Ah, I remember how the last time an anime toyed with large-scaled fantasy wars, we got stuck with Utawarerumono, which in the end never really caught on. Thank god Guin Saga is doing a good job this time. Its individual ingredients aren’t that impressive, but together they form a very capable series indeed. Guin in this episode yet again proves that he is a born leader and that he has the ability to reunite various tribes. As the future king of Nosferas, politics should start getting into play soon as well, and that’s also going to be pretty interesting.
With the giant people, the defeat of the Mongols was of course only going to be a matter of waiting whether they could get there on time. Amnelis really was never meant to lead such a huge army, since all she basically does is charge and retreat. One thing that I do want to see in one of the next arcs is Guin taking on someone who actually has half a braincell. I mean, now that he has the giant people on his side, his opponents really are going to have to use their heads in order to prevent themselves from committing suicide.
One thing I didn’t like in this episode was Suni’s supposed death and resurrection. I’m not exactly sure what that was meant for… she just fell off a cliff and at the end of the episode turned out to be fine. The directing also is a big buggy at times: at one time we see Amnelis about to be attacked by two giants. Astrias slays one of them, and the other just… disappears. It’s true that this show could have been much better had it had solid creators, but it still is a pretty good series.
Rating: * (Good)
Guin pwned this episode as it ends the Mongol invasion-arc.
It is a great story, but the animation sometimes lack of talent. They can learn from the LOTR how to made a battle scene.
Okay. The animation is amazing. Why? The company has very VERY little production money to spend on this project. And yet, they still pull off something like this because they are GOOD at cutting corners and using every resource they can to its best potential.
As for the original novel: *spoiler*
Suni’s “death” was much more meaningful in the novel. She was cut down instead of knocked away. Plus, the twins were captured. It hit me, emotionally, and yet, it disappointed me how it happened in the anime. Same with the Lagon’s appearance. The Sem were only had about 5% of their population left and were freaking out. They ran away and were trapped right before the Lagon popped in to help out. I only wish they had left that part in… because that was the edge-point of the climax of the first arc of the series in the novels…