The debut of Wizard's Promise It feels just like the form of old-school anime that when explored the idea of protagonists being transported to different worlds earlier than isekai it grew to become an official style and took the business by storm. Some would possibly even say that Wizards' Promise emits Twelve Kingdoms vibrations, with out the ominous environment that permeated the primary episode of this newest basic.
A part of this distinct total feeling that separates Wizard's Promise of contemporary isekai undoubtedly comes from how protagonist Akira Masaki is transported to the world of magic. There's really a bodily channel that takes her away, and it's appropriately an elevator. Most significantly, Akira is just not killed by “truck-san”, a god doesn't become involved and provides her a “cheat” potential, and he or she doesn't all of a sudden discover herself in a brand new place with no logical clarification, as is frequent within the fashionable isekai.
Promise of Wizard is a good fantasy anime with nostalgic pre-Isekai vibes
Based mostly on Coly's on-line simulation online game; Produced by Liden Filmes
Though the tone may be very completely different, some viewers could also be left Twelve Kingdoms vibes as a result of a wizard all of a sudden materializes subsequent to Akira within the elevator and says some supernatural issues, like referring to her as "Sage" earlier than mysteriously disappearing. This reminds Twelve Kingdoms' Keiki, a mysterious and surprisingly dressed man who swears allegiance to protagonist Yoko earlier than taking her away.
There are additionally allusions to supernatural phenomena in each opening episodes. In The Twelve KingdomsYoko is plagued by nightmares. Though not threatening or all that frequent, Akira makes a foreboding discovery that the present evening shares lots of the similar distinctions that his grandmother at all times mentioned would lead to "unusual issues" occurring. It's also noteworthy that Wizard's PromiseAkira virtually instantly finds himself in the course of a scenario within the new world that might simply escalate into outright violence and his eventual seize, which occurs to Yoko.
Nevertheless, Wizards' Promise' Akira is just not tormented by horrible nightmares and doesn't witness a combat between horrible beasts, neither is there any indication that, like Yoko, she is bullied by her friends or shamed by authority figures at residence. In reality, Wizard's PromiseThe time spent within the regular world is kind of brief. However the foreshadowing phrases of her grandmother, the lacking sorceress, and the battle she finds herself in contribute to the sequence' total tone paying homage to The Twelve Kingdomsdistinct feeling.
The Wizard's Promise strays from the extra standard tropes of contemporary Isekai
Whereas the elevator is certainly an old-school characteristic in earlier anime, that's to not say that fashionable isekai haven't integrated such components earlier than. A more moderen instance contains I gained a dishonest ability in one other world and likewise grew to become unequalled in the true world. Yuya goes forwards and backwards in his new world via his grandfather's home. The distinction, nonetheless, is that the primary episode shortly begins exploring a few of the most typical tropes in isekai, like leveling up in an RPG-based world.
From Wizard's Promise episode #1, there are not any indicators that Akira's new world has components of a real-life RPGnonetheless, this might simply change. A much less distinguished instance is My on the spot loss of life ability is mastered via using a bus, however this shortly changed into a lethal recreation. In fact, viewers who're acquainted with the unique recreation, which this anime is predicated on, know the reality.
Though not a carbon copy of The Twelve Kingdoms, Wizard's Promise at the moment appears like an old style anime, and for individuals who are bored with the same old isekai tropes, I hope it stays that manner.