Deltora Quest anime...
First off, I can't remember a blasted thing about the books. I think I might be enjoying this all the more for that.
Secondly, I've been waiting for this since I was a kid. Like, eleven years old kid.
Thirdly, Barda is made of badass, awesome, win, and sexy in equal parts.
Fourth... LIEF IS FUCKING ADORABLE OH MY GOOOOOD. ♥♥♥
Fifth... beautiful, beautiful soundtrack, absolutely wondrous animation for a shounen series (especially one based on an Australian book series!), and great foley work on top of that!
Sixth... I really don't remember enough about book!Jasmine beyond "cool, she's not a damsel in distress" to pass judgment on her here. That said... she's great. ♥ And has the cute fuzzy sidekick thing and a bird.
Yeah, I just finished watching the third episode. I think I'll be watching the rest of this series over the next few weeks... it's a cliche shounen fantasy series, I'll admit that readily. But it's a cliche shounen fantasy series where the heroes do things like plan ahead and think while fighting. (Lief and Barda using Gorl's segue into a monologue to move into position to attack him = WIN.) It's a cliche shounen fantasy series where the heroine is anything but a damsel in distress! (She's the one who actually offed Mr. Ghost Knight, after all. Brought n-hundred-years' worth of ivy and a tree branch down on top of him. Using a frickin' knife and some very well-placed cuts... and help from the tree that dropped its branch. She did it for the trees. Yes, Jasmine can talk to trees. They weren't happy with all the choking ivy... this series writes its own crack. XD)
I just hope the books live up to my memories and this adaptation....
Edited to add: I'm pretty sure a lot of people are going to wonder why I'm watching something so typical-shounen. Fond Childhood Memories, guys! 8D And the fact that it just feels so oldschool-shounen. You don't see many fantasy series that follow a typical "hero's quest" formula without mucking it down in social commentary and/or just plain crap writing anymore... I kind of miss that, childish of me as that might be.
Secondly, I've been waiting for this since I was a kid. Like, eleven years old kid.
Thirdly, Barda is made of badass, awesome, win, and sexy in equal parts.
Fourth... LIEF IS FUCKING ADORABLE OH MY GOOOOOD. ♥♥♥
Fifth... beautiful, beautiful soundtrack, absolutely wondrous animation for a shounen series (especially one based on an Australian book series!), and great foley work on top of that!
Sixth... I really don't remember enough about book!Jasmine beyond "cool, she's not a damsel in distress" to pass judgment on her here. That said... she's great. ♥ And has the cute fuzzy sidekick thing and a bird.
Yeah, I just finished watching the third episode. I think I'll be watching the rest of this series over the next few weeks... it's a cliche shounen fantasy series, I'll admit that readily. But it's a cliche shounen fantasy series where the heroes do things like plan ahead and think while fighting. (Lief and Barda using Gorl's segue into a monologue to move into position to attack him = WIN.) It's a cliche shounen fantasy series where the heroine is anything but a damsel in distress! (She's the one who actually offed Mr. Ghost Knight, after all. Brought n-hundred-years' worth of ivy and a tree branch down on top of him. Using a frickin' knife and some very well-placed cuts... and help from the tree that dropped its branch. She did it for the trees. Yes, Jasmine can talk to trees. They weren't happy with all the choking ivy... this series writes its own crack. XD)
I just hope the books live up to my memories and this adaptation....
Edited to add: I'm pretty sure a lot of people are going to wonder why I'm watching something so typical-shounen. Fond Childhood Memories, guys! 8D And the fact that it just feels so oldschool-shounen. You don't see many fantasy series that follow a typical "hero's quest" formula without mucking it down in social commentary and/or just plain crap writing anymore... I kind of miss that, childish of me as that might be.