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Title (English) Himiko-den

Title (Japanese) Himiko-den

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Fantasy Novel

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Synopsis It's an action/adventure fantasy of a girl who is magically sent away as a baby during a war from an ancient world of swords and sorcery to our world where she grows into a teen. Then she, and the boy who originally found her on Earth, are magically drawn back into the past world. (DB)

Review Well, the Japanese "Family Channel" is currently rebroadcasting the 1999 series "Himiko-den", but it looks as if this series is yet another "piece of colored glass" rather than a "gem". First off, despite being a 1999 series, the general look, feel and style of Himiko-den is very much like a late 1980's OAV series. It's an action/adventure fantasy of a girl who is magically sent away as a baby during a war from an ancient world of swords and sorcery to our world where she grows into a teen. Then she, and the boy who originally found her on Earth, are magically drawn back into the past world. The first episode takes a long time to set this up, while not really telling much of what is going on. That's not bad in principle, but it is done so melodramatically here that it becomes a chore to watch the "paint-by-number" plotting.
Overall, the first episode was "ordinary" at best. There was nothing special about either the animation or the BGM. A number of people have commented that they like the opening theme, but it didn't do anything for me. ( I'm a jazz fan, so the OT was pretty much indistinguishable from a hundred other similar themes from my perspective. ) "Himiko-den" is apparently a short series, so I'll stick with it for a few more episodes to see if it gets any better, but I don't have high hopes at this point.
(Dave Baranyi)

Credits Series Director: Ayumi Tomobuki

Episodes 12

Release

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 1999 January 7 - 1999 March 31

Production

Broadcaster TV Tokyo

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Himiko-den
Title (Japanese)	Himiko-den
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes
Classification	-
Synopsis	It's an action/adventure fantasy of a girl who is magically sent away as a baby during a war from an ancient world of swords and sorcery to our world where she grows into a teen. Then she, and the boy who originally found her on Earth, are magically drawn back into the past world. (DB)
Review	Well, the Japanese "Family Channel" is currently rebroadcasting the 1999 series "Himiko-den", but it looks as if this series is yet another "piece of colored glass" rather than a "gem". First off, despite being a 1999 series, the general look, feel and style of Himiko-den is very much like a late 1980's OAV series. It's an action/adventure fantasy of a girl who is magically sent away as a baby during a war from an ancient world of swords and sorcery to our world where she grows into a teen. Then she, and the boy who originally found her on Earth, are magically drawn back into the past world. The first episode takes a long time to set this up, while not really telling much of what is going on. That's not bad in principle, but it is done so melodramatically here that it becomes a chore to watch the "paint-by-number" plotting. Overall, the first episode was "ordinary" at best. There was nothing special about either the animation or the BGM. A number of people have commented that they like the opening theme, but it didn't do anything for me. ( I'm a jazz fan, so the OT was pretty much indistinguishable from a hundred other similar themes from my perspective. ) "Himiko-den" is apparently a short series, so I'll stick with it for a few more episodes to see if it gets any better, but I don't have high hopes at this point. (Dave Baranyi)
Credits	Series Director: Ayumi Tomobuki
Episodes	12
Release
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	1999 January 7 - 1999 March 31
Production
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.