Allison & Lillia: Difference between revisions

A straight-up Adventure with Action and Mystery elements, it avoids (for the most part) the frequent [[Mind Screw]]ery of the aforementioned ''Kino's Journey''. It is also features continuing plots, rather than the standalone, episodic nature of ''Kino''. This is a blessing and a curse, with the upshot that the producers of the anime were faced with the unenviable task of cramming 10 books into a single 26-episode series. As a result, the anime dispenses with Sigsawa's flowery descriptions of the landscapes and obsessive technical profiling of every new bit of technology that crops up, while [[Bowdlerise|toning down the violence]], [[Compressed Adaptation|leaving out important bits of plot and characterization]], and pushing [[Suspension of Disbelief]] to the breaking point. Nevertheless, the series retains a certain charm that makes it hard to resist, with an [[Anime Theme Song|opening theme]] that [[Thematic Theme Tune|sets the tone perfectly]]. (See [http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=R3vTkJJr1Yc here].)

 

 

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* [[Info Dump]]: Justified through the conceit of students receiving supplementary instruction on history and geography in the first book / episode, and Wil getting his friend up to speed on Ikstova in ''Allison II''. Lampshaded in episode 14 of the anime, when Lillia complains to Treize about his reading the Rachika tourist guidebook aloud.

* [[Karma Houdini]]: Colonel Aikashia makes a living of "neutralizing" threats to peace, along with any bystanders that happen to get in the way. Yet, in spite of all the duplicity and the body count he incurs in his first appearance, all is forgiven once it's revealed that {{spoiler|he's Allison's father}}.

* [[King Incognito]]: Subverted twice: {{spoiler|Fiona}} is actually {{spoiler|impersonating her twin sister to fulfill her dying request}}, while among the main cast, only Lillia is unaware that {{spoiler|Treize}} is royalty.

* [[Larynx Dissonance]]: Will sounds rather young for 17.

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