I cannot be bothered to do a proper round-up, but I kept a few links to read after the completion, some from 2007! There is no concern about spoilers for a story as straight as Moribito’s, but I wanted to form my own impressions first. Kabitzin: I also want to mention that Seirei no Moribito had some [...]
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精霊の守り人 (Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit) is the first book in the Moribito fantasy novel series written by UEHASHI Nahoko, and two of the books have been translated by Cathy Hirano and published by Scholastic. The book is set in a fantasy world inspired by Japan in the Middle Ages, and involves magic, legends, and a female bodyguard named Balsa.
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[Sauce] I have two Top 5 lists in my head, both of which have entirely different criteria. Can you spot them on your own? The first: Turn A Gundam Legend of the Galactic Heroes Giant Robo RahXephon Tekkaman Blade The second: Eureka Seven Planetes Gundam X Honey & Clover Seirei no Moribito The first list shows the kind of stories I love and aspire to write someday(!): intense character [...]
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~ Q ~~ R ~~ S ~Saint Seiya: Pegasus FantasySaiunkoku Monogatari: Saiunkoku Monogatari Main ThemeSatomi Hakkenden: Brave Soul (j-dorama)Seirei No Moribito: Balsa HashiruSeirei No Moribito: Daichiyo~ T ~Tsubasa wo Oreta Tenshitachi: Find The Way (j-dorama, see Gundam Seed)
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Back in June, Adult Swim was getting ready to re-air Blood+, the TV series re-imagining of Production I.G's original animated film Blood: The Last Vampire. It was canceled, seemingly to make room for Seirei no Moribito, but Nebs has picked up that a new rebroadcast has just begun.The first ep of the series aired in the wee hours of Sunday morning (or Saturday night if you prefer) and will continue to air that day at 4am. Not a great slot, but the rebroadcast is probably related to Sony's upcoming release of the second half of the series, FINALLY. I actually just recently sent out an e-mail to Sony trying to confirm that the second part was actually going to come out on October 20th as a couple of retailers are reporting, but hadn't heard back. This seems like pretty good evidence, however.I've already set up my DVR to start picking up the series-- I missed it the first time around and have never gotten around to listening to the English dub. Anyone else thinking of trying to watch?
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Seirei no Moribito tells the story of a female bodyguard named Balsa who, after rescuing the Prince (Chagum), is requested by the Empress to take him into hiding to save him from assassination by the Emperor.....
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About the Mangaka Uehashi Nahoko is most famous for Moribito series, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in Japan. The first volume of this series (Seirei no Moribito) has been adapted into an anime, manga, and a radio drama. While she reached fame over the Moribito series, Uehashi has published many other title’s and is an [...]
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When I first picked up this anime, I didn't expect much. It just one of the anime DVD that I happened to come across upon and bought without much thoughts to it. It wasn't until I got home and looked at the cover that I started to anticipate what is coming because there I saw it, this anime was produced by Production I.G and directed by Kenji Kamayama.Yeah, I have a thing for the production
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Kemono no Souja Erin (Beast Harpist Erin) first began airing on NHK in January of this year and is scheduled for a 50 episode run. The series is based on novels by Seirei no Moribito creator Nahoko Uehashi, with animation by Production I.G. Personally, after seeing only 17 out of 50 episodes so far, I [...]
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Got a press release from Bandai Entertainment earlier pronouncing June 29th the official start date for Gundam 00 second season on the Sci-Fi Channel (I wonder when they officially make the move to “SyFy”?), so buckle up and get ready for more GUNDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM, featuring Setsuna F. Seiei, who has an unusual form of Tourettes, since he just yells out GUNDAAAAAAAAM every so often.Speaking of triumphant returns, Nebs notes that the Adult Swim schedule now confirms that Media Blasters' Seirei no Moribito, which originally aired ten episodes before being dropped, will move past episode 10 in its newest upcoming run. Specifically, episode 11 will air on August 22nd.The new run started on June 13th, so unfortunately if you missed the first episode, it wo'nt be replayed in the immediate future. But you could always just swoop in on episode two tomorrow night at 1:30am (or just DVR it). I'm actually pretty disappointed myself because I haven't been HOME to set my DVR, and won't be until Monday, so I guess I'll have to start on episode 3...Anyone want to fill me in?
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