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Magic Knight Rayearth?

PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2003 2:29 pm
by Destroyer2000
I had seen a trailer for it and it looks interesting. Anything I should know about before I check it out?

PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2003 4:08 pm
by Ashley
I saw the first few episodes and I wanted to see more. But some things to note--
* "sailor moon" type nudity in the transformation shots (very brief, like .2 seconds)
* Language is minimal
* does have a sorcerer (if that bothers you)
* some of the villians are skimpily dressed
* if I remember, some of the monsters may have a little blood to them, but I doubt it

PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2003 7:42 pm
by MasterDias
I've seen a few of the early episodes. It was pretty good.

PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2003 9:00 pm
by true_noir_chloe
I've seen it and it's one of CLAMP's best stories. I agree with Ashley comments. It's worth watching. It's a very tame title, maybe a PG.

PostPosted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 5:27 pm
by Kisa
I agree with Ashley and Chloe on this. It is CLAMP at its best and it is a very well done story and characters and all. I have read the manga and it is the best I have read in a long time . . . This is one that is definitley worth it!
BTW there is Magic Knights Rayearth (season 1:Anime and Manga), Magic Knights Rayearth 2 (season 2: Anime and Manga), and then a Rayearth OAV anime. (In 1 and 2 and even in the OAV, the manga storyline differs from the anime in many ways, but its still good!) ^_^

PostPosted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 5:00 am
by dillian
Magic Knight Rayearth is a cool anime. Watch it. It's really great.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 8:45 am
by Asmi-chan
The 1st season manga and anime are pretty much alike, but as for the 2nd season... Well, I have to wonder if the animation peoples ever read the 5th and 6th manga before they actually started making the videos. That's all I'll say for now.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 3:35 pm
by Ashley
Well I'm happy to say that I finished the entire manga series today (for season 1 at least) and hope to get the dvds soon. Although I'm a little confused...perhaps I read it wrong, but was it supposed to be so short? I got to book 3 and boom! It was all over.

PostPosted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 10:55 am
by kaze
Yeah MKR is very short...a lot of CLAMP's work is pretty short, except for X...;;; I liked the first season ending because of the twists. But i thought the second season's ending was a little predictable...and i didn't like the anime version of the 2nd season either

PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 8:05 am
by Spiritsword
MKR is my second favorite CLAMP anime after CCS. It is an excellent anime, especially the first season--the animation is solid and the storyline is very intriguing and top-notch. I would highly recommend it.

The second season is good too, but I prefer the first. The manga is also good. This is one of the few series where I read the manga before I watched the anime. The only part of MKR I haven't seen is the OAV series--I've heard it's quite a bit different in tone from the other series--darker. For those of you who have seen the OAV series, what did you think?