AniWorthSaint Beast: Angel Chronicles
Introduction
A long time ago, Zeus, the great god, created a three–tier hierarchy of angels, top, middle and lower, although they were supposed to be equal. Also, Zeus appointed 6 angels as Saint Beasts who govern the animals of Earth. They were: Go, the seiyu; Shin, the genbu; Rei, the suzaku; Guy, the byakko; Yuda, the kirin; and Ruka, the hooh. However, Kira, the shooting star, and Maya, the fuga, didn’t attend the selection tests and left for the Earth.
The six angels fulfilled their tasks faithfully. However, because of Zeus’s increasingly tyrannical acts, they begin to mistrust him.
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Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 6.38/10 · 2424
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Audience reviews
6 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
xMelx
At first I was a bit hesitant to watch this anime since there were some people who didn't recommend it and for its low rating, but I decided to give it a chance and watch it anyway. I'm glad I did because I actually really enjoyed it from the beginning to the end. The characters were all very interesting and entertaining in their own way. Yudas, Gou, Gai, Rey, Luca and Shin each brought something special to the story that made me want to watch the next episode.
It had hints of shounen-ai, which for me was fine since I like the genre. I thought the art style was nice and the voice actors were well chosen. The story itself really grabbed my attention since it revolved around angels. So I would recommend this anime to anyone who likes shounen-ai, angels/demons type story, and short anime sho…
Read at the sourceRiverRayne
Well, let me start off by saying that this review will cover all three Saint Beast series: the original, six episode spin off of Angel Tales (Saint Beast: Seijuu Kourin Hen), the OVAs (Saint Beast: Ikusen no Hiro to Yoru Hen), and the thirteen episode series (Saint Beast: Kouin Jojishi Tenshi Tan).
Saint Beast was one of the first shounen ai (boys love) animes I ever saw, which might be part of the reason why it holds a special place in my heart. The plot revolves around six angels referred to as the "Saint Beasts" and their trials on earth and in Heaven, as well as their relationships with one another. The story line is confusing and hard to follow if you don't do any research before hand, but once you get into the series, it's very difficult not to get addicted to it.
I will say that…
Read at the sourcefruitfly
I went into this series after being very disappointed with the OVA and at first I was pleased by the improvement in the artwork and general story. Then I watched past the first episode. After the main characters are chosen as the Six Saint Beasts, and are charged with keeping the peace on Earth, one would expect the story to unfold and become more interesting, but unfortunately it just drops off into random monster encounters and a whole lot of griping about how Zeus (the God figure) is doing a bad job at keeping order in Heaven and on Earth. Still, it would be enjoyable if there were enough fan-service and shounen-ai fluff to go around -- but there really isn't. Other than the occasional touching or lingering gaze, the characters don't behave in any way that could be considered squeal-wor…
Read at the sourceTini03
In episode 10 (i think) there was just a little shonen-ai scene between Yuda and Shin.
But it´s not bad anime,cuz i enjoyed it.
Read at the sourceguardgirl
Saint Beast series itself is alright. This particular selection of episodes put together had no real story plot and ended poorly. If writers wanted to have a better fan base they should have added more episodes and explained more of went on in the ending so the Saint Beast episodes would make sense. Watching this alone would confuse anyone. I fortunately found Tenshi no Shippo first which made watching the Saint Beast episode series easier to understand. I would not recommend watching any of the saint beast related episodes without watching Tenshi no Shippo first. For character development there wasn't really anything building other than jealousy, which is not even that of a main character. Those who have watched Tenshi no Shippo first understand the attractions of the Saint Beast characte…
Read at the sourceDhuoda
I sometimes think that deep down I am a masochist, because I cant understand how on earth I didnt drop this anime after the first 2 episodes and saved myself some precious time.
I will start saying that I absolutely love Yaoi, and since I love it so much I get fairly irritated whenever I come across this kind of bullshit.
I can even picture in my head how this anime was created:
Producer 1: Hey! there arent a lot of shonen ai animes out there, so if we make one NOW, all the fujoshis will watch it! right?
Producer 2: Great idea! but lets do it so the shounen ai is unbearably subtle and practicaly non-existent so those shoujo fans will watch it too!
Then they decided that the best way to do it would be to throw "bishounens", a lousy plot and magical creatures (because, why not?) in a blen…
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