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7gatsu
It is not easy to find OVAs capable of blending science fiction, fantasy, and post-apocalyptic imagery in a truly effective way, yet Ryuu Seiki, despite being largely unknown and long forgotten, manages to do so surprisingly well. Released in 1988 as a two-episode OVA with a runtime of roughly 25 minutes per episode, the series is undeniably brief. Adding to its uniqueness, the two episodes feature markedly different visual styles for plot-related reasons that are best left unspoiled for newcomers.
Within these tight constraints, the story proves genuinely engaging and built on a solid conceptual foundation. Director Kiyoshi Fukumoto, working alongside collaborators such as Hiroyuki Kitazume, delivers a narrative that flows naturally despite the limited runtime. The characters are purpose…
Read at the sourceKamezuki
"Ryuu Seiki" has decent art, but the rest of the technical aspects, including animation and sound, feel flimsy. The characters are difficult to sympathize with and have contrived backstories and abilities. The plots for both episodes, which rely on these contrived backstories and abilities to progress, don't make much sense. Also, since this OVA is just two 30-minute episodes, which each tell separate stories that are only loosely tied together, events happen so quickly that it is difficult to comprehend what is going on at times. It ends on a cliched note.
There are worse OVAs out there, but this one is not particularly good; it's mediocre at best.
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It's the present day, and suddenly dragons have been appearing in the skies! These giant creatures are soon feared and killed on sight, as they become more numerous and destructive. But a young student runs away with a dragon's egg, and raises the young dragon in an abandoned school. But this cannot last forever, and she is discovered - but at the same moment, we learn that the dragons may not be the enemies that we once thought, as another apocalyptic threat emerges.
And that's just the first half. The second episode jumps hundreds of years into the future, to a different society where humans and dragons fight in cage matches. But even as the times change, age-old threats still remain.
This two-part story is nothing special, but it doesn't drag, either. In fact, if anything, it jumps…
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Alright, My review is going to be very biased, as the first episode could be taken on its own, and could very well stay that way on your list without losing much.
Story:
The story is unique, something I haven't seen before in monster shows, or science fantasy or science fiction. Suddenly, a string of violent deaths occur, and dragons are discovered on earth. This is where it gets interesting, as dragons neither seem to be able to breathe fire or do magic, or any of that, which I very much like. It turns out that things like guns are effective, and we are fully capable of hurting them.
A girl, probably in high school, begins caring for a dragon, beginning to raise it under the impression she can work beside him to take out her angst against the world. Grey and edgy, but with touching mo…
Read at the sourceShura-shurato
I've seen far more worse and better anime OVAs in the 26 years that I've watched anime. Dragon century is for me quite in the middle and since this was like other OVAs a one-shot title it was '' bearable" but as well it seemed a bit unclear if you don't watch it several times to get it. First of all part 1: 1990 AD, I was surprised by the violent content and would have LOVED IT if I was like 12 years old or something :).
Clearly there you can see how the human dominion comes to a crash course once dragons appear with very bloody consequences (don't be a bitch by the amount of blood if you can't stomach it) and a girl gets involved by saving a dragon egg that hatched.
But as the story progresses there is a meaning to the dragons appearance when a demon god fucks up the human world and need…
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