Maze☆Bakunetsu Jikuu (TV)

Synopsis:

Characters:

• Dolnard, Woll (Main) - Voice Actors: Satou, Masaharu, Rankin, David Logan
• Maze (Main) - Voice Actors: Seki, Tomokazu, Mitsuishi, Kotono, Rabbai, Debora, Wolfe, Gregory
• Randy (Main) - Voice Actors: Nishimura, Chinami, Medlin, Michelle
• Reighe, Asterote (Main) - Voice Actors: Ishizuka, Unshou, Schwartz, Michael
• Sarris, Rapier (Main) - Voice Actors: Kobayashi, Yuuko, Savoy, Suzanne
• Schfoltzer, Solude (Main) - Voice Actors: Orikasa, Ai, Sands, Tara
• Varna, Mill (Main) - Voice Actors: Tange, Sakura, Wain, Elisa
• Bistal, Leyric (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Iwanaga, Tetsuya, Trust, Dan
• Bistal, Cassandra (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsuru, Hiromi, Floyd, Ramona
• Bistal, Nauclif (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kitamura, Kouichi, Gebhart, Curt
• Bossman (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nagasako, Takashi, Howard, Keith
• Chic (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Morikawa, Toshiyuki, Patrikios, Peter
• Dawson (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suzuki, Taimei, Gebhart, Curt
• Female Creator (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hyoudou, Mako, Conley, Shannon
• Gold (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miki, Shinichiro, Green, Dan
• Gorgeous (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Okiayu, Ryoutarou, Nagel, Rik
• Jipha (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Midorikawa, Hikaru, Green, Dan
• Juzeis, Kyle (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueda, Yuuji, Harrington, Matthew
• Magner (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yanami, Jouji, Howard, Keith
• Male Creator (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Watabe, Takeshi, Howard, Keith
• Marsh, Den (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakajima, Toshihiko, Nagel, Rik
• Medusa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shimazu, Saeko, Conley, Shannon
• Pochomkin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yanada, Kiyoyuki, Howard, Keith
• Ranchiki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Imai, Yuka, Echo, Mirm
• Saber (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyasu, Takehito, Green, Dan
• Samona (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Izumi, Hisashi, Harrington, Matthew
• Sis Lujenvarnar, Mayfield (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tange, Sakura, Crawford, Stacia
• Thanus (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hashi, Takaya, Howard, Keith
• Yoriki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Touma, Yumi, Conley, Shannon
• Zurgie (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Onosaka, Masaya, Gebhart, Curt

Staff:

• Umehara, Masaru (Producer)
• Suzuki, Iku (Director, Storyboard)
• Imaizumi, Kenichi (Episode Director, Animation Director)
• Kitagawa, Masato (Episode Director)
• Kobayashi, Tetsuya (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Matano, Hiromichi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Matsui, Hitoyuki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Okamoto, Hideki (Episode Director)
• Uetake, Sumio (Script)
• Yamada, Yasunori (Script)
• Hashimoto, Mitsuo (Storyboard)
• Isako, Kiyotaka (Storyboard, Assistant Director)
• Kagawa, Yutaka (Storyboard)
• Kizaki, Fuminori (Storyboard, Assistant Director)
• Takayanagi, Shigehito (Storyboard)
• Yamaguchi, Takeshi (Storyboard, Assistant Director)
• Yamazaki, Takashi (Storyboard)
• Demon Kakka (Theme Song Lyrics)
• Nishina, Kaori (Theme Song Performance)
• Abe, Michihisa (Chief Producer)
• Akahori, Satoru (Original Creator)
• Gotou, Masayuki (Character Design)
• Hasegawa, Katsumi (Screenplay, Series Composition)
• Hinata, Masaki (Animation Director)
• Masuda, Hirofumi (Key Animation)
• Miyata, Tomoyuki (Executive Producer)
• Nishimoto, Yukio (Assistant Director)
• Omishi, Rei (Original Character Design)
• Oogawara, Haruo (Animation Director)
• Shimizu, Hiroaki (Animation Director)
• Suganuma, Eiji (Original Character Design, Key Animation)
• Sugimoto, Isao (Animation Director)
• Takeuchi, Atsushi (Key Animation)
• Yamanaka, Norimasa (Music)

Reviews:

• User Prede (Score: 9/10):
  Now here is an anime that seems to have came, and went completely un-noticed in both Japan and America. Sure there was a movie in Japan, but no one really remembers this anime.(I think the movie was probally bad too...that might be areason. But I never saw the movie) I will,however, go out on a limb and say it's underated. It is a very good anime. It was probally overshadowed by other anime coming out around the same time. Most people who see this, seem to dislike it, but I think they are completely missing the point. They say "they copyed_____ from _____" when reallythe creators were making a slight nod to that anime...or movie. Yes the creators make some nods to Star Wars, and a few other Live Action movies, but they don't "copy" them :( ...but I digress.nnI watched most of this on Comcast's Anime Selects VOD. I recently bought the DVD Box Set, and watched the entire thing again. All in English, but I did watch part of an episode in Japanese to compare voices.nnPlot:n I thought the Plot was pretty good. Sure nothing "inspiring" or groundbraking, but critics and veiwers complain about it. They expetced too much from it(though only God knows why). They say it was train wreck of ideas, just trhown together, clearly this is untrue. I thought it was very well thought out. There are some real reasons why, but they are spoilers. Let's just say everything was planned out, and thought out with a grand idea in mind, from the start. Nothing seems forced or thrown together as critics have said. The main focus was the rebelion against Jainai Holy Group and the Creator, and althought on their journey there are some side stories, everything is a build up to the final battle(which is EPIC!!!), and the fight against the Creator. I really LOVED the way Jaina (a religious group) took control of the Kingdom. This entire anime had lots of social comentary about soicety that was easily overlooked by the masses. I won't get into any spoilers but just the way religion took control of the entire country is very interesting. Then it turns out they have no real interest in religion, but just power. VERY deep!! There are tons of "themes, lessons,commentary" and other interesting thoughts this anime raises, sadly ingored by everyone. Stuff like: the conflict of "pacifist" and "fighting to defend someone", "who should govern the people?", "the idea of selling yourself,(life and soul) to destory your enemy", "will revenge make you happy?", "when does a Kingdom (for the people) turn into an Empire(for the people in power)" and questions of "why you should fight", not to mention countless others. . Plus I just loved the whole rebels vs empire thing it had going on. The side stories added to the anime, something very hard to do. In some animes they seem forced, or added on to extend the lenght. While here they did not. Remeber it's all…
• User Winter (Score: 8/10):
  Ah, Maze. I tried watching it once upon a time and couldn’t even find it until recently. Now after just finishing it I’m ready to give in my two cents on this show. I wasn’t particularly expecting much. To be honest I was excepting the illegitimate child of Fushigi Yuugi and Ranma ½. I’m sure most people are after reading the synopsis. But no, this…strange but enjoyable show takes on a whole new twist that pretty much shattered those expectations for me. The story confused me. Not in the sense that I had no clue as to what was going on, more in thesense that it was just not what I expected. I can’t even begin to elaborate beyond the synopsis without giving spoilers, but I can tell you that it was a solid story. All loose ends were wrapped up quite nicely. I found myself unable to stop watching because I wanted to know what was going to happen next.nn I was very impressed with the character development. For one Maze (female version) started off to be the type of character that I hate. The perfect, everyone-loves-me, goody two-shoes who refuses to fight and believes all violence can be replaced with kind words and compromise. Gag me. The second she started that I wanted to reach into the screen and kill her. Thankfully she out-grows that, which I find amazing since most characters who start off that way manage to keep it up until the last episode. I did feel some characters got left behind in the whole characterization train, Aster and Mill for starters. I especially wish Mill had gotten more attention, as the thought of her someday becoming a Queen horrifies me. She’s cute, but sheesh. nnI’ll be honest, the art was gross. It wasn’t enough to turn me off the show completely but good grief. They were just outright lazy with the animation in this one. A couple of times I found myself stopping to ponder where their cheek bones stopped and their chin began, it was that bad. The animation does get better as the series progresses. It’s almost a bit jarring when that happens because you get so used to seeing their disproportionate faces, but in the end I’m glad for the change. I was impressed with the second to last battle, for the first time really since none of the other battles brought on that “EPIC!” feeling for me. nnThe music was mediocre. Nothing bad, but nothing to call home about. For the most part you will not notice it, especially since they’re good about not getting obnoxious with the add-in music. The opening song provided me with endless amusement. “MAZE IN YOUR FACE!” (Best or worst lyrics ever? I couldn’t decide) Moving on... nnI did enjoy this show immensely. I was a little…wary at first. I had decided to marathon it and through the whole first and second episode I kept thinking, “What have I gotten myself into?” I expected watching this…

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