Legend of Crystania - The Chaos Ring

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Summary: An Excellent Fantasy Anime
Review: Legend of Crystania is a fantastic flight into a world of spells and sword play. It all takes place on an island, separate from the rest of the world. Animal gods rule, and their subjects can take on the form of the animal god whom they worship. A young prince and his companions are forced from their land, seeking refuge on the island of Crystania. They fight for their survival while trying to unravel the great mystery of this land. Brings back the memories of sitting around playing Dungeons & Dragons with the gang.

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Summary: looks are deceiving
Review: Some of the characters of Lodoss War are here: Pirotess and Ashram. Some say this is a sequel. If it really is, it certainly doesn't compare to Lodoss War at all (based on animation quality and story). As a "standalone" movie, it's not too bad, not good either. The cover looks really nice though, that's probably the best I can say about it. The plot of the movie is old and weak, I mean c'mon, humans that transform into lizards or lions? The Pirotess here, doesn't even look half as good as the Pirotess of Lodoss War. I almost fell asleep watching this. You probably should rent this first before buying it. If your really like D&D stuff, BUY Lodoss War instead, you won't regret it.

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Summary: The sequel to record of Lodoss war series
Review: This anime is perhaps best thought of as an expansion video for Lodoss war.The reason being that there are some instances where knowledge of the previous series would clarify plot points.The animation is not as smooth as Manga although the musical score and the voice casting are good.The video has the typical fantasy setting of an ancient world mixed with monsters and powerful gods.Crystania is a competent anime with interesting pale drawing techniques(A faded cell animation), and a decent plot.Although not up to the standard of Lodoss War, crystania makes a decent purchase given that it has no overtly bad points.It also works well as a stand alone animation which means that viewing the previous series is recommended but not necessary

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Summary: Avoid this video
Review: This is listed as part of the Lodoss setting. Other than the names, it has nothing to do with them. And the names are on wrong races and faces to top it off. The story is weak, and the animation is bad. I regret buying this dvd VERY MUCH.

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Summary: Expansion of Lodoss' world
Review: This is not Record of Lodoss War. Enjoy the movie at face value. Many people say the animation is of poor quality, when I think the animation is equal if not better than Lodoss War. The drawing style, however, is bar-none best in Lodoss. If you're a fanatic of Lodoss War, you should like this expansion and other view of the mystical world that is Lodoss.

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Summary: Expansion of Lodoss' world
Review: This is not Record of Lodoss War. Enjoy the movie at face value. Many people say the animation is of poor quality, when I think the animation is equal if not better than Lodoss War. The drawing style, however, is bar-none best in Lodoss. If you're a fanatic of Lodoss War, you should like this expansion and other view of the mystical world that is Lodoss.

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Summary: Loddess Wars
Review: This off-shoot (Not to be confused with Cronicles of the Heroic Knight) of Loddoss Wars takes place way after. If you haven't seen Loddess, you can still enjoy this well made film. It tell the story of a ruler who wants to protect his people and take them to the nearly unreachable kingdom of Crystania. Needless to say, this stts off the adventure of a small band on a quest not soon forgotten. This is indeed, one for the collection.

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Summary: Definitely not as good as it should have been...
Review: Though I was giving it the benefit of the doubt, Legend of Crystania proved to be quite a disappointment. The story line is less than underdeveloped. In the short length of less than 1.5 hours, there isn't much time to make good story plot, but they managed to put forth very little effort. I was pretty disappointed about the fact that they even have a BIO section for all of the characters and state that Ashram and Pirotess are the same people from lodoss war, but act/look nothing like themselves. I have not yet seen the series, but i might imagine it to be a little bit better due to fewer time constraints... but I won't get my hopes up quite yet.

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Summary: Definitely not as good as it should have been...
Review: Though I was giving it the benefit of the doubt, Legend of Crystania proved to be quite a disappointment. The story line is less than underdeveloped. In the short length of less than 1.5 hours, there isn't much time to make good story plot, but they managed to put forth very little effort. I was pretty disappointed about the fact that they even have a BIO section for all of the characters and state that Ashram and Pirotess are the same people from lodoss war, but act/look nothing like themselves. I have not yet seen the series, but i might imagine it to be a little bit better due to fewer time constraints... but I won't get my hopes up quite yet.

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Summary: Ugh!
Review: Very bad... not much of character development... not much of a plot... Aviod this is you are a Lodoss fan.