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“Non sacrifices herself to the Evil King, bears twin sons Loof and Jin, facing exile and royal intrigue.”
Genma Wars
幻魔大戦－神話前夜の章
5.08
14,047 rank · 2,794 viewers · 1 favorites
Adventure
Fantasy
Seinen
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Synopsis
Non sacrifices herself to the Evil King, bears twin sons Loof and Jin, facing exile and royal intrigue.
In the distant future, monsters and inhumans roam the land, and the ruling Evil King seeks a human woman to bear him powerful, force-adept heirs. Non offers herself to the Evil King in order to save her village from Ape Clan raiders, and gives him twin sons, Loof and Jin. She and her sons are exiled by the ungrateful villagers, however, and Non's companion Nue (a Demon Clan member changed into a wolf for disobedience) takes Loof to be raised by his father, the Evil King. The Evil One's Queen Parome despises humans, however, and her malevolence towards Loof deepens... (Source: AnimeNfo)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
3.4
/10
What 5 viewers settled on.
20%
recommend
Score distribution
median 3
mode 2
σ 1.85
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.85 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.5 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 2.5
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No
Score over time
↑ 1.40
Running avg · Aug 2008 → Sep 2022
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Maybe I give this anime such 'high' ratings because I can see the potential in it. The story itself, while not original, isnt bad. Its planets of the apes with wizards. I think that maybe if this...”
- 3 “I watched this when I was younger, it used to be aired on Animax Latinamerica (México) and I thought it was okay. But I finished it now as an adult, and all I can say it’s that is irredeemable...”
- 2 “Oh, Genma Wars. This has to be one of the absolute worst anime to every be released to the public. It gets a resounding 1 in almost everything. The story in nonsensical, the animation is so poor...”
Verbosity
Short · 60%
Medium · 0%
Long · 40%
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- Format 13 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 12m all episodes
- Aired Feb 2002 – May 2002 Winter 2002
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-1550 catalog
Produced by
- Groove Corporation Producer
Licensed by
- Media Blasters Licensor