User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Anjanath/@comment-7584137-20180320145727

So, Anjanath... what can I say about this fire-breathing fellow?

Well, let´s start with the positive comments. First of all, I like it´s design, ever since I saw it on the first trailer. It´s simple, yet it seems to work. The vulture-like characteristics in particular are a nice touch. The wings and the nose look a bit silly, but not terrible. It´s a fairly challenging boss when you first face it, but nothing too drastic, and the fight with it is good enough.

Now let´s get to the bad stuff. Anjanath faces a similar trouble to the one of Tobi-Kadachi. Namely, it´s element. Don´t we already have a Brute Wyvern with the Fire element? Oh yeah, we do. Glavenus. No, wait... actually, we have TWO of those. Glavenus and Abiorugu. Why couldn´t it have a different element? Not only are there two other theropods which use that element, the fire element in general is, as WolfQueen pointed out before me, absolutely CROWDED. Yes, Fire is cool and all, and the whole "flaming sneeze" thing that Anjanath does works fine, but... give the other elements some love. Just like Tobi-Kadachi using Thunder reminds me too much of Zinogre, this guy using Fire reminds me too much of both Glavenus and Abiorugu.

Anjanath has another major problem in my opinion. We already have a T-Rex. And one much fiercer than it. And it´s not like we aren´t going to get that T-Rex in World. We are, and pretty soon too. Deviljho is going to completely overshadow Anjanath, because it offers a much harder, intense and fierce battle.

Overall... a good monster, but not a great one. Again, I like it´s design, and it´s always fun to see it show up out of nowhere and start a fight with Great Jagras, but the unoriginal choice of making it repeat two concepts at once (a fire-breathing Brute Wyvern and a monster inspired by a T-Rex) do leave a bit of a negative impact. Anjanath is decent enough, but it isn´t among the more memorable monsters for me.