AniWorthYs
Introduction
Mythical beasts lay siege on the people of Esteria, who have raised an army to fight back. The beasts are relentless and seemingly have no end to their numbers, while the population of defenders dwindle in every skirmish. Even in the town of Minea, where the people are safely nestled behind castle walls, the constant attacks have left them hopeless. It is then that a prophecy is made, proclaiming the arrival of a brave young soul that could be the one who will bring their salvation.
Ys follows Adol Christin, an adventurer driven by wanderlust towards the island of Esteria, who washes up on shore after a shipwreck. Following the guidance of the fortuneteller Sarah Tovah, he and his allies will travel the island in search of the legendary tomes known as the Books of Ys. It will be a long and perilous journey, but if fate is truly at work then Adol will certainly be the hero who returns peace to Esteria.
Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 6.56/10 · 3320
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Audience reviews
5 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Kamezuki
“Ys” is an enjoyable, albeit by-the-book, high fantasy adventure that feels like it was lifted straight from a video game (it was based off of one, so that’s understandable).
This 7-episode OVA centers on a young man named Adol, who is driven by destiny to fulfill a prophecy and become a hero to a nation plagued by monsters. He must collect the magical six Books of Ys, which contain records of the nation’s past, to do so, while making friends and fighting monsters along the way.
The plot progresses logically, and has a satisfying conclusion that sets things up nicely for the sequel. However, the story is formulaic to a fault, and plays out almost exactly like a video game. For instance, a character asks the hero to go into a cave to retrieve a magical artifact for them, which the charact…
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Ys イース Review
Story (7/10) Good
More Specifically (7.75/10) Good+
The story for this anime adaptation of the first installment of the Ys franchise widely known as Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished is a good adaptation from a story standpoint. The progression and pacing all seemed on the money when it comes to everything important that needed to be covered in Ys 1. Obviously for anime purposes they couldn't make the authenticity of the video 100% accurate because certain scenes would probably have been more boring if that was the case. Example when Adol is venturing through the tower of Dahm he is accompanied by Dogi, Luther Gemma and Goban. In the video game Adol is by himself going in as Goban never came, Gemma was already locked in there (which was kind of right in the anime) and Dogi who was…
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The Y's franchise may or may not be known to you. Basically, it's a series of action RPGs that helped define the genre back in the late 80s. It's also Falcom's best known franchise with around a dozen installments at this point but Falcom also doesn't have much else under their belts that's memorable and even their best known games aren't all that well known compared to a lot of other franchises from bigger name companies. Don't get me wrong, though, most of the franchise is made up of quality games. Back in the late 80s, when the series was in its infancy, Falcom worked with Tokyo Kids (a studio so minor they don't even have a wiki page) to produce OVAs for the first and second games. The first one being what we're going to look at today.
Story:
Our tale opens with a traveler named Ado…
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Let’s face it, when watching a series from the era this show was produced you have to usually endure crude (by today’s standards) animation, poufy hairdos, and campy storylines. That’s not the case here, except for maybe the poufy hairdos. I never played the games that Ancient Books of Ys is apparently based on (nor have I even heard of them) but regardless this series stands on its own as one of the truly exceptional fantasy/adventure stories of its genre.
The story premise isn’t anything that’s going to win award for originality. It’s your standard adventurer from another land who comes and is destined to save the world. We quickly get laid out the details and our hero, in this case Adol Christian is given a quest and each episode that follows is a fairly formulaic pattern. New allies a…
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Story:
The plot fallows the same basic story line of the original game without to much variation. There are a few minor changes but nothing that would alter the story.
As a devoted fan of the games it's only natural that I know and love the story very much. So a 9 on story from me.
Art:
I'm a huge fan of 80's animation. Always have been. This show looks very much like Maison Ikkoku or even early Ranma1/2. It's very warm and straight forward with bright colors and smooth lines. For me, as I've played the original DOS game and the remakes of the games it was very fun to watch the story come to life with my favorite era of animation. A big fat 10 on art. ^__^
Sound:
The sound is fine. But as the show is rather old the sound does leave a fair amount to be desired. I will say the sound effec…
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