On the island kingdom of Windaria, Rick lives and works as a baker. He has no memory of his time before being washed ashore onto Windaria, but he lives every day full of happiness with the three girls who help out to deliver and bake bread; Neris, Amil and Airy. But soon strange events begin to occur on and around the island and its inhabitants, and Rick's everyday life is soon through into dangerous peril.
(Anime: 1 season, 12 Episodes, Finished)
Based on a game by Sega from the Shining series, the anime isn't too bad, but it's not great. There is definite room for improvement in a lot of areas, but one good thing about the series is that it is a fantastic fantasy story, filled with all sorts of swords and sorcery and mystical qualities that all add up to creating a great fantasy world and story. The art work is very interesting because it isn't quite traditional, and brings something unique that one can't quite put their finger on. The characters are varied widely, whether it is swordsmen, cat people, pirates, the island of Windaria has them all. But this is the point where the series starts to go down, because it isn't really possible to get behind these characters. They aren't bad overall, there just doesn't seem to be any depth or emotion put behind them so they come off a bit plastic. From the description one would assume there might be some romance between Rick and the girls, but no go, just very good friends. Then there is the story: even though events start to happen from the first episode, the whole story becomes very sluggish and long winded. All the strange events that take place tend to happen towards the end and don't stand out as being overly memorable, and the rest of the episodes are devoted to long shots of smiling people, or long deep speeches about pasts and...something, they are very long winded. The result is that Shiawase no Pan is a good anime for anyone who likes fantasy series and a very gentle story. Otherwise this will come off very boring.
Rating -
5/10
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