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/tor...da595e.torrent
Xvid: http://kaname.animeyuki.org:2710/tor...a2c1e7.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.p...anime&aid=4396
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ency...me.php?id=6536
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,3...valier_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.