AniWorthArc the Lad
Introduction
The story follows Elk, a bounty hunter in some strange futuristic world. On this world archaic but advanced technology exists side by side with primitive attitudes, beasts and magic. In other words it's got a bit of everything. It also has an evil conspiracy who are able to produce powerful monsters called chimera, who can also appear as human. Naturally it is not long before Elk has rescued a young female beast-master and gained himself some serious enemies.
(Source: ANN)
Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 6.56/10 · 6491
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| 2/10 | 65 |
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| 3/10 | 128 |
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| 4/10 | 370 |
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| 5/10 | 966 |
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| 6/10 | 1494 |
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| 7/10 | 1811 |
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| 8/10 | 972 |
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| 9/10 | 391 |
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| 10/10 | 230 |
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Audience reviews
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LostCadence
When I was 12 years old, watching torrented anime for the very first time - you know, anime that wasn't dubbed, that wasn't on YTV, that wasn't Pokemon or Digimon or Dragonball (or even Gundam Wing), that was probably a fansub - I thought that Arc the Lad was the absolute best thing I had ever watched. It was doing something with animation and storytelling I had never seen before!
But! My close friend - the one who torrented it, the one I forced to watch it with me - insisted it was bad/that other anime series were significantly better, while I continued to insist that we needed to finish this amazing series that I loved, wow, so good.
When it ended and we started .hack/sign, I realized that he had been right the whole - Arc the Lad (the anime) is complete trash.
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Arc the Lad is based on a video game of the same name. There are multiple games in the Arc the Lad videogame series and the anime is an adaption of some sorts of the second video game: Arc the Lad II. I heard about the video game some 15 years ago because it is a name that is quite rememberable because it's a little silly sounding. I did not play the video games, so this is also the reason why I do not know in what way, shape or form this follows the second video game.
At the start of the anime, it is pretty clear that something happened in the near past (the first video game took place) and we follow a new protagonist named Elk who is out looking for revenge. The interesting thing here is that the protagonist is looking for revenge against the protagonist of the first game, who is introd…
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Arc the Lad, the adventure show that's just a touch darker then others of its type.
Story
The story follows a young hunter named Elk and his quest for revenge against the infamous Arc. Although it starts off simply, things gradually grow more complex as soon as our so called antagonist enter the picture. Still the main point of this series is to show the growth of Elk and the heroine Lieza as characters. What can revenge do to a person, what can being overwhelmed by hatred hope to accomplish? Though these may be questions that other shows have presented as well, it's executed well here because Elk never comes across as insincere or forceful in his emotions. Deep down, he's a nice kid, he's just troubled with how he should handle himself. Some of the more traumatic events that happen ce…
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