Since it's still fresh in my mind, I can tell my impression toward this series :3 phew!
Well, if you try to search the game by itself you will find so many Atelier series. It is exactly like what it sounds, there are currently 15th series, and the one became an anime is the 15th series.
From the pic I show above, it shows so many female characters. Don't misinterpret this anime to be for entertain the audience with fanservices. It's moe enough but also has few male characters and it's not harem genre.
The main characters named Escha and Logy, the alchemists.
The background of this story is mainly on Colseit town. The town where Escha lives. To put it simply, she then meets with other characters which are not only alchemists but also treasure hunter, swordswoman, and many more. That's how I make the storyline simplier lol.
Since it's based on the game, so no wonder why every episode seems there are missions need to be completed. Maybe it's just me who assumes like that since I never played the game so I can't give any proper explanation to you. For the story itself, it's clear that each episode contain of a task for em~people in R&D Division Colseit Department. There are also times when the problems focus on few characters but not too complicated, enjoyable enough.
There's no need to tilt your head and use your brain too much because the ideas for this series is rather simple. Mostly the theme in each episode is the friendship. So there's no warning such as R18 lol. Nevertheless, there is an episode which shows scenery of the girls in bath, to make it clear, it's censored. ꒰(@`꒳´)꒱
The art is quite nice and somewhat soothing colors. But not too superb, just an average. I'd prefer the opening theme rather than the ending theme which the rhythm is too slow for me. (opening theme (゜ν゜)). Well nothing so special too about the music. The characters for the series are quite colourful. You can find alchemists, mechanic, treasure hunter, archeologist, traveller, even witch lol.
I will give rate around 7 for the series :3
Pros:
- The meaning of the series such as friendship, hard work, caring
Cons:
- Episodic story (for me it's bothering)
増原 紀花