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Gestalt ( Japanese 超 獣 伝 説 ゲ シ ュ タ ル ト , Chōjū Densetsu Geshutaruto , Eng . "Superbestien-Geschichte Gestalt") is a manga by the Japanese illustrator Yun Kōga from 1995 to 2001.

action

Father Olivier travels against the will of his master Messiah to the island of Gestalt, on which the monster Gestalt (just called G), a burned god, is said to live. Olivier is given the slave Ouri as a present on his journey because he is helping the inhabitants of a town. But he doesn't believe in slavery and doesn't want any company on his dangerous journey. But when he is attacked by the elf Suzu, who was sent after him by Messiah, Ouri saves him, so that he now accepts her as a traveling companion.

But soon Olivier is kidnapped by his brother Ouris, who needs him for a ritual. After it has been successfully carried out, the latter thanks them with a sack of gold so that Olivier and Ouri can stock up on new weapons. But after the ritual the dark side of the priest comes to light. At the same time, Suzu is attacked by envoys on behalf of Soshi.

publication

The manga was published from January 1995 to February 2001 in the manga magazine Monthly GFantasy from Enix . The chapters were also summarized in eight anthologies ( Tankōbon ) published.

An English version of the manga was published by Viz Media . Egmont published all eight volumes in German from May 2006 to February 2008. The translation is by Burkhard Höfler.

Anime

Until 1997 an OVA was produced under the direction of Osamu Yamazaki , which consists of two parts of 29 minutes each. The artistic director was Tadashi Kudo and the music was composed by Toshiyuki Omori. The closing credits song is Get up, Right now by Yuzuru Oka . The OVA was published in Japan by SME Visual Works in January and February 1997.

There is an English version that has appeared in America and Great Britain.

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Shazan Hikaru Midorikawa
Ōri Kae Araki
Carmine Kazue Ikura
Suzu Mariko Koda
Messiah Masami Kikuchi

novel

The manga was also adapted as a light novel written by Chizuru Yoshikawa and illustrated by Yun Kōga. The novel appeared in two volumes as Chōjū Densetsu figure: Rakuin no Junkyōsha ( 超 獣 伝 説 ゲ シ ュ タ ル ト 烙印 の 殉教 者 , German "~: Brandmal Martyrs") in March and August 1999 at Enix.

reception

According to Kuno Liesegang from Splashcomics, the manga is overloaded with comical interludes and fantasy clichés. The relationship between tension and comedy is not balanced. The plot is too indecisive and the drawings are also not very convincing, only individual characters are successful. The manga is only interesting for fans of role-playing games, as it becomes more similar in the course of the plot and offers many unusual characters.

The American magazine Animerica sees the OVA Gestalt as borrowings from many other productions such as Record of Lodoss War or Final Fantasy , but here a variant that is clearly worse in terms of both drawing and narration is offered. The plot was consistently confusing, the fighting was very reminiscent of games like Prince of Persia .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kuno Liesegang: Review of volume 1. Splashcomics, December 26, 2006, accessed April 30, 2009 .
  2. ^ Kuno Liesegang: Review of volume 2. Splashcomics, December 26, 2006, accessed April 30, 2009 .
  3. ↑ Animerica Vol. 8 No. 4 (May 2000), p. 71

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