The Third: Aoi Hitomi no Shoujo

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Synonyms: The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye

Japanese: ザ・サード蒼い瞳の少女

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Type: TV

Episodes: 24

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 14, 2006 to Oct 27, 2006

Premiered: Spring 2006

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: Nozomi Entertainment, Kadokawa Pictures USA

Studios: Xebec

Source: Light novel

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Seinen

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 7.32¹ (scored by 6,848 users)

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Ranked: #2249²

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Popularity: #3887

Members: 19,292

Favorites: 102

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Synopsis

In the distant future, because of an interplanetary war that had continued on for centuries, civilizations were ruined. Human beings have lost everything, and only 1/5th of the population survived. A strange breed of humans, ''The Third'' is said to have appeared just after the war. They possess a third eye, as their name suggests, that appear as oval-shaped red pupils called "space eyes'' over their conventional two eyes. Using them, they can control computer systems and so on, and as such, rule the world by their superior power over technology.

In this world, there is a young woman named Honoka; she is a "jack-of-all-trades" sellsword, and she accepts any job except murder. One day, she happens to find and rescue a young man named Ikus in the desert. Entering his world, and accepting a job from him, the adventure begins for Honoka and Ikus.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Honoka

Main

Toyoguchi, Megumi
Japanese

Bogie

Main

Ishizuka, Unshou
Japanese

Iks

Main

Namikawa, Daisuke
Japanese

Paife

Supporting

Kobayashi, Sanae
Japanese

Jouganki

Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito
Japanese

STW-9000

Supporting

Shimura, Tomoyuki
Japanese

Kevin

Supporting

Miyake, Kenta
Japanese

Millie

Supporting

Sakata, Yuki
Japanese

Narrator

Supporting

Kosugi, Juurouta
Japanese

Zankan

Supporting

Tanaka, Masahiko
Japanese

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Staff

Kamiya, Jun

Director

Mima, Masafumi

Sound Director

Suzuki, Toshimasa

Episode Director, Storyboard

Nemoto, Toshizou

Script

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Opening Theme

"Sajou no Yume" by Sasaki Yuuko

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Ending Theme

#1: "ING" by Chou Hikou Shounen (eps 1-12)
#2: "Late Show" by Chou Hikou Shounen (eps 13-24)

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Feb 21, 2007

24 of 24 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Faust721 (All reviews)

56 people found this review helpful

Story: In a world where a being known as The Third rule the land, we have our heroine, Hanoka. Hanoka, as a Jack-of-all-Trades travels the desert land with her tank doing various jobs. Somewhere along the way, she meets a mysterious man named Ikus. We then get to see their travels together and the interaction with the people they meet along with The Third. During the travels we start to learn more about Hanoka and many of the other people they meet and the mystery behind Ikus starts to unravel.

Fairly simple concept, but the story telling is well done. It is as if you were read more

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Jun 18, 2009

24 of 24 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 10

Bishounen_Hunter (All reviews)

33 people found this review helpful

The Third, for me, is a very philosophical and poetic anime. And while I really don't want to say anything as corny as “It is a visual testament to the trials and endurance of the human spirit” It kinda really is just that. On the surface this may look like a regular shounen anime with swords, guns, and mecha granted the gift of speech by means of A.I., but really this show deals with some heavy hitting topics like: depression, rejection, abandonment and loneliness. That's what makes this anime so great, because it has layers like an onion, where you can enjoy the action, comedy, the art and mecha or you can look for some deeper meanings like the shows underlying theme of overcoming negativity, sadness and times of self-doubt.

~ Art Style ~
The art for this show is phenomenal [for the most part]. I love the art style and theme very much! I'm a fan of artworks that depict a lot of nature and natural scenery and with this series you get to see a lot of desert. And I don't mean just boring static hills of grainy yellow sand,no...this art is very organic, it's very alive and in constant motion and there is a soft, flowing and again, poetic aesthetic to it. This is a show that offers a perfect example of what CGI should be used for in anime! Whenever they show a flock of birds in flight or a herd of “Sand Dragons” in motion it can't help but evoke some sort of emotion from you. It seems almost kind of spiritual to see such grace and fluidity in their motions....even the way the clouds are drawn and the way the grains of sand flutter as the wind blows touches you in some 'spiritual' way, at least for me it did. Also the mecha battle scenes were “OUTTA SIGHT” if nothing else you HAVE to see episode 22's battle scene between TANK VS AIRPLANE, that was probably the most memorable mecha battle I've seen to date. One piece of warning though is that the art styles seem to fluctuate a bit throughout the series.

~ Audio ~
I watched this dubbed and I am not familiar with anyone from this voice cast. However I still enjoyed this English dubbed version, I think everyone did a good job, everyone's voice fit their characters' appearance perfectly. So I would recommend watching this in the English dub version [unless of course you hate dubs all-together, then feel free to watch the subbed version] However I did watched the subbed version and I was more entertained by the English dub.

~ Story ~
This show doesn't seem to have that very definitive overall plot that you'd find in most shounen anime [i.e. the underdog/under-achiever who's only dream is to get stronger and kick everyone's ass and then proceeds to do so with each battle getting much grander and wilder and each opponent bragging about how much stronger he was than the last guy who got his ass beat up]. No, the Third is really not about that at all, even though there are some very awesome battle scenes, this is a bit deeper than that but you can still enjoy it on that basic level of Honoka [the main character] and her sidekick talking tank, Bogie, go on these odd-jobs like transporting or hunting for stuff, serving as an escort/protector, rescuing kidnapped people and such....and while on the job she shoots and blows up enemy soldier robots set up by the Third [which are humanoids with a 3rd eye in their foreheads]. You can watch the anime for this reason and still be entertained too.

~ Cast/Characters ~
If you have a defective brain like I do, then the smaller the cast the better for you to remember them. Plus also with a small cast you get to spend more time with them and get a better understanding as they develop. And with having a narrator present throughout the show, this was even further achieved. All of the characters were likable and if they were not likable then they were either misunderstood or you wind up having sympathy for them. But I definitely like the main characters like Honoka, The Tank/Bogie, Iks and The Teacher because I liked the way they all related and interacted with each other...actually I like all of the characters because of this reason. It was less about shooting and blowing each other up and more about relating and sharing and depending on each other, which makes me wonder if this could really be considered a shounen anime.

~ Verdict ~
You have to love a show that starts out with a poem. That let's you know right then and there you are in for some deep sh--. I would recommend this show to just about anyone unless they just rather not deal with emo-crap and would rather watch regular shoot-em-up, blow-em-up anime then you can STILL watch this anime, LOL. But really if you are in the mood to be enlightened or feel emotionally connected and find a deeper meaning then you should definitely watch this.

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Mar 15, 2007

24 of 24 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

infinity (All reviews)

16 people found this review helpful

- - [ The Third - Aoi Hitomi no Shoujo :: Eps: 24 ] - -

The Third - Aoi Hitomi no Shoujo, or The Third - The Girl With The Blue Eye, revolves around Honoka who is a jack-of-all-trades. She will accept any job except human murder. The Third is a race of humans, with a third eye on their forehead, allowing them to interact with machines and turn into semi-computers with huge data-processing abilities. Honoka is accompanied by Bogie, a tank with a bio-brain, or an artificial personality if you want. This is the gist of the plot of The Third (Refered henceforth as read more

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Sep 30, 2009

24 of 24 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Benatron (All reviews)

8 people found this review helpful

When first viewing The Third, I believe I was going into the anime with the wrong attitude. I was thinking that this anime was going to mediocre and bland. I was wrong; what we have here is a anime with great development of characters and a story that ties together throughout the series.

The synopsis is given at the top of the page for this anime but I'll give a version for you.

Earth; years after a war that nearly destroyed all of the humans is now a barren desert. In this desert, Honoka can be found reciting poems by her favorite Poet, "Dana Myfree." Honoka is the "jack-of-all-trades" known throughout the land as "Sword Dancer." She does jobs for people of cities. Whether it's moving stock around town or taking out Stigma Ants in the desert. During one of those jobs, she finds a man in the desert named Iks. After being saved by Honoka, he wishes to accompany her on all of her travels to begin an observation of the The Third controlled Earth.

The series is accompanied by a narrator. Which to me, was a welcomed idea. The narration helped explain parts of the story and the emotions of the characters. With the emotions, the narrator goes even deeper into the minds of the characters making you feel "one" with the character. This made for some great character development in the story, I felt as if I knew what the characters would do in any situation.

The art of the series is great, but nothing that really jumped out at me. Great animation for fights and any other kind of scene. Some episodes we're disappointing due to a change of animation and art. It was done by another group as far as I know and it's extremely noticeable. Despite the lack of art and animation in about two or three episodes, the rest is superb. The lighting and colors during some scenes really set a mood in some of the story making it some great eye candy.

The OP is pretty tasteless. I usually enjoy watching the OPs of all animes because it's there to set a tone. The OP does a good job setting the tone but was just seemed long and boring. The EDs I did enjoy, I'll throw that in. The BGM was nothing memorable or remarkable; it helps to set a mood for the scenes and does a good job fitting any situation. The OP is played as BGM during some episodes, which is welcomed then.

The characters in this show almost make everything. The narration helps you get more in depth with each character. Honoka is a fierce yet humble swordsman but is a spriteful young girl around characters she's comfortable with. Not to mention that Honoka is probably one of the most powerful swordsman I have seen in a while. With Honoka there are plenty of other well-developed characters in the story.

In conclusion, this anime seems bumpy at first with four different story arcs in the range of 24 episodes. But if you feel down, you have to keep watching until the end where everything is tied up and leaves a brilliant smile on your face.

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