The JRPG that started it all — before anime knew how to adapt games.
Season 2 • Episode 4
LatestAdol Christin, a young man from the mainland, sails to the besieged land of Esteria in search of adventure. Esteria is being overrun by beasts under the control of the evil priest Dark Fact, and the people of the land are running out of time. However, there is a prophecy that tells of a hero from another land who will come to save Esteria -- and his name would be Adol Christen.
Score
Yuzo Koshiro's chiptune bangers, now with budget orchestra.
Production
They animated TWO games into eleven episodes. Chaos.
Takeshi Kusao
Adol Christin (voice)
Chieko Honda
Lea (voice)
Minami Takayama
Feena (voice)
Katsuji Mori
Dark Fact (voice)
Tessyo Genda
Narrator / Dogi (voice)
Kotono Mitsuishi
Lilia (voice)
Ikuya Sawaki
Ban (voice)
Hideyuki Tanaka
Keath (voice)
Junichi Sugawara
Rupa (voice)
Jurota Kosugi
Ghot (voice)
Shigezo Sasaoka
Dares (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This OVA adapts Ys I & II simultaneously, which explains the breakneck pacing and why half the cast feels like speedrun cameos.
Ys (1987) pioneered the 'bump combat' system and cinematic cutscenes — this anime arrived when Japanese developers were desperate to prove games could be 'real' media.
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