Anime Scrapped Princess

[Valkyrur]

Okay, I know this is rather old. But...

Scrapped Princess (スクラップド・プリンセス, Sukurappudo Purinsesu?) is a Japanese light novel series by Ichiro Sakaki and illustrated by Nakayohi Mogudan, a popular adult dōjin artist. In 2003, it was adapted into an anime series produced by Bones. The character designs in the anime are by Takahiro Komori, who is also known for the designs on another anime series, Cowboy Bebop.
Scrapped Princess is notable for high quality animation, its music, which is composed by Masumi Itō, and its themes. It begins as high fantasy and then quickly mixes into varying degrees of post-apocalyptic and science fiction elements through the application of Clarke's third law. The atmosphere has undertones of sadness, though many of the characters and situations are superficially light-hearted.
The anime is distributed in the United States by Bandai Entertainment. There is also a manga adaptation which has also been published in the US by Tokyopop. The manga is only three volumes, and has no plot overlap with the anime; the only things in common are the three main characters, the idea of the Scrapped Princess, and the Mauser Faith they are running from. Three of the original light novels have been translated into English by Tokyopop.

So, have you watched this anime before? If so, how did you find it?

 

[Mitsuki]

Ah yes, I've watched this a few years ago. I was viewing a list of anime at animenfo and the brief summary piqued my interest. I decided to give it a try and it's now one of my favorite anime, although I've definitely seen better ones. But the storyline, characters, and plot does pull you in and it does make me feel for the main character.. It's rather interesting and sad, especially towards the end of the story, but it still maintains some light-hearted moments all the same.

 

[Valkyrur]

Agreed. Throughout the show, they did a fine job in maintaining the main character's upbeat personality, and naivety. Add in the intricate storyline and throw in the additional efforts in detailing the environment, I thought this was one of the better animes I've watched so far.

 

[Anglekos]

I liked it until the end. Cliffhanger endings always turn me off, y'know? But I won't spoil anything.