Art Friday : Heavenly Sword Animated Series
A wonderfuly animated five part series about the origins of the titular sword in Ninja Theory’s PS3 game Heavenly Sword and how Nariko, that lovely heroine with her distinctive flowing red tresses came to wield the sword.
© Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
It all started with a story of a holy warrior purportedly dispatched from the heavens above with his mighty sword to put an end to the murderous rampage of the merciless Ravenlord and his bloodthirsty warriors many generations ago.
© Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
The sword that the mysterious warrior left behind after defeating the Ravenlord later fell in the hands of mortals thus ensuring that death and bloodshed followed each successive wielder of the sword as ambitious men schemed and murdered in order to possess this powerful sword.
© Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Watch the rest of the series to find out how the sword finally ended up in the hands of Nariko. Although the plot is rather cliched, it’s an engrossing piece of work, beautifully animated by the guys at Chase Animation Studio and well narrated enough to make it a must-watch for anyone who loves a good fantasy tale. A detailed list of credits can be found at FEED.
© Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Watch the entire animated series at the official Heavenly Sword : Animated Series site.
While I try not to provide direct links, I figured that these gems might not be online forever, so here’s the direct download links for the five episodes (in Flash video ~20 MB each):
Episode 1 : The Legend of The Sword
Episode 2 : Guardians of The Sword
Episode 3 : The Rise of Evil
Episode 4 : The Divine Birth
Episode 5 : The Day of The Warrior
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Looks good!
I will give them a watch… I’m trying to update myself on anime as it is..
Just not sure where to even start or whats really good… I did buy Samurai 7 and liked it.
I also like ones with some good artwork. Any suggestions? Was thinking about picking up that Appleseed Ex-Machina this weekend…?
I haven’t watched anime for a long time, don’t really have time to sit back and watch stuff
I heard Appleseed Ex-Machina was good and much better than the original Appleseed but I haven’t got out to buy it yet.
I like watching stuff while I do my artwork… So I usually have something running in the background all the time… figured it would be good to pick up some anime soon.
Wow, you can actually concentrate like that?
I should try that while programming at work once of these days