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Originally posted by gwr_gwir
what's Last Exile about? how's the animation? in short, why do you recommend it, Baldrick?
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Sorry, should have mentioned that in my original post.
It's Gonzo's tenth anniversary series, and they definitely deliver.
The animation is absolutely brilliant, and I really love the soundtrack. It all has a very retro-futuristic feel to it. Basically, the story revolves around two "porters" who make their business flying letters between parties. In one of their deliveries, they get caught between two warring factions in a civil war.
The screener only had the first two episodes on it, but wow! It's really the feel of the series that got me hooked. The first couple of battle scenes reminded me of the old "chivalrous" trench type warfare, but on airships. But even the airships all look like something right out of the fifties! Last Exile truly has a style unlike anything I've seen before.
The story seems to be unravelling slowly, which I like in anime. I hate series that give the whole story up in the first few episodes, and spend the rest of the series just using "filler" because there's nothing new to do with the characters.