Queen's Blade: Wandering Warrior - Queen's Blade: Wandering Warrior ■ Public Media TV anime series ■ Original Media character ■ Broadcast period April 2, 2009 - June 18, 2009
AT-X April 2, 2009 to June 18, 2009 (Episodes 1-12) Every Thursday 8:00-8:30
Chiba TV April 7, 2009 to June 23, 2009 (Episodes 1 to 12) Every Tuesday 25:00 to 25:30
Sun TV April 9, 2009 to June 25, 2009 (Episodes 1 to 12) Every Thursday 26:10 to 26:40
TOKYO MX April 10, 2009 to June 26, 2009 (Episodes 1 to 12) Every Friday 25:30 to 26:00 ■Broadcasting station・Broadcasting/AT-X, UHF independent UHF station ■Frequencies half an hour ■ Number of Episodes Episode 12 ■Original Story・Original work: Hobby Japan ■ Director・Director: Yoshimoto Kinji ■ Production Produced by: Genco Animation Production: ARMS Production: Queen's Blade Partners ■Works ©2009 HobbyJAPAN/Queen's Blade EX Partners ■ Story A wilderness off the road. White bones lie at your feet and steep cliffs surround you.
A masked girl with long hair confronts the myriad assassins, Melona.
The girl swung her sword down at Merona's shoulder.
Merona's body is cut open, but not a single drop of blood comes out. Merona takes advantage of an opportunity to cut off the girl's mask.
Melona says "What?! Who are you?"
The girl introduces herself.
"My name is Reina... Reina the noble warrior!"
Reina abandons her noble status and sets out on a journey to test her own abilities.
Reina meets various beautiful fighters and fights those who stand in her way.
I realize that the world is vast and full of unknowns.
And there is conflict with her older sister, Claudette, the Thundercloud General, who lives a different life from her.
Throughout her journey, she grows despite her pain, and decides to participate in the Queen's Blade...
Queen's Blade is a tournament to select the strongest and most beautiful queen in the name of God.
Only the battle will reveal who will sit on that glorious throne. ■Explanation A sexy battle between beautiful fighters in gorgeous bikini armor begins!
Far from the highway, at the edge of a wilderness littered with skeletons, a long-haired girl named Reina stands at the foot of a cliff facing an assassin. She abandoned her noble status and set out on a journey to test her own strength, and through various encounters she grew, even as she was hurt. Then she decided to participate in the Queen's Blade, a tournament to select the strongest and most beautiful queen in the name of God...
*Quoted from Bandai Channel ■Cast・Reina/Ayako Kawasumi・Risty/Yuko Kaida・Tomoe/Mamiko Noto・Claudette/Atsuko Tanaka・Erina/Kaori Mizuhashi・Shizuka/Hitomi Nabatame・Nanael/Aya Hirano・Echidna/Yuki Kaida・Noa/Mikako Takahashi・Alleyne/Eri Kitamura・Airi/Kanae Ito・Menace/Yuko Goto・Cetla/Fumihiko Tachiki・Melona/Rie Kugimiya・Analista/Miho Hino・Yumir/Ayaka Saito・Cattleya/Suzuka Yuzuki・Irma/Yui Kano・Nyx/Rie Tanaka・Melpha/Sayaka Ohara・Aldra/Miyu Takeuchi・Narration/Takako Honda ■ Main staff・Original work: HobbyJAPAN
・Planning/Atsushi Iwasaki, Ryoji Sakakima, Nobuhiro Osawa ・Series Composition/Tomohiro Matsu, Kinji Yoshimoto ・Original Supervision/Masanobu Kawahara ・Director/Kinji Yoshimoto ・Character Design/Rinshin ・Design Assistant/Koyuki Noguchi ・Original Character Design/Hirotaka Akaga, Eiwa, FS, Hiraku Kaneko, Kantaka, Kuuuchuu Yousai, Masahiro Kuroki, Zundarebon, Kazuhiro Takamura, Hirokazu Hisayuki, Yuzo Hirata, Ryu Matsu, Natsuki Mibu ・Editing/Takuma Editing Office ・Video Editing/Good Job (Yoshihiro Kohama, Kazuhiro Nagao)
・Sound Production/Magic Capsule ・Sound Effects/Yasuyuki Konno (Swara Pro)
・Recording Adjustment: Ayumu Anzai ・Recording Assistant: Mitsuharu Ito ・Recording Studio: Tabac ・Sound Production: Masazumi Yagihashi ・Casting Cooperation: Cho Matsuoka ・Music Producer: Atsushi Yamamori ・Music Production: Media Factory ・Publicity: Shinya Tsuruoka ・Cooperation: Yoshimi Nakajima (Quoras), Daisuke Kobayashi (Quoras)
・Homepage/www.queensblade.tv
・Production Desk: Shingo Chiba, Song MinJung, Ha SoYoung
・Chief animation directors: Rinshin, Noguchi Koyuki, Ishibashi Yukiko・Art director: Azuma Junichi・Art setting: Izumi Hiroshi・Color design: Yoshimoto Kinji, Matsubara Sadahime・Director of photography: Ikegami Shinji・Editors: Taguma Jun, Taguma Jun・Sound director: Aketagawa Jin・Music: Yokoyama Masaru・Producers: Tanaka Shinsaku, Yokota Masaaki, Minami Hiromasa, Yoshida Hirotaka, Morijiri Kazuaki・Production producers: Etchu Osamu, Hatakeyama Takuro・Produced by: Genco・Produced by: ARMS・Produced by: Queen's Blade Partners ■ Main Characters The second daughter of the powerful Earl Vance family on the continent of Reina. However, she has no interest in the enormous power she could eventually obtain or the oppressive life of an aristocrat, and instead devotes herself to training in swordsmanship to show her true strength, running away from home repeatedly in search of freedom.
Claudette is the eldest daughter of the Vance Count family, and is respected by the people and soldiers as a general who serves the Count more faithfully than anyone else. In addition to her excellent command skills, she also has the best sword skills on the continent. She is also known as the "Thundercloud General" because she uses a magical sword that is wrapped in lightning.
・Elina Reina's younger sister. She excels in martial arts and ninja skills, and in addition to guarding the Count, she also handles espionage and assassination activities. In addition to her specially made spear, she is a fearsome warrior who is adept at using iron claws and curses that can tear into the minds of her enemies. On the surface, she flashes an angelic smile.
Tomoe Hinomoto is an island nation at the far eastern edge of the country. She is a warrior shrine maiden at Masakado Shrine, which is entrusted with protecting the nation. Her duties include not only repelling invaders from the continent, but also defeating monsters within the country. She is always smiling, and her honest and modest personality endears her to the people of the territory.
・Risty is the leader of the bandit gang, and leads her subordinates in raiding and robbing the caravans of corrupt lords and merchants. She is rough and has a short temper. She is usually a good-natured, sisterly person, and is loved by her subordinates and the local people, even though they fear her barbaric behavior.
Born as the daughter of the Kouma ninja group, the most feared ninja group in Shizukahinomoto, she is a genius ninja who became their leader by hereditary succession. She undertakes to eliminate the warrior shrine maiden Tomoe, but is defeated by her and feels ashamed of her own smallness of character. After that, she leaves the Kouma ninja army to serve Tomoe.
Nanael: She was sent to the earthly world as an emissary of the heavenly world to broadcast the Queen's Blade, but in reality she is a dropout angel from the heavenly world. She is ordered by the archangel to monitor Reina's movements as a test. She completely makes fun of the creatures on earth.
-Melona A shapeshifter who can freely and instantly change the shape of her body, she is a terrifying monster who is skilled in espionage and assassination, surpassing human comprehension. This time she was sent in with the order to disrupt the Queen's Blade. She is very childish and loves to play malicious pranks.
Menace: Princess of Amara, an ancient kingdom that collapsed thousands of years ago. Although originally naive and gentle, she is also a master of the deadly martial arts passed down through the royal family for generations. She wields a cat-headed weapon, Setra, who is still alive and an important conversation partner.
Airi is a wraith summoned from another world, who has been cursed with a spell of submission by the "Witch of the Swamp." Airi serves her servants without complaint, despite being overworked, and cannot remain in this world unless she continues to absorb the life force of the living.
Echidna
A veteran elven mercenary who has lived for over 500 years. She has superhuman speed and exceptional fighting techniques, and is undefeated in individual matches. She is a strong candidate to win the Queen's Blade tournament, but has no interest in the throne.
The current queen, having won the Aldra Queen's Blade twice in a row. She is a cursed half-demon born to the daughter of the Pope, the highest religious leader on earth, and the Demon King of the underworld. She wears a hood even during the tournament, and is usually invisible, so few people know what she looks like.
Born half elf, Nowa is the guardian of the forest, guarding the entrance to the forest every day. She is good friends with the animals of the forest, and her best friend is Lou. Lou is a reliable bodyguard who can instantly harden her body to protect Nowa.
・Allen
One of the oldest warriors of the Forest Elves, who has lived for over 1000 years. He is unsociable, strict and strict with himself and others, and serves as the warrior chief of the Elven Forest. He has a habit of teaching others things, so he is called "Instructor." He is an old friend of Echidna, a veteran mercenary.
As the daughter of the Dwarven King, Ymir has been in charge of running her ancestral steelworks for over 50 years, but the business is currently struggling. Ymir hopes to improve business by participating in the Queen's Blade and promoting her homemade products, weapons made from Iron Mountain.
Cattleya Owen and Cattleya have been together for many years, overcoming many adventures and hardships together. However, one day Owen suddenly disappears. Cattleya decides to participate in the Queen's Blade in order to find a clue about her husband.
Irma: Normally, she works as an unassuming cleaning lady in the slums of the city, but in reality, she is a member of the Fang Assassins, an assassination unit directly under the current Queen. She is a ruthless killer who has steadily completed her missions, but few people know of her existence.
Nix is a wandering magician who can freely control fire. She has a strong sense of justice, but is unable to control her abilities or emotions. Born as the daughter of a low-class worker, she hates the injustice of the world with a passion. One day, she comes into possession of a mysterious wand that changes her life.
A high priestess who serves the god Melpha and is known as the "Saint." Due to her gentle personality and inability to say no, she is forced to participate in the tournament as the representative of her sect. Although she is not good at fighting, she fights using her abilities to heal her own wounds and inflict divine punishment on her opponents. ■Subtitle Episode 1: Spirit ~ Wandering Warrior (2009/04/02)
Episode 2: The Path to Becoming a Warrior Priestess (2009/04/09)
・Episode 3: Attack of the Tempest ~ Veteran Mercenary (2009/04/16)
Episode 4: Conflict ~ General of the Thunder Clouds (2009/04/23)
・Episode 5/Resurrection ~Ancient Princess (2009/04/30)
Episode 6: Promise - Guardian of the Forest (2009/05/07)
Episode 7: Advent - Angel of Light (2009/05/14)
Episode 8: Secret Activities - The Fang Assassin (2009/05/21)
・Episode 9/Red Heart ~ The Weapon Shop and the Steel Princess (2009/05/28)
Episode 10: Enlightenment - Dragon's Blow (2009/06/04)
Episode 11: The End of a Deadly Battle (2009/06/11)
・Episode 12/Opening the Gate ~ The Path to Queen (2009/06/18) ■ Related works・Queen's Blade: Successor to the Throne ・Queen's Blade: Beautiful Warriors ・Queen's Blade: Rebellion ・Queen's Blade: UNLIMITED
・Queen's Blade: Everyone's Coming Out? Gynos Academy Rampage!
・Queen's Blade: It's coming out after all? Gynos Academy Rampage!
・Queen's Blade: An Underwater Arena Full of Beautiful Warriors・Queen's Blade: A New Master and Disciple, A New Battle・Queen's Blade: Instructor Alleyne's Hard-Working Boot Camp・Queen's Blade: Rebellion: The Saint's Torment, The Door of Faith Reopens・Queen's Blade: Sigui's Sacred Pose Lesson・Queen's Blade: Rebellion: Can You See by Breaking the Limits!?
・Hagure Yuusha no Kichiku Aesthetica vs Queen's Blade Rebellion ・Vanquished Queens ・Vanquished Queens Bonus Video ・Queen's Blade Grimoire ■ Theme songs and music・OP1
・Get the Door
・Lyrics: Keiko Kimoto ・Composition: Tatsushi Hayashi ・Arrangement: Tatsushi Hayashi, Masaru Yokoyama ・Voice: Rie Ohashi
・ED1
Memories and Promises Lyrics: Keiko Kimoto Composition: Tatsushi Hayashi Arrangement: Tatsushi Hayashi, Masaru Yokoyama Singers: Reina (Ayako Kawasumi), Tomoe (Mamiko Noto), Nanael (Aya Hirano) Queen's Blade: Wandering Warrior - Review and Recommendation Queen's Blade: Wandering Warrior is a TV anime series that aired in 2009, based on the characters of Hobby Japan. The series tells the story of beautiful warriors in beautiful bikini armor who participate in the Queen's Blade, a tournament to select the strongest and most beautiful queen in the name of God. Below, we will explain in detail the appeal and features of this work, as well as the recommended points. Story and Characters The story centers around Reina, the second daughter of the Vance Count family. She gives up her noble status and sets off on a journey to test her own abilities. Through her interactions and battles with the various beautiful warriors she meets along the way, Reina grows as a person. In particular, her feud with her older sister Claudette and her relationship with her younger sister Elina add depth to the story. In addition to Reina, many other unique characters appear. For example, Tomoe, a warrior shrine maiden, Risty, the leader of a band of bandits, and Nanael, a dropout angel from heaven, each character has their own background and purpose, which adds excitement to the story. There are also plenty of fantasy elements, such as Melona, a shapeshifter, and Menace, the princess of an ancient kingdom, which draws viewers in. Visuals and fight scenes One of the great attractions of Queen's Blade: Wandering Warrior is its beautiful visuals and dynamic battle scenes. The character designs are by Rinshin, and the bikini armor of each beautiful warrior is very detailed and attractive. In addition, the battle scenes bring out the individuality and abilities of each character to the fullest, making it a visual treat. Melona's transformation ability and Claudette's lightning-filled swordsmanship are particularly impressive. Music and voice acting The opening theme "Get the Door" is sung by Ohashi Rie, and the ending theme "Memories and Promise" is sung by Kawasumi Ayako, who plays Reina, Noto Mamiko, who plays Tomoe, and Hirano Aya, who plays Nanael. These songs are important elements that liven up the atmosphere of the story. The voice actors are also impressive, expressing the individuality of each character. In particular, the acting of Kawasumi Ayako, who plays Reina, and Tanaka Atsuko, who plays Claudette, brings out the charm of their characters. Recommended points Queen's Blade: Wandering Warrior is especially recommended for those who like fantasy and action. It is a work that you can enjoy beautiful visuals, unique characters, and dynamic battle scenes. In addition, it depicts the growth of characters and changes in human relationships throughout the story, so it is also recommended for those who want to enjoy a deep story. Furthermore, this work is part of a series, and there are many related works. You can enjoy this world view more deeply by enjoying other works such as Queen's Blade: Successor to the Throne and Queen's Blade Rebellion. If you are a fan of fantasy anime, you should definitely check it out. summary Queen's Blade: Wandering Warrior is a work that is attractive for its beautiful visuals, unique characters, and dynamic battle scenes. You can enjoy a deep story through Reina's growth and interactions with other beautiful warriors. It is especially recommended for those who like fantasy and action, so please watch it. There are also many related works, so you can enjoy the world view more deeply by enjoying the entire series. |
