Ah that first review smell. In terms of a first timer I'd say not bad but you still have a way to go in finding your style. Reviewing a short OVA is difficult at times because of it's length. You aren't able to pull out enough tangibles to really be all that detailed in a lot of the scoring categories. My only pieces of advice would be to give it a proofread to check for grammatical errors (which there are a few), try to be a bit more detailed in that your description of why you scored something a certain way should at least equal the actual description of the category itself (IE your plot section) and just keep writing. It takes us all a while to finally find that comfort zone and writing style.
Murder Princess ova Review
The kingdom of Forland has been taken over thanks to the inside help of a supposedly loyal subject. Badly wounded, the king tells his daughter Alita Forland to get away and find help. Listening to her father, she runs from the castle and into the forest. While running she’s attacked and ends up falling off a cliff and onto Falis, a well-known, very skilled and battle crazy bounty hunter. After the accident instead of dying somehow their souls are swapped instead. Falis is now the princess while Alita becomes her maid, Milano. Alita begs the bounty hunter to protect the Forland kingdom, offering herself as payment for the job and Falis agrees. It seems Falis; though in the body of Alita, just earned herself another title: "Murder Princess".
Credit: MisaSasekage
Story & Playability
The setting of Murder Princess takes place in the kingdom of Forland. We join in to witness a Coup d'Etat and the
death of Forland's dear King. In other words, the kingdom is violently taken over by an insider, Dr. Akamashi, one
of the kingdom's scientists. Because of this the kingdoms' princess, Alita Forland, is sent out to search for
the heir - prince Kaito. During princess Alita's escape into the forest she is attacked by the forest guardian.
As she is running for her life she runs into a beautiful and skilled bounty hunter named Falis. Through a shared near
death experience the two young women switch souls. Falis is now the humble princess while Alita becomes her
chambermaid, Mirano Entolasia. Mirano pleads with Alita to protect the kingdom at all costs which binds the women
together through this very short series. Alita, unable to restrain her thirst for battle gains the title "Murder
Princess" due to her bravery.
The story does not have a strong plot which causes the characters to be believable up to a certain point. Due to the
shortness of the series we unfortunately are unable to get a real close look at the characters. This aggravated me a
bit during the climax of the series.
Rating:
Graphics
A lot of time you see shows where it looks as if the character design and execution were rushed. This is not the case
with Murder Princess. Yoshimitsu Yamashita and team do an awesome job with the character design. Falis's two
henchemen Pete Armstrong and Dominikov are nicely put together. My two favorite characters, as far as character design,
were the androids Ana and Yuna. They were cute without overdoing it. The series does not blind you with an overuse of
color. The colors and animation flow wonderfully throughout the series and helps push the storyline along somewhat. The
design teams style of animation does a wonderful job adding to the realness value of the series. It's done in a way
that does not draw away from the characters. But actually draws you, the viewer, to them.
Rating:
Sound
The voice acting was right on target. I was not forced to listen to high-pitched female voices! One of my favorite
actresses, Romi Paku does an excellent job as Falis/Alita while Ami Koshimizu is spot on as Alita/Mirano. Although the
timing seemed a bit off at times; overall the quality was good. I also found some of the side characters hard to
understand at times. But this may be due to my habit of drowning out idle chatter. The music used during the climatic
scenes are a pretty good fit. Not too annoying - just enough so you know some crazy ish is about to go down.
Back-On provide us with a very catchy opening song, Hikari Sasuhuo; The Lights Shinin' My Rhyme So Tight. Even
though I am not a huge fan of rap mixed with pop this song grew on me. Romi Paku also lends her voice to the closing
song titled Naked Flower. Her voice is beautiful and soothing.
Rating:
Fun
If you are looking for an in-depth story then pass this one over. The show is only six episodes long and is very cut and dry. This is the situation and this is how it gets taken care of. I felt that more could have been done with the storyline. There were times during the series when I found myself asking about backgrounds of the different characters. For me it was a great way to pass the time away while on a short vacation from work. I recommend this to anyone who is between shows and looking for something decent to watch on a Saturday afternoon.
You can not run from fate - it is something that you must face head-on!
Rating:
Final Verdict
6.8333 (above average)
Reviewed by 5points, Sep 22, 2007
Comments
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shoujoboy Sep 22, 2007
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5points Sep 22, 2007
Thanks for your words of advice. Now I have something to do at work besides play Monoploy - write reviews!
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Vanta Sep 29, 2007
Excellent anime ! And I totally agree with your point of view. ;)
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zombieMaster Dec 23, 2007
A good anime~ but a bit short....waiting for the TV version
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narunarunarunaru Feb 28, 2009
.................... yeah , a bit short..
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Onlyrockman Aug 01, 2009
how come all the good anime are usually short> like FLCL
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SchRita Aug 24, 2009
Thanks for the review!
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nainoi Sep 13, 2009
nice review
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SchRita Oct 31, 2009
Thanks for the review!
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rukasu04 Mute Member Dec 31, 2009
Nice Review
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SchRita Jan 15, 2010
Thanks for the review!
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