I first heard of Skeleton Knight in Another World when I was at a bookstore and saw Volume 1 of the LN series on one of the shelves. When I heard that very same LN series was going to have an anime adaptation, I was naturally intrigued by it and decided to watch the whole season. Here are my thoughts regarding the anime.

STORY

A gamer falls asleep while playing an MMORPG and wakes up and finds himself in the world of that game as Arc, his character who is a skeleton wearing knight's armor. He decides to explore the world and eventually meets travel companions such as a spirit creature named Ponta, a dark elf named Ariane, and a ninja beast-girl named Chiyome. Ariane and Chiyome hire Arc to free the enslaved elves and beast-people from the oppressive human empires. Majority of the later episodes involve the main cast rescuing them from the clutches of their captors.

ART

Animation was decent, for some parts such when the main characters are further away in distance they use CGI models, but it wasn't that distracting. In fight scenes there were a few still frames. I suppose that Studio KAI wasn't given that high of a budget and had to deal with what they had.

MUSIC

I enjoyed the music, especially the ending theme, Bokura ga Orokadanante Dare ga Itta by DIALOGUE＋. The opening was sung by Pelle K, a singer who is known for doing heavy rock covers of anime OPs. I believe this is the first original OP he has done for an anime series. Regarding the background music, it was fitting for the high fantasy setting of the show.

CHARACTERS

The main cast was the highlight of the show. Arc is a bit goofy, but, he is also polite and willing to help those in need. Ariane is distrustful of humans due them enslaving her kind, of course over time that changes when traveling with Arc. Ponta is basically just there to be the cute mascot of the show. Chiyome wasn't as fleshed out in this, but, hopefully if there ever is a second season, we can see more of her character. The villains and monsters were mainly just there to thwarted easily by our heroes, that's all I can really say about them.

FINAL VERDICT

Is this anime a masterpiece? No. Is it awful? No. But, it is an enjoyable high fantasy isekai that you can kick back and relax to. If that's your kind of thing, then give this show a watch.