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It's a BUY- While I love this series, it's a comedy so it immediately got a point for that. It's about Fantasy and that's another point. The primary plot though it's a bit weak. While it has one, it's like 1/2 episode of plot then POOF! 3 episode of plot and it's over. The evil guy didn't even make a real appearance until Episode 23. Another is they left too many loopholes open (Maybe the manga didn't finish?). Celestia is a open plot hole, and why Jennifer wants Melissa to sleep with Louie. (I was hoping something on the lines of he being her Illegitmate Son or something like that). Nothing is resolved though I think Louie is finally a True (but perverted) Champion I was thinking this is a Harem since there are 4 girls involved. (Actually 5), but no, the only girl that is really after Louie is Ila and maybe Celestia. It's just ripe for another Season. Too bad they didn't make one. Also this is yet ANOTHER anime by Kikuko Inoue, doesn't that lady EVER sleep? Last updated Wednesday, October 26 2005. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is a fun series. A well seasoned adventuring team of three women, a warrior, a thief and priestess decide that they need a mage to round out their team. Well, what they end up with is Louie, a burly and lazy student of magic who would rather use his magic wand to club the monsters than try to remember a spell to defeat them. To make matters worse, the priestess has had a holy revelation that this obnoxious brawling greenhorn of mage is to be her champion, a companion for whom she has a special task to assist to greatness. Against a back drop of a pretense of treasure hunting and tomb raiding, they manage to turn up trouble no matter where they go or how low key their approach is. Well despite Louies stupidity, they do seem to make a good team, and they manage to muddle their way through a number of bad situations. The women do come to eventually accept him for who he is....Louie, the optimistic good hearted idiot who does not let his lack of understanding and experience stop him from doing what he does best anyways ..... charge headfirst into any situation! And who knows, maybe with a bit more experience with a sword and a lot more common sense, he might prove to be something more than just a big noisy pack mule for the team. With a good animation, a good plot, and some very good dubbing by ADV films, this series manages to pull it off quite well as an adventure-comedy. The intelligent dialogue and interactions between the different personalities of the characters keeps the series moving and very entertaining. While this very fun and humorious series rates somewhere between a strong (RENT+) and low (BUY-), but it should prove to be a favorite of most everyone. Episode titles: 01. The Hero Descends Last updated Monday, October 24 2005. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ok this isn't going to make anyone's top 10 list. (it's not even in my top 20) but it is definatly worth watching. And for the avid anime fan even worth renting. (or for the anime Freak like myself worth byeing.) Louie at first is painful to watch in more ways than one but as the show progresses the real strenth of this series shines through in that without knowing it you actually start becomeing attached to characters that are very Cliche. For most anime fans this will come across as a C+ series that is fun to watch but as a rule forgetable story line and cookie cutter charater desine make this a Rent.
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having seen a dozen episodes: A female adventuring team urgently needs a magician who can open a ruin. Unfortunately, no female magicians are available, and they end up with Riui, a student at the university. Riui turns out to be a real troublemaker, an idiot, a ... well, anything but adventuring material. Problem is, because of some bad timed coincidence, Melissa is forced to accept him as her hero, revealed by her goddess to help him out on his quest. So the team ends up dragging him along on their adventures, hoping that he will finally learn something about being a hero, or a magician. The art is quite nice, the music nothing special but the stories are quite funny. Although this one doesn't stand out, it's definitely worth a rent. Until now, there's no sign of boredom around. Last updated Tuesday, November 11 2003. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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From Record Of Lodoss War creator Ryo Mizuno comes this apparent offshoot to the Loddos universe. Taking place possibly sometime after the events of the Chronicles Of The Heroic Knight TV anime, Rune Soldier (aka: Louie The Rune Soldier) is about a brash young man named Louie who teams up with Merrill the thief, Genie the barbarian, and Melissa the priestess to go on treasure hunts and dangerous quests for fortune and glory. On their first outing together however, Louie breaks his magic wand! So they have to travel to an ancient forest filled with demons to get some wood for a new one. This and Melissa is now enslaved to Louie's will and is being encouraged by her elders to be his willing sextoy. The comedy is pretty decent here, but not anywhere near The Slayers level of hilarity. Mizuno may or may not have intended this anime to take place in the same world as Lodoss, despite the fact that Louie looks like an older version of Spark from the Lodoss War TV series, and the elves and goblins in this anime are dead ringers for the ones in the Lodoss OVA. Check out the first volume on DVD of this show at first. If your hooked after that, then go for it!
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Other Sites
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| Japanese (JC Staff) Official Web Site | http://www.jcstaff.co.jp/sho-sai/ri-shokai/riui-syokai.htm |
| ADV Films (Rune Soldier) Series Web Site | hhttp://www.advfilms.com/CatalogFilms_Volumes.asp?Cat=140&Title=Rune%20Soldier |
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