Anime Herald Anime Herald - We'll talk nerdy to you. It looks like we have a couple of fantastic shows joining Crunchyroll’s catalog… plus OniAi. Earlier today, Crunchyroll announced that four titles [...]
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Anime Herald Anime Herald - We'll talk nerdy to you. Life is full of second chances, and Pacifica just got hers. Funimation announced that they acquired the domestic rights to Scrapped Princess. The [...]
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Which is more valuable, one person or the entire world? It all depends on how you value a single human life. If you’re like me, it’s not an easy question to answer. Nevertheless, this is the central [...]
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SCRAPPED PRINCESS Watched via DVD WHITNEY CRYSTAL PLOT: Part of what I find amusing and entertaining about Japanese fantasy is it always seems to diverge quite readily from typical western ideologies of what the genre should be. Scrapped Princess starts off as a typical western medieval fantasy. There is a higher ruling power that hears … Continue reading »
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By: Aurora The Scrapped Princess was originally a light novel in Japan that was written to target readers in the High School age group. It wasn’t until 2003 that it was made into an anime. Takahiro Komori, the artist of Cowboy Bebop was the one who designed the characters for Scrapped Princess. This series could [...]
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There’s no point in running these ‘no anime is dropped forever’ posts if I don’t actually watch the anime in [...]
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A twit: “Really loving BONES’ animation for Scrapped Princess; traditional fantasy anime like this rarely looks as beautiful.” Funny, I remember Scrapped Princess for its terrible animation lapses. The nature setting was mostly ok, but nothing too amazing.
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Around four years ago, I watched the first three episodes of Scrapped Princess, but I dropped it soon afterwards because it didn’t interest me enough. Based on some recommendations from several people I decided to watch the entire series and I must say that Scrapped Princess definitely has its merits. This really is a typical [...]
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Today's letter comes to use from Epi of animeslice.com.
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Will the real princess please stand up? Is it Haru? Or Nakiami? Or is it…
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Drill hair is a man's romance.
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Considering that my own experience was thoroughly unpleasant, this article at Karmaburn is a bit of a surprise. First of all, its pacing and timing is impeccable, particularly in the comic scenes. The most important facet of comedy is timing; through the early episodes, Scrapped Princess is perfect. Second, the music is great. Watching Scrapped Princess, [...]
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I can't show you Pacifica's underboob bathing suit. Well, I can, but I won't.
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About the Mangaka Unfortunately I couldn’t find anything about Sakaki Ichiro, nor for Go Yabuki if anyone has any info click the contact me page Azumi Yukinobu is a different matter. What’s unusual is that he normally does dojinshi rather than novel or manga illustration. He’s famous for his Ayanami Rei dojins, as well as his [...]
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About the Author Unfortunately I couldn’t find anything about Sakaki Ichiro, if anyone has any info click the contact me page Azumi Yukinobu is a different matter. What’s unusual is that he normally does dojinshi rather than novel or manga illustration. He’s famous for his Ayanami Rei dojins, as well as his unique art style. As [...]
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About the Author Unfortunately I couldn’t find anything about Sakaki Ichiro, if anyone has any info click the contact me page Azumi Yukinobu is a different matter. What’s unusual is that he normally does dojinshi rather than novel or manga illustration. He’s famous for his Ayanami Rei dojins, as well as his unique art style. [...]
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In an earlier post I made I said Scrapped Princess was on hold for a while. However that seems to have sparked some outrage with people emailing me saying it wasn’t put on hold. So, off I went to Tokyopop to get the story from the horses mouth, so to speak. Once again Peter Ahlstrom cam up [...]
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Scrapped Princess, Volume 1 Publisher: Tokyopop Author: Ichiro Sakaki Synopsis: In the Kingdom of Lineven, the 5111th Oracle of Saint Grendel, of the Mauser church, has just concluded the most odd and distrubing prophecy. An infant girl - the royal heir, no less - must be killed, lest the world fall to the Apocolypse. Before the act can be [...]
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On Monday, I looked at the state of classic fantasy in anime, and although it would have been enough to end it there and conclude that it was generally in a sorry state, I knew there was something more I had to write about- namely, fantasy with a sci-fi twist (like you couldn’t guess that [...]
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After Shakugan no Shana broke me in, I was like a child on a sugar rush. I couldn’t help but try out light novels from other familiar series. The opportunity came after dinner when I decided to head down to the local Borders bookstore to go book hunting. I was going to be out for [...]
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