[ Episode 6: Bridge of Lightning ] Coopa and a bratty kid. Woohoo. Ah~, the typical brat-type character. I’ve yet to meet one that I’ve actually liked and that remains the same after this episode. The episode was pretty much about Yury, clearing his father’s name, and Coopa. I would have muched preferred if it focused on [...]
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[ Episode 5: Ziusudra's Trap ] Epic hilarity incoming! This episode was absolutely hilarious. All of the magic traps had me rolling in laughter. The traps ranged from gender bender, turning 2D, everyone turning into Coopa, and turning into smile. I couldn’t help but be extremely amused at Jil being conflicted over to whether or not to [...]
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[ Episode 4: ] Delicious Blue-haired Succubus. Yum! Such an enjoyable episode. This is pretty much the start of Jil and company climbing the tower. They’ve already had some troubles but managed to get past them with little trouble. I was really glad to see them trying so hard though instead of running away since that [...]
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[ Episode 3: Meskia, City Within the Tower ] Better late than never to the climb to the top of the Tower of Druaga! Go! Go! Go! It’s been a while since I’ve watched Druaga due to time restrictions and the like but I’ve decided to finally get caught up in order to be on-point for the [...]
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Gonzo launched a channel on YouTube for the upcoming sequel of The Tower of Druaga,  “The Sword of Uruk”. This is an english subbed trailer that includes 10 seconds of new footage never seen before until now! The Tower of DRUAGA -the Sword of URUK- coming in January,2009! Let´s see what the future can offer concerning [...]
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Crunchyroll, a media sharing website has announced that it will stream Gonzo's Tower of Druaga: Sword of Uruk for free, Crunchyroll Anime Membership benefits include higher quality streams of all shows (in some cases at 720p High Definition Video) with no advertisement and early access to simulcast shows.
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Well–here’s my first salvo in the “12 Days, 12 Moments” project. Why so late and out of sync with the rest of the blogosphere? Well, as someone with theological training, I couldn’t bear to be so liturgically incorrect as to misidentify the 12 Days of Christmas as the days prior to Christmas, could I? After [...]
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Probably the best gimmick episode of 2008 - and perhaps one of the best ever - was the first episode of The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk.  Obviously this show was trying to grab attention right off the bat - as well as perhaps draw attention to Gonzo’s new found attempt to make [...]
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  The official Japanese website, Gonzo’s Tower of Druaga has streamed a two-minute promotional video for the sequel “Tower of Druaga: The Sword of Uruk”. The prequel of this series Tower of the Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk is based on both anime series on Namco Bandai fantasy game franchise will premier this January.       
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The review at Sea Slugs does not stray far from the consensus, but adds the following observation: I giggled at how the three groups stole moves from the Star Wars movies in trying to take down Druaga like he was an AT-AT or AT-ST. Not sure how intentional it was, but heh.
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When I first gave Tower of Druaga: Aegis of Uruk a try, I didn’t think it was that great. The joke first episode (Jil’s dream episode) wasn’t that great and next few after that were kinda boring. However, once we started getting some mystery and betrayal, I got really interested in the plot, [...]
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The title pretty much says it all. Thanks to AnimeSuki and Ando, once again. Wow, I’m surprised, Saimoe ‘08 didn’t stick another sword of despair into my already peforated heart. B02 1位　456票　クーパ���ドルアーガの塔 〜the Aegis of URUK〜(Coopa@Druaga no Tou ~the Aegis of URUK~) 2位　323票　志宝エリス���ナイトウィザード The ANIMATION(Shihou Elis@Night Wizard The ANIMATION) 3位　297票　雨宮優子���ef - a tale of memories.(Amamiya Yuuko@ef - a tale of memories.) B06 1位　481票　小岩井フローラ���ななついろ★ドロップス(Koiwai [...]
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It must take a special effort to write a review of Druaga and not mention the role of Ahmey (should I complain to Impz?), but an interesting perspective all the same.
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Game-Based Anime: Hit or Miss? It is not often that a game-based anime embraces its inner game, and for good reason. Many are visibly forced attempts to fashion a second-rate story into a compelling screenplay, which sometimes works, but often not, especially if the director is not allowed enough creative license. Faithful adherents to a game’s [...]
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With the Eva streak happily over, The Pink Sylphide turns towards Druaga, The Tower Of. The entry lacks screencaps, but it should be easy to fix… The more lines Ahmey speaks, the better she’s revealed to be as a character. She’s the experienced one, even if she’s otherwise a person of few words. He has a good [...]
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Coburn’s analysis was a fascinating reading, but I cannot help thinking that Ahmey offers more. It can be just a prank by GONZO, but I’m haunted by the kerchief on the water. Surely he must see Ahmey’s dramatic role? Perhaps he was just tired by the end of the long essay.
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So I finally got around to watching the two last episodes of Druaga no Tou and it’s not a lie to say I wasn’t disappointed. That is, I didn’t exactly have sky high expectations of it from the start and that’s probably why I kind of enjoyed it all. I mean it won’t win any [...]
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Jil continues to try and fight against Druaga on the top floor of the tower.
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Druaga no To is slightly odd, and slightly good. A lot of the most fun ideas the writers threw in were nothing more than nifty baubles. Golfing wizards, 8-bit sidetracks, piss-take episodes - they kept me happy. But it’s a narrative medium, and Druaga should be judged as a story, not as a procession of [...]
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