The Second Empress hires a spear-wielding woman to save her son from the Mikado (emperor) who believes the young prince is possessed by a water demon foretold to bring a terrible drought upon the land should he live.
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S1.E8
Balsa and Chagum visit a great swordsmith to get a new blade for Balsa's spear. The swordsmith agrees to forge her a new blade once he is convinced that she did not kill the prince.
Balsa and Chagum, now with his hair cut off, set off and head toward the mountains. Unable to pinpoint the location of the bodyguard and the prince, all of the Emperor's hunters split into separate ...
S1.E25
Tanda gives Balsa, along with the hunters, some sig saluas to pursue the Egg Eater and save Chagum. As Chagum finally makes it to Sanaan, Balsa and the hunters locate him.
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Cast
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Mabuki Andô | ... | Balsa 25 episodes, 2007 |
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Naoto Adachi | ... | Chagum 25 episodes, 2007 |
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Kôji Tsujitani | ... | Tanda 22 episodes, 2007 |
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Hirofumi Nojima | ... | Shuga 18 episodes, 2007 |
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Kôhei Fukuhara | ... | Taga / ... 18 episodes, 2007 |
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Naomi Kusumi | ... | Mon 16 episodes, 2007 |
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Ken'ichi Mochizuki | ... | Zen / ... 16 episodes, 2007 |
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Yuuki Masuda | ... | Sun / ... 16 episodes, 2007 |
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Takayuki Sasada | ... | Hyoku / ... 16 episodes, 2007 |
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Shinji Kawada | ... | Yun / ... 15 episodes, 2007 |
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Rin Mizuhara | ... | Torogai 14 episodes, 2007 |
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Atsushi Ono | ... | The Emperor / ... 13 episodes, 2007 |
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Hiroshi Naka | ... | Gakai / ... 11 episodes, 2007 |
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Balsa the spearwoman is a wandering warrior, who takes on the task of saving lives, in atonement for a past sin. On her journey, she happens to save a prince, and is tasked with becoming his bodyguard. And he is going to need one, for his own father, the emperor, wants him dead. Written by Anonymous
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24 August 2008 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Whenever I watched this series it gave me a warm and calming feeling of sanity and comprehension, like meditating. This series was somehow giving me a kind of wisdom. I wish there was more like this.
From an artistic view the background graphics are absolutely top-notch, and the animations have a kind of realism to them through the addition of small movements to plausibly underline thoughts and behaviors. The only thing I would have elaborated on is the main character's face (the placement of her mouth?).