We return to another one of the Turtles extremely infrequent anime reviews where Ill go over The Kings Avatar Chinas hotshot anime of 2017. As of writing this review Ive only seen the base series but I plan on finishing the prequel movie and ONA miniseries that follows. Im pretty sure that watching either of those wont really change my base opinion of the series so Im going to go ahead and review it now. Alright that was a lie the new artstyle sucks the life out of the shows character designs especially Ye Qiu but its better animated at least. Anyway on to the review. The sound design in the Kings Avatar is about as meh as it gets. Sometimes the SFX is really obnoxious like most of Glorys sounds and certain Voice Actors looking at you Shaotian and Steamed Bun Invasion. And at other times its incredibly solid like some of the world bosses or ability SFX. Also Ye Qiu and Muchengs Voice Actors are really good which kind of drives home the point about the sound design being so up and down. Musically I was never very impressed with the Kings Avatar only the ending really stood out to me as far as music goes because boy does that song go hard. Everything else is very forgettable though. Aesthetically theres not a lot that stands out either. Character designs are rather standard background art is somewhat nondescript and the CGI is consistently underwhelming. The animation quality is generally pretty inconsistent too never really impressing at any point but it qualifies as passable at the very best. Overall I think The Kings Avatar gets a pass on most points on the technical side despite not being really good at all but like I said about the sound design its really up and down on most technical aspects. Favorite Character: Mucheng Su Mu Mu https://i.yt.com/vi/bDPXZxMFmqQ/maxresdefault.jpg I think the copout answer here is Ye Qiu who is the best character in the show and a superb main character but Mu Mu is just far too pure and cute for me to not choose my weakness for blonde girls rears its head once more. The cuteness of Mu Mus loyalty to Ye Qiu is what really pushes her up in my favor and yes I do ship it but more than anything I think she and Ye Qiu benefit from just simply not being annoying. The Kings Avatar tends to have pretty gimmicky characters who really push the limits of their trope and this makes some characters wear very thin as you spend time with them. Just stop shouting please. Now I may sound a little nitpicky with The Kings Avatar to this point but I really do like this show. I believe the appeal of The Kings Avatar lies more than anything in Ye Qius brilliance and the cool factor of those moments. If you dont like overpowered main characters or extremely intelligent ones then the Kings Avatar probably wont appeal to you even though hes not overpowered per se but extremely smart and experienced. Since I enjoy a good overpowered protagonist Ye Qiu really appealed to me. Nothing was cooler than seeing him pull off another cunning maneuver on some plebs or deceiving his former colleagues. The whole show is honestly in the title. The Kings Avatar. And if you dont want to watch the king flex on some noobs then this show just wont be the one for you. I think the real drawback to the Kings Avatar is purely technical. Maybe you could say that the shows obsession with APM is laughable but I think thats a pretty easy factor to overlook for its silliness. One final thing that I havent really touched on is the esports aspect to The Kings Avatar. Its shown off in a really interesting light where the scale of it is massive. The money and competitiveness really take to the forefront of the shows depiction of the Glory stars and their arrogant attitudes and tinges of corruption. Its a really cool look into that kind of world which is another thing elevating it. As long as youre not looking for top of the table production values and deep characterization I can heavily recommend The Kings Avatar. Its more of a power fantasy than anything but there are certain interesting takes on esports age within it and competitive gaming in general. If those things really speak to you then The Kings Avatar may do it for you.