A Princess, A werewolf, and a vampire.
I actually wrote a review for the Japanese version of this as well, so I am simply posting it on the DUB version as well.
First off let me start this off by saying I have not read any of the manga for this series so I can't compare the two at all. All i can tell you is about the anime itself.
Well without any serious spoilers, (everything I am about to say happens in episode one.) We meet a boy named Hiro who seems like you're every day guy until he suddenly dies from being impaled by a steel beam. Oh did I mention he pushed the princess of the series out of the way, yeah that's important. Anyway Hiro saves her life by pushing her out of the way and he dies. The Princess (Hime) Brings him back to life as her royal servant with an ability known as the flame of life. This grants Hiro immortality as long as Hime is around, which binds the two together, master and servant.
From there each episode is more or less a stand alone, some sort of creature or...
Nicely different 'monster' anime
Resurrection Princess starts off with Hiro, an orphaned Junior high student who is going to live with his sister who has just gotten a job as the cook in a mansion owned by the mysterious Hime. Hiro saves Hime from a fatal street accident but is himself killed, and learns that she has the ability to bring him back to life, making him immortal so long as he serves her and she occasionally rejuvenates the flame of life within him.
Hime is a daughter of the king of the occult monsters, and currently on the losing end of a dynastic struggle and trying to rebuild her power base by hiding among humans. As such she is the subject of attack by various types of monsters who want to either control her or gain favor with one of her siblings by finally removing her from the game.
As the series evolves others are added to the household, Lisa Wildman, a quick tempered half werewolf and Reirei, a vampire who originally is one of those with plans for Hime but who seems to...
"That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with strange eons even death may die."
"Princess Resurrection" is an anime that I found surprisingly engrossing considering it has been completely unheralded. I ran into it by coincidence while searching for obscure vampire titles and it was just about love at first sight. For a show that seems to utilize nearly every anime convention imaginable, this one still manages to feel fresh by combining elements from all sorts of genres within the genre. The primary setting for the show is classic horror with broad swaths of comedy and it reminds me a lot of Buffy The Vampire Slayer in it's approach. It's got the "monster of the week", a metric ton of homages for classic horror/sci-fi fans (including, of course, the Lovecraft incantation I used for the title of this review), recognizable archetypes that are allowed to revel in their roles to the point of parody, and a pretty bizarre sense of humor to tie it all together. This may not have gone over big with the masses, but it feels like it was made with me in mind...
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