Fantastic Children
Fantastic Children By Andromeda A group of white haired children are looking for someone, someone very important to them, but never finding her. The only clue they have are pictures of a mountain with a crescent moon. These children aren’t ordinary children, but act more mature, like an adult. But the fantastic thing about them… they never seem to die. Or is it just a case of reincarnation over and over again, for five hundred years. Tohma is a boy who trains with his father so that one day he will be able to take his father’s place in taking care of the temple. His mother tells fortunes in town to make money. One day Tohma helps a young boy escape from men that are after him. Turns out that the boy is a run away from the local orphanage. That night when he returns home, he sees a young girl being escorted from his home. Seems as if she was also a runaway from the same orphanage. The next afternoon Chitto, the young boy that Tohma tried to help, meets up with Tohma again after a boating accident. Hiding him at his house, Tohma and Chitto make plans to help the young girl, Helga, escape from the orphanage as well. It’s a place where the director is mean and purposefully picks on poor Helga. The six white haired children and Helga have one thing in common, other than they are all eleven years old. The picture of the mountain and crescent moon. They search for someone associated with this pictures and Helga draws this over and over again as she tries to search for this place. With Tohma and Chitto’s help, will she find it? After seeing three episodes of Fantastic Children, I must say, this is one of the strangest animes I’ve seen in a while. The first episode makes absolutely no sense, yet at the same time do once you sit back and digest what you’ve watched after the second episode. From the pieces of the past to the time frame of 2012, so much and so little is told at the same time. What it does is introduce you to all the key players of the story. The heroine, the heroes, and the villain. It’s one of those stories that you really must get past the third episode to be able to finally get into it. After doing some reading on the internet about it, I’ve found that it has one of those endings that’s clear and isn’t rushed. There’s no forcing it. So I look forward to completing this series. Two things I loved about this series, the music and the drawing style. The opening and ending theme are simply beautiful pieces of work. They are must haves for anyone’s music collection. The artwork is reminiscent of an older style before all the flashing and glitz that a computer rendering can bring along. Each character is unique, even the five children with white hair and blue eyes. I can’t stress this enough, don’t give up on this series after the first or second episode. Stick with it for at least four or five. Licenser: Bandai Studio: Nippon Animation Length: 125 mins Retail: $19.98 (US) Availability: Now Available
Fantastic Children By Andromeda A group of white haired children are looking for someone, someone very important to them, but never finding her. The only clue they have are pictures of a mountain with a crescent moon. These children aren’t ordinary children, but act more mature, like an adult. But the fantastic thing about them… they never seem to die. Or is it just a case of reincarnation over and over again, for five hundred years. Tohma is a boy who trains with his father so that one day he will be able to take his father’s place in taking care of the temple. His mother tells fortunes in town to make money. One day Tohma helps a young boy escape from men that are after him. Turns out that the boy is a run away from the local orphanage. That night when he returns home, he sees a young girl being escorted from his home. Seems as if she was also a runaway from the same orphanage. The next afternoon Chitto, the young boy that Tohma tried to help, meets up with Tohma again after a boating accident. Hiding him at his house, Tohma and Chitto make plans to help the young girl, Helga, escape from the orphanage as well. It’s a place where the director is mean and purposefully picks on poor Helga. The six white haired children and Helga have one thing in common, other than they are all eleven years old. The picture of the mountain and crescent moon. They search for someone associated with this pictures and Helga draws this over and over again as she tries to search for this place. With Tohma and Chitto’s help, will she find it? After seeing three episodes of Fantastic Children, I must say, this is one of the strangest animes I’ve seen in a while. The first episode makes absolutely no sense, yet at the same time do once you sit back and digest what you’ve watched after the second episode. From the pieces of the past to the time frame of 2012, so much and so little is told at the same time. What it does is introduce you to all the key players of the story. The heroine, the heroes, and the villain. It’s one of those stories that you really must get past the third episode to be able to finally get into it. After doing some reading on the internet about it, I’ve found that it has one of those endings that’s clear and isn’t rushed. There’s no forcing it. So I look forward to completing this series. Two things I loved about this series, the music and the drawing style. The opening and ending theme are simply beautiful pieces of work. They are must haves for anyone’s music collection. The artwork is reminiscent of an older style before all the flashing and glitz that a computer rendering can bring along. Each character is unique, even the five children with white hair and blue eyes. I can’t stress this enough, don’t give up on this series after the first or second episode. Stick with it for at least four or five. Licenser: Bandai Studio: Nippon Animation Length: 125 mins Retail: $19.98 (US) Availability: Now Available