Fire Emblem

The Kingdoms of Dolhr, Grust, and Gra band together to wage war on the rest of the continent Archanea and defeat the Kingdom of Altea. King Cornelius is slain in battle but his son Prince Marth is able to escape the invasion thanks to the sacrifice of his older sister Elice. He and a small group of retainers find refuge on the island nation of Talys, where they spend the next three years in hiding under the royal family's protection.

Marth lives a peaceful life in Talys, enjoying the beauty of the island and the friendship of its pegasus-riding princess, Caeda. But he is uneasy, knowing soon the day will come that he must take up arms. That day arrives when Caeda comes to Marth and his retainers in a panic, telling him that the castle town has been attacked. After some close calls, they manage to defeat the assailants and save the city.

Realizing that his presence may bring further danger to his new home, Marth decides that now is the time to set off. He journeys to raise an army with which to reclaim his kingdom.

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Marth Main

Midorikawa, Hikaru Japanese

Sheeda Main

Tange, Sakura Japanese

Gordon Supporting

Ishida, Akira Japanese

Paola Supporting

Dohga Supporting

Kawazu, Yasuhiko Japanese

Narrator Supporting

Ootsuka, Akio Japanese

Kain Supporting

Hiyama, Nobuyuki Japanese

Jeigan Supporting

Katou, Seizou Japanese

Lena Supporting

Neya, Michiko Japanese

Julian Supporting

Yamaguchi, Kappei Japanese

Misawa, Shin Director, Storyboard

Tanaka, Kazuya Sound Director

Sakata, Junichi Episode Director

Kuroda, Yousuke Screenplay

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Sep 12, 2023

lastnameEver

Recommended

And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
And then the Pharoah said: ‘Let them all go? BUT MAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSS‘

Fire Emblem OVA is a Fire Emblem OVA about the video game Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem which is a remake of Fire Emblem: Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light and is also a sequel to Fire Emblem: Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light. The OVA (the dub, specifically) only really has relevance today as a sort of in-joke ... within the Fire Emblem community, popularized by an old LP done by a certain infamous bald-headed Norwegian who thinks that if you repeat something enough it will eventually become funny.

The star of the OVA is Marth, a prince on the run from the shadow wizard money gang, but the real star is Gordin. Hearing his voice in real life should not be something that God had intended. It’s like he’s just recently been born into the world, and is just gurgling like a baby, but like a really annoying baby that you want to punt across a field like a football.

The joke gets “better” if you’re aware of Gordin’s viability in the games (he’s not very good). Really, outside of all context its not really that funny. Even with context it isn’t funny. Really, its a forced meme. Really, it’s just an hour long ad for Fire Emblem. Good job Micaiah.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Feb 24, 2023

FrogishBird

Recommended

This was surprisingly really good!

The animation I was not expecting to go that hard and they added more depth to the characters than the game.

(Except for Ceada, fuck anime Ceada. Biggest character downgrade in all of fiction.) In the game she used to fight alongside everyone and was one of the strongest units. In the ova she’s a damsel who loves Marth and that’s IT.

Marth’s character was good but compared to the absolute giga chad he was in the game, he’s not as entertaining.

Navarre was incredible, easily my favorite character adapted. They captured his coolness perfectly and badass is an understatement.

Some of it ... was rushed and there are some unintentionally funny moments (like “SISTER!” and Navarre’s scream), but overall I really wish this would’ve kept going.

Edit: One more thing. I like dubs in anime (like Durarara) and I play the Fire Emblem games in English. HOWEVER, DO NOT WATCH THIS OVA DUB! I just heard it and it’s HORRENDOUS!! Plus the sub has the same Marth voice actor as smash bros melee.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Sep 18, 2021

SpiceOrange

Mixed Feelings

The Fire Emblem OVAs consist of 2 episodes each around 25 minutes in length going over the story of Marth (who was referred to as 'Mars' in this series) as he is motivated to lead a group of warriors to fight for his homeland.

This series, being only 2 episodes in length, obviously ends abruptly. Its also very clear that the second episode was not really meant to be the finale. They hint at "more adventures ahead" but as we can all see now, no more adventures were released. This fact makes it hard to really give the series as a whole a proper review, ... but alas there are some points to mention.

I did have fun watching this, I'd imagine someone who was not a fan of the video game series being kind of bored for the most part. However, as a quick hour of my time I enjoyed seeing some references to the games and seeing what creative approaches they took with what little source material they had at the time into making a well explored world with fun characters.

So, is this a good OVA series? Sure. Its not stupendous and, too be honest, I would only realistically recommend this to someone who is a fan of the video game series or someone who just wants a very quick anime to watch. Not bad, just feel like there was a missed opportunity with the length. I feel like this series could have been really good if they even just gave it another 10 or so episodes to give the characters more room to grow, more time to expand the world, and give the audience more of a chance to get further invested. This could have been really good, but unfortunately its just left at being alright.

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed my review : )

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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