I wanna have a Classic Fantasy Anime thread Post Classic Fantasy

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I tend to be more drawn to the serious style, but goofy style is welcome too, and represent some of my favorite installments of the genre.

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I haven't seen the new adaptation of this because no Amano no Buy

Maybe I'm being unfair, though

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I think The Weathering Continent gets a bit of a bad rap, I really enjoyed it. I do wish there was more, though. Seems like just an ad for the books.

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I watched this years before I ever played FFV and had no idea what it was supposed to do with FF, but it was a fun ride none the less, I rented it a dozen times from the video store.

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Speaking of Amano, I'd be remiss not to mention Vampite Hunter D. A bit older and rougher than the others I posted, but still a fun ride if you can get over Doris becoming fucking useless almost immediately.

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I really wish there was more animated Ruin Explorers; but maybe it's good that there's not, the whole thing is a very well constructed package.

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I prefer the Manga of Magic Knight Rayearth, but that anime's not terrible or anything.

At least, the first season isn't.

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Eastern Style fantasy also welcome

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Gokudo may not be the highest quality production but I appreciate the unusual MC quite a bit, it consistently makes me laugh.

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Show is great; Movie is shit

RIP my thread

No one likes my shit old anime

>>146860061
Would talk about Twelve Kingdoms but only five people have read/watched that so whatever.

>>146860061
I'm just sitting here laughing at the autist bumping his own thread alone for an hour.

>>146858266
Is isekai the worst thing that has ever happened to fantasy anime?
Y/Y

>>146860106

It's on my list, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

>>146860180
Yes

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>>146860180

Y but will be N if they make a decent Kumo Desu Ga adaptation someday which they won't

>>146860180
>>146860197
inb4 isekai thread

>>146860214
I want kumofags to leave

>>146860214
That pic is the embodiment of edge

>>146860180
>>146860221

Do Escaflowne, Fushigi Yuugi and Twelve Kingdoms count as isekai?

>>146860180
No, some of the best fantasy anime are isekai, and there's not really any huge plague of isekai anime currently, anyway, despite what people like to complain about. The plague is in WNs/LNs, it's very minor in anime/manga.

>>146860282
Yes. As do Rayearth, Saiunkoku Monogatari, Dunbine, etc.

>>146860264

Literally how

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>>146860061
I do, anon. bestu ever thread desu.
pic related

>>146860370

Oh fuck yeah, I love Dragon Half. A little ashamed I forgot it.

Disappointing that there are only two episodes but at least that means I can rewatch it a hundred times.

I generally watch both this and Elf Princess Rane once a year

>>146860315
>Saiunkoku
>isekai

Nigga what?

>>146860446
Dragon half is fucking hilarious. One of my favorite.

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>>146858266
But Lodoss War was really boring.

It's an utterly generic DnD campaign and not in a good way. The presentation and directing isn't good enough to support uninteresting plot and boring characters.

>>146860370

I wanna bang that elf, why is there no porn

>>146860556

Sorry you feel that way, it's quite literally my favorite anime of all time.

And that's cherrypicked pretty much the worst animated part of the show. It's great when it's at it's peak, but it's very true that the budget is not distributed equally and things tend to drop hard and get over-used in crowd battle scenes.

>>146859041
I really liked the first episode of Ruin Explorers, and then Rance's lame cousin shows up and the show proceeds to focus on him for the next three episodes.

In short, it's good until the world's blandest and most generic protagonist shows up with an equally generic backstory and plot, and then he shoved everybody else out of the spotlight until Ihrie is barely in the final episode at all.

It was a huge disappointment. They didn't even explore ruins in the second half.

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>>146860446
Another personal favorite
pic related again

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Yet another would-have-been-great series ruined with a WTF-were-they-thinking last 2 episodes.

>>146860633

Technically Lyle's castle was a ruin at that point

>>146860652

I had this recommended to me by a friend but I assumed it was just because he like elf titties because he's that kind of guy

That said, I don't dislike elf titties.

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>>146860627
I don't want to shit in your cereal or anything and I can see why people who are down for the purest DnD classic fantasy possible would love it, but I just can't get into it. I thought it was what I wanted, but unfortunately not.

There were a few highlights of good animation in the second half but most of the first half was unfortunately all still pans.

I actually like the TV series a lot more. It's more animated as a whole, the Shooting Star showdown is the climax of the first arc of the show and is a really great episode, and Asuram is a really charismatic and interesting villain in it.

And even Spark, who you would expect to be the most original-character-do-not-steal ever is actually a fairly engaging protagonist with a better party than Parn.

>>146860696

>Google Reverse Image Search

>Best guess for this image: anime

Uh, thanks?

I figured it out eventually.

>>146860712
This show is also pretty funny with some pretty good action in it as well.

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>>146860106
I actually started watching it this weekend.
Losing my shit with Yuko being jealous as fuck over mc status.

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>>146860746
It also has the most based dwarf war priest. The dwarves are always the best party members.

And for pic related, he says this in a setting where so far all of the knights have been absolutely obsessed with honour.

>>146860746

I'm well aware that it's not for everyone; I have a hard time finding other people who enjoy it these days, honestly, even though years ago it used to be huge.

You're literally the first person I've ever heard recommend the TV series. I dropped it after two episodes, largely because everyone was telling me how shit it was.

I've read the Chronicles of the Heroic Knight manga, but it seems clear from the early episodes that the show deviates pretty hard from that.

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>>146860763
Yes, it's Scrapped Princess.
And Raquel is total waifu-material.

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>>146860763
It's Scrapped Princess. The last couple of episodes wrap up the plot kind of weirdly but it's not like they're show-ruiningly bad or anything.

>>146860696

I see this recommended in fantasy threads a lot but I just couldn't get into it

It comes off too anime-tropey for me and the art's not really doing a lot for me

>>146860805

Maybe I'll give it another look

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>>146860822
Give it another shot, the animation ranges from okay for a low budget show to occasionally embarrassingly abysmal like in episode 5, but overall it's okay.

And don't watch the SD segments at the end of the episode. Spare yourself the pain.

>>146860061
Hows Orphen?

>>146858967
>>146859041
These are the only things I've seen in this thread. I liked both of them.

If so, would I like Slayers? I've known of it for ages but haven't ever seen a single minute. Well, unless you count hentai.

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>>146860831
What really pissed me off was how Shannon was so wary and suspicious, like a good bodyguard should be, then with hours left, he allows this dude claiming to be Pacifica's brother WHO HAD ALREADY ORDERED A HIT ON HER to walk right up to her WITH A MOTHERFUCKING SWORD at his hip. It's like they shoved the idiot ball up everyone's ass at that point.

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Orphen is one of the only shows I'll ever recommend watching the dub over the sub

The characters' voices are all charming in their own ways and the script adds a lot of humor that's appropriate for the tone of the series.

And the dub script is LITERALLY the only redeeming feature about second season.

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>>146860945
I found the plot boring, the characters mostly either annoying, useless loads, or both, it had no sense of fun or adventure, and the animation and action mostly mediocre.

But some people like it a lot so I think it's worth checking to see for yourself.

>>146860945
>>146860993

Didn't see your post when I was making that one but there you go

I highly recommend it. Good mix between humor and serious fantasy, characters are all a lot of fun. Do NOT watch second season unless you hate yourself.

>All this crappy isekai

>>146861021
Its second season that bad?

>>146860968

If you liked Ruin Explorers I'm 90% sure you'll like the Slayers movie and OVAs

TV shows are a bit more hit and miss, watch the Movies and OVAs first and watch the TV show if you want more.

Spoiler: The TV show doesn't have Naga in it, which is a tragedy

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>>146860807
Twelve Kingdoms is fantastic, more people need to watch it. Yoko starts as an annoying wimp and develops into a fantastic protagonist.

>>146861052

Good god yes it's trash of the highest order

Their animation budget must have been three bucks and a stale taco, all the character designs change for the worse, they introduce a new main character who's annoying as fuck and lacks any of the charm of the others, and they fill it the fuck up with stock footage

>>146861080
What is the thing about her face they are talking about though?
They mention it several times in ep 2 (that her face changed) and even show the scene with the mirror but I can't tell the difference at all.
Should I just assume that it is so and not ask questions?

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>Not a single mention of Monster Collection

Come on, /a/.

>>146861128
>Should I just assume that it is so and not ask questions?

You should. I don't think they animate that part of the novel properly.

Her face returned from a normal human being to a human born there.

>>146861177
Anime was better

>>146861177

I've never heard of it, give me a sales pitch

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>>146861128
I had the same experience but upon the second viewing I paid more attention and her face is noticeably different. Compare this...

>>146861058
Thanks for the heads up. I'll be sure to go that route.

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Anyone else here enjoy Panzer World Galient?

I love 12 Kingdoms and Escaflowne, but have mixed feelings about a lot of the other shows posted in this thread. I'm considering watching Dunbine next, how do you guys feel about that show?

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>>146861243
To this.

>>146861257
I think Dunbine has a slightly weak start and the last arc drags hard, but the series is pretty great overall.

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New Twelve Kingdoms novel when?

>>146860180
Nah. Isekai light novel / web novel adaptions are the worst thing.

>>146861293
How does it compare L-Gaim? I tried, and could not get interested in L-Gaim.

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>>146861300
Complete anime adaptation when?

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Been considering trying this out

Largely because I love bikini armor and side ponytails

Opinions?

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>>146861328
I couldn't really get into L-Gaim either and I liked Dunbine a lot. It doesn't hurt to try.

I think the plot picks up somewhere around the ten episode arc, because the plots of the first part are a bit repetitive. After that the plot becomes more interesting.

>>146861300
Soon. If they aren't lying to us.

>>146861348
>we will never have the loli queen arc animated

>>146861179
>>146861243
It's kinda hard to notice with all the 'quality' shots around, but thanks anyway.
Will just take creators word on it.

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>you will never have Shoukei sing her song gently in your ear as you cuddle together in bed

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>>146861396
Yeah, it's kind of subtle. I think she's noticeably tanner though, if I remember correctly.

>>146860807
That was actually some great characterization, one thing that stands out to me about Twelve Kingdoms is how grounded and relatable the character flaws often were, particularly for the female characters. Apparently the writer had young fans writing to her about their problems and took inspiration, it really shows. Wanting to be the center of the universe and hating it when you aren't, being too much of a people pleaser because you're scared of being disliked, being self pitying and thinking your life is the worst, being spoiled and shallow, or jealous of other women, etc, it's all incredibly realistic for a teenage girl. And it blended seamlessly with the fantasy elements, it was really well done.

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I wish Shamanic Princess was less of a clusterfuck in the story department.

It's got a lot going on that I find interesting

Also holy fuck why can't I find any decent promotional art for this series

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Lodoss, Slayers, Arslan all good, but how can you forget this magnificent bastard.

>>146861551

Honestly, it's because I've never seen it.

Anyone read the Taiki in Japan novel? It was hilarious how the teacher just thought Taiki was being a chuuni when he thought he felt he never belonged there. And then getting BTFOed when he saw Taiki leaving, going back to the Twelve Kingdoms.

>>146861357
No comment on the basis of never having seen, but I love derivative works like the Valis series.

>>146861571
I really have to read the novels, I desperately wanna see his arc concluded and I'm not dumb enough to hope for more anime. Young Taiki is my sonfu.

>>146861571
Oh, that had a translation?

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Anybody got any opinions on Ellcia? I watched the first two episodes but forgot to get back to it.

The setting's art direction was interesting if nothing else, even if everybody looks like a clown.

>>146861604

I've only ever played Valis III, but I have to say that as much as I enjoy the presentation, I wish the gameplay there was a little better

>>146861357
It's short, quite funny at times, not much else to say about it.

>>146861620
Anon, his arc is not yet concluded. The novel the author is writing now is going to do that, and apparently it's so huge it eclipses the rest of the series.

Taiki in Japan is just that, Taiki in Japan. Ends when he returns.

>>146861631
Yes. It was on some guy's blog. Professional translator/writer, so it's nowhere near GT-tier translation lots of isekai series get.

>>146861655

That's positive enough for me to give it a shot. Thanks, anon.

>>146861647
3 is one of the better ones. In fact, none of the games that aren't on either Turbografx or Genesis are really worth bothering with except for curiosity.

I just like that they are easy to finish platformers with magic anime girls and good music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azZV_cpH9y8

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>>146861560
A shame, it's metal as hell with heavy emphasis on magic and manga has amazing art.

It's probably a good thing that 90s spell incantations went out of style. Those things are ridiculously long and flowery.

>>146861770
I second this, its a lot of fun.

>>146861770

Your gif sold me, looks rad as fuck

I'm a buyfag so this is becoming an expensive thread for me but it's worth it for new shit to watch

>>146861792
A good Dragon Slave never goes out of style.

>>146861792

Yeah but tell me you don't get hyped when you hear the Dragon Slave incantation start.

>>146861815
>>146861816

Dragon Slavemind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ybddRFQBjc

>>146861799
I don't have video at hand, literally the only good shot from anime I could google. Back when I watched it I could only trade anime with friends, no idea what kind of releases it got.

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The VHS rip for Dragon Slayer has some serious ghosting, which is kind of an issue considering the hectic pace and animation.

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>>146862202

>>146862224

Yikes

>>146861878
Man, that monster's dub... I forgot how bad it was.

>>146859140
The first season was pretty good, the second was so shitty it was physically painful

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No Louie the Rune Soldier?

Rune Warrior Louie is the one I enjoyed the most. It has some god tier world building and the characters are endearing as fuck. Settings like that are far better utilized as comedies rather than poorly paced melodramas.

>>146858515
The newer show objectively doesn't look as good as the OVAs, but they do tell a very good story.

Now if only 95% of fantasy OVAs weren't incredibly short, advertisements for something that isn't translated, or both.

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It sucks that they only published up to vol4 of the Louie manga. This page is such a tease.

>>146865937
Isn't that his dad?

>>146861642
>I watched the first two episodes
Continue. There are some unexpected plot decisions on who dies and who doesn't.
>>146860180
It revived fantasy anime, though.
>>146858351
>>146861815
>>146861816
>>146861878
I read the first volume of Slayers the onther day. It was the first LN I read in ages. How would you rank it anong other LNs? It seemed so meh to me that I thought even I could write better.

>>146861761
>>146861647
>>146861604
If you like Valis, I recommend playing Faucette Armor. The girl loses armor on hit and clothes on death.

>>146858266
But Lodoss was shit.

>>146866776
What the hell do you expect from LN if you thought that was bad. Maybe it's just because I was already familiar with all the characters but I thought concise descriptions and simple dialogue make it easier to enjoy action and character interactions.

>>146861177
So far, the manga is very enjoyable.

>>146860180
Aura Battler Dunbine is still the best isekai to date.

>>146869031
SHOT WEAPON

>>146859041
Watched this to watch the cute pair of girls, ended up with a story mainly focus on boring main character man.

>>146860746
I also liked the OVAs more but the series OP is godlike

Maybe Helck will get an anime and we'll see a return to this style...

Fuck who am I kidding? If it does get an anime it'll be shit like the new berserk.

Are Moribito and Kemono no Souja Erin considered classic fantasy?

>>146870859
I'm pretty sure Moribito isn't

>>146861357
The animation is beautiful, the MC is extremely cute and level headed and not whiny in any way. It's a bikini armor magitech fantasy that is played completely straight for once instead of lampshading every little thing.

>>146871792
But it is wish fullfillment isekai.

>>146872949
And? There's nothing wrong with that.

>>146872949
It's the classic non-LN/web novel version of isekai where the protagonist goes to the alternate dimension and comes back learning a lesson about themselves.

>>146866972
Cool sprite art cutscenes, I like those. I need a bigger SD card to put more PC Engine games on my Wii, though. The games are fucking huge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-R0155I8b0

>>146866984

You're shit

>>146870859

I'd say not quite

People keep recommending me Moribito based on me liking this stuff though

>>146863325

This is the fucking truth

But that's what happens when you decide to adapt a three volume manga into a FUCKING TWENTY-NINE EPISODE TV SERIES WHERE HALF THE CAST IS STUCK INSIDE A CASTLE

WHAT THE FUCK WERE THEY THINKING

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>>146863325
The beginning and end were great. the second part did smell of rewrite but I think it redeemed itself, except for becoming the Hikaru and her Problems Show.

>>146874683

I couldn't finish it

The middle part gets so fucking slow and nothing interesting happens for huge swaths of time

Which is a shame because I do like it when it's actually doing stuff and not in THAT FUCKING CASTLE

>>146861257
It's my personal favorite Tomino show, although that's not to say it doesn't have the usual Tomino problems like lackadaisical pacing marked with sudden rapid plot development. Conceptually it's very strong, especially the way it blends real and super robot elements, and halfway through the show there's a great twist on the isekai premise.

Eiyuu Gaiden Mozaika is also a cool short science-fantasy OVA if you like Takahashi's work.

>>146861328
I had the same problem with L-Gaim, after the first arc I totally lost interest. It doesn't help that L-Gaim has major quality issues even for its time. At the very least I would say that Dunbine consistently looks better.

>>146860945
It looks nice, but I found the characters and adventure to be rather bland. It also has a fairly typical quasi-harem light novel thing going on, which isn't terrible but if that's the way we're going I'd prefer Rune Soldier, Those Who Hunt Elves, or even the more modern Legend of the Legendary Heroes.

>>146877097

>Orphen

>Quasi harem

Did we watch the same show?

>>146877817

I have the OVA for this but I haven't sat down and watched it yet

>>146877097

Seriously though what harem are you talking about

There are like two regular female characters and Azilee doesn't give a fuck about Orphen