If appearance were all that mattered, Shamanic Princess would be one of the greats. It looks like animated art nouveau, with lots of flowers and elaborate, swirling hair. The protagonist, Tiara, is quite an eyeful, both in her normal state and transformed. Unfortunately, little details like plot, character and logic also matter, and I can’t recommend Shamanic Princess.
The “Throne of Yord,” a powerful magical entity/artifact/whatever that looks like a Thomas Kinkade painting, has been stolen from the “Guardian World” of magic-users and is now hidden in a town in central Europe. Tiara’s task is to return it to the Guardian World. This involves a lot of magical battles with some of her former friends. I never really quite knew what was going on, and after a while I didn’t care. Eventually something is resolved at the end of the fourth episode, but it didn’t make a lot of sense to me.
And then the story begins. Really. For no good reason, the episodes of Shamanic Princess are not in chronological order. The last two episodes take place on the Guardian World and supply some background that might have made the other four episodes more intelligible. If you do watch Shamanic Princess, I suggest starting with the last two episodes — though the only reason I can think of to watch it is for the eye candy.
(2005)
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