Line #29 Anime/RegaliaTheThreeSacredStars


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Little girls and the women who pilot them.]]
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4	Twelve years ago, a mysterious cataclysm befell the nation of Rimguard. Nobody knows what or how it happened, except that it revolved around mysterious weapons known as "Regalia," and that whatever happened, every last person in Rimguard disappeared without a trace.
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6	In the present day, the young Empress Yuinshiel Asteria (Yui to her friends) rules the peaceful Enastoria Empire. Kind, optimistic and hardworking, [[UniversallyBelovedLeader Yui is loved by her people]], and especially by her sister Rena. However, their peaceful life is shattered when Yui witnesses Rena transforming into a giant robot calling itself the Regalia Magna Alecto, and to protect her Yui becomes Rena's pilot. Now Yui and Rena must fight off a mysterious organization of robot pilots trying to use Rena for their own ends, but can Yui protect both her nation and the person that she loves the most?
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8	''Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars'' is an original SuperRobot anime produced by [[Creator/{{Actas}} Actas]] and directed by Susumu Tosaka, who also directed the second season of ''Literature/InfiniteStratos''. It is currently licensed by Creator/{{Funimation}} and can be watched on their site.
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10	!!This show provides exmples of:
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12	%% * ActionBomb: Johnny's final attack.
13	* ActuallyADoombot: [[spoiler:Johann is seemingly defeated in episode 8, only for him to turn out to have several clones.]]
14	* AerithAndBob: Lots of perfectly reasonable Japanese and Western European names... and Yuinshiel Asteria.
15	%% * AnIcePerson: Tisis, Tia's Regalia form.
16	* AnimationBump: Very good animation in the fight scenes. Less so during the rest of it.
17	%% * AntiVillain: Ingrid, Kei, Abel.
18	%% * AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: Johann.]]
19	* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:As he dies, Johann states that he was created by someone.]]
20	%% * BadassLongcoat: Tisis' design evokes the look.
21	* BareFistedMonk: Magna Alecto conspicuously fights with punches and kicks, while everyone else has some sort of weapon.
22	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Yui is a NiceGirl, but she is willing to kill to protect her family and/or her country.
23	%% * {{BFS}}: Abel's Regalia Gear has one.
24	* BigBad: [[spoiler: Everything that has happened in the series can be traced back to Johann, as shown in Episode 8.]]
25	%% * BigDamnHeroes: Attempted by Tia and Sara in episode 4. It doesn't work out so well.
26	* BigEater: Sara and Tia are shown eating several bowls at Retsu's restaurant. They also apparently tried running out on that same order, leading to them having to do some "forced labor" for her during the festival.
27	%% * BigGood: Yui, being the Empress of the Enastoria Empire.
28	* [[BigLittleBrother Big Little Sister]]: Rena is older than her sister Yui, but looks a decade younger than her little sister.
29	%% * CallingYourAttacks: Rena is fond of doing this as Magna Alecto, despite none of her opponents doing so.
30	%% * CapedMecha: More of a poncho, really. In any case, Magna Alecto has it in some forms
31	%% * CastingAShadow: Magna Alecto seems to be associated with darkness.
32	* ChickMagnet: Yui. Aside from her relationship with Rena, Aoi and Retsu have shown interest in her as well.
33	* CombiningMecha: [[spoiler:In episode 13, Ruks allows the three Regalia to combine]]
34	%% * CreepyChild: Johann
35	* DarkIsNotEvil: Magna Alecto certainly looks sinister, with Rena's transformation showing it emerging from a chained mass of darkness and its red and black color scheme. Rena is nothing but kind and loving, though, if a bit stoic.
36	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Ingrid and Abel are creeped out by Johann's sadistic behavior, even if they're working with him to capture Rena.
37	* FauxAffablyEvil: Johann and Johnny are polite and jovial towards others, but they're so creepy about it that they end up being ObviouslyEvil as well. [[spoiler:In episode 12, Johann eventually drops the act and starts acting like a RoyalBrat.]]
38	* FirstEpisodeTwist: Rena is an immortal being capable of summoning/becoming a HumongousMecha and Yui is the empress.
39	* {{Gasp}}: Yui's cabinet is very surprised by Rena's declaration that she was once called a Regalia.
40	* GenkiGirl: Both Sara and Tia.
41	%%* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Johann, once Ingrid and Kei kill him. Subverted when he turns out to be one of many doppelgangers.]]
42	* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Zigzagged. Yui accuses Johann of being jealous of humanity's ability to form bonds. He denies it, but at the same time, he claims Yui "has everything." As he dies, he finally lets go of his hatred and accepts Yui's sympathy.]]
43	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Yui, of course.
44	* HeroicWillpower: [[spoiler:Sara and Tia's sister, Noa, is initially mind-controlled by Johann to pilot one of his oversized mechas, but she eventually breaks free and uses the mecha to fight against him.]]
45	* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:After Johann is defeated in Episode 8, he turns out to still be alive in the next episode and kidnaps the Regalia and pilots except for Yui.]]
46	* HumongousMecha: Both Rena and Tia are Regalia, young-looking girls who transform into robots, and Regalia Gear, non-sentient robots who have human pilots fused with them. Johann has even bigger ones on his side[[spoiler:, including one that's piloted by Sara and Tia's sister.]]
47	%%** AMechByAnyOtherName
48	* InstantRunes: Magic circles show up when Regalia or Regalia Gear are being summoned.
49	* {{Invocation}}: Rena does this a lot. It's not clear if it's actually necessary, given that she was able to transform fine without it the second time.
50	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Johann inflicts it on the whole world in Episode 10, causing everyone to forget about Yui and Rena.]]
51	* MagiciansAreWizards: Johnny Mabett has a stage magician theme and appears to be capable of teleportation even outside his Regalia Gear ([[RealityWarper inside it...]]).
52	* MesACrowd: [[spoiler: Johann is revealed to have multiple clones of himself.]]
53	* MetaMecha: [[spoiler:In episode 12, the heroines fight a gigantic face mecha, which is piloted by a humanoid mecha, which is piloted by Johann.]]
54	* ModestRoyalty: Yui lives like a normal person.
55	%%* NiceGirl: Yui.
56	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler: After Kei is finally awakened, Yui, Rena, Sara, Tia, Ingrid, and Kei waste no time in beating down Johann.]]
57	* NotBloodSiblings: Yui and Rena aren't related.
58	* OlderThanTheyLook: Regalia and their pilots don't seem to age. Rena is bit older than Yui, but looks a decade younger.
59	%%** Really700YearsOld
60	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Magna Alecto's eyes turning red means it's gone berserk, which is bad for everyone involved.
61	* RedIsHeroic: The main characters are/pilot a red mecha.
62	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Yui strives to be this, and is both the empress and the pilot of a giant robot.
63	* ScarfOfAsskicking: On Magna Alecto. Unlike the cape, it sticks around
64	* ScaryBlackMan: The [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] pilot of the Regalia Gear in the first episode.
65	* SoftSpokenSadist: Johann. Other than [[GigglingVillain a few chuckles]] and [[SlasherSmile Slasher Smiles]] here and there, he barely raises his voice in spite of his cruelty. [[spoiler: In his VillainousBreakdown, he talks with [[TranquilFury soft rage]] in his final attempt to kill Yui.]]
66	* SlasherSmile: Common on villains.
67	* ShelteredAristocrat: Yui shows some signs of this, despite trying her best to avert it. For example, she didn't realize that telling a shady reporter her three sizes (on live television!) may not have been the best idea.
68	* StealthMentor: Doubles with SinkOrSwimMentor. [[spoiler: Abel challenged Yui and Rena in order to make them "bound" to each other, which would allow them to awaken Kei.]]
69	* SuperRobot: The laws of physics have nothing to do with what's going on.
70	* SympathyForTheDevil:
71	** [[spoiler:Yui thinks Johann is trying to steal everyone's souls because he knows no other way to [[IJustWantToHaveFriends make "friends" and escape from loneliness]]. Not that it stops her from giving him a much-deserved beatdown.]]
72	** [[spoiler:Ruks gives him Yui's ring and comforts him as he dies.]]
73	* TearsOfBlood: The eyes on the... chain-thingy that appears when Magna Alecto goes berserk do this. It's all kind of trippy and more than a bit creepy.
74	* TeleportSpam: Abel's main tactic, though it's ambiguous if he's actually using FlashStep.
75	* TranquilFury: [[spoiler:Johann, in his VillainousBreakdown.]]
76	* UniversallyBelovedLeader: The people of Enastoria adore Yui, as seen in Episode 3.
77	* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Johann starts losing it against Yui and Rena in Episode 12. Even more so in Episode 13 when Ruks gives them her power.]]

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