Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne

神風怪盗ジャンヌ

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Status

Finished Airing

Aired

Feb 13, 1999 to Jan 29, 2000

Studios:Toei Animation

ActionDramaRomanceSupernatural

Synopsis

A normal looking high school girl on the outside, Kusakabe Maron is actually the reincarnation of Jeanne d' Arc. With the help of the angel, Fin Fish, Maron works as the thief Jeanne at night to seal the demons that reside in pieces of artwork, preying upon the weak hearts of the owners. She is branded as a thief due to the fact that the artworks disappear after she seals the demons. One day, a new neighbor and classmate appears, as well as a rival in her night job, the thief Sinbad. With her own best friend being the detective's daughter, out to capture her and the appearance of her new rival, Maron's work is anything but easy.

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Worth Watching? — Global Verdict

7.2/10

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64%

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Crystal

Mixed Feelings

A mahou shoujo show, a genre that might interest some, and chase off pretty much everyone else. KKJ might not give us any new spins in this highly niche genre, we can't help but love it anyway? Story KKJ doesn't exactly provide anything ground breaking story-wise. It's standard mahou shoujo material. Like many other thieves you may find in other anime, Jeanne oddly enough tells the police beforehand she actually plans to steal something, and magically completes her missions successfully, foiling the police each time. While there is an obvious plotline, majority of the anime is fairly episodic. It follows a monster of the week pattern, soeach week (or should I say each episode) Jeanne seals another artwork, normally helping non-returning characters that have problems most likely due to the demons. The second half has the plot picking up, with new (and returning) antagonists as well as development of the romance between the two main characters. It's fairly standard, but interesting enough if you don't mind standard to begin with. Animation Unfortunately, the infamous reused transformation scene is used in KKJ, and is quite frankly an annoyance to watch after the first time. Animation is also reused a lot when it comes to the demon sealing. The animation is bright and colorful, and this being based off a manga by Tanemura Arina of course means awesome character designs, at least for the thieves' costumes. An irritating number of still screens are also often used in KKJ, detracting enjoyment at times, simply because nobody likes to stare at a still screen when something else could be done. Anyhow, if you're looking for amazing animation, look no further, because it certainly isn't here. Sound Nothing too special can be found from sound either. The opening and endings are fairly catchy, although perhaps a more slow song would have been more fitting for the first ending. Background music is quite forgettable, but at least there's nothing that ruins the scenes, proving that the BGM does its job. Voice acting is fairly satisfying, with Maron's VA doing an excellent job showing her strength, will and loneliness. Fin Fish's VA, while befitting her role, is fairly annoying to listen to however, probably due to the extremely high pitch. Character KKJ's characters would have to be its strongest point. Most of the characters develop throughout the series, especially the leads. Maron is a seemingly happy person, but behind it all is one who suffers from extreme loneliness. Chiaki is a somewhat trouble male who has a reluctance in engaging in any serious romantic relationship with another girl. The developing romantic relationship between her and Chiaki is pretty much the highlight of the show for the romance lovers, but it's quite predictable from the start how it would all turn out. There's more to Miyako then what appears at first, with this and the history behind some of the antagonists, make up for a fairly interesting cast of characters. Did I like it? If you're wondering whether I actually enjoyed Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, I didn't really. I'm a fan of the manga and thought the drama especially portrayed in it was brilliant. I was disappointed when I saw the anime had taken the mahou shoujo approach, with long and tedious transformation scenes, and pointless clashes between Jeanne and the police. I also hate monster of the week setups, as they prove to be far too boring and repetitive. Overall Overall, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne is your everyday mahou shoujo. Complete with transformation scenes, flashy (and unrealistic) action, and a bit of romance here and there. Take that with some of the drama and twists presented in the show, an interesting cast of characters, and we have an anime the mahou shoujo lovers could waste their lives on for a while.

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Community Discussion

71 found helpfulJan 28, 2007

carriehulk

Recommended

There isn't much to see just: 1)must see; 2) must see; 3)must enjoy ^_^ Then I was a teenager I used to watch this and imagined that I am that brave, strong, lissome girl. I knew all phrases when she is transforming and that was my inducement to be better and alarm-clock which woke me up every morning with smile, bravery and impulse to continue what I have started. Story is about friendship which could be very mystical and disloyal, about love which can be beautiful but in the same made-up, bet from the start till beginning it always is truthful to yourself which teaches us to loveourselves too. Great!

69 found helpfulDec 20, 2008

MonjaElisa

Recommended

One of the best animes I have ever seen seen… The story revolves around 16 year old Maron who lives alone. Despite not being the most eager or the most courageous person in the world she happens to be the reincarnation of Joan de Arc, She lives as a art thief in the eyes of people around her, But the truth is that she actually exorcises demons and monsters from art. This causes the art she has cleansed to dissapear as she has removed the demons.. One day a new neighbor moves in the dorm she has, A boy whom makes an impression on Maron theday he transfers into her schoolclass and moves into her dorm nextdoor appartment. Who is this boy? And what is the secret he seems to be hiding?? I really recommend this anime, It has romance, drama and lots of action. You will surely be surprised..

19 found helpfulMay 10, 2011

Animelover820

Recommended

Just finished watching this last night. I overall really liked it, but I was slightly disappointed with the ending, I felt like it was slightly incomplete. So I might read the manga. Maybe. Story 8/10 Decent. At first I was a little alarmed by the similarities it drew to Saint Tail, but meh, whatever. I liked it enough, so yeah. Whatever. Main=Thief=reincarnation of Jeanne d'Arc (I'm assuming Joan of Arc) Romance: Absolutely there. Wished there were more episodes to fully showcase it. Typical good girl/bad boy.Art 6/10 Slightly displeasing to my eye, because I'm not a huge fan of when the eyes are overly big, but meh, didn't bother me too much after a few episodes. Sound 7/10 Pretty good. I just didn't really like how some of the music was really random and out of context. Why, WHY would you use Beethoven's beautiful Moonlight Sonata for evil? But overall, good. I liked the first opening theme. Nothing that special though. Character 8/10 Okay, relatable. Some were slightly annoying, but hey, this is a shoujo genre. That can't be avoided really. Enjoyment 9/10 I did enjoy it, so yeah. 9 is a pretty good score for this. Overall 8/10 Kind of like your typical shoujo story, with a few unique characters. It wasn't particularly special to me though. (Sorry for the extremely short review, was rushed)

12 found helpfulJun 12, 2015

ICristina

Recommended

So this anime is great, i love the romance, i love the magic, i love the characters. story : 8/10 i said i love this anime, but this anime is really stressed on what is absolute evil and what is absolute kindness, im kinda against that so i personally think this is an anime for younger kids and would like u to know that the plot is great its just my personal issues. There are good points and bad points to both the anime and manga, i recommend watching both. The manga have a better ending, though the anime already have a happy ending(i meant it youare not new to anime you pretty much know all this kinds of anime leads to happy ending) but the manga ending is like even more happy or something? If you watch both, you will get a very detailed backstory for each main character. art : 10/10 the art is PERFECT. it is so shoujo-ish, its exactly for girls. Now i would say that the manga actually have better art than the anime but... the anime' transformation is awesome. so this anime is tittled 'kamikaze kaitou jeanne", and you can kinda guess that it have somethings to do with theives. The main characters actually go through a transformation, which involve flashy lights and lots of turning and stuff. But in the manga its kinda dull, there's not really the process for transformation, like poof the girl has changed. sound : 9/10 The sound i great, but its like average... there's no really good points and there's no bad points either... Character : 9/10 the characters are awesome, there's a lot of backstory given for the girl, and a little for the guy. they have strong personality and there's so much of character development. But you know you can never have too much. Now in the manga, there's is more backstory given to fin fish. So it's best to read both manga and anime. Overall : 8/10 i know it will be 9/10 if i don have a preference over what kinds i like, so it's just something personal.

15 found helpfulJul 1, 2015