Strange Dawn

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: ストレンジ・ドーン


Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 11, 2000 to Sep 26, 2000
Premiered: Summer 2000
Broadcast: Tuesdays at 18:30 (JST)
Producers: None found, add some
Licensors: Urban Vision
Studios: HAL Film Maker
Source: Original
Genres: AdventureAdventure, DramaDrama, FantasyFantasy
Theme: IsekaiIsekai
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 6.251 (scored by 20632,063 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #85002
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #7912
Members: 6,646
Favorites: 9

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Episodes: /13

Synopsis

Yuko and Eri are two normal girls who are sucked into the alternate world filled with tiny people. The people of this mysterious world sees them as their "Great Protectors" who can protect their land in a time of strife. The two girls set out on a mission with a group of warriors from the village to find out how they were brought here and how might they return home. However, there is a war brewing and these two Great Protectors are the political tool that every faction lusts for to rally the people to their side.

(Source: ANN)

Characters & Voice Actors

Miyabe, Yuko

Main
Shimizu, Kaori
Japanese

Natsuno, Eri

Main
Enomoto, Shouko
Japanese

Reka

Supporting
Sakuma, Kumi
Japanese

Guji

Supporting
Aoba, Gou
Japanese

Gronar

Supporting

Levian

Supporting
Katsuki, Masako
Japanese

Ortho

Supporting
Uo, Ken
Japanese

Shura

Supporting
Nemoto, Yasuhiko
Japanese

Fusu

Supporting
Satou, Haruo
Japanese

Sonchou

Supporting
Kimura, Masafumi
Japanese

Staff

Satou, Junichi
Co-Director, Director, Sound Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Planning, Original Creator
Sekido, Yuuichi
Producer
Haruta, Katsunori
Producer
Koumoto, Shougo
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard


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"Sora e (空へ)" by Eri Kawai (eps 1-12)
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Ending Theme

1: "Melody ni.." by Kaori Shimizu and Shouko Enomoto (eps 1-12)
2: "Sora e (空へ)" by Eri Kawai (eps 13)




Reviews

Oct 14, 2023
If you've watched or read kingdom, this is the complete opposite. All of the characters are complete muppets. They have no motivation or reason for existing. Briefly, some grasp at the old, shriveled up and dry remains of a goal or motive, however the plot takes them, ties them to a string and makes them dance butt naked in a huge circle. That is what this show felt like to me.


As far as being randomly dropped in another world, it's good. The main characters aren't in a videogame and they do not have cheat skills or knowledge of the far future. Literally their only ...
Sep 27, 2021
Strange dawn, the name is oddly fitting.

It's a show which has it's own take on fantasy stories, and invokes memories of shows similar to "Made in abyss", but perhaps without the story to back it up.

In modern lingo this would be named an "Isekai", or "in another world", as the show follows the meandering adventures of two high-school girls trapped in a medieval, low-magic world. It's shows like these which I aspire for their to be a "world building" category on MAL.

I can also appreciate this for how untainted it is by the modern anime industry, the characters are far from the ...
Mar 15, 2021
Was quite surprised to find the overall rating to be on the lower side of the scale. This was the first anime I watched that actually sparked my interest. Despite there being so many alternative world-themed anime out there, this one managed to keep me interested and left me at the edge of my seat every single time.

I didn't understand this anime when I first watched it as a primary schooler, but I picked it up again during my middle school years and I was so happy that I did. I gained a lot more understanding how they use the two main characters as a ...

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