This is a show that is mediocre storyline and animation style at best. It doesn't help the fact that Valve is trying to pass this off as an anime when it clearly isn't. They got to call it DotA cartoon if they really want a develop a fan following for this.
Studio Mir is not a notable studio and them getting this project from Valve shows that Valve is not totally committed to bringing the best experience of DotA story telling to the world. It clearly shows how much a corporate company like Valve cares even though they earn millions each year just by selling their 'Game Pass'.
The cost cutting in many of the scenes is very apparent and obvious by Studio Mir. Fans who have respectable knowledge of anime quality shows are torn between supporting Studio Mir and wishing for the success of this endeavor.
If this cartoon show succeeds, Studio Mir is not going to up their efforts in focusing on the quality of this cartoon - they would more likely prefer to roll with what works already. But if this cartoon show were to fail, it would be another nail in coffin that would prevent other game companies from adapting their games into story telling cartoons or anime.
The story would have been much more 'alive and familiar' if it had been set in the Warcraft universe(DotA is a community project right?), but Valve and Studio Mir have decided to create their own universe for reasons not disclosed to the general public. So this cartoon's universe falls very short in explaining(read showing) what, how and where all these events are taking place.
In short, DotA has always been about the bigger picture and the finer details. But this cartoon has only depicted a series of events happening in a completely unfamiliar/undisclosed part of it's universe. You could indeed argue that I am comparing a game to a cartoon but let's not forget that DotA as a game is not a linear story line.
TL;DR Dota: Dragon's Blood cartoon is meh for a 2+ decade fan of DotA.
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