Dragon Age: Blood mage no seisen (2012)

In the land of Orlais, where battles are fought with swords and magic, a young heroine rises as templars, mages, and dragons clash. Cassandra, a brash and beautiful Seeker, must stop a ... See full summary »

Director:

Fumihiko Sori

Writer:

Jeffrey Scott (screenplay)

Stars:

Miranda Raison, Brina Palencia, Christopher Sabat

Cast

Credited cast:
Miranda Raison	...	Cassandra Pentaghast
Brina Palencia	...	Grand Cleric of Orlais
Christopher Sabat	...	Knight Commander
J. Michael Tatum	...	Regalyan D'Marcall
Chuck Huber	...	Frenic
Luci Christian	...	Revered Mother
Mike McFarland	...	Lazarro
John Swasey	...	Byron
Pam Dougherty	...	Divine
R. Bruce Elliot	...	High Seeker

Storyline

In the land of Orlais, where battles are fought with swords and magic, a young heroine rises as templars, mages, and dragons clash. Cassandra, a brash and beautiful Seeker, must stop a conspiracy that threatens the realm's most powerful religious order, the Chantry of Andraste. Accused of treasonous crimes and hunted by friend and foe, Cassandra must clear her name and overcome her raging emotions in order to save the day and take her place in legend.

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Plot Keywords:

bioware | funimation

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Genres:

Animation | Fantasy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA Japan

Language:

English

Release Date:

2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bioware, Electronic Arts (EA) Redwood Shores, FUNimation Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Spun-off from Dragon Age II (2011)

User Reviews

Better than expected

I went in to this film expecting it to be pretty bad. I love DA:O and really like DAII despite it's flaws, but an anime based on a character that I personally don't really care about, felt doomed to fail. And yes, the plot is very predictable and clichéd but at the same time entertaining. I liked getting to know more about the seekers and Cassandra was pretty badass. But! Some story elements were just so wrong.

First of all, the evil blood mage thing is kind off overused after DAII. And what's with the sudden army of ogres and golems that the blood mages just pulls out of nowhere only to never use them again. And Cassandra is kicking their asses despite them being really tough opponents in the games.

Then there's the problem with the story being set in between the events in Kirkwall and Varric's interrogation. The circle mages just felt wrong. They shouldn't be that loyal to the chantry. After all, Varric says that the circles are rising up, and yet all the circle mages in this film are good loyal mages while every apostate is an evil blood mage. And why would mages fight with scythes/swords instead of magic?

But the animation is nice and it's entertaining enough to sit through. If you like Dragon Age and want more back story, then by all means watch it. If you don't, well you're not missing anything.