Distributor: FUNimation
ReviewLast Exile is one of my all-time favorite titles. The animation is an excellent blend of CG and cel animation. I love the characterization, especially on Alex Rowe. Claus and Valca are excellent heroes and have a great chemistry. I love how Lavie stays by Claus, even when the story causes them to start drifting apart. Maestro Delphine is an excellent villainess. We see so little of her, but what we see of her makes her an icy, classy villain. She doesn't need to make grandiose scenes, she just stays in the background, manipulating everything.
I've heard that the show is quite slow to some poeple. But I don't mind the slowness because to me, it needs to be slow. The story is really like a chess game, with a slow-moving approach theat quickly builds to some pretty cool events. I think the pacing is just fine.
Music/Score: Just beautiful. The string ensemble accents the scenes well. I love both the opening and ending themes.
Sub/Dub: The dub is great. Crispin Freeman is in top form as Alex. In fact, it's my favorite role of his. Karen Strassman lends a vey silky, icy voice to Delphine, which really gave me some shivers. I also like the fact that Bosch is showing his range as Claus. He rarely does kid heroes and I actually didn't know it was him til I looked it up.
Violence: Some pretty intense dogfights throughout and mildly graphic violence towards the end.
Language: (2/10) Some mild swears.
Nudity: (0/10)
Sexuality: (2/10) A few lewd comments are made in one episode over a misunderstanding.
Religion: (0/10)
Drugs/Tobacco: (0/10)
Related Media: In 2011, Gonzo began airing Last Exile, Fam the Silver Sky an alternate-universe sequel to Last Exile