El Hazard: The Magnificent World
Original title: Shinpi no sekai Eru Hazâdo
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Thrown into another dimensional world, a teenage boy must save a kingdom by impersonating a missing princess.Thrown into another dimensional world, a teenage boy must save a kingdom by impersonating a missing princess.Thrown into another dimensional world, a teenage boy must save a kingdom by impersonating a missing princess.
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- TriviaThe director and other members of the original Japanese production crew consider the North American dub cast to be the "definitive" voices of the characters, superior to the original Japanese cast.
- Quotes
[Desperate for a drink and hearing a woman screaming in the distance]
Mr. Fujisawa: Shit! Someone else is out of alcohol!
- Crazy creditsThe credits for the first episode are displayed over a stylized map of El-Hazard and are accompanied by the music that plays during the opening sequence for the rest of the series. The credits sequences for episodes two through six are all the same, and feature a series of visual gags and references to Alielle's lesbianism and is accompanied by a song sung by Alielle. As the closing credits for the last episode roll, there is a series of pastel-drawn pictures of things that happen after the end of the series (or could simply be fan service imagery) such as Makoto and Ifurita snuggling under a tree, Alielle in a Japanese schoolgirl's uniform, and so on with a romantic song sung in the background.
- ConnectionsFollowed by El-Hazard 2: The Magnificent World (1997)
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This is my favorite anime series ever. I just finished the series today, and I loved it. I'd already seen the whole TV series before, but it wasn't as good. The TV series used too much filler and dumbed down some of the plot. I'm not going to give away the plot, because it just has so many twists. But without revealing anything, this series is about four high school students who get transported to a different world. Sounds kind of familiar doesn't it? Well, it should, there's at least twenty other anime series that are just like that. However, El Hazard pulls it off like no other. It has a great story, great direction, great music, great characters, and so on and so on. The series kind of drags around the third tape, but that doesn't really matter. It's still great. It does get kind of sad around the end, though. Make sure you have a tissue ready. It's also kind of confusing, almost exactly like the TV show. Just with a different character. I haven't seen the sequels yet, but from what it sounds like, the sad thing is reversed. I don't know how, but it is. I guess I'll have to see them. That's enough for now, just go rent the series. NOW!
- whitemonkey
- Aug 16, 2000
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- Runtime3 hours 55 minutes
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By what name was El Hazard: The Magnificent World (1995) officially released in India in English?
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