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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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.
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Balsa, mortally wounded during a battle with the Hunters, relies on Chagum to save them both.
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Balsa gets challenged to a duel via letter by a former rival named Karbo, but she declines when she meets with him. Karbo hires a stone shooter named Gyopsal to target a traveling couple, named ...
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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 |
| Masaya Matsukaze | ... | Jin 13 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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I think I haven't seen a series in a recent years that could be that valuable for the development of respect and caring for each other. If I had a 11 year old child I would want him/her to watch it. And let me tell you it is also if not more important for adults to have more respect for their environment and other living beings.
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?).