Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer

Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer captivated me with its story and characters but totally bummed me out with the crappy visuals. NAZ literally seem like a bunch of amateurs here, making the fights, golem design, and any faster movement look absolutely awful. I don't know if it was the inexperience of the team or not enough money was poured into the project, but it's a damn shame and probably the main reason why many viewers won't stick around to the end. Luckily I made it because I was hooked on the premise from the very first episode, even though it's just about a journey of a bunch of heroes and their special animal sidekicks to save the world. Probably the first thing that caught my attention and made me laugh was the realistic reaction of the main character to the fact that a strange lizard appeared in front of him and started telling him about his new role. I was also intrigued by the hidden agenda of the main female character, and I simply had to know how it would all end. The story may look quite flat, after all, it's about getting a bunch of heroes together to gradually defeat increasingly powerful opponents, but the main character goes through some pretty enjoyable development, new characters appear some of whom are quite interesting, and there's the occasional nice twist. On the other hand, it's also a series that has the most obvious death flags I've seen this year. It’s happened to me twice that it was very clear to me that a particular character was going to die very soon, so the show was a little too transparent in certain aspects. The finale was quite good. It was overly emotional at times, but it also had quite a well-done time skip that brought everything to a decent conclusion. If a better studio got the adaptation, poured more money into the project, or improved the overall story to make it more coherent, I'd probably consider a 4*, but as it is, it's just grey average again. A disappointed 5/10 (12/23/2022)