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“Spaceship officer Claude lands on medieval Expel, joins Rena to battle the Sorcery Globe's global chaos.”
Star Ocean EX
スターオーシャンEX
6.61
7,009 rank · 14,418 viewers · 32 favorites
Adventure
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
Shounen
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Synopsis
Spaceship officer Claude lands on medieval Expel, joins Rena to battle the Sorcery Globe's global chaos.
Claude C. Kenni, a crewmember on the spaceship Calnus and son of the commander of the ship, is transported to Expel, a backwards planet with swords and magic. He teams up with Rena Lanford, who thinks he is the legendary Warrior of Light, and other characters to investigate the Sorcery Globe, a meteorite that has been causing problems all over the world. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
6.5
/10
What 8 viewers settled on.
80%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6.5
mode 6
σ 1.94
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.94 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.0
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No
Score over time
↓ 0.50
Running avg · Mar 2007 → May 2020
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “I was really surprised when I had started watching this, I had assumed it would be a big letdown but when It started I actually liked it. The only downfall was towards the end. The show started...”
- 10 “This anime scifi adventure series follows Claude C Kenni, a young man raised in his opinion in his father's shadow. Involved in an operation to explore uncharted territory Claude unknowingly...”
- 7 “As a big fan of JRPGs, Star Ocean: the Second Story (PS1) was one of my personal favorites back in my younger days, and still remains, as of today, a game I very much like. So, when I found out, in...”
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Medium · 63%
Long · 38%
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- Format 26 × 22′ eps × min
- Total runtime 9h 32m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2001 – Sep 2001 Spring 2001
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0911 catalog
Licensed by
- Discotek Media Licensor
- Geneon Entertainment USA Licensor