Guin Saga

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ANN: The ancient kingdom of Parro has been invaded by the armies of Mongaul, and its king and queen have been slain. But the "twin pearls of Parro," the princess Rinda and the prince Remus, escape using a strange device hidden in the palace. Lost in the Forest of Rood, they are rescued from Mongaul soldiers by a strange leopard-headed man named Guin, who has no memories except for the word "Aurra."

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Mistwalker Guin Saga - 01 (704x400 H​.264 AAC)​.mkv

Promising first episode. Surpised how quickly they were out of the castle and into the forest. Interesting that Guin talks about this mask, but it doesn't look like a mask to me. If it was wouldn't the mouth show his proper teeth and stuff? Looks like we'll learn more next ep.

Looks great so far, amazing animation. It's so fluid.

That was a pretty kick ass episode. Pacing was tight, people killed left, right and centre, while Guin pulls of some improvised hand-to-had ownage. (WWF anyone?)

My only complaint is the annoying little brother, who actually turned out to be a twin (making things worse, since he's the same age). Guess you need people like him to balance out the high degree of calmness and composure that's unnatural for one of Linda's age.

Contrary to how I felt when I watched the previews, I'm enjoying this more than Tears to Tiara so far.

The Mongauls did a great service to Parro if Remus indeed was to be the next ruler. His rule would have been a most pitiful end to the city. Better die brightly in a blaze than under the rule of a completely useless loser.

This episode would have been kickass, despite the hilariously clumsy dialogue and script, if Remus had been killed by the random patrol. In a sense I can't but respect an author who can create a character so annoying for surely it takes above average skills, but in the end I'm not sure if it's really an attribute to admire.

If I can learn to tolerate the idiot brat, this might be a jolly good fairy tale. The action was badass, with people dying where they should die. The ghosts and demons of the forest were really cool, as well.

I think the mask might refer simply to a curse (like he said himself) as a thing that hides his real face, whether physically or metaphysically. We should not forget that these people view magic and monsters as normal things, so calling an animal head replacing the real head of a person a mask isn't really so odd.

Enjoyable first episode, the animation was terrific. What did you think of Mistwalker's subs? Animeyoshi has one out too now.

I watched Animeyoshi and will stick to them, provided they keep up. It's a well-known group of solid quality.

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Originally Posted by narutosharingan

Enjoyable first episode, the animation was terrific. What did you think of Mistwalker's subs? Animeyoshi has one out too now.

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Mistwalker was fine.

Hmm interesting I will have to check this show out as well. I guess I will download both of them and decide which one to follow though I have heard of Animeyoshi and not Mistwalker.

this is definitely a show I'll be following.

I had such a bad feeling about the twins that "the sister will do all the hard work and in the end the brother will get to be king because he's finally learned some kind of life lesson from all that she's done for him", but I was surprised when it appeared as a concrete backstory plot point.

i don't like the brother at all. how could I? but i think he fits the mold of "priveliged son of nobility sucks at survival when his castle and servants are all gone". Hopefully he'll get some development and improve as things go on, but i do feel we'll be in store for, by and large, a great deal of "christ that kid is annoying".

ruthless enemy soldiers (even the grunts seem to have their shit together), dream eaters, ghouls. God damn. Either that forest sucks way to hell or this show is going to be a brutal "who's who" of monsters and sorcery.

I guess the older brother will live after all, since he was in the ED/OP at the end. I thought it was incredibly awesome that he got shot like that after besting those two Mongol swordsmen. Also, hitting a guy so hard that his helmet sparks a fire has got to be one of the most badass things I've ever seen in an anime.

also, "keep the fire going or we'll die". "Bitch, it's raining, fire's out." "Oh well." Not a very good handling of the situation (thought they'd just said something about water demons?) I liked that the main battle plan went to hell so quickly and they needed to just run the fuck away to stay alive.
i happened to grab the AniYoshi one. good work all around.

any group releasing this in 720p hd? would be awesome ^^

New episode tomorrow but man im so used to hd ever since I have been watching Casshern and Bleach. HD ALL THE WAY!

Edit: Hopefully throughout the series they go through a age development and Remus gets training, he really needs it (which I can see happening).

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Originally Posted by Paulyboy

New episode tomorrow but man im so used to hd ever since I have been watching Casshern and Bleach. HD ALL THE WAY!

Edit: Hopefully throughout the series they go through a age development and Remus gets training, he really needs it (which I can see happening).

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Bleach in HD? Do tell!

Nice animation. I hope they keep this up till the end. Is it just me or the boy is just so annoying? And to think that the prophecy says that he will rule the country.

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Originally Posted by oyabin

Nice animation. I hope they keep this up till the end. Is it just me or the boy is just so annoying? And to think that the prophecy says that he will rule the country.

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Nope I at least think the boy is very annoying as well.

Is that series really good? The pic in the op just looks so...generic. :-/

Its not bad. I like it so far. Somehow I am feeling a touch of Escaflowne in here....

For anybody who doesn't know, this is based on a series of novels also called "Guin Saga," which has been going since the late 1970's, making it the longest running fantasy serial ever. Also, Kentaro Miura, author of "Berserk," has gone on record as stating that Guin Saga was one of his biggest inspirations.

With that said, I haven't actually read the novels, but the first episode looks pretty good. I'm worried that it will fall into the "nothing ever really gets resolved" problem that many long-running serials have, but I'll keep watching until that becomes an issue.

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Originally Posted by minneyar

For anybody who doesn't know, this is based on a series of novels also called "Guin Saga," which has been going since the late 1970's, making it the longest running fantasy serial ever. Also, Kentaro Miura, author of "Berserk," has gone on record as stating that Guin Saga was one of his biggest inspirations.

With that said, I haven't actually read the novels, but the first episode looks pretty good. I'm worried that it will fall into the "nothing ever really gets resolved" problem that many long-running serials have, but I'll keep watching until that becomes an issue.

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Yeah one of my biggest disappointments that falls into that category is when they stopped doing D-Gray Man. I always thought that anime was just spectacular!

You never know, they might bring back D.Gray-Man. They did hint at it with the end of the last episode showing what happens next. It could be the one anime that does long never ending stories correctly ie. going off air instead of butchering the series with filler or massive stretched out segmants and flashbacks. I guess Guin Saga hasn't got anything to worry about in that regard but do we know yet how many episodes there will be? Animes like Gantz and Claymore have ended prematurely with a filler ending so I hope this doesn't go that way.

Also wish one of the 10 million groups subbing Full Metal Alchemist would do this, as the raws for the first 3 episodes are out and so far we've seen episode 1 only :(