Deltora Quest

It's a bit of a pity - not a lot of people seem interested in the anime. When it first started, I saw a lot of people write it off as being too much like Lord of the Rings or Zelda. And here we are, over a year later!

There's now a third opening, which, much to my amusement and surprise, is In This Life by Delta Goodrem. Not too fond of this song myself (it's on the radio WAY too much, among other things), but I guess a song by an Australian for an anime based on a series by an Australian writer is ... something! Anyway, technically this "version" is called In This Life～旅立ちまでの3ステップ (romaji: tabidachi made no 3 step) which translates to something like "three steps to setting off", I think.

While this opening isn't as upbeat or action-packed as the others, the animation is still very beautiful.

Tomorrow's episode is episode 56, which according to Wikipedia is supposed to be the last one. ("A 56 part Deltora Quest anime series of the first 8 books is currently in production in Japan ..."), but I dunno. It looks very ... filler. Maybe they're going to do more episodes? I'd love it if they continued on to do the other two book series.

The anime has a new ending:

Hey Now!! by COOLON

It's all in chibi animation, light and upbeat, and in my opinion? Very, very cute. The single will be out at the end of the month.

Update storywise: tomorrow is episode 18, and will be Jasmine vs. Doom Joker during the Rithmere Games. A number of characters have already been introduced by now, and since Anime News Network seems to not be updating their Deltora page, expect a list of seiyuu/voice actors in the next month or so (unless someone else is willing to do it...?)

Edit: The first DVD will be out on the 23rd!

Two updates in a row! (Sorry for the spamming.) We can't get the episode yet, but some kind person uploaded the opening and ending to Youtube.

OP: HEART☆BEAT by MARIA
ED: 桜唄 by RYTHEM (romaji: sakura uta)

Quality isn't all that good, but the sound is okay and I think the songs are nice. Plus the opening reveals even more characters, such as Thaegan and her brood, the D'Or, and is that Doom I see?