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my, my, this series sure has a lot of interesting characters. i wouldn't have minded this to be a 60+ episode series just to get deeper into those characters. or i'd just love for them to get their own series. the Obstinate Arrow group, man, they took the time and effort to distinguish each and every one of those members and we learn nearly nothing about them. the beast princess, the bard assassin, fulle, omg fulle! i curse episode 18! and can we please have an anime on the Genesis War? that would be something i'd love to see. i can just imagine the dragoon and peacemaker and alien battles and the angst. *squee. i felt the sister raquel was woefully underveloped for being such a "main" character but i guess she just wasn't central to the plot. anyway, the entire series is a bit simplistic in style, but there is a whole lotta complex things that we can only glimpse at, much like the characters that are never fully delved into. but that's because the focus really *is on the scrapped princess and her view of this world and the machinations that she is vital to and so that limits how much we the viewer can know i guess. it's a pretty great series all on its own as it is, but man, it could have been epic. Last updated Monday, May 14 2007. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I'm a sucker for Swords and Sorcery Type shows and this certainly fills the ticket. More Personality than Slayers and it has a bit of a scifi twist too. It's good. I am a bit disappointed by the ending. It left a bunch of questions open. It was good but damn I wish they did a longer explanation of the ending. It seemed too rushed. Last updated Sunday, January 08 2006. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Buy | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | AstroNerdBoy | # | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Having seen as many anime titles as I have to date, I can now see the similarities in many of the titles were certain elements might be taken from an earlier title and turned into something new. In many ways, that is what Scrapped Princess is with elements of Escaflowne, El Hazard, and more, yet still unique in its own way. Scrapped Princess combines the worlds of sci-fi and fantasy and does a pretty good job of it. The writers begin the series with a fantasy setting, yet one senses things are not purely in the fantasy realm, especially after they meet the bard assassin. Once the sci-fi world is fully engaged, the main characters from the fantasy world react as they should to a sci-fi world. They may know and accept magic, but having doors open up on their own is not something they are used to. So the writers get credit there. Further, the writers do a good job at creating interesting characters from Pacifica and her adopted older brother and sister (who are also her protectors) Shannon (fighter) and Raquel (mage). Pacifica can be the annoying brat character at times, but then a sweet and caring character at other times. I loved the combination of Raquel and Shannon for fighting. Raquel is my kind of mage, powerful, yet not quick to give into hysterics. When her brother is attacked by a powerful fighter mage, she simply allows him to fight knowing he'll win. The supporting cast of characters are interesting, but because the supporting cast is so large, there's not a lot of time to really explore them. Chris's elite group of assassins are very interesting, but we know so little about them. We know a little more about the "Beast Princess" of Giat (sp) because she and her resistance group hold the ancient technology that helps advance the story. Since knowing the background of the others doesn't advance the story, they are dropped. Still, the bard does have a link to the ancient technology, but he isn't explored much either. That was kind of a shame. Other things had to be dropped like a full explaination of the Genesis War from the ancient past. We get some information, but not enough. I understood the creation of the Peacekeepers (Apostles of God as they are also called) and the Dragons. I don't understand why a warring species would suddenly become concerned about the extinction of their enemy. At this point I guess I'll never know. Still, Scrapped Princess is a VERY enjoyable ride, whether in the fantasy realm or the sci-fi realm. And while I noticed elements pulled from other anime titles, I still appreciated these elements as seen in Scrapped Princess. Having seen the last episode, I'm kind of sad that I won't learn what happened to these people I'd come to love as they continued down life's road. Bottom line: nice mix of sci-fi and fantacy with nice music, beautiful art and animation, and a good story. Certainly worthy of a spot in my DVD collection.Last updated Saturday, May 28 2005. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This series gets very high marks from me. Other reviewers have already said all I would have said so I like to briefly mentions things I suspect not many people in the world may realize, choice of using medieval western European music as basis of the music in this series. I like to confirm, as someone who has seriously studied Music history and theory, that melodic, harmonic, and counterpunctal elements of music is inspired by 13th to 14th century Western European music. This is somewhat evident in choice of guitar for the interlude and somewhat in the opening song, which contains some jagged translation from one motive to another. It is the Ending song which caught my ear for using the style reminiscent of multi-text polyphonic motets of late 13th century. Harmonically, it was definitely modern popular style, but care was taken to give the main melody a medieval feeling as well. I wish that the producers let the composer make some more pieces for this series. Only disappointment was that they have not tried to adequately explain why the magic exist, seemingly amplified by technology for the Dragons and Peacekeepers, but this show is mainly about values of person and society, so it is not something imporatant.
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Episode count - 24 Episodes viewed - 24 Viewed in Japanese Language (Not available in english anyways) To story in a nutshell is the main character Pacifica Casull was profised to bring upon the end of the world when she turned 16. We started off the show with Pacifica with her brother Shannon and her sister Raquell traveling the countryside when they are suddenly attacked by bandits. We soon learn that pacifica's sister can controll magic and her brother is an excellent swordsman. Early in the story they meet a person named Leon who is an aspiring knight well he trys to help pacifica when they are being attacked again but we find out he isnt very glib with his actions and ends up going down a hill straight into a house with his horse. The story starts picking up when we meet the first peacemaker who seems to be a very powerful individual. Im not gonna say anymore about the story as i'll ruin many things about it, just that it takes many twists and turns and ends up in a way that you wouldent think it would. The animation in the show was some of the best i've seen the battle scenes are nicely done. I really liked the character design in this show the design on Pacifica was excellent. The music was decent it wasent a big thing but it wasent bad. If you're a fan of light comedy some romance and action thrown in with a strong plot this will definitly be for you. I loved it! Last updated Monday, November 10 2003. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I have watched the first four DVDs, (16 episodes) and I enjoyed it. It started off as a swords and sorcery adventure, but 12 episode, the older techo gods appeared. These guardians of an older world are commited to the death of the girl child of the prophesy. During the first viewing, I have to admit that I liked this story and found myself very entertained... but, I will withhold any critical decision until I see the entire seris and watch it with a more critcal eye. (But if pressed, I would give it a very entertaining BUY raing, based on how much I enjoyed it so far.) This series starts with a swords and sorcery flavor, and by the 12th episode, the story changes and long buried intersellar warships creap forth from mountains. It is to be understood that the long forgotten miracle of technolgy is being accepted as magic in this feudal world controlled by lords and mystic priests. Last updated Thursday, October 02 2003. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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