Sousou no Frieren: ●● no Mahou 6g424s

This is just a compilation of little, low budget shorts. So far, there are 3 episodes out. The first one is ing a spell that makes you speak your thoughts out loud, the second one is ing a spell that removes alcohol from booze, and the third one is ing a spell that allows u to wake up on time. These are fun, short comedic skits between the cast and they make for a good and wholesome time. Although they are heartwarming, that's all there is to this. Unlike the actual Frieren TV anime, don't go into this expecting a high quality ... masterpiece, because that's not what you're going to get.

This series was really enjoyable to watch, and I'm saying it as someone who is not a huge fan of all those "chibi episodic series". Not that I don't like them. I just prefer said chibi episodic series' main series, that's all. I was worried "Sousou no Frieren: Marumaru no Mahou" would be just another mediocre series, created for the sake of just existing alongside the main anime (in this case: "Sousou no Frieren"). I was wrong. It's a solid chibi episodic anime.

There are 12 episodes, each one dedicated to a different magic spell. What all of them have in common is being just short ... and cute way to show funny gags happening between various characters from Sousou no Frieren. They naturally fit into the main series' storyline, expanding it a little in a wholesome way. I like if such series go that way. Explaining things that did not appear in the main series is cool and always welcome, sure, but I don't think using funny chibi short stories is a good way to do it.

The art is simple, the characters look chibi, and the animation isn't as good as in the main series... And that's perfectly fine. The audiovisual side of this anime is balanced and fits its general atmosphere. All characters look like good chibi caricatures of their official designs known from "Sousou no Frieren", and the animation is good enough to work as a tool for making gags or certain scenes look rather pleasant to one's eyes.

In short, "Marumaru no Mahou" is a nice and fun way to spend several minutes of your time. While it's not obligatory to be watched in order to have better experience coming from watching the main series, I think that it's worth giving it a try, especially if you are a huge fan of "Sousou no Frieren".

It's a cute little companion series for the main anime "Sousou no Frieren". It's nice little heartwarming skits with little on the animation side. Stuff like this just shows how much they enjoyed the character interactions so much they had to make a little b-sides adventures thing. The other guy said there's no "quality here" but they're nuts. While it is true this isn't a standalone anime it is still of great quality. Even though the style is very simplified it still conveys great expressiveness and attention to the details that matter. In addition, each episode is only a little over a minute, so they ... never overstay their welcome or overuse a joke. The only criticism I have is that it'd be annoying in the future for a new viewer to know when to watch a given episode considering they're being released alongside the anime and as such feature characters that are present at that time in the main anime. I suppose you could just look at air dates for each episode but then that just adds a layer of tedium to what should just be a cute shorts series which is why I'm rating it lower than the main anime.

Having survived the horrors that are the endlessly horrible Code Geass picture drama shorts, I thought I was scarred for life. I would always consume the latter with a dissatisfied expression and a hardened core. But alas, this cute and bite-sized series of shorts came by me. And it was such a great breeze of air.

If you, like me, loved and enjoyed Friere: Journey's End, then I've got some good news for you. However, if not, then I have so many questions for you starting from what even got you on this page to begin with.

Countless popular shows come with this type of special like ... some late wave of marketing and keeping the hype alive for more potential profit later, they all off as generic, filler that's just plain boring and slow. However, once a red moon, (or is it a blue moon? Pick your color) comes a special drop of shorts that really do sell a unique vibe, and this one is one of the best ones I've seen in recent memory.

Cute Chibi animation, hilarious dialog, and short delivery made the watch feel like such a breeze that it wouldn't have hurt to have a dozen more episodes. And that's rare.

If you're a fan of Frieren, this review would not be even needed for you to even watch it. You would watch it regardless of what me and other reviews say.

This is extra content about mundane magic spells. The subtext would be that magic spells should be part of day-to-day stuff contrary to the idea that magic is for killing, which resonates well with Serie.

There's some humour here but nothing earth-shattering. It's just a good watch, about 2 minutes per episode.

It's only 12 episodes compared to 28 episodes of the main Frieren anime. As far as I know, as of the date of this ... writing, which is the 5th of April, 2024, there's no guide that ties each episode of these chibi series to the main series. Though not required, it would have been handy.

Amazing chibi styled 1 minute shorts.
Having more or less the the four cell structure to them,
known from news papers.
( You start at one end, develop conflict in the middle two s, and resolve with a punch line at the end )

They're not groundbreaking,
however they're funny and amazing nonetheless.
Character names aren't as much of an issue here and kinda ad more towards it being more funny.


... The only problem is that publishing dates are sort of random,
making it hard to predict the next episode.

9/10, definitely worth watching this amazing chibi styled Version from Frieren.

This is a neat series of 12 chibi comedy shorts with the topic of each short being a silly spell that Fern or Frieren found.

The comedy in the shorts is good enough and it's nice that there's consistency in the form of having a new spell every episode. Most of the spells aren't mentioned in the main anime but some of them are. The fifth episode features some sort of sauce as an ment, probably due to a cooperation between Frieren and the sauce manufacturer.

The characters are Frieren's old and new party. The chibi animation is pretty cute but obviously doesn't look as ... good as the main anime. The voice acting is good and the background music is unimpressive.

Overall this is worth watching if you like Frieren and if the concept of comedy shorts about random spells sounds fun to you but it might not be for everyone due to the chibi animation.