For the past few weeks, I have been hearing about a certain anime called “Queen’s Blade,” and from my understanding this show was basically a softcore hentai series that somehow was able to air on Japanese television. No one was touching it, and finding streams of the show online was next to impossible. Fortunately (or is it unfortunately), I finally came across it. Before I had even begun to watch it I was prepared to tear it to shreds, but I had to keep an open mind, and began watching it.
The first episode of the show introduces a few of the main characters. We meet Reina, who is battling Mellona the shape shifter. Witnessing the battle is Nanael, who appears to be a fallen angel of sorts. Mellona brutally defeats Reina, but before she can kill her Listy enters to save Reina’s life. Listy discovers that Reina is the missing daughter of Count Vance, and decides to capture her for the reward. They are greeted by Reina’s sister Elina, who seems very happy to see her sister alive, though beaten badly. Instead of offering a reward, Elina has Listy locked away for reasons unknown. Fortunately Listy is able to break free, and since a reward was not given to her she decides to take everything she can get her hands on. Sadly, this does not play out well, as Mellona reappears to try and kill Reina. Reina is able to defeat Mellona in a manner I can’t speak of on the air, and is able to escape from her kingdom with Listy once and for all. The two then decide to travel yonder to whatever challenges they may face.
Now this show has become infamous for its uncensored fanservice, and to be honest with you this fanservice is very unnecessary. The fight sequences are pretty good to a point, though some of the ladies’ weapons of choice seem are very perverted, like one girl shoots acid out of her tits. The plot could be interesting: swordswomen battling it out to the death until one is left standing, but it's been done way too many times in the past. The backstory to some of the characters seem interesting, but not enough to earn itself repeat viewings. "Queen's Blade" also managed to get itself an all-star cast of voice actresses like Aya Hirano, Rie Tanaka and Yuko Goto to play the characters. Perhaps the pay was really, really good and they couldn’t refuse it. Unfortunately, it’s the extremely crude fanservice that almost kills this show all kinds of dead. If there weren’t any of this stuff, we could’ve had a decent anime on our hands. Sadly, that’s not the case with “Queen’s Blade,” which manages to take a good plotline and turn it into rubbish. It's sexist, disgusting, and gives a bad name to anime.
“Queen’s Blade” is slapped with a D-. Good fight sequences and A-list voice actresses cannot mask the truth of what this show really is: one step behind porn, and the fact that it airs on TV uncensored is quite shocking. Though I’m all for uncensored TV, there’s a fine line between being tasteful and vulgar; and this is as vulgar as it can get. What sickens me more is the fact that they just ordered a second season of this shit!
The first episode of the show introduces a few of the main characters. We meet Reina, who is battling Mellona the shape shifter. Witnessing the battle is Nanael, who appears to be a fallen angel of sorts. Mellona brutally defeats Reina, but before she can kill her Listy enters to save Reina’s life. Listy discovers that Reina is the missing daughter of Count Vance, and decides to capture her for the reward. They are greeted by Reina’s sister Elina, who seems very happy to see her sister alive, though beaten badly. Instead of offering a reward, Elina has Listy locked away for reasons unknown. Fortunately Listy is able to break free, and since a reward was not given to her she decides to take everything she can get her hands on. Sadly, this does not play out well, as Mellona reappears to try and kill Reina. Reina is able to defeat Mellona in a manner I can’t speak of on the air, and is able to escape from her kingdom with Listy once and for all. The two then decide to travel yonder to whatever challenges they may face.
Now this show has become infamous for its uncensored fanservice, and to be honest with you this fanservice is very unnecessary. The fight sequences are pretty good to a point, though some of the ladies’ weapons of choice seem are very perverted, like one girl shoots acid out of her tits. The plot could be interesting: swordswomen battling it out to the death until one is left standing, but it's been done way too many times in the past. The backstory to some of the characters seem interesting, but not enough to earn itself repeat viewings. "Queen's Blade" also managed to get itself an all-star cast of voice actresses like Aya Hirano, Rie Tanaka and Yuko Goto to play the characters. Perhaps the pay was really, really good and they couldn’t refuse it. Unfortunately, it’s the extremely crude fanservice that almost kills this show all kinds of dead. If there weren’t any of this stuff, we could’ve had a decent anime on our hands. Sadly, that’s not the case with “Queen’s Blade,” which manages to take a good plotline and turn it into rubbish. It's sexist, disgusting, and gives a bad name to anime.
“Queen’s Blade” is slapped with a D-. Good fight sequences and A-list voice actresses cannot mask the truth of what this show really is: one step behind porn, and the fact that it airs on TV uncensored is quite shocking. Though I’m all for uncensored TV, there’s a fine line between being tasteful and vulgar; and this is as vulgar as it can get. What sickens me more is the fact that they just ordered a second season of this shit!
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