Anime Review: Once upon a time

Once upon a time
Warpshadow

Review Once upon a time AKA Windaria Written by Warpshadow Rating poor/ fair

Often an anime show is best remembered for being an shining example of something. If people can remember a show out of the vast sea of anime because it makes a point more clearly than it's fellow shows. Once upon a time is a shining example of two things, bad dubbing and why people hate Carl Macek.

Alan is a simple farmer in the valley that lies between Lunaria and the Shadow lands. One day while selling his vegtables in Lunaria a saboteur tries to flood the city and Alan manages to minimize the damage. The act was a result of the rising tensions between Lunaria and the Shadow lands and this act is the straw the broke the camel's back. Even the fact that the prince of the Shadow lands and the princess of Lunaria are in love probably won't avert war. Unbeknownst to Alan at the time he would play a great part in this war and commit acts that he will later regret.

I have a hard time figuring out how good of a movie Windaria is, but one thing I say with certainty, Once upon a time is edited into a mess. The most horrid case of this is the fact that characters will change motivations at a drop of a hat. I just don't find it plausible that anyone would take up someone else's cause right after they came after you with a knife for disagreeing with you but you manage kill them instead. About the only good thing I can think of is that the Shadow land soldiers have a comically bad sense of discipline. This is one to avoid, unless you need something to make fun of.

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