Lost Song

Lost Song tells the stories of the cheerful Rin and the reserved Finis, two songstresses who are capable of performing magical songs. Rin grew up in a remote village with her family and was taught to keep her power secret, while Finis lives and performs in the royal palace.

Rin's happy and peaceful life is shattered after she saves an injured knight named Henry Leobort with her song of healing. She was seen by soldiers who proceeded to attack her village in hopes of capturing her. With nowhere else to go, she and her inventor brother Al begin a journey to the capital.

Finis finds herself falling in love with Henry and, knowing that the greedy and spiteful Prince Lood Bernstein IV desires her, must hide their relationship. She wants to help people with her songs, but with war on the horizon, she worries that Lood will order her to cast her magic in the battlefield. Only time will tell how her destiny and Rin's will intersect, as the two of them struggle to find their paths.

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Rin Main

Suzuki, Konomi Japanese

Finis Main

Tamura, Yukari Japanese

Al Supporting

Kuno, Misaki Japanese

Leobort, Henry Supporting

Yamashita, Seiichirou Japanese

Goodlight, Pony Supporting

Takahashi, Chiaki Japanese

Looks, Monika Supporting

Serizawa, Yuu Japanese

Mel Supporting

Kayano, Ai Japanese

Corte Supporting

Kayano, Ai Japanese

Looks, Alyu Supporting

Seto, Asami Japanese

Corps Commander Supporting

Ugaki, Hidenari Japanese

Shioya, Yoshiyuki Producer

Oomori, Shinji Producer

Morita, Junpei Director, Sound Director, Script, Storyboard, Original Creator, Series Composition

Panetto, Anthony Script

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Aug 23, 2022

Nilsou

Recommended

My note : 10/10 : masterpiece.
It is difficult for me to understand why Lost Song have a so much low notation on MAL. The anime have several flaw, but it is filled with good idea, with good songs and with love. For me, it is sufficient to have a 10/10.

Lost song is, imho, very well writen, with many surprise and switch in the scenario (like in Steins;Gate or Madoka Magica for example) but more importantly every little details in the firsts episodes have a signification or are a metaphor, and after rewatching the anime I realized how well writen it is in its very little ... details, down to the choice of the title.

It is very surprising because Junpei to Morita (which seems to be a men duo of director) have not done a lot of thing in their career.

Moreover, apart from the writing, it is important to note the genius inspiration that they had in the choice of the actors : The seiyuus chosen here are not really voice actress, but rather singers known for great songs in a lot of animes openings etc. The choice to construct the scenario and all the anime around those two women, are a great idea. The result is some of the most beautiful song of the animation, embedded in the hearth of the anime scenario. Great !

Despite all this good points, the anime have some flaws : for example, there is some « naivité » in the beginning that could be repulsing and seems amateur, but truly, it is not.
One other problem is that, like in Steins Gate, the beginning of the anime is more or less designed to be « classic » to enhance the contrast with the second part. So, by design, it could be difficult to watch in the beginning of the anime.

But well, the very good points of the anime, from writing to songs are widely sufficient to put this away.

I strongly recommend to watch Lost Song, it is a masterpiece.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Oct 18, 2019

SRMcQuillan

Mixed Feelings

Upon finishing Lost Song I had a hard time sorting out my thoughts about the show. I honestly could have landed anywhere between a 4 and a 6 on this series, and by this time next week I may have completely changed my mind on that ranking. In the end though - or at least for now - I settled on a 6 because there's clearly a lot of passion behind this show and in its best moments it does shine. In its worst though it is fumbling and almost laughable.

It's always nicer to finish on a high note, so I'll start with where this ... show falls down. Part of its problem is it suffers from an overabundance of earnestness. The result of this is that its fumbles end up far more noticeable, because they are treated with such drama and seriousness.

Beyond this, the show struggles to really establish any particularly interesting characters, and most of them come across as recycled tropes and not particularly deeply evoked. As a protagonist Rin is fine, occasionally charming, but mostly nothing you wouldn't expect and haven't seen many times before. Finis starts off as almost painful to watch, but as the only character that actually gets significant development, becomes somewhat more interesting as the show goes on. Al barely warrants mentioning, Pony Goodlight's (what?) only remarkable trait is how she avoids wardrobe malfunctions.

Of the two villains, Prince Rudo is the more interesting for how thoroughly unlikable he is made. The characterisation is not nearly as well done, but there's more than a little of Joffrey Baratheon about him. Other than that the other key antagonist is, like many of the other characters, an archetype that's far from original.

The plot starts of wholly unremarkable, but gradually builds to something reasonably interesting around the halfway mark, before subsiding back into mediocrity for the series' end.

So what did I like? Well this is a show about music and the music is excellent - or at least the big insert songs are. The OP and ED are forgettable (I literally can't think they sound like as I write this), but the two main spirit songs in particular are great. Which is good, because in a show like this, they really needed to be. The first of these is the Song of Healing, which features in the first episode and is every bit as stirring and uplifting as one might hope. The second comes around the midway point and represents the high point of the series. Indeed it almost makes you forget about the painful amounts of cringe that undercut what should have been a dramatic moment immediately prior to it.

Ultimately this is a show that tries hard, and it managed to gain my attention at times, whilst utterly losing me at others. It did stick around in my mind though, so there's something to be said for that. It isn't particularly original or daring, but it has its charms. This isn't essential viewing, but it isn't a waste of time either.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Aug 28, 2020

Entraya

Not Recommended

Let me see,
lost song is a unique experience unlike any other, it is so entirely devoid of any redeeming qualities that watching it becomes disorienting, as if it distorted reality itself it with its badness

it is consistently awful minute to minute, never a dull moment, in fact watching it is like getting your delicate brains repeatedly poked with a porcupine quill, it will make you laugh but its more the kind of mirthless desperate laughter of getting strung up and tickled with a feather in a dark, dark dungeon

it is a show about song, and the singers are bad, and the songs are bad, and ... the sound design overall is bad and it makes you cringe because you're overly aware that real life people are singing it badly and having to pretend that they're not bad, it doesnt even deserve more imaginative writing on my part than just the word 'bad' which also accurately describes the monotonous badness of the show

watch it with a friend and alcohol and you will have a great time though

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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