So, when you look back at older Fantasy, in a certain time frame for anime and a different one for Western media, there’s this palpable “anything goes” feeling to it. You’d be introduced to weird worlds that don’t respect any sort of conventions about technology or story format or these ideas of a standard “fantasy” that have largely emerged across the genre. Sometimes, though, you’ll get a work that will buck the current trends. For anime in 2023 that sometimes feels practically wedded to the Video Game Rules Universe, and only slightly less tightly bound to Isekai and/or Harem, Giant Beasts of Ars is the blast from the past and/or breath of fresh air that marches to the beat of its own drum.
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