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
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Alternative Titles
Synonyms: Shen Diao Xia Lu
Japanese: 神鵰侠侶 コンドルヒーロー
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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
Theme:
Historical
Duration:
24 min. per ep.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Statistics
Ranked:
#29082
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Popularity:
#6991
Members:
9,615
Favorites:
38
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Your Feelings Categories 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. Jun 21, 2016
For anyone who does not know, this is anime adaptation of one of Chinese Classic love stories. Even though there is a lot of drama adaptations(by the Chinese), I find the anime appealing in some ways as it gives a simpler design of characters that have been overemphasize through the years.
Nonetheless, this anime is not without flaws. The title is incorrect: Unless you read the original story, the actual title of it is actually Return of the Condor Heroes/Condor Heroes and Companions for direct Chinese translation. The title that it is currently named by refer to the prequel of this story Some of the appearances of ... May 11, 2015
This is not a place for those who seek best design, animation, soundtrack. This anime only portrays more on a well written story over everything else (including character developments, interactions, story flow).
After dedicating myself to all 3 seasons , the anime has played a role in showing the realization that best story are not only to be told from Japan, for it can also be found from other countries as well. It is not a simple task to win over this in terms of story plot. My review of this anime series (all seasons): Story S1 + S2 10/10 Completely mindblown Jin Yong is a ... Feb 23, 2022
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 ... |


