Introduction
A story of future Earth - A warning for mankind: In the future, our planet will be transformed into a strange new world where human life struggles on an Earth without rain or oceans - only vast, parched deserts.
Two youths fight for survival on our hostile planet and find hope. The sea, the sky and the land had been completely polluted by mankind when mysterious objects fall from the heavens. These titanic vessels smash into the planet and suck up the air, water, and most living creatures into their womb, stealing away the very essence of Earth`s nature.
The few remaining inhabitants struggle for survival against a hostile environment and an oppressive ruling race known as the Rodo. One young, hot-blooded human named Ran, fights against the Rodo and a world in which rain is only a legend. He strives to join an Anti-Rodo group known as the Hazzard, not only to defeat the Rodo, but also to hunt down the man who killed his mother.
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Audience reviews
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Calvingibson
This was a unique anime; I picked it up because it seemed to have a similar style to Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. This anime is very good, though the story could be a bit confusing sometimes. I disliked the leaf scene, and most of the light nudity seemed unnecessary to the story. Other than that, I mostly loved the plot and the characters since it really did feel like it fit the story, since it fits the theme so well. The biggest strength of the anime, other than the art style, is how it is about the control of water in a hostile environment.
Read at the sourceSgtSalamander
It's astounding to me that Green Legend Ran is as unknown as it is, and serves as yet another example of the hidden gems scattered in the depths of anime as a medium, waiting to be found by those who care enough to look. Green Legend Ran is a grand and exciting adventure with an otherworldly and invigorating atmosphere. In some ways it's a classic hero's journey, but in other ways, it's a soaring legend about aliens, warfare, prophecy, and the fate of all mankind. Its unique and bizarre worldbuilding strikes a balance which fuses fantasy with technology, finding itself in that bizarre genre in which many OVAs of the 80s and 90s would land. The story of an alien race of genocidal environmentalists around which a religion is formed, and one orphan's story of survival and revenge which blosso…
Read at the sourceephemerry
I first stumbled upon this quaint little OVA at a used bookstore, in a similar fashion to how I first discovered Ginga Ojōsama Densetsu Yuna… I thought the cover looked interesting and bought the VHS for a $1 on the clearance rack! The $1 was well worth the investment—Green Legend Ran changed my life, in my teens, and I still think about it quite often in my ‘20s!
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Green Legend Ran takes place on a post-apocalyptic Earth that has become a barren wasteland after an alien invasion. Six of the “Rodo”—a race of giant monoliths that are revealed to be more than what they seem later in the OVA—crash through the atmosphere and, through emitting a force field of carbon dioxide in the areas where they land, causing all of the planet’s food and water to erode. The massive climate…
Read at the sourcektulu007
Green Legend Ran is an OVA from the early 90s. It was brought to us by AIC, the same studio that was responsible for Battle Athletes, Blue Gender, SoltyRei, Explorer Woman Ray & a variety of others. I don't know anything going into it besides it being science fiction. So, let's take a look and see if this one, unlike the last OVA I dug up, is worth a look.
Story:
In the distant future our planet has been transformed into a world of desserts after giant extra terrestrials dropped onto our planet. There are contained patches of green, but they're few and hidden away. In this world, the ruling class is made up of the Rodoists, people who worship the invading aliens and control the water supply. An opposition faction called Hazzard has also stepped up to fight against the Rodoists while mos…
Read at the sourceue6o7
Green Legend Ran is an interesting little OVA from the early 90s that's probably too ambitious for its own good. It's got ancient aliens, a post-apocalyptic earth, opposing factions consisting of religious extremists and their corresponding resistance, a revenge plot, a love story, and some kind of environmental message. Taking place in such a detailed setting with such a detailed lore, it doesn't quite know where to start and where to end.
And that's a major problem for Green Legend Ran: It has lots of interesting ideas, but it doesn't spend the appropriate amount of time on each one, and in that way its two hour run time paradoxically feels both too long and too short. The narrative that's woven between all of these concepts can be a little jarring as a result, causing the motivations…
Read at the sourceShura-shurato
Once again , this was one anime in a bargain VHS box decades ago i passed on because it din´t look interesting.
Decades and some months later i´ve watched it and it was an adventure i wish i was in it, at first look it is more to figure out ( after the narration ofc) where this ova is going , because though i had no expectations at all, after the 1st episode i was a bit skeptical about the animation and all, but DON´T Judge a book by its cover.
Onwards to part 2 &3 the storyline and all became more clear, even though some early 90´s anime had some bad 1980´s animation habits, it looked more ´proffesionally directed´ more colour and better camera work.
Storywise it reminded me a bit of the 1995 anime Blue Seed wich has simmilair plantlike enemies, Green legend ran looks more respectively bu…
Read at the sourceWizardJo
Green Legend Ran is the kind of anime you'd to see on the sci fi channel at four in the morning one night out of the blue and absolutely love. It's really a diamond in the rough, folks. The story might seem unoriginal but it was a fairly unexplored concept when it was made. The idea is a little similar to Trigun and Origin: Spirits of the past, which I think some's reccomended. It's darker in tone, though, and the conclusion is a little abrupt. The art isn't outstanding but it serves it's purpose. Some characters are more thought out design-wise than others, which is a bit of a shame. The sound serves its purpose but you'll just as soon forget it. The story outshines the characters sometimes but that doesn't make it any less enjoyable. It's still worth watching, I've enjoyed it a lot over…
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