Review of Last Exile

Last Exile (2003)
10/10
Last Exile
14 September 2022
Wo messengers by the name of Claus a fan ship pilot and Lavie a navigator are tasked with a 7 star mission by Ralph Wednesday. To safely deliver a young girl called Alvis to the Silvana, where she would be in care with an organisation called the guild lead by a Harlock like pilot called Alex Row. Which causes them to get dragged into a massive conflict.

I thought the plot of the anime was an amazing ride especially in the final battle with dalphinea. I also enjoyed some of the characters back stories especially with how Claus and Lavie became close and the major plot twist behind Sophia.

The characters are very well written. I really like the relationship with Lavie and Claus, even though there are times were I do think Lavie just overacted like the time when Claus goes on a mission with Tatiana and all he did was lend her his jacket. However, they are both good protagonists overall and have much better chemistry then Fam Fan and Giselle which I will probably get to in another review. Alex Row like mentioned he is like a Harlock especially with his design but over a very likeable character probably my favourite one of the series. Alvis is adorable and must protect... many of the other crew members such as Sophia being a big sister, Mulan and Alister just being there, while Tatiana despise my issues just being a good leader are always good to see in the series. Luciola and Dio (no not JoJo dio) we're excellent rivals to Claus and Dio always calling Claus Emo man is hilarious. Many of the other characters were good too.

It's art style and animation definitely flows with the series. The ost's are fun to listen to.

The dub cast including Johnny Yong Bosch, Kari Wahlgren (even if occasionally her voice could get on my nerves as Lavie), Michelle Ruff (though Tatiana and Alvis probably would have worked better with two different voice actors but still she does a good job making them sound distinctive from each other), Crispin Freeman, Julie Ann Taylor, Steve Blum, Joshua Seth, Mona Marshall, Kirk Thornton, Tony Oliver, Dave Wittenberg, The late Philece Sampler, Karen Strassman, Kate Higgins, the late Bob Papenbrook, Dave Mallow, Michael McConnohie, Mela Lee and many other voice actors all did well.

If you are into stuff like hovercraft etc. You might enjoy this series.
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