Dragon Goes House Hunting: Key Point Review
THE BOTTOM LINE:
As of the time of this posting, Dragon Goes House Hunting is only available on Funimation. This is a comedy show, but the jokes are all pretty simple and basic. It is one of the many animes that is part of a growing trend incorporating gaming references into the humor. Evaluated purely as a comedy, this show is below average. However, taking into account the imaginative world, characters, and unique plot perspective about property ownership, it is an interesting change of pace to watch. There were a few parts that made me laugh, but most of my enjoyment came from appreciating the imagination involved in the world’s portrayal and its mythical creatures. Some of the better jokes are about the stereotypical notion of heroes in RPGs and references to other games, like metal gear solid for example. Watch it if you want to see a light-hearted anime with a creative world setting from a monster’s perspective. Skip it if you really need a laugh and have something funnier to watch.
SETTING:
A fascinating and vast fictional world with human and monster realms. The world is unnamed in the anime, but some of the cities and locations within it are named. The various settings include cities, forests, RPG-style dungeons, snow-scapes, a colosseum, mountainous areas, castles and forts, etc.
STORY:
This is a comedy and it doesn’t have a deep story.
The main character is weak dragon named Letty. The majority of jokes are centered around his cowardice and the fact he’s bad at everything. He’s not a very interesting character, all things considered.
Secondary characters lead most of the plot events. The different characters Letty has with him are more interesting than Letty himself.
There is a cute mascot character.
Story includes general video game and RPG references (Stats, abilities, levels, etc.), but also has jokes from specific games.
The house hunting aspect is unique and runs through a lot of the mundane aspects of home ownership, taxes, and housing markets in funny ways.
A decent sense of adventure and exploration.
Main character is abandoned by his family at the outset and goes on a journey.
The ending is a little heartwarming, but it’s mostly a cliffhanger with no resolution.
CHARACTERS:
The main character is just there to be annoying and weak. It’s not ideal and not hilarious or anything.
There are some interesting secondary characters in the anime. Focusing on them while watching is more fun than the main character’s antics.
Some of the tertiary mythical creature designs are interesting and very well done.
Much of the armor and clothing designs for characters are pretty simple and standard.
DIALOGUE AND VOICE ACTING:
The dubbed voice acting is pretty good. Letty’s voice is a little annoying, but it’s meant to be that way.
The dialogue is average and some parts did not translate into English well.
ANIMATION:
The animation is nothing special. Comedies aren’t usually sources of amazing visuals anyway.
MUSIC, OPENINGS, AND ENDINGS:
Passive music tracks in the anime are nothing special.
Opening song: “Role-playing” by Masayoshi Oishi. It’s a good upbeat song with a bouncing melody that fits the anime and its imaginative world setting.
Opening animation: The opening is vivid and entertaining. It gives the viewer a sense of what to expect and broad view of the mythical creatures and areas.
Ending song: “Shizuka Na Kaze” by Non-stop Rabbit. It’s nothing special. Wistful song with male vocals.
Ending animation: Also nothing special. It has some color-shaded panels of the main characters exploring, but that’s about it. It adds little to no information or immersion to the anime.
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