Kaizoku Oujo

A decade ago, a tragic shipwreck separated Fena Houtman from her childhood friend Yukimaru and took her father's life. Now, at age 23, she is trapped on an island and is doomed to spend the rest of her life selling herself to men. On the night she is to be forcibly wed to a client, Fena hatches a plan to escape from her employers, but two old acquaintances unexpectedly intervene and help her run away.

The three make haste for the open sea and land upon Goblin Island—a mysterious place that a clan of fierce warriors call home. It is there that Fena learns that her father's ill-fated final journey at sea was in search of a place called "Eden," the location of something important that he had to protect. With nothing but a clear crystal as a clue, Fena is tasked with finding this place, as she is the only person who can do so.

While still contemplating the search for what her father left behind, Fena reunites with Yukimaru, who encourages her to take up the quest. Now the captain of a seven-person crew, Fena must navigate the high seas in search of Eden. But as uncanny groups begin to target her, the perilous journey proves to be even more challenging than it previously seemed.

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Houtman, Fena Main

Seto, Asami Japanese

Yukimaru Supporting

Suzuki, Ryouta Japanese

Shitan Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Karin Supporting

Yuuki, Aoi Japanese

Bluefield, Abel Supporting

Morikawa, Toshiyuki Japanese

Enju Supporting

Satou, Gen Japanese

Kaede Supporting

Oosaka, Ryouta Japanese

O'Malley, Grace Supporting

Fukami, Rica Japanese

Tsubaki Supporting

Oosuka, Jun Japanese

Otto Supporting

Hirata, Hiroaki Japanese

Kuroki, Rui Producer

Nakazawa, Kazuto Director, Sound Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Animation Director, Original Creator, Original Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Key Animation

Fuji, Saki Director

Takahashi, Tetsuya Director

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Nov 13, 2023

Spriite1

Recommended

This was certainly one of the best anime with a romance and adventure theme that I've ever had the opportunity to watch! At first I didn't care for anything, but as the work progressed I became very attached and enchanted by the characters, the two protagonists are sensational and even the antagonist had her perfect ending!
The art is beautiful, that whole universe was beautiful, the mix of stories, stories, it had everything! The soundtrack was certainly one of the best I've ever heard and was one of the main reasons for me to burst into tears in those last two episodes, the dubbing was incredible ... and fascinating, I don't have any negative points to mention, only positive ones! If you haven't watched it yet or are afraid to watch it, you might as well fall in love!!



1000000/10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Mar 19, 2024

LoveLetter100

Mixed Feelings

I was enjoying this anime quite a lot. It reminded me of Pirates of the Caribbean and other similar Disney movies. Adventurous show with upbeat cast and hint of darkness laying underneath the plot.

Closer we got towards the end it was becoming more and more clear that this show will crumble under its own weight. Storylines had to be dropped and characters were abandoned. Promise of an arc with Shitan or some sort of development for Fena were not fulfilled. Instead Shitan and rest of the crew ended up with only surface level characterisation no more important than Abel's generic soldiers. Nobody could ... even be bothered to mention the banishment from the island ever again. I guess they were just allowed to go back in and those concequences for their actions were non-existant.

So we got all this wonderful character potiential out of the way....what replaced it in the climax of the story ? What replaced it was a philosophycal question as to whenever humanity deserves to keep on living. Are the sins which we are committing too much for our continuous existance ? Does the weight of love balance the weight of hatred ?
Were all of those deaths caused by Fena's crew in order to protect her justified ? And if so does that mean that deaths which Abel caused were justified as well ? He did all of that out of love as well after all.
The answer to all of those questions is.....I don't know. Neither does the story. We never get any anwers on the morality of our heroes. So no answers nor any conclusion to the stories of our characters. What was all of this for then ? This finale had little to no build up. It came, asked the question, did not bother to answer and left as quickly as it came.

The main problem of Kaizoku Oujo is its lenght. It is way too short. I know Crunchyroll putted a lot of time and money into this show and that they tried quite a lot. Maybe they should have putted even more time and money into it. This show should have drastically change its own structure or have 24 episodes. Near the end characters talked about their journey as if it was much longer than it actually was.
All of this is so strange considerig they spent ONE ENTIRE EPISODE near the climax just silently walking and building up the final reveal instead of developing characters....like....dude.....
You don't have 24 episodes. Hurry it up.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Oct 24, 2021

FoxtrotC

Not Recommended

I had really high hopes for this anime. Based on the trailers and after watching the first few episodes, my initial scoring was a 9, maybe even a close 10. It's funny when you check the reviews that 90% of those which have only seen the first 6 episodes or less have given the series a very high score like me, while most of the people who finished also feel like Kaizoku Oujo being a huge letdown.

The biggest reason I was so hyped for this anime is that it offered me the same nostalgic feelings I only felt when I was a little kid watching ... cartoons almost two decades ago. Interesting and laid-back adventures with a funny and lovable cast, in a mostly episodic style season, where each episode begins a small adventure but it is also finished by the end (with of course a mandatory overarching story which progresses a little bit with each episode and culminates in an epic showdown at the season finale). Someone else in the reviews named this same feeling "old Disney series", and while not all of my memories are linked to Disney products, it's still an apt comparison.

Well, the anime delivers fantastically on everything I just listed above - up until around episode 4-5. After that, it turns into a sort of melancholic soul-searching and poetic wannabe art piece which I wasn't really interested in. There were full episodes where the characters were doing nothing but talk to each other about their feelings! Seriously, during the last two episodes of the season I was so uninterested that I was checking stuff on my phone while listening to the endless inner monologues and dramatic voices of the show. This might be fine for a season 4 finale or something like that, but after like two separate adventures I still can't care deeply enough of the characters for the show to be able dramatize them deeply. At the same time I'm told this was supposed to be a 24 episode season instead of it being halved, so that might have given more depth to the characters for me to care about them.

My other issue is the hurried mess of culture mesh they performed. On paper, mixing pirate adventures with ninja warriors and the legend of the Maid of Orleans sounds like a neat idea, right? Well, it had potential. Unfortunately it was very much wasted. Mostly the whole pirate storyline, which I was the most interested in. The way they combined these elements make it look like the story was written by a 8 year old who just piled on every cool stuff he knew about (ninjas and pirate yeeeaaah!). They do not clash or build on each other and no potential synergy is explored from the different genres.

The visuals and the sound were quite well done, which still cannot save this series from being a disappointing, forgettable drop.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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