12 kingdoms

njijin · Post by **njijin** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 1:55 pm

Has anny one seen this anime and if so is it a good one to wach?

I want to know cus I draw things like that.

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 2:10 pm

It's practically your "high school girl gets transported to another world and meets people" type of thing (someone in the Anime Club is like Escaflowne which I SERIOUSLY doubt

) only this time the female protagonist has lots of angst and cries quite of bit. But later on she develops skills to fight demons and very soon fights her "female rival." I've only seen the first five episodes, and I wouldn't mind watching more of it.

Tom the Fish · Post by **Tom the Fish** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:09 pm

Love it. Starts off pedestrian but soon rises above most other anime. The second story arc is even better. Very creative and smart.

Tom

Navi en Grey · Post by **Navi en Grey** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 11:50 pm

I never watched the whole thing because the main character was too ugly for my sense ._.

- Navi

someperson · Post by **someperson** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:32 am

That's too bad that the appearance of the main character determines whether or not you continue to watch an anime.

~Chrono~ · Post by **~Chrono~** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 1:59 am

I want to recommend this series. An excellent story, Ive not finished it yet but so far so good!!
Its very stupid to judge a series by the looks of the main character, but if you wish to do it, fine. You are missing a very good Epic story. Politics, Society, Drama --> for mind users only

bobbarker31 · Post by **bobbarker31** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:31 am

I have only seen the first arc and enjoy the show quite a bit

Stupid Suncoast saw that I was purchasing the different volumes of the series and moved much of the stock that I had not yet purchased from the store, so I have not yet gotten into the other arcs.

The story was written several years ago and the anime is an adaptation of the novels. The novels won a great amount of acclaim in Japan with many people calling it their "Chronicals of Narnia" or "Lord of the Rings". The lore of the series is steeped in how the kingdoms work, the people, its histories... there is a great amount of rich and lush detail here.

If you are even a casual fantasy fan, I would not hesitate to pick up this series. It is very well done and hasn't disappointed me so far. It also has the rare distinction of being one of the few series quickly rushed from Japanese television to American DVD shelves. I think that the series was still playing when the first DVDs hit over here.