Hello Anime Lovers 👋🏻, I hope you are all well, I am very well too. Today I will review an anime with you called Moriarty the Patriot.
Main Story
By the end of the 19th century, Great Britain had become the greatest empire the world had ever seen. They controlled 25% of the world. But only 3% of Britain's people owned all the wealth, and the remaining 97% lived below the poverty line. The rich brutally oppressed the poor, but the law helped the rich.
William James Moriarty is the second son of an aristocratic landowner family, and he cannot tolerate this division in society, the oppression and oppression of the rich by the poor. He lives like eight or ten landlords during the day, but at night he does his planned work. He punishes the landlords or people from the aristocratic family who oppress the poor. He helps the poor people who want revenge, and he makes them commit crimes in such a way that it becomes a Perfect Crime and James himself can be safe.
His target is to destroy and reorganize the British social system where the poor and the rich can live together with equal rights. With this goal, he kills and makes many landlords. Will the British intelligence agency also sit by?
They contact Sherlock Holmes. The cat-and-mouse game between Sherlock Holmes and James Moriarty begins. Will James be able to succeed in his goal? Or will he be caught by Sherlock before that? If you want to know, you can watch this wonderful anime.
Personal Opinion
Moriarty the Patriot anime was good for one season. The story is also complete. It keeps the thrill going from beginning to end. Sometimes it feels like Moriarty will be caught. There is nothing boring in the story. There is no forced romance or any fanservice.
It is basically made about the villain Moriarty of the popular detective series Sherlock Holmes. However, Moriarty is the hero here. Some episodes are very emotional and some episodes are full of violence. You won't think it's a Shounen Show when you watch the show. Even before writing the review, I knew it was Seinen. The story is deep. But it's boring. The ending is completely happy. I was expecting a sad ending, but the ending is good. Sherlock Holmes didn't follow the novel, it gave a different ending.
Characters
I like the characters in this anime very much. But I like Moriarty the most. Those who like genius heroes will like him. He is a genius, he can control people easily. He plans after such a terrible plan, which is amazing. You will get a lot of Light Yagami Vibe. His appearance is similar to Makshima Shougo, the main villain of Psychopass anime, and his actions are also similar.
I also like Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock and Moriarty's mind battles were excellent, but Sherlock was always one step behind, this thing feels a little bad. Along with Albert, Lewis Moriarty, Sebas, Watson James Bond also seem good. They have given a good backstory to everyone in this short episode.
Animation
Its animation is excellent. It fully retains the 19th century vibe. It beautifully portrays the scenes of violence. Moreover, the animation of the action scenes, the design of the characters were all good.
Music
Both the opening and ending songs were good. The BGMs were also excellent. They gave beautiful BGM in the serious scenes which is nice.
Watch Order
After watching Part 1 and Part 2, you must watch the OVAs.
You can find all the episodes of Moriarty the Patriot on Youtube's Muse Asia Channel. I would request you to watch it from there, since you can watch it legally.
So if you have time, watch this short Anime.
Anime Details | Name | Moriarty the Patriot (2020) |
| Season 1 | (Split into 2 parts) [Story complete] |
| Number of Episodes | 24 + 2 OVA |
| Episode Duration | 23 minutes each |
| Genre | Mystery, Suspense, Adult Cast, Historical, Organized Crime, Psychological |
| Demographic | Shounen (R-17+) |
| Source | Manga |
| Studio | Production I.G |
| MAL Rating | 1st season 8.17, 2nd season 8.28 |
| Personal Rating | 8.5/10 |
