Seirei no Moribito: Guardian of the Sacred Spirit

[Munsu]

Final episode:
http://www.anime-kraze.org/torrent/%...5D.mkv.torrent

[animus]

Great ending to a great series. I really wish Chagum would've chose to run off with Balsa. Anyways, Balsa was holding a necklace? Isn't it the one Chagum had? Maybe he left it with her as a momento.

[Kraco]

Not a surprising ending. This series tried to maintain a certain level of believability and coolheadedness throughout the story, and this kind of ending continued that line truthfully. Even when Balsa asked that question neither of them really expected any other outcome. It was more like a way of telling Chagum that nothing really changed between them emotionally and it was all like it used to be, even if they won't see each others (ever) again.

Well, it also looked like Tanda still should keep waiting. Balsa definitely will get back to him once she has finished her business in her original home land.

[Everon]

I love how an entire episode is dedicated to the denuemont.

Fingers crossed for more adventures of Balsa

[Death13a]

Such art in anime comes not often. This show has breathtaking art and very solid story; and it finally ended. I do feel this needs DVD special with timeskip through (maybe i just can't have enough).

[animus]

The guardian novel series is apparently 10 volumes long, with Seirei no Moribito being the first. The next volume is all about Balsa and her travels in Kanbal according to wiki. Hopefully they do decide to make sequels.

[David75]

Thank you to gotwoot and gotwooters to lure me into watching this show I enjoyed over the week-end as I wasn't able to let loose and had to watch it all.
Very nice show indeed.
Sadly I do not really see another anime coming after this one, as the end does not seem to be that open...

[Everon]

Thank you to gotwoot and gotwooters to lure me into watching this show I enjoyed over the week-end as I wasn't able to let loose and had to watch it all.
Very nice show indeed.
Sadly I do not really see another anime coming after this one, as the end does not seem to be that open...

Its based off a series of books, so while the story of Chagum ends here, Balsa's does not.

[David75]

Its based off a series of books, so while the story of Chagum ends here, Balsa's does not.

Well I understand.
So we are to follow Balsa rather than Chagum, although he may make some appearances throughout the stories.

I guess next step is Balsa going home and having to tidy up a bit, even long after the evil prince death.

[masamuneehs]

Wow.

I finally sat down to watch this show, and i ended up doing it in about two days' time. Haven't watched anime that voraciously in awhile. Needless to say, it was absolutely awesome. A show that grounded in reality, yet with a supernatural / spiritual mix, without a clear cut villain, it was something else.

Animation: The animation was excellent. I nearly shat my pants at the awesome fight in episode 3, although it did dupe me into thinking there'd be more action than there was. The character design and scenery were all very detailed and unique. Excellent. I especially loved the animation of the Nayug stuff (the La Lunga notwithstanding) and the Imperial palaces.

Characters: Awesome slant on the 'veteran warrior, threatened royal' classic. Balsa's motherly affection was sweet, and her grittiness and valor admirable. She was badass. I also enjoyed the Eight Warriors. Shuga and the Royals were quite believable also, although I was really about to go apeshit when Shuga was going to have Balsa assassinated in the last episode. Seriously, wtf was that?

Chagum is about as cool of a spoiled 12-year as you can get. He never once annoyed me, which was shocking. Torogai was very much a deus ex machina at times, but I enjoyed her attitude.

Tanda. At first I wrote this guy off as the typical 'love interest', but things did not play out like that at all! He was a little weak at times, but when he ate those flowers, and the way he tried to protect everyone, I couldn't help but like the guy. It was unexpected that he and Balsa never got it on. I mean, you start expecting that with the way they look at each other sorta sadly sometimes... but it was interesting to see the woman wearing the pants and the guy getting turned down.

Flamethrowers. Ain't nothing wrong with that.

Music: when you watch a show in two days' time, you get to hear the tracks a bit too frequently. But the music really fit the atmosphere, and some were very good. no complaints here, especially with the good voice acting throughout.

Ending: I'm so not that guy, but I was really hoping Chagum would end up running away with Balsa at the end. I was getting so pissed when the Emperor was like "Forget that woman! You're the hero of the empire! You're still a political tool!" Seriously, I'd have made up my mind then that these fuckers need to rely MORE on people like Gaki and Shuga, and not on the goddamn stupid and vain royal family... But, I suppose it couldn't be any other way... It was sorta sad though...

There are more stories? Pray they get animated!

[David75]

I had the same reactions, watched it quite quickly and was surprised to do so.
This show was very balanced in every aspect and once the rules are set, they are never to get cheated on a cheap "well it's magic..." excuse.

For Chagum's father ordering Chagum to forget Balsa is very normal. Chagum has always been his successor, and as such has to only focus on that. Chagum knows that and although he will not totally forget Balsa, he'll be up to expectations regarding his rank.

I also liked the 8 fighters, they are not the best in every aspect of combat or strategy, they are very good overall, but each of them as a gift in one of the qualities needed for the group to be very efficient.
I liked how Balsa defeated them, but not as easily as a typical anime hero would... she was severly injured and death was near... very plausible.
And yes, some fighting scenes were awesome, pretty much like dance, most of the time very quick to conclusion as it could be in real life I guess.

I hope too that the next chapters will be animated, by the same studios with quality on par with this one.

[Munsu]

I love how an entire episode is dedicated to the denuemont.

Fingers crossed for more adventures of Balsa

Yep, I always like when series do this, and most if not all should do it... it leaves a great sense of satisfaction, and is a reason why a series like Kurau Phantom Memory is one of my favorites.

Anyways, just watched the final 4 episodes... great conclusion to a great series. Would've liked more fights between the humans, but luckily we had those Jiguro episodes which were simply awesome and made up for the lack of action.

It would be nice if more gets animated, but as always it's very doubtful.

*Keeps waiting for more Twelve Kingdoms*