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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| MANUFACTURER: | A.D. Vision |
| FEATURES: | Animated, Color |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 702727029820 |
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Customer Reviews of Rune Soldier - Enter the Klutz (Vol. 1)
One of the best anime you've never heard about Rune Soldier (originally titled: Louie the Rune Soldier) never seemed to get much attention--it certainly flew by under my radar, because volume 4 was out before I heard about it. This is a shame, because it is by far the best fantasy comedy released in the US. On the technical side, Rune Soldier features generally attractive character designs, fairly strong animation for a TV show, and a nice soundtrack. This disc, which is the first of six, contains 4 episodes.
For its story, Rune Soldier is not an epic of originality. A creation of the same author who created Lodoss War (but I'm not sure if it's meant to be the same world), Rune Soldier focuses on a team of three female adventurers: a cleric named Melissa, a fighter named Genie and a thief named Merrill. What they need is a magician. What they don't want is Louie, a brash, undisciplined man, who prefers to fight with his fists than use his magic. Although you see the initial setup coming a mile away, it works: the god of battle Melissa worships decrees that Louie is the valiant champion she must serve. This is, of course, entirely against her wishes.
Rune Soldier succeeds because of the intelligent writing. Although Louie may often act like an idiot, none of the characters are stupid--they all act reasonably given the circumstances. The show follows its own rules about how and why magic work. The characters play well off one another, with each of the girls fighting a grudging admiration about what Louie can do well and unleashing their frustration over the things at which he fails miserably. Because the creators clearly like their own characters, the humor flows naturally, instead of the forced dumb humor that plagues many shows.
As far as any potentially objectionable content, there isn't much. It's rated as 15+, but that seems largely on two points: first, Genie dresses as if a chainmail bikini would be too constricting (she is, however, usually wearing a cloak); second, Louie has a bit of an imagination. The most that shows up is a rear end, and it's for a few seconds across the entire four episodes on this disc.
Not again, please ...
Its the same old, tired 'guy with several angry, man hating girls who makes them love him in time while getting beat to crap' story. This time anime does it with less flair in technical film and writing then most all other series. I suppose this is good for people who haven't seen a lot of anime, because it really is just another time around the same old block for me. I am sure for the under 18 boys, this series is like a Whitman sampler of sexual fantasy ... yeah.
Louie the Rune Soldier
Great animation!! The characters are interesting and funny. It has PLOT!! I own the first four volumes and am absolutly in love with this series.
The girls, Merrill, Genie, and Melissa, need a mage to help them open a ruin that they have found. They seek a female mage, but none are willing to or powerful enough to go. Up steps Louie. He's very different. Louie likes to fight, and has the muscle to back it up with.
The first thing Louie does is break his wand over the head of an enemy. He'll spend the rest of the series trying to live that down along with some other mistakes he makes.