 Despite her supposed ineptitude with regular magic, Princess Anisphia defies the aristocracy's expectations by developing "magicology," a unique magical theory based on memories from her past life. One day, she witnesses the brilliant noblewoman Euphyllia unjustly stripped of her title as the kingdom's next monarch. That's when Anisphia concocts a plan to help Euphyllia regain her good name-which somehow involves them living together and researching magic! Little do these two ladies know, however, that their chance encounter will alter not only their own futures, but those of the kingdom...and the entire world! |
MenchiK1Dec 29, 2022 6:34 AM
| Reading the premise and stuff, I definitely feel that yuri will be a theme in a way. In the meantime, this show hasn't been picked up at the moment, but seeing that this show's premiere is only a week away that chances are it will be on Crunchyroll. When Sentai licenses something, it's usually well in advanced, and not to mention they already have acquired the number of shows they said they would pick up. That said, this show looks like something I might like, though there are lots of shows out there that are like this. |
MenchiK1 said: Ok where can I watch? Despite her supposed ineptitude with regular magic, Princess Anisphia defies the aristocracy's expectations by developing "magicology," a unique magical theory based on memories from her past life. One day, she witnesses the brilliant noblewoman Euphyllia unjustly stripped of her title as the kingdom's next monarch. That's when Anisphia concocts a plan to help Euphyllia regain her good name-which somehow involves them living together and researching magic! Little do these two ladies know, however, that their chance encounter will alter not only their own futures, but those of the kingdom...and the entire world! |
| Yeah, if this has been licensed, no one announced it. It is a harmless show, so I can't believe no one licensed it, like Immoral Guild last season. I watched the first episode, and yeah, it was kind of meh. It had the set up of an otome game with the jilted prince's fiancee, and of course the MC actually pointed that out. The MC is a bit much....I guess she is kind of the genki girl trope of the overly enthusiastic girl in the yuri romance, where the silver haired girl will be the dower girl who slowly warms up to the yuri romance. |
HOOfan_1 said: Pretty sure it's licensed by CR. Hidive is supposedly done with announcements and CR does make official announcements of some shows on the day or day before it airs.Yeah, if this has been licensed, no one announced it. It is a harmless show, so I can't believe no one licensed it, like Immoral Guild last season. I watched the first episode, and yeah, it was kind of meh. It had the set up of an otome game with the jilted prince's fiancee, and of course the MC actually pointed that out. The MC is a bit much....I guess she is kind of the genki girl trope of the overly enthusiastic girl in the yuri romance, where the silver haired girl will be the dower girl who slowly warms up to the yuri romance. EDIT: And there it is, CR officially announced this show. |
paulchaestedJan 3, 2023 3:02 PM
| I'm a cultured degenerate. |
| Not sure what the point of that is...I can't imagine it is a licensing requirement because HIDIVE doesn't pull that shit, and HIDIVE actually has a release calendar that doesn't wait until the show releases before letting you know it is coming. While I'm complaining about Crunchyroll, I'm really getting tired of my que jumping a show to the top just because they released a new dub in the version of French only spoken by 5 people on an island in the middle of the Pacific |
| Ahh I feel that yuri energy. And dang, that animation was pretty decent. |
| I'm a cultured degenerate. |
| Not bad; could be fun. Will keep watching. |
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| Hmm. It's a generic fantasy world, but at least the main character has challenges ahead of her. She certainly doesn't look like an overpowered protagonist, and she has a fun-loving attitude. I think I'll enjoy this one. |
| Watched the first ep back in December, cautiously intrigued. Its listed as Shoujo Ai. Hopefully the yuri isn't going to give us another Executioner And Her Way Of Life. |
| Episode 1 And thus it begins with a girl meets girl kind of deal. The princess is engaged, but out of nowhere the guy she is engaged to dumps her over something she didn't do to the girl who is his real true love. Then that guy's sister comes crashing in through the window. This fateful encounter sets up the girls on a journey of a lifetime or what not seeing that the princess can't exactly remain in the kingdom after what just happened. Quite a generic fantasy show involving an isekaied MC, but at least it has some interesting things going for it and at least I enjoyed seeing things unfold there. What happens next is going to be critical seeing that there will be quite a number of shows ending up in the drop zone as there are just way too many shows this season. |
marklebid said: [*]That just makes me wonder what sort of reputation the princess has at this point.[*]Again: Flight magic doesn't exist, MC crashes through a high window 50 miles an hour and entirely disrupts the little party drama. Crowd's like, "Oh hey it's the princess *yawn*." |
marklebid said: Hmm I realize there felt like a serious disconnect between: [*]MC never gets to high altitudes, but maid was with her since birth and knows all the ups and downs. Maid warns her to be careful. New broom -- jumps straight to super high altitude. Maid just smiles casually and watches her go (I assume she goes make some tea or something afterward). Yes, that scene stood out to me as well. Unless there was something that happened off screen, as far as we know, this is the first time she has gotten more than a few feet off the ground, and the maid didn't seem all that concerned. Although, the flashbacks to her childhood seemed to show her getting major injuries and just brushing them off. The maid said "you broke a lot of brooms"...didn't mention anything about broken bones, or near fatal experiences. [*]Villainess accusation happens, everybody keeps the whole break up extremely public. Nobody cares that much. [*]Girl from the sky perfectly fine, 'kidnaps' the previously most beloved girl in school and flies off. The brother's just kind of mad at his sister. I think these probably go together. I am not sure she was beloved at school. She was probably looked up to because she is the fiancee of the prince, and has that "class rep" feel to her. But in her opening scene, those two girls were talking to each other about her, so that she could overhear, they were not really talking TOO her. So she might be seen as aloof, and she probably IS aloof. I would say just judging by what we have seen so far, she is more RESPECTED than beloved. When the prince kicked her to the curb, the others there probably lost a lot of their respect for her. It seems the Prince and his three lackeys were probably already spreading false information about her before the ball. Some of the people there also commented about her standoffish personality. I think the prince was mad at his sister because she told him he was going to go tell their father the king and he hasn't fully put together his scheme to make the king accept the fact that he broke off his engagement. It seems like he doesn't like her that much, probably because she is such a free spirit and has ended up spoiling his schemes in the past. He calls her older sister, but I wonder if they are fraternal twins, because they don't seem that far apart in age. Although, at the same time, since she doesn't seem to be attending the academy, maybe she already graduated. |
| We have Yuri light and a funny, but twinged with a tiny bit of sadness, episode. |
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| That was OK. Not really a big yuri enthusiast though. I also hope they don't just drop the whole thing with the prince and the otome game plot. There could be some entertaining material there if done right. I have a suspicion it will just end up being some background thing most of the time. Then it will pop back up in a way that forces the two girls save the day, somehow, in an overly expedient way that leaves you feeling ripped off and unsatisfied. |
| Cursive is the future. - Nate Bargatze |
| This will probably be one of my favorite show of the season. Love it so far. |
| Hey, at least they aren't dancing around the subject and yuri-baiting us. They spelled it out when she said she wants to fall in love with a woman. Euphyllia backing away from her at that part was pretty funny. As for her brother, I don't think we've seen the last of him. They have kind of set him up as a possible antagonist. He seems to hate Ansiphia and Euphyllia both. The Duke pointing out that Ansiphia could still take the throne even after renouncing her right also puts her at odds with him. |
| Episode 2 And after escaping that chaotic scene where Euphie was wrongly accused for a crime that didn't happen, the girls meet up with Euphie's father Grantz. There, Anis makes an offer to have the princess work for her instead seeing that she that her reputation is in the pits after Algard dumped her in the cruelest way possible. Those two are quite into each other seeing that Euphie was just never suited for a life of unreasonable expectations that being a princess carries. Yuri vibes are definitely building up here, and it does a solid job with keeping the story relevant rather than just flashing something big and not really do anything with it. |
| It has had two episodes to show us what this is about and all im really getting so far is yuri and literally nothing else. Gonna give it another one to find out if it decides on a direction to start travelling or not. |
| Episodes 1 and 2 A bit exposition-heavy, but for a discount vaguely–Lycoris Recoil that isn't surprising. I liked this; the first conversation between douchebag prince and Euphyllia was done well, and I think makes the point that the prince has some cleverness to him. And it spent a surprising amount of time on the conversation between the king and his minister, which I also enjoyed. That the yuri is overt is much better than hinting at it haltingly. The mouthful of a title almost made me pass over this; glad I didn't. |
| I love him who is ashamed when the dice fall in his favour and who then asks: Am I then a cheat? – for he wants to perish. |
| These two episodes gave a nice little introduction, but not really anything more. Anisphia, Euphyllia, the prince, the king and minister, the dirty royal intrigue helping set up Anisphia's plan for magicology, were all touched on. Oh, and Anisphia is suddenly and unshakably gay. The last bit caught me by surprise. I watched the first episode through. Which I thought did a fairly good job introducing Anisphia. Thought she was a fun and stand up girl that cleverly (beyond the show title anyway) let us know she was an Earther bringing her social adjustments, insights, and love of magical girls to this land, and had no idea why everyone was talking about all the yuri spice in the comments. I actually was a bit bothered by it, but I wasn't sure if it was spoilers from hyper-enthused source fans or I was just blind. I'm still not sure, but the second episode sure spelled it out for me. The show probably could have spent more time setting up the parts and I'd be happy, but now it feels like the prologue wrapped up and we're waiting to see how the show defines itself with these terms. |
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| Episode 3 Euphie has a new weapon as Anis created a mana sword. But that said, she needs a lot of practice seeing that she can't handle the broom, all while she wasn't born to be a warrior. And it's a terrible waste that Euphie's maids had been working so hard on that wedding dress that she will never wear, but of course the princess is not going to stick to what a princess is supposed to do. Those two are developing quite the relationship that's going to change everything. |
| Don't worry, Euphy, yuri will fix everything. That's how these shows work. |
runec said: Don't worry, Euphy, yuri will fix everything. That's how these shows work. Anise will help her learn to love again |
| Well I liked my time with it, but I don't think much was said or done this time. I suppose there is still the possibility that the prince is getting manipulated by the conservatives in a power play. He and Euphyllia remained distant even when together, but his Cyan girl would have to be in on it I think. Other than that, we actually get some basics in our leading ladies' relationship building. It occurs to me that while Anisphia has her own motivations, she has a lot of manic pixie dream girl tendencies as a protagonist who is in her own dream land as a magical girl nut. |
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| Episode 3 That was nice, and needed no justification. Again I enjoyed the king and his minister; though little else happened, we did at least get Euphyllia clearing her name, as the king clearly believes her. Mustache King is almost a stand-in for the audience, and I don't mind it at all. And oh, I found the performative reformists vs. conservatives framing irritating. Real rule is both more complicated and unbeholden to the modern political dichotomy. |
| I love him who is ashamed when the dice fall in his favour and who then asks: Am I then a cheat? – for he wants to perish. |
auroraloose said: It would have helped quite a bit if they had explained what the reformers are trying to reform and what the conservatives are trying to conserve. And oh, I found the performative reformists vs. conservatives framing irritating. Real rule is both more complicated and unbeholden to the modern political dichotomy. |
| The thing I appreciate the most about this show are those amazing bg interiors. Last week they kept showing off that fantastic parquet floor in the kings office and this week we got that shot of the room that Euphilia was leaving behind. I was impressed they put in that much work on a room we'll probably never see again. Especially that rug! What was she thinking leaving that beautiful thing behind? Not sure that's going to be enough to keep me watching though. I'm not a yuri fan and I'm pretty sure I'm going to find the princess rather frustrating. I like some good political wrangling, but I don't trust that this show is going to do a good job of it either. I've already found myself wishing that Leon Bartfort would show up and start knocking some nobles heads together. I was also hoping that we would have gotten at least a primer on how these magical tools the princess is making work. An interesting magic system is something that might keep me watching. So far the world building has been a disappointment though. Except for the visuals. |
| Cursive is the future. - Nate Bargatze |
| Magicite monster...wait, is this like a crossover with Reborn to Master the Sword? |
HOOfan_1 said: I was thinking the same exact thing. Maybe the same author?Magicite monster...wait, is this like a crossover with Reborn to Master the Sword? |
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Gafennec said: Just checked: Magical Revolution is by Piero Karasu and Reborn is by Hayaken. HOOfan_1 said: I was thinking the same exact thing. Maybe the same author?Magicite monster...wait, is this like a crossover with Reborn to Master the Sword? |
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Gafennec said: Magicite has been a main stay in Final Fantasy games for 35 years. Since it basically just means magic rock I think the term is ubiquitous at this point.HOOfan_1 said: I was thinking the same exact thing. Maybe the same author?Magicite monster...wait, is this like a crossover with Reborn to Master the Sword? |
runec said: Gafennec said: Magicite has been a main stay in Final Fantasy games for 35 years. Since it basically just means magic rock I think the term is ubiquitous at this point.I was thinking the same exact thing. Maybe the same author? Ah; Arigato Gozaimasu for the explanation. Having never played any FF; I thought the term was fairly unique. |
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| Episode 4 While Euphie and Anis are done with Algard, Algard is not done with them. And after a lot of buildup, it's time to put Euphie's training to the test as a dragon is on the attack. Things are about to get quite ugly really fast. |
| So what was the king thinking sending his son off to fight a dragon when it seems like they must be stupid powerful in this world? Is he so ruthless that he would send him off thinking he'd most likely get killed so he could then put his daughter on the throne? Sure hasn't come off that way before now. A lot of shows feel like they are unnecessarily rushing things this season. |
| Cursive is the future. - Nate Bargatze |
zkeleton said: How I see it right now, the king wasn't sending his son off to die. He was sending him off to live. Hah... Algard has been in Anisphia's shadow and dealing with that pressure since a young child. Algard is showing his resolve to stamp down others doubts and prove his value and direction rather than just being dragged with the flow of royal success. The king sees all of that and must think his son stands a better chance than most against this calamity that threatens them all. But it would seem that he will be sitting down to another meal of humble pie as his sister is in the title and all that.So what was the king thinking sending his son off to fight a dragon when it seems like they must be stupid powerful in this world? Is he so ruthless that he would send him off thinking he'd most likely get killed so he could then put his daughter on the throne? Sure hasn't come off that way before now. A lot of shows feel like they are unnecessarily rushing things this season. |
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| I always find it kind of funny when someone catches another person, inches off the ground after a long fall...and somehow they are saved. It's the sudden stop that kills you, not hitting the ground. |
HOOfan_1 said: I always find it kind of funny when someone catches another person, inches off the ground after a long fall...and somehow they are saved. It's the sudden stop that kills you, not hitting the ground. Yeah, I saw that too. I thought the same as well. But we watch anime to escape reality so I guess it can't be helped. |
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| Foolish dragon thought he could challenge the power of yuri. |
HOOfan_1 said: Stuff like this is exactly my main complaint about this show. It takes the cheap and easy way out. Like how the princess was crashing into things full speed on the broom and walking away with just a few scratches. It may have seemed like it was just for a joke, but they were also telling us that nothing she does will pose any real physical risk to her no matter how dangerous it may look at first. So their was no tension in this fight. It's far too cartoonish and there hasn't even been an effort to establish any kind of rules for what can or can't happen and what does and doesn't cause real harm. How was she able to cut through that barrier when she couldn't before? All Euphie said was to attack it's wings--which was the obvious play anyhow--but they were covered by the barrier too. How did she not realize there was a barrier in the first place? Then on top of that they throw in the anime trope of having a conversation where they explain they're motivations and life philosophies to each other while the dragon patiently waits for them to finish and come attack him again.I always find it kind of funny when someone catches another person, inches off the ground after a long fall...and somehow they are saved. It's the sudden stop that kills you, not hitting the ground. The thing that makes all of that so bad is that I expect better from a show with this good of a production behind it. It looks good and sounds good. The VA work is solid and the characters are sympathetic. But, the story and world building is half assed and it's just a huge let down. Anis may not be OP, but it sure seems like the world around her is made of pillows surrounded with bubble wrap so nothing can ever actually hurt her. Except maybe emotionally. And if that's what they're going for then they should just dump the action stuff because it's more of a negative to the show than a positive. |
| Cursive is the future. - Nate Bargatze |
| Euphie invented flying magic just to save her girlfriend from bouncing off the ground unharmed. I mean, they did bother to explain her clothes are really powerful armour so i guess whatever. I'm just glad something interesting finally happened. |
LouieGrandie said: Except they went out of their way to explain that the dragon was too big to really be able to fly so it must use magic generated by it's wings. Why explain one physically impossible thing--that Euphie really shouldn't know enough about to be able to explain anyway--just to completely ignore another when it becomes inconvenient. I could accept that the physics of this world are different than our own--they would have to be for magic to work. But to act like they're the same in one instance just to ignore them in another? It's just bad writing where they're trying to be clever one minute only to be dumb almost every other time.HOOfan_1 said: You just had a dragon with no visible means on support floating in air and now you're worried about the law of physics? This is an anime series, all that goes right out the windowI always find it kind of funny when someone catches another person, inches off the ground after a long fall...and somehow they are saved. It's the sudden stop that kills you, not hitting the ground. |
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