{"id":1432,"date":"2008-06-07T14:12:44","date_gmt":"2008-06-07T19:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2008-06-07T21:39:43","modified_gmt":"2008-06-08T02:39:43","slug":"hatenkou-yuugi-dazzle-anime-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2008\/06\/07\/hatenkou-yuugi-dazzle-anime-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Hatenkou Yuugi (Dazzle)&#8211;Anime Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/image\/stars\/3o5.gif\" alt=\"3 Stars\" \/><br \/>\nThis recent <a href=\"\/fun\/terms-used-in-anime-reviews#anime\">anime<\/a> hasn&#8217;t received much attention and I think it deserves more. It&#8217;s short and amusing; rather dark but witty and cute.<\/p>\n<p>This is a set of traveler&#8217;s tales, where the characters arrive at a new town in each episode and get involved in some local story. It&#8217;s tempting to compare it to <a href=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2006\/10\/20\/kinos-journey-anime-review\/\"><em>Kino&#8217;s Journey<\/em><\/a>&#8211;except that if <em>Kino&#8217;s Journey<\/em> were a <a href=\"\/fun\/terms-used-in-anime-reviews#shoujo\">shoujo<\/a> series and the protagonist were a cute but bratty little sorceress, and the stories were more spooky than satirical, it wouldn&#8217;t be <em>Kino&#8217;s Journey<\/em> at all.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ItemList\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"Item\">Original Title<\/div>\n<div class=\"Description\"><em>Hatenkou Yuugi<\/em> (The Unprecedented Game) <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"Item\">Genres<\/div>\n<div class=\"Description\">Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Horror<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"Item\">Demographic<\/div>\n<div class=\"Description\">Shoujo<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"Item\">Contents<\/div>\n<div class=\"Description\">10 Episodes<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"Item\">Based on<\/div>\n<div class=\"Description\">a <a href=\"\/fun\/terms-used-in-anime-reviews#manga\">manga<\/a> by Minari Endoh<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"Item\">Director<\/div>\n<div class=\"Description\">Nobuhiro Takamoto<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"Item\">Script<\/div>\n<div class=\"Description\">Yasuhiro Imagawa<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"Item\">Character Design<\/div>\n<div class=\"Description\">Norikatsu Nakano<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"Item\">Art Director<\/div>\n<div class=\"Description\">Toshihisa Koyama<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"Item\">Animation Studio<\/div>\n<div class=\"Description\">Studio DEEN<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"Item\">Broadcast<\/div>\n<div class=\"Description\">2008<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"Item\">Region 1 Publisher<\/div>\n<div class=\"Description\">None, as yet<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Parental Advisory<\/h3>\n<p>This series features bloodless violence and sexual innuendo. Some of the storylines are likely to be very upsetting to young children. Probably age 10 is a reasonable minimum.<\/p>\n<h3>Characters<\/h3>\n<div class=\"Character\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Character\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/rahzelathome.png\" alt=\"Rahzel at Home\" title=\"Rahzel at Home\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1440\" \/>Fourteen-year-old <strong>Rahzel<\/strong> is enjoying a happy enough life&#8230;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Character\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/rahzelkickedout.png\" alt=\"Rahzel Kicked Out\" title=\"Rahzel Kicked Out\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1441\" \/>&#8230;until one day her father kicks her out of the house and tells her it is time to travel by herself and learn about the world. Rahzel does not seem overly upset by this. She is very self-reliant and confident to the point of arrogance.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Character\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/rahzelspells.png\" alt=\"Rahzel Casting a Spell\" title=\"Rahzel Casting a Spell\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1442\" \/>Also she knows some pretty devastating spells.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Character\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/alseidrobbing1.png\" alt=\"Alzeid Robbing\" title=\"Alzeid Robbing\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1434\" \/>Still, she would really like to find a traveling companion. Wandering into a dark alley she encounters a beautiful albino man named <strong>Alzeid<\/strong>, who is busy robbing a hapless bystander.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Character\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/alzeidatgunpoint.png\" alt=\"Alzeid at Gunpoint\" title=\"Alzeid at Gunpoint\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1435\" \/>Rahzel tells Alzeid that if he will travel with her, she will make his boring life more interesting and mysterious. Surprisingly he agrees.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Character\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/rahzelalzeid.png\" alt=\"Rahzel and Alzeid\" title=\"Rahzel and Alzeid\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1439\" \/>Alzeid has a cold and arrogant attitude and is deadly with a handgun. He is humorless but loyal, and honorable in his own way.  He wants to track down and take revenge on his father&#8217;s killer: a woman who, like Rahzel, had long black hair and striking blue eyes.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Character\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/baroqueheat2.png\" alt=\"Baroqueheat\" title=\"Baroqueheat\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1437\" \/>Rahzel soon picks up another traveling companion: <strong>Baroqueheat<\/strong>, who turns out to be an old army buddy of Alzeid&#8217;s. He is strong, athletic, cheerful and irresponsible.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Character\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/rahzelwhip.png\" alt=\"Rahzel with Whip\" title=\"Rahzel with Whip\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1443\" \/>Baroqueheat likes to tease Rahzel with sexual innuendo, but she takes no nonsense from him.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Character\">\n<a href='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/baroqueheatsword.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/baroqueheatsword.png\" alt=\"Baroqueheat with Sword\" title=\"Baroqueheat with Sword\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1438\" \/><\/a>He has a butterfly tattoo on his right hand which can turn into an ornate sword.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Character\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/alzeidsoresta.png\" alt=\"Alzeid and Soresta\" title=\"Alzeid and Soresta\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1436\" \/>I guess with character designs like these we have to expect at least a few <a href=\"\/fun\/terms-used-in-anime-reviews#yaoi\">yaoi<\/a> overtones. These are provided by <strong>Soresta<\/strong>, who shows up near the end of the series. He is another old army buddy and he is obsessed with Alzeid.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Character\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/soresta2.png\" alt=\"Soresta\" title=\"Soresta\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1433\" \/>Soresta is also a powerful magic user and he doesn&#8217;t seem to be a very nice person.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Character\">\n<\/div>\n<h3>Other Versions<\/h3>\n<p>The manga is published in North America under the name <em>Dazzle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<p>Wikipedia <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hatenko_Yugi\">entry<\/a>. (Spoilers.)<\/p>\n<p>ANN Encyclopedia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=7820\">entry<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recent <a href=\"\/fun\/terms-used-in-anime-reviews#anime\">anime<\/a> hasn&#8217;t received much attention and I think it deserves more. It&#8217;s short and amusing; rather dark but witty and cute. This is a set of traveler&#8217;s tales,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2008\/06\/07\/hatenkou-yuugi-dazzle-anime-review\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[66,65],"class_list":["post-1432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime","tag-dazzle","tag-hatenkou-yuugi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}