Magic Knight Rayearth/YMMV: Difference between revisions

* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]]: Or should we say, Latin Americans Love ''[[Completely Different Title|Guerreras Mágicas]]''. It's not without reason: it aired in between the 6th or 7th rerun of ''[[Saint Seiya|Caballeros del Zodiaco]]'', ''[[Dragonball]]'' hadn't hit yet, ''[[Ranma One Half]]'' was silly, ''[[Slam Dunk]]'' was on a chaotic rotation, ''[[Escaflowne]]'' took ages to get anywhere, and ''[[Bt X]]'' also had a hectic airing. ''Rayearth'' was in comparison a well balanced, well written, [[Multiple Demographic Appeal|both-genders-appealing]] soap opera with action and adventure. The tune was catchy too, and it was one of the first anime series to air with its intro mostly intact since since ''[[Mazinger Z]]''.

* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Innova doesn't really fit in with most of the cast's [[Vehicular Theme Naming]], until Toyota actually released a car called the "Innova."

* [[Ho Yay]] / [[Foe Yay]]: Eagle and Lantis.

** Also, Eagle and Geo Metro. But Eagle ''is'' [[Even the Guys Want Him|that pretty]].

 

* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Eagle has gone from trying to save his country to being willing to destroy Earth to save Cephiro. He's also Emeraude's brother instead of {{spoiler|Ferio}}. Hikaru has gone from a [[Genki Girl|Genki]] [[Plucky Girl]] from a kendo family to a particularly [[Break the Cutie|Broken Cutie]] in the gymnastics club.

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: {{spoiler|Emeraude pines for and throws herself at the feet of a dead Zagato, who still sits on his throne}}. Emeraude's castle is filled with the dead souls of Cephiro, who scream and lash at anything living. {{spoiler|Zagato sacrifices himself in order to save the land- yup, the suicide by sword (possibly [[Seppuku]]) is shown on screen. Also, Lantis sacrifices himself in a different way- but he dies anyway. Several other characters die- including a teenage one. At the end, Emeraude is left without the one she loves.}}. To say this OVA is nightmare fuel unleaded is an ''understatement''.