Anime Herald Anime Herald - We'll talk nerdy to you. Crunchyroll’s bringing a triple-dose of anime fun! The company announced that they’re adding a trio of anime titles to their streaming lineup: [...]
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Deltora Quest has an amazing story to give with an amazing detailed world being discovered by the heroes Leif, Barda and Jasmine. An adventure of rebellion against tyranny, fighting for freedom and [...]
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Take any other anime, which involves fighting huge monsters. In nine out of ten cases, these monsters are just screaming and attacking with just no particular purpose, only waiting for the hero to defeat them. I love how Deltora Quest manages to avoid this often-made mistake by giving every single monster on the show the [...]
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Ah, I’ve missed this one. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like we’ll be seeing any new episodes soon, as it seemed that the translator of ACG has vanished without a trace. While his translations were crappy, at least there were some kind of translations. Let’s hope that they’ll find a new translator soon. I’m starting to [...]
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Ah, I’ve been dying for the next instalment of Deltora Quest, and once again I must say: whoa! The Yurunai have really gotten more depth than you’d expect at first sight. At first, I believed that they were just the citizens of a city who were a bit too enthusiastic about their hygiene, but once again [...]
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Short Synopsis: It’s now clear why the shopkeeper warned Lief not to take that road, it leads to the city of a very strange and strict religious civilization. Good: If you’re looking for a fantasy-adventure anime: go for Deltora Quest. Bad: Rather bad animation this time, but that can also be because of sloppy encoding or fansubbers. Overall [...]
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Short Synopsis: Thaegan’s thirteen children come to take revenge for their mother; afterwards, Lief, Barda and Jasmine run into Tom’s shop. Good: What the heck were the shopkeeper’s intentions? Bad: Lief and Barda may have been a bit too gullible, but still: what the heck were the shopkeeper’s intentions?! Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 I was secretly hoping for Shining [...]
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Short Synopsis: Lief, Barda, Marasu and Jasmine head to to the city of Raradin, after which they reach the Nageki Lake, in order to collect the second gem. Good: I still love how different this anime is from your usual adventure-anime; great cg. Bad: Predictably, Lief is the only moderately annoying character. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 Quite an interesting [...]
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This episode is titled Enigmatic Giant’s Curse according to the subbers, and surprisingly, it is not really the focus of this episode, at least not in Gorl’s way. Summary: It was raining, so the trio took shelter under an abandoned house. Jasmine still had a few objections about going to Tegan’s place, but she followed them anyway. [...]
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Short Synopsis: Lief, Barda and Jasmine run into the trap of Nij and Doj, two of Tegan’s servants. Good: Very refreshing, finally an adventure anime with the emphasis on using your head to get rid of the enemy. Bad: I had a near-headdesk moment when Lief, Barda and Jasmine ran into the trap without noticing anything. Overall Enjoyment [...]
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Short Synopsis: Lief, Barda and Jasmine run into one of Tegan’s guards. Surprisingly, he uses riddles. Good: Kree; Great to see enemies actually using riddles in a show of this nature. Bad: Rather incompetent fansubbers; the guardian could have used a bit more background. Overall Enjoyment Value: 7.5/10 With this episode, I think it’ll be obvious why I decided [...]
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Well, the title is actually “Gorl, the Gold Knight”. But, hey, you know that, right? Summary: Lief and Barda entered the Darkness within Darkness, only to encounter a gold knight, Gorl, standing in their way. Without really much conversations, the Gold Knight struck, and knocked Lief around with its telekinetic powers.
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Not much to say about this, really. It’s sort of fun to watch, despite its cookie-cutter-ness. I just have to post these screencaps of the fansub job, though:
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So far, this basically seems like your run-of-the-mill fantasy storyline - not to say that it’s necessarily a bad thing. A basic rundown of the premise: long ago, the peoples of Deltora fought a war against a shadow lord, who was eventually banished by a hero wearing a belt with seven gems, one coming from [...]
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Short Synopsis: Lief and Barda take on the first guardian with the Topaz, they witness his story, and his downfall. Jasmine also returns. Good: A surprisingly huge amount of thought put behind the story of the forest and the guardian. Bad: Lots of talking + my level of Japanese = X_X; Strange use of recycled scenes Overall Enjoyment [...]
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Is this creature the new comrade (a new traveling beast) for our heroes in their quest for the seven jewels of the magical Deltora belt? Click here to find out Episode summary Our two heros, Lief and Barda had fallen to the Wenba as they lost consciousness, with the pack of Wen slowly creeping close. We saw the [...]
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Okay, with this post, I’ve made up my mind. Deltora Quest will be blogged, Himarari!! won’t. That makes three series I’ll be blogging this season. Will Venus Versus Virus make four? In any case, I really like Jasmine and Barda. Jasmine got introduced in this episode, and she has quite an interesting character. Already she’s [...]
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I was more than pleasantly surprised by this. After reading it was based on fantasy books by Emily Rodda I was expecting the quality to be low, aimed purely at a young shounen audience. However, the art quality satisfying and the soundtrack/sound effects were impressive. I read Emily Rodda chose to have it made into [...]
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This is yet another time for the I.D analysis check up time due to the fact that I am getting a bit tied up with the re-watching of Manabi Straight until every single one of my clones die from an overdose of cuteness. This summary by the way is a very abridged version, since I [...]
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I’m not very impressed with the winter season so far. There’s not a lot of stuff airing to begin with, but I guess there’s even less that I find interesting. Deltora Quest I still find the character designs attractive. Even the creepy henchman guy which I capped is rather cool looking in a scare-the-hell-out-of-me way. Everything [...]
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