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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
23rd May, 2018 10:01:51 PM
The show based on Blue Dragon?
Paigezilla
Since: May, 2018
23rd May, 2018 10:27:30 PM
Ermahlerd!! I think that’s it! 😂 Thank you so much. I described it terribly. Haha. Bad memory yeesh. Rewatching episode 1, it seems quite different from how I remembered it. Interesting to know it’s based on a video game. :)
Okay, so here’s what I remember. (This was something I watched in the 2000’s.) So there was this boy, maybe 10-13, that was on a battlefield. People were dying around him and eventually someone he loved or cared about dyed in front of him. He is in anguish and I think he yells which releases the spirit of a shadowy like dragon with red eyes that is attached to the boy’s back kind of like a genie. This particular spirit guardian turns out to be like a well known ancient all powerful spirit. The people in the battle watch in amazement as they realize that the little boy has just summoned this known guardian. If I remember correctly the “Black dragon/shadow dragon” was the term the people used for this shadow he conjured. Anyway that was like episode 1 of whatever show this was. I caught another episode later on and it was the boy struggling to summon his dragon guardian companion during a battle. Everyone has their own spirit guardian btw his was just special apparently. People fought in this show by channeling their spirit guardian’s energy and strength into themselves. Him and his guardian weren’t getting along or something and you can’t just force your guardian out you have to “become one and accept them” or something like that. LOL. This show is either an anime or a cartoon, it was English when I watched it. It didn’t have a very “anime” like vibe to it visually. It seemed darker than your normal cartoon. Think Attack on Titan mixed with Avatar the last air bender. Not really all that colorful but with those character styles. At least that’s what I remember, it may look a little older. It may be an anime! No idea!