Noblesse

Noblesse was a pretty fun and enjoyable watch. Nothing spectacular, but nothing awful either. Like most things in life, Noblesse has some pros and cons. I’ll start with the bad. Noblesse, the anime, is probably the walking definition of mediocre. The series sets up a lot of cool and interesting mysteries and plot points, but the execution feels lacklustre and leaves much to be desired. The first 4-5 episodes were really good and then I felt it was downhill from there. The final third of the show had some cool fights and nice moments between the characters, but that’s about it. Now that I’ve got the bad out of the way, Noblesse does have some good things going for it. For one, it’s by far the best adapted webtoon anime of the year. GoH and ToG suffered from tremendous pacing issues, but Noblesse did a really good job of bringing the manhwa to life. The comedy is decent, the fights are really well animated and the world is interesting. I do appreciate the fact that the story is very character driven and not just another battle shonen style set up like GoH and ToG. Dialogue and the relationship between characters are huge here. My gripe with the story mainly comes from the second half of the show. There’s a key moment with one of the main characters that marks a turning point in the anime, and it seems like once this character faded, so did my interest. The “Lord” arc that takes up the final 4-5 episodes had potential to be really good, but the “antagonist’s” motivations were so weak and shallow to me that it was hard to take it seriously. The final episode was handled pretty well which probably saved its score for me, though. Despite it’s flaws, I did enjoy Noblesse quite a bit and think it had a lot of potential. I do recognise the fact we only saw a few chapters out of a massive work. The whole concept of vampire nobles, mysticism and human genetic engineering is cool. I just wish the story had been a bit better down the stretch. Noblesse gets 7 cups of tea out of 10.

MILD SPOILERS AHEAD WebToon Anime only ever made sense in hindsight. Back when "Tower of God" was airing I expressed my excitement for what could have been a landmark turning point for both the WebToon and anime markets. I stand by everything I said, and there are undoubtedly good results achieved with this venture. A quick search on Google Trends would reveal that interest in WebToons and Manhwa skyrocketed with the release of ToG. If the goal was to create commercially successful products that brought WebToons mainstream prevalence, the production committees at Crunchyroll certainly succeeded. But despite the corporate success, it's difficult to view this partnership without some degree of cynicism; the flagship adaptations themselves have left a weak first impression. At best, they were middling half-measures that somewhat managed to hint at greater things to come; at worst, they did disgraceful disservice to the source material being promoted. And that brings us to where we are today. ToG was a flawed, but promising, adaptation that oozed with potential. But "God of High School" was all style with no substance, and today's case study, "Noblesse," possesses neither. At the very least the sheer lunacy of GoHS was capable at provoking a vitriolic response from me. But soulless unambition confines this husk of a show to an arguably worse fate - indifference. Here's how. This review contains mild spoilers, but skip ahead to my Tl;Dr if you're short on time. Noblesse is built around a powerful entity living amongst men. After an 820-year slumber, the mysterious Raizel awakens, à la Rip Van Winkle. He is a member of the Nobles, a secluded race charged with protecting mankind from afar. Finding himself far from home, Raizel decides to live a peaceful life in modern-day South Korea. The show is split into two arcs, both of which are concerned with factions alerted to his "Awakening." His incredible abilities are rarely put on display, instead serving as the impetus for power struggles and internal politics. These conflicts and Raizel's new way of life are what the show utilises to explore certain ideas. But before we take that deep dive, there is something that needs to be addressed. For those of you who don't know, Noblesse the Anime does not share the same chronological beginning as the original webcomic. A 2016 prequel, titled "Noblesse: Awakening," is the canonical start of our story, and the anime decided to continue where that OVA left off. Personally I didn't see a need to catch that prequel, given that the anime was never advertised as a follow-up. Way I see it, the existence of the source material or other adaptations doesn't absolve this individual instalment of meeting fundamental story objectives. My beliefs aside, I'm not one to tell you whether the OVA is necessary viewing or not, but I believe there is merit in making observations off the anime alone. And the show does attempt to make the best out of its 13 episodes, isolating a specific time period in order to deliver a narrative and thematic context one could understand as an entry point into the franchise. It's all just not very good. The anime's message carries noble intentions, but lacks meaning. Noblesse emphasizes the importance of setting aside our differences. All of us may come from various backgrounds, or possess unique traits. But no single member of mankind holds greater value than any other individual, nor is anyone entitled to unjustly take that value from someone else for personal gain. You and I are different, but you and I are the same, and should be treated as such. Throughout the series, there's this healthy lifestyle being promoted, showing how wonderful it is to live in peace and harmony with those around us. This is contrasted with the true enemy of Noblesse: systemically-corrupt organizations which represent dehumanization at its ugliest extreme. Be it greedy, soulless monsters or authority figures driven to irrationality, the antagonists of Noblesse abuse their powers at the expense of others. It's up to our boy Raizel and his crew to stand up for the little guy and maintain the balance. It's a solid message, and one that is certainly welcome in our politically-charged landscape. Let's not draw lines in the sand or discriminate, but go the distance to understand and love others instead. Let's join forces against systemic oppression, let's band together against the evils threatening to break us. The Noblesse OP sums up this idea through an emotionally-stirring refrain: "So why does everybody hurt each other?" These sweet sentiments sound an awful lot like propaganda, but there's no need to worry about things getting too preachy. Because while being thematically framed as propaganda, Noblesse undermines its own points by not saying much of anything at all. Now, I'm going to be demonstrating how this series is lacking in the execution of its intended message. The following three points covered here aren't necessary to every story of this nature. Rather, they're here to highlight how the thematic storytelling fails to be convincing. Firstly, let's address Raizel and others of his kind. Noblesse implies countless differences between Nobles and humans, but doesn't give much for the audience to work with. For a show featuring Nobles for a significant chunk of the runtime, we sure know next-to-nothing about them, aside from their incredible powers and boomer mannerisms. Why is their society so secluded from the outside world? Why are they supposedly incompatible with the humans they once protected? How does their society, ideologies and way of life differ from ours? Are there negative repercussions should our worlds collide? I'd like to think there are answers to these fascinating questions, but I just can't find them within this adaptation. The difference matters to the message, showing that anybody can see eye-to-eye and seek common ground. But there is no context, and as a result there's no real conflict between either party, rendering any commentary on this subject meaningless. Granted, it may not be fair to look from this perspective; even though the script seems like it would tackle this topic, neither of the show's two arcs really attempt to address this issue. So let's go ahead and talk about those instead; specifically, how they fail to portray moral ambiguity. Good and Evil are two ends of a spectrum, with the show's cast clumped together on either end. Bad people are capable of doing good things, and they can't simply abandon their flawed nature at the drop of a hat. But very rarely does the show burden itself with positioning our characters in the middle; there is no moral grey area. Noblesse chooses to play these concepts as straight as possible, watering-down the conversation to its most basic principles. For example, take the villains from the Union, some of whom are cold-blooded murderers who ingest pills that turn them into literal monsters, horrifyingly disfigured and dehumanized. There's no doubt in everyone's mind that Raizel would obliterate such cruel killers without a second thought. But the very moment one of the antagonists reveals some sign of humanity, their lives are immediately spared, and they suddenly become capable of doing no wrong. These moral questions are made to be as simple as possible, offering no substance in stating the obvious. What happens if you're on the bad end of the spectrum, and are finding it hard to work towards that harmonious middle ground? Well, Noblesse just throws up its hands in the air and adds nothing else to the subject. Those reformed characters from the Union are magically OK with their new social standings and doing good deeds, because that's how rehabilitation and life works, apparently. The third example I'd like to point out is the show's assessment of what unity means. Raizel and his growing group of besties enjoy a quaint suburban life, but rarely do we see them make connections with normal human folk…

It's not uncommon for an anime to drift away from the adapted material. Sometimes it's good, sometimes very bad. When Crunchyroll announced the anime adaptations of 3 major webtoons — Tower of God, The God of High School and Noblesse, I was pretty thrilled. It was desire fulfilled of watching webtoons being animated. After watching numerous manga turning into anime, it was time to enjoy something new. But alas, it didn't work out well. So far, all the adaptations coproduced by Crunchyroll have been utter garbage. They've done everything they can to promote themselves even if it hurdles the story or makes it less enjoyable. And Noblesse has been a victim of this. The very first OVA of Noblesse — Noblesse: Awakening, animated by Production I.G. is mesmerizing. Even though there were some minor details removed and the story was changed, it was amazing. Every single moment of that OVA was worth watching. I was really impressed with I.G. and was hoping they'd do great with this anime too. Alas, I was mistaken. This adaptation of Noblesse is nothing more than to give hatred to webtoons in general. None of the adapted webtoons gave a sense of "hype" nor "promote" the webtoons. Here are some of the major faults in Noblesse anime: 1. The anime started from the point where the OVA (Noblesse: Awakening) ended. They didn't bother to give some highlights of what happened before. Majority of the audience were clueless about the scenario and had to do a little bit of research before continuing. But not all of them were to energetic for it, as they simply dropped it and rated it 1 and moved on. Just shows how awful the direction of the first episode was. 2. The anime changed the location from South Korea to Japan. Now this is something that sticks out for me. Why change the location entirely just because it's being animated in Japan? Personally, this felt like they're either trying to claim that Noblesse is a Japanese story or have a superior mentality that anything animated in Japan will have the details of Japan only. Which in my opinion, is a very bad move. Not only did they change the location, but also changed the names of the characters from Korean to Japanese. This also happened with Tower of God where Bam's name was changed to Yoru to accommodate a Japanese name. But that too was a bad idea. The idea of changing something entirely to a native perspective by discrediting the official name is disrespectful. It's like Japanese mangaka creating a new Batman story, but instead of naming Batman as Bruce Wayne, they name him Wozaru Koto. Did that make any sense? Nope. So, in general, I found this pretty bad and it made me enjoy the story less. 3. The plot was changed as per the studio's need to adapt only certain things to fill in 13 episodes. It's not a new thing for the anime to be different than the adapted material. But to literally change everything? That's a no bueno. As far as I can see, they butchered major parts of the story. When the poster was revealed for the anime, Raskreia was also included in there. Which pretty much made me confirm that the anime was adapting everything till the end of Lukedonia. As a person who read the entire webtoon of Noblesse, I knew it was going to be horsecrap. The anime robbed us of key moments such as thrills, excitement, and the joy of learning something new in the story by skipping most of the things. 4. The characters are weird, weak and too emotional. After watching Episode 13, I couldn't help but facepalm. They made Raskreia out of all characters to be a normal girl with feelings. No, that's not the Raskreia we know. In the webtoon, Raskreia doesn't know it's Cadis who has infiltrated in Lukedonia until he steps in the tomb room. She does have the idea that Cadis was a traitor, but doesn't know his whereabouts for centuries. She's mostly shown as a proud character who can take her own decisions without hesitation. Though she does take a few bad decisions. And for the love of god, she doesn't grovel like a girl who has just been dumped by her crush. So far, all I saw was how they belittled the anime that it's not even funny to laugh at. 5. Character Designs Almost 50% of the characters shown in the anime have a weak design as compared to the webtoon. Raizel's entire body is weak, with his hair being totally different; Seira's face and hair are different; Gejutel's beard is different; etc. In short, their main plan to make the anime bad worked. 6. Voice Actors Now, I don't really want to be picky in terms of voices, but I need to state it. The studio didn't do a good job hiring appropriate voice actors. In my opinion, it felt as if they just chose whoever signed up for it. When reading the webtoon, I always read Regis' lines in the voice of Toshiro from Bleach, since it resembles him a bit. But here, the impact wasn't the same, but it wasn't that bad either. And Karias' voice was very different. That I didn't like. In the end, I'd like to say that this was a very adaptation of the webtoon. Crunchyroll did a very bad job in promoting it. Though they got what they wanted — Publicity. If you're wondering to watch the anime of Noblesse, I suggest you stop right away. You'll miss out on a lot of things and won't get the joy of reading the original story. That is all.

I was really glad to know that Noblesse got an adaptation, cause you see, I actually enjoyed the source a lot. It had style, it had development, it was a really good read. So imagine my disappointment when I got THIS instead of a good adaptation. And here I am, telling you why you should just go and read the original and not waste your time here. Story. The source story can hardly be called sophisticated or deep, but it was descent. But in adaptation there are a few problems, and the first one starts even before the anime itself: the first arc of web manga is an OVA so this "first season" of anime already starts after some events and you have to go and watch it. Second problem: lots of things got thrown out. I am ok with throwing out jokes, maybe some details, but in that case even some of the characters were thrown out entirely. While I could agree that they were not major characters in the story, still not seing them here feels rather sad. Apart from characters, way too many detailes got tossed under the buss, that added a lot into the world, and now said world looks like a blanket with lots of small holes - not great. But for some reason, some absolutely discardable moments were kept, and that created a third big problem - pacing, cause the plot either rushes like a madman, or suddenly stops like a stubborn mule. This all made me, the watcher, really confused, even though I am one of those who actually knew the plot beforehand. Art - simple, way too simple. I understand that animating is hard, but when web comic has better fights and special effects - why did you even bother to adapt such a hard thing for you to make? Just grab another slice of life where you can manage without a single effect or bright colour. Sound - uninsipiring and boring. Plain and generic. Character - as I said earliers, lots of things got cut. What is even more insulting - lots of things were not showed properly, like some character moments lacked tension, some lacked emotion. To be honest, I think that even for someone who has no clue about the original, characters will come off as boring and plain. For people who read the source - it is simply insulting. Enjoyment - fast skipping forward and going to re-read the source. Waste of time, waste of efford, waste of potential. Overall - don't bother, just read the original, it is really good.

Here we are now with the third and final part of Crunchyroll’s trilogy of Manhwa/Webtoon adaptations, Noblesse. The final pillar to put Webtoon adaptations on the map. While there is no doubt they've certainly captured people’s attention, their quality unfortunately cannot match their popularity and have been disappointments from a narrative standpoint. So I was hoping that Noblesse was able to end this trilogy on a high note but unfortunately, it ended with a silent thud to the ground. Sit back, relax and sparkle in the sunshine to wow all of the girls as I present to you the anime review for Noblesse. Let’s begin. Story: 3/10 Living in isolation from humanity exists a group of powerful beings known as Nobles who exist to act as guardians for humanity. However, there is a one particular Noble who acts as the protector of said Nobles. The title for this task is called, Noblesse. This Noble is named Raizel, who has awakened from his 820-year slumber. With the help of his servant, Frankenstein, he enrols at a high school to keep himself hidden and learn more about the human world. However, when a secret organisation housing modified humans called Union and the Nobles start learning about his awakening, Raizel must use his immense powers to protect himself and those around him. Now I had the problem when starting out of not watching the Noblesse ONA titled, “Noblesse: Awakening,” beforehand. Which would have been handy after watching episode one. But anyways, onto the rest of the story, which is honestly really boring and rather incosistent. I say this because the show doesn’t seem to decide whether or not it wants to be a high school centric series or a supernatural action series. And yet both are really boring to watch because it feels like there is just no stakes nor proper growth as well as being very slow to begin with. There is no sense of tension nor drama as people after Raizel close in. There is some drama, don’t get me wrong, but it just isn’t impactful in a way to get my attention. This is mainly due to the characters not being all that engaging with meh personalities and a little bit of Raizel and Frankenstein being a little bit overpowered to make the situation less tense. Things just kind of happen with lacklustre build up to it to make the antagonists of this series a little more menacing and come across as threats that only Raizel and Frankenstein can deal with. Instead, the narrative makes them look like pushovers. But my biggest gripe is how the narrative can make the characters both important and unimportant at the same time. For example, Raizel is obviously the central character who the whole situation with Noblesse is based around. Yet he always feels like a background character and only takes centre stage when the situation needs it. He never feels like the significant character the show hypes him up to be so when he does take centre stage, it doesn’t invoke a, “Oh you’re f**ked now,” moment that this show clearly wants to portray it as. Same goes for other characters like Raizel’s school friends like Shin-Woo Han or Ik-Han Woo who act as the central figureheads for Raizel learning more about humainity. Characters: 3/10 What can you say about Raizel? Like seriously, what can you say about him? The guy has no personality to speak of and doesn’t really talk much. He doesn’t invoke a sense of emotion and mainly sits in the background letting the other characters talk. I wouldn’t necessarily mind that if HE WAS NOT THE CENTRAL MAIN CHARACTER. Considering that the majority of things happen are because of his awakening, you would think that he would take a more front row seat. But he doesn’t and he doesn’t really change while living in human society so there is no sense of picking up some human habits. Well, besides his one quirk for loving Ramen. Whereas another character like the Noble, Regis, shows some kind of growth living with humans. But not Raizel, so it was really hard to get invested into a guy who doesn’t show a lick of emotion. Now, one of my main criticisms with this show is the cast’s chemistry with one another because they don’t really have chemistry with one another. It does come across as forced most of the time as their personalities don’t bounce off one another to create some nice character moments. They’re kind of just cardboard cutouts at times talking to each other while trying to convey some emotion. The one exception I would say though is the relationship between Regis and former member of Union, M-21. They at least have chemistry with one another due to their distaste for one another slowly turning into one of trust throughout the show. It’s probably one of the good points from this show and helped make Regis and M-21 more enjoyable characters to watch compared to the rest of the cast. The rest of the cast don’t share this factor with one another. Raizel’s human friends, Shin and Han, don’t gel with Raizel or the rest of the cast and act as more comic relief characters. They do get character moments of their own but they just fall by the wayside and their significance drops in the second half where they could have been pretty useful adding that innocent human element in there. Frankenstein, Raizel’s personal assistant, is alright I guess and does have an intriguing backstory about how he and Raizel first met. But that’s just it, he’s alright. Seira, another Noble, is kind of like Raizel as she has a lack of personality but with a bit more flare to it and is more upfront about things. Now, to reiterate, the characters themselves (besides Raizel) are okay but they just don’t have a sense of chemistry with one another. The antagonists are, like a said earlier, pretty much pushovers and aren’t really interesting to get me to hate them. The Union members that hunt down Raizel are a bit comical honestly and come across as a wacky Batman villains, but with none of the charm. The Nobles are more black and white but there “conflict” when it comes to their opinion on Raizel comes across really hollow because there personalities come across as really boring and don’t come across as threatening like they should be. Animation: 7/10 The animation is the usual Production I.G. affair. Which means it does look very polished. Their is definitely a clean look to the show which does help with some of the character designs like Raizel. But that polished look does make the action rock solid, the background art look nice and I’m a particular fan of animation effects used to demonstrate the power of some characters like Frankenstein. Again, it does have that polished look to make the animation not a concern and one of the more positive points about the show. The character designs though are a bit on the generic side and it is very clear with their designs what kind of personality they have. It may help differentiate each other but it does make them look uninspired. On a side note, does Shin remind you that he looks like a red headed version of Ichigo from Bleach? Sound: 8/10 Looking back at the ost for this review, I was surprised at how varied it was. The ost uses a variety of instruments for both it’s atmospheric, downtime and action scenes. It doesn’t use them at the same time but uses them for it’s own separate piece to make it stand out from the others and it kind of works. It doesn’t blend into one another but rather makes them stand out in their own way. My favourite ones is whenever they use an electric guitar to make the action more ferocious. In terms of the opening, I’ve been slowly warming up to it as the show went on and has become one of my favourites this season. "BREAKING DAWN" by Jae Joong is a very visually solid and sounding opening that does take a bit to get into the groove of it but when it clicks is when I think it becomes an enjoyable opening. It is mainly carried by Jae Joong’s singing as the visuals themselves are nothing to write home about but the song and vocal performance just make it f…

This show is an amazing 9/10 comedy. I was laughing so hard each episode. If, however, you don't find this show funny, then it'll immediately drop to a 2/10 or worse. This show is a train-wreck dumpster fire that my brain just interpreted as satire of yaoi-shojou-vampire anime regardless if it is or not. If you don't take it seriously and laugh at all the dumb sh*t that happens, you're in for a fun time. If you don't see what's on screen as funny, you're going to be miserable. There is no in between, and I'm just happy I ended up in the former category. 9/10 can't wait for the next season!

The anime is super great but in the manhwa/manga there are a few scenes and lines that have not been added to the anime. I was expecting those scenes and lines, for example, the father of raskreia said that Raizel was supposed to be the lord and not raskreia. And scenes like where raskreia was going to offer the lord status to Riazel but he refused and the scene where the father of raskeia was being funny in the last message of his in the Ragnarok sword. Yes and many more. I still enjoyed it overall. So yeh In the coming season 2 of noblesse I hope they include some of the scenes pls. For me every scene is so meaningful to me but I don't like to watch character's pasts sometimes I only like it because Its the mc's pasts and the person I like in the anime. I really like Raizel He's my type <3

Do yourself a favor and skip episodes 3-4-5-7. Half the show has a fairly irrelevant part to it and seemed to only be there to make it a a chronological sequel to the prequel (Noblesse: Awakening), despite adding almost nothing of value to the story. The show should have been a 180 minutes movie. Before you start this show, you need to read or watch a quick 2 minutes recap of the prequel to this show (Noblesse: Awakening). Story-wise, it starts as a reverse Isekai. You follow the story of vampires trying to live normally in a human setting, but then there's outside interference from other vampiric characters to twist the story around. It eventually becomes a full-fledged vampire story. You come to learn that the story and the characters of the first half are almost all irrelevant, and the worst part is that this transition is done at such a slow pace. The vampire part of the story is a family/clan and inhertience feud among vampires; the fundamentals of that story are fairly basic and almost disappointingly predictable. The ending is incredibly flat and the lack of substantial backstory makes it even harder to appreciate. Another flaw is how restricted the environment is; you're constantly switching between 4 spots that almost never change, sort of like a sitcom. Character-wise, the main character is very stoic/robotic and it fits his "style", however there's too much mystery behind his story and it leaves you asking for something that the show will never deliver. A lot of characters that you see in the beginning end up being completely irrelevant a few episodes in. Art-wise, it's nothing special. The special effects in the combat are satisfying but nothing out of the ordinary. Fair. Combat-wise, the last 3 episodes become loaded with hefty combat but the rest of the episodes could have used much more of it. Overall, the show should have been a movie. It's fair; not bad, not very good. It would have been very good had we've been spared the useless episodes in the middle of the show.

Ahhh such a shame. I'm sure people who haven't read the manhwa (Korean version of manga) you may be tired of the people who have crying about it not living up to, or missing large parts of the original story. Well I wont discuss the missing story, that has been covered by others, plus I don't think its all too bad. However my reason for giving this anime adaptation such a low score is the very poor way it showed the fundamental events which it did include. This was especially apparent in the final few episodes. SOME SPOILERS AHEAD!!!! The final few episodes covered the event which was meant to show Raskreia receiving some much needed guidance (even though she is not aware in the beginning) from Gejutel and then Raizel himself. This whole event was wrecked by the anime which means that one of the first defining moments in the Noblesse story was wrecked. The Gejutel's 'tough love' from the manhwa was turned into a simple 'I failed to educate you' let-down of a speech. Rai's iconic blood field back and forth with Raskreia was turned into a bulls**t lackluster fight scene between him, the Lord and the elders. Rai then almost faints (WTF!!!) he bleeds from the eyes and mouth which tugs at our heart strings but my boy stands strong and doesn't faint!!!! And then the previous Lord explaining why we made the offer he did to Raizel (not gonna say what as I'm really trying to be as spoiler light as I can) so that Raskreia can understand her fathers true wish for her, where the f*** was that whole scene?! poof gone. This also has the unfortunate effect of making the characters involved feel much shallower, crybaby Raskreia now, great. There were many other scenes I could pick apart in much the same way (like the Frankenstein and Rajak fight and appearance in the sanctuary) but I'll leave it. What I've written should hopefully be enough to explain my viewpoint. So to those who haven't read the Manhwa and have enjoyed your introduction into the Noblesse world through this anime, if you enjoyed it then thats fantastic, truly. I would say that if you ever get the chance to read even just the sanctuary scene in the manhwa, you should! It will give you a much better look at the Rai/Previous Lord/Raskreia dynamic. Even if your not a big manhwa reader, if your loving this story, you owe it to yourself to at least read up this scene as it should have been.

Noblesse is the third Crunchyroll Webtoon anime adaptions. The first Kami no Tou (Tower of God) was all right and deserving of a second season, the second The God of High School has cool fights and animation but is bad in everything else. I've read the webtoon for Noblesse and was looking forward to this but does Crunchyroll strike with this 3rd one? Story: 5/10 The anime starts off poorly because the 1st episode made me lost and would no doubt make loads of other people lost. It is actually a sequel to an OVA that came out 4 years ago, Noblesse Awakening. The anime could have done a recap at the beginning of this or something but nope which caused much confusion. After this the pacing was way too fast! They were breezing through everything to the point that so many things were cut from the Webtoon including characters. One of the best arcs in the series, season 3 of the Webtoon, is done in just 4 episodes which shows how rushed it was. It's a shame as Noblesse first a couple of seasons are very good but are done extremely poorly here. Art: 3/10 I'm very disappointed in the art and animation here. Of the 3 webtoon anime adaptions, this is no doubt the worst looking one with boring fight scenes. It's not very exciting to look out but you're not going to want to gouge your eyes out either. It's just boring. Sound: 6/10 The Opening and Endings are phenomenal. The soundtrack itself is just average but occasionally decent. Characters: 4/10 Due to the poor pacing, character development is butchered. Some don't act the way they should from the Webtoon or are not developed enough. This leads to some poor attachment to some characters. Enjoyment: 4/10 As a fan of the webtoon this is quite a gut punched honestly. Crunchyroll does not succeed with this series or do it justice. I think the crunchyroll anime adaptions just got worse with each iteration as The God of High School was also quite bad and that is a big shame. I don't want a season 2 for this series if this is the level we are getting. Just go read the webtoon. I still hope Kami no Tou gets a season 2 though because that was pretty good.

I don’t think it deserves a lot of the hate especially those who reviewed it too early in the series. For an anime only watcher the series was quite good. I read the WEBTOON and I thought the anime was fine. The story was a bit fast paced and some parts were cut but I don’t some of them were relevant while other could have been squeezed in. Too many saying there isn’t content for season 2 clearly are anime only watchers because there is a lot more stuff and a season is definitely possible but considering somethings turned out that’s up in the air. I personally really enjoyed it. It was like a refresher now I’m going to go reread the WEBTOON. It’s really my favorite I enjoyed all of the characters and I think you should personally just watch it yourself. It’s a pretty nice anime despite some flaws. If a second season was made I’d hope they go for 24 episodes and much slower. Anyways 9/10 for me.

I'll make this review as short as possible to convey the idea i received from the show. the animation is without a doubt amazing, the sound effects used are also breathtaking and I'll be lying if I said the anime is lame. the combat scenes are epic, the story line is decent and their emotions are not well depicted in the anime… is what you'll think if you only saw the anime. [like how M-21's emotions are shown through out the series]. I was kind of hyped by the anime so I ended up reading the web manga as well and that's where I found out that the anime is missing a lot of scenes and some characters which are supposed to be on some scenes were not even shown in the manga. the web manga have also explained everything in ways that we can understand the situation correctly unlike the anime. I'm not trying say that you shouldn't watch it but the show is missing a lot of parts from the web manga. hope u found this review helpful.

As a webtoon reader, I love the animation adaptation. I mean, the music (hello It's HYDE!), sfx, voice dub (they changed some of the seiyuu from the OVA 4 years ago but, It's okay. Hirakawa Daisuke is still there for Franken lalala), animation, arts are outstanding. Production I.G really do a good job for this. But I'm just kinda disappointed because...at first, I really expect it will be something like long-running adaptation that get hundreds of episodes or, at least 24 episodes with more stable-paced story? bc the original Story, I mean, the plot of the Webtoon manhwa was lit epic. But well..it's turn out being another "ssssummarised" anime from the original story (if u know what I mean lol XD) bc they really skipped many parts. But well, okay. Well done. I'm actually enjoyed watching this. You have to check out the manhwa though for the full epic story of this work. I actually really love the arts, characters design in this anime and...Frankenstain arghhhhhh ☆☆☆ I'm just really happy seeing all these characters moves, battles and being animated! ♡♡♡

Well, from the description, it's about Raizel a pure-blooded Noble who's been asleep for 820 years for mysterious reasons! In order to protect him, his servant Frankenstein enrolls him in Ye-Ran High School, where he is the principle. However, a powerful organization by the name of The Union is also looking for Raizel and is sending modified humans to hunt for Raizel and his friends. The following is obvious, amazing animated fights between Raizel and his friends with the Union members. But, for a lot of people the story is also about Raizel interaction with Human society. All his life, Raizel was carrying a heavy burden which is the role of the Noblesse, which made him a loner. But this all changed once Raizel discovers the human society through high school life. Raizel even started making human friends, playing video games, eating new kind of food... For the first time of his life he is enjoying his life. These 13 episodes are easily enjoyable and full of funny entertaining scenes. BTW the Opening will eventually grow on you. (SPOILERS AHEAD) For people who read the manhwa, this season is about the encounter with DA-5 and the noble arc. It didn't cover all the details. There are also some major events which weren't included (for example the fight with the nobles who belong to the Union)... But, personally I really enjoyed watching the episodes. If you're like me and you just wanted to see your favorite characters animated this is for you!

This is a masterpiece. It brings back memories of a time I had forgotten, and I still cannot really remember but I can recall those feelings. The nostalgia hits so hard, when I first saw this, I thought it was a maybe 2005. You got to watch it on YT with the amazing video quality of 480p, if your really want to put it at 240p why not, and just enjoy. And somehow it hits everything just right, and what's crazy is that some of it might have been done intentionally. Sometimes I think its aware of what its doing, which actually detracts a little bit from the experience for me, but not enough to make this anything less than a 10/10. One thing I don't remember is if it had the obligatory beach episode, I feel like it must have, its that show, but I just don't remember. This is better than Dark Cat. If nothing is really doing it for you anymore, its all just spectacle with no soul, this is so refreshing, not saying this has soul, it does however have something the new stuff with their amazingly animated fights are lacking, but I couldn't tell you what that is. If I had to say what this reminds me of by just throwing out first things that pop into my mind, I think it would be like Fumoffu / Black Butler / Bleach / Darker than Black, kind of feels like a mix of those and more. Oh yeah, I do not even know if what I watched had the first few episodes, it feels like your thrust right into the second season, maybe I was I don't know, and that just made it better.

Honestly, it felt lackluster. A lot of characters that really didn't do much to advance the plot and got lost altogether near the end, quite a few unresolved plot lines, a lack of an actual motivation behind the main plot line. The show was devoid of any character development, aside from one or two characters that didn't actually develop, but rather had flashbacks to previous experiences. A lack of motivation regarding MC's relationship to his companion (we got some, but it was highly stripped and bare). Could have left out a lot of filler to actually deliver some semblance of meaning behind a lot of the plot. It's okay if you're bored out of your mind and want to watch something for the sake of watching something, but there are plenty of other shows which seem to pack a lot more punch and deliver on intriguing story lines.

Mild spoilers present It was quite grand and very good. It was a fiction, but the way it was shown made me feel like one of the character of story seeing the characters doing their things in person. Noblesse as the name suggest shows nobles and the word is very far from the way nobles are shown in any other anime. The part I liked the most was the las episode when our main character turned out to be the one who do the fair judgements to the wrongs of the nobles and turned out to be more powerful than a lord. The other characters shown were quite good as well. The modified humans showed were quite an ordeal and frenkestien character was quite powerfull as well. Overall the show was good and can be enjoyed by anyone.

The fact that this show has such a low rating should let you know that such opinions can only hold so much weight. As someone who was not familiar with the WebToon this series took me completely by surprise and I fell in love with its every aspect. If you like OP protagonists and and OP-verse then this is the show for you. Nuff said. Those who did not enjoy the show as much may have been unhappy with how the show was adapted and I am in no position to speak to that considering I hadn't read the WT. However, from what I have seen the show followed the original source material quite faithfully.

Overall I will rate this Anime a 6/10 I KNOW, I KNOW that the webcomic is way better story-wise and that it fills most of the gaps that the anime left open. The anime itself felt very bland... I wasn't annoyed by the story, I actually felt like it was going by at a smooth pace. But I just feel like it didn't accomplish anything, it felt like the whole 'school side' of the anime was pointless... Yes I know it was to develop the main character's feeling/how he feels about himself, still... pointless. I would still recommend you watching it because it's different and the art/ animation are very well made, just the story is like a 6/10, the rest is a solid 7.

First of all, the major mistake here was the fact that you HAVE to see the ONA Movie from 2016 to understand what is happening. This is so f*cked up, that you can't bring new public to your anime, you're happy with your centered audience. But let's go in parts Story: Not talking about the fact that the story of the anime cuts MANY things of the manhwa (just like they did to Tower of God and GoH, but in these particular cases, the cut was necessary to give good rhythm and pace to the anime, since the webtoon are too slow), Noblesse has a problem itself about where the story should go in this season and what would be the major plot, since that we have a protagonist without much information. They should put in a logic sequential of actions that move our main character within the story, not the story that moves alongside in different pace and structure than Raziel. This is his story, and should be more evident into the major plot. (5/10) Art: Although that, Production I.G is making a good work with the animation and art. I mean, they did amazing work with SNK and other stuff with less action like Ao Haru Ride and The End of Evangelion, they know how to put a good piece of art in motion without making them out of the original art style. (8/10) Sound: It was fair. The songs were too good for the action and fighting moments but it wasn't something that you'll remember for. The opening and ending were the major point of the sound for the anime and this is sad. (6/10) Character: They are good character with poor development or even evolution alongside the story. The fact that they are the same that we see in episode 1 and episode 13 it's the proof what I'm talking about. Besides that, the only character with good improvement is M-21, but even him stopped developing after his arc. (6/10) Enjoyment: Noblesse has the major problem that anime with good premise suffers, which is: "where should the story goes?". The problem is the fact that the anime is an adaptation not an original series, which this argument shouldn't be put on question because THEY HAVE MATERIAL. It's sad, but besides that, the good fight animations were good enough to enjoy this little part of the show that is good (7/10) Overall: Not a good anime, but also isn't a bad one. Wouldn't recommend to anyone, and the hype created for one of the most famous manhwa didn't paid off. (6/10)