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This is the sort of anime you show to your friends who aren’t anime fans. It’s wonderfully paced with nuanced characters, has an excellent English dub, has a heartfelt beginning, and occasionally reminds us that this is a Studio Madhouse production with some great action scenes.
And best of all, it’s not ridiculously horny like a ton of other anime. It’s not merely a great anime, it’s just a great show, period.
I read a lot of (western) fantasy and I rank it as one of my favorite fantasy stories, period. Tbf, I have a preference towards good character development. And I think there is something beautiful and bittersweet about a long-lived elf coming to terms with the death of her human friends.
This is the sort of anime you show to your friends who aren’t anime fans. It’s wonderfully paced with nuanced characters, has an excellent English dub, has a heartfelt beginning, and occasionally reminds us that this is a Studio Madhouse production with some great action scenes.
And best of all, it’s not ridiculously horny like a ton of other anime. It’s not merely a great anime, it’s just a great show, period.
I read a lot of (western) fantasy and I rank it as one of my favorite fantasy stories, period. Tbf, I have a preference towards good character development. And I think there is something beautiful and bittersweet about a long-lived elf coming to terms with the death of her human friends.