- A story of love, dreams, and perseverance. Saiunkoku is a country with eight powerful houses governed by one emperor. However the new leader Ryuki cares not for his new role and is rumored to spend his days chasing after noblemen in his court. Enter Shurei, a princess whose family has fallen upon hard times. Her dreams of becoming a government official are unattainable since she is a woman, but a
Saiunkoku is a country with eight powerful houses governed by one emperor. However the new leader Ryuki cares not for his new role and is rumored to spend his days chasing after noblemen in his court. Enter Shurei, a princess whose family has fallen upon hard times. Her dreams of becoming a government official are unattainable since she is a woman, but a twist of fate gives her the chance of a lifetime. If she agrees to become the emperor’s consort and turn him into a respectable ruler, she will be greatly rewarded…
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March 24, 2010
#1
I’m a big anime fan, have seen a lot of it, and, I think that everyone who claims to be a fan should see this anime at least once. With a lot of talk of politics, it may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but I promise that it makes up for it with drama, romance, intrigue, rather cool fighting scenes, and a great deal of humor. Laugh-out-loud funny, with a solid plot, and startling plot twists. The characters are simply amazing and well presented so that you can connect with them, some of whom have some rather fascinating oddities (one who always wears a mask, one who can get lost within two steps, etc), and you fall in love with all of them. Even the villains are fascinating and make you want to see more of them! The English dub, which I was rather worried about, is actually one of the better jobs I’ve seen done (good choice of voice actors as well). So I rate this a MUST see, it has something for everyone, you won’t regret it.
March 24, 2010
#2
I just bought this DVD box set. I watched the series a long time ago back when it first came out. I stopped watching the series because the second season was too long and I couldn’t find them online. But when I saw it in FYE I just bought it because I missed it. BOY!!!! I fell in love with it again and I bought the series box set. It’s worth it.
March 24, 2010
#3
Amazing. This series has such beautiful art with a mix of Asian culture. Each character has his/her own personality which contributes to the story plot. They capture your heart and make you laugh time after time. Though most people say Funimation recycles their voice actors, they really kept close to the sound of the voice of the Japanese this time ’round. Though it’s not very popular, I think a lot of people could get into this if they would just watch an episode.
March 24, 2010
#4
I’ve never seen the series Twelve Kingdoms but even without that this series will entertain most anime fans regardless if their more into the action or mecha animes. The series is a nice woven story of court life, the intrigue and political back dealings of the royal court, and the personal lives of the new emperor and his friends. The series main female character Shurei Hong a young female noble of an impoverished home whose dream is to be a governmental official but cannot because she is a woman finds a unique loophole when a powerful lord of the royal court makes her an offer, be the consort to the new emperor and teach him to be more refine and proper in the court since the scandal of his seemingly homosexual dalliances have caused quite a stir in the court. Along the way in her new position she meets new friends and new enemies in the court as the people in the shadows who wish to keep the emperor under their hold see her as a real threat to their power, but young Shurei has her own agenda as well as she wishes to show the young and seemingly somewhat naive emperor how the regular people live and how he should try and better their lives instead of just satisfying the nobles of the court. The series does have undertones of same sex relations but nothing hardcore and almost humorous in some cases, but if their are people who find that sort of thing offensive than this series is one they should pass over. The series has a nice touch of drama, humor, a little action, and a nice touch of romance(With a man and woman), the animation is very well done and the voice cast for the English/Japanese actors/actresses were great for their roles they voices in the series, The extras sadly aren’t much just the usual trailers and textless intro/ending songs. The series for this set is all 39 episodes on nine dvds so for this price and how entertaining the series was this is a must have for any anime fan…
March 24, 2010
#5
If you love a good heroine story chock full of romance and political intrigue with some humor tossed in then this series is for you. I think its safe to compare it to Mysterious Play (Fushigi Yugi) as there are a few similarities between them namely the romantic circles this series leads you on in addition to a bit of the political crazyness that also somewhat surrounded Fushigi Yugi (ie: the wars)
In any case if romance is what your looking for with a steady moving plot line you may enjoy this series. I do have to warn though it takes a few episodes to really get the feel of this series but I found myself watching seasons 1 and 2 and being pleased with both.