Parents' Guide to The Ossan Newbie Adventurer, Trained to Death by the Most Powerful Party, Became Invincible

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The Ossan Newbie Adventurer TV Poster: Collage of Rick, a muscular fighter, and his training team striking fighting poses.

Common Sense Media Review

By Danae Stahlnecker , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 13+

Older hero elicits laughs in action-packed fantasy anime.

Parents Need to Know

Why Age 13+?

Any Positive Content?

  • The Ossan Newbie Adventurer screenshot 1: Rick, concerned, and Reanette, stoic, look over a piece of paper.
  • The Ossan Newbie Adventurer screenshot 2: Close-up of Rick looking determined during a fight in a stadium.
  • The Ossan Newbie Adventurer screenshot 3: Close-up of a women's chest. She has large breasts and some exposed cleavage.
  • The Ossan Newbie Adventurer screenshot 4: A red-haired vampire who looks like a young girl makes a petulant scowl.

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What's the Story?

THE OSSAN NEWBIE ADVENTURER, TRAINED TO DEATH BY THE MOST POWERFUL PARTY, BECAME INVINCIBLE follows Rick Gladiator's (voiced by Takuya Sato) career change from office clerk to F-rank adventurer. Over-trained but underestimated, Rick must prove his power to his jealous foes -- and to himself!

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
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This fun addition to the genre of adventuring party anime has some good laughs but is a bit bland, with a mediocre take on world-building. The best part of The Ossan Newbie Adventurer, Trained to Death by the Most Powerful Party, Became Invincible is the unlikely protagonist: an insecure 30-year-old office clerk-turned-adventurer who doesn't understand just how powerful he is. Rick's shy self-awareness makes him endearing rather than annoying, since he still must work his way through the ranks.

Aside from this character premise, the show doesn't stand out much from other anime featuring powerful heroes, training regiments, and societies of ranked professional magic users. But fans of shows like One-Punch Man and Uncle From Another World may appreciate this additional story of a middle-aged hero living the shonen dream.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about violence in fantasy shows. Rick wants to be an adventurer, an inherently violent job, but he tries to solve problems without violence. When does he actually initiate violence, and how does he justify his actions?

  • Families can talk about defying social expectations. Why do people underestimate Rick? What does he have to do to overcome their doubts -- and his own doubts in himself?

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