yaoyao
August 2nd, 2005, 05:24 AM
MAR - Marchen Awakens Romance
is a story about a 14 years old boy, Ginta, who is pretty weak and a loser in real life. He keeps on having these dreams about fantasies in another world until one day, he really gets teleported to that world. Suddenly, he becomes stronger, fitter and braver (wow... ... -.- ). Anyway, in this fantasy world, the people fight with ARMs, which are little pendants/wearable accessories, which can be transformed into fighting tools, objects, creatures etc.
Plots of this anime is that a group of evil villants called Chess, are out to conquer the world of Marchen, while Ginta is supposed to lead the good guys to fight back. Ginta, being a newcomer to this world, is full of enthusiam although he is pretty weak and has no fighting abilities. Hence, while he travel, he meets up with friends and learn new skills whilst fighting off the evil Chess people. Much of the story is also between him and his first (and currently only) ARM, Babbo. The two of them are always bickering and fighting but when it matters, they work together well as a team.
Having watched till episode 11, I feel that this anime is of some sort a Pokemon copycat. Some preview sites feels that MAR was produced with an eye for mass merchandising due to the characters' design and various ARMs in the show. That aside, this show is pretty good as it provides some laughs. A should watch if you are into adventure and fantasy.
Cheers
is a story about a 14 years old boy, Ginta, who is pretty weak and a loser in real life. He keeps on having these dreams about fantasies in another world until one day, he really gets teleported to that world. Suddenly, he becomes stronger, fitter and braver (wow... ... -.- ). Anyway, in this fantasy world, the people fight with ARMs, which are little pendants/wearable accessories, which can be transformed into fighting tools, objects, creatures etc.
Plots of this anime is that a group of evil villants called Chess, are out to conquer the world of Marchen, while Ginta is supposed to lead the good guys to fight back. Ginta, being a newcomer to this world, is full of enthusiam although he is pretty weak and has no fighting abilities. Hence, while he travel, he meets up with friends and learn new skills whilst fighting off the evil Chess people. Much of the story is also between him and his first (and currently only) ARM, Babbo. The two of them are always bickering and fighting but when it matters, they work together well as a team.
Having watched till episode 11, I feel that this anime is of some sort a Pokemon copycat. Some preview sites feels that MAR was produced with an eye for mass merchandising due to the characters' design and various ARMs in the show. That aside, this show is pretty good as it provides some laughs. A should watch if you are into adventure and fantasy.
Cheers