Anime with short spear girl series#

Balsa is exceptionally well designed, and far more realistic than many other fantasy female leads. has made good use of them for the characters and environements, and the overall effect gives the show a feeling more reminiscent of 'Monoke Hime' or 'Gedo Senki' than anything else.Ĭharacter designs are exceptional throughout the show, most especially the main and immediate supporting characters. The colour palette is very 'Ghibli-esque' as it mainly uses greens, browns, blues, etc, but Production I.G. managed to produce one of the best looking anime of 2007, and with it, managed to introduce one of the most unique and interesting female leads in anime. Seirei no Moribito has some of the smoothest and most fluid animation of any anime produced over the last few years. The novel is also scheduled for release in english in mid 2008 because of the immense popularity of the In fact, the novels proved to be so popular that they the first volume was adapted into a manga, an anime (directed by Kamiyama Kenji, who directed Ghost in the Shell SAC and 2nd Gig), and even a radio drama.

Anime with short spear girl series#

It began life as the first in the ten volume Moribito series of fantasy novel written by Uehashi Nahoko, and although these novels were intended for children, they gained many adult fans. Seriei no Moribito (or Guardian of the Sacred Spirit), is not your normal anime.

Seirei no Moribito follows Balsa as she embarks on her journey to protect Chagum, exploring the beauty of life, nature, family, and the bonds that form between strangers. Bound by a sacred vow she once made, Balsa accepts. After saving Chagum from a thinly veiled assassination attempt, she is tasked by Chagum's mother to protect him from the emperor and his hunters. Meanwhile, a mysterious spear-wielding mercenary named Balsa arrives in Shin Yogo on business. However, the water demon manifests itself within the body of the emperor's son, Prince Chagum-by the emperor's order, Chagum is to be sacrificed to save the empire. If a water demon was to appear once more, its death could bring salvation.

It is written in ancient myths that the first emperor, along with eight warriors, slew a water demon to avoid a great drought and save the land that was to become Shin Yogo. On the precipice of a cataclysmic drought, the Star Readers of the Shin Yogo Empire must devise a plan to avoid widespread famine.