Publisher: Manga Entertainment (USA)Format: Region 1 DVD, NTSC, Japanese Dialogue with optional English Dub and English Subtitles
Length: 47 minutes
Production Date: 2001
Currently in Print (as of writing): Yes
Story Outline: In the Heian period, a tomboyish girl, Kintoki, is saved from death by the hands of her murderous uncle and his followers by a warrior named Minamoto no Raiko. Raiko takes her back to the capital, where she grows up disguised as a boy and joins Raiko's band of warriors known as the "Four Heavenly Kings". However she is smitten with Raiko, but never confesses. The situation grows worse in the capital with disease and bandits running rampant. The bandits plan to over take the government in the chaos they have created and end up kidnapping Kintoki and burn down the capital. This forces Raiko to rescue Kintoki.
Mini Review: Nice little OVA, but it's obviously an experiment for Production I.G. Story was quite good, but really confusing if you don't know much about Japanese history or legends. In fact it uses the same legend, Shuten Doji, as the previous anime I reviewed, but in a totally different way. Because of the rather sudden ending, I still felt the story felt a little unfinished at the end. Some of the CG was quite awful, mostly the background stuff, but when it worked well, it loked great. Decent show overall. 6.5 out of 10.
Remaining Backlog: 20 months (it's much easier this way than listing the number of discs).
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