It is said that every few years, there is what’s known as the “Summer of Anu.” During that summer, thanks to the divine protection of the sky-god Anu, all of the demons in the tower lose their power. The country of Uruk has begun an invasion of the tower in order to suppress the demons. They’ve built up positions inside the tower, with their sights set on getting to the upper levels. The Uruk army knows that this is the third Summer of Anu-a perfect time to launch a mission to suppress the monster Druaga once and for all.

Jil is the protagonist of the anime series The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk and The Tower of Druaga: The Sword of Uruk. Jil is a young adventurer who dreams of reaching the top of the Tower of Druaga. The Tower of Druaga has 60 floors filled with beasts, dragons, and indescribable monsters; very few survive long enough to face the incredible.

The army soldiers aren’t the only ones in the tower, though. An enitre city called Meskia has formed inside the tower’s first floor. It plays host not just to soldiers, but also to adventurers who have heard rumors about a legendary treasure called the Blue Crystal Rod, which is said to rest at the very top of the tower. With all these different groups in the mix, each with its own agenda, one can only guess how things will play out during this unusual summer.

Synopsis It is said that every few years, there is what's known as the 'Summer of Anu.' During that summer, thanks to the divine protection of the sky-god Anu, all of the demons in the tower lose their power. The country of Uruk has begun an invasion of the tower in order to suppress the demons. They've built up positions inside the tower, with their sights set on getting to the upper levels. The Uruk army knows that this is the third Summer of Anu-a perfect time to launch a mission to suppress the monster Druaga once and for all.

The army soldiers aren't the only ones in the tower, though. An enitre city called Meskia has formed inside the tower's first floor.

It plays host not just to soldiers, but also to adventurers who have heard rumors about a legendary treasure called the Blue Crystal Rod, which is said to rest at the very top of the tower. With all these different groups in the mix, each with its own agenda, one can only guess how things will play out during this unusual summer.(Source: Newtype Magazine). Overall4Story4Animation8Sound8Character1Enjoyment3This is my first review, so hold up on the critics.:P60 years after King Gilgamesh defeated the evil god Druaga, the tower that Druaga once resided in returns. The story follows rookie climber Jil, who got kicked out of his brother Neeba's team after failing miserably. Refusing to give up, he decides to look for new teams mates to again climb the tower to defeat Druaga and claim the prize for doing so, an artefact said to be able to grant any wish, the Blue Crystal Rod.STORY:Making use of a legendary name of 'Tower of Druaga', fans from that age and generation will bevery interested in watching it.

They will be sorely disappointed. The references to the game are so lousily done, it made this almost a parody of it, which I highly doubt that was the intended motive. Even the overall plot hardly has a flow, just mearly the climbing of the tower, facing various obstacles along the way, which are hardly entertaining, might I add.ART:For all of Gonzo's inability to make a decent plot, their animation quality never ceases to amaze me.

It's very pleasing to the eye. Now if only the anime was any better.SOUND:Good opening song, voice actors pretty decent. Not much more I could say, really.CHARACTER:WHAT character development? There are few different groups of people in the anime: Jil's party of 5, Neeba's of 4, the main people of the Uruk army and some bad guy. With only 12 episodes, what are the chances many of them will be developed? That's what first came to mind, but guess what.

NONE of them are developed. Except the occasional minutes/seconds of background story, we still know next to nothing about most of the characters!ENJOYMENT:Those that know me know I'm hardly a shounen fan, yet, this is possibly among the worst shounen anime I have even watched. Fillers in Naruto are more enjoyable than this.OVERALLFrankly, if i could turn back time, I would have NEVER gone anywhere near this anime.

With a decent first episode, I would have thought it would be pretty good along the way, only for it to drop further into mediocrity, right down to plain lousy. Overall7Story6Animation8Sound7Character6Enjoyment7I am sorry to say that this anime has been quite confusing, and I couldn't predict anything. Not like I must have control to enjoy something, but without having some solid ground, you don't know where GONZO's gonna throw you next.

The series started out brilliantly, but as it went on, it felt like GONZO split up its team into sections. Bus driver games to play. 'OK, you make episode 4, and I'll make episode 5, and.'

Yeah, you get it. You can feel the disconnection between episodes, and GONZO is having a hard time finding the fine balance between comedy and serious plot movement that makes sense. However, itwasn't horrible and not worth watching at all, and it seems GONZO's gonna try this again with a new season next year.STORY: 6/10Not the most inventive thing you've ever heard of.

A guy wants to be the hero, his old team rejects him, he finds a new team, and whoopee you can guess from there. Although the story has a nice twist at the end, it hardly makes up for the stereotypical plotline. What makes things even worse is that the plot is executed by underdeveloped characters that you have a hard time connecting with, and part of that is the tiny 12 episodes that GONZO attemted to cram their huge ideas into.

If they had about 26 episodes for this anime instead of 12, I bet we would see some huge improvements.ART: 8/10The art was actually pretty good. I really enjoyed the occasional 3D moment, it really fleshed out the anime more. The character designs were unique as well (in terms of looks, not emotions) so not much else to say here.SOUND: 7/10Nothing fabulous. OP and ED were ok, and no in-anime music struck me as amazing. It fit what it was going with, like anime music and sound should.CHARACTER: 6/10Here's the one I wanted to talk about. I can see that these characters have a lot of great emotions and ideas packed into them, but 12 episodes is simply not enough for such a complicated web of people.

I didn't know much about any character at the end, and I felt almost like they didn't earn what they got. Instead, it felt like GONZO was pushing the characters to the end so that it could meet this 12 episode limit.

It just feels like something is missing, and that probably has to do with the confusion of where this series is actually going. The characters rarely start an episode where they ended previously,. Well, I blame it on the 12 episode limit again.ENJOYMENT: 7/10Not much to say here. Let me put it this way: I always watch 4 anime episodes a night, sometimes 5, and I always watch them in order of worst to last. Druaga was almost always one of the first ones.

It's hard to enjoy it when you don't know where its going, or what the characters really think. I am very confused right now about Kaaya's stand on things, but hopefully we'll learn more next season.OVERALL: 7/10I've been beating on this anime a lot, because I feel that Druaga is lacking something. I couldn't connect with the characters very well, the plot was cliche, it just wasn't there. It's still an enjoyable anime, though, and I suggest viewing the first few episodes and seeing how you like it.