Sacred Blacksmith

Alternate Titles: None

Original Japanese Release Date: 2009

Episode Length/Run-time: 12 episodes

Summary:

Cecily Campbell is the last in the prestigious Campbell line.  Coming from a prestigious family she has decided to become a Knight in honor of her family.  Despite being confident she is a clumsy swordsman and is fearsome of true battle.  One day because of this clumsiness she is saved by Luke (with his assistant Lisa) who is a legendary blacksmith capable of forging Katana and powerful swords capable of fighting demons.  Cecily asks him to forge her a sword but he is skeptical of her and she must first prove herself first.

Review:

Don’t let this review or the seemingly original concept/title fool you into thinking this is an anime you want to watch because it is most certainly not.  I made the mistake of being excited for this anime the season it was coming out and, behold, I ended up being disappointed.

Cecily is your traditional anime girl, large boobs which the other girls are never shy to point out, clumsy to a fault and of course pure intended and true.  The most frustrating thing I found is she was supposed to be a knight and ended up being saved by everyone else throughout the whole show.  Even when she tried to stand on her own she ended up faltering almost every time.

As the series progresses they throw more girls into the mix so the series ends up basically becoming Luke’s harem.

The problem with this series is that it had a lot of good ideas.  A legendary blacksmith, swords that became people, magic, impenetrable evils, and Knights!  Anime these days just doesn’t have that traditional fantasy flare.  But the problem was it felt like a huge brainstorming session that was never developed.  Like if they had all these good ideas in there it would make a good anime but this sadly isn’t the case.

[starrater]