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Deltora Quest
デルトラクエスト
(Derutora Kuesuto)
GenreSword and sorcery, comedy-drama
Anime
Directed byMitsuru Hongo
StudioOriental Light and Magic
Released 2007-01-06 (Australia: May 1st 2010) – 2008-03-29 (Australia: Ongoing)

Deltora Quest (デルトラ・クエスト, Derutora Kuesuto) is a Japanese anime series based on the series of children's books of the same name, written by Australian author Emily Rodda. It was announced by Rodda herself at Sydney's Book Council of Australia Conference and at an ABC Kids convention. The series was produced by Oriental Light and Magic and SKY Perfect Well Think. The show is on TV-Aichi every Saturday from 8:00 am to 8:30 am, and the English version, produced by Blue Water Studios in association with Dentsu, began airing on May 1 for Cartoon Network Australia/New Zealand (9:00 am to 9:50 am on Weekends), and premiered in the United States on The Hub, a new TV network owned by Discovery Channel and Hasbro replacing Discovery Kids, on October 10, 2010 as part of its original programming lineup.

Story

The Shadow Lord, an evil sorcerer and The Lord of Shadows which comes from The Shadowlands, has taken over Deltora by destroying a magical object known as The Belt of Deltora, which is Deltora's only protection against him. Throughout the course of the anime, Lief, Barda and Jasmine travel around the land of Deltora to return the seven gems (the Diamond, Emerald, Lapis Lazuli, Topaz, Opal, Ruby and the Amethyst, the initials of which combine to form DELTORA, hence the name Deltora Quest) to the belt and save the land. Their first destination is the Forests of Silence. After destroying the guardian Gorl, they find the Topaz and continue to the Lake of Tears. Along the way, they meet Manus and with his help defeat Jin and Jod, two of the sorceress Thaegan's thirteen children. Eventually, they fight with Thaegan and retrieve the Ruby. Thaegan is defeated when Jasmine's raven, Kree, creates a cut in her finger, causing her to lose blood. Since Thaegan is a witch, she instantly dies as a result of it. The trio are then trapped by Thaegan's remaining eleven children but manage to fool them and run away. Then, they visit Tom's mysterious shop and meet a scar-faced man, Doom. Later on they manage to reach the City of Rats. Lief, Barda and Jasmine get the Opal and enter the deadly Rithmere Championships. Jasmine wins, and then they are subsequently captured. With the help of the mysterious Doom, they manage to escape and reach the Shifting Sands, where they obtain the Lapis Lazuli. Thaegan and her eleven children are reborn from Flanwass's bags but Lief, Barda and Jasmine manage to defeat them again. They travel to Dread Mountain, passing through Gellick with the help of the Kins. They go on the River Queen, but end up finding out that a few of the passengers were Ols. To avoid putting the other passengers in danger, the trio are dropped off nearby. They go into the Maze of the Beast and are able to find the Amethyst, barely escaping the slug-like Glus. Thaegan returns and is defeated with twelve of her children, Ichabod injured. They meet Oacus and help him escape. They rescue Dain and find Tora. They then journey to the Valley of the Lost and defeat the guardian. However, Neridah, who stole the diamond, was captured by Oacus who they defeated. After a series of epic battles on the way to Del and in Del the Shadow Lord is finally defeated.

Voice Actors

  • Lief is voiced by Ryosuke Sakamaki in Japanese, and by Cole Howard in English.
  • Jasmine is voiced by Ayahi Takagaki in Japanese, and by Laura Rushfeldt in English.
  • Barda is voiced by Yuusaku Yara in Japanese, and by Tom Edwards in English.
  • Kree is voiced by Miyako Ito in Japanese, and by Tony Valdez in English.
  • The Shadow Lord is voiced by Banjou Ginga in Japanese, and by Michael Shepherd in English.

Production

The series was produced by Oriental Light and Magic and SKY Perfect Well Think. Rodda was originally approached with many film offers, but it was only this studio that promised to not change the story. The first episode was aired on January 6, 2007 in Japan.

It was directed by Mitsuru Hongō (Spirit of Wonder, Outlaw Star), designed by Hiroyuki Nishimura and Junya Ishigaki, and written by Oketani Arawa, Reiko Yoshida and Natsuko Takahashi. The music was composed by Kow Otani, but was replaced with an original soundtrack in the English version.

Although the series employs mostly traditional animation it uses CGI for the Guardians.[1]

Music

Opening theme

  1. HEART☆BEAT by MARIA (episodes 1–28)
  2. Boku no Taiyou (僕の太陽) by AKB48 (episodes 29–52)
  3. In This Life~Tabidachi made no 3 Step (In This Life～旅立ちまでの3ステップ) by Delta Goodrem

Ending theme

  1. Sakura Uta (桜唄) by Rythem (episodes 1–14)
  2. Hey Now! by COOLON (episodes 15–26)
  3. Go To Fly by Sunbrain (episodes 27–39)
  4. Yume x Yume (夢x夢) by Yurika Ohyama (episodes 40–52)
  5. Yubikiri Genman (ユビキリゲンマン) by Hoi festa (episodes 53–65)

The English version uses an original instrumental for its theme, which repeats during the credits.

Episodes

  1. The Adventure Begins
  2. Jasmine, Girl of the Forest
  3. Golden Knight Gorl
  4. The Enigmatic Giant
  5. Nij and Doj's Trap
  6. The Monster in the Lake of Tears
  7. Witch Thaegan Appears
  8. Tom's Strange Shop
  9. Clean Yurunai
  10. Escape From Prison!
  11. Crossing the Broad River
  12. Rat City's King
  13. Endon and Jarred
  14. The Stolen Gems
  15. Good Luck? Bad Luck?
  16. The Rithmere Championships
  17. Fight, Fight Lief!
  18. Jasmine vs. Doom
  19. The Boy from the Resistance
  20. The Shifting Sands
  21. The Heavenly Stone
  22. Thaegan's return
  23. Thaegan's Trap
  24. Meeting Prin
  25. Fly into the Sky, Kins!
  26. Vraal Attack
  27. The Monster of the Dread Mountain
  28. Defeat the Gigantic Gellick!
  29. End Of The Carn Squad
  30. The Mysterious Ols
  31. Goodbye, Jasmine
  32. The River Queen
  33. Pirate Attack
  34. The Pirate's Feast
  35. The Maze of the Beast
  36. Witch Thaegan Again!
  37. Mirror Of Fear
  38. Sorcerer Oacus
  39. The Vow of the Torans
  40. The Valley of the Lost
  41. The Last Diamond
  42. When All Seven Gems are Together
  43. Skaal Out of Control
  44. The Fight in Vetaksa Village
  45. Lief, the Oath of the Seven Tribes
  46. Last of their Enemy, Oscar
  47. Move on! Seven Tribes
  48. Dain's Real Body
  49. The Fight for Freedom
  50. Who is the True Heir?
  51. War with the Ak-babas
  52. When the Seven Gems Shine
  53. Going on an Adventure Again
  54. Jasmine back to the Forests
  55. Underground Labyrinth Trap
  56. Filli in Big Pinch!
  57. The Lonely Grey Guard
  58. Watching Tom's Shop
  59. Prin's First Love
  60. The Pirates of the River Tor
  61. The Lost Belt
  62. The Promise that Lief Followed
  63. Neridah and Jasmine
  64. The House that Ols Live in
  65. Deltora, Forever...

Deltora Fact File

The Deltora Fact File is shown at the end of every episode. All of them have been removed from the English version.

  1. The Belt of Deltora
  2. Wennbar
  3. Gorl (Topaz Guardian)
  4. The Teller
  5. The Enigmatic Giant
  6. Nij and Doj's Trap
  7. Soldeen
  8. Thaegan (Ruby Guardian)
  9. Thaegan's Thirteen Children
  10. The Nine Ra-Katcharz
  11. Kree and Filli
  12. Tom's Shop
  13. Reeah (Opal Guardian)
  14. The Seven Ak-Babas
  15. Prandine
  16. The Grey Guards
  17. Queen Bee
  18. Neridah
  19. Glock
  20. Jinks
  21. The Hive (Lapis Lazuli Guardian)
  22. The Building of Death
  23. Thaegan's Children
  24. Thaegan's Children
  25. Kin
  26. Fallow
  27. Vraal
  28. The Toran Tribe
  29. Gnome Tribe
  30. Gellick (Emerald Guardian)
  31. The Carn Pods
  32. Mary and Aidah
  33. Ols
  34. Polypan
  35. Ralad Tribe
  36. Glus (Amethyst Guardian)
  37. Thaegan's Children's Transforming Magic
  38. Thaegan's Ring
  39. Servant Oacus
  40. The Seven Gems: Topaz
  41. The Pets of the Valley of the Lost Guardian
  42. Fardeep (Diamond Guardian)
  43. Skaal
  44. The Seven Gems: Topaz
  45. The Seven Gems: Ruby
  46. The Seven Gems: Opal
  47. The Seven Gems: Lapis Lazuli
  48. The Seven Gems: Emerald
  49. The Seven Gems: Amethyst
  50. The Seven Gems: Diamond
  51. Dain
  52. The Shadow Lord
  53. Lief

Villains

The enemies of the companions:

  1. The Shadow Lord
  2. The Grey Guards
  3. Fallow
  4. Prandine
  5. Gorl
  6. Thaegan
  7. Thaegan's Children
  8. 9 Ra-Kacharz
  9. Reeah
  10. Mother Brightly
  11. The Monster of the Shifting Sands (Sand beast)
  12. Vraal
  13. Gellick
  14. Ols
  15. Glus
  16. Oscar
  17. Guardian of the Valley of the Lost
  18. Dain
  19. The Ak-baba

Deltora Quest Card Game

The Anime Deltora Quest produced a Deltora Quest Card Game with Data Cards. Using collectable cards, players fight each other with character cards and monster cards. There are two types of card sets, Starter sets and Booster sets. Not much is known yet.

  1. Deltora Quest Card Game – The Adventure Begins
  2. Deltora Quest Card Game 2 – The Seven Lost Gems

This is hinted at in the middle of each episode, where cards featuring a main or supporting character are presented.

Video game

A video game for the Nintendo DS titled Deltora Quest: 7-tsu no Houseki was released by Bandai Namco in 2007, and is currently exclusive to Japan.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Ball, Ryan (2008-12-02). "Castalia Snags Deltora Quest for Latin America". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2008-12-05. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

Sources

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