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''The Beast Player'' started out as a two-volume novel by Creator/NahokoUehashi, but her participation as the supervisor in the production of the [[AnimatedAdaptation anime adaptation]] by Creator/ProductionIG and Creator/TransArts inspired her to write a sequel and a collection of spin-off stories. Two months before the anime began airing on January 10, 2009, a ComicBookAdaptation by Itoe Takemoto ran in ''Monthly Shōnen Sirius'' until January 26, 2016.
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''The Beast Player'' started out as a two-volume novel by Creator/NahokoUehashi, but her participation as the supervisor in the production of the [[AnimatedAdaptation anime adaptation]] by Creator/ProductionIG and Creator/TransArts inspired her to write a sequel and a collection of spin-off stories.short story collection. Two months before the anime began airing on January 10, 2009, a ComicBookAdaptation by Itoe Takemoto ran in ''Monthly Shōnen Sirius'' until January 26, 2016.
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* AnimalMotifs: A kitten losing its mother to underline the theme of characters missing their mothers. A snail in its shell and coming out for Leelan becoming interested in its surroundings for the first time. A fight of dragonflies almost exactly mirrors a fight in the human world, from before the first blows to the aftermath.
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* AnimalMotifs: A kitten losing its mother mother, to underline the theme of characters missing their mothers. A snail in its shell and coming out for Leelan becoming interested in its surroundings for the first time. A fight of dragonflies almost exactly mirrors a fight in the human world, from before the first blows to the aftermath.
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* RecapEpisode: In episode 14, Nason narrates what he knows about Elin last years to the elders of the Ahlyo.
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* RecapEpisode: In episode 14, Nason narrates what he knows about Elin Elin's last years to the elders of the Ahlyo.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The war is won, but Elin, Leelan, some other Royal Beasts and many, many other people are dead.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Jesse tries to stop the massacre by blowing the Silent Whistle to render all Toda and Royal Beasts on the battlefield unconscious. It's later stopped by his mother, who herself blows the whistle to end the battle, knowing full well that she will fall to her death along with a paralyzed Leelan.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Jesse tries to stop the massacre by blowing the Silent Whistle to render all Toda and Royal Beasts on the battlefield unconscious. It's later stopped by his mother, who herself blows the whistle to end the battle, knowing full well that she will fall to her death along with a paralyzed Leelan.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The war is won, but Elin, Leelan, some other Royal Beasts and many, many other people are dead.die.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Jesse tries to stop the massacre by blowing the Silent Whistle to render all Toda and Royal Beasts on the battlefield unconscious. It's later stopped by his mother, who herself blows the whistle to end the battle, knowing full well that she and the paralyzed Leelan will fall toher death along with a paralyzed Leelan.their deaths.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Jesse tries to stop the massacre by blowing the Silent Whistle to render all Toda and Royal Beasts on the battlefield unconscious. It's later stopped by his mother, who herself blows the whistle to end the battle, knowing full well that she and the paralyzed Leelan will fall to
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''The Beast Player'' started out as a two-volume novel by Nahoko Uehashi, but her participation as the supervisor in the production of the [[AnimatedAdaptation anime adaptation]] by Creator/ProductionIG and Creator/TransArts inspired her to write a sequel and a collection of spin-off stories. Two months before the anime began airing on January 10, 2009, a ComicBookAdaptation by Itoe Takemoto ran in ''Monthly Shōnen Sirius'' until January 26, 2016.
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''The Beast Player'' started out as a two-volume novel by Nahoko Uehashi, Creator/NahokoUehashi, but her participation as the supervisor in the production of the [[AnimatedAdaptation anime adaptation]] by Creator/ProductionIG and Creator/TransArts inspired her to write a sequel and a collection of spin-off stories. Two months before the anime began airing on January 10, 2009, a ComicBookAdaptation by Itoe Takemoto ran in ''Monthly Shōnen Sirius'' until January 26, 2016.
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''The Beast Player'' started out as a two-volume novel by Nahoko Uehashi, but her participation as the supervisor in the creation production of the AnimatedAdaptation [[AnimatedAdaptation anime adaptation]] by Creator/ProductionIG and Creator/TransArts inspired her to write a sequel and a collection of spin-off stories. Two months before the anime began airing on January 10, 2009, a ComicBookAdaptation by Itoe Takemoto ran in ''Monthly Shōnen Sirius'' until January 26, 2016.
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* DefiniteArticleTitle: ''The Beast Player''.
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''The Beast Player'' is a series of fantasy novels by Creator/NahokoUehashi of ''Literature/MoribitoGuardianOfTheSpirit''. A ComicBookAdaptation by Itoe Takemoto was published in ''Monthly Shōnen Sirius'' between 2008 and 2016. An AnimatedAdaptation by Creator/ProductionIG and Creator/TransArts can be streamed legally in its entirety on Website/{{Crunchyroll}} under the title of ''Erin''.
Uehashi intended the novel series to be a two-parter book, but the author's participation in the creation of the AnimatedAdaptation inspired her to write two more volumes and a collection of spin-off stories.
Pushkin Children's Books and Henry Holt and Co. published the English translation of the first two books by Cathy Hirano as one book. They published the sequel as one book titled ''The Beast Warrior'' in July 2020.
Uehashi intended the novel series to be a two-parter book, but the author's participation in the creation of the AnimatedAdaptation inspired her to write two more volumes and a collection of spin-off stories.
Pushkin Children's Books and Henry Holt and Co. published the English translation of the first two books by Cathy Hirano as one book. They published the sequel as one book titled ''The Beast Warrior'' in July 2020.
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''The Beast Player'' is started out as a series two-volume novel by Nahoko Uehashi, but her participation in the creation of fantasy novels by Creator/NahokoUehashi of ''Literature/MoribitoGuardianOfTheSpirit''. A ComicBookAdaptation by Itoe Takemoto was published in ''Monthly Shōnen Sirius'' between 2008 and 2016. An the AnimatedAdaptation by Creator/ProductionIG and Creator/TransArts inspired her to write a sequel and a collection of spin-off stories. Two months before the anime began airing on January 10, 2009, a ComicBookAdaptation by Itoe Takemoto ran in ''Monthly Shōnen Sirius'' until January 26, 2016.
The anime can be streamed legally in its entirety on Website/{{Crunchyroll}} under the title of ''Erin''.
Uehashi intended the novel series to be a two-parter book, but the author's participation in the creation of the AnimatedAdaptation inspired her to write two more volumes and a collection of spin-off stories.
Pushkin Children's Books and Henry Holt and Co. published the English translation of the first two books by Cathy Hirano as one book. They published original novel and the sequel as one book titled in English, the latter retitled ''The Beast Warrior'' in July 2020.Warrior''.
The anime can be streamed legally in its entirety on Website/{{Crunchyroll}} under the title of ''Erin''.
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* AdaptationTitleChange: The anime adaptation of ''The Beast Player'' is titled ''Erin'' or ''The Beast Player Erin'' in Japan.
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The first two books end with Leelan rescuing Elin from a Toda troop. The anime expands it by adding a scene where Elin and Ialu have a child together.
* AdjectiveNounFred: The Japanese title of ''Erin'' is ''Kemono no Souja Erin'', which translates to "The Beast Player Erin".
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The first two books end with Leelan rescuing Elin from a Toda troop. The anime expands it by adding a scene where Elin and Ialu have a child together.
* AdjectiveNounFred: The Japanese title of ''Erin'' is ''Kemono no Souja Erin'', which translates to "The Beast Player Erin".
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The first two books end with Leelan rescuing Elin from a Toda troop. The anime expands it by adding a scene where Elin and Ialu have a child together.
* AdjectiveNounFred: The Japanese title of ''Erin'' is ''Kemono no Souja Erin'', which translates to "The Beast Player Erin".
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** The Yojeh and the Aluhan are written as "True Ruler" (真王) and "Grand Duke" (大公) respectively. The anime uses the ''on-yomi'' readings ''Shin-Oh'' and ''Taikoh'' instead.
* AnimalMotifs: In the anime. A kitten losing its mother to underline the theme of characters missing their mothers. A snail in its shell and coming out for Leelan becoming interested in its surroundings for the first time. A fight of dragonflies almost exactly mirrors a fight in the human world, from before the first blows to the aftermath.
* AnimatedAdaptation: ''Erin'' is an anime series based on the first two books of ''The Beast Player''.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:At the end of the anime, it's implied that Elin and Ialu have a son together.]]
* AnimalMotifs: In the anime. A kitten losing its mother to underline the theme of characters missing their mothers. A snail in its shell and coming out for Leelan becoming interested in its surroundings for the first time. A fight of dragonflies almost exactly mirrors a fight in the human world, from before the first blows to the aftermath.
* AnimatedAdaptation: ''Erin'' is an anime series based on the first two books of ''The Beast Player''.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:At the end of the anime, it's implied that Elin and Ialu have a son together.]]
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** The Yojeh and the Aluhan are written as "True Ruler" (真王) and "Grand Duke" (大公) respectively. The anime uses the ''on-yomi'' readings ''Shin-Oh'' and ''Taikoh'' instead.\n* AnimalMotifs: In the anime. A kitten losing its mother to underline the theme of characters missing their mothers. A snail in its shell and coming out for Leelan becoming interested in its surroundings for the first time. A fight of dragonflies almost exactly mirrors a fight in the human world, from before the first blows to the aftermath.\n* AnimatedAdaptation: ''Erin'' is an anime series based on the first two books of ''The Beast Player''.\n* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:At the end of the anime, it's implied that Elin and Ialu have a son together.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: In the last volume of the novels, [[spoiler:the war is won, but Elin, Leelan, some other Royal Beasts and many, many other people are dead.]]
* BloodlessCarnage: In the anime, the Toda attacks during battles are represented as animated folk drawings, and [[spoiler:Sohyon's death]] shows no trace of blood whatsoever.
* BloodlessCarnage: In the anime, the Toda attacks during battles are represented as animated folk drawings, and [[spoiler:Sohyon's death]] shows no trace of blood whatsoever.
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* CanonForeigner: Nuk, Mok, and Kiriku only appear in the anime.
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%%* CodeOfHonour: The Mist People have a strict code of what they are allowed to do.
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%%* CerebusSyndrome: Up to episodes 6-7 it's a rather light-hearted, episodic story. Then stuff happens.
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* ComicBookAdaptation: ''The Beast Player'' has a faithful manga adaptation of the first two books.
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* FamilyThemeNaming:
** Hasson and his late son, Asson, both have names that end with "-asson".
** Nearly every one of Jeh's royal descendants has names that end with "-miya".
%%* {{Fantasy}}
%%* FlowerMotifs: In the anime. Damiya, in particular, seems obsessed with them.
* {{Gasshole}}: Joeun has a habit of farting in public. Only in the anime, however.
** Hasson and his late son, Asson, both have names that end with "-asson".
** Nearly every one of Jeh's royal descendants has names that end with "-miya".
%%* {{Fantasy}}
%%* FlowerMotifs: In the anime. Damiya, in particular, seems obsessed with them.
* {{Gasshole}}: Joeun has a habit of farting in public. Only in the anime, however.
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* FamilyThemeNaming:
** Hasson and his late son, Asson, both have names that end with "-asson".
**FamilyThemeNaming: Nearly every one of Jeh's royal descendants has names that end with "-miya".
%%* {{Fantasy}}
%%* FlowerMotifs: In the anime. Damiya, in particular, seems obsessed with them.
* {{Gasshole}}: Joeun has a habit of farting in public. Only in the anime, however."-miya".
** Hasson and his late son, Asson, both have names that end with "-asson".
**
%%* {{Fantasy}}
%%* FlowerMotifs: In the anime. Damiya, in particular, seems obsessed with them.
* {{Gasshole}}: Joeun has a habit of farting in public. Only in the anime, however.
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* HappilyAdopted:
** Zigzagged with Erin. After the death of her mother, she is happily raised by Joeun but never officially adopted, preferring to go to Kazalumu rather than get married as a member of a noble family.
** Subverted with Kiriku and Tahya. Their foster parents took them in only for money and tried to get rid of them once they got paid for their adoption.
** Zigzagged with Erin. After the death of her mother, she is happily raised by Joeun but never officially adopted, preferring to go to Kazalumu rather than get married as a member of a noble family.
** Subverted with Kiriku and Tahya. Their foster parents took them in only for money and tried to get rid of them once they got paid for their adoption.
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* HappilyAdopted:
**HappilyAdopted: Zigzagged with Erin. After the death of her mother, she is happily raised by Joeun but never officially adopted, preferring to go to Kazalumu rather than get married as a member of a noble family.
** Subverted with Kiriku and Tahya. Their foster parents took them in only for money and tried to get rid of them once they got paid for their adoption.family.
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** Subverted with Kiriku and Tahya. Their foster parents took them in only for money and tried to get rid of them once they got paid for their adoption.
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* HeroicSacrifice: In the last volume of the novels, [[spoiler:Elin's son tries to stop the massacre by blowing the Silent Whistle to render all Toda and Royal Beasts on the battlefield unconscious. It's later stopped by his mother, who herself blows the whistle to end the battle, knowing full well that she will fall to her death along with a paralyzed Leelan.]]
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* LastMinuteHookUp:
** [[spoiler:At the end of the first two books, Seimiya agrees to unite the two conflicting territories of Lyoza through her marriage to Shunan.]]
** [[spoiler:It's implied in the last scene of the anime that Elin and Ialu are married with a child.]]
** [[spoiler:At the end of the first two books, Seimiya agrees to unite the two conflicting territories of Lyoza through her marriage to Shunan.]]
** [[spoiler:It's implied in the last scene of the anime that Elin and Ialu are married with a child.]]
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* LastMinuteHookUp:
**LastMinuteHookUp: [[spoiler:At the end of the first two books, original novel, Seimiya agrees to unite the two conflicting territories of Lyoza through her marriage to Shunan.]]
** [[spoiler:It's implied in the last scene of the anime that Elin and Ialu are married with a child.]]
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** [[spoiler:It's implied in the last scene of the anime that Elin and Ialu are married with a child.
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%%* MorningSickness: [[spoiler:Leelan suffers this in episode 36 and copes by chewing on logs.]]
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The anime gives names to characters nameless in the source material:
** Elin's paternal grandfather is Hasson.
** The Aluhan, the father of Shunan and Nugan, is Oran.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The anime gives names to characters nameless in the source material:
** Elin's paternal grandfather is Hasson.
** The Aluhan, the father of Shunan and Nugan, is Oran.
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* OneWordTitle: The official English title of the anime is ''Erin''.
%%* OpeningNarration: In the anime.
%%* OpeningNarration: In the anime.
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** Hasson outlived the death of his eldest son, Asson.
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** Hasson Elin's paternal grandfather outlived the death of his eldest son, Asson.
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* PeopleOfHairColor:
** In the anime, the Ahlyo have green hair to match their green eyes. Interestingly, their unusual hair color is never brought up and it is their eyes that function as a stigma.
** Jeh and her people were known for their blonde hair, which her royal descendants inherit.
** In the anime, the Ahlyo have green hair to match their green eyes. Interestingly, their unusual hair color is never brought up and it is their eyes that function as a stigma.
** Jeh and her people were known for their blonde hair, which her royal descendants inherit.
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* RecapEpisode: In episode 14, Nason narrates what he knows about Elin last years to the elders of the Ahlyo.
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* TheShowOfTheBooks: ''Erin'' is a television anime series based on the first two books of ''The Beast Player''.
* SoundtrackDissonance: The fairly upbeat opening theme is played when [[spoiler: Soyon is eaten alive by wild Touda.]]
* SpoilerCover: The American cover of ''The Beast Warrior'' shows Elin falling headfirst with Leelan, something that only happens at the very end of the book.
* SpoilerOpening: The first opening of the anime spoils the big role that the Royal Beasts will have in the plot long before they appear. It also hints at [[spoiler:Sohyon's death]] and the circumstances surrounding it. The second opening spoils the fact that [[spoiler:Erin will ride Leelan]] and this case is notable as the scene in question happens in the ''first episode'' to use second opening.
* TemptingApple:
** In both openings of the anime, apple motifs are featured heavily, symbolic of Elin's relationship with her mother.
** "Elin" seems to mean "Apple" in the series. The apple is also used to represent a "sin", which would be the sin of communicating with beasts that Sohyon passes to her daughter unwittingly.
* TimeSkip: Twice. Each time for four years.
* SoundtrackDissonance: The fairly upbeat opening theme is played when [[spoiler: Soyon is eaten alive by wild Touda.]]
* SpoilerCover: The American cover of ''The Beast Warrior'' shows Elin falling headfirst with Leelan, something that only happens at the very end of the book.
* SpoilerOpening: The first opening of the anime spoils the big role that the Royal Beasts will have in the plot long before they appear. It also hints at [[spoiler:Sohyon's death]] and the circumstances surrounding it. The second opening spoils the fact that [[spoiler:Erin will ride Leelan]] and this case is notable as the scene in question happens in the ''first episode'' to use second opening.
* TemptingApple:
** In both openings of the anime, apple motifs are featured heavily, symbolic of Elin's relationship with her mother.
** "Elin" seems to mean "Apple" in the series. The apple is also used to represent a "sin", which would be the sin of communicating with beasts that Sohyon passes to her daughter unwittingly.
* TimeSkip: Twice. Each time for four years.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: The fairly upbeat opening theme is played when [[spoiler: Soyon is eaten alive by wild Touda.]]
* SpoilerCover: The American cover of ''The Beast Warrior'' shows Elin falling headfirst with Leelan, something that only happens at the very end of the book.
* SpoilerOpening: The first opening of the anime spoils the big role that the Royal Beasts will have in the plot long before they appear. It also hints at [[spoiler:Sohyon's death]] and the circumstances surrounding it. The second opening spoils the fact that [[spoiler:Erin will ride Leelan]] and this case is notable as the scene in question happens in the ''first episode'' to use second opening.
* TemptingApple:
** In both openings of the anime, apple motifs are featured heavily, symbolic of Elin's relationship with her mother.
** "Elin" seems to mean "Apple" in the series. The apple is also used to represent a "sin", which would be the sin of communicating with beasts that Sohyon passes to her daughter unwittingly.
*
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* TooLongDidntDub:
** The Website/{{Crunchyroll}} subtitle and Cathy Hirano's translation both leave "Toda" (War Serpent) and "Kiba" (Fang) untranslated.
** The Website/{{Crunchyroll}} subtitle leaves "Shin-Oh" (True Ruler) and "Taikoh" (Grand Duke) untranslated.
** Cathy Hirano's translation leaves "tokujisui" (special potion) untranslated.
** The Website/{{Crunchyroll}} subtitle and Cathy Hirano's translation both leave "Toda" (War Serpent) and "Kiba" (Fang) untranslated.
** The Website/{{Crunchyroll}} subtitle leaves "Shin-Oh" (True Ruler) and "Taikoh" (Grand Duke) untranslated.
** Cathy Hirano's translation leaves "tokujisui" (special potion) untranslated.
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* TooLongDidntDub:
**TooLongDidntDub: The Website/{{Crunchyroll}} subtitle and Cathy Hirano's English translation both leave "Toda" (War Serpent) leaves ''Toda'' ("War Serpent"), ''Kiba'' ("Fang"), and "Kiba" (Fang) ''tokujisui'' ("special potion") untranslated.
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[[folder:Manga]]
* ComicBookAdaptation: ''The Beast Player'' was faithfully adapted into a manga series by Itoe Takemoto.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Erin'']]
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The original novel ends with Leelan rescuing Elin from a Toda troop. The anime expands it by adding a scene where Elin and Ialu have a child together.
* AdaptationNameChange: The anime calls the Yojeh and the Aluhan ''Shin-Oh'' and ''Taikoh'' respectively, using the ''on-yomi'' readings instead of the fictional pronunciations in the original novel.
* AdaptationTitleChange: The anime adaptation of ''The Beast Player'' is titled ''Erin'' or ''The Beast Player Erin'' in Japan.
* AdjectiveNounFred: The Japanese title of ''Erin'' is ''Kemono no Souja Erin'', which translates to "The Beast Player Erin".
* AnimalMotifs: A kitten losing its mother to underline the theme of characters missing their mothers. A snail in its shell and coming out for Leelan becoming interested in its surroundings for the first time. A fight of dragonflies almost exactly mirrors a fight in the human world, from before the first blows to the aftermath.
* AnimatedAdaptation: ''Erin'' is an anime series based on ''The Beast Player''.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:At the end of the anime, it's implied that Elin and Ialu have a son together.]]
* BloodlessCarnage: In the anime, the Toda attacks during battles are represented as animated folk drawings, and [[spoiler:Sohyon's death]] shows no trace of blood whatsoever.
* CanonForeigner: Nuk, Mok, and Kiriku only appear in the anime.
%%* CerebusSyndrome: Up to episodes 6-7 it's a rather light-hearted, episodic story. Then stuff happens.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Hasson and his late son, Asson, both have names that end with "-asson".
%%* FlowerMotifs: In the anime. Damiya, in particular, seems obsessed with them.
* {{Gasshole}}: Joeun has a habit of farting in public. Only in the anime, however.
* HappilyAdopted: Subverted with Kiriku and Tahya. Their foster parents took them in only for money and tried to get rid of them once they got paid for their adoption.
* LastMinuteHookUp: [[spoiler:It's implied in the last scene that Elin and Ialu are married with a child.]]
%%* MorningSickness: [[spoiler:Leelan suffers this in episode 36 and copes by chewing on logs.]]
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The anime gives names to characters nameless in the source material:
** Elin's paternal grandfather is Hasson.
** The Aluhan, the father of Shunan and Nugan, is Oran.
* OneWordTitle: The official English title of the anime is ''Erin''.
%%* OpeningNarration: In the anime.
* PeopleOfHairColor:
** In the anime, the Ahlyo have green hair to match their green eyes. Interestingly, their unusual hair color is never brought up and it is their eyes that function as a stigma.
** Jeh and her people were known for their blonde hair, which her royal descendants inherit.
* RecapEpisode: In episode 14, Nason narrates what he knows about Elin last years to the elders of the Ahlyo.
* TheShowOfTheBooks: ''Erin'' is a television anime series based on the first two books of ''The Beast Player''.
* SoundtrackDissonance: The fairly upbeat opening theme is played when [[spoiler: Soyon is eaten alive by wild Touda.]]
* SpoilerOpening: The first opening of the anime spoils the big role that the Royal Beasts will have in the plot long before they appear. It also hints at [[spoiler:Sohyon's death]] and the circumstances surrounding it. The second opening spoils the fact that [[spoiler:Erin will ride Leelan]] and this case is notable as the scene in question happens in the ''first episode'' to use second opening.
* TemptingApple:
** In both openings of the anime, apple motifs are featured heavily, symbolic of Elin's relationship with her mother.
** Elin's name means "apple" in the series. The apple is also used to represent a "sin", which would be the sin of communicating with beasts that Sohyon passes to her daughter unwittingly.
* TooLongDidntDub: The Website/{{Crunchyroll}} subtitle leaves "Shin-Oh" (True Ruler) and "Taikoh" (Grand Duke)untranslated.
** Cathy Hirano's translation leaves "tokujisui" (special potion)untranslated.
**
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Manga]]
* ComicBookAdaptation: ''The Beast Player'' was faithfully adapted into a manga series by Itoe Takemoto.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Erin'']]
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The original novel ends with Leelan rescuing Elin from a Toda troop. The anime expands it by adding a scene where Elin and Ialu have a child together.
* AdaptationNameChange: The anime calls the Yojeh and the Aluhan ''Shin-Oh'' and ''Taikoh'' respectively, using the ''on-yomi'' readings instead of the fictional pronunciations in the original novel.
* AdaptationTitleChange: The anime adaptation of ''The Beast Player'' is titled ''Erin'' or ''The Beast Player Erin'' in Japan.
* AdjectiveNounFred: The Japanese title of ''Erin'' is ''Kemono no Souja Erin'', which translates to "The Beast Player Erin".
* AnimalMotifs: A kitten losing its mother to underline the theme of characters missing their mothers. A snail in its shell and coming out for Leelan becoming interested in its surroundings for the first time. A fight of dragonflies almost exactly mirrors a fight in the human world, from before the first blows to the aftermath.
* AnimatedAdaptation: ''Erin'' is an anime series based on ''The Beast Player''.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:At the end of the anime, it's implied that Elin and Ialu have a son together.]]
* BloodlessCarnage: In the anime, the Toda attacks during battles are represented as animated folk drawings, and [[spoiler:Sohyon's death]] shows no trace of blood whatsoever.
* CanonForeigner: Nuk, Mok, and Kiriku only appear in the anime.
%%* CerebusSyndrome: Up to episodes 6-7 it's a rather light-hearted, episodic story. Then stuff happens.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Hasson and his late son, Asson, both have names that end with "-asson".
%%* FlowerMotifs: In the anime. Damiya, in particular, seems obsessed with them.
* {{Gasshole}}: Joeun has a habit of farting in public. Only in the anime, however.
* HappilyAdopted: Subverted with Kiriku and Tahya. Their foster parents took them in only for money and tried to get rid of them once they got paid for their adoption.
* LastMinuteHookUp: [[spoiler:It's implied in the last scene that Elin and Ialu are married with a child.]]
%%* MorningSickness: [[spoiler:Leelan suffers this in episode 36 and copes by chewing on logs.]]
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The anime gives names to characters nameless in the source material:
** Elin's paternal grandfather is Hasson.
** The Aluhan, the father of Shunan and Nugan, is Oran.
* OneWordTitle: The official English title of the anime is ''Erin''.
%%* OpeningNarration: In the anime.
* PeopleOfHairColor:
** In the anime, the Ahlyo have green hair to match their green eyes. Interestingly, their unusual hair color is never brought up and it is their eyes that function as a stigma.
** Jeh and her people were known for their blonde hair, which her royal descendants inherit.
* RecapEpisode: In episode 14, Nason narrates what he knows about Elin last years to the elders of the Ahlyo.
* TheShowOfTheBooks: ''Erin'' is a television anime series based on the first two books of ''The Beast Player''.
* SoundtrackDissonance: The fairly upbeat opening theme is played when [[spoiler: Soyon is eaten alive by wild Touda.]]
* SpoilerOpening: The first opening of the anime spoils the big role that the Royal Beasts will have in the plot long before they appear. It also hints at [[spoiler:Sohyon's death]] and the circumstances surrounding it. The second opening spoils the fact that [[spoiler:Erin will ride Leelan]] and this case is notable as the scene in question happens in the ''first episode'' to use second opening.
* TemptingApple:
** In both openings of the anime, apple motifs are featured heavily, symbolic of Elin's relationship with her mother.
** Elin's name means "apple" in the series. The apple is also used to represent a "sin", which would be the sin of communicating with beasts that Sohyon passes to her daughter unwittingly.
* TooLongDidntDub: The Website/{{Crunchyroll}} subtitle leaves "Shin-Oh" (True Ruler) and "Taikoh" (Grand Duke)
** Cathy Hirano's translation leaves "tokujisui" (special potion)
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[[folder:''The Beast Warrior'']]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The war is won, but Elin, Leelan, some other Royal Beasts and many, many other people are dead.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Jesse tries to stop the massacre by blowing the Silent Whistle to render all Toda and Royal Beasts on the battlefield unconscious. It's later stopped by his mother, who herself blows the whistle to end the battle, knowing full well that she will fall to her death along with a paralyzed Leelan.]]
* SpoilerCover: The American cover of ''The Beast Warrior'' shows Elin falling headfirst with Leelan, something that only happens at the very end of the book.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''The Beast Warrior'']]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The war is won, but Elin, Leelan, some other Royal Beasts and many, many other people are dead.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Jesse tries to stop the massacre by blowing the Silent Whistle to render all Toda and Royal Beasts on the battlefield unconscious. It's later stopped by his mother, who herself blows the whistle to end the battle, knowing full well that she will fall to her death along with a paralyzed Leelan.]]
* SpoilerCover: The American cover of ''The Beast Warrior'' shows Elin falling headfirst with Leelan, something that only happens at the very end of the book.
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