Le Chevalier D'Eon

[Munsu]

This seems like it'll be a great series by Production I.G. (Ghost in the Shell).

First episode released by AnY:
H264: http://kaname.animeyuki.org:2710/torrents/14ebcf99738e50a9058a08bad365f31b8cda595e.torrent
Xvid: http://kaname.animeyuki.org:2710/torrents/3eaa76ee39f7ddbf6fc1a24620e5d88049a2c1e7.torrent

"In the 18th Century, just before the French revolution, multiple religious cults of the dark side were engaged in secret maneuvers under the name of Revolution. "Le Chevalier D`Eon" (Knight D`Eon) a diplomat and a special agent working for Louis XIV, is fighting against those cults, and also on a mission to find the killer of his own sister. A mysterious cult organization called "Rose Cross" stands in his way, using vicious powers to create a dark creature, "Gargoyle" to take over Europe.

Le Chevalier d`Eon, Charles de Beaumont, was a real-life diplomat and spy in 18th century Europe, most famous for being of questionable gender. D`Eon worked as a spy, politician and soldier for King Louis XV for many years, before returning to France during the rule of King Louis XVI. After his return to France he lived and dressed as a woman. It was not until his death that doctors confirmed that he was a man."

http://www.chevalier.tv/
http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=4396
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6536
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,3717,njmkin,le_chevalier_d_.html


Here's a trailer if interested: http://www.chevalier.tv/movie/chevalier01.wmv

[Apraxhren]

Well this seems to be an interesting series. The animation seemed very fluid and was very well done. The most important aspect however, the story, is complex and you can not really judge after just 20 minutes. I hope this anime lives up to be a beautiful plot wise as the art.

[seanos]

Just watched this -- enjoyed it, and will continue to watch this series, looking forward to the next episode.

Firstly some notes in regards to the encoding,
the h264 audio level was normal (if not a little high), soft-subbed episode, relative subtitle size was small.
xvid (which ended up watching due to codecs not liking h264), audio level was very low, and every so often it changed up/down. Subtitles on this were also soft, however relative size was qutie large (ended up playing with subtitle sizes for 15mins between the two versions).

A lot of the episode has an odd feeling to it I must admit, parts of it feel like an intro to a first person game, and graphics in areas are very shiny/CG'd. This is not altogether bad I must admit, it's just noticable, the shiny/overly clean graphics add to the era I think (France, monarchy), giving a feeling of elegance, or extravagance.

It seems this series will go down the spirits/black magic (traditional sense, not new-age crap), with lots of biblical references for good measure.

Well worth watching, I'm sure this series won't get everyone, but I'd say it'll have underground following here at least.

[Bung]

Well the next one is aired in august, think ill finish off a few other things before getting started. Looks intersting though, thanks Bud!

[Yukimura]

This seems like an interesting and mysterious show, and of course the high level of animation is a big plus, and the story seems very griping so far. I'll definately continue.

[Cabewse]

I can't say as I've seen an anime yet that had me so interested after just 1 episode. I too shall continue watching this.

[Munsu]

I liked the first episode a lot. Most of the episode where just random seens that didn't make any sense, but by the end of the episode you can get an idea of what's going on. I'm pretty sure the pace will change a lot for the better from episode 2 and on. I liked the animation and the character designs. Also, I like how every character in the story is on a "gray area", all seem to have a hidden agenda, wether they'll be good or bad, all are hidding something.

[Nai]

Very intriguing premise.

I'll keep watching this one for sure. The animation was top notch, the gore was great and I really enjoyed the characters.

[Darknodin]

I liked the first episode a lot. Most of the episode where just random seens that didn't make any sense, but by the end of the episode you can get an idea of what's going on. I'm pretty sure the pace will change a lot for the better from episode 2 and on. I liked the animation and the character designs. Also, I like how every character in the story is on a "gray area", all seem to have a hidden agenda, wether they'll be good or bad, all are hidding something.

yea... but it was evident that they were speeding through the introduction... how many eps is this supposed to be. hopefully, no matter the number of eps... they won't rush like Jyu Oh Sei...

[masamuneehs]

Wow. This is a vampire-type thriller that looks like it will kick serious ass. I'm fond of the main character, as religious types aren't often heroes in anime these days.

The first episode moved at a frighteningly fast pace. It did feel rushed in parts, but I wonder if they wanted to squeeze all of that into the first episode so they could end it the way they did, really leaving you wanting to see what happens next.

The animation is excellent, particularly the way they capture the era. Versailles and the crypts were especially beautiful.

Sticking with this one for sure.

[Kraco]

Quite a series indeed! I will most certainly keep watching this! I found absolutely nothing to complain about. At first I thought this would stick to realism (and the cults being only that: cults of heretics), but it's definitely better this way. And like Masa said, the graphics are very fitting and succesful in capturing the atmosphere and mood necessary for a series like this.

[Ryllharu]

I'm trying to figure out the airing schedule of this series. I'm reasonably sure the next eps does not air until the 19th of August. Is it going to be a series we watch monthly, quite a lengthly time at 24 eps according to AniDB, or is going to switch to a more regular schedule after that?

The suspense from the end of eps 1 is killing me.

[Yukimura]

WOOT!!!!!
Le Chevalier D'Eon - 02 (http://kaname.animeyuki.org:2710/torrents/7e3af5b354a3bae56c520dcc090c2a1d64504dd6.torrent) by AnimeYuki

[Kraco]

Very nice going. This show has a lot of promise and has already delivered a lot. It's also sweet to watch later European style sword fighting every now and then. Quite different compared to fighting with katanas.

And needless to say, any show that has zombies automatically gets a huge boost! The fact the zombies seem to bleed quicksilver is a fine extra detail.

[Munsu]

Episode 3:
http://animeyuki.fansub-torrents.com/[AnY]_Chevalier_-_03_[h264][1280x720][AAC_5.1][D1BDFAFB].torrent

[Munsu]

Episode 4 by AnY:
http://kaname.animeyuki.org:2710/torrents/d9dac854aef4e9b7fa60ac70e2dfa3403d6de9a4.torrent
http://kaname.animeyuki.org:2710/torrents/dec66f962d73ec6ce74da5f6ee1a1b534f941991.torrent

This series is getting gorier by the episode.

[Zati]

Episode 5 AnimeYuki

http://kaname.animeyuki.org:2710/torrents/ea92ecfc5c07690f34a2a24c49620ce17919eb0e.torrent

[Zati]

Episode 6 by AnY

XviD

http://kaname.animeyuki.org:2710/torrents/d2b35677849686655ae066eba1be67c59b6534a1.torrent

h264

http://kaname.animeyuki.org:2710/torrents/b4097af6103edc700ccbc2bc322737f7207a5703.torrent

[Zati]

Anyone still watching? AnY just released!

Episode 7 [XviD] - AnY (http://kaname.animeyuki.org:2710/torrents/70ea40da2fcaa6b04b67dae0db3ceb2c2de26aa5.torrent)

Episode 7 [h264] - AnY (http://kaname.animeyuki.org:2710/torrents/6075f2252a2418916a2a92cef83055ac5db6bbc1.torrent)

[Kraco]

Aye. I'm watching the AnY subs. It seems they are quite consistently one episode behind Shinsen, but that doesn't bother me so much. In fact, I'm already watching several Shinsen subbed series, so maybe it's good to download at least some series from other sources... For fairness sake...

[bagandscalpel]

Random tidbit:

For the first two episodes or so, the guy who got me started on this series and I joked about how it was executed almost completely like an old-school RPG.
Then I pointed out that Telliagory looks like Revolver Ocelot of MGS fame; which, in this most recent episode, was reinforced when he delivered, verbatim, a line from the MGS4 trailer :p

EDIT: For some REAL content.

Saw this on ANN just now.


Le Chevalier D'Eon Licensed by ADV Films (2006-10-31 18:19:20)
Regarding our earlier post about Le Chevalier D'Eon, Anime News Network has learned that the title has been licensed by ADV Films. When contacted, ADV Films declined to confirm the license. An official announcement, is expected soon. Le Chevalier D'Eon was produced by Production I.G and directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi. It is currently airing every Saturday in Japan on WOWOW, with the 11th episode (of an expected 25) airing this past weekend.

[Zati]

Nice AnY just released again!

Episode 8 [XviD] - AnY (http://kaname.animeyuki.org:2710/torrents/ee5bbf2e31f923b49338210abff0a287341d743d.torrent)

Episode 8 [h264] - AnY (http://kaname.animeyuki.org:2710/torrents/ba7e9b6cbbd69038ea0613f935b4f781b0b6a8ae.torrent)

[Kraco]

Very nice indeed. And let's hope that licensing talk won't drop this series out of our reach. I would hate to lose the access to ye olde Europe...

[Ryllharu]

With eps 8, I like where this series is starting to go. I can make all the parallels I want with GiTS:SAC, but I'll refrain by making only the basic ones. We have one multifaceted conspiracy to overthrow the French government, and now a part of that plot is to assassinate the Empress of Russia.

One nice touch is Catherine the Great, pre-"Great" of course. Can't wait for the next eps. I know that blond Poet guy is closely related to Lia's death and possibly Lia in some other manner, but they haven't said much about him.

If it's licensed, I'll probably buy it, but the turnover wait will kill me.

[Bung]

ah i meant to ask, could anyone let me know if shinsens are good/bad compared to aniyuki? i didnt like shinsens blood+ compared to bakakozou, but they are ahead of aniyuki... thnx.

[Kraco]

Shinsen's version looks fine. I got bored of waiting for #9 and #10, and got them from Shinsen instead. I didn't notice any gross differences. But then again, I'm not very likely to notice subtle differences...

[Yukimura]

Are Shinsen's releases also 1280x764?

[Bung]

I guess your watching the h264 versions of yukis.. im just watchin the normal xvids :)

anyways, shinsen was doing some h264 at 1920x1080, but it appears they stopped doing that after ep8...

EDIT: ... ah nevermind looks like shinsen is doing h264 versions still :)

[Zati]

AnY release :

Episode 9-10 (XviD) - AnY (http://kaname.animeyuki.org:2710/torrents/9a2a1fd4c86320b2a58b1df63f415be6dd9b9867.torrent)
Episode 9-10 (h264) - AnY (http://kaname.animeyuki.org:2710/torrents/ce1f0b6e148667e1cbb2eb4c29412ed25fd0e9b1.torrent")

[Bung]

wow what an ending to ep10. cant believe they did that, wonder whats gonna happen now O.o

[Kraco]

This series has interestingly mixed real history and fantasy, keeping many facts intact while adding story elements here and there. In that sense this doesn't lose at all to the edo, bakumatsu, and meiji samurai animes.

Having said that, what happened at the end of 10 didn't surprise me tremendously, even if I actually was a little surprised it happened right then and in that manner. Nor was episode 11 such a shock. Although anybody could have guessed that probably...

[NeoBear]

http://kaname.animeyuki.org:2710/torrents/ec27e907f9cc286c1184a0bfe90e116548e7f770.torrent

episode 12 buy animeyuki

i think im crying a little bit =O