anime vanguards is a gacha wearing a tower defense costume. the actual td underneath is fine, unit placement and abilities matter, but thats not the point and everyone knows it. the point is the banner. limited units, rate up on a countdown, luck potions in the shop, the whole mobile fomo playbook copied line for line. you can roll f2p but the meta units sit behind rates tuned to make you buy luck, and every event dangles a leaves-forever unit to rush you. fun for a week until you clock that its a slot machine that happens to have enemies on the screen. 2.