Reposted from MAL published originally 2 April 2025 Farmagia is an anime that has a reputation for being bad. I originally wanted to watch it 1 to get some taste for whats bad to feel the contrast between what I consider good to great and 2 to lower my average score. The truth is it has some things that make me cringe and some aspects that make it decent or good. Overview After the death of the world of Felicidads ruler one of the Oracin Seis Glaza immediately sets himself up as the ruler. Glazas minions immediately attack the Avrion continent where the protagonist Ten and his friends live. In response Ten and his friends must fight Glaza and other members of the Oracin Seis to regain their freedom. Notes This is Fairy Tail meets Pokemon/Digimon. The characters were designed by Mashima Hiro the mangaka of Fairy Tail. Although Mashima did not write Farmagia there are clear parallels. Ten corresponds to Natsu Leii corresponds to Gray and Arche corresponds to Lucy perhaps. Both main characters have pets LookieLoo corresponds to Happy. I dont know the analogues for Chica and Emero. With the usual disclaimer if you dont like Mashimas works you will not like this anime. The same goes if you like his works. If I were a person who usually drops anime I would have dropped this before reaching halfway. I was facepalming at how dumb the characters were. It was not encouraging. I suggest that you keep at it. It gets better. In fact the character designs dont seem to pop initially. But by the end of the anime you will know which is which because of how invested you become in their respective story arcs. I love that we get the respective story arcs of each protagonist and this makes them so memorable. This is in sharp contrast to so many anime that have an ensemble but fail to characterise and give justice to each cast of characters. Im looking at you Promise of Wizard and Cheer for You. The opening song for Farmagia is decent. Some dislike it but come on. Its from Asian KungFu Generation the band that sang one of the bangers of the original Fullmetal Alchemist. The ED by missdystopia is okay but has the energy to become a banger. The animation is decent enough compared to the usual but it probably pales in comparison to toptier battle shounen. By the way the source material is a game so we dont have the usual demographic categories as shounen shoujo seinen and josei. But with the way the content is too similar to Fairy Tail its safe to use the term shounen. The pacing is mostly decent. At first the events are happening so fast that it seems its not good pacing. But after watching you realise that the 12episode format has helped this anime. Even if you feel that the anime is bad or cringe as I often experienced because the cringe aspects are similar to Fairy Tail you cant help but feel that each episode is way better than the average episode of Fairy Tail. The single cour format made the director only to include the essentials and not bother creating fillers that dont add much to the plot. Thus plotwise Farmagia is good. You can however nitpick some plotholes such as the personnel not being too numerous for a continent. Its not perfect but decent. Its greatest strength is the lore and world building. Despite my wanting to hate this anime this is an aspect that convinced me that this anime is not really bad. I wont spoil you because the world of Felicidads mythology is tied directly to the plot. I will list though the place names. If you got a kick out of the character names in Frieren as German words that characterise the characters you might like this aspect. Felicidad which is the world our characters are inhabiting. It means happiness in Spanish. 220https://i.ur.com/GGHFwVA.png There are five continents within Felicidad and I like the map. 1. Avrion. You cant find a meaning for it but it seems related to the word of French origin avion which is any machine that flies or an aeroplane. 2. Perfectus. Latin for perfect. 3. Rahatluk is the Bosnian concept of the art of enjoying. 4. Sonrisa is Spanish for smile or even forced smile. 5. Nadeyatsya is Russian for hope. Conclusion Farmagia is that one anime considered by others as bad. Indeed it has some cringe elements. Yet I was surprised that it has so many decent elements that I cannot ignore. Im grading it a 5 and a recommended mark. Its not bad and can be good. Its hampered by how the characters can act like idiots and this prevents me from giving it a higher score. NOTA BENE: A rating of 5 out of 10 or 50 out of 100 in anilist means that 1 I find this anime to be average 2 I enjoyed it to some extent but it has some flaws. 3 Or simply I rank it below my 6s but above my 4s. A 5 means a passing score. If youre the kind of viewer who treats anything below a 7 as irredeemable Id encourage a broader more nuanced approach to rating. My enjoyment spectrum lies from 4 to 10. If I have scored an anime below 4 I actively dislike it.