The Story of the Sacred Knight of Another World: A thorough review of the fascinating world view and character depth

A comprehensive review and recommendation of The Tale of the Holy Knights of Another World - Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari

■ Public Media

OVA

■ Original Media

Anime Original

■ Release date

May 22, 2009 *Previewed on Animax PPV Premiere prior to release.

■Release and sales

・Released and sold by: VAP

■Frequencies

51 min

■ Number of Episodes

Episode 13

■Original Story

Masaki Kajishima

■ Director

Koji Yoshikawa

■ Production

Animation production: AIC Spirits, BeSTACK
・Production, copyright/vap

■Works

©AIC/VAP

■ Story

Giants over tens of meters tall roam the parallel world known as "Geminar"!
A giant humanoid weapon called a "Seijin" that runs on a powerful sub-magical power source. A boy is summoned from Earth to pilot it. His name is "Masaki Kenshi"...
He was the strongest boy who would inherit the name of Kajishima World, and the boy of destiny...
The "Tale of the Holy Knight of Another World," which was conceived by Masaki Kajishima before the release of "Tenchi Muyo! GXP" (2002) and whose existence has been rumored among Kajishima's fans, is finally unveiled!
Action, romance, and hot springs?! A school comedy, so look forward to it!

■Explanation

Three years have passed since the third season of Tenchi Muyo!
Masaki Kajishima's new story finally begins...

*Quoted from Bandai Channel

■Cast

・Masaki Kenshi/Shimono Hiro・Rashara Earth/Yonezawa Madoka・Kyaia Fran/Kuwatani Natsuko・Wauanli Shume/Nakagawa Rie・Yurait Mest/Suzuki Tatsuhisa・Dagmire Mest/Sato Takuya・Mezaia Fran/Tsunematsu Ayumi・Aura Shuriphon/Noda Junko・Licia Po China/Omura Kana・Lapis Lars/Konno Hiromi・Doll/Goto Mai・Babalun Mest/Yasumoto Hiroki・Emera/Hiyo・Ran/Kugimiya Rie・Cordiné/Abe Yukie・Flora Nanadan/Matsuki Miyu・Yukine Mare/Sonozaki Mie・Maria Nanadan/Saito Momoko・Shurifon King /Miyazaki Hiromu - Cliff Kreese/Takahashi Kenji - Neizai Wang/Tsunematsu Ayumi - Naua/Takahashi Kenji - Neizai Wang (Leia)/Abe Yukie - Morga/Hosoya Rie - Elder/Takahashi Kenji - Pope/Saito Ryugo - Headmaster/Akaike Hiroko - Alan/Sasada Takayuki - Angela/Ishikawa Ayano - Vanessa/Uono Aki - Maya/Tartaeli Neil/Miyazaki Hiromu - Celes Tite/Sasada Takayuki - Hazuki/Ishikawa Ayano - Yellis/Tartaeli Boule/Akaike Hiroko - Leda/Uono Aki - Gurino/Ishikawa Ayano - Hanna/Sudo Erika - Josie/Kano Chiaki - Cliff's uncle/Miyazaki Hiromu

■ Main staff

・Original story and general supervision: Kajishima Masaki ・Planning: Hirayama Hiroshi, Miura Toru, Tsumi Masafumi ・Series composition: Shirane Hideki ・Character original concept: Enami Katsumi ・Image board: Nozui ・Character design and general animation director: Watanabe Hajime ・Mecha design: Washio Naohiro ・Prop design: Sato Daiki, Matsumoto Masako, Ogawa Hiroshi ・Main animators: Kawamura Kosuke, Matsuda Souichiro, Ishimoto Eiji ・Art director: Inoue Kyo (KSANAGI)
・Main art setting/Nobuhito Sue (KUSANAGI)
・Color design/Aiko Matsuyama ・Director of photography/Ryosuke Omae ・Editor/Shota Miyama ・Sound director/Jun Watanabe ・Sound effects/Tomokazu Mitsui (Soundbox)
・Music by Akifumi Tada ・Music Production by BeSTACK
・Music production cooperation: IMAGINE
・Title logo/G-FLUS
・HD video editing/Q-Tech (Nakamura Koji, Iriyama Shinji)
・Recording adjustment: Yasunori Ebina, Akira Noguchi (Sound Team Don Juan)
・Recording Assistant: Yamaki Daiki (Sound Team Don Juan)
・Sound Production Manager: Sasaki Satoshi ・Sound Production: Trinity Sound ・Recording Studio: Boomerang Studio ・Production Desk: Karasu Ryuji ・Assistant Production Desk: Tamura Tsukasa ・Setting Production: Murakami Shinya ・Public Relations: Yamada Yoji, Omori Haruka, Mine Kaihiko ・Web Production: Wada Hiroyuki, Hayashi Karyu ・Serialization: Monthly Comic REX (Ichijinsha Publishing)
Producers: Yasuo Ueda, Shoji Ota, Yoshiyuki Matsuzaki Animation Producer: Toshiyuki Nagano Director: Koji Yoshikawa Animation Production: AIC Spirits, BeSTACK
・Production, copyright/vap

■ Main Characters

The protagonist of this story is 15 years old. He is a boy who was summoned to Geminar from another world, even though the summoning ceremony cannot be performed during that time.
●Rashara Earth of the Citraille Empire The 28th princess of the Citraille Empire. After her father's sudden death, she inherited the throne at a young age. She enrolls in an academy in the Holy Land to train.
・Maya (Grandmother)
The chief chamberlain who oversees the servants of Lashara. With many years of experience serving the Citraille royal family, he has a keen eye for people and senses something extraordinary about the swordsman.
- Angela not only takes care of LaShara's personal needs, but also provides a wide range of support, including bodyguard and secretarial work.
・Vanessa Like Angela, she supports LaShara.
Kyaia Fran A young Sacred Mecha pilot who serves as Princess Lashara's guardian. She is also a student at the Holy Land.
Mezaia Fran: Martial arts instructor at the Holy Land Academy. Kyaia's older sister, unlike the serious Kyaia, she has a hedonistic personality. She is also a Holy Knight, known as a Holy Knight, who uses healing sub-magic.
Like Wauanli Shumekya, he is a student of the Holy Land, but he belongs to a group of engineers called the Barrier Workshop, and is a Holy Mecha master known as a Holy Mecha Craftsman.
・The son of Dagmire Mestbabarun, he is a Sacred Mecha Master. His abilities are top-notch, but he is also very proud and sometimes loses his cool. He is an idol in the Holy Land, and has formed an ideological group with outstanding male students.
Babalun Mestcitreille, Prime Minister of the Empire. An ambitious man who is also an excellent Sacred Mecha Craftsman, he is plotting something using the Sacred Mecha God.
Yurait Mest is a talented Sacred Mechanic and a popular teacher in the "Holy Land," but he also cooperates with his brother Babarun's schemes. However, it seems that he has a different motive than Babarun.
・Doll A mysterious holy knight. Age unknown (estimated 12 years old), female. The strongest holy knight of the Babalun army, everything about her is shrouded in mystery.
- A woman wearing a mask called Neizai Wan, whose identity and motives are a mystery.
・They have biocommunication capabilities between the Koro species, allowing them to exchange information about enemies over long distances where their cries cannot reach. Taking advantage of the fact that Koro inhabit almost every region, they can detect the approach of ships with high-power sub-magic power reactors and the Sacred Machines.
Aura Shuriphon, the Kingdom of Shuriphon. Princess of Shuriphon. Despite her status as a princess, she is also a Sacred Mecha Pilot who fights on the front lines. A Dark Elf girl and one of the most senior students at the Holy Land.
King Shuriphon The king of Shuriphon, the country of the dark elves, and Aura's father.
Maria Nanadan of Havoniwa. Princess of Havoniwa. She is a cousin of Rashara, but they do not get along well. Although she has an elegant appearance, her personality is similar to Rashara's.
Yukine Mea A sacred knight who serves Maria in the country of Havoniwa. A beautiful and taciturn woman, she is nicknamed "Ice Doll" because of her appearance, but she is also shy and kind-hearted, and just an airhead.
Flora Nanadan: Queen of Havoniwa. Maria's mother and Rashara's aunt.
●President of Holy Land Academy He mainly manages the Holy Land Academy, but is also the highest authority in the Holy Land.
- Hannah is in charge of managing all aspects of life at the Holy Land.
Licia Po China: The granddaughter of the current Pope of the Church and student council president of the Holy Land Academy. Although she is a strict and nagging girl, she is trusted by her students. She calls swordsmen "wild animals."
Lapis Lars: Licia's younger sister and swordsman classmate. She supports Licia in many ways.
Celes: A male Sacred Mecha pilot and swordsman's classmate.
The cleaning department chief who works as a Holy Land employee under Josie Hanna.
A female student in the upper grades who chases after the Yeris swordsman. She is the leader of the group of four.
・One of the four members of the Leda group.
・One of the four members of the Boule group.
・One of the four members of the Gurino group.
Emera: Although she is quiet, she is devoted to Dagmire. She is always by his side and acts together with him.
Cliff Kreese: A male Sacred Mecha Master. He shares Dagmire's ideas and begins to work with him.
- An old friend of Alandagmire, they are always together at the academy.
- Like Neil Alan, he is an old friend of Dagmire.
The leader of the bandits who attacked the Cordine resort. A ronin and holy machine pilot.
・Lancordine's daughter. She has a keen nose for money-making ventures.
●Church/Pope The highest-ranking monk in the Church and Licia's grandfather.
A liaison officer sent by the church to Swan to subjugate Leia Babarun.
The father of Nauakia and Mezaia of the Barrier Workshop, he is a holy mechanic under the Church who conducts research at the Barrier Workshop. He is also the teacher of Wauanley.

■ Main robot items

A Sacred Machine of a Swordsman from Another World A Sacred Machine that appears when a Swordsman pilots it. It is a transformation form unique to highly capable users, known as a "tailed" form, and there is no record of a white Sacred Machine in this "Geminar," which shocked Lashara and the others.
●A Sacred Machine Maniac that appears when Kyaia of the Citreille Empire pilots it. It has a "tail" and is a Sacred Machine Maniac with a good balance of power and speed. In "Burst State" when the sub-magical power is in the high rotation range, the tail swells up and hair-like tufts appear from the head and elbows.
・Wau Anri's Sacred Machine A sacred machine that appears when Wau Anri pilots it. This machine also has a "tail" and is originally a power type. The tail is curled so that it can be equipped with heavy armor, and it is originally long.
A sacred machine being that appears when Aura, the sacred machine being of Aura in the country of Shuriphon, rides it, and it has a "tail". It is particularly good at speed, and when in burst mode, its tail spreads out to the left and right like a peacock.

■Subtitle

・Episode 1: The White and Black Sacred Machines (2009/05/22)
・Episode 2/To the Holy Land (2009/06/24)
・Episode 3: Those Who Don't Work... (2009/07/24)
・Episode 4/Pendant (2009/08/21)
・Episode 5: Chased, Chased (2009/09/26)
・Episode 6/Vacation (2009/10/21)
・Episode 7/Competition Tournament (2009/11/27)
Episode 8: Attack (2009/12/23)
Episode 9/Intentions (2010/01/27)
・Episode 10/Home (2010/02/24)
・Episode 11/Kekkai Workshop (2010/03/26)
Episode 12/Fruiting (2010/04/21)
・Episode 13/Gaia (2010/05/26)

■ Related works

・Tenchi Muyo! Ryouuki Seasons 1-5 ・Tenchi Muyo!
・New Tenchi Muyo!
・Love・Tenchi Muyo!
・Theatrical version Tenchi Muyo! in LOVE
・Tenchi Muyo! Midsummer's Eve ・Tenchi Muyo! in LOVE2: Faraway Feelings ・Photon Dual! Parare Lun Lun Story

■ Theme songs and music

・OP1
・Follow Me feat.Sound Around
Lyrics: Kagami Seira; Composition: Ishizuka Eiichiro; Arrangement: Moriya Tomoharu; Singer: Kagami Seira

・ED1
・Destino
・Lyrics/Alchemy+
・Composition/Alchemy+
・Arrangement/Alchemy+
・Song: Alchemy+

■ Evaluation and recommendation

"The Story of the Holy Knight of Another World" is a work that depicts a new fantasy world while inheriting the unique worldview of Masaki Kajishima. Released as an OVA in 2009, it is a compact 13-episode work, but it is packed with deep storylines and attractive characters. Let's take a closer look at the appeal and evaluation of this work, as well as the recommended points.

Story and worldview

"The Story of the Sacred Mecha Pilot of Another World" is set in a parallel world called Geminar and follows the adventures of a young boy, Kenshi Masaki, who pilots a giant humanoid weapon called a "Sacred Mecha Pilot." Kenshi is summoned from Earth and plunges into a new life and battles in a parallel world. While this setting is a classic parallel world fantasy, the addition of Masaki Kajishima's unique perspective gives the story more depth.

The world of Geminar is home to multiple nations, including the Citreille Empire, Shuriphon, and Havoniwa, each with their own unique culture and politics. The negotiations, conflicts, and cooperation between these nations form the main axis of the story, drawing viewers in. Additionally, an educational institution called Holy Land Academy appears, and youthful elements such as school life and martial arts tournaments are also incorporated. This makes it fun not only as an alternative world fantasy, but also as a school comedy.

The story begins with the initial confusion of the swordsman being summoned to another world, and gradually his role and purpose become clear. Particular highlights include the existence of giant weapons called Seikijin and the swordsman's growth as a pilot. Seikijin have a special form known as a "tailed" one, and their abilities are maximized in battle scenes. The power and beauty of the action scenes are one of the major attractions of this work.

character

The main character, Kenshi Masaki, is a boy who is summoned to another world, but he is a character who shows strong will and growth. His story of growth resonates with viewers and is at the center of the story. Around Kenshi, a group of unique characters gather, including Lashara Earth, Kyaia Fran, and Wauanli Shume, and their interactions and conflicts enrich the story.

Lashara Earth is the princess of the Citreille Empire and the summoner of the swordsman. Her strong leadership and kindness support the growth of the swordsman. In addition, the Sacred Mecha Masters such as Kyaia Fran and Wauanli Shume each have different backgrounds and abilities, and play an important role as allies who fight alongside the swordsman.

The villains, such as the antagonist Babalun Mest, his son Dagmire Mest, and the mysterious Sacred Mecha Master Doll, are also fascinatingly portrayed. Babalun in particular is an ambitious character with deep motives, and his actions add tension to the story.

Animation and Music

The animation for "The Sacred Mecha Pilot of Another World" was produced by AIC Spirits and BeSTACK, and features beautiful visuals and smooth movements. The battle scenes of the Sacred Mecha Pilots in particular are a visual treat, with a perfect blend of detailed drawings and dynamic direction. The character designs are by Katsumi Enami, and bring out the charm of each character to the fullest.

In terms of music, the opening theme "Follow Me feat. Sound Around" and the ending theme "Destino" add to the atmosphere of the work. The opening theme features Kagami Seira's powerful singing voice and a grand melody composed by Ishizuka Eiichiro, enhancing the sense of adventure of the story. Meanwhile, the ending theme "Destino" features beautiful harmonies by Alchemy+ and a fantastical melody that deepens the worldview of the work. These songs help immerse the viewer in the story.

Recommended points

"The Story of the Holy Knight of Another World" is a fusion of fantasy and school comedy, and is a work that can be enjoyed by a wide range of viewers. In particular, the following points are the reasons for recommending it.

1. **Deep story and fascinating characters**: The growth story of the swordsman and the background and personality of each character enrich the story. Viewers can empathize and sympathize with their adventures and relationships.

2. **Beautiful animation and powerful action**: The battle scenes of the Seikijin are a visual treat, with meticulous drawings and dynamic direction. The transformation scenes of the Seikijin with tails are especially not to be missed.

3. **Masaki Kajishima's unique worldview**: The charm and depth of otherworldly fantasy, which is common to all of Masaki Kajishima's works, is carried over to this work. This is a work that fans cannot miss.

4. **Music Quality**: The opening and ending songs set the mood and help immerse the viewer in the story. The opening "Follow Me feat. Sound Around" is a powerful song that enhances the sense of adventure.

5. **Compact structure**: Although it is a compact 13-episode series, it is packed with deep storylines and fascinating characters. It can be easily enjoyed even by busy viewers.

Comparison with related works

"The Sacred Mecha Pilot of Another World" is also related to other works by Kajishima Masaki. In particular, the "Tenchi Muyo!" series is a work that also depicts the worldview of Kajishima Masaki, and is a related work that fans cannot miss. The "Tenchi Muyo!" series is a work that combines fantasy in another world with comedy elements, and has a common appeal with "The Sacred Mecha Pilot of Another World". In addition, "Photon" and "Dual! Parale Runrun Monogatari" are also works that allow you to enjoy Masaki Kajishima's unique worldview. By watching these works, you will be able to understand the appeal of "The Sacred Mecha Pilot of Another World" even more deeply.

Conclusion

"The Sacred Mecha Pilot of Another World" is a work filled with Masaki Kajishima's unique worldview, deep story, and fascinating characters. With beautiful animation, powerful action, and high-quality music, it is full of elements that draw the viewer in. This is a work that we highly recommend to those who like fantasy in another world and school comedy, and those who are interested in Masaki Kajishima's works. Although it has a compact structure of 13 episodes, it will provide deep emotion and enjoyment.