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Chichiri
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Date Posted: 14:01:52 08/29/03 Fri
In reply to:
D0SBoots
's message, "Scrapped Princess" on 05:45:39 08/14/03 Thu
>Seeing Pasha's review of Twelve Kingdoms reminded me
>that this forum can be used to discuss actual anime
>series, too. :)
>
>So, the only really important thing I can think to say
>about this series is that it TOTALLY ROCKS. It's only
>available via digisubs for now (unlicensed, 17
>episodes out of almost certainly 26,) but I'm sure it
>will get picked up as soon as it finishes. Around
>episode 6, I started thinking that it might be among
>the best series I've ever seen, if not _the_ best, and
>that feeling has only grown. The art and character
>designs are very pretty, (unless you are Ash and only
>like 80s hair, in which case you're up a creek,) the
>CG is well-done and unobtrusive when it should be, and
>the story is quite compelling. The best way I can
>think to describe it is "take your stereotypical
>wandering-adventurers-in-a-medieval-setting and your
>stereotypical brat-princess-with-a-secret-plot-device,
>and then make it non-stereotypical." :) The setup in
>the first episode is that the three Casull siblings
>(Raquel, Shannon, and Pacifica,) are travelling in a
>wagon and get stopped by an angry mob. We find out
>that Shannon is a very strong swordsman (when he beats
>them all without unsheathing his sword), Raquel is a
>strong magic user, and Pacifica, although only 15 and
>apparently without any special powers, is the
>"Scrapped Princess" who will destroy the world on her
>16th birthday. Pacifica acts bratty, Shannon acts
>uninterested (think "Sakura and Touya" kind of
>relationship,) and Raquel acts ditzy, but you can tell
>that there are deeper waters running through all of
>them. I guess I can't really say much more without
>getting into spoilers, since the plot starts to pick
>up right at the second episode! Everyone watch this!
>DO IT! DO IT NOW! :)
I'd download it, except I don't need to, 'cause the anime club here is showing it this semester. :D Along with Last Exile (pretty~), Escaflowne (nothing like a classic, especially one subbed by DaveF), and Sugoi yo Sexy Commando Masaru-san. ^^
Chichiri
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