Legend of Crystania

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Movie
German title Legend of Crystania
Original title Hajimari no Bōkensha-tachi: Legend of Crystania
Country of production Japan
original language Japanese
Publishing year 1995
length 85 minutes
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Director Ryūtaro Nakamura
script Ryō Mizuno
production Kazuo Yokoyama
music Michiru Oshima, Toshihiko Satou
synchronization

Legend of Crystania ( jap. はじまりの冒険者たちレジェンド·オブ·クリスタニア , Hajimari no Bōkensha-tachi: Rejiendo obu Kurisutania , dt "early adventurers: The Legend of Crystania.") Is an anime film from 1995 and belongs to the fantasy saga Record of Lodoss War devised by Ryō Mizuno . It can be placed chronologically after the Chronicles of the Heroic Knight series and tells the adventures of the former opponents, the warrior Ashram and the dark elf Pirotess. They left Lodoss and now come across the forbidden gods continent Crystania , where they themselves have to face a devastating evil.

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In a country bordering Chrystania, the ruler and his wife are murdered and Prince Redon flees to Crystania with his servant and magician Nasere and the priestess Aderishia. There they get into a power struggle between groups of shapeshifters, including the cruel Barbas, who has taken possession of the body of the Ashram that once saved Crystania. The refugees soon encounter the fighter Orville and the girl Laifan, as well as the dark elf Sher or Pirotess, who Barbas wants to drive out of Ashram's body.

Production and publication

The film was animated in 1995 by Studio Triangle Staff on behalf of producers Kadokawa Shoten and Victor Entertainment . Director Ryūtarō Nakamura filmed the script written by Ryō Mizuno. The character design was created by Katsumi Matsuda. The film was released in Japanese cinemas on July 29, 1995. The running time of the film is between 78 and 85 minutes, depending on the version.

The anime was published in English by ADV Films and Madman Entertainment and aired on The Anime Network . The film was also translated into Italian and appeared in German on Anime Virtual .

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role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Reydon Hikaru Midorikawa
Adelishia Mitsuki Yayoi

music

The music for the film was composed by Michiru Oshima and Toshihiko Satou. The songs for the opening and closing credits Hajimari no yokan and Michibikarete are by Kazuyo Inui.

Adaptations

The film was followed in 1996 by an OVA series of the same name with three parts. A radio play has been released for the film itself. There are also two art books for Legend of Crystania .

reception

Karsten Schubert from the German trade magazine Funime criticizes the sometimes poor quality of the drawings, the characters are depicted roughly and with little color. However, the music was quite successful. The plot doesn't offer much new, but would at least go down well with fans of Record of Lodoss War . In the AnimaniA other hand, is a "lame story without stress buildup and without narrative dynamics" of the question. Character design, drawings, animations and soundtrack are superficial and inappropriate, and the overall staging is completely unspectacular. On the other hand, unnecessary action and brutality were not spared. At least for pure action fans, the film offers something.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Review of the film at Anime no Tomodachi, by Karsten Schubert
  2. ↑ AnimaniA 4/2001, p. 16

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