Utawarerumono

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLJbQuoO-zU

This is one series I've been waiting for, at least the trailer looked great:
http://datorrents.com/download.asp?i...5D.avi.torrent


First episode released by yesi:
http://bt.yesy-fansubs.com/%5Byesy%5...5D.avi.torrent

"The main character was helped when he was wounded lying on the ground in woods. When he woke up, he didn’t remember who he was. Furthermore, he had a mask that he couldn’t put off. By favor of the people in the village, who had animal ears and tails by the way, he began to live in the village.

From AnimeNFO

Based on a [Leaf/AQUAPLUS] visual novel/game.
Game info: http://leaf.aquaplus.co.jp/product/uta.htm"

http://www.utaware.net/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ency...me.php?id=5746
http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.p...anime&aid=3427
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,1...arerumono.html

Ho... This sounds interesting. The trailer is lacking seeders, so I guess it's all the same to download the first episode and use it as a promo instead...

Amnesia is hardly original in any work nowadays, but the rest of the short description is much more intriguing.

I liked the first eps. The feel of it reminded me of all the parts I liked about Scrapped Princess, with more of a fantasy twist. The general feel of it is very nice, and the OP showed a fair amount of action, so we should have some of that to look forward to.

I find this a lot more interesting than Soul Link, so I will probably follow this rather than that.

Damn, I was totally positively surprised by this series! It didn't take but a minute from the beginning of the episode, and I knew this was a series worth watching. The main character seems likable fellow, suitably sociable yet still mysterious. He seems strong enough not to be a pusover (damn I have watched too much harem anime lately). And the other cast looks very fine as well. Nothing much can't be said about the plot at this point, but I think I will wait for the best, not the worst right now. And yes, I can understand Ryllharu's reference to Scrapped Princess, as well.

This was the funniest parts of the episode (well, this show isn't a comedy so I'm not really evaluating the level of comedy in the scenes):
http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/9...rlstail5ej.jpg
It certainly won't make any sense if you haven't watched the episode, though.

First episode was pretty damn good. Looks to have plenty of potential. I like the setting alot, especially with the minor deity in the village and all of that stuff.

Character designs: I've never been a fan of catgirls and all that, so I'm not wild about the designs here. So far the 'tail and ears' have only been utilized to show one kind of reaction/emotion, which hints they're mostly for show... let's hope that's not true.

There had better be some explanation given for why some people have certain kinds of ears and tails and why others have different kinds...

Gosh that Eruru girl seems a little young to be at the center of a love interest with a grown man, doesn't she? Then again, by standards from times when shrines were built to local gods and with the indicated low-level of technology she'd actually be at the usual age for getting married (and pregnant), but you don't often see that being portrayed in anime...

lol, was trying to figure out where I'd heard the main character's voice before... it was so fresh in my mind, but it wasn't a voice that I could recall from any particular role... Turns out it's the same VA who does Norbu who just appeared in e7! First time hearing the guy, big roles in two episodes on the same day!

Ino from Naruto is the same as Eruru, another surprise. This one sounds soo much younger! But now that i know it i can sorta hear the similarities.

That lumberjack's wife's "Oyaoya! -My my-" was so familiar too! Turns out she's Satsuki Yukino! :)

On the subject of seiyuus, Eruru's also voices none other than Haruka from Mai Hime/Otome. If you're familiar with Magical Lyrical Nanoha A's, she also does Shamal, which sounds identical to this role.

i been waiting for this seris too

Even though I wasn't really planning on watching this show, I think I may now. I need a good animal person show with dinosaurs and Ronin Warrior like tigers.

May just give up archiving Kiba if this show gets better

first eps wasnt that bad, great storyline for me

Haha Kraco that part was indeed quite humorous. This seems like a pretty interesting story. I guess I'll add it to my list, provided the next couple of eps are anything like this one.

Episode 2:

http://bt.yesy-fansubs.com/%5Byesy%5...5D.avi.torrent

hmm this series is quite interesting,
from the op, i thought they would have the girl taming the beast in episode 2, but instead they give her a new born beast and killed the mother, that was interesting~:p

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hmm this series is quite interesting,
from the op, i thought they would have the girl taming the beast in episode 2, but instead they give her a new born beast and killed the mother, that was interesting~:p

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yeah i thought so too that, they would capture the mother and train her

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hmm this series is quite interesting,
from the op, i thought they would have the girl taming the beast in episode 2, but instead they give her a new born beast and killed the mother, that was interesting~:p

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it's the perfect plan: kill the homicidal tiger, and steal it's baby and train it to not kill you.

Genius!!!

episode 2 wasn't as good as the first, but I still found it pretty damn good.

It seems that this show is going to be rather mild with the violence. Show's the bloody corpses, the blood on the beast's mouth, but there was zero blood/gore shown spurting out. Teoro's axe blow was pretty nasty, and the OP has blood, but this episode leads me to think that this show won't be very graphic with the violence.

Music was pretty crappy. I like the interaction between the characters and it's nice to see a protagonist using his head rather than relying solely on some secret hidden power (which i still think he has)

Yesy seems to be doing a good job of translation. I'm sticking with them.

I grabbed this on a whim, and I'm impressed. Storyline looks very promising, this show seems capable of branching into lots of good plots from here, I hope it's something new and different, though i'm not really fed up with the same old same old quite yet, hehe.

The Tiger dying and leaving a cub suprised me, I figured the little girl would tame it too. I hope there aren't too many crazy repercussions for killing the 'Forest God' on our quaint little village, but then of course there will be.

Wow, I am really liking this series as well. I am going to keep watching it. As Yukimura stated there is a lot of potential in the story, and something different. The whole ending scene with everyone content with the way things happened and then the tiger cub yawning was kind of lame but other than that I had no complaints about this episode.

It is nice also as Masa pointed out to have a character that can use inductive reasoning to solve the problem rather than just relying on a special power of sorts, at least from what we can tell thus far. I think there is some obvious relation of the main character to Eruruu and Aruruu's father.

First things first, I picked up the series after seeing a .gif of the Eruru tail grab scene. Fortunately, I was well rewarded.

Perhaps I'm a sucker for fantasy anime, but this particular series leaves a pretty good taste in my mouth for now. And, for some reason, based off the scenes in the opening, I believe that the show will evolve into a medieval war-style anime with the army of the protagonists going against the evil pig-persons among others. And adding to that, the main character just screams "tactician" to me (must be the iron fan), something I rarely see. Well, this is all wild speculation, but thinking upon this makes me want to play Fire Emblem...

I watched the first 2 episodes and I like what I've seen so far.
It may be the setting or something, but this series made me think about 'Berserk'...can't really think why I do, though..
And I smiled when I heard 'Kaname Chidori' shout.. Satsuki Yukino rules :) Having her in the cast is a very big plus for me.

This series doesn't look too bad so far, although the title can be a bit of a mouthfull :p

I'm guessing we'll have a time skip sometime soon where the kitty will have time to grow to be the one in the intro and the main character will have fully intergrated himself into the village and then something from his past will show up to mess everything up or something...

I also watched this on a whim, and it was good enough to make me download episode 2. It's pretty entertaining, and I haven't seen a fantasy anime in a while, so I'll keep with it.

There were a few things I didn't like. I really hope they don't milk the "I am a man with no past" cliche that was evident in the first episode. I also didn't like how Hakuoro just kind of decided everything on behalf of the villiage in episode 2 (Even if it is just to show how influential he is to these mild-mannered folk, I still think it's a tad corny), or how his name was suddenly decided for him.

Everything else is great though. I like all the characters so far, especially Teoro. I hope some of the other villiagers' personalities are fleshed out too. The fight against the Mutikapa was also really kewl. Heh, I also noticed that no matter how many violent anime I watch, I'm still a pretty soft person, as I felt really bad when Mutikapa killed that family, and then when she was killed herself. Her cub is cute though. I hope it grows up soon.

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I really hope they don't milk the "I am a man with no past" cliche that was evident in the first episode. I also didn't like how Hakuoro just kind of decided everything on behalf of the villiage in episode 2 (Even if it is just to show how influential he is to these mild-mannered folk, I still think it's a tad corny), or how his name was suddenly decided for him.

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I actually thought the way he decided it shows he isn't a man without a past. Even if I risk being wrong I like to think he was influential in his forgotten life, a man with some power, and thus he had natural, unsuppressed leadership tendencies. He has shown clear character and nature of mind so far, which is a good thing even without definitive memories.

How his name was decided wasn't actually a bad thing either, in my opinion. It shows two things: The docile villagers also wanted to exert some power or willingness to make decisions. And secondly things like that no doubt come more naturally to them than waging war. A semi-isolated village like that must be quite communal to work, and thus giving a local name to the stranger binds him tighter to the village (they already seem to think fondly of him, for now at least).

Static-Subs released the first 2 episodes, they are probably the superior version so I suggest you at least check them out if you are thinking of archiving the series:

http://www.point-blank.cc:16384/allowed/torrent.php/[SS]_Utawarerumono_-_01_[F9AEE66B].avi.torrent

http://www.point-blank.cc:16384/allowed/torrent.php/[SS]_Utawarerumono_-_02_[C0809074].avi.torrent

Yesy - Utawarerumono - Episode 3
For those who want speed over quality at this point still. er, that isn't to say Yesy hasn't done a good job with this show thusfar (they have), but Static's works have been damn good in the past.

A fine episode again. This far this has been quite a bit more mature series than many others I have been watching lately. That's refreshing in itself. The only thing that worries me a little is that there hasn't been in vicinity anything truly original plot wise (what comes to the world of the series), but perhaps it's just too early for that. After all, the whole bigger picture of the story is yet to be revealed, in the end.

My sentiments are similar. It is fairly odd to have such a mature main character. At this point there isn't all that much to make him overly distinctive, other than his appearance. He was skilled enough to take Oboro on with a good amount of proficiency, who is a good fighter in his own right, though just not compared to that mounted warrior (Banwei?).

Two things concerned me during this eps. The first was at the very beginning, when Eruru described the meanings of their names. I couldn't help but seen some sort of foreshadowing there. Bad news for Eruru I guess. The second was young girl's words about what Hakuoro smelled or sensed like. She sensed something related to the deep earth (or along those lines). I felt that that correlated with my earlier impression that he was that fanged monster in human form. Something ancient and destructive.

I like this series, but the shitty dialogues are pissing me of. The VA for the main character is also a piece of shit. And this episode was boring, I couldn't care less for the little sick girl.

Aside from that, next episode should be good, lots of actions. I assume that there will be a big war soon where different races clash each other.

well i finally got around to watching episode 3 and i was a little disappointed.

Bud is damn right, the dialogue was weak, at best. It wasn't so horrible that you couldn't overlook it in the first two episodes, but it got on my nerves in episode 3.

Also looked like some shoddy animation, Oboro's facial expressions (didn't help that his VA was pretty crappy), the fight between Oboro and Benoui, Benawi? Ben- oh whatever, HE actually had a decent sounding VA. But that fight was just way too short and seemed hastilly done.

Hm... Tushkoro seems to be at the very crux of some shady events... From the preview it looks like she may even prove to be the catalyst for a rebellion...

I still have high hopes for this series. Some of the stuff in the OP just looks so fucking awesome and I still love the setting, but they're going to have to brush up on some of the finer details to make this show a really memorable one.

oh, and Bud, it is funny that you dislike the VA that does Hakuoro (the main character). That guy happens to do the dubbed voice for your favorite CTU wrecking ball, Jack Bauer, in the Japanese versions of 24 :p

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oh, and Bud, it is funny that you dislike the VA that does Hakuoro (the main character). That guy happens to do the dubbed voice for your favorite CTU wrecking ball, Jack Bauer, in the Japanese versions of 24 :p

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There is only one jack bauer, to keep his enemis confused he sometimes goes under the alias Keifer Sutherland. Pretending to be Jack Bauer, even in order to deliver the mesasage of Jack Bauer to the masses around the world is definate grounds for hatred for a true Bauer lover. Bud's dislike of the VA is probably indirectly tied to this fact.

On topic, slow is the name of the game it seems, stuff is happening, but it's like a trickle barely getting out of the pipe. Oboro seems like a typical overprotective brother/warrior, though he has a girly name (Basilisk has ruined the name Oboro for me) perhaps his angst comes from the fast that his name is Oboro. So many questions get raised each episode and I've yet to see any answer, hopefully blah blah gets better blah, i'm tired of writing the same thing so much. Why do they call themselves human if they have tails and stuff? Toxic Waste???!!!??? Alien Interbreeding ???!!!??? Who knows?

I think they have tails just so that they could make that one funny scene in ep 1...

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I still have high hopes for this series. Some of the stuff in the OP just looks so fucking awesome and I still love the setting, but they're going to have to brush up on some of the finer details to make this show a really memorable one.

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I still stand firm in my belief that this series will eventually show large-scale battles full of wholesome hack-and-slash.

Oh yeah, the source material for this anime further likens it to the Fire Emblem series more so than before... Kudos, I say.

http://leaf.aquaplus.co.jp/product/uta.htm

Episode 4:

http://bt.yesy-fansubs.com/%5Byesy%5...5D.avi.torrent

I think this'll be a good one, it should have lots of fighting.

Heh. I'm so nicely predisposed to like this series I wouldn't mind even if it didn't contain as much fighting as the preview suggested...

Am I the only one who's getting a really slow response from that torrents.fansub-torrents.com? I remember last time it also took a minute to get the torrent file after clicking the link, and so it did now as well. Strange site.

Edit: Well, there certainly was lots of action, and it wasn't bad, even if it wasn't very brilliant either. It was an odd mix of fantasy samurai sword fight and then more realistic, cruel brawling. However, more than the fight in this episode itself, the prospect of future dangers was the best point of this episode. It was a point of no return.

And the rather ghastly flashbacks of Hakuoro continue. I wonder when we will learn more about the cause of those and his past in general.

A very apt episode title. This really symbolized a turning point in the series, from which it will not be able to return. They have no choice but to continue fighting until the end.

They killed a feudal lord, who rightly deserved exactly what he got, and now they will probably be facing the entire empire.

I see where some of the new characters will be coming from, met along their path to war. But right now I'm very curious about some of the other non-war characters they show in the opening. The girl with black wings is featured quite prominently in the opening, but so far there is no indication of her.

I'm definitely glad I picked this series up. The plot is exactly what I want in a period series.

holy fucking shit episode 4 is a fire starter! Path of No Return indeed!

Hakuro was all, "I'm not qualified to lead the village."
Axe guy: "Of course you are."
Hakuro: "No, it shouldn't be me..."
Villagers: "Come on!"
Hakuro: "Well, ok, if you insist. ... Then for my first act I say we go start a civil war."

I can only wonder what the old woman would think about the rebellion...


I liked the action and the dialogue was a little better. There wasn't alot of frills on the fights which I like, but I was hoping for more strategy. It really doesn't make any sense that they won without any strategy (except that they have several kickass fighters in Hakuro, Oboro, Teoro and the two archers), but the battle was done well. It was nice to see the good old vino flowing, but not in that 'spurting geisers of blood' way.

I wonder why that military captain (the one who pwned Oboro last episode) didn't get involved... Why would he want a rebellion to start?

Oh, and a very Yzak Julesque scene with Nuwangi running away and cursing Hakuro

This show has been a real pleasant surprise.

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I liked the action and the dialogue was a little better. There wasn't alot of frills on the fights which I like, but I was hoping for more strategy. It really doesn't make any sense that they won without any strategy (except that they have several kickass fighters in Hakuro, Oboro, Teoro and the two archers), but the battle was done well. It was nice to see the good old vino flowing, but not in that 'spurting geisers of blood' way.
This show has been a real pleasant surprise.

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I'll have to agree that there was a underwhelming amount of strategy involved for this battle... But then again, it IS Hakuoro's first large scale skirmish, and it WAS only just a manor siege, so brute force proved to be sufficient.

What did surprise me the most, though, was that Hakuoro himself delivered the final blow to the lord. That being said, however, it was brutally satisfying:D

Hmm, Watched the first four episodes, Its a pretty decent series, I'll keep up with this one. Ep four was pretty sweet.

I like this show more and more every ep, the balancing of good and bad seems to really make each episode seem positive. Grandma dies, but then is avenged, Oboro goes angst, then accepts Hakuoro as a good leader. My only grip is, if the soldiers really outnembered the villagers then there's no way so many villagers shoud have survived. Maybe Hakuoro and Oboro really killed so many it evened the odds...that's just plain pwnage right there though.

Well, with the way the battles are being done - against the Magistrate and against the tiger - I think battles will be pretty simple.

That being said. I'll continue watching because of my tail fetish..

No rest for the feudal lords:

Episode 5 - Yesy

Edit: It was a nice but quite predictable and not very innovative episode. There were good scenes, though, no matter if they were foreseeable or not. Fighting wasn't all too detailed, which was the case also with earlier fights, but since it was more like a small skirmish than a grand battle, it doesn't really matter.

But like with all the previous episodes, I still like very much the calm, thoughtful and mature feeling I get from the action and events in this show. Maybe it's partly due to the fact Hakuoro kind of adopted the younger of the two sisters as his own child. And on the other hand how he leads the villagers in a serious manner. Even if it seems kind of funny that an amnesiac man who appeared out of nowhere now is the leader of all those people.

But damn the cat grows fast... At least it took away the need for time jumps, considering how big the cat looks in the opening video.

After seeing eps 5, this is probably one of the most well written series this season. This eps was a perfect mix of the humor that we all liked in the first eps, and the action that enticed us from the OP. Clean animation, great cast, decent pacing so far, and good writing make this a contender for one of the best series this season overall.

Heh, Eruru got abused again, this time by Mukuru looking to take advantage of her 'motherly assets'.

We all knew from the opening that Aruru would be joining them in some of the fighting, but I got an enjoyable Mononoke vibe from her in this eps.

Utawarerumono is now in the top two series of this season for me.

I'm wondering if the script will make Hakuoro and Eruru a pair. There certainly is such a wibe in the air. However, Hakuoro doesn't really seem to be that interested, at least outwardly. And who knows how young Eruru even is, anyway... But clearly she isn't behaving like Aruru who considers Hakuoro her dad now.

But those abuse scenes just seem the strongest indications that Eruru is heading for that direction; to become the main hero's girlfriend (filling one position of the 36th anime law).

animation in episode 4 was crappy... but apparently it wasn't permanent. Episode 5 had a well animated fight scene. this is good since the story seems great

Great ep this series is maintaining a great balance of plot and action and even sprinkling in some comedy. I must have the ending song soon very soon or I might have to organize a angry mob myself =D

6 by yesy:

http://bt.yesy-fansubs.com/%5Byesy%5...5D.avi.torrent

i couldn't help but think the character of Hakuoro was made base on this guy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuge_Liang

he also a playable character in Dynasty Warrior and his weapon of choice is of course a Fan.

The plot seems a tad simplistic every now and then. The extremely stupid ruler oppressing heedlessly the people, the honourable samurai thrown to jail, the less gifted usurper that replaces him. But all in all I do get the feeling this is only the beginning of something bigger. The preview indicates the ruler's days may be already numbered, and maybe he was only a small fish in the pond, to be replaced by something more sinister and capable in the future episodes. Perhaps something connected to Hakuoro's mask.

just watched episode 5. And yeah, holy tap dancing christ what do they feed that cat? It's fucking huge already! :eek: It's going to tear up the battlefield... having a fully grown deity beast on your side can never hurt.

People said 5 didn't have alot of strategy, but I totally disagree!

I love the way they portray the villagers' morale, and Hakuoro fortifying the walls quickly, excellent move. And even though it is mostly due to Tsukurou, good work on gaining skilled warriors thru the alliance with Oboro. Personally delivering messages to surrounding villages is another great move. The training is also another great move, Teoro is perfect for a 'drill seargant' type.

The two Archer twins also showed a great sense of strategy, drawing a majority of the mounted troops away from the leader and occupying them with a chase. Heck, even Aruruu, whether she knew it or not, did an excellent backup job, lingering outside of the fight until her entrance would make the biggest impact (granted that could also be plot convienence...)

I also thought the battle in 5 was beautifully done. Captured that frenzy of the battlefield well, even if it was just a small skirmish. Animation had everything in it, and what i liked best: it was fast. Not alot of meaningless series of strikes and counters like you see in Bleach or Naruto, but laying everything out with every blow and dodge.

I love how the actual blows come fast as lightning and they still reserve slow-motion shit for important strikes and counters.

Anyone else slightly, well... disturbed by the fact that Hakuro has a 'husband-wife' like relationship with one sister and a 'father-daughter' one with the other? It's just... sorta creepy when that one girl calls him 'Daddy'. Makes me wonder what Eruruu calls him (yes, in that context...)

Oh, and score one for bestiality! Mukuru/Eruruu hentai doujinishis coming out later this month...

Nuwangi as the ruthless pawn of the dictators... Yzak Jule indeed.

This show is fucking awesome, fucking awesome.

edit - hmm, seems this show entices me to use the words 'great' and 'good' along with the term 'move' alot... better get a thesaurus, cuz I feel it's just going to keep chugging along and I don't want to get too repetitive.

With eps 6, this series has begun to move very fast. The emperor (or whatever that afro idiot is) will probably see his downfall in an eps or two unless something big happens. We saw a great deal of strategy again from Hakuoro, "attack only what I know can be taken," great line. They began to bring elements in of Eruru and Aruru feeling separated from him, and I believe it is Hakuoro trying to distance himself from the girls. I got the impression that he doesn't want them to be directly associated with what he is becoming, or perhaps in his case, returning to.

Did anyone else think the twins were boys? From the opening, I had assumed they were girls, but then when they made their first appearance, I figured I had been mistaken. Now with the crafty merchant scene, it turns out they were girls all along.

As for Mukuru, it's a mythical beast, what can you expect? It eats, and then it grows!

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They began to bring elements in of Eruru and Aruru feeling separated from him, and I believe it is Hakuoro trying to distance himself from the girls. I got the impression that he doesn't want them to be directly associated with what he is becoming, or perhaps in his case, returning to.

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Yeah, that seems pretty likely. He was about to send them away earlier, but they were too close to him back then. It indeed could be that he now tries another way: To make them more distant to get them gradually out of immediate danger.

Chances are of course that won't work very well. For one, Mukuru is practically a tank on the battlefield, and most likely only obeys Aruruu enough to serve in that role. It would be a bad tactical move not to have it in active reserve should things get much worse. But more than that, I want to see a repetition of the tail scene from the first episode...

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i couldn't help but think the character of Hakuoro was made base on this guy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuge_Liang

he also a playable character in Dynasty Warrior and his weapon of choice is of course a Fan.

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Heh, I, too, made the connection after Hakuoro received the fan. I can see now how the similarities are growing; HOWEVER, Zhuge Liang, as portrayed in the texts, was a man of legendary prowess. So only when Hakuoro starts reading stars, summoning winds, and offing the opposition with his words alone, can he be truly likened to that man.

well you never know, beside near the end of intro there a part that look like a giant lightning bolt hitting the earth, this series is going at a great pacing and i'm hoping it stay that way.

Yea... seems the afro sporting emperor will die soon... and that's good, really... it would be a shame for the show to have such a crappy villain.

Lol I just realized that in the opening they have Benawi and his vice captain (Kyozo? What's his name?) riding through the battlefield and tearing shit up. It's in the same sequence between Oboro, the not yet introduced samurai character and the Archer twins. That and the events of episode 6 are clear signs that those two are going to defect to the resistance...

That leaves me wondering about who the real villain will be. Nuwangi doesn't seem to stand on his own, and not just cuz he's currently and underling (wasn't a problem for Kefka or Dilandau) and I can't imagine he's going to make it out of the struggle for this particular country.

The 'merchant' was the best part of the episode. I kept going back and forth between 'is he' 'is he not' and he's just got this slippery persona, impressive character.

Was a little disappointed by the battle in 6. Benawi should have set up a better trap. Letting that wall fall was his mistake, cuz they had to abandon the opposite walls and that was their downfall.

If a military commander figures out the simplest way to crush the rebellion I'll be very impressed with this series (even more impressed if Hakuoro figures out a way to beat it).
Draw out the rebels or lay a trap that draws them out into the open. Mounted units. Rebellion over.

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If a military commander figures out the simplest way to crush the rebellion I'll be very impressed with this series (even more impressed if Hakuoro figures out a way to beat it).
Draw out the rebels or lay a trap that draws them out into the open. Mounted units. Rebellion over.

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Though it may be that simple, the only leader who commands an army at this point is a self-satisfying, afro-sporting glutton who probably can't put two and two together, and didn't realize that he had another rebellion occurring even closer at hand than the one Hakuoro is leading. That being said, Inkara still seems more a regional lord than an "emperor" or "king," so I doubt his personal forces are even that massive, compared to the countryfolk.

Yeah, the merchant was pretty interesting despite appearing at first to be a rather non-descript character. Then again, for a spy/assassin, he plays the role out well.

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If a military commander figures out the simplest way to crush the rebellion I'll be very impressed with this series (even more impressed if Hakuoro figures out a way to beat it).
Draw out the rebels or lay a trap that draws them out into the open. Mounted units. Rebellion over.

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Hakuoro doesn't seem like the type to fall easily into such traps. He had a nice plan for the gate fortress as well, even though he didn't want to attack it so soon. And the country folks seem to be under his control so far, so it's not likely the troops will simply march into a trap despite what Hakuoro commanded. And of course they could always wield pikes.

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That being said, Inkara still seems more a regional lord than an "emperor" or "king," so I doubt his personal forces are even that massive, compared to the countryfolk.

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yeah i think that too, it just seem like he in charge of a group of village, hardly worthy of being call Emperor, it might be that he gave himself the title since warlord have a habit of doing that if they control a fief that is far from the capital. I can see a couple possible outcome

1. In 2 episode or so they will take out this "Emperor" and most likely benawi might escape again and head to the real capital

2. After they take out this "Emperor" the episode after they capital got news of the rebelion and send a messenger

3. That guy turn out to be the true Emperor after all, but only of this country which happen to be quite small, and there a bunch of other country that got the news and now want to try to add more land to their territory and Hakuoro become the new leader of the country and tries to defend it.

I'm hoping 3 will happen, because i suspect that Oboro little sister Yuzuha is either not his true sister or they both are royalty that escape when their country got taken over.

man i find this series great even though i dont like books that much

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man i find this series great even though i dont like books that much

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Don't think I quite follow. What do books have to do with this series?

here some wiki on the show

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utawarerumono
it mostly has some names and small to hardly mild spoilers
Dori and Gura
Twin brother archers serving under Oboro.

Whoever wrote the article must have made a mistake. No way they are brothers, unless they are guys who make an effort to be quite girly indeed.

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"I have many other things as well. From childrens' toys (at this part they show aruru playing with a toy) to jewelry that would look beautiful on women. ( they had the twin with some necklace and hairpin at this part.

beside if you look at the art style none of the men so far has look like a woman if this was like Ouran High Host Club i would understand, but i don't see how the twins can be male.

...they could just be really good cross-dressers...
no, seriously those two have to be male.

Then again... in anime there is no limit to how girly/feminine male character designs can get. But I agree with the Dark Dragon, it just doesn't fit the mold that they use with the rest of the characters, especially the way they dress.

edit to below - yes, typos do happen, especially at 3AM

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...they could just be really good cross-dressers...
no, seriously those two have to be male.

Then again... in anime there is no limit to how girly/feminine male character designs can get. But I agree with the Dark Dragon, it just doesn't fit the mold that they use with the rest of the characters, especially the way they dress.

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I guess you meant female...

seriously... this just shows the point... typos can happen.

From what I can gather only women in this show sport tails, though i'm ot sure al women have tails. Anyway the twins have tails as evidenced in episode 4, thus they are most likely female.

The tale of women with tails and men with fans continue:

Episode 7 - Yesy

Edit: Ho... Tres interessant. After this episode it's more than evident that the uber stupid emperor was just a smalltime villain (the fact his main forces were so insignifant and defeated in one episode is evidence enough...). However, right now there really isn't any indication who the real evil overlord of this series is. Quite surprising if it isn't someone related to Hakuoro's mask and past.

The only clue at all to future proceedings would be the mention that the goverments apparently have collapsed in many countries. Although no reasons were yet revealed. What comes to the next episode it looks like new characters added, and perhaps we will get some info what this is all about.

Man, Hakuoro's fan is insane, I wonder how he'd do with a real weapon. As to the falling of the other countries, maybe Hakuoro is one of many sent to different countries to topple the existing governments, perhaps weakening them for invasion by some nefarious force. His genuine benevolence could be a front designed to make the common folk gravitate towards him. Anything seems possible at this point, the show is just heating up.

Hmm... An interesting theory. But it could be also quite the reverse: He could be an agent sent to make the country stronger! After all, the late bonehead emperor had no idea how to lead his armies or even defend his own worthless life, so the country was actually more ripe for conquest before Hakuoro came. Now it is, perhaps, lead by a man far more capable of defending it against anybody. So, Hakuoro might have been sent there for that purpose: To make the country stronger against some yet-to-be-revealed true master villain. Although the angel people's conversations didn't give such an impression.

I just started watching this series now that Jigoku Shoujo finally ended. Interesting first episode and I really like the OP.

[yesy] Uta - 08

HOORAY!!!

A very calm and nice episode.I generally have nothing against this type of episodes that often appear after one strife, before another. And the preview indeed indicated as much: Some very sinister events seem to be lurking just around the corner. We don't actually know anything at all about the whole world of the series, so there could be all kind of things residing in the shadows.

Eruruu didn't look all too happy when Hakuoro said he considers her just a sister. However, she hasn't done any real moves to change that. Perhaps she's not all too sure of her own position in the new state of things in the country, and thus is too unsure to do anything. And how quickly Hakuoro suddenly just became the new emperor of the country surprised me. It's not like he didn't have leadership in him, and possibly the people pushed him to that position, but I expected him to oppose it a little.

Is it some Japanese thing to eat honeycomb with the living larvae still worming in there? I know they eat insects in many places in Asia, but that looked a bit peculiar...

I thought the honeycomb with bees (larva or otherwise) was a little odd as well. I half expected some to come flying out of it.

Alternating the feel of scenes in a series is what makes them great, its the common format of any comedy or drama. It makes the comedy relief eps funnier (almost relieving the pressure of the previous parts) and the dramatic moreso (like the next eps will be).

I understand that Kamyu was older than Aruru and Yuzuha by at least a few years, and the series does find its origins in h-games, but was I the only one that thought she was a bit too considerably developed for her age? It weirded me out a little bit.

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No, you weren't the only one, I assure you! It certainly stroke me as odd that she behaved like a kid when she indeed had such a womanly figure. Since this isn't an H-anime, I wonder why they didn't rationalize her design somewhat. Or perhaps they just couldn't. I don't know what manner of agreements the anime studios make with the authors of the original material. Or perhaps the director of this series really wanted to make an h-series, and since that wasn't possible, he just did what he could...

Well episode 8 was definitely on the 'peaceful and quiet' side of things... which I guess you need every now and then.

Yeah, the Onwami (sp?) princesses are both pretty damn babeliscious, although the Kamyu girl really was like a second-grader in an 18 year old's body (that struck me pretty oddly), but that spell she tried to make herself invisible with was pretty cool. I like the prospect of seeing more magic in this show.

LOL at Hakuoro ditching out on work. Man I look up to that guy even more now.

Ep:9

http://bt.yesy-fansubs.com/%5Byesy%5...5D.avi.torrent

FEEL THE LOVE!!!! =D

It was certainly worth waiting for! An excellent episode. It again showed this isn't a series where one man decides the outcome of a battle with sheer strength. While there are the obvious heroes with above average prowess, they still need to mainly rely on either numbers or wise tactics. Or pretty ruthless tactics like in this episode.

Hopefully something can also happen between Eruruu and Hakuoro now that Hakuoro seemingly accepts that the girls want to be in and take part in the action. Certainly a few scenes in this episode again showed Eruruu already loves Hakuoro.

And the preview suggests more babes... Well, what else could you expect from a series whose roots are deep in the H...

Yes, more good stuff...Hakuoro knowing how to make explosives was a pleasant surprise, though that tactic cost him a defensive structure in the event of another invasion.

The chick from the preview looks like the fourth 'hero' level fighter from the OP, so after her and the girl with wings for ears we'll have met all of the 'important' charachters. I wonder what the main plot will turn out to be. I'm guessing some new foe that is gobbling up countries left and right and forces the different groups we've met to band togeather to defeat it. I hope i'm completely wrong though, surprises are better.

I am in love with this series. The main character is the type that will use every trick that isn't even writen in the book. C4 explosive he probably read it somewhere or he knows about it from his past life. Eururu i hope won't be exactly on front lines but help the wounded or make more explosives or other biochamical stuff(gas). I hope Yue emperor won't disapear for long for it seems has figured out that something wasn't right with empty castel and when to see for himself. well this is easier on the mind that most villains won't be fat dumb asses in the future.

C4 is a plastique. Wouldn't it have been more likely Nitroglycerin? The impact of the drop caused the explosion, so it was either that or a chemical explosive.

I love the tactical aspect of this series. Scorched Earth strategy, the only exception was that they were not his own supplies.

I'm sure that we should be paying more attention to Yuzuha's words. She said that he smells like the earth, so that would probably imply that Hakuoro is related in some way to some ancient natural force, it would also explain why he knows about the taboo explosives.

Ya know it’s dawned on me how sweet computer animation is as far as large scale battles go its nice that during the fights you can see things moving instead of panning stills. Kind of makes you wonder what some of the older animes like Berserk or Galactic Hero’s might have been like, all hail the might PC

Im sure Hakuoro will end up being some demon turned good guy you can tell that he is used to dirtying his hands and doesnt shy away from death if it's needed to win. but i still think he is awsome.

It looks like this is a day early, but I certainly won't complain!

Utawarerumono ED Single

The brilliant tactics and strategies just keep coming. I thought that the taboo was going to be something worse, like poisioning their supplies or summoning some kind of demon.

Yue being at the castle was also a real shocker.He really has no choice but to either retreat back to his country (cautious) or make a desperate push to break through and take some of Hakuoro's supplies (still not enough to supply his huge army though)

More babes huh? The next one is "the mercanery" so it looks like they'll have to defeat her in order to get her to join up (ala Berserk). And I think you guys miscounted when you say this next is the last 'hero' to join up, since there's also a red-haired samurai girl in the OP who we've yet to see.

edit to Yuk- You're right. Someone must have put some extra stupid in my breakfast this morning

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The brilliant tactics and strategies just keep coming. I thought that the taboo was going to be something worse, like poisioning their supplies or summoning some kind of demon.

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Yeah. I was 100% sure Hakuoro planned to poison the supplies. Thus I was actually surprised when the stuff blew up and set the castle on fire. Although in retrospect maybe this was the only intelligent outcome. After all, they needed to kill several sentries to get to the warehouse, and so if nothing had seemed strange after they pulled out, the enemy would surely have suspected something foul happened.

Yue is one tough old man. He looks like 70 years old, yet was able to easily fight Hakuoro.

@ masa, I said fourth, not last
In the big fight in the OP there are 5 people pwning regular soldiers
1) was Oboro
2) was Banawi's lieutenant
3) was Benawi
4) was this mercenary (I'm pretty sure)
5) is your redheaded samurai, who I referenced as ''the girl with wings for ears" Those stuck out to me more then the hair.

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Yue is one tough old man. He looks like 70 years old, yet was able to easily fight Hakuoro.

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Not to mention the fact that he was walking right through a burning building and wasnt getting burnt in any way. So either he's some kind of fire sorceror, or captain plot hole paid a visit again.

Episode 10 by Yesy:
http://bt.yesy-fansubs.com/%5Byesy%5...5D.avi.torrent

As expected, a comedy eps.

How can you not be impressed by Karura? (ANN has it as Carla, but I sorta like yesy's better) With her new sword, she'd probably give Guts and the Dragonslayer a run for his money. I'm guessing from the tail and coloration on the ears that she's a tiger or more likely lion-woman, but that's not really important anyway. Drinks enough to put any other Nee-chan heroine to shame, and can break metal with her bare hands (claws?). Stereotypical tough-girl heroine to the core, but ya gotta love her.

On a more serious note, from Eruru's speech of foreshadowing and given how ruthless the other country is, I can't say I didn't see what appears to be coming in the next eps. The next one looks to be a bad one, but we also get to see the samurai heroine.

The intro in this episode was impressive and awesome, even if the episode otherwise was quite comedic. However, I wouldn't really say it was a comedy episode. It just had a different kind of atmosphere, since it only introduced a new character. Well, the next ep indeed seems to be something totally different.

But I have to say that for some reason this episode felt like it ended far too soon. Perhaps because, once again, nothing else was there than the introduction of Karura. But she seems like an interesting character, although highly traditional like Ryllharu said.

Well, if the previous episode did have some comedic elements, you can hardly say this had:

Episode 11 - Yesy

I have a particular spot reserved in my heart for series that aren't afraid to kill characters, and fortunately Utawarerumono seems to be one of the series that allows dying. Of course it still remains to be seen if really important people can kick the bucket, but this episode already was an excellent one in how it depicted dead and the feelings of those left behind.

Well, aside from that, the really important things of course came at the end of the episode, when Hakuoro actually learned, possibly, something of his past. And based on the fact how fanatical the earlier task force had been, it could be that Hakuoro wasn't a jolly good fellow in his previous life. Maybe he was a participant in a failed coup d'etat, or something similar. Nevertheless he has done something to piss off people in power.

And the female samurai also made her first appearance. Remains to be seen what her role ends up being in the long run. Right now she seems like somebody to balance out Karura...

Excellent. Tokko 07 just came out as well.

Downloading, will comment later. Nice thoughts Kraco, I agree =P


Edit: Wow, excellent episode. Rak Shine o.0

I can tell the next couple episodes are gonna be entertaining.
Let lose the dogs of war. =P

Very good episode, Hakuoru/Rak's "I've had enough of this" was very nice, and Arururu's reaction to him was also excellent. He had an aura of righteous ruthlessness to him that I respected a lot. But now I'm torn between what I think he might do. He's such a good person that if he finds out he did something bad he might give himself over for punishment, especially to stop any further loss of innicent life. On the other hand, he's the emperor and he probably wouldn't feel right abbandoning his people like that, we'll just have to wait and see.

In addition Touka is cool, but really sanctimonious (lol I don't even know what this word means, I just know it fits into this situation fairly well) hopefully she won't stay that way, either because of some revelation or because Kaura bashes her head in.

Hopefully Karura will bash her head in with her....there really isn't a word for a sword that shape and size is there? I'll use the Berserk naming method, Slab of Steel.

With how zealous she seems to be, at this point I really don't see how Touka would be able to switch sides. The next couple episodes will certainly be interesting.

I'll be rooting for an Empress Eruru though.

Very impressed with how this anime is going, like the new twist.
Once it doesn't go down the road of Hakuoru going into state of depression and so fourth, since he was the cause of the killing...
It handled the killing of central characters quite well too, didn't dwell on it too long (but used the childish character to bring emotion to the death).
Was amused by the cloth over the mouth part.

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He's such a good person that if he finds out he did something bad he might give himself over for punishment, especially to stop any further loss of innicent life. On the other hand, he's the emperor and he probably wouldn't feel right abbandoning his people like that, we'll just have to wait and see.

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Well, whatever Hakuoro did in the past, it hardly justified the slaughter of the people in that one village just because Hakuoro happens to be the emperor. So, keeping that in mind, I would be quite surprised if Hakuoro suddenly began to think he's the bad guy and he must surrender himself to the other party.

Oh I forgot about the cloth, thanks seanos. I thought it was hilarious, but it didn't feel right coming off the death of a known and likable charachter. I'm not sure I like how they handled that, but maybe it wasn't supposed to be funny but just was to me.

EDIT: Static released 8 & 9
Uta - 08 by Static
Uta - 09 by Static

The wait is over, and there shall be much exultation.

Episode 12 - Yesy

A good episode with some wicked action. It's also interesting how Hakuoro's past is revealed; with no certainties if that's really how it was or why it happened. But it's clearly cracking Hakuoro, affecting him and the people around him. The gap between him and Eruruu has probably never been as wide as now, despite the last scene. Well, the war still goes on, no matter what the truth is and how Hakuoro feels. And things don't look too good for the opponent.

The bridge scene once more demonstrated the better qualities of this series: Karura fought at leisure for a moment, but when reminded of the real mission, immediately stopped the play, and executed the actual task. No useless extra fighting during precision operations.

Karura is an excellent charachter, she's got all the qualities of a good mercenary, she loves to fight and is good at it, but is never overcome by bloodlust to the point of ignoring her goals.

The Aruruu-Kamyu-Mukuruu Recon squad was pretty funny, but would be quite effective in practice, Kamyu can fly, Aruruu knows the land cuz she's always wandering around, and Mukuruu can smell stuff and ensure no one ever gets away if their discovered.

I also like how no one seems to be questioning Hakuoro, they all know him as the man who lost his memory and did all that good for them and no one seems to be doubting him because of these potential revalations about his past.

haven't been watching much anime but since today's a sunday i figured two episodes of Uta were in the cards.

Man from that bit before the opening it sure looks like Hakuoro (or his evil brother or Mr. Hyde persona) was one real sick bastard. And if we also take the flashback as truth then it's the first time we're confirming that Rak/Hakuoro is more than a mere mortal.

I loved the duel between the Evinkuruga and Oboro. Despite being out-matched he still made a good attempt and her swinging the blade out from inside the core of the tree was the most awesome part in the episode.

I was wondering why Karura didn't just cut the bridge down the second her enemy backed up onto it, but I didn't think about the fact that she just might be enjoying the fight.

jesus christ the preview for episode 13... starts with lots of action, Hakuoro/Rak Shine facing off against his 'brother-in-law' and then some seemingly 'happy' shots of Aruruu and Eruruu with the creepy music and then the upcoming episode title 'Battle of Bloodshed' in that red font... I have really high hopes.

I like the sudden change that the series is taking, giving a dark side to Hakuoro and having the past catch up with him. No doubt Yue and Sherikiperitan (sp?) will come back at the worst possible time though...

But the most interesting thing now is Hakuoro. Early on we were throwing around ideas about his true identity, and now it's at the forefront of the show. I just have to wonder what kind of 'monster' is inside of him and from where his current personality comes from. Was he always a nice guy who got pushed to the edge? (though even in anger Hakuoro as we know him would never be the type to kill children) Or was he evil? Now I'm already willing to bet the bank that he's not human, or some kind of human/demon, but how come that side of him doesn't even seem to exist now?

Episode 10 & 11 by Static-Subs

http://www.staticsubs.org/releases/torrent.php?id=311
http://www.staticsubs.org/releases/torrent.php?id=312

Episode 12 by Static Subs

Episode 13 by Yesy