Name the Anime

[GuyvarIII]

Saint Seiya?

Right mythology ... but sorry, wrong Anime.

Arion

You Are Correct!

Check it out, an "ancient" ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGWh2zs_Mqg

[jcaliff]

I remember seeing it back when I was in college at one of the anime club showings back in the day. It did have a certain ick factor when it came to the incestuous relationship between Ares and Athena. Not that ancient gods didn't have a fair share of incest, but I still can't help find it a little squicky.


Here's the next clue. Probably pretty easy I think.

An "orphen" joins a group of traveling performers.

[JWR]

Nadia , The Secret of Blue Water?

[jcaliff]

Nadia , The Secret of Blue Water?

Nope.

Another clue: this group of traveling performers has the same name as a common garden weed.

[irmgaard]

Ashita no Nadja

I think

[jcaliff]

Ashita no Nadja

I think

That's right!

[irmgaard]

To draw the sword...

three things must be known.

[miz ducky]

To draw the sword...

three things must be known.

The length, the width, and the hand guard/hilt style?

[irmgaard]

Now, now

It's not the size of the sword...

It's the skill of its wielder!

[JWR]

Well some could consider Wordsworth covering both clues

[otakusin]

Complete guess but... Sword of the Stranger???

[Cloud]

I don't have anything to say to that.

[irmgaard]

No...not Wordsworth, JWR

Not Sword of the Stranger either, Otakusin. Although, it's strange ... that was the one I was going to do if I didn't do this one... You must be Psychic , and I sent a confused message . Sorry.

The three things that must be known first are:

形

真

and

理

This protagonist's got the right prescription for your possession problems!

[Kata]

Mononoke?

[irmgaard]

Mononoke?

Ah Ha!

So was it the Katachi, Makoto, and Kotowari, or the allusion to the assumed profession of its not quite fully human exorcist (i.e., Medicine seller) that gave it away?

Or maybe my current avatar…

No matter, you are correct, Kata!

The hero of “Bake Neko”, the standout part of the trilogy that made up Ayakashi, was such a hit that they gave him his own spinoff series for the Summer of 2007: Mononoke!

In addition to its enigmatic, charismatic lead, and its involving, puzzle/mystery solving episodes, it boasts what is surely one of the most unique art designs in modern anime. Described by some online reviews as being evocative of Klimt, I found it to be even more like a fantastical melding of Nishiki-e and Pop Art à la Peter Max.

Still not licensed, though…



And now…even though no one has asked for it… spanning five decades and myriad genres… the GRAND updated list!

3x3 Eyes
Master of Mosquiton
Assemble Insert (twice)
Basilisk
Big Wars
Please Save my Earth
Casshan: Robot Hunter
Judge
Crying Freeman
JYU OH SEI
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de
Gokiburi Tachi no Tasogare
Negima
Mermaids Forrest
Disgaea
Tenshi no Shippo/Angel Tales (twice)
Card Captor Sakura
Saikano
Brave Police J-Decker
Jigoku Shoujo
Mighty Space Miners
Apocalypse Zero
Final Fantasy Unlimited
Scrapped Princess
Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Princess Princess
Steel Angel Kurumi
Ultimate Girls
Karin
Lunar Legend Tsukihime
Speed Grapher
Spriggan
Hyper Police
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Gun X Sword
Sanctuary
Wind Named Amnesia
Night on the Galactic Railroad
Gokudo
Wandaba
Magic Knights Rayearth
Figure 17 (twice)
Kamichuu
Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
Roujin Z
Martian Successor Nadesico
Grenadier (twice)
Kujibiki Unbalance
Kurogane Communication
PlatinumHugen Ordian
Curse of the Undead Yoma
Dororo
They Were 11
*Desert Rose (though nobody got it)
Victorian Romance Emma
Bincho-tan
Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Laughing Target
Paranoia Agent
Labyrinth of Flames
Ghost Talker's Daydream
Infinite Ryvius
*Fairy Musketeer Akazukin (no one got that one either)
Renkin San Kyu Magical Pokaan
KIBA
Damekko Doubutsu
Amaenaideyo
Burn-Up: W
Ogre Slayer
Master Keaton
Zombie Loan
Madlax
Koutetsu Sangokushi
Yamato Nadesico Shichihenge
Gun Parade March
Trouble Chocolate
Girls Bravo
Those who hunt elves
Shakugan no Shana
Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto
Maris the Chojo
Bottle Fairies
Suzuka
G-On Riders
Birdy the Mghty
Ichigo 100%
Zipang
Metropolis
He is My Master
Hanada Shounen-shi
Ebichu Minds the House
Hungry Heart - Wild Striker
Zettai Shonen
Eyeshield 21
Inukami
Here is Greenwood
Onmyō Taisenki
D. Grey Man
Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei
Bobby's In Deep
Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion
Shonen Onmyouji
Gravation
Canvas 2
Princess Resurrection
Kamui no Ken
*RPG Densetsu Hepoi (we all had to pass on this one, too)
Yume Tsukai
Hunter X Hunter
Loveless
Binbou Shimai Monogatari
Sola
Bamboo Blade
Le Chevalier D' Eon
Paradise Kiss
Twin Signal
Green Green
Saiunkoku Monogatari
Shigurui
Darker Than Black
Seirei no Moribito
Read or Die TV
Buso Renkin
PatLabor
Wings of Honneamise
Ochamena Futago
Slayers
NieA_7
G Gundam
The Big O
Galerians
Lupin the 3rd
Battle Athletes
Monster
Bleach
Photon
Sol Bianca
Hime-chan no Ribon
Shrine of the Morning Mist
PANDA-Z
Salamander
Shiritsu Araiso Koutougakkou Seitokai Shikkoubu
Gestalt
Heat Guy J
UFO Princess Valkyrie
Darkside Blues
Queen Millenia
Nodame Cantabile
The Wallflower
Tactics
Sukeban Deka
Top Secret / Himitsu the Revelation
Red Garden
Kara no Kyoukai / The Garden of Sinners
Claymore
Silent Moebius
Tensai Bakabon
Lensman
Princess Knight
Vampire Princess Miyu
Arion
Ashita no Nadja

And…

Mononoke




On to the next one, Kata! Ganbatte!