Shin Chou Kyou Ryo: Condor Hero


Legend of the Condor Hero

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Shen Diao Xia Lu
Japanese: 神鵰侠侶 コンドルヒーロー
English: Legend of the Condor Hero
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Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 11, 2001 to Oct 28, 2002
Premiered: Spring 2001
Broadcast: Unknown
Producers: Jade Animation
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Nippon Animation
Source: Novel
Genres: AdventureAdventure, DramaDrama, RomanceRomance
Theme: HistoricalHistorical
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.291 (scored by 28522,852 users)
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Ranked: #28482
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Popularity: #6822
Members: 9,440
Favorites: 37

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Synopsis

Youka is a young 13-year-old boy. One day, his Uncle, Kakusei, has him follow in his steps of martial arts and has him study the art of Zenshinkyou. After being mistreated, Youka runs away Zenshinkyou. He stumbles on a Forbidden Tomb where he finds a beautiful young woman, by the name of Shouryuujo. After a short time, Youka is eventually accepted by Shouryuujo to study the techniques of the Koboha under her, and thus begins their adventure through martial arts and love.

(Source: ANN)

Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Hayakawa, Keiji
Director, Storyboard
Takagi, Jun
Director
Annou, Masami
Director
Hayase, Hiroyuki
Sound Director


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"Yuu" by NoR
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Ending Theme

"blása" by Yae




Reviews

Jan 26, 2009
This is a compact review based on all THREE seasons (78 episodes) of the Legend of Condor Hero series.

*Please note that only season 1 was voiced in Japanese but all 3 seasons have been Chinese dubbed.*

Before proceeding with the actual review of this anime, I would like to clarify the name of the story. Based on the original novel written in the late 1950s, this story should be called The Return of the Condor Heroes. But somewhere along the way, the Japanese decided to change the name to Legend of Condor Hero, which to add on to the confusion is the same name as ...
Dec 29, 2008
This is one of the most intense love stories out there in anime. You can really feel the immense depth of the love. This together with the abundance of strong female characters in the story makes it one of my favorite anime series. The only minor point is that there is a lot of silly martial art fighting going on.
The OP and ED are addictive.

Hotness: very intense forbidden and pure love.

Bishounen: The main lead is a cutie. He could have been more intelligent and more sensitive though.
Feb 23, 2022
Mixed Feelings
Plot contrivance is present is nearly every story. Some try to hide it and make it more natural, while other try to limit it to a few big ones that shape the entire story. This anime doesn't do that. It's an unbelievable serie of coincidental meetings, people splitting up and meeting again and splitting up again by plot demands.

This is difficult to go into details without getting into detailled spoiler territory but for instance, at one point the main character was looking for someone.
He doesn't find this person by searching for them. Instead he finding them randomly after following the people arresting a random ...

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