Introduction
Li Meifon is the head of a free, no expenses paid protection/security agency for escorting ships across outer space. Though only 16, she posesses great skill and leadership qualities while commanding her crew aboard their ship, the "Angel Links." However, some unpleasant memories begin to trouble her and she starts questioning her own past and reason for existence. Join Li Meifon and the rest of the Angel Links crew on their adventures through the Oracion star system as they battle pirates, government organizations, and a Tao master, all while finally uncovering Meifon's dark and mysterious past.
Audience reviews
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ReiEvaUnit00
A brief and bust of a return to the colorful universe of Outlaw Star. There's plenty going for Angel Links - the fun and unique character designs, an already-established universe chock full of bandits and ne'er do wells, cool-ass space ships, a despicable villain that preys on teenagers, and a brash and sexy lead. Angel Links even pulls a reverse Outlaw Star - it finishes stronger than it starts and the plot twists land well. However, Angel Links struggles with its story-telling - a lot of scenes occur in the early episodes without much impact and the character-focused episodes don't flesh out their subject well enough - do you feel like you know Duuz and Kosei well after Episode 3 and Episode 5? Meifon could've been aged a few years up so they aren't conflicted viewer tiddies, the univers…
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Angel Links is an adaption of a light novel series that was serialized in Dragon Jr. Magazine and written by the creator of Outlaw Star (a long-time favorite of mine from Sunrise's golden late-90's output). Given that it shares the same creator, universe, and even a few characters as Outlaw Star it's a given that many viewers will compare it to Outlaw Star but I think a series that might be even more important to Angel Links is the popular light novel series Slayers which combined fantasy and comedy and was also published in Dragon. When you think about it like that you start to get a picture of what the creator was hoping to accomplish with this series, what makes it unique, and also where it falls short.
Basically, Angel Links takes the action-comedy of Slayers, adds a heaping-portion o…
Read at the sourceThatAnimeSnobRE
This is a minor anime Studio Sunrise made for the heck of it. It also has the director of the fail adaptation that was Fate/Stay Night so you can imagine how bad it will be.
ART SECTION: 5/10 [Swords that pop out of boobies!]
Since the setting takes place in the space era, expect the usual treatment: Lots of machines, lots of spaceships, lots of space battles, lots of alien planets, lots of aliens and lots of naked women… The last part sounds irrelevent, doesn’t it? Well, yes, it is. Half-naked female flesh is thrown all over the screen almost every 5 minutes for no other reason than sleasy entertainment. And in order to make a long story short, this is all there is to expect from the optical department:
-Original shaped spaceships… Not that this contributes to the story in any way. They…
Read at the sourceB2Reviews
This one took a while to actually happen. I had seen previews of Angel Links years back on some disc or another, and I really wanted to see more of the Outlaw Star universe. So finally I got it...honestly, I forget when. It may have been on the stack for a year. But I knocked it out a week ago, and I'm only disappointed that it took me this long.
I'll get this out of the way: it's not as good as Outlaw Star.
Hey, no, get back here, sit down! Links is a good one, don't be like that. It's half as long as Outlaw, only 13 episodes. So it didn't have as much time to build up the story, but it doesn't feel too rushed. I do think it could have taken a completely different route given longer runtime, and the way it went did go a tad overboard once or twice.
The music, like Outlaw, does manage t…
Read at the sourceratchet573
As regular readers of my reviews know, Outlaw Star is my favorite anime ever. It created an interesting science fiction world, had a cast of eclectic and memorable characters, and was nonstop fun from beginning to end. So imagine my surprise when I found out that Outlaw Star had a spiritual successor set in the same universe. Then imagine my surprise after watching it and finding out I didn’t know about it for a reason.
The first four episodes of Angel Links scared the piss out of me. It was episodic, following the exploits of the Links Company, led by the energetic and goddam annoying Meifon Li. She provides protection to smaller companies that travel through pirate infested space for the small price of nothing.
Sounds good. Too bad these first four episodes are all exceptionally boring…
Read at the sourcegidoran
I watched Angel Links largely to scratch an itch that I've had for years. When I was first discovering anime, I remember seeing ads in Wizard Magazine for various animes, one of which was Angel Links. I didn't think much of it at the time, but as I watched Outlaw Star and then expanded into the world of subs, it always kind of lingered at the back of my mind. Outlaw Star is one of my personal faves, so even if this show isn't as good as that, it couldn't have been THAT bad.
Unfortunately for me, it was that bad.
Angels Links is a very sombre and oddly paced sci fi show. Most animes tend to follow a basic formula - the first episode introduces everyone, they spend a few episodes getting to know the cast, and then we move into the Main Plotline. Links follows this pattern...to a degree. Ma…
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