Fuuma no Kojirou: Seiken Sensou-hen

Synopsis:

Characters:

• Asuka, Musashi (Main) - Voice Actors: Hayami, Show, Rouzier, Gérard
• Date, Soushi (Main) - Voice Actors: Matsumoto, Yasunori, Roullier, Philippe
• Fuuma, Ryouma (Main) - Voice Actors: Hori, Hideyuki, Moneta, Claudio, Korol, Olivier
• Kojirou (Main) - Voice Actors: Hong, Si Ho, Nanba, Keiichi, Manfredi, Fabrizio, Cordina, Olivier
• Arthur (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ono, Kenichi
• Asuka, Erina (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Honda, Chieko, Poulain, Marjolaine
• Chaos (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suzuoki, Hirotaka, Rouzier, Gérard
• Davide (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kikuchi, Masami, Korol, Olivier
• Hakureizan no Majo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsui, Naoko
• Jackal (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Furuta, Nobuyuki, Rouzier, Gérard
• Kirikaze (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tobita, Nobuo, Korol, Olivier, D'Andrea, Simone
• Lasya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shibamoto, Hiroyuki
• Nerow (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hiramatsu, Hirokazu, Cerdal, Frédéric
• Oz (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kusao, Takeshi, Cerdal, Frédéric
• Ryuuhou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yara, Yuusaku, Rouzier, Gérard
• Shouryuu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakahara, Shigeru, Cerdal, Frédéric, Prata, Patrizio
• Shura (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyasu, Takehito, Roullier, Philippe
• Sigma (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yao, Kazuki, Cerdal, Frédéric
• Sion (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shimada, Bin, Cerdal, Frédéric

Staff:

• Abe, Michihisa (Producer)
• Watanabe, Jun (Sound Director)
• Izumi, Akihiro (Episode Director, Animation Director)
• Koshiba, Junya (Episode Director)
• Shimazaki, Nanako (Episode Director)
• Koyama, Takao (Script, Series Composition)
• Ueda, Hidehito (Storyboard, Chief Animation Director)
• Araki, Shingo (Character Design)
• Chino, Kyouko (Animation Director)
• Jinbo, Daisuke (Sound Effects)
• Kurumada, Masami (Original Creator)
• Tsutsui, Noriko (Art Director)

Reviews:

• User Alpharon (Score: 5/10):
  Esta review también está en español. Seiken Sensou-hen is the second saga of OVA of Fuuma no Kojirou, one of the not so popular stories of Masami Kurumada, the creator of Saint Seiya. This time, once again, we have various fights, flashy techniques, deaths and lots of bleeding foreheads. So let's begin... but, before that, a reminder: this is a sequel, so if you didn't watch the first part, don't read, since, well, there are a few minor spoilers from part one. Ok, now for real: SS-h's story shows us that, almost immediately after the war between the Fuuma and the Yasha, Kojirou clan's leader, andmost of the Fuuma members, were killed. The culprits: a group of warriors called Chaos. The reason: they're searching for the sacred swords, the strongest weapons in the world. Unfortunately for the bad guys, the only Fuuma that actually had a sword wasn't at home at the time of the attack. Now Kojirou seeks revenge, and found allies in those who also had sacred swords and oppose Chaos (one of them is Musashi Asuka, the main antagonist of Yasha-hen) triggering, once again, a holy war for the dominance of the swords. nnFrom this, one would though that the development will be very similar to Yasha-hen: two factions collide, 1 vs. 1 fights, and everybody dies almost immediately, for the sake of dynamic battles. While this is true, in SS-h the ninja techniques are replaced by sword techniques. In theory it would be more or less the same, but in practice, the battles end up being very repetitive, even by the standards of a classic shonen. They all follow the same pattern, with only a special attack for character, almost the same sequence of attacks (first the bad dude, then the good guy), and the outcome is the same in 90% of the fights (very different from Yasha-hen, where, except for Kojirou, you'll never knew who will survive). That's pretty lame... nnAs for the characters, they're in the same league of the fights: bellow the quality of the first set of OVA. Although in Yasha-hen the character didn't last long, at least the Fuuma members had something similar to a personality, and their crazy ninja skills gave them a special charisma. Now Kirikaze, Ryuho and Shoryu are left completely aside, and only Kojirou and Ryoma do something. The rest of the good guys (I mean, the others that have a sacred sword) hardly have dialogues, and their participation is minimal (This includes Musashi, which all in all, was the most complete character of the previous series). The bad guys are even more one-dimensional, and their leader, Chaos, is only a dark silhouette for five episodes, and when he finally appears he's as uninteresting as his minions. nnThe technical level is more or less the same as in Yasha-hen, although the animation is a little below in terms of quality. Even in that SS-h could keep up (and in Yasha-hen wasn't brilliant to begin with)... but compared…

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External Links:

• AniDB
• ANN
• Wikipedia

Related Anime/Manga:

• Fuuma no Kojirou: Yasha-hen (anime - Prequel)
• Fuuma no Kojirou: Fuuma Hanran-hen (anime - Sequel)
• Fuuma no Kojirou (manga - Adaptation)