Reviews for Memory of Chang'an

Story-7 A young princess sent to the other kingdom to marry one of the prince to make an alliance between both countries. While being on the ship, she brought her friend on the ship and command her to disguise as the princess. The ship was protected by tons of guards and soldiers, but they were attack by the other nation so that the marriage didn't happen and the alliance wouldn't be made. Their attack was successful and the princess was captured, but then she was saved by her fiance. Then she was brought to the kingdom and successfully have the marriage, but the enemies aren't happywith this and they will always try to kill the princess since she's so weak.

Art-8

Beautiful art and great scenery, the chinese artstyle fits the slice of life and romance in this anime. the action in this anime is really good despite it being a slice of life but the animation is really cool. You would understand they put a lot of efforts into this anime.

Sound-9

The best thing about this anime is the music in it, the opening sequence was a really well made music that is so relaxing, it could be used as a background music for studying. The ending is also great, but i prefer the opening more, the voice acting put in this anime is ok, it just gives a different feel than normal anime. As someone who is used to hearing japanese in anime, chinese aren't that bad too.

Character-8

Really well developed characters, the design is good and it shows a different and more chinese hairstyle. it has a lot of traditional uniform and accessories, there's a lot of character in this anime but it really focuses to the princess and the prince. They developed relationship throughout the story which when they didn't really liked each other at first.

Enjoyment-9/Overall-9

I really enjoy this from the characters, the arts and the songs in the anime. There's a little bit of comedy element in this anime that makes it more enjoyable and not to mention that the action is really well made. At first it didn't really appeal too much on the first few episode but it starts off being good when they had the marriage. The opening in this is really relaxing and beautiful, the same goes with the ending. Overall this Donghua is a really good romance/slice of life comedy show and i would recommend this to someone who enjoys light anime.

The art is very pretty, with beautiful backgrounds as well as nice character design. The story was fairly interesting, although quite political, but it doesn't have a proper ending. It just suddenly stops at a random, somewhat downbeat point, so episode 12 doesn't seem like the final episode at all. It's kind of a mix of action, slice of life, and romance, although the romance is almost non-existent (male lead is very cold). Each episode is very short; just over 10 minutes' content between the opening and ending, so it does not take long to get through. I basically kept watching for the art! (It's basedon the manhua "Prince! Don't Do This!")

I must say this donghua or chinese anime was very good. I really loved the art style and the personalities of the characters it was very easy to watch and it was a good anime. Theres nothing else i can say but i think people should try to watch this more, Other than that if you want another anime similar to this one then i reccomend Meng Qi Shi Shen the most other than Psyshic Princess. Story: 8 It was easy to follow and easy to understand. Art: 10 Excellent! I really loved the art style and how beautiful it was. I must say the animation & artstyle was one of the best things in the show.

Sound: 9

I think the voice actors voices really fits the characters.

Character: 7

I love most of their personalities especially mingyue

Enjoymeny: 9

it wasnt boring at all.

Overall: 8

Great anime i wish this anime wont be underrated anymore

I am so pleasantly surprised with this. It was my first Chinese animation show, and I am shocked more people don't talk about it??? It was STUNNING: visually, emotionally, and plot-wise. The characters were all beautiful, the dialogue was hilarious and gripping, the plot was emotional and captivating, the music was gorgeous, and the entertainment value was 100%. I was completely obsessed with this show and could not stop watching. I had to literally pull myself away to get to my real life. The romance was seriously so fun to watch and the development is realistic and raw. The characters make realistic decisions, have genuinelyrealistic emotional responses, and say relatable things. I am so so impressed with this show.

I really encourage you to give this show a chance. You'll be into it within the first few minutes. The Chinese language takes a few minutes to get used to it and you stop noticing after a while. I could not get enough of this show and I will be so sad when season 2 ends! As I write this, I am already halfway through the second season.

Some people complain that the show is quick and not many minutes, but I really love that I could binge this within three hours.

This is very meh. It's not a bad show but most the similar genre shows (like Liang Bu Yi or Tong Ling Fei) do it better. The first season by itself cannot be considered as a complete show, so this review is more applicable to the first two seasons together. It makes no sense to watch the first season by itself as there is no conclusion to any arc and they haven't really developed any romance yet. Actually, they picked a rather atrocious place to end the season which will force you to watch season 2 just out of how unsatisfying it was. The art andanimation are pretty good, though nothing special. The backgrounds are detailed, and the foreground combines well with the background. The characters are pretty and wear nice vestments. The music is satisfactory, with some nice dizi or guzheng tracks. Some of voice acting of the minor characters felt a bit forced or fake, but the main characters are ok. It avoids showing the characters' lips most of the time when people are talking; usually the camera is facing the backs.

Unfortunately, I really didn't feel much while watching this. There are too many characters and the plot is too complicated for this short a runtime as a standalone work. Maybe if you already knew the plot it would be easier to follow along. Though, I suppose it is normal for the imperial Chinese drama to have a large amount of politicking and multiple factions. Since it's constantly cutting between different actors doing stuff, there's not much time for the main characters. There are constant assassination attempts, though the characters don't really take them seriously enough and continue with festivals and hunting and more festivals, which seems kind of strange.

The main problems I have are: 1) the protagonist, the FMC, doesn't really do anything to contribute to the plot. Everything happens around her, and to her, but nothing she does herself has any importance. She just aimlessly bumbles around while assassins are constantly trying to get her. MMC doesn't help by not involving FMC with anything, but he doesn't do much himself. 2) it tells us, not shows us, the love between the FMC and MMC. 3) some of the scene ordering and timings seem confusing and not well directed. 4) plot point of FMC secretly overhearing something MMC says to someone else and derailing the romance is cringey as fuck. 5) what the fuck was that ending.

What could have been an interesting love story is ruined by confusing politics. Half the time i don't even know what's going on. The 9th prince and a princess are arranged to get married. This marriage isnt something either of them wants. They are not in love with each other. But it is necessary for peace. She is athletic and skilled with a bow but also rash and an airhead. He is serious and skilled with a sword. He sees their marriage as just business. She sees him as a jerk. But eventually he sees her beauty and she sees his bravery. They slowly getclose.

But instead of focusing on their relationship evolving there is so much politics and assassination attempts and sabotage. Which I'm just not invested in. I don't really care about this kingdom.

It has a nice art style.

It has interesting characters that are not used enough.

Most of the time i don't know who's who or what their role is.