or said anything interesting however over these 6 episodes so far he has become a more tasteful protagonist and a more enjoyable one to watch.

AUDIO/ART: The audio doesn't particularly stand out but the art and animation certainly does, The art is so detailed and stunning, the characters and the backgrounds are equally beautiful and makes the action scenes during jousting even better than I thought they could be.

OVERALL: Overall as a girl I didn't think I'd particularly enjoy this as there are alot of random uneccesary bum and pants shots but I was still able to look past this and enjoy the creative story and wonderful characters. If this anime continues to be this good I'd gladly continue ignoring the ecchi shots just to watch what happens.

The title kind of says it all. I stuck it out until episode 8 but even that was an endurance test. I didn't mind the main character (though he is pretty dull) and the harem of girls lining up around him are all much for muchness, but there just didn't seem any compelling reason to keep watching. Each episode ended and I really had to think of reasons to want to hit start on the next one. That really isn't a great sign for the story telling and without sufficient tension or anticipation or anything else to keep you on board (other than really short skirts on girls and while this wouldn't make me stop watching a show it is hardly a reason to keep watching), I have to say pass.

I initially thought from the first two episodes that this would be something quite funny in a weird sort of way but as the episodes went on it lost the insanity humour that initially made me watch it for something ridiculous. After that it focused a whole lot more on the Jousting and it lost a huge amount of appeal.

There was nothing too special about this anime other that the originality of the setting, granted I have never seen a jousting anime before.

It just doesnt nail any one thing well enough for me to recommend it. Below/Average.