Forum - View topicThe Mike Toole Show - Wizards & Warriors
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jcaliff
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Well, I don't think there's been any English language releases of Shurato, but that's another Eastern mysticism-based fantasy rather than swords and sorcery D&D western-style fantasy.
Akazukin Chacha is a comedic fantasy that I think fits the criteria and hasn't been released here either, which is a shame as it's a really cute TV and OVA series. Also I don't think Mahojin Guruguru was released here. And the short 3-episode OVA Toki no Daichi is a classic-style western fantasy that hasn't been released in English. There was also a 2 episode OVA called Villgust that I remember seeing long ago - don't know if that ever got released in English either. It's a shame that no one picked up Ryu Knight during the licensing blitz of the late 90's-2000's. I found the TV series to be very amusing and it turned into one of my favorites. |
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dragon695
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Utawarerumono is not fantasy., its spoiler[sci-fi/mecha].
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Fencedude5609
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Its mostly fantasy though. Same situation with SutePri. |
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dragon695
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Well, I can't say a whole lot that would change your mind, but it's only the MC's head (he's got a human man's body otherwise) and it is a curse. There aren't any talking animal people at all in the series, just humans. If you like detailed worlds, complex politics, and awesome characters, I think you'll like this series. Like Mike said, though, it starts slow but gets better as you go along.
Not really, there's no magic and most parts feel like watching a Japanese period piece. Not to say that it isn't good, but it's not "wizards and warriors" in the D&D sense of the term. Like I don't think people would consider Sengoku Basara or Inuyasha really to be the kind of fantasy we are discussing here. |
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Fencedude5609
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Yeah, there is. The angel race specializes in magic |
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Aylinn
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I remember watching Record of Lodoss War OVA and Vision Of Escaflowne ten years ago on TV. But since I saw a lot of good fantasy later, I decided against re-watching it ever again. It would just spoil my good memories. Besides, I was greatly disappointed by Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight, whose slow pace was horrible and made the whole TV series unwatchable. The opening is the best part of this series.
Slayers got me into anime, mainly because I liked Xellos and the idea of for the world itself with its magic and fictional races. |
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dragon695
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I'm not going to argue this to death, it is eastern fantasy (at best) notwithstanding the last few episodes. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. |
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Zalis116
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ChibiKangaroo
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I have only watched a little bit of the subtitled versions of Slayers, but I am actually quite pleased with Lisa Ortiz's rendition of Lina Inverse in the dub. I think she has done an outstanding job of making the character her own. She has just the right mixture of boisterous, loud/foul-mouthed energy and yet still manages to pull off the heart of gold moments in the character's development flawlessly. To be honest, after years of watching the show dubbed I really can't even imagine anyone else in the role. I thought the whole cast was dubbed well though. Veronica Taylor is spot on as Amelia, and I was kind of amazed when I first realized she also voiced Ash from Pokemon, given the drastic differences in the voices of those two characters. I watched Lodoss War a while back. Its alright, but from what I remember it was quite slow paced and there wasn't as much battling and wizardry as I would have expected in a show like that. I remember it being more focused on the journey rather than the action, but my memory might be off. I'll have to watch it again.
Guin Saga has nothing to do with anything furry. It's a classic swords and sorcery epic. The fact that the main character has a leopard head only adds to the mystique but at least in the anime that's about all it does. p.s. I always find it funny when people say something scares them because of some furry sensor or something. Half of anime these days is cat girls and dog people, or somehow involves references to the same. It seems to me to be more about interest in fantastical concepts - look at the popularity of Inuyasha and Spice and Wolf. I don't find those shows particularly scary. |
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belvadeer
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Then you totally have the wrong idea about it. A guy with an animal head doesn't qualify as furry. |
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MiwaSatoshi
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All this talk about Record of Lodoss War ... and we all forget to mention Legend of Crystania
Of course we all wanted to forget that ever existed, and amazingly, fandom almost succeeded, if it weren't for some morally objectionable historian-type bringing things up like this 
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