Le Chevalier D’Eon scored well with me on a lot of notes in the beginning. The story borrows the setting of pre French Revolution Europe, uses the history and historical figures, twists them up, throws in zombies and wizards called poets in an intrigue filled plot. Sounds like it could be interesting, but add in wonderful art direction, solid animation (for a TV show), and a cast of characters that don’t fall into the usual collection of fetish archetypes and it should have been bait for best anime released on R1 dvd for 2007. I wish I liked it more.

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Le Chevalier D’Eon takes the story of a famous spy and tips the glass sideways to spill magic and gargoyles onto pre-revolutionary France. It is a France where power grabbing aristocrats play deadly games with each other at the expense of the citizenry, and on occaision, turns them into puppets to attack.

The intrigue, mystical, and historical elements makes this is a good anime for those interested in a story where part of the fun is speculation or for those who just want something different from their anime from time to time. People who simply enjoy things that are done well will probably find this dvd interesting as well. At least, that’s why I liked it.

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