The story takes place in a fantasy world and revolves around a 15-year-old girl named Pacifica Casull, who is the sister in a set of twins born to the royal family of a kingdom called Leinwan and then, literally, thrown away. The 5111th Grendel Prophecy predicts that she will be the "poison that will destroy the world" if she reaches her sixteenth birthday. To prevent this she is dropped off a cliff as an infant ("scrapped"). Believed to be dead, her survival remains no more than a rumour until she is already 15 years old.
Scrapped Princess is an interesting title that somehow managed to grab my attention. There are already several lengthy and well thought out reviews so I won't add tons of detail to those.
The fantasy world in Scrapped Princess is probably the most unique aspect of this series. In some ways it reminded me of Utawarerumono with the mix of sci-fi and fantasy, past and future. It really is a clever mix that works well...
Story-wise Scrapped Princess is really solid and that for me was the primary reason I enjoyed this series. Although it does (read more)
Scrapped Princess is an interesting title that somehow managed to grab my attention. There are already several lengthy and well thought out reviews so I won't add tons of detail to those.
The fantasy world in Scrapped Princess is probably the most unique aspect of this series. In some ways it reminded me of Utawarerumono with the mix of sci-fi and fantasy, past and future. It really is a clever mix that works well...
Story-wise Scrapped Princess is really solid and that for me was the primary reason I enjoyed this series. Although it does tend to be linear, as with many "adventure" stories, that works to its advantage as the story is able to progress and you gradually come to learn the truth behind the "scrapped" Princess.
Technically the artwork as previously mentioned is average, detailed at times and sloppy at others. I did enjoy the music which helped to set the tone and the mood of the era...
It did have several twists and turns and a deft weaving of drama and humour which also earns it a few points... one could wish it had more romance or that the romance was somehow a little more fleshed out but that wasn't a major detraction.
Overall, Scrapped Princess was a very enjoyable watch that kept me guessing and held my attention throughout the series.
The story is at the very equilibrium of light-hearted adventure and serious meaning-of-life. I was never kept feeling tense for too long nor was i ever kept feeling relaxed and bored for too long. Too be honest, even though i'm a big fan of meccha especially the Gundam series, i tend to skip the prolonged battle scenes quite often. This anime is the perfect mixture which makes the anime a great watch at any time. The fights are never too long, sometimes short enough to leave me wanting more.
The story is at the very equilibrium of light-hearted adventure and serious meaning-of-life. I was never kept feeling tense for too long nor was i ever kept feeling relaxed and bored for too long. Too be honest, even though i'm a big fan of meccha especially the Gundam series, i tend to skip the prolonged battle scenes quite often. This anime is the perfect mixture which makes the anime a great watch at any time. The fights are never too long, sometimes short enough to leave me wanting more.
Warning for those who haven't watched this:
There will be a very depressing death of a much-loved character (in general). Seriously it was so freaking sad i couldn't believe it for a moment, thinking that the character would be saved somehow.
And yes, the lack of romance :( i'm a romantic fangirl who looks for romance in every kind of story, so i was left very disappointed indeed by the end of this anime. There was just a tiny bit of romance in the end. But the biggest manifestation of what could have been the perfect happy ending was brutally killed off together with the death i mentioned above.
There are only a few anime series i save on my computer to watch again. This is not one of those, unfortunately. But i don't regret watching it. It was a very good watch with exciting twists :) (show less)
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Scrapped Princess (TV)
Written by blacksheep28 on March 9, 2012 at 8:58 PM
Overall Rating
Excellent
Story: 5
Dialogue: 5
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 5
The story is great. the animation is awesome and its quite entertaining.
it give me mixed feelings..and make me think what will i do or what i want to do if i were shannon, requel, pacifica, or the others who were trying to protect her..it has a great storyline and animation..and im satisfied with such a happy ending ^_^
Really good story, i cold just lay back and watch it again. It ain't fast pasted and it ain't all densed in the last 2 episodes. The action and plot gradually goes up until the final battle.
To make a big list of praising short i will just say: wonderful development, lovable characters, it ain't to mushy or to much talk about love and peace (damn i hate it wen they all transform in ssj just from the talk about love and peace). And from i short list i'm getting in to many details, damn it, o well watch the series, i really recommend it.
