Leviathan: The Last Defense


Leviathan: The Last Defense is a Japanese mobile game by GREE. The plot features anthropomorphized dragons as characters. It is a freemium game, as the base game is free of charge but game add-ons can be downloaded for various prices. The game was announced in October 2012 and users who preregistered got a rare card.
An anime adaptation by Gonzo aired in Japan from April to July 2013.

Characters

;Leviathan
;Bahamut
;Jörmungandr
;Syrup
;Yurlungur

Media

Anime

An anime series directed by Kenichi Yatani and produced by Gonzo, GREE, and Dentsu aired from April 6 to July 7, 2013. The series uses two pieces of theme music. The opening theme is "Hajimari no Resolution" by Yuki Kanno while them ending theme is "Truly" by PASSPO☆. Crunchyroll streamed the series under the title Zettai Boei Leviatan, while was licensed for home video and digital distribution by Sentai Filmworks. After Sentai Filmworks lost the rights to the series, it was re-licensed by Funimation.

Episode list

No.TitleOriginal air date

Reception

Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network gave the series an overall C+ rating. He gave credit to both director Kenichi Yatani and the character designs of Takaharu Okuma for crafting a light-hearted adventure with an "intensely cute" female cast that delivers a "pleasing dry sense of humor" but found it throwaway with its ongoing story using "musty RPG plotting" and its overall charm being a detriment to itself, saying "That frothiness is both Leviathans great strength and its ultimate weakness. It's effortlessly fun to watch, but also about as memorable as, well, something that I can't quite remember right now." Stig Høgset, writing for THEM Anime Reviews, heavily criticized the series for being a poor adaptation of a fantasy RPG game that puts an overreliance on moe designs and fanservice, while the overall plot and characters get little development to engage viewers, concluding that its "A failure in every single aspect of what makes a show good, and I've seen a lot of relatively average fantasy anime that at least managed to be entertaining."