The Twelve Kingdoms

[yoshikochan]

*contented sigh* =^__^= Juuni Kokki (the Twelve Kingdoms) is such an amazing anime... I own all of it on dvd. Media Blasters licensed and released it, and they did a really good job, they put a lot of episodes on each dvd and all. They released a boxset too:

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A2XA5A/ref=pd_bxgy_text_b/002-1489484-6072050?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130

^^; You can always download the fansubs online somewhere too.

Originally the Twelve Kingdoms is a series of novels, and they only animated 4 of them and made some minor changes... or major changes?

This is the Twelve Kingdoms Project page, they actually translated one of the novels <3 and completed the fansubs after JK got licensed. I would be so happy is all the novels were released in the US, I would buy and read all of them!

12ktp.inspirelight.net/

Anyways, you must must must see it ~.~ It'll change your life.

[dyaoka]

yes, yes, i totally agree. the fansubs...you can get from kickassanime. so yah. in the anime, they made major changes near the second half of the series (after taiki arc). but yeah, this anime is like one of my favorites.

[rasuberi]

Hohoho, they made major changes in the anime! Yuka and Asato weren't even in the books!

*sigh* I also really love the anime. Even though it's slow. And repetitive. It's still really wonderful! I really want to know what happens with Tai! Hopefully they'll translate all the novels someday! That would be awesome! I bet they're really awesome fantasy books.

[dyaoka]

*sigh* i do wish they'll translate 'em. >.> for some strange reason though, i doubt it. -_-;;;

[yoshikochan]

well, they have translated a few novels lately... like Vampire Hunter D, and a few others. =O So there's hope, ableit tiny!

[dyaoka]

hehe. like...tiny miniscule tiny. -_-;;;

[rasuberi]

I dunno... I listened to a lot of manga panels last Anime Expo, and all the companies were really interested in releasing translated novels---If they were going to be profitable. That's what it boils down to. If they sell, they'll make more. And there are quite a few novels in the works, actually. Someone could petition...

But the other thing is... I don't want to read it if it's a bad translation. u___u