![]() ![]() He arrives a tad late and finds that the ritual is already underway, but before Riannon can be sacrificed a series of events is set into motion that proves to be rather unexpected. While Riannon is in the priest's custody her brother, Arthur, assembles the troops and charges off to rescue her. She's to be used in a ritual to revive the Demon King, Arawn, and bring about the destruction of the world. He arrives in the Gael village to pillage and burn it down, but his ultimate goal is to get his hands on Riannon. At least that's what a traveling priest and his sizeable forces would have you believe. The chieftain's daughter, Riannon, happens to have a drop of elven blood in her so she's regarded as a person of significance when it comes to ritual sacrifices in the name of divinity. It's not such a bad thing, but more references in these episodes would definitely have gone a long way to fleshing out the world.īasically the story in Tears to Tiara focuses on events that surround a village of a people known as the Gael. It's a rather cryptic show with a lot of "legend says" and mythology that is just kind of dropped out of the blue. ![]() Not much is revealed about the history of what's going on here, and in all fairness there's not much in the way of revelation about where the series is going by the end of this thirteen episode installment. This place has gone through the age of elves, dragons, dwarves, and names of some various metals, but for the purposes of this series we find ourselves in the Iron Age, or the Age of Humans as it were. The show takes place at an undisclosed point in time on a world that has seen many changes and ages. Granted Tears to Tiara marches to the beat of a different drummer, but many of the staples are there. Many of the trappings will be instantly familiar to anyone that has watched anything such as Record of Lodoss War, Utawarerumono, or even Tower of Druaga. All the staples are here from an ancient land with rich history that involves elves, dwarves, and what have you to magic users, sword wielders, and an ancient demon returning to the world. Thankfully, in the case of Tears to Tiara, the good definitely outweighs the bad.įor all intents and purposes Tears to Tiara is a very straightforward, and one might argue generic, entry in the fantasy genre. Generally speaking that's a fine thing, but I must admit that not every endeavor of this sort is met with success. We've seen it several times before and I'm sure anime publishers aren't going to stop looking to PC games for releases any time soon. Like so many other shows this one evolved from a PC ero-game, which happened to have caught on enough to warrant an animated version. ![]() ![]() Tears to Tiara certainly doesn't have a unique background or story about how it came to be. How does this 26 episode series fair in HD? Recently Tears to Tiara came out as a 2-disc complete collection. The publisher has released some of their series in high definition so far, but more are on the way. Sentai Filmworks/Section23 continues to venture into the world of Blu-ray and have stepped up their game to give FUNimation some competition. ![]()
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