Scrapped Princess – “Daichi no la-li-la”

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This song is rather beautiful I think. The video’s very pretty too, so I put the ending theme up top there.
Ah, does make you imagine clouds….or it does me, anyway. XD

Hum…Ah yes, not sure about the title, but I’m assuming it’s the right name for the song? If not, ah well…haha. It’s out there somewhere. XD

Hmm, I want a screenshot from the video though, so I can vector it. >=3
Just a quick one, since I had already posted the opening too – I’ll seeya next time.

In my self amusement…

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So the past few days, I’ve found myself somehow compelled to play classic NES games and watch anime. Despite being a big anime fan, it’s odd for me to actually watch anime. That’s probably because I don’t have the patience for the loading times, since I watch it online – mostly cos the anime in England is either crappy (poorly dubbed Naruto for the lose) or so far ahead I can’t catch up (Decently dubbed Bleach at around say, 100+ episodes in). So I end up watching it online, cos I can watch at my pace, and what I want (so long as the video works, anyway.)

So, my anime of choice was Scrapped Princess, and as you can see I’ve kindly plopped the opening song at the top of this post. It’s a story about a princess who was thrown out because a prophecy said that when she turned 16, she’d bring death to the world, basically. However, she didn’t die – and she’s now 15 years old, and travelling with her adopted older sister and brother, Raquel and Shannon. So, Pacifica, the princess, is now being chased by the royal army and anyone who believes the prophecy – which is just about anyone of the Mauser faith….By the way, interestingly, a lot of the names in this series are references to firearms! Haha, it’s quite interesting.

Ok, back to the plot though, well – enter characters like Chris, Leo, and Winia and you have yourself a few questions. “What is chivalry, and justice?”, “Am I doing the right thing?” “Is it wrong to be friends with her?”. Even Shannon asks himself is he’s doing the right thing, and it can get quite powerful at times. Characters all have their own personalities and by the end of it, you can predict how people are going to behave.

The plot becomes more interesting however, when the sci-fi part of this sci-fi fantasy kicks in. Because by sci-fi, we’re talking DBZ/Gundam/Super giant dragon creatures, and…well it’s pretty flashy. Very fun to watch, and a shame that in the 24 (I think it was that many, if not 25) episodes there was only a little of it. However, once that first dragon-filled action scene comes in, things become more confusing, but still engaging.
Anyway, the ending was satisfying and the plot twists kept me going until the next sexy-action scene came in. The characters felt as if they weren’t all mindless stereotypes, but actually had a human side to them, particularly in the questions they asked – a the key umbrella issue though seems to be “Is what I’m doing right?”
Overall, I really did enjoy it and I’d recommend it. It was a lot of fun to watch, and it’s only short (around 25 episodes) so it won’t eat up too much time.

And that’s that! I’m tired of writing about this now. XD
Seeya next time I get bored and come here. =)