Product Description Esteria is an island country that once flourished with great riches and promise but the hands of evil have taken hold. Monsters now roam the country and terrorize the populace. An unsuspecting adventurer, Adol Christen, has been drawn into the island's great conflict. He sets off on a quest to save the plagued land, a land once known as the great utopia of Ys. Special Features include an episode map, item list, character bios, retro game inerface, remastered audio. For ages 13 and Older. .com Based on a video game, Ys had been adapted to two anime OAVs, a manga, novels, and a role-playing game over the years. Young traveler Adol Christin is determined to visit Esteria. Once a prosperous, happy land, Esteria has been invaded by monsters: wolves, ghouls, demons, skeletons, and what appear to be mobile tree trunks. On his arrival, Adol is hailed as the Brave Soul of legend who will restore the realm to its former glory. He must first collect the Six Books of Ys, and by the end of the fourth episode, he's gotten volumes 1 through 3. But he has yet to meet the evil lord Dark Fact. Ys was originally released in 1989, but the stiff character designs, very limited animation, stolid pacing, and numerous Morris-the-Explainer scenes make it feel like a throwback to an earlier era of anime. (Rated 13 and older: violence, grotesque imagery) --Charles Solomon
M**T
This is why I enjoy anime and RPGs so much. Excellent!
It's too bad, Ys didn't get the recognition it deserved back in the early 1990s, when Ys Books I & II, as well as Ys III: Wanderers from Ys, all were released across the trio of 16-bit consoles of the day (Genesis, SNES, TG-16). Even without an anime to suppliment the RPGs, they were very anime-like in story and characters.This anime was actually done in the early / mid 1990s, and consists of the 7 episode "Book I" (We get the first 4 of those 7 here on this DVD), and there's also a 'Book II' forthcoming. As a fan of "Record of Lodoss War' (OAV), this should please those fans, as well as fans craving more of the fantasy / RPG types of anime. This series couldn't have come at a better time, abelt. 10 years late to the years Ys originally came out here., with RPGs as a genre seeing a huge acceptance now, even if it isn't a mainstream genre.The dub here (as with a lot of dubs these days) is great! They've really bought the characters, and world of Ys to life. The soundtrack here, music-wise.....it rocks! That's one of the unique things about the Ys series and it's music, be it on this anime, or on the RPGs themselves. They always did the unique (Hard-driving rock music), not the cliched (orchestra, lots of brass), with RPG soundtracks.Overall, a great anime OAV series so far!
M**N
An excellent video-game-to-anime translation.
I found this anime to be charming and exhilarating, with excellent pacing. Ys - Book One has a good English voice cast and it is everything you could hope for from a video-game-to-anime adaptation. The menu design is intentionally reminiscent of the original game, and the soundtrack feels like it could be from the 80s, which is a huge plus in my book. This anime gives you a nice steady delivery of action and story, so none of the episodes feel like wasted material.If you're a fan of medieval fantasy anime, or clean, older animation styles in general, this is definitely a buy. Keep in mind, the Ys - Book Two dvd completes the story started in the Ys - Book One dvd, while the Ys II - Castle in the Heavens dvd starts a new story AFTER the events in Ys - Book Two.A.K.A. CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:1 - "Ys - Book One"2 - "Ys - Book Two"3 - "Ys II - Castle in the Heavens"I own all three dvds, and continue to revel in my purchase decision.
N**E
Squeee
The NOSTALGIA! :DCame in perfect condition, with original shrink wrap and everything. Perfect, i love it
T**L
Five Stars
really good
T**.
Another Great D&D style Fantasy Adventure!
I've always had a deep fondness for stories about the heroic Knight who undertakes a daring quest, offers aid to those in need, rescues damsels in distress, slays the dragon, fights evil with sword in hand, and fulfills the prophecy. If you too dream of these things, then get this DVD along with Record of the Lodoss War. This DVD was an impulse buy, I just saw it and decided what the heck? I was not disipointed. This action-packed fantasy adventure draws you right into the story. True, the plot is not overly in-depth (The brave soul must find the secret behind the endless attacks of the evil beasts), but come on, it's based on a video game. I thought the story was well thought out and interesting. I also found the voice acting to be excellent. The art work was beautiful, and I was impressed with the soundtrack. The soundtrack is mainly classical style (synthesized) and Pop. To me, the art work and music of an anime film are the most important. This film delivers the not only great artwork and music, but great acting, story, and action as well. If you like Lord of the Rings, Record of the Lodoss War, Swordfighting, Sorcery, D&D, RPG, and/or Mythology, then Ys is for you.
E**P
YS? YES. GOOD? NO.
If you've never heard of Ys (pronounced "ease" with a heavier "s" sound) all you need to know is that it was an RPG back in the days of the SNES (and perhaps earlier). The game was never a smashing success, at least, not the way that Zelda and Final Fantasy were. However, the soundtracks to the Ys games (especially the orchestrated ones) are among the best in the RPG world. I have never played the games all the way through, but from what I can piece together, this 4 episode DVD is trying to follow the games. This is why I thought the movie was so lacking. It was too slaved to formula. Talk to somebody about next destination, go there, fight boss, get book of Ys, repeat. Obviously, the animation is low-budget and the acting isn't all too good either. I primarily bought this DVD to see if it would feature the soundtrack from the Ys games. Yes, it does. Sometimes orchestrated, sometimes not. Still, they never play a song all the way through, which is sad, because like I said earlier, the Ys soundtracks were awesome and would make some EXCELLENT movie music. This movie particularly likes to use "First Steps Towards Wars" (one of the best Ys songs), but they never play it completely through. There is some humor in this DVD. Two scenes come to mind. The first one is in episode one. Adol is forced to work for this guy that'll help him get to Esteria (Ys). One of Adol's odd-jobs involves carrying a live cow on his back. Absolutely hilarious. The second part is a line of dialogue in episode four. "There's a head on your head!" Adol says to his friend who is running from a bunch of cow-demons. There is also an outtakes feature in this DVD, not all of them are really funny. Most of them deal with character name pronunciation problems and slurred speech. There are a few gems, though. This DVD is really for younger audiences, although the rating of 13 and up says otherwise. The violence really isn't that bad. For those that remember the Ys games, I recommend that you pass on this DVD and purchase the Very Best of Ys soundtrack, containing songs from various Ys games.
F**S
Un très bon manga
Un très bon manga . (Celon moi , Ys aurais du être largement plus populaire que Zelda )
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