Queen's Blade is a name I've been hearing a lot. Starting out as a game book series, many media has spun from this, obviously, an anime wasn't too far behind. Hitting the tip of the iceberg, part of its fame comes from a particularly dominant female cast.
Queen's Blade is the name belonging to a tournament held every 4 years to determine a Queen. Only women considered to be beautiful are allowed to participate. The anime focuses on Leina, a warrior who is heir to Count Vance and next in line for the throne. Traveling to Gynos, she encounters other warriors, among which being those like Risty and Melona, who also participate with their own intentions. However, they all share a common goal: to become the new Queen, they must defeat Aldar, the current Queen.
The series has very little men in it, and even at that, they are seldom involved as parts of the story, save for Cattelya's case. The series is sexually suggestive for a few reason. Two in particular I'll go over. For one thing, in the Universe of Queen's Blade, the female breasts are generally big, Cattelya's being the largest out of them. Next is regarding Melona in particular. Though shapeshifting, her hair covers up her breasts, which shows that save for those, she's wearing NOTHING up top. To add to this, one of her attacks are from there, with actions imitating... you know what, you can find this out on your own, because I clearly have no better way to address it. Even though the anime was green lit, it involves some censoring.
Hard to believe that this was actually derived from a game book called Queen's Blade, which had a sequel, Queen's Gate, involving other female characters from other game series (and particularly those with large busts, like Samurai Showdown's Iroha and Soul series' Ivy). The anime, which DOESN'T involve the other game characters, began as a 12 episode anime called Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin, succeeded by Queen's Blade 2: The Evil Eye, also running 12 episodes. In addition, OVAs of the series were also made, titled Queen's Blade: Beautiful Fighters, running 6 episodes. The cast list is long, indeed, so I'll say it's both subbed and dubbed. All the animations were made in the ARMS studio, licensed for USA under Media Blasters. Manga and video games were also made from this.
Queen's Blade is definitely not meant for young viewers, and it's a fairly infamous title. I score it an 8.5 of 10.
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