Madan no Ou to Vanadis (Lord Marksman and Vanadis)

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Alternative Titles

English: Lord Marksman and Vanadis

Synonyms: Madan no Ou to Senki, The King of the Magic Bullet and Vanadis

Japanese: 魔弾の王と戦姫 (ヴァナディース)

Information

Type: TV

Episodes: 13

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 4, 2014 to Dec 27, 2014

Premiered: Fall 2014

Broadcast: Saturdays at 20:00 (JST)

Producers: Media Factory, Movic

Licensors: Funimation

Studios: Satelight

Source: Light novel

Genres: Adventure, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Romance

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Statistics

Score: 7.15¹ (scored by 142,959 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #3043²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #563

Members: 282,213

Favorites: 823

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Ranked #3043Popularity #563Members 282,213

Fall 2014TVSatelight

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Synopsis

In a fantasy version of Europe, a war between enemy countries is brewing. One of these countries, Zhcted, has its seven regions ruled by War Maidens, known as Vanadis. Equipped with powerful dragon-carved weapons, Eleonora "Elen" Viltaria, one of the Vanadis, launches an invasion against their neighboring rival country of Brune. Eventually, Tigrevurmud "Tigre" Vorn, a young archer and an earl for Brune's region of Alsace, has his entire army decimated at Elen's hands. In a strange twist of events, Elen spares Tigre, and gives him the order, "Become mine!" What could be the meaning behind this new alliance?

Adapted from the light novel written by Tsukasa Kawaguchi, Madan no Ou to Vanadis is an epic adventure filled with complex war tactics and beautiful women. Trapped in a multinational conflict, Tigre and Elen are swept up in a war filled with dark secrets, conspiracies, and corruption.

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Background

Madan no Ou to Vanadis adapts the first 5 novels of Tsukasa Kawaguchi's light novel series of the same title.

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Adaptation:	Madan no Ou to Vanadis
Other:	Madan no Ou to Vanadis: Tigre-kun to Vanadi-chu, Madan no Ou to Vanadis: Tigre-kun to Vanadi-chu Episode 0

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Characters & Voice Actors

Vorn, Tigrevurmud

Main

Seto, Asami
Japanese

Viltaria, Eleonora

Main

Tomatsu, Haruka
Japanese

Lourie, Ludmila

Supporting

Ise, Mariya
Japanese

Limalisha

Supporting

Iguchi, Yuka
Japanese

Obertas, Sofya

Supporting

Kayano, Ai
Japanese

Titta

Supporting

Uesaka, Sumire
Japanese

Glinka Estes, Valentina

Supporting

Harada, Hitomi
Japanese

Tamm, Olga

Supporting

Fomina, Elizavetta

Supporting

Kobayashi, Yuu
Japanese

Alshavin, Alexandra

Supporting

Komatsu, Mikako
Japanese

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Staff

Satou, Tatsuo

Director, Screenplay, Series Composition

Itou, Tatsufumi

Episode Director, Storyboard, Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation

Nishimoto, Yukio

Episode Director

Suzuki, Konomi

Theme Song Performance

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Opening Theme

"Ginsen no Kaze (銀閃の風)" by Konomi Suzuki

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Ending Theme

#1: "Schwarzer Bogen" by Hitomi Harada (eps 1-9, 11-13)
#2: "Ryuusei Chinkonka (竜星鎮魂歌)" by Konomi Suzuki (ep 10)

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Reviews

Dec 28, 2014

13 of 13 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

PyraXadon (All reviews)

167 people found this review helpful

War. It's a grueling way to help your country. The lives of several thousand men sacrificed to help benefit one country's benefits. You hear about all the sorts of things wars have, but have you really understood the inner workings and tactical strategies? Well, that's where Madan no Ou to Vandis comes in. Let's take aim!

Story (6.00/10): The story of Vanadis follows from the perspective or Tigrevurund Vorn, or Tigre. On a battlefield one day, amidst the corpses of his fallen comrades, he takes aim at a woman riding on a horse, a war maiden, who has just demolished read more

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Dec 31, 2014

13 of 13 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 1

BanjoTheBear (All reviews)

139 people found this review helpful

(This has been adapted from my reddit thread)

War, when diminished to its base components, is sadly tragic. It's hard to justify the killings of thousands of people for any kind of cause. But some are better than others: bringing about peace, saving a subjugated group, or protecting one's home. For as long as humans have lived, war has not only shaped the past, has not only persisted in the present, but will most likely never dwindle in the future. An almost inevitability, war brings out the best and the worst in people. For Madan no Ou to Vanadis, it certainly brings out the worst in read more

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Feb 5, 2015

13 of 13 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

ReiRei19 (All reviews)

65 people found this review helpful

I won't include a summary because it is already provided so I'll just dive into the other categories of which I graded this anime. Please note that I have NOT read the manga nor do I have any previous knowledge of this series. Thus my judgement is entirely unbiased. Let's get to it then! ^_^

ART:
The art style of this anime is quite eye catching as the beautifully blended colours go well together. There was much detail where needed and it was softer where background was concerned. The portrayal of the army from a distant scenes gave a 3D effect, which worked well once I got accustomed to it, considering the detail to them was well done. From the clear distinction of every character's face right down to the weapons used was well drawn. I have no complaints about art and animation.

SOUND:
While the opening goes well with the anime, I am not very fond of it. Call it a love hate relationship. It grew on me. The ending however, I loved! I felt like it captured the essence of the seriousness of the show. I don't have many complaints with the sound track because of how well each piece suited the situation and the timing which helped to build hype and I wondered what the outcomes would be. I will not find myself listening to the opening or ending for this anime, even though I am fond of the ending, simply because they are forgettable.

CHARACTERS:
Tigrevrumud Vorn---- our protagonist in the series is your typical anime hero. He's brave, honest and is all about the people. He is a feudal lord with a firm believe in protecting his homeland left to him by his deceased father. He is exceptionally talented with the bow and has even earned a name among higher ups in the community. Personality wise, he is very innocent and respectful. He is a clam yet tactful person who is not quick to wrath which plays to his advantage because of how well he used his resources during the war. This character is not perfect but he is not bad either. He takes risks when necessary and also knows when to walk away.

Eleonora Viltaria---- a powerful war maiden who has fallen for our protagonist.......I mean his skill with the bow (pfffft ¬_¬ ) after he attacks her in an open post battle field, is cunning and carefree yet when is totally serious when on the battle field. She takes Vorn in as a prisoner and the rest is history. When it comes to attack plans, she definitely knows best as you will see during the series. She is brimming with confidence and always has something witty to say.

I cannot name all the main characters as it has a pretty big cast for a 13 episode show but here are a few honorable mentions! Roland better known as Dark Hero of Brune, Marthus Rodante and Ludmila Lourie.

ENJOYMENT:
I was captivated from the very first episode. Everything flowed and there was no long wait for the plot to get going. The fight scenes were beautiful and the detail of the art work all around was just well done! This anime was mostly about the tactics of war and it was quite a watch.

OVERALL:
I recommend this anime to those who like historical war themes with quick moving plots and many strong characters. The are was captivating, the sound track suited it perfectly, I cannot grantee that you would like all the character but there are definitely some you can grow to like.

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Jan 31, 2015

13 of 13 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 4

BlackPrism (All reviews)

52 people found this review helpful

Madan no Ou to Vanadis is a light novel adaptation set in a medieval fantasy world with magic, dragons and heroes. If that was the most generic story you've ever heard of, then that's probably 'cause the story IS pretty god damn generic. I watched this anime because I had a craving for medieval fantasy after seeing another, far better medieval(ish) fantasy story, Hitsugi no Chaika - ending in a rather rushed and disappointing way. I had hoped that another one like it would wash off the disappointment and it certainly worked! I'm not disappointed anymore, just plain pissed. Yay!

Story (25%) - 3/10
Vanadis' story sounds pretty impressive at first glance; a hero of the Brune Kingdom is captured by the Zhcted, Brune's rival, and forms a pact with a Zhcted war maiden to save his hometown from two powerful Brunish dukes plotting to overthrow the king. However, its execution falls completely flat on its face. The story is very linear, for the most part; hardly anything happens that isn't directly related to the protagonist and everything happens conveniently in concert with the main plot. There also isn't much world-building and it seems that the show is more comfortable telling us to go read a history book to find out how medieval times were like rather than bothering to explain how this world works. Another thing that annoyed me to no end was the fact that the heroes never seemed to have any problems in the battles they fought. In the third episode, the heroes face an army numerically superior, better armed and even had two dragons with them. And the heroes respond by using ass-pulls and inferior tactics. Yes, the tactics the heroes use are demonstrably worse than the ones their enemies used; it's like the show is proud of how over-powered they are! That's not to say their enemies were masters of warfare, but at least they used basic flanking and encirclement tactics while the heroes rushed head-on against them using cavalry, of all things. I don't know when medieval action anime will stop doing this but they need to stop thinking that good generals rushed head-on with their cavalry, those were usually used for flanking or to mow down enemies that were either routing or already fighting infantry. I may be bitching a lot about this, but only because these retarded tactics are present throughout the story. There are other incidences, like the protagonist scouting enemy territory by himself in episode 5, which no general in his right mind would ever do. The protagonist's army being able to set up traps and ambushes in episodes 8 and 10 despite the fact that they should know nothing about the terrain and an entire army routing in episode 8 just because their commander was killed (which SHOULDN'T happen to a greatly numerically superior army - the fight was 10 to 1 for crying out loud!).

Art (20%) - 3/10
The character designs are very iffy, all the characters look 10 years younger than they should be which makes it difficult to take them seriously. It's like a generic art style modified to produce lolis where there are none. The animation isn't that great either especially when it comes to the use of CG. I burst out laughing in some of the fight scenes when the background was full of CG enemy soldiers slashing at literally nothing! How clumsy were the animators when they made this?

Sound (20%) - 5/10
I actually liked the OP and ED songs - they certainly feel like they belong in this kind of show but they, along with the rest of the soundtrack, feel too extravagant and over-the-top sometimes. Not much subtlety or variation but enjoyable if you like corny D & D style tunes.

Characters (25%) - 3/10
Now we can add generic harem cast to the show's repertoire of generic elements. The characters are really uninteresting and bland, MC included. The fanservice and harem shenanigans don't exactly help either. The villains are quite one-dimensional and by the show's end, I still have no idea why they wanted the throne or why the war maidens were fighting or why were the war maidens acting like mercenaries when they were practically royalty? There is nothing remotely interesting about any of the characters, but this is a light novel adaptation, so...

Enjoyment (10%) - 6/10
Meh, it's an ok time sink, I suppose. Lots of pretty colors and brainless action and fanservice to keep you occupied. Don't expect much going into it and it won't offend you or anything.

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