Juuousei

Title: Juuousei Jyu-Oh-Sei Planet of the Beast King 獣王星 (Japanese) Overall: Watch Keywords: 2006, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Sci-Fi, TV Notables: Animation - BONES R1 License - FUNimation The Klein family are perhaps a bit too successful and become the target of the ruling president of the Juno orbital colony in the distant Balkan Star System. The two Klein children return home, to a dark house only to find the bodies of their parents and soldiers waiting for them. When the brothers wake up, they find themselves strapped in a landing-pod headed to a strange unknown green planet. Thor and his twin Rai have been exiled to the hidden planet of Chimera – a planet of carnivorous and poisonous plants – only made more dangerous by competing tribes of criminal exiles – a world of constant struggle where only the strong survive. The planet earth, suffering under the burden of pollution and population, has cast its seed some 110 light years away to the Balkan Star System. Living in orbiting colonies, humanity survives through technology, but at a price. With the average life-span of a colonist rarely reaching fifty years, the mandatory marriage age has just reduced again - to include 13-years-old boys and girls. Behind the apparent harmony of colony life hide a number of dark secrets. Both Thor and Rai find the joy in their perfect life and promised future to be a lie when the tyrant of their colony city kills their parents and sends them into exile on hidden prison planet, to a place where the living plants have evolved to specialize on feeding on humans. A harsh world where those few humans who have been lucky enough to survive, did so at the cost of their humanity. They have collected into a number of competing tribes ruled by strength in a struggle of life and death. Thor and Rai find themselves cast into a society where only killers or mad beasts have a chance of surviving. Based on the manga by Itsuki Natsumi. Animation by BONES and many others 11 TV Episodes First Aired in April 2006 R1 License by FUNimation Entertainment. FUNimation has decided to market this series as a direct-download (priced at $1.99 per episode,) as reported by ANN on July 21st '08. "獣" = "beast", "王" = "king", "星"= "star" (not "planet") 1:29min – Series Opening - YouTube Video

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Overall	Art	Animation	Character Design	Music	Series Story	Episode Story	Reviewer
Watch 4	9	9	9	9	9	8	Innishfree	#
Juuousei This a very enjoyable series. The story has an excellent characters that you will want to learn more about. The three main characters first in Thor, then Tiz and finally Third. Each character is well developed. The animation is well drawn very fluid. The music sets the mood of the story very nicely. My only complait was I didn't want the story to end. It is a very refreshing and oringinal. A MUST Watch. Last updated Saturday, July 22 2006. Created Saturday, July 22 2006.
Rent 4							Jan-Chan	#
Juuousei With episode # 5 out (compliments of the KissSub group), I am really enjoying this series. It is mostly an adventure drama story, with a hint of romance. At first glance, one might wonder if this is a YAOI series, with all of the pretty bishonen boys, but it is not!! The animation is very good, the basic story is strong (through the 5th episode) and the main characters are intelligent and interesting. Most of the comedy and romance appear in the form of a girl who sets her fancy on Thor and claims him as her husband as per the tribal laws. And then episode 6 jumps ahead five years. The remaining episodes are a bit fragmented and disjointed as the story shifts to involve the survivors of Chimera and an orbital elevator that can allow them to connect with the orbital colonies overhead. At the end of the lift lie the answers as to why the world of Chimera was created and explainations as to why so many exiles were cruely sent to their death on its green surface. If you like adventure or sci-fi anime, then should prove to be a good series, certain to entertain you. The fansub title for this series is < Jyu-Oh-Sei >. The format of the fansub is letter-box (or wide screen). I have posted some snaps of episode 1 if you would like to see more. Oh .. and the opening music for this series is really fun too... Episode Titles * 1 - Fate * 2 - Ochre Ring * 3 - Companion * 4 - Challenge * 5 - Duel * 6 - White Wolf Demon * 7 - Independence * 8 - Depths * 9 - Beast King * 10 - Nightmare * 11 - Hope Last updated Saturday, July 22 2006. Created Wednesday, May 17 2006.

Other Sites

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Official Japanese Series Web Site	http://jyu-oh-sei.com/