Kemono no Souja Erin: The Beast Player Erin

[Kraco]

I finally finished this series yesterday. I had stopped some eight eps before the end when the old queen died as it seemed to me things would turn ugly for poor Erin. And they sure did but of course that was no reason to halt watching the show.

I'll have to mirror David's conclusions about the show: It was a great watch and I liked the slow pace it was setting. Of course such a thing is not normally possible for a show not having 50 eps from the get-go. In the beginning the episodes sure felt slow and it seemed she will never leave her home village but after that happened, it was a good ride.

The world of the series was quite nicely depicted, like I probably said somewhere along the line before. It showed different social classes and the reasons for those finely, all tied to the beasts that were so central to the story. In the end the circles were small but that actually served well the flow of the story. Daimiya was suitably wicked and crazy, all the way to the end. The poisoner's story was especially good in my opinion, and I could write an entire post analysing his kind of a character but I guess I'll refrain from that.

Lastly the happy endings made me happy as well. Especially Erin's own. If you think about her life, it was certainly one of tragedies and impossible challenges and choices few would have made or continued to stick to. She certainly deserved a happy ending.

[shinta|hikari]

I just finished this show. So Erin had a kid and lived happily ever after, but who is her husband? Is it Ial? I was rooting for that pairing the whole time, but Ial did not even appear in the last part of the show.

[Kraco]

I have no doubt it's Ial. I believe towards the end he didn't feel any reason to keep living anymore but Erin told him otherwise. It would have been nice to know what he decided to do, though. Did he become a harp maker? I have no doubt the new rulers would have employed him as well but somehow it didn't feel quite that way, and he himself wouldn't have likely felt comfortable anymore in their service, after everything that transpired.

[shinta|hikari]

They could have at least hinted that it is definitely Ial. Right now, it could be one of the two errand boys or anyone for that matter. I know only Ial was a candidate the whole time, but I wanted to see him get his well deserved happy ending with Erin.

Still, an excellent show. I think the entire thing could be done in 26 episodes since the earlier parts were very slow, but overall it was a great ride. It has been a while since I was interested enough to marathon more than 3 episodes of an anime in one sitting.

[The1LittleMchale]

Does anyone happen to have an active link to a torrent batch download of this entire series?

[Kraco]

Bakabt has the whole thing in a single batch if you have an account. Plenty of seeders.

Static-Subs hosts the series in two batch torrents (1-25 HD 26-50 HD or 1-25 SD 26-50 SD) if you want to try them. No idea about the seeding situation.

[The1LittleMchale]

Thanks Kraco... Is BakaBT the site that used to be BoxTorrents?

[Archangel]

Thanks Kraco... Is BakaBT the site that used to be BoxTorrents?

Yes

Also be careful to seed the torrent too or your account and ip might get banned from the website after you're done

[animus]

Finally got around to finishing the last 4 episodes. All in all it was a beautiful show that at times were quite slow. Show brought out some damn great warm feelings. If I had to use one word to sum up the show I guess it would be "Mother".

[MFauli]

Started this recently, 2 episodes in. Enjoyable so far, although it´s quite obvious that it´s made for a younger audience ... or does that change? The way Erin figures out stuff that the adults fail to do so is a bit weird, but it´s acceptable if I look at it from a young person´s point of view. Also, I love mountable reptiles ;>

Opening music is fantastic, reminds of Naruto´s first ending "Wind".