Eden’s Bowy

Synopsis:

Characters:

• Dyne, Ulgar (Main) - Voice Actors: Sugawara, Masashi, Jansen, Shackleford
• Elisiss (Main) - Voice Actors: Shiina, Hekiru, Chen, Camille
• Yorn (Main) - Voice Actors: Yamaguchi, Kappei, Minnich, John
• Agumaika (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Loveless, Christopher, Tsujitani, Kouji
• Belnarl (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ogata, Masahiro, Faires, Robert
• Colliant (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Newell, Robert, Ogata, Mitsuru
• Denilmo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamazaki, Wakana, Rivera, Angela
• Enefeaa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Igarashi, Rei, Witt, Carla
• Fenis (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nagashima, Yuko, Rivera, Rachel
• Galowa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nomura, Kenji, Webster, Ken
• Gilgamesh (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsuo, Ginzou, Dieterich, Lana, McReilly, Rusty
• Goldo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakata, Kazuhiro, Berry, Ron
• Gustini (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kosugi, Mitsuru, Jones, Judson
• Michaela (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueda, Yuuji, Chisholm, Barbara
• Mikenika, Nyako (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mizuhashi, Kaori, Suire, Jai
• Oltran (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsuo, Ginzou, Brenner, Wayne
• Parella (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Touma, Yumi, Courtney, Michelle
• Persia, Konyako (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Bauman, Meg, Kuriyama, Chiaki
• Quen (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takahashi, Hiroki, Cheevers, Roy
• Ramba (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Madono, Mitsuaki, Blanz, Donnie
• Randit, Spike (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ootomo, Ryuuzaburou, Meyer, Josh
• Roloboot (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsuchiya, Toshihide, Taylor, Douglas
• Sakimi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawamura, Maria, Miller, Tracy
• Sakura (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yoshizumi, Kozue, Smolins, Jessica
• Toyosumu, Mani (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nishimura, Tomomichi, R. Jarrott, David
• Vilogg (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tachiki, Fumihiko, Kraft, Robert
• Wagner (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kosugi, Mitsuru, Baker, Britt
• Wedge, Witto (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Narita, Ken, Jepson, Brian
• Wedge, Hairra (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishimura, Tomoko, Dilts, Kimberly

Staff:

• Hasegawa, Hiroshi (Producer)
• Yokoyama, Shinjirou (Producer)
• Urasaki, Nobumitsu (Assistant Producer)
• Sunaga, Tsukasa (Director, Storyboard, Chief Animation Director)
• Yoshida, Shunji (Director, Episode Director)
• Hishikawa, Naoki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Shimizu, Akira (Episode Director)
• Sogo, Masashi (Script, Series Composition)
• Tanaka, Tetsuo (Script)
• Terahigashi, Katsumi (Storyboard)
• Yoshinaga, Naoyuki (Storyboard)
• Shiina, Hekiru (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance)
• Fujiwara, Mikio (Key Animation)
• Furihata, Masahiro (Key Animation)
• Hashimoto, Hideki (Key Animation)
• Hashimoto, Takayoshi (Key Animation)
• Heima, Kouji (Key Animation)
• Hidaka, Mayumi (In-Between Animation, Key Animation)
• Ikai, Kazuyuki (Key Animation)
• Ishida, Keiichi (Key Animation)
• Ishikawa, Youichi (Key Animation)
• Kawamori, Noboru (Key Animation)
• Kouno, Keiko (Key Animation)
• Kumazawa, Hideki (Key Animation)
• Maesawa, Hiromi (Key Animation)
• Matsushita, Junko (Key Animation)
• Miyamoto, Yukiko (Key Animation)
• Miyazaki, Yasuko (Key Animation)
• Mochida, Takeshi (Color Design)
• Morimoto, Hirofumi (Key Animation)
• Morishita, Shougo (Key Animation)
• Nagayoshi, Kouki (Background Art)
• Nakaya, Kouichi (Key Animation)
• Narasaki, Sanae (Key Animation)
• Oda, Mayumi (Key Animation)
• Ogata, Daisuke (Key Animation)
• Sawamura, Tooru (Animation Check)
• Sekizaki, Takaaki (Key Animation)
• Shigekuni, Hiroko (Key Animation)
• Shouji, Masahiro (Sound Effects)
• Takada, Sachiyo (In-Between Animation)
• Takayama, Chieko (Editing)
• Tennouji, Kitsune (Original Creator)
• Tsubata, Yoshiaki (Animation Director)
• Tsuchiya, Kei (In-Between Animation)
• Tsukuma, Takenori (Key Animation)
• Uehara, Shouichi (Special Effects)
• Watanabe, Hidetoshi (Director of Photography)
• Watanabe, Junko (Key Animation)
• Yamagata, Atsushi (Layout)

Reviews:

• User ggultra2764 (Score: 8/10):
  Eden’s Bowy made for a solid fantasy/ adventure series focused on the journey of Yorn, Elisiss and Ulger Dyne as they tried tracking down the whereabouts of Yorn’s father and dealt with hostilities they faced from those in the floating cities of Yulgaha and Yaunes. The series does a great job at fleshing out many of its prominent characters and exploring the world in which Eden’s Bowy takes place. Many of the characters that the series focuses on are involved with and have had tragic pasts and developments that they are trying to overcome while dealing with the hostilities from the actions of authority figuresin both of the floating cities. The most interesting of these developments for me came from the story concerning Hairra’s origins which proves to be quite the tragic one and effects the developments of Fennis and Vito’s characters throughout the series as they handle her not so normal situation and being pawns of the crooked Yulgaha priests. nnThe show also does a solid job at its world building to establish the different societies that those on the ground, Yulgaha and Yaunes have. Yulgaha and Yaunes are seen as very sophisticated societies in the future setting of Eden’s Bowy which shows itself rather well with the seemingly modern city landscape of Yulgaha and the futuristic like environment of Yaunes. This is considerably different compared to the barbaric and feudal lifestyles and clothing that those on the surface experience and dress in on a regular basis. The series does resort to the typical “science vs religion” clash between Yaunes and Yulgaha as their societies are governed by both respectively (Yaunes uses mecha, Yulgaha having six magical priests) and use them as their primary means of combat.nnIn terms of plotting, Eden’s Bowy switches its focus between the differing factions and characters seen throughout the series with Yorn’s group, the six Yulgaha priests, Hairra and her group, Yaunes leader Nyako and her two incompetent cohorts and Yorn’s rival Spike Randit. The series takes its time unraveling the true nature and goals of these various characters and factions with the first half mostly focused on exploring its world and the situations faced by its characters yet dropping hints of tensions developing between the factions and motives of the characters. The second half is when the plot starts to escalate when Yulgaha and Yaunes finally go at each other’s throats, some characters come to terms with the problems they have faced throughout the show and we come to learn more of the mysteries surrounding a few key characters alluded to from earlier episodes. The show reasonably explores its world and develops both its plot and characters within its 26 episodes without leaving behind too many loose ends.nnIf there is one major problem I had with Eden’s Bowy, it would have to be that those within Yaunes are quite underdeveloped compared to what we see of Yorn’s group, Spike and characters within Yulgaha. For the most part, characters in Yaunes seemed to be…
• User hauptg (Score: 9/10):
  A really great series and you can find a dub version out there. I tried to watch this once and discarded it because it had an older artwork look. I came across it again and watched two episodes and was hooked. Not only does it have a great storyline, but it also has some comedy mixed in that makes you laugh. Not many anime actually humor me.
• User denilmo (Score: 9/10):
  I loved Eden's Bowy. The internal struggles of the characters, especially Yorn and Elisiss, are great. And the haunting past of Spike, he is one of my favorite characters. Now granted, don't watch it expecting the smooth art style of anime done today but it's the older style that makes it lovable too. If you like fantasy type anime then at least give it a try and hopefully you won't be disappointed.
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Related Anime/Manga:

• Eden's Bowy (manga - Adaptation)