wiregauze
join:2001-04-17
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Re: Anyone watched Juuni Kokki (The Twelve Kindoms)
12 Kokki is a very unusual piece.
The story starts with a couple of kids being transported to another world. But its originality that distinguishes from other anime spawns from there.
The first 13 episodes are more or less predictable development: adventure of the kids wandering in a strange world. (But still exceptionally good and original!) From then on, the story takes a rather sharp turn, and becomes a true epic. I'm heading ep 30, and it's getting better and better!
This is in no way kids' anime. There is no stupid humor or hilarious awkwardness. People are born from a tree, yet all I feel watching Juunk Kokki is cold reality. How strange!
OST is very attractive, too. I heard several musical instruments are from Korean classical music, and that'll probably give exotic atmosphere even to Japanese fans.
One downside is that if you don't know Chinese characters (Kanji), you'll have to spend some time to understand all the strange words that are very hard to be explained in a couple English words. To make things worse, there are just too many places, characters, youma(monster), and new concepts that require your close attention -- new stuffs to "learn" keep pouring out every episode! 
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Cyberscott
He Who Walks The Winding Road
join:2001-03-31
Douglasville, GA
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| I do agree with you, it is becoming quite the epic. I've gotten through episode 25 so far. What I like is that they don't always follow the lead character. They introduce a new character or briefly mention a new character in passing without going into much detail. Then several episodes later they will create a whole side story on the new character and give you their history and struggle in the 12 Kingdoms.
And now it is getting better with all of the political intrigue and back stabbing (sometime literally!) Very much like real life. I hope the series last for awhile.
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tsu9
join:2001-08-17
Wheeling, IL | It will have 68 episodes over two seasons. Season one has finished at 39, I think. They're going to air season two sometime this summer, if my memory serves me. |
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Cyberscott
He Who Walks The Winding Road
join:2001-03-31
Douglasville, GA
clubs:
| It is great to hear that it will last two seasons!  I figured that it was going to go on for awhile due to the side stories.that they are creating. It should be really interesting when all of the stories converge.
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