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| 2. Iodine
Yet another normal high-school boy, named Yusuke here, has
a gorgeous otherworldly female literally fall into his lap. This time it's Princess
Rouge, a green-haired amnesiac who is supposedly the eldest and most powerful
of a trio of sorcerous sisters, but who also naturally winds up being the most
passive and vulnerable of the three. The show looks, works, and pretty much is
on par with Oh My Goddess, except with a much lousier plot, characters,
and writing. Of course there's an evil villain who sends out his minions one at
a time in order of fighting ability to kidnap our heroine. Of course Yusuke has
intrusive school friends without much discretion. Of course Rouge's sisters insist
on moving in with the couple in order to make things more complicated. The
animation and designs for the series are adequate considering the time it was
made, though all the battle gear seems to have been swiped from the Slayers
crew. Otherwise, it's a fairly average production, with little originality.
The OAV was obviously meant to go on longer than its two surviving episodes, so
the plot is almost entirely setup. Having the rest of the story might have helped
Princess Rouge break away from its formulaic beginning, but as it is,
the show remains unfinished and uninteresting. |
| 1.
Connor  
This story feels very much like a copy of Oh My Goddess,
but instead of goddesses, demons (sort of). The story involves Yusuke finding
and amnesiac young woman (actually she falls out of the sky on him). The girl,
Rouge, is one of three daughters of the King of the Underworld (the Hades style,
not criminal type), who has been overthrown in a coup. Her two sisters turn up
and live with them. All the while servants of the new King turn up to recapture
them. Note there are only 2 episodes for this series. There is no resolution to
the story.
The animation is rather good, though Rouge changes a bit between
the two episodes. A throw-away line mentions how she changed her hair. The voice
acting was also good, note that for the English dub they used the same actors
from Oh My Goddess (Keichi and Belldandy) for Yusuke and Rouge. The music
was unremarkable but fine.
All in all, this was an enjoyable anime that
I have watched several times, and will watch again. |
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