The Crown Knights

I think the creators were fans of Sailor Moon. It's like so alike. Big complaint is 1. it's too short and 2. It needs alot of backstory. 3. It's got tv series traits. It's like a pilot that totally failed.

My brother received it through Columbia House's anime 2 club. Perhaps CHV was drunk too for picking it as a selection.

Still, it's anime and I've yet to find one that I absolutely abhore.

4/10

I REALLY like this title, it was made by Idol Project people, and adds more energy to that style.

The direction and music are superb, and you should try the Japanese soundtrack, the voice actresses are very good and Jo's also does Asuka in Evangelion.

It does have problems: Hitoshi Doi's database includes entries for a Jaja Uma Quartet radio show, so the anime is clearly fan service, and we suffer from not having had a chance to know the back story. Of which there is clearly rather a lot, but, hey, the Laws Of Anime say that Fracasso will most certainly win Jo's heart ... someday ^_^.

It is not like Sailor Moon, that was a ground-breaking fusion of the sentai (e.g. Power Rangers) and magical girls genres. I call them "Martial Magical Girls", with other examples including Wedding Peach and most recently Pretty Cure. There's absolutely nothing from the magical girls side of things, the girls aren't even magic users.

But they are indeed "pretty sexy and cute".

8/10 for me.

This movie is okay. Not great, just okay. I guess die-hard fans of SailorMoon would like this. It's good for a rainy-day rental. Don't buy it, just rent it. I must say one thing, the main female characters are pretty sexy and cute

First, what I liked about this show. It's got cute, sexy characters, lots of humor, and action, and I loved listening to the voices. (Note: I haven't actually heard the Japanese voices. The English ones are a lot of fun, though. I particularly like Debbie Rabbai as Jo Diamond.)

Now, what I didn't like. Because it's so short, it simply doesn't tell us enough. It needs more back story, and I would have liked to have seen more episodes. Also, there is a Chinese guy who is the buffoonish stereotype, who speaks in broken English/Japanese. (Think Shampoo or the Chinese tour guide from RANMA 1/2.)

The plot: In a far away kingdom that could almost pass for one of our own modern cities, the people are defended by four super heroines who resemble the four different suites of cards. (One is based on clubs, another spades, and so on.) In the episode that we get to see, they find themselves up against a giant, Godzilla-sized chess piece that is manned by bad guys and threatens to destroy the city. The piece starts out as a pawn but later transforms/upgrades itself into a knight. Also the show seems to focus on Jo Diamond-perhaps if this had become a full series, as I suspect it was meant to be, future episodes would have focused on the other three women? During the battle Jo meets a guy she seems to have shared a past romance with, but unfortunately this is only hinted at; as I said, it needs more back story. My biggest problem with this is the end, which leaves you wondering if one character survived or not!