Not too ambitious

The latest Moe blob title from Madhouse and Studio Gokumi, The Ambition of Oda Nobuna, stands to be a tolerable one. For now anyways. It’s essentially like Sengoku Otome” Momoiro Paradox, except that instead of an airheaded girl going back in time to an all female Sengoku era where men are non-existent, you have a Sengoku game otaku boy going back in time to a Sengoku Era where only a good majority of notable persons were genderbent. (How many more times can I say sengoku?)

Another key difference between Nobuna and Momoiro Paradox, is that Nobunda is actually somewhat good. Somewhat. It is indeed very moe blob, however I rather enjoy the perverse comedic element displayed so far by the male lead, Sagara. However it’s a comedic element that I fear will get old half way through the series.

I do give the series a bonus point as well for having casted Mamiko, although only as part of the secondary cast. The main female role of Nobuna went to Kanae Itou. You might remember her as Airi from Queen’s Blade, or Elsie from The World God Only Knows. The male lead belongs to Eguchi Takuya who voiced Kujou-kun from Gosick. What more is that Takuya has also had experience voicing another Sengoku era character. Sanada Yukimura in some anime called Sengoku Basara. You might have heard about it. It’s really popular among the female demographic for some reason.

Overall, I’m going to give Nobuna a 6, maybe a 7 out of 10. It’s a decent enough anime to watch, but I wouldn’t recommend you going out of your way to watch it, unless you are a major sengoku fan. There’s much better stuff out there to watch.

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