Anime: Scrapped Princess 5dau

This review will be in a negative light, I will go exaggeration. + Spoilers –you were warned. I never wanted to write a review out of hate but I guess there is 1st thing for everything. The use is basically to balance the incredible overrating of the entire world, so other people don't become victim of it like I did :P ~ everyone is entitled to their opinion

Story 1/10 ….the writer say so
This is a world where unlike “us better REAL humanity :P/ I don’t care what anyone imagines on this or think I DECIDED I believe in our race HUMANITY and that is it pls forgive ego on this matter” so unlike reality, this series is about a humanity is sick and self-destructive selfish pack of people, who deserve to be locked in a cage, by the opinion of the most powerful leader of humanity….”and the writer/was not explained or argued”, and the kind and all knowing alien race “because the writers say so / never was explained” so humanity is locked up in a cage where in this series humanity belongs on my personal opinion enduring this 24 episodes of punishment. The awesome peacemaker, they are called “agents of god” prevent humanity from raging war upon themselves ”because they are the evil-don’t argue the writers say so :P”, and are forced, to live in peace, balance with nature, in peace and quiet, happily(OHH THE HORROR). Like awesome, clue Heros they fear not use any means necessary to be the most efficient. Still using the most peaceful force to keep things in check, mind control, and violence only if must. Though in time they evolve, and experience strong emotions but despite that, those hard working, never wavering, forever loyal “Peacemaker” do their job. So humanity can live in peace.
But tragedy aspires, after 5000 years of peace, a being of harm born to the world, according to prophecy (99,9% accurate rate-because the writer says so- free will is a lie in this world) she will bring death, destruction to the world. The peace maker's are ordered to kill this menace before it fulfills its tragedy, and becomes 16 years old. However for NO before explained reasons why: The knight who wants to protect life(of the grater good), decide this girl is too hot, Humanity is better to suffer, the assassin who wants money, naaa I rather save her, I’m afraid of her siblings, apocalypse is so much safer, the inquisitor the avatar of church, "so it’s not nice to kill", let thousands die instead, it’s just my job as the priest of the church…to killer..I save her...look wine...because radical fanatics of religion are like so….and….a lot more character, Armageddon or this "innocent"girls life..hmmm…..Armageddon is safer lets die together. ~ YE so human...:P
AND WHY because they were programmed so, 5000 years ago everything was decided, this plan was decided. You know the TIME THESE PEOPLE NEVER EXISTED- the writer say so
Now I understand why the main hero Pacifica does not want to die….but why the hell is there even one person not wanting to kill her…ahh yes everyone was brainwashed form birth …clapclapclap grate story…aAAAAAAAAaaaa and yes…pore peacemaker could not harm her….yes writer say so :P this series is a free will reap 0/10 which is supposed to be the plots moving point but it never existed in the first place.

Value ~ No mercy 1/10
The 1, reason I gave in and give a shot to this series was the overall 8/10 insanely high score, despite every cell in my body felt unease(it was deserved my punishment for caring the masses, I should care for my instinct more) The second reason because it was ….looked like was about brotherly/sisterly love …and not the incest kinda unnatural way, some anime want to shove it in my mouth (and I'm FEED of it). IT WAS A LIE, the brother/sister were genetically coded to care+love for Pacifica, so their resolve was NEVER EXPLAINED properly, what was the whole point of the story. They did what they do because they wore programmed (or one could say and I intend to think so). Of cores you could reason yes-yes-yes but love is this and that ~ WELL IF I WOULD WANT TO IMAGINE A REASON I WOULD NOT WATCH THIS SERIES.

Characters…..1/10
Zombes have more personality and development, except Pacifica who was a selfish ignorant useless brat demanding everyone to love her naturally, not ever realizing the situation she was in. Allow me to explain: If you turn 16 you will bring death, and disaster(99,9%), no one ever said you won’t die, after calling the apocalypse. / "but who cares people have to love me because the writer says so." I'm not saying she should commit suicide for the world, or care for her brother or sister, or her friends, or countless people dying because she refused to go to the grave. BUT AT LEAS DON LIVE SO CAREFREE+HAPPY LIKE NOT GIVING A DAM YOU FRIKEN MONSTER OFF HELL!!!! Was my only problem in fact the main character, who by the way was even incapable to learn how to wash her own clothes properly, despite that fact she volunteers "I do this and that, than says: someone com do as I order, do it instead of royal me.....and than I act like I did it.....") thinking of hers was a bit annoying also.
I had some feelings in the matter in fact to be exact: In the entire series I wanted to Scream JUST KILL THE "girl" ALREADY!!!! (and the more I watched the more I felt that way) man I never grown to hate from the bottom of my dark heart a character so much in the entire anime world (after 800series)
...the ……thing…..could….not ….even ….die…properly…in....the.....end…..

Graphic time 4/10 ~ can be claimed art - maybe unique
Yes in its time … it was ….beautiful….well time goes on I watched it NOW so I rate it accordingly 4/10 in its time I undersea it deserved a 8/10…..but those times are done. And Compare toe art…now-days….the red eyes black dragon(Yu-gi-oh) was better work of art then the series most epic “monster” and I adore girls more than monsters…
verdict ....fine to be fair...it was not ugly 4/10

music Totally ignoreable 3/10
The entire series did not contain even 1 theme that deserved to be listen on its own, the opening and ending was a 1 time out of just watch lameness.. and …..nothing special. It would be unfair not to give ing grade...everything in ti was so much worse 3/10 - it was at least not bad

Enjoyment RAGE AND HATE 1/10
I was raging the entire series "WHY CHAN'T YOU JUST DIE" Unless you don't fall in love with Pacifica do to maybe/no offence: lack of logic tactical thinking and reason. you most likely will feel the same way. Or just ignore the story and character and watch for the graphic +art..or for something else....
Second thing I'm most angry is NOTHING WAS EXPLAINED PROPERLY
(at least I learned why some people can hate sword art online an anime I liked)

Value.....do I have to say it? Fine.
Lesson instead following the masses, think what you want, do what you want, and say what you want.(something I already try to do so no use in this for me :P)
WHAT do you think is the value of a series that has not story, character development, explanation, and everything is decided by "JUST BECAUSE WE SAY SO"....hmmm personal opinion 0 (rules state I mast give at least 1 ......fine
~ ALL HAIL THE PEACEKEEPERS 1/10

Conclusion:
This anime might be not be such a WORST experience of my life "watching a series category" if it would not be so much overvalued. I so want to give it a 1/10 value just because pure RAGE+HATE I feel, but that would go against the rules, and as ME being a chaotic egoistic anarchist, I will follow the rules this time Honoring the REAL HEROES of this anime the peacemakers. ~ Thy only wanted to do their job.(that was at least reasonable unlike anything else)

There are better animes out there, but if you are for ART ONLY, you may give it a shot. The only good thing in this anime I dare to JUDGE the writs anime experience of my life (after 800), having this value is that it relay is unique. ~ STRICTLY ART WISE/Hope you guys find my WARNING useful and run.
(and I don't want to argue with people who loved this anime, they must have seen something I'm blind off, good for them :D~ difference makes the world colorful)

~ All and all Pacifica, off with her head!

The year of 2003 was huge for the newcomer Bones studio. After releasing RahXephon, Angelic Layer and working in a few mainstream movies from franchises such as Cowboy Bebop and Escaflowne, the studio released three monstrous shows that year: Scrapped Princess, Wolf's Rain, and Fullmetal Alchemist (FMA).

These other two shows, especially FMA, pushed the simple, yet charming, Scrapped Princess to the sidelines. If that wasn't enough, the year of 2003 followed its predecessor and is probably the most glorious year of the japanese animation industry. These factors all contributed to make Scrapped Princess only "one more" in the mind of most people, a terrible mistake, as there are very few medieval fantasy shows with the allure and execution you can find in it.

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Art & Animation
Scrapped Princess is a decent mixture of classical and modern (by standard of its season). The character design is inspired by late 90's shows and videogames such as Neon Genesis Evangelion and Lunar, while some of the monsters and machinery presented through the tale are surprisingly innovative. Everything is sharp and consitent, with a quality standard delivered throughout the show.

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   Emotions, however...
   One can point out the somewhat bland coloring as a negative point of the production, but the most critical of it is certainly the lack of expressive power of the cast. Pacifica, Shannon, Raquel, Winia, and most of the cast simply cannot put emotions to their faces. They all look apathic most of the time, even when they are trying to smile or to convey doubt or fear. This wouldn't be an issue if the show followed lines such as melancholy or pit-black political/mafia fare, but Scrapped Princess proudly approaches comical, dramatic, action, and many other elements that are sadly slightly disrupted by this limitation of the animation team.
   

Sound
Sound direction was becoming less of an optional flavor and more of an intrinsic element to a show's quality when Scrapped Princess released. Perhaps because of that it lacks a solid direction that would make it stand alongside shows such as Fullmetal Alchemist and Gundam Seed. The opening is nice, although not decent enough to be kept through all episodes. The background music is sadly forgotten until the last third of the tale, where it finally kicks in important moments. Fortunately, the voice-acting is top quality, managing to deliver far more emotions than the dull character's expressions and mixing bits of comical and serious elements to the show's charming tale.

Story
Pacifica Casull, princess of Leinwain, was prophesied to bring doom to the world if she reaches her 16th birthday. When she was born, twin to a boy, the king ordered her to be cast off the highest cliff to meet her death. She survived, adopted by the Casull family and raised as their own. Now, however, the king and the faith of Ma are once again in her pursuit. Is the prophecy true? Pacifica will destroy the world? Is it right to protect her?

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   Cat and Rat
   Basically, Scrapped Princess is a huge tale of cat-and-rat play, where Pacifica and her siblings, Shannon and Raquel, must flee the royal army, hide from the commonfolk, and find some way to survive at least until she turns sixteen. This is mostly true for the first half of the show, which focus on developing the main trio, presenting some of cast that will play more important roles in the end, and ultimately bringing to discussion an old question: "is the life of a single individual worth more than that of many?".
   
   It is, however, a complex post-apocalyptic tale
   
   The world where the tale takes place, however, is an odd one. Although people conduct their lives as if in a medieval world, there is magic and there are weird ruins all over the place. As it turns out, the setting is some sort of post-apolyptic world, were humanity faced an alien threat of epic proportions and was forced to recede technologically and socially. Revelations occur throughout the show and it ends up as a quite interesting approach for a setting that initially seemed just your basic medieval fantasy fare.

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   It wraps up quite nicely
   If we know a thing from Bones now in 2015 is that they surely make stupidly complex scripts that have holes and incomplete explanations all around. Scrapped Princess, however, never goes too far with its tale, keeping itself grounded as must as possible so it can explain the most important things, work without using many stupid coincidences (let's forget the genetic stuff about people being destined to protect Pacifica...), and ultimately leaving the audience satisfied with the conclusion.
   
   A nice political/religious approach
   If there is an element that can surprise in Scrapped Princess, it is the lack of focus on action and combats. You have many warriors, mages, kings, mercenaries, and so much of your typical Dungeon & Dragons elements that you would expect fights and exploration to be the key elements. What happens, however, is a far more political and diplomatic approach to solve most of the shows' issues, even when colossal beings that shoots laser appear. The ties with religion also aid in engrossing the depth of the drama, making the adventure tale at the start end up as a fight against opressive beings of very unexpected origins.
   

Character
Although the characters lack the expressive power, they are certainly one of Scrapped Princess' most important assets. The vivid and clumsy Pacifica, the silent but caring Shannon, naive and energetic Leopold, etc. The cast gets quite large as the show moves on, with every other episode presenting a new person that will stick for a while and perhaps even play an important role by the end. In fact, it's amazing to see a show that presents a character as important as Fulle so late in the tale.

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   The cast is surprisingly preserved, yet remain smartly used
   Although there is an important death by the late part of the show, the cast basically only gets larger and larger. Scrapped Princess, however, is careful to not forget them after they are presented. Most of the people Pacifica meets are smartly recalled later, so you know what is happening with them, even if that means only saying "he's doing ok living in his house". Most of the , however, will follow Pacifica for a while and move on with their own lives. When you are dealing with a girl that can bring doom to the world though, their lives certainly bring them back to Pacifica's side or put them mixed in the political/religious warfare.
   

Value
Scrapped Princess was a refresher in its season. It offered a mixture of nearly everything that was attempted in medieval fantasy shows by then. The difference to everything else, however, was a smart execution combined with a show that offered more of a serious adventure than just a carefree tale of D&D templates with comical value as it happened in shows like Slayers, Orphen, Rune Soldier Louie, Maze, etc. The serious take on the setting makes Scrapped Princess some sort of a medieval fantasy Trigun, which is certainly an awesome thing.

There is, however, a lack of impact to the show. It's hard to point where exactly this comes from, but we could certainly suppose it is about the average sound direction or maybe that a bit more of action was missing. Anyway, this issue caused Scrapped Princess to be forgotten amongst the behemoths of its time and its impact in the industry was very timid.

Enjoyment
Scrapped Princess is a decent mixture of genres. Its heart is that of a long epic adventure, but it constantly plays a light and natural comedy when it comes to the relationship of Pacifica, Shannon, and Leo. It also grows scy-fyish when it tackles the ancient civilization, dragoons, and forgotten technology. Finally, it brings action and tension in a decent pace, making it a warming experience to basically every kind of viewer.

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Comments
Scrapped Princess takes me back to my high-school days. It was perhaps the first show I've watched as it was released in Japan due to the magic thing we know as internet. Talking about it always brought a nostalgic feeling and also frustration because I was perhaps part of a selected few of my friends who ever watched it by that time.

I've rewatched it a few more times since 2003, always becoming entranced by the fluid progression of the show. At the same time, however, the show has aged quite a lot in comparison to others, perhaps because of the classical style it has or maybe because the sound direction was still quite undeveloped. Nonetheless, Scrapped Princess is one of rare shows of the medieval fantasy genre that achieves such a high degree of quality and execution and a must see for fans of this sadly unexplored genre.

Note: Hitsugi no Chaika is animated by the same Bones studio and led by basically the same people who made Scrapped Princess. Although the loli-thing took over the art direction, the ideas and style of both are very similar.

Scrapped Princess is an interesting take on a rather tired formula, performing a major genre twist midway, colorizing story and characters in ways that are making them more than they appear to be at first. The end result is quite original as far as anime go, but still loses a lot because of its erratic pacing. Which is expected when you realize it is animated by studio Bones, which automatically means very good production values, a complicating intriguing story, and a script written on the run without the slightest attempt to make sense or have consistency. Furthermore, director and scriptwriter are people who never produced anything above average.

SCRIPT
So this is an anime about a teen princess who has been prophesized to destroy the Medieval world of the series as soon as she becomes an adult and is on the run while protected by two siblings bodyguards. The initial episodes are very good at portraying the drama of being accused of doing things that are beyond your scope and even have a “fight your fate” feeling to this. If it remained at this, it would be average at best, as fatalism doesn’t leave much room for variety beyond “fulfilling the prophesy” or … “not”.

Yet as soon as the story hits its limit at what the premise can offer, it then does a major genre twist

That made the story far more original and fascinating than it appeared to be at first.

Still, even the greatest idea can fail out of bad planning, and the series suffers a lot from lots of erratic pacing. That is, some episodes are far less interesting and slow than others, while the transition from one major event to another usually happens in a crude way. Sloppy, sudden and sometimes dried is what you get in peaking moments where you should be eating your nails. And then it’s ending of the series itself which is one of those rare occasions where although solid, complete and strong, it is far from satisfactory. Everything simply happens too fast to let you really enjoy its otherwise very interesting take on fate and conspiracy around lasting peace, the origin of the caretakers and stuff that go way beyond what the anime bothers to show you.

CAST
The problems are not present only in the story but they are there in the characters as well. Pacifica, the lead girl, is given a great amount of depth, character coloring and development, easily becoming a lovable and sympathetic character trying to save her life and fight fate and the status quo of the world. Unfortunately, she is the only one that has all this charm.

All other characters are hardly original or memorable in any way because this is a story about a prophesy that does not allow anyone else to take part in it. In the usual fatalistic deadlock that a trope like “fate” offers, none can actually do anything without giving the feeling they are doing it for the center of the universe that is Pacifica. So even taking initiative ends up looking as “fate told you to do it” and practically kills all sort of individuality. Yes, fate in storytelling has this shit and no sane scriptwriter would ever use it.
… And most do by the way, proving they are far from great.

Anyways, even without this problem the character still fail to impress with their personalities alone, as none is given the focus Pacifica gets. The two sibling bodyguards are rather likable for being next to her from the very start, unlike most others who are lost in the crowd of seemingly unimportant characters. So are the enemy sub-leaders, the four Dragoons, for being more than heartless assassins. And… that is pretty much it. Likable guys but hardly special and almost invisible next to the spotlight of the lead.

PRODUCTION VALUES
The animation is of a very high level in of colors and details, plus it has a great variety of settings, weapons and action scenes. Having a blob that eats people and keeps growing or a robot with spinning laser attacks was really awesome. Chanting of spells and controlling assassin disks through music was great too. Voice acting and songs … hm, I hardly them, meaning they are average but not annoying or memorable for any given reason.

Down to it, Scrapped Princess is more interesting as an idea than an actual anime, as the story ends up being more interesting than the actual plot or cast and that ruins it in the long run.

Given the rather weird title and some rather bland descriptions of the series, I wasn't that eager to watch this series, and waited for a long while to start it.

But as soon as I watched the first episode, I realized this would be a very entertaining anime. Through subsequent episodes, I became more and more enthralled in the story. Scrapped Princess tells of a princess abandoned by her people due to a prophecy which tells that she will eventually destroy the world and who travels the world with her loyal companions. These companions are her adopted brother and sister, and they seek to escape from the forces who seek to destroy her before she can destroy the world.

The animation was spectacular, and flawless. All the characters were beautifully drawn, and the backgrounds and character models were all amazing. This is shown especially in the battle scenes with the ancient weapons such as Cz battling each other.

The sound, while not particularly memorable (though I did like the ending), was decent enough. The voices were very good though, especially the voice actor for Pacifica Cassul; Pacifica would switch from happy to sad or serious in split seconds and sound extremely convincing: you begin to truly believe that Pacifica is a real person.

The story is a truly unique and tremendous one: it incorporates aspects of many different anime genres from medieval to spiritual to sci-fi to drama and action. Scrapped Princess is truly amazing in that even while combining all these aspects, the story comes together flawlessly and without plot holes that could plague a story this complex. Every aspect seemlessly fit together and did not clash with the others. This story makes you believe that these genres can all co-exist.

As to the specifics of the story itself, I loved the depth and complexity of the plot, and I especially loved the ending: a truly great and unpredictable ending in my opinion.

The characters were another wonderful aspect of this series. Each main character, Shannon, Raquel, and Pacifica was extremely interesting and each experienced significant character growth and development, especially in regards to their desire to protect their Pacifica. Side characters like Zefiris, Leo, and Cz are also very complex and interesting. I particularly enjoyed watching Zefiris' devlopment; it is truly evident in the end that she grew a lot as a character.

This anime has a lot of value, it is truly a unique, one-of-a-kind anime, especially in of the epic and complex nature of the story itself, and I would recommend it to anyone.

This anime was extremely enjoyable and will probably go down as one of my favorite anime series.

Ok, so this is the second review I'll be doing. Once again, I'd like to preface that by saying that there are anime that you watch because you know they further the medium of anime (i.e. Akira, Eva, GitS). There are anime you watch because they are works of art (Anything Ghibli). And there are anime that are just plain enjoyable (Golden Boy).

Scrapped Princess (or ScraPrin as I've seen it called) fills my enjoyment category. I chose to review this particular anime, because it fills the top of my enjoyment category. I have to it, I've seen this anime 3 times all the way through.

While I was growing up, before I discovered that there was such a thing as anime or manga, I was a huge sci-fi and fantasy fiction reader. That will, I hope, underscore some of the reasons why I liked ScraPrin so much. If my information is correct, this anime originated from a series of novels, much like Juuni Kokki (also a favorite of mine). Hence, it has a slightly slower feel, yet richer context than most other anime. SPOILER ALERT Although it's been done in many stories, I thoroughly enjoyed how ScraPrin mixed elements of both Sci-Fi and Fantasy together.I also liked the prophetic element, and how the auther was able to make the comparisons of Ma/God and Browning/Devil, both of which, are of course, weapons manufacturers. In fact, all of the names, if I'm not mistaken, are weapons manufacturers (Steyr[Austria], CZ[Czech], SOCOM[US], Galil[Israel], Ma[German], Browning[US], Casull[US], Armalite[US], Dragunov[Russia], Makarov[Russia], Parabellum[German]). Well, technically Casull and Parabellum are not manufacturers, but casings or calibres, but you get my point. For a little bit of fun, Alucard in Hellsing uses a .454 Casull. You can see it clearly when he draws the handgun for the first time.

Animation:

Very clean. The characters tend to look the same, just with different hair styles/colors and outfits. This doesn't really detract from it, because all anime are guilty of doing this. It makes it easier on the animators. The scenery was vivid, if not too detailed. ScraPrin used a lot of colors, which is helpful when watching it with my 2 year old nephew. I don't find any flaws that can sometimes infest anime, where the angle is not quite right, or the body parts look distorted (but not on purpose). I also don't find frames where it's apparent that animators got lazy, or the overabundant use of stock footage. All in all, very good animation.

Sound:

I agree with another reviewer that the opening and ending songs weren't the greatest in the world, but I also understand why the director chose them. They have a definate medieval feel to the music, so in that sense, it sets the mood properly. Overall, the music and sounds neither highlighted, nor detrated from the anime. I did like the sounds of the laser as they were fired from the peacemakers, though.

Story:

The best part about this anime is the story. I have watched few anime that I actually felt good about the end (a la Eva). Most end too abruptly (Hikaru no Go) without closure or resolution, or the ending doesn't seem to fit the rest of the story. Most are a huge disappointment, like I want to say, "I spent 25 episodes watching for THIS?" This ending was quite satisfying. It made sense, it fit the rhythm of the story in it's entirety, and it left me wanting to know it little bit more (like the romantic tension between Pacifica and Shannon). Although I do agree that the first several episodes move slowly, I thought it was necissary for character development. Each episode tended to have a mini-story within itself, with it's own climax and conclusion, so that was nice. I loved the magic elements, how the author was able to make magic into something almost scientific. The graphics of the wards were great as well. Honestly, ScraPrin made me want to go out and get the original books, if they translated them into English.

Character:

Sugoi! Each character had little idiosynchrasies which lended to the "suspension of disbelief." For instance, Shannon's OCD, shown as he hangs up laundrey or smoothes out the bedsheets, or Pacifica and her unusual facial expressions or weird sounds she makes. It really lets the characters stand out from each other. On top of that, I have to say that my favorite all time male anime character is Shannon. He is loyal, ionate, lazy, stubborn... too many characteristics to name. I loved his monologues when talking about defending his little adopted sister. Plus, it didn't hurt that he was a D-Knight, quite possibly the single most powerful human on the planet (not counting Pacifica's Providence Break). I loved how each introduced character served a purpose and furthered the story-line. There were hardly, if any, superfuous characters. Also, as sad as it would be to some people, there was hardly any fan-service. To show the attention to charactorization given, one of my favorite scenes in the show was when Shannon and Pacifica were sitting together near the end of the show, and Shannon makes a ... non-flaturing remark to Pacifica. The way the scene played out was that instead of saying anything, you see her lift her hand as if to hit Shannon, and he, in turn, dodges to one side.

Value:

As I've already stated, all in all, one of the best anime's I've ever seen, and it deserves to be in anyone's library.

Enjoyment:

I've seen all 24 episodes 3 times, and am contemplated watching it again as I write this review. Is that enough to say about enjoyment?

If you're just looking for a few laughs, and don't want to invest time or emotional energy into the anime, then this might not be for you. But if you want to watch a great combination of all elements of anime come together, then set aside some time and enjoy Scrapped Princess.

When I started watching Scrapped Princess, I was thorughly disappointed. After finishing the first 2 episodes, I thought: “Huh? What in the hell is this?! How could it have gotten a rating average of 8+?!”.
So, I stopped watching it for a while and when I returned to Scrapped Princess and encountered the same dull and uninteresting plot it kept bumming me.
Although, when I got to about the middle of the story, it started to get allot more interesting, and it kept getting more interesting still. Because, you see, when it comes to delayed gratification, Scrapped Princess wrote the book, in fact, it actually is structured allot like a book, dull at the beginning and fascinating near the end.
If you want an anime that is interesting and exciting right from the get-go, then do not, under any circumstances, watch this anime, I mean it! Instead, I suggest looking into animes like Full Metal Panic, Samurai Champloo, Scryed, Please Teacher or Elfen Lied (or better yet, go for shorts like Mezzo Forte or Appleseed 2004). But, if you want an anime that disguises itself as mediocre in order to lull the viewer into a false sense of security, and steadily sneak behind him and then, right at the end, blow his mind, then this is definitely the anime for you, because Scrapped Princess is also the boldest proof I’ve ever encountered of the fact that the end is almost everything in an anime. When it got to the end, it delivered so bombastically that I simply could not resent it for the boredom it put me through in the first half of the story, no matter how hard I tried.
Scrapped Princess is the first anime I misjudged completely at the beginning, usually I know right away if I’ll like an anime or not. First I though of giving it a 5, then a 6, and at the end a 7.5.

Animation (8):
The animation was quite good, the object detail was excellent, the effects were top notch, and I had no complaints about the character designs, which were considerably professional and actually applied to everyone and not only the active characters, which as far as most animes go is quite rare.

Sound (7):
The effects were ok, no complaints there. It gets a bonus for the very well done ambience music, which fitted the general feeling of the story perfectly, but it also gets a penalty for the lousy OP/ED.

Story (8):
As I’ve said, the story is not as it seems at first glance. It starts with Pacifica and her siblings Shannon (It’s a guy, believe it or not. I don’t know what the writer was thinking with this one!) and Raquel, when a band of peasants with stupid cloth masks over their faces appear and attack them (I never did notice where the eyeholes in those thing were). After Shannon makes short work of them without even drawing his sword, they continue on their way. It is then that we learn that they are on the run because people want Pacifica dead. Though, it’s not as simple as all that, slowly, as the plot progresses, the focus shifts toward the people behind the assassination plot, and soon (though, not quite soon enough) we discover a massive conspiracy that goes to the highest levels of power (!!!). I think I’ll stop now, I don’t want to ruin anything for you, but let’s just say that things are not as they seem and you should take nothing there as it is.

Characters (7):
Scrapped Princess offers a wide variety of characters with significant depth and complex personalities, which would usually mean a very high rating in this category, but in this case, there is also something that diminishes it, and that something is realism. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but the characters didn’t seem very genuine to me, it is as if they aren’t behaving the way they should, especially Pacifica.

Overall (7.5):
This is a very good anime and is definitely worth watching, but only if you’re patient enough to wait until the end for it to get good.