
The story
In the land of Ryoza, the neighboring provinces of Shin-Ou and Tai-Kou have been at peace. Queen Shinou is the ruler of Ryoza and her greatest general, Grand Duke Taikou, defends the kingdom with his army of powerful war-lizards known as the "Touda." Although the two regions have enjoyed a long-standing alliance, mounting tensions threaten to spark a fierce civil war. Within Ake, a village in Tai-Kou tasked with raising the Grand Duke's army, lives Erin, a bright girl who spends her days watching the work of her mother Soyon, the village's head Touda doctor. But while under Soyon's care, a disastrous incident befalls the Grand Duke's strongest Touda, and the peace that Erin and her mother had been enjoying vanishes as Soyon is punished severely. In a desperate attempt to save her mother, Erin ends up falling in a river and is swept towards Shin-Ou. Unable to return home, Erin must learn to lead a new life with completely different people, all while hunting for the truth of both beasts and humanity itself, with tensions between the two regions constantly escalating.
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500 credited
500 credited
Reiko YoshidaScript
Junichi FujisakuSeries Composition
Nahoko UehashiOriginal Creator
Nahoko UehashiAnimation Supervisor
Takayuki HamanaDirector
Takayuki GotouCharacter Design
Chitose HajimeTheme Song Performance (OP2)
Sukima SwitchTheme Song Performance
Kiyoko YoshimuraScript
Takuya HiramitsuSound Director
Hiroshi AoyamaStoryboard
Midori GotouScript
Sayaka HaradaScript
Koudai KakimotoStoryboard
Masahiro HosodaStoryboard
Daishirou TanimuraScript
Takashi AndouStoryboard
Takahiro NatoriEpisode Director (ep 10)
Takahiro NatoriStoryboard (ep 10)
Akira SuzukiArt DirectorAniList community tags
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Its a gem that I was so lucky to find and definitely worth watch again! A definite favorite!
A masterpiece, a magnificent story and an incredible production.
To long, or not long enough? A young woman's beautiful story held back by under baked political subplots.
It's a different kind of anime that is worth watching.