Byston Well Monogatari: Garzey no Tsubasa

Christopher "Chris" Chiaki is an easygoing guy who keeps failing his college entrance exams well into his mid-twenties. His days are occupied with Kendo practice, visits to his family's shrine, and dreaming of his high school reunion. When his spirit is suddenly transported to the world of Byston Well, Chris becomes Garzey's Wing, a legendary holy warrior. The Metomeus tribe summoned him to help liberate them from slavery, but unfortunately, Chris has no knowledge on how to be a holy warrior, and moreover, only has an incredibly dull sword which he salvaged from a corpse.

To make matters more complicated, there is another Chris who is still in the normal world! He cannot control the events in Byston Well, but is tied to the fate of the other Chris. The young man must struggle and adventure in a world of magical creatures and mysterious foreigners.

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Chiaki, Christopher Main

Iwanaga, Tetsuya Japanese

Fa, Falan Main

Okamoto, Maya Japanese

Hassan Main

Hisakawa, Aya Japanese

Keras, Ketta Main

Genda, Tesshou Japanese

Nakato, Rumiko Supporting

Iwao, Junko Japanese

Aji, Gelgog Supporting

Ootsuka, Akio Japanese

Philocres Supporting

Nishimura, Tomomichi Japanese

N'gau, Undo Supporting

Ebara, Masashi Japanese

Hendock Supporting

Ugaki, Hidenari Japanese

Leelince Supporting

Touma, Yumi Japanese

Abe, Michihisa Producer

Kindaichi, Ken Producer

Tomino, Yoshiyuki Director, Script, Storyboard, Original Creator

Iwanami, Yoshikazu Sound Director

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Mar 26, 2024

laurenannak

Recommended

Don't get me wrong, this anime is a steaming pile of cow poo. But, if you come into it knowing that, and watch the dub, it's a hilarious experience, kind of like watching Birdemic or the Room. It's so bad that you can't help but laugh at it. The voice acting is constant monotone yelling, the animation is awful, and the plot is nonexistent. They use made up words and never explain what they mean, almost like they're talking in simlish. It's objectively horrible, but it's hilarious. Definitely watch with a group of friends and get super drunk while you do it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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Oct 27, 2016

NargleAdvocate

Mixed Feelings

This OVA is not remotely good from a serious point of view, but it made me laugh more than I have in a while. It speeds along too fast for you to understand, the plot is sub-par at best, and you don't get a good feel of the characters at all. Yet, it's one of the more enjoyable series I've seen.
This is one of those that you watch when you just want a good laugh, or when you're hanging out with friends. It makes no sense, but you'll be rolling around on the floor in laughter, mostly due to confusion.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Oct 5, 2024

AnimeIsAMistake7

Not Recommended

On October 30th, in the year of our lord 1938, a radio-novella adapted from the writings of Englishman and author H.G. Wells was read aloud by radio narrator Orson Welles as part of The Mercury Theatre on the Air, and broadcasted around the country via the CBS Radio Network. The innovative and gripping story that gripped the attention of listeners and thrusted itself into the annals of history was in no way related to the story that is Byston Well Monogatari. That work of fiction, and indeed all works of fiction, can only dream of reaching the heights of storytelling and fantastical drama that Byston ... Well Monogatari so effortlessly achieved.

This is truly one of the anime of all time. If you are a connoisseur of anime of the isekai variety, then this is the feature for you. Our protagonist, Christopher "Chris" Chiaki, is truly the embodiment of the typical japanese everyman. Chris-chan, if you will, is the part of ourselves we wish to see in the world around us. He is you, he is me, he is all of us. So it is through his eyes, our eyes, that we are abruptly and cruelly taken from our everyday life and catapulted into a world unfamiliar and alien to us, clearly a metaphor for our emergence from the womb and birthing into a reality beyond our control and far from our understanding.

Like Colombus disembarking from his vessel upon a new world, virgin soil, Christopher "Chris" Chiaki sets about acquainting himself to his new surroundings, and finds that he is in the middle of a conflict older than time or space itself. Though the name of this particular war matters not, we know its wretched face all the same; it is the blackness, the evil and vile tar that poisons the hearts of man, tethered to us no matter how far we run nor how many limbs we sever in a vain attempt to escape it. Just as Caine struck Able, just as Sisyphus toiled day after day, the rock that is our suffering follows us through the ages, and this is the real story of Byston Well Monogatari.

Just like the Hebrews of old, enslaved by pharaohs who crack the whip from atop their Pterodactylus antiquus, Christopher finds himself summoned to play the role of a savior, a task he neither wished nor asked for. He is to be their Moses and lead them from slavery to a better land. But the despotic forces of tyranny gather at every turn, conspiring to halt his progress. Thus, Christopher is forced to go from Moses to Mujahedeen, as his fight for freedom in this holiest of holy wars forces him to grapple with the violence lurking dormant within his own heart. Frank Herbert wishes he could have created a story as compelling as this one, but alas we are left with Byston Well Monogatari.

As Christopher battles man and beast alike, the creeping realization that he himself may be a beast far worse than any foe he has yet vanquished dawns on him, and the thin line between savior and enslaver erodes even further. He is no longer Christopher "Chris" Chiaki, he is Garzey's Wing. The tribesmen of Byston Well have long awaited a prophetic figure to lead them to paradise, and as Garzey Wing, Chris-chan becomes this voice from the outer world, playing the role of hero in this fantasy despite his real body remaining tethered in the mundane and tedious existence that is adolescent boyhood in Japan. Powerless though he may be here, Chris-chan gains omnipotence in the world of Byston Well, an obviously symbolic act referencing the dominance of the mind over the body. Chris-chan thinks, therefore he is more powerful. The famous mural of the divine gift on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo, often mistakenly believed to be a representation of God creating Man and imparting on him the gift of creation, is actually a reference to Chris-chan's awakening, realizing he is the God of his own world, and that the power of mind is in fact greater than matter.

After having taken in the water of life, Christopher Usul Chris Muad'Dib Chiaki continues to deliver crippling blow after blow to the ruinous powers of King Fungun and his generals, fully embracing his role and the burden he must carry in order to lead his people to paradise. The once holy warrior and savior has become the very thing he swore to destroy. It forces us, the audience, to reckon with the challenges of bringing peace, freedom, justice, and security to our his empire. "Your new empire?" it makes us ask. Would Chris-chan be made to kill even us, if we were to side against him and be labeled as an enemy? The dealing of absolute ultimatums such as this is what defines the most enigmatic fights for freedom, where the once celebrated hero merely becomes the next oppressor, and clearly the writers of Byston Well Monogatari have a complex and intimate understanding of the intricacies of the human mind and heart so as to allude to all of this, and more, within such a short and uncharacteristically poignant animation.

Sound Design 4/10

Animation: 3/10

This anime belongs in a museum

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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