Alternative TitlesEnglish: Planet of the Beast King Synonyms: Juuousei, Jyu-Oh-Sei Japanese: 獣王星
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Type: TV
Episodes: 11
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 14, 2006 to Jun 23, 2006
Duration:
22 min. per episode Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Ranked: #7172
Popularity: #519
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SynopsisThor and his twin brother, Rai, are cast off to a forsaken planet by unknown masked men after witnessing the suspicious death of their parents. Given only a beam knife and a smelly satchel, they wander together in search of civilization on the primarily plant based world. They soon discover the plants have the advantage. Only the strong survive; the ones who throw away their humanity and become the beasts humans once were.
(from ANN)
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Related AnimeAdaptation: Jyu Oh Sei
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Stormy_77
48 of 63 people found this review helpful
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11 of 11 episodes seen
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| Overall |
10 |
| Story |
10 |
| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
9 |
| Character |
10 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
Not very well known or popular, Jyu Oh Sei is a hidden gem. A relatively short anime, this series went way beyond my expectations in nearly all respects.
Story
Jyu Oh Sei dispels the myth that a series has to be long in order to be good. It's only 11 episodes but the plot moves very fast and a lot of stuff happens at a good pace.
The story starts off with two twin brothers barely into their teens abandoned on a prison planet after their parents are killed. It begins as a "survival tale" with Thor, the elder brother, being the protagonist, and swiftly transitions into a nature documentary, action movie, drama and finally space opera. Secondary themes like genetics, social order, politics, relationships and existentialism are explored. You won't be bored.
Characters
Real. Fascinating. Relateable. Even Machiavellian. Everyone has an agenda. Nobody is stupid. A few wear their hearts on their sleeves but they're all well fleshed out. Even those with relatively little screen time are important to the story. There aren't really any unnecessary characters. Even the plants in this show are their own characters.
Art/Animation and sound
The animation is not as crisp in some places but overall quite good. When they say the main charater looks good, it's because he really does look good. The characters age and again this is very well done. Backgrounds are very detailed and realistic. Both the Opening and Ending themes fit the anime and were good songs in their own right. Sound effects were pretty good too. Overall very good.
Enjoyment
Extremely enjoyable. When it ended I wanted more. This could easily have been 24 or even 52 episodes.
Overall
Completely underrated but very good, very watchable anime. It's hard to find though. Please PM me if you want it, I will figure out how to make a torrent for this if only to share this with other users. read more
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Beatnik
47 of 64 people found this review helpful
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11 of 11 episodes seen
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| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
9 |
| Animation |
9 |
| Sound |
9 |
| Character |
9 |
| Enjoyment |
9 |
Jyu Oh Sei has stupid names for characters like Thor, Odin, and Zagi of Iliad, but if you can get past that ridiculous attempt at symbolism, and other miscellaneous missteps, you'll hopefully find yourself entertained by this fast paced epic adventure.
On a colony planet far from Earth, two brothers stumble upon their murdered parents and are knocked out by gas. They wake up on a planet loaned from whoever built the sets for King Kong and Little Shop Of Horrors. That's right; the jungle tries to kill you every five minutes!
Who killed their parents? Why were they sent to a cruel planet populated by miscreants in tribes who battle each other for supremacy? How can you get off a planet that's controlled in a dastardly manner that the agents of the Matrix would approve? More importantly, is this damn genre-juggling show worth a watch?
Yes it is, and the reveal which propels the story into a completely different direction is excellent. What we get up to that is decent animation, pretty engaging world design and plotlines that sci-fi fans will dig, and that sense of epicness which comes along with a tale that follows a character over a period of years.
With Jyu Oh Sei there's this feeling that you're watching something different from the norm, even though nothing about this production is pioneering in any way at all. I think this refreshing feeling has to do with the fact that the source of the story is from a short manga rather than one that went on endlessly, and that the production crew did a good job delivering it to the small screen. Maybe that in itself is rare these days? The bad guys in this show don’t even have tiny irises! Kudos.
There are miscellaneous flaws as mentioned above, like a love triangle that feels tacked on (aren’t they all?), generic narrative clichés that you've seen a million times before and wish you'd never see again, but they're just little bumps in the road, nothing to dampen the parade. The core concept driving this show, that of the consequences of living in a dog-eat-dog world, fighting to survive for a tangible reason, and the relationship between you and your less-than-spectacular twin brother, are however compelling enough to make you forgive any clichéd moments that pop up.
Jyu Oh Sei breezes along thanks to its 11 episode length; because it’s a successful adaptation and not the insipid tailor-made trash of a TV writer. The soundtrack from the superb-as-always Hajime Mizoguchi is the final dressing on this dessert and stays with you long after you witness the last episode. read more
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It has a similar storyline (judging by the first episodes)... a boy who gets out of his home town or planet and goes to another place with 'strange' people and wants to go back home but finally takes the role he is destinated to have
Jyu Oh Sei has the great story behind it. We're stranded on this planet out in the middle of nowhere, now we have to survive. Jyu Oh Sei makes me think of Terra because of the futuristic setting and detail to characters. Both of these shows deserve to be watched.
Terra e & Jyu Oh Sei are both animes of the type "looking for the better future, having/finding the hope".
Terra e and , as I can recall, Jyu Oh Sei, have some dramatic music which pull the show on a higher level.
Both of them have a fast pace in the beginning, where the story of many years is wrapped in episode or two. I would prefer Jyu Oh Sei for a smaller number of episodes though.
Terra e is more of a Science fiction and Jyu Oh Sei is more like a fantasy genre.
Even from the first few episodes of Terra e, I am brought back to the beginning of Jyu-Oh-Sei. The illustrations appear a little similar, and Soldier Blue has the approximate appearance of Thor with red eyes.
But Jyu-Oh-Sei has fewer episodes and therefore moves at a faster pace. However, both anime are breath-taking in that they are set in worlds that have convincing histories as backbones and a diverse cast of characters that grow and develop realistically.
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Both are about a boy forced into an unfamiliar world and must adapt to survive. Yuji is awakened in a future Earth ruled by giant bugs, while Thor is stranded on a planet ruled by carnivorous plants.
Plot wise (esp sci-fi elements), these two shows are somewhat similar: both shows start with main character wakes up in a vastly different and dangerous environment than the place they used to live. Through the course, they gradually adapts to it and learns the skills to live. Later, some organizations revealed that both main characters have the special ability that they need for mankind to survive the future. In the end, those shady organizations got out of control and destroyed by their own creation, the main characters end up living in the planet they adapt to. Also both shows mainly have two parts, either a different focus in Blue Gender or a time skip in Jyu-Oh-Sei, where the two parts are quite different from the previous part.
Blue Gender is geared towards male viewer with strong mecha and military element, while Jyu-Oh-Sei is more towards female viewer with some dramas and more appealing character design. Both shows also touch upon the subject of birth and life.
Both are post-apocalyptic, both have messages regarding to our Mother Earth, and both have extremely "hippy" endings.
Blue is MUCH more adult oriented, and Jyu has an adventure feel about it.
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Opening Theme"Deep In Your Heart" by Koichi Domoto
Ending Theme"Te wo Tsunaide" by Younha
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