Shin Angyo Onshi

This was an interesting anime from the get go. It features a wanderer who travels around helping others...in a peculiar sense of the word help. Munso is really a bad ass chatacter. I'd go as far to say an anti-hero or sorts. Just like in the synopsis, he helps those who help themselves. He's willing to help you as long as you show him you can finish the job on your own or he'll kill you. To me, that's a mark of a true bad ass. Beyond that, he is a very skilled and powerful fighter. If that's not enough, he carries a medallion that when activated, it summons a group of shadow warriors to do his bidding. There is a companion/servant who follows him who also has trmendous capabilities. She basically protects Munso with her very life.

Overall, the story is lacking depth. There is more history with Munso's servant that with Munso himself. It leaves a lot of questions to his origin. Animation wise, it's great. The fight scenes are really fluent and at times more intriguing than the story itself. I wanted to see this anime for a while because it was a concerted effort by japanese and korean animators. I've never seen korean animation (maybe except for bits of Cat Soup) but it was a great effort nonetheless. Unfortunately, the story was lackluster and very basic. Nothing to really get into because it feels like watching the middle of an ongoing series. You're left in the dark with this one. It would have been an easy 'buy' but since the story was 'meh' it gets what it deserves. This would make for a great series if it wasn't only a movie.

Analysis : R1 Watched

• Drama : Med
• Action : High
• SciFi : Med / High
• Ecchi : Low
• Mostly his partner's outfit.

• If you liked this you will like Five Star Stories

It would've been a buy if they just explained WHY he is traveling. They give you 2 stories of his travels and his morality but of his background? Nothing.

So it stays in eternal rent.