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Arc the Lad is a very good show! I highly recommend it!
This show is very good. I suggest you read up on it before you buy anything so you know all the facts. I really like it, I bought all six volumes on video. It is rated for ages 15+ so it's not anything for your little brother. There is some gore but it doesn't bother me ( I watched it with my mom, she's not that into anime but she says she likes this show). At a point in the story the main character Elk will seem to go crazy (volumes 4 to 5) but I still suggest that you buy them. I don't blame him as everyone important in his life is dead. Don't worry though, he snaps out of it just in time to help his friends defeat the evil threatening the fate of the world. The last tape is the best of the set. There are some familiar voices (the character Clive is voiced by Ethan Murray, the guy who does the American Express commercials). The other voice actors are very good. The intro is almost classical music (trumpets, etc.) and the ending song "Happy Tomorrow" is very good. It changes to "Rest In Peace" as you get towards the end of the season and will change back to "Happy Tomorrow" for the last episode. The story is a little gloomy as the world where the characters live is full of violence and the fate of the world is on their shoulders. If evil can open the arc then all is doomed. The show is great and I would like to spread the word!

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Forget this show
The main character is Elk and he is part of a group of adventurers. The animation is a decidedly a cute young style and it's pretty good looking, but the monsters are gruesome and terrible, so parents should be warned.

There is some action in the first two episodes on the airship, but not the third. The dialog was lousy, and I didn't care about the characters. The plot was really dumb and slow. The story doesn't grab you in and the music is bad. The intro doesn't really give you a right impression of what the show is really about. Lieza is a stereotypical helpless female, who has some special powers to talk to animals. The characters are clichéd and there's really no DVD special features. Overall I was dissatisfied.

I wouldn't recommend Arc the Lad to anyone. A similar show that is done much better is Escaflowne.

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pretty darn good
Arc the lad is a good anime just to watch on an evening when there's nothing to do. Don't expect to get super invovled in the plot like you do in princess mononoke and don't expect non stop action But still it has great characters perect voice overs mystery and some okay action.
I probably sdound like I'm critising it more than I'm complimenting it. I personaly loved this movie but ninja scroll fans will probably be disappointed.
One more thing. It says on the back of the cover that its for ages 15+. Personaly I think it's for ages 8+. There's a tad of blood a tad of swearing and some violence. It's not even half as bad as princess mononoke.