Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Vintage:
July 15, 2008
Status:
Completed
Summary:
Enter Sentan, a lush, tranquil island encased in war between the military and those with Hiruko, known as X'amd. On one of these warlike days, Akiyuki Takehara heads off to school and gets caught in a raid by the creatures. Through a series of events he is transformed into a X'amd, and with the help of a Tessikan woman Nakiami along with his highschool friend Haru, Akiyuki is forced to learn to live with the Hiruko or faces the danger of losing his self-control and turn to stone.
Bounen no Xamdou is like the combination of all great animes that ever existed, and what comes out is a brilliant refreshing story, awesome characters and an epic opening theme song. The show jumps to the beat of all that is awesome telling the tale of a few characters caught in a war between two powerful opposing fronts. The mecha are original and fascinating and the main character has a uniqueness that caught my attention from the word GO. It starts out when the main character's peacefull little home town is attacked by terrorists, the battle that ensues is awe-inspiring and the creatures are bizarre in every way. The anime features two co-inciding story's after the attack, this shows us two perspectives and wonderfully links every character to form the plot think 6-degrees of seperation (Every one is a friend of a friend). At the beginning we know exactly who the bad guys are but as the story continues every one turns out ot be fighting for their own good reasons. It is a wonderfull anime and nobody will regret watching. The sound track is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G the tunes keep the flow going and help the story progress, the beat to the show is fast and every episode contains something new. In one sentence Bounen no Xamdou is an explosion of entertainment. I have never seen anything like it before and I bet neither have you!