The battles are hugely abstracted, and indeed largely only mentioned in passing, which can be somewhat unsatisfying. At the same time some other scenes go on a bit too long, giving it a feel of a rather uneven pace. The animation quality is reasonable. It's got an older style, relatively simple appearance and certain occasions of really brutal coloring. The character designs are okay for the leads, but quickly become amorphous for the huge cast of lesser people.
Likewise motion is somewhat restricted, with some rough movement and short-cuts.
This is really bad in the case of armies and battles, where the animators clearly don't have the time or budget to do real battle scenes. The voices themselves are quite good, though many have limited dialogue. The music is less impressive, plastic and synthy and often providing an unpleasant distraction to what is happening on screen.