10/10
Enjoyable and still makes logic
25 December 2007
Warning: Spoilers
I'm no fan of flashy teenage super heroes that practically formed it's own genre, there are some quality Anime (Jap-animation) out there, some preferred classics. This one, not a classic , not flashy, just purely enjoyable.

The tale surrounds a second prince (child of second empress) in coincidence, hid a magical water fiend egg inside of him that is physically impossible to remove. The egg is to be known, a sign of mass drought, that causes political instability in this kingdom, kingdom of Yogo. Ultimately, The emperor, father of the unfated second prince decide to secretly murder him. As foretold to her ears, the second empress hires Balsa, a female spear expert bodyguard to protect the prince, help him escape and remove the egg in desperation.

Though, the protagonist here is Balsa, twenty-nine years old, mysterious fated.

Action, drama, character development, what more to crave? But, I didn't gave it a perfect score due to some lacking detail on the protagonist's face at times, this has been encountered in GITS: Stand Alone Complex series.In exchange, very improved animation in TV series's medium, easy plot, fluid character movements, stable frame rate, logical martial art sequence (not like those overdone Bleach of sort) and character behavior, nice suspenseful music (Kenji Kawai's), and masterly directed (Kenji Kamiyama).
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