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Summary: Louie the Rune Soldier
Review: 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.
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Summary: Louie the Rune Soldier
Review: 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.
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Summary: Adventuring 101
Review: Hoping for adventure (and money) three young women band together to seek treasure in the ruins of the countryside around Ohfun. These are Merrill (the thief), Genie (the warrior), and Melissa (the cleric). Admittedly, they seem better at sitting in taverns getting drunk, but they are determined. Unfortunately, on their first essay, they find a magically sealed door and realize that they are missing an important addition - a mage. Returning to the city, they discover that there is only one magician in Ohfun who would be more interested in adventuring than hiding in their libraries. This is Louie, an inept magic student whose instinctive reaction is to use his fists rather than his wand. This DVD is subtitled 'Enter the Klutz' for a perfectly good reason. It doesn't help that Louie also isn't of 'the feminine persuasion,' or that Merrill thinks he is a pervert. But, against everyone's better judgment (except Louie's) they take him on as magician and luggage carrier. Louie gets the door open but then promptly falls afoul of the dungeon resident. Louie breaks his wand smashing goblins, which puts a temporary stop to his magic career. Although they have been saved, the women are utterly disgusted with his lackof style and good sense, and send Louie on his way. Only for Melissa to find out that her god, Mylee, has other plans. 'This is against my will,' she shrieks as the band comes back together to find Louie a new wand, and the situation goes from bad to worse. Much to the delight of the audience. Generally, I watch an anime DVD by listening to the English dubbing and turning on the subtitles. There are always deviations, and some are enlightening, and others funny. For the most part, they are fairly close. Occasionally, the texts differ so much that one has to wonder if the translators saw the same script. This is one of those cases. It's not that the English is unlikable, but it takes quite a few liberties. Purists will have to decide for themselves, but I would up listening to the Japanese and reading the subtitles. Other than the dubbing, this is an unexpectedly good start to the series. The artwork is good, much finer that that of 'The Slayers' (to which there will be inevitable comparisons). The animation captures the slapstick nature of some of the action perfectly. And most important, the writing is surprisingly intelligent for what is, so far, light comedy. This bodes well for wherever the series finally goes. Recommended.
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Summary: Adventuring 101
Review: Hoping for adventure (and money) three young women band together to seek treasure in the ruins of the countryside around Ohfun. These are Merrill (the thief), Genie (the warrior), and Melissa (the cleric). Admittedly, they seem better at sitting in taverns getting drunk, but they are determined. Unfortunately, on their first essay, they find a magically sealed door and realize that they are missing an important addition - a mage. Returning to the city, they discover that there is only one magician in Ohfun who would be more interested in adventuring than hiding in their libraries. This is Louie, an inept magic student whose instinctive reaction is to use his fists rather than his wand. This DVD is subtitled 'Enter the Klutz' for a perfectly good reason. It doesn't help that Louie also isn't of 'the feminine persuasion,' or that Merrill thinks he is a pervert. But, against everyone's better judgment (except Louie's) they take him on as magician and luggage carrier. Louie gets the door open but then promptly falls afoul of the dungeon resident. Louie breaks his wand smashing goblins, which puts a temporary stop to his magic career. Although they have been saved, the women are utterly disgusted with his lackof style and good sense, and send Louie on his way. Only for Melissa to find out that her god, Mylee, has other plans. 'This is against my will,' she shrieks as the band comes back together to find Louie a new wand, and the situation goes from bad to worse. Much to the delight of the audience. Generally, I watch an anime DVD by listening to the English dubbing and turning on the subtitles. There are always deviations, and some are enlightening, and others funny. For the most part, they are fairly close. Occasionally, the texts differ so much that one has to wonder if the translators saw the same script. This is one of those cases. It's not that the English is unlikable, but it takes quite a few liberties. Purists will have to decide for themselves, but I would up listening to the Japanese and reading the subtitles. Other than the dubbing, this is an unexpectedly good start to the series. The artwork is good, much finer that that of 'The Slayers' (to which there will be inevitable comparisons). The animation captures the slapstick nature of some of the action perfectly. And most important, the writing is surprisingly intelligent for what is, so far, light comedy. This bodes well for wherever the series finally goes. Recommended.
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Summary: This show just cracks me up
Review: I absolutely adore this little treasure. Normally, fantasies just leave me cold and dry. I just never got along with them in general. But this show is just so much fun and I'm very glad that I took a chance with it. Louie is a very interesting catalyst and it's quite amusing how all the other characters, especially Melissa, react to his antics. Again, it's a very good show and I highly recommend it for good laughs and solid animation.
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Summary: Rune soldier is really awesome
Review: i am really over thirteen, but my settings need to be upgraded. I'd give rune soldier a 5 star rating because it is so comic. I laughed many times while watching this DVD. even though the rating of the DVD is only 15+ i think it should be 16+. i let my little brother watch it, and felt bad that he had seen such nutity in an anime. I love anime a lot, and i think that Rune Soldier should get 5 stars... although I also believe that it is not suitable for children under 14.thanks.
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Summary: Not Bad, But Not There
Review: I'm not a big fan of the anime comedy genre most of the time. I think that stems from the fact that a lot of anime comedy stems from laughing at someone being not the brightest, which I personally don't find all that amusing. I do happen to find humor in the more serious animes always enjoyable.
Rune Soldier is watchable though. I can understand how fans of anime comedy would enjoy this series. There are genuinely funny moments, even for me, though most of the humor revolves around Louie, the rune soldier's, stupidity. Here's where the humor hit a bit of a snag with me simply because Louie isn't really all that stupid. He's good hearted but klutzy and he's also a good fighter. The group of adventurers he joins delight in pointing out how stupid and annoying he is, yet by the end their whining about him is more annoying that anything Louie could possibly conjure up. Yes, he's egotistical. Yes, he's a bit crude. And yes, he doesn't think things through to the end, but poking fun at him and treating him with disdain seems more like stupidity on the girls' parts as he does prove he has his uses and is genuinely kind.
I was fond of Louie's best friend, a young magician who seems to be able to see past Louie's ineptitude and appreciate him for being a pretty nice guy. Maybe the others will warm up to the good natured, but bumbling Louie later in the series. One can only hope, since the priestess Melissa actually has good comedy potential, since she's in charge of serving Louie, her valient hero, even though she was expecting to be assigned to someone more valient and perfect.
There's potential for the series to become something really amusing, and there is a definate influence of Slayers in the series, but as of now there's just something missing from making it more recommendable.
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Summary: Not again, please ...
Review: 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.
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Summary: Not again, please ...
Review: 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.
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Summary: So another idiot wants to be a hero!
Review: More of a Saturday Matinee than a Fantasy Epic, but don't let that fool you. This is one of the best comedy series to come out in a while. The story of a sorcerer who'd rather be a swordsman and joins a group of female adventurers on their missions for fame and fortune. Riui is a bit of an idiot, but like so many idiots before him he becomes the glue that ties people together with his simple faith and honesty. And there's a prophesy in there somewhere too. Can't wait for more of this to come to video!
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