Line #5 Anime/GarzeysWing


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2	[[caption-width-right:250:"SHOW ME THE ANCIENT JAPANESE MAN'S SPIRIT!"]]
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4	->"I MUST ''SOMEHOW'' MAKE SENSE OF OUR CONVOLUTED SITUATIONS!"
5	-->-- '''Chris'''
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7	''Tales of Byston Well: Garzey's Wing'' is a three-episode [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]] created by Creator/YoshiyukiTomino of ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' fame, and produced by Creator/JCStaff and BMG Japan. It was released in 1996, and is a SpinOff of the older ''Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine'', despite taking place in the world's past.
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9	The story centers around Christopher Senshu, a [[ButNotTooForeign half-Japanese, half-American]] young man out of high school who is seeking entry to college. One day after an argument with his friend, a motorcycle ride leads Chris past the Shiratori shrine, and his eight-bell necklace starts to rattle. Suddenly out of nowhere, he is struck by a giant, glowing goose spirit, and swept away into the world of Byston Well. But he has no time to get his bearings. Instead he is swept immediately into the conflict between the Metomeus Tribe and the Ashigaba Army, who have until now kept them enslaved. As it turns out, Chris has been summoned by the priestess Hassan to be the legendary holy warrior, [[TitleDrop Garzey's Wing]]. This role grants him the [[PowerGivesYouWings power of glowing wings that appear from his ankles]] and allow {{flight}}. Because of the shrine he passed, however, he is convinced this must all be the work of the spirit of Yamato Takeru no Mikoto.
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11	But things aren't even that simple. Chris hasn't been transported wholly to Byston Well; only his spirit has, splitting him into a separate existence while his physical body remains in the real world. The two soon discover the ability to communicate via the bell necklace, and as Chris struggles with the conflict he's been thrust into, his real self must search for ways to help him there, and hopefully find a way to reunite mind and body.
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13	''Garzey's Wing'' received a stateside release and English dub by the US Manga Corps division of Creator/CentralParkMedia, which is [[SoBadItsGood so entertainingly bad]] that it must be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWru5o07j_I heard to be believed]] and gives the incoherent plot an additional layer of {{Narm}}. It was largely unknown among Western anime fans until it was covered in a 2007 Anime News Network column on "Buried Garbage", and has since been shown at conventions and gained a cult following, earning a reputation as anime's equivalent of ''Film/TheRoom2003''.
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16	!!This anime provides examples of:
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18	%% * ActionGirl: Leelince.
19	%% * AloofAlly: Giant Tawrad.
20	%% * AlternateDVDCommentary: By LetsPlay/ChipCheezum as part of their ''Anime Theater''. It can be viewed [[http://chipandironicus.com/videos/anime/12.html here]].
21	* BarbieDollAnatomy: Chris' spirit is brought to the other world without his clothes, but his genitals are obscured by a large black spot.
22	%% * BlindIdiotTranslation: For example:
23	%% -->"He's just a human. Humans are just human."
24	* BreakingTheFourthWall: When Chris is transported to the other world, he asks if TheNarrator is a ghost.
25	* ButNotTooForeign: Chris is only half-American, his other half being Japanese.
26	%% * TheChosenOne: Chris, apparently.
27	* ColdHam: Most of the dialogue is [[NoIndoorVoice screamed at full volume]] [[DullSurprise with no inflection whatsoever.]]
28	* DrugsAreBad: Chris warns that drugs are "a bit dangerous."
29	%% * DullSurprise: Some of the voice acting in the English dub leaves a lot to be desired.
30	%% * FairyCompanion: Falan Fa, a ferario that gets caught in Chris's necklace between the real world and Byston Well.
31	%% * FantasticDrug: The powder used to calm war beasts can serve as this.
32	* FullNameBasis: Chris always refers to Yamato Takeru no Mikoto by his full title, even when you would realistically expect him to use a shorter form.
33	* GiveMeASword: Leelince throws swords at Chris twice when the one he's using breaks. Once he actually circles around to get it, but the other time it winds up ignored.
34	* HorseOfADifferentColor: The Ashigaba Army rides dinosaurs known as War Beasts.
35	%% * HowDoIShotWeb: Figuring out how to ''use'' the Garzey's Wing power isn't so easy.
36	* IMeantToDoThat: Chris claims this when he falls off a horse.
37	* InformedAttribute: Rumiko informs us that Chris is so easy-going. He doesn't really act like it.
38	* LargeHam: The dub's voice acting is incredibly hammy, when it isn't DullSurprise. And somehow, sometimes when it is, too.
39	* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: The ferario is grabbed by two soldiers who attempt to rip her legs off and kill her, but they only succeed in ripping her boots off, as she escapes by GivingThemTheStrip.
40	* NakedFirstImpression: Not the usual way - rather, Chris shows up nude in Byston Well, and has to fight that way for a bit.
41	%% * NoIndoorVoice: EVERYONE in the dub.
42	%% * NonSequitur: Many lines come off this way.
43	* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Done with a [[HairTriggerExplosive bag of gada powder]] rather than a person, but the principle still applies.
44	* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Ferarios, little winged fairies from Kastunga Hill. They're widely viewed as mischievous tricksters.
45	%% * PowerGivesYouWings
46	%% * PowersInTheFirstEpisode
47	%% * RefusalOfTheCall: Chris definitely tries to. It doesn't work very well.
48	%% * {{Ronin}}: Chris is the trying-for-college-entrance type.
49	* StuffBlowingUp: Chris's real world self tries to get the one caught in Byston Well to make gunpowder, assuming he'd just be able to get the materials needed for it. As it turns out, an equivalent already exists in the form of gada powder.
50	%% * {{Telepathy}}
51	* TranslatorMicrobes: Chris remarks on how he can understand the Metomeus Tribe despite them speaking another language.
52	%% * TrappedInAnotherWorld: An anime example made ''before'' the Isekai boom.
53	* TrickArrow: The Metomeus Tribe gets the idea from Chris to dip their arrows in explosive gada powder, and later the drug powder used to calm War Beasts.
54	* {{Unicorn}}: Having a forehead horn seems to be usual for the horses in this world.
55	%% * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: All over the place.
56	* WreckedWeapon: Chris breaks two swords in the course of combat, and also snaps the string of an old bow.
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