Ixion Saga DT

Are you reading this in 2025? Or maybe in 2050? Are you getting more and more tired of generic isekai anime? No problem. If you're in the future, the genre has probably gotten even worse than it is now (in 2024-2025). But don’t worry, my friend—you can still go back in time and enjoy this hidden gem.

Ixion Saga DT won’t change your life, but it’s a breath of fresh air in a genre that's been in constant decline. It features solid character designs for a 2012 anime, a good soundtrack, funny moments, and—if you're into it—one of the best inclusive characters in anime history: Mariandale, ... a transgender maid voiced by Jun Fukuyama, who delivers a convincingly feminine voice that becomes even more natural as the series progresses. “If there’s love, balls or no balls doesn’t matter at all!” as they would said in the show.

Ixion Saga DT doesn’t really needs ecchi or harem tropes to succeed. It doesn’t need the power of love to win either (take notes, Kirito). Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride.

For anyone tired of isekai—and for anyone in general—this anime is highly recommended.

Concept is actualy great and there are hilarius cense and episode for score of 10 but from 25 episodes sadly i need to say that instead of deap story director chose shalow aproach so some episodes are pointles to watch. This anime is parody in its core but it need to have limit how far can you capture atention of watcher only using plane comedy with out desired outcome. I can not teel you that I am disapointet but still I am sad from amount of waisted potential this anime had in first 5 episode :(...
Concept is actualy great and there are ... hilarius cense and episode for score of 10 but from 25 episodes sadly i need to say that instead of deap story director chose shalow aproach so some episodes are pointles to watch. This anime is parody in its core but it need to have limit how far can you capture atention of watcher only using plane comedy with out desired outcome. I can not teel you that I am disapointet but still I am sad from amount of waisted potential this anime had in first 5 episode :(...

Ixion Saga DT is an anime based off of an online game, because those are known for their compelling narratives and not the high amount of repetitive grind at all. Although, to be fair to the concept, I've looked at an anime based off of a Pachinko machine that was quite good. The anime was written by Yamatoya Akatsuki and developed by our old friends at Brain's Base. Which is a bit of a mixed sign since they've done some good stuff, some kind of mediocre stuff and some stuff that's utter shite. Let's see where this one falls.


Story:

Young Hokaze Kon is a gamer. While ... playing Monster Hunter, or a game with very similar encounters with massive monsters, he meets a young lady player. They talk and she manages to get him to agree to help her. Which results in him being transferred to another world, chair and all. He accidentally falls on top of a man, saving a small group that was being cornered by him and his goons. Kon agrees to travel with the people he inadvertently rescued in order to find a way back to his own world. Together, they head on their journey to get an eight year old princess married for political reasons while also finding a way for Kon to return so he stops bothering everyone with his existence. Various shenanigans ensue.

The most pervasive problem with this series is the humour. It's built around subverting tropes and doing the unexpected. However, half the time it just draws attention to the fact that what it's doing is clichéd and it's jokes that are actually subverting regular tropes are mostly really obvious, making the punch lines predictable before the set-ups are even done. The consequence, in either case, is that the comedy falls pathetically short. The story itself is very shallow, relying heavily on those comedic elements both to provide entertainment and to distract from the obvious element that's incredibly not okay. Another issue with the comedy is that the series likes to repeat itself. There are multiple cases where they'll have a jape and then quickly repeat the jape twice more in a very short amount of time. I guess they just really wanted to run those jokes into the ground or maybe they thought if it didn't make you laugh the first time, it would the third time.

To its credit, there are a few funny scenes and the stuff that doesn't work is more stupid than it is annoying or painful. I also do appreciate the way they subvert the usual unfunny trans-gender jokes you get in anime.

Characters:

Most of the characters in this are just boring and pretty one-note. Then you have Kon himself. He's the worst part of this series. Definitely among the more annoying protagonists I've seen. Yeah, he's better than Shinji Ikari, but that's not saying much. On the plus side, the moments where he's in pain are cathartic.


Art:

The artwork is pretty good. The background details are nicely fleshed out. The biggest issue with it is just that the comedic exaggeration scenes can be excessive and, like the comedy in general, they don't really work well.

Sound:

As a whole, the acting is perfectly passable, but not anything great. Fukuyama Jun does really well making him one of the few male voice actors I've heard play a female character well. Eguchi Takuya, in contrast, is really bad in this. To be fair to him, he was good in OreGairu. In this case, he wasn't given much to work with. I don't think anyone could have made Kon's dialogue sound good.

Ho-yay:

There's a little. It's established early on that Mariandale attracts both men and other women.

Final Thoughts:

Ixion Saga DT is not a good series. The comedic elements largely fall flat. The main character is a constant annoyance and there's just not much to recommend it. That being said, I wouldn't call it terrible since most of its faults aren't particularly egregious. My final rating is a 3/10. Next week is the notorious Byston Well Monogatari: Garzey no Tsubasa. It's supposedly really atrocious. The week after that it'll be the 300th anime review. Until then, may you experience kindness, laughs and tranquillity.