Capricorn

Introduction

In the blink of an eye, high school student Taku Shimamura finds himself transported to the bizarre world of Slaffleaze, where intelligent creatures govern and the ruling class, led by the villainous Zolba, is plotting the invasion of the world they know as Capricorn, the Earth. Joining together with the oppressed Slaffleaze peasants, Taku must find a way to stop Zolba`s dark forces before the way to the unsuspecting Earth is opened. In order to do so, he must first gain the love and trust of the last of the Yappie, the ancestral guardians of Slaffeaze. This is a task that will take more than a little courage and daring, for the last Yappie is not just a cute young female, she`s also a dragon. (Source: ANN)

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Pink_Noodle_Hair

Story - Very simple in both a good and bad way, but I think a bit more fleshing out was in order. The run time is only 47-ish minutes counting credits so that's not much time to tell the story of an entire other world. What is there, isn't bad, but it's all very much been done a lot even in the time it was made most of it was nothing new. Easily the worst part of the movie. Art - I don't hate the style used here. It's very cutesy, gives me slight Ranma vibes from the main character. Neither is it like really great though either. It's just passable and that's fine. Sound - The voice acting is fine, the music is catchy rarely but mostly pretty standard and not much stands out, the sound effects used were of it's time and that is to say very stock. It was never distractedly bad but neither…

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sorcery

Sometimes, I find myself absorbed in questions such as what sets the first wave of Isekai anime apart from the modern second wave. Is it more defined inspiration from western Sword & Sorcery Fantasy? Is there even a clear distinction between the two? While I have never been a big fan of this type of setup, I agree that it's an important fixture of the subculture to discuss about. In the meantime, still uncertain about my overall theory, I am continuing my research on the missing link. I am looking for evidence of a dramatic departure from the classic age, to conflate with productions of an intermediary period. Isekai anime has always been more or less the same, characterized mostly by the wish-fulfillment premise of going to greener dimensional pastures. Most of the flavors are borrowed f…