Ridiculous outfit design aside, the artwork is strong.
It was done by Oshima Michiru, who also worked on the music for Fullmetal Alchemist. Saito Soma, Yuuki Aoi, Hikasa Yoko & Suzumura Kenihi all give strong performances and there aren't any weak ones. The action sequences are also nicely done, with smooth, quick action that can be really intense. On the positive side, the backgrounds in this are very well detailed. So, at least its equal opportunity fan-service. Whether its Fremy's tiny strip of cloth covering her breasts while her stomach is fully exposed, Nashetania's fetishy bunny girl thing or Goldov's muscular stomach being shown in much the same way as Fremy's outfit, including a tiny strip of cloth covering his chest.
Yes, this series has a bit of an issue with fan-service, giving several characters ridiculous outfits. If you're familiar with my reviews, you can probably guess it easily since it's probably the complaint I have about art most frequently. Take a wild guess at what my major issue with the art in this is. Maybe the story develops it better in the stuff that takes place after this, but it starts really abruptly. About the biggest issue is that the main romance feels a bit forced. And I will give the series credit that even the more under-developed characters get something that advances them above the usual archetype. If there's a follow up series, maybe those characters will get more to them. Which isn't particularly surprising, given that there are seven major characters in this and twelve episodes. There are some who are a bit under-developed. Like the narrative, the characters are initially set up to look very typical but, as the series progresses, they start demonstrating facets that go beyond the archetypes that you'd associate with them on that basis. It also does craft a sense of paranoia quite well with the seven characters being trapped together, not knowing which one is their enemy. It does stop at a good point with the promise of more challenges but with a huge one out of the way. Which results in a climax that's not telegraphed but has a good amount building up to it. There are several events that appear to be just part of the world building or ordinary character moments that are actually important when the climax comes around and the series is good about treating them the same way they do the world building and regular character moments. I'll also give it credit for being excellent at foreshadowing. I will give the series credit, it is done in quite the clever way. The series enhances its mystery by setting up the viewer's expectations for a very typical type of story, including having characters who look pretty readily suspicious, only to subvert those expectations as the series heads towards its climax. In all fairness to the slow start, it is kind of necessary in this case. Which could easily become repetitive unless Yamagata is very careful. The ending also does drop the ball a bit by promising that the continuation will regurgitate a major plot point from this series. At that point, it actually does get interesting. When the series is a third of the way through they introduce a locked room mystery surrounding a seventh Brave where Adlet and his companions are trapped and have to find out who among them is an enemy. The biggest fault with the series is that it starts out slow, looking very much like a typical fantasy story. The two run off to meet with the other Braves. Which I'm sure is not a design choice to excuse her exposing her cleavage. He shouts out that he's been chosen and gets rescued by Princess Nashetania, who has a Brave's crest on her upper chest, just below the neck. His little stunt lands him in a dungeon and, after spending a long time within, he has a strange dream and wakes up with the Brave's Crest on his hand. Turns out that Adlet really wants to be one of the Braves, six chosen warriors who are destined to fight the demon king. We open with our main protagonist, Adlet, interrupting an exhibition match while declaring himself “the strongest man.” Get used to that line, it gets repeated a lot. So, let this serve as my introduction to them as I delve into Rokka no And their few projects could be really good. They haven't exactly been around for that long. They haven't exactly been the most prolific of studios, but maybe that doesn't mean much. So, in 2015 there was an anime version from Passione, a studio that also did Rail Wars & Haitai Nanafa, which I haven't seen, and nothing else. There's also an ongoing manga based on the novels. Rokka no Yuusha is an anime based on a series of light novels by Yamagata Ishio.