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█ “Heroic fantasy—how those words themselves, like a voluptuous spell, rang with magic for me from the very beginning” – Kaoru Kurimoto
Author of the beloved and well known Guin Saga novels, Kaoru Kurimoto, passed away at the age of 56, May 26, in a hospital from Tokyo, diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Guin Saga was Japan’s top rated fantasy series, with millions of copies printed to date and …

Guin Saga is based on the novels with the same name by Kaoru Kurimoto, which are constantly on the best-seller list in Japan, with millions of copies sold until now. When i started to watch some of the fantasy anime that aired in this spring, Guin Saqa was looking the most promising. And indeed it is. At least for me. Sengoku Basara is crazy and fun but it doesn’t have too much substance and Tears to Tiara turned out to be just a light/generic anime that ruins every good scene with bad humor…