Granbelm

Long ago, magic was abundant and enriched the lives of all people until its usage in war. To end the chaos, seven of the most powerful mages gave up their lives in order to seal all magic. Now, almost one thousand years later, their magic seal Magiaconatus hosts Granbelm, a monthly series of battles meant to determine who among its participants is worthy of the title of Princeps, the one true mage.

On the night of a full moon, high school student Mangetsu Kohinata is suddenly transported to an illusionary world where six mages are participating in Granbelm. Mistaken for an enemy mage, Mangetsu is attacked by two mages until she is rescued by Shingetsu Ernesta Fukami and her Armanox Viola Katze. However, when Shingetsu is ambushed for protecting her, Magiaconatus grants Mangetsu the Armanox White Lily, allowing her to fight off Shingetsu's assailant. Overwhelmed by the revelations presented to her, Mangetsu decides to help her new friend fight in Granbelm and make her wish come true.

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Fukami, Shingetsu Ernesta Main

Tanezaki, Atsumi Japanese

Kohinata, Mangetsu Main

Shimabukuro, Miyuri Japanese

Hakamada, Suishou Supporting

Yuuki, Aoi Japanese

Fugo, Anna Supporting

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Rin, Nene Supporting

Kubo, Yurika Japanese

Tsuchimikado, Shisui Supporting

Tamura, Yukari Japanese

Tsuchimikado, Kuon Supporting

Iwami, Manaka Japanese

Rin, Nana Supporting

Kimura, Juri Japanese

Rin, Mimi Supporting

Kasuga, Nozomi Japanese

Fugo, Claire Supporting

Kouno, Marika Japanese

Kamei, Hiroshi Producer

Nagatani, Takayuki Producer

Nakamura, Hiroshi Producer

Watanabe, Masaharu Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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Aug 20, 2026

Flaann

Recommended

Why didn't I watch this when it first aired?! It was recommended to me, and it was definitely worth it.

At first glance, we see our “protagonist”—and I say that because you’d think this is the typical anime where the main character magically gains powers and possesses a hidden ability that you assume will be the series’ last hope—BUT halfway through, everything takes a drastic turn and leaves you perplexed, or at least that’s how I felt.
Mangetsu, a girl with an ordinary life, is transported to a magical world, where she meets Shingetsu. There, she discovers that her life isn’t what she actually “thinks” it is.

Without ... a doubt, this will be a series I’ll never forget.
P.S.: I’d love to try one of Mangetsu’s bento boxes.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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May 11, 2020

Himahito12

Mixed Feelings

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Story : 5

The story is kinda cliche at first, the comedy is all i enjoy in this series.
The ending of the story disappointed me a lot...

Character Design : 9
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I love the character designs, even tho i don't really like the mechas and i won't rate the mecha designs.

Animation : 7

Pretty standard, nothing else to praise or critique

Sound : 7

Character : 6

Enjoyment : 5

I only enjoy the comedy of this series, i can't really enjoy how the story starts and ends like what i usually hate to see.

Overall : 6

I don't recommend to watch this series, but if you want to observe the beautiful character design of Shinichirou Ootsuka you can skip the entire dialogue unless you want some comedy from it. The comedy itself is pretty light comedy.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Dec 20, 2020

dokai_

Not Recommended

The 2010s gave anime fans a revival of sorts for the magical girl genre. This can be attributed to shows like Madoka Magica, which gave a darker, more story-based spin on the usual "girl meets talking animal and gets powers" plot, and was targeted towards an older demographic, unlike Sailor Moon and Cardcaptor Sakura. Before long, a new wave of sleeker, story-based magical girl anime hit the scene, some more obscure than others.

Granbelm is one of these shows that spawned out of the shadow of Madoka, but it fails to live up to the show that it's so clearly inspired by.

The story follows the story ... of the pink-haired protagonist Mangetsu, who, on the night of a full moon, is suddenly transmitted into Granbelm, a battle-royale set in another world, where girls fight eachother in massive magical mech suits. There, Mangetsu meets the mysterious Shingetsu, who tells her about the battle for unlimited magical power, and they end up forming a team to fight in Granbelm.

Without going into too many spoilers, this show's plot is pretty weak and derivative. It borrows a lot of tropes from other anime without really putting any sort of creative spin on them other than "cool big robot". There is a plot twist towards the end of the show that kind of shakes things up, but by then there's not enough time to get deep into any character development, so the twist ends up coming off as sort of "fake deep".

Speaking of character development, let's talk about this show's characters are probably its most lackluster feature. The protagonist features pretty much no unique qualities other than being naive and determined. Granted, this could be explained by future revelations in the show that I won't spoil, but it still doesn't make for a very interesting character. The same can be said for pretty much all of the other characters in the show; they have very one-note, uninteresting personalities that make it really hard for me to care about them in the slightest. There's one girl who's only personality trait is screaming in anger, like she doesn't have any sort of chill switch.

The animation in this show is fine, for the most part. Where it really fails is during the fight scenes, where the show really just tries to throw out as much bright, seizure-inducing visual vomit as possible without really showing any dynamism or fluidity. Not all of the action scenes are bad, but the ones that are are really difficult to follow due to the show's need to overload the screen with neon lasers and explosions every 12 seconds. Not to mention that the show's opening sequence blatantly rips off Neon Genesis Evangelion in several ways.

The soundtrack is decent. It has some pretty tracks, but it's not anything too crazy.

Overall, this show just didn't really click for me. It just felt derivative to the point of losing almost all of its seriousness, from the opening sequence to the show's resolution. There were aspects of it that showed promise, but it ultimately failed at providing me with anything that I couldn't get out of Madoka Magica.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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