Ken En Ken: Aoki Kagayaki (Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary)

Yin and Ning are two sisters who have been wandering the land together ever since their village was destroyed by the villainous Taibai Empire. Their childhood friend, Zhao, has been enslaved by the Taibai himself, and uses his brilliance at tinkering and inventing to get by as a slave to the Empire's whims. One day, Yin accidentally discovers a legendary sword, which grants her fantastic abilities in combat, and allows her to summon a mystical, mechanical fox spirit named Yun, who is sworn to fight by her side. Meanwhile, Zhao is making fast friends with a mysterious young girl who just may hold a great amount of power within the Taibai Empire. As Zhao and the Fu sisters find themselves increasingly caught up in the Empire's battle for supremacy over the land, it will take all of the magic and might that the budding resistance armies can muster to turn the tide of war once and for all.

(Source: ANN)

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Ken En Ken: Aoki Kagayaki is based on the 2004 Taiwanese role-playing game Xuan Yuan Jian Waizhuan: Cang zhi Tao, whose story is set in the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history (approximately 770–476 BC).

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Pu, Zhao

Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu
Japanese

Fu, Yin

Main

Mizuki, Nana
Japanese

Fu, Ning

Main

Kugimiya, Rie
Japanese

Canlang

Supporting

Yamaya, Yoshitaka
Japanese

Meng, Ji

Supporting

Shirai, Yuusuke
Japanese

Baili, Zhen

Supporting

Kingetsu, Mami
Japanese

Long, Cheng

Supporting

Uesaka, Sumire
Japanese

Shang, Yue

Supporting

Chiba, Shouya
Japanese

Pang, Lady

Supporting

Itou, Miki
Japanese

Xin, Wuxu

Supporting

Kameyama, Yuuji
Japanese

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Watanabe, Hiroshi

Director

Hamano, Kazuzou

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Takayama, Katsuhiko

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Mizuki, Nana

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Opening Theme

"Nageki no Hana (嘆きの華)" by Nana Mizuki

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"Negai no Hana (願いの花)" by 9nine

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Jan 7, 2019

Unconfidence

Mixed Feelings

This anime is pretty much the definition of mediocre. It's not bad, but it really fails to capitalize on the rich setting and world they build. Characters are often introduced and just sort of exist without much development or interpersonal interaction. The way violence is used very casually lends so much potential to the show, but in the end they seem more interested in using that violence as a shock factor than to use it for character development.

That said there are some good things going for it. Their inability to put character depth beyond the main three characters actually works in ...

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Dec 25, 2018

JiangHaoyi1979

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Is it just me or am I the 2nd one to make a review of this Chinese Themed anime, cu'z it seems that this anime was totally ignored as if a lotta guys sees this as if it ain't anime if there is no Japanese in it, like the quintessential katana, fan service and kimono in it??????Oh well, I guess they just can't accept such anime that has a lotta anachronism cu'z the setting was that in what can be called a warring states period of China were such mechs called Zhengtian should not exist , coupled with people that have super powers. so I ... guess having people with super powers with some mechs on the sides basically complicates this anime , but then again some games should just remain as games than being given an anime adaptation, now don't ask me why, since I haven't have the foggiest , all I know that this isn't a sough after anime. so without further adieu, here is how I see this anime:

Story-Good 7: It was poor due to the setting , anachronism, and the fact that it center around the relationship with a guy name Zhao with his girls namely Ning, Yin and Cheng and the lives they lived after Zhao , Ning and Yin got separated during the Taiban's army assault in their village as they straggle to survive in a world where wars and misery were constant to one must take advantage every opportunity that arrives and that what exactly what happen to Ning and Yin when they join the rebels they enjoy having a roof over their heads and Zhao was able to enjoy power and luxury when he was saved by Cheng whom at first he has no idea who she is. From their things turns around when Ning and Zhao goes back to the same shit they endured in the hands of Cheng. Good as it maybe, it just ended in a cliff hanger.

Art-fair 6: Since there isn't any fanservices for any wolves to howl for, and the fashion was in tune for the setting.

Sound-fair 6: the rating was for Yin's seiyuu Mizuki Nana who was just too old to voice a young girls voice and Ning seiyuu Kugimiya Rie who still uses her signature childish voice that seemly hasn't change with age, but Yun'z voice Noto Mamiko was also too old to voice a young girls tone.

Character- Very Good 8: Ok, so in most case we see the harem get into some petty quarrel over a guy, but , here the quarrel over a guy was intense where we see Ning duke out with Yin over Zhao and Cheng being this bitch who falls for Zhao who is in love with Yin, where Cheng becomes this jealous yandere towards Zhao and Ning that she throw both of them back to the same shit that they came from only to take them back to be her playthings.......now this category is very good, cu'z Zhao ends up with Ning in the end.

Enjoyment- Good 7: Since the trill of what Zhao plans to do after he realizes too late as how much of a spoiled brat was Cheng that we the audience wish that she gets to have a taste of the same kind of shit that Zhao experiences when he was about to be executed, but it didn't happen.

Overall- Good 7: It maybe a good anime, but IMAO this should have just been left as a game than being given an anime adaptation.

Merry Christmas everybody.

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Jan 17, 2019

Quantentheorie

Mixed Feelings

I'll keep this short: I really enjoyed the overall plot and the main conflict of the characters but neither is going to fix the issues this anime has.

The CGI was a poor choice, most of the side characters are underdeveloped, the dialogue is in large parts underwhelming and the elements of magic and engineering are used too superficially for my taste.

I profoundly enjoyed that the show doesn't really allow you to have a single emotion towards any of the four strongest developed characters, best shown in Ning, a character you'll dislike from the start to the very end for being a horrible ...

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