Review of Wizards (1977) by Jonathan B — 26 Nov 2010

It looks stupid and cheap. The sound effects are dated and bad. The music is 100% forgettable. There is a disconnect between the voice acting and what is really happening on the screen. The character designs try to be funny and scary at the same time and the roto-scoping effects look ridiculous.

But...I didn't hate it. I don't know why. The story wasn't the best but there were redeeming elements of it. This anime has some moxy or imagination that you just can't buy. I mean, Orc Nazi's fighting sword wielding elves, a death robot named Peace who rides a ridiculously goofy looking horse/lizard bi-ped and one sexy as hell, curvy in all the right places fairy....not to mention the main wizard has a clown nose and mickey mouse hands and almost sucks at wizardry.....what the fuck.

The story made sense though, I'm not sure how. The animation looked silly but dealt with some dark themes. The ending was pretty damn awesome. It's just hard to look past it's goofy surface. I would almost like someone to reboot this.