Chrono Crusade

Plot synopsis:
Chrono Crusade is set in the height of the Roaring Twenties, where jazz is king, bootleg liquor flows freely, and the mob rules the streets. It is a time of prosperity, luxury and decadence, and the division between rich and poor grows even wider in the wake of the First World War. It is at such times of great change and upheaval that the dark things that lurk below the world of man can come to the surface. In the world of Chrono Crusade, a fictional organization known as the Order of Magdalene (or more specifically, the characters of Sister Rosette Christopher and her soul-bound demon partner, Chrono) exists to fight the demonic threats that appear with increasing regularity across America. Both Rosette and Chrono are revealed during the course of the story to be driven by a shadowy past, centered on a search for Rosette's lost brother Joshua who is shown to have been taken from her by the sinner, Aion, a demon who shares a dark and bloody history with Chrono. He seeks nothing less than to overthrow the delicate balance between Heaven, Earth, and Hell (in the manga it is the demons hierarchy he wished to destroy).
The anime follows the manga through the events of Volume IV, but it diverges during a crucial plot event, creating different courses of events and endings. The characterization of some the characters, including Rosette and Aion, and their roles in the story were changed drastically in the adaptation of the manga. Much of the story is driven by the individual pasts of the main characters and the complex relationships between them.
=== Setting ===
The Order of Magdalene is an organization that banishes devils and demons. The Order has many branches around the country (some that are mentioned/visited include the Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle branches); each one is presided over by the Council of the Catholic Church. The New York branch of the Order is headed by Kate Valentine, assisted by Ewan Remington, who lead the fight against the forces of darkness. The Order has many members; however, in times of great crisis, other less generally accepted individuals may be introduced into the Order to help fight the forces of darkness.
They use various weapons, mainly guns, swords, and melee weapons, many of which are developed by the New York branch's own Edward "Elder" Hamilton. The Order's preferred handgun is the Colt 1911, often loaded with Sacred, standard bullets containing holy water, and Gospel, bullets with alchemy-transformed silver. The bullet Spirit was also developed, but upon test-fire it was found to be too dangerous, using a repressed lower-class demon for its explosive power. Tetragrammaton, a gun with high power against demons with low backlash, is given to Rosette and later used by Chrono. Besides using guns, there are members of Order with special powers as well, using devices like tomes, violins, or dolls. They also use Angel Capture Fields, specialized barriers that can repel demons, their powers, and other astral based substances, and are set up by creating a rectangular array of cross-shaped stakes in the ground and activating them. The Order also developed Soul Dive, an experimental system used to dive into souls for direct exorcism. The Order also unveils its flagship, the Metatron, in the final showdown with Pandaemonium and Aion.

Tags: paranormal, psychedelic

Review:
Nun with guns, how can you go wrong?.
Well like my title suggests, this anime has a nun with guns.
Correction numerous nuns with guns.
Also this has nothing to do with the Chrono Trigger/Cross games.
Heck it's nothing near it unless the new games feature a nun with a gun.
Also a note I have only watched the Japanese version so my review is only looking at that part of it.
But I was surprised enough that it was actually set in the States, a lot of anime isn't is all I am saying.The main characters are Rosette Christopher and her (caddy) friend Chrno (Chrono depending on which version you are used to).
Rosette is apart of the Magadalan order who battle demons that are terrorizing everything.
But there is something that the public doesn't know about the Order and that is that there is a demon that is working in the Order.
Of course this demon isn't bad, but he was and he is trying to atone for his sins.Rosette is looking for her younger brother Joshua, so Rosette and Chrno are on a journey to find where her brother is.
They meet interesting characters along the way well some are interesting and some are annoying as hell *cough* Azmaria *cough* Chrono Crusade is enjoyable but short considering it is only 24 episodes long.
I was crying so badly while watching the last 3 episodes one after another.
It was a snowballing effect and really pulled at my heart strings.I give Chrono Crusade a 3 and a half out of 5.
Overall story is nice, the background music is so fitting and the voicing apart from Azmaria's is nice to listen to.So give this anime a try, if I didn't get you with my title then hopefully I convinced you with my review.
And just one more push, I mean really how often are you able to watch something with a nun with guns anyways?.
Chrono is a demon gone bad, of course since good is bad for demons that makes him a good guy.
Anyway, this good demon has made a contract with a nun, (of sorts), named Rosette.
Together they fight evil, with machine guns and blessed bullets, while searching for Rosette's younger brother Joshua.
Demons teamed up with nuns with guns is a fairly ridiculous premise to be sure, but there have been worse that made good.
I am not a religious person in any way, but I am fascinated by religion and different beliefs so it's good material for me.Technically, everything is good; great art, sound and animation.
Character design is mostly the average big eyed, super cute deal which works for me.
The demons, in their true forms, are sufficiently cool looking as well and the battle scenes are flashy and fun to watch There are a few things that just didn't really work for me.
Most of the humor is absent towards the end of the series anyway as it becomes increasingly serious.The biggest problem for me has to be the characters.
However, aside from Chrono and Rosette and maybe the butler, I either didn't like or just didn't give a crap about any of the characters.
They were simply not interesting and there was little to no character development for anyone besides the main two.In the end everything wraps up fairly well and Chrono Crusade, despite its shortcomings, manages to be a bit above average.
Nothing spectacular but it's worth watching..
Nothing spectacular but it's worth watching..
The series evolved beautifully and I was hooked to the end.
Demons try to "take over the world, Pinky", and to do so they must follow complicated rules and rituals, like hackers trying to get into a legitimate system.
People of faith (mostly young sexy girls) fight with holly water and blessed machine guns against evil.
The demons keep telling us that God should intervene if he is not an "absentee landlord" and by the end of the series you really begin asking why he doesn't.The link between the main female character and Chrno, the good demon (yeah, you heard that right), is reminiscent of Inuyasha, but not so completely goofy.
The main villain, in his twisted plots, seems to touch a little on Berserker.
Even Azmaria is just a crying child that I secretly wanted dead from the middle of the series.
She has this magic ability to revive people, but doesn't really use it.In the end, even if the last episode concludes the story and is very sad, one kinda gets bored with all the mystical mambo jumbo.
If you are a god, then probably a detailed and complicated story is for you (God is in the details, they say), but for us humans, getting the point is kind of important..
Demon and Nun?
another anime with a nice soundtrack, the piano, cello, violin pieces(: Chrno- a demon.
Rosette- a demon exorcist.
yeah, Chrno's a demon who betrayed his own kind, long story.
an ex-sinner, a group of demons who betrayed their own race, and Chrno betrayed the sinners as well.
Rosette's after Aion, the sinners' seemingly leader.
Aion took Rosette's brother, Joshua when he was a kid and fixed Chrno's horns on him, giving Joshua this power of stopping time.
which used to be Chrno's power until he fought with Aion and lost both his horns.
which means, a demon making a contract with another being.
in change for the contractor's life, the demon is able to return to its true form.
Chrno's contractor happens to be Rosette.
it's really sad and funny.
and you cant miss Chrno in his demon form!.
This is one of the worst anime series I have ever seen.
When I watched the manga review in a magazine, I thought it was maybe interesting, but when I got the chapters I realized it was a complete stupidity.OK, the first 2 or 3 chapters are OK, and the series have an standard.
The series tries to show some mystical based upon the Christian mythologies, but it's a total stupidity.
It features some demons and stigmata scenes...
It seems the series tries to seem deeply-thought, complex or mythologically reviewed, but a watcher with a bit of brain and cultural references, will realize soon all those elements used don't have a real sense: THEY ARE PUT THERE ONLY TO IMPRESS THE IGNORANT WATCHERS!!The final chapters are full of totally nonsense elements: battles with cat-eared demons, references to a supposed fight between demons, and demons who controls time (with no apparent reason).
The final is totally nonsense; an ignorant watcher will see on it a floating final that gives them a place to meditate; but the truth is this: THE FINAL AND THE COMPLETE SERIES IS A TOTAL INCOHERENT AND INCONGRUENT NONSENSE..
A nun battles demons in '20s New York.
This anime series is set in 1920s New York where Sister Rosette of the Magdalene Order battles demons alongside her partner Chrono.
He is an unlikely partner in the battle against evil as he is a demon himself; he has formed a contract with Rosette that controls his powers...
Early on they fight demons-of-the-week but later their ongoing battle is with Aion.
Aion is a powerful demon who is collecting individuals known as apostles for reasons that aren't immediately clear.
One such person is Rosette's brother Joshua; another is Azmaria, a young girl who is rescued by Rosette and Chrono.
As the series progresses they get closer to Aion but the danger to them and the world increases.I rather enjoyed this series; it opens well with a deal of humour as it introduces us to the main characters and their world.
This might lull one into thinking it will be light-hearted throughout but it does get darker in tone later on.
The characters are solid; Rosette and Chrono are good protagonists; solid support is given by Azmaria and members of the Magdalene Order and Aion is a suitably menacing antagonist.
The story is told in a way that gives the characters solid motives which we learn about as the series progresses.
The character designs are good and the animation is of a high standard.
Now here is an Anime worth seeing, (If you haven't already) honestly it's hard for me to comprehend how you can be bored with it?
True there are some slow moving moments, but that gives you a chance to catch your breath and not become overwhelmed.Loved it.
Like most Anime, it's goofy, fun, exciting, and has those wonderful moments of drama in it.
Chrono certainly doesn't skip out on the Animation.
And there are quite a few obvious continuity errors you can spot, as well as some very sad mistakes (Like being unable to spell Brooklyn) But besides a few pet peeves I liked it.
Now this does go into a bit of fanservice as it's a GONOZO production and no one does fan service better than GONZO, but hey, it's all good.
It's a nice change that fanserivce doesn't dominate the plot.The music, one of the first time I've heard a full Symphonic Orchestra, but they could turn the score up a little.
While the violence certainly did get a little gruesome, it only makes sense in a horror film obviously intend for older audiences.
Which brings me to my next point, writing.Now I did not read the manga by Daisuke Moriyama so I can't and won't compare, but the plot is a human one, more human than what I was first anticipating when I started this series.
ADV went the extra mile to include the slang of the period, and there's plenty of funny moments.
As few Anime take place out side of Japan, this is well done.
Most shows just make fun of it, or have to make a great parody, but this proved to be different.
While certainly incorporating heavy fantasy themes in this, the writers very much incorporated basic teachings, (namely the confrontation with Aion) Again this really is smartly written, the writers really did their homework.Chrono: "Are you all right Azmaria?" Azmaria: "Yeah, I'm jake." (Lol) Heck I once got into a 20's speech mania!
(Part of that was to be blamed on "The Great Gatsby") I think Chrono Crusade is one of those that prove you can have a smartly written plot and have it be entertaining (No need to dumb it up) Regarding connections to the game Chrono Trigger, It might just be me, but I believe I can see one small connection through simple allegory.
The concept of time and time winding down till the end.At first is the slowness, of developing Rosette, bothered me.
In my opinion, I think the Main Character should be heavily developed in the first Episode, but as the story went on, it made sense why.
This is a plot Anime, but even in Plot Anime, they still develop the characters just as much.
But I really started to enjoy this when we got to Episode 7.
It's amazing, because the series starts out light and comical, but right as we get to episode 7, everything went incredibly dark.
And I love Azmaria.
And Hilary Hagg, I think is terrific with Rosette.
He does so well as Chrono.
Another beat, this show is great with supporting characters.
You can tell Father Remmington really, cares for Rosette.And again, I love the drama.
How Rosette strives to help her brother even at the heavy cost to her life.It's wonderful, and that Episode where we see them as young children, was great.
You see Joshua so full of ambition, and life, even though he's always ill, he want's to make Rosette happy, and that means splitting them up.
She's so protective of him.Great show this is, "Nuns with Guns, how can you go wrong?" Okay technically they are not nuns.
'Nuns with guns', the perfect description to describe Chrono Crusade, an anime about the roaring 20's, when nuns went out to kill devils.
hell, Chrono Crusade takes protagonist, Rosette Christopher, an elite exorcist of the Order of Magdalene, on a journey to save her brother, Joshua, from the clutches of Aion, a devil bent on bringing together the realms of earth and heaven: a rebirth where he'll be the creator.
Aiding Rosette is Chrono, a devil whom she has made a contract, whereby both are bound together, except that Rosettes contract, shortens her life considerably.The story sounds all too impressive, yet fails in many regards.
Character development happens a little too quickly, and the story, after a great start, falls into fillers, which is sacrilege for an anime of only 24 episodes.
This becomes Chrono Crusades main problem: its divide between light and dark moments.
The light moments are frivolous affairs, adding no depth to the overall story.
It's the dark moments that have to compensate for this, and luckily, they do the job and are able to catapult Chrono Crusade into the top tier of anime.
However, throughout the anime, these moments are short-lived, as they become over flown by more light moments.
The dark seeps back in the final 7 episodes, but it all just seems to be too little too late.
Events have to be quickly dealt with, but for those willing to watch to the end, will be surprised.
The last episodes are spectacular: very gripping and makes you want more.
Sadly, the lack of momentum early on, is a liability, which hurts Chrono Crusade in the long run.Voice acting is very good, though a little annoying at times through filler episodes.
Characters themselves are likable.
You want Rosette to achieve her aims of rescuing her brother; you want Chrono to keep fighting along side her.
It must be mentioned that the villain, Aion, is easily the main attraction of the story.
He is evil in its purest form, always taunting, and underneath his handsome figure, lays a deathly charm of seduction.Besides an exceedingly well produced villain, Chrono Crusades other strength, is in the music department.
The animation is worthy of Gonzo Digimation, however, at the same time, it's not their best effort.
Some scenes are poorly done, even by Gonzo's standards, and thankfully, these times are only in the filler episodes.I cannot stress the importance of beginning the proper story early on in an anime, and Chrono Crusade could have been so much better, if this had occurred.
Sadly, it is left to the last minute, having to play catch-up, but Chrono Crusade finishes on a positive note, even if the story becomes depressing towards the end.Chrono Crusade has all the makings of the best of anime, but only until the end does it do itself justice.
Its ending establishes that Chrono Crusade is more then a story about 'nuns with guns', but that it does possess something far better: soul and it is this soul that proves that Chrono Crusade can and should rank amongst the best..
"Rosette Crusade".
Naming this anime "chrono crusade" is a bit misleading!
Because the plot is mostly about Rosette Christopher,who is accompanied by Chrno (a demon)!
Although Rosette is a nice character, Chrno is far more interesting!
This anime was good but could have been much better if they focused on him and his history!
And what is the point of calling this series "Chrono Crusade" if it is about Rosette!
But that aside this anime has everything!
She can summon different creatures to use in battle!
It looks spectacular!
The ending was very sad and very dark!
To conclude "Chrono Crusade" is a very moving and entertaining anime!.
Chrono Crusade.
We follow the missions of Sister Rosette and her contracted devil Chrono as they battle devils and devil worshipers for the Magdelene order in 1928 Brooklyn, NY.
In their missions they deal with protecting God-empowered apostles (which it turns out includes Rosette's long lost brother Joshua) and a young choir girl who ends up staying at Rosette's place.
However, their missions also bring them across devils that remember Chrono's once high status among other devils and so challenges to his power come dangerously often.
What is this long time rival of Chrono's, Aion, planning?
And how does it factor into the Fatima prophecies of which the aforementioned Apostles are a key component?This is really a well thought out series with quality animation and an endearing soundtrack.
Having a series set in Roaring '20s New York City is a stroke of genius too.
There is a remarkable sense of sweet sorrow to the story almost immediately when the audience learns of Rosette's fate as Chrono's contractor.
"The odds are good I won't make it past 30.." Rosette says to a young choir-girl and apostle.
Between Rosette's boisterous way of life in the short time that she has and Chrono's fending off of hatred by other humans and devils...
the comic klutziness of Rosette is a much needed relief.This series has some unpleasant undertones, but a great message of overcoming any bad hands that life can deal..
What I thought about the series.......
I loved this anime series.
There was just so much love in the story, and nobody even said anything.
But that's one of the points that made this movie so great.
It's really worth watching!
I cried every time, up to the end!
:)I hope all you anime lovers out there enjoyed it as much as I did!
I definitely recommend this movie for anyone looking for a heart warmer and needs a good cry!.
To be honest with you, I think this type of story in an anime should be a lot more darker like this anime was too flowery in my opinon.
I even think it would be better if the demon and the nun weren't a team but rather be enemies and then become a couple at the end.
I had to stop at the mid way of the first episode, it just acted too much of pokemon then a horror anime...Rather a waste of good minutes of my time....