Highschool Aurabuster: Hikari no Mezame

Animation of a very popular novel series by the writer WAKAGI Mio (若木未生), also adapted as a manga by MORI Makoto (杜 真琴), serialised in LaLa. The novels feature illusatrations by KOUGA Yun (高河 ゆん), and the character designs for the anime are based on these. The OVA is an original story that includes the early parts of the novels.

Long ago... going back several centuries, there was a war between the Kuu no mono (空の者) and the You no mono (妖の者) that divided the heaven and earth. 900 years ago, the commander of the Kuu no mono, Kara-ou sealed in the commander of You no mono, Kuna-hi, sacrificing his own life to do so. And this present day, when You no mono has begun to be active again, Kara-ou is reborn as Shinobu Saiga. Coming back to earth, he has begun to make his move again to subdue the You no mono with his aide Kiba.
Ryosuke Sakiya is a first year student attending Kouryo High School who has extraordinarily strong psychic powers. He was always hearing and seeing things ordinary people could not. He has a special aura around him and perhaps because of it, he ends up being targeted by the You no mono. One day, when he is on a date at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, he is attacked by a strange power and is saved by the Jutsusha (術士 lit. "skilled ones") Jukyuro Satomi and Kisara Izumi. Jutsusha are people who have inherited supernatural powers of Kuu no mono to subdue You no mono who harm people. Ryosuke escapes without any injuries, but cannot resist becoming involved in the battles between these two forces.

(Source: AniDB)

Hamaguchi, Maki Supporting

Neya, Michiko Japanese

Saiga, Shinobu Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Kiba Supporting

Seki, Tomokazu Japanese

Kamegaki, Hajime Director, Storyboard

Fujino, Sadayoshi Sound Director

Watanabe, Mami Script

Yonekura, Chihiro Theme Song Performance

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Sep 8, 2023

swashingtondude

Mixed Feelings

I don't usually leave reviews, as I don't usually have much to say in regards to something I just watch. My ratings usually suffice for how I feel about a given anime.

But I had to write this just to say that this anime... well, to put it this way, if you haven't read the light novels, you'll be lost and confused. In addition, there's a decent amount of wasted potential. The end of the first episode hints at a battle that is never covered in extensive detail in the second volume (it's actually skipped over), and how the OVA is resolved in the end is ... somewhat underwhelming.

Also do not fooled by the runtime of certain episodes. At least three to five minutes of each episode is dedicated to the ED. It's a nice ED song, but it is unique for the fact that the ED is an entire song's length. It will have a different montage for each ED but it's a different beast from the anime, as the ED employs all live-action footage that is mostly unrelated to the anime at large.

The concept is nice and the premise is intriguing, but there might be a reason why it was never licensed and why it never got a DVD release at all.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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I have all three RAWS of Highschool Aurabuster: Hikari no Mezame in a zip file Shinjinotikari17 - Oct 17, 2019

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by Kaidu- »» Dec 17, 2020 5:50 PM