episode review: Tower of Druaga - the Aegis of Uruk
A new anime, and well… this certainly was something else. The premise, at least what we’re explained at the beginning, is that there is a massive tower somewhere, and on top of it resides the evil god Druaga. Note that he doesn’t ever seem to come down his tower, nor do the surrounding countries seem to suffer much from his presense. But, he’s evil… so he has to go.
Main character Gil (Jil) is introduced, and the character design and armour seem to be at least somewhat inspired by the Dragon Knight franchise. But that’s not where it ends. In fact the entire episode seems to be one giant parody on old school role playing games, and even some anime.
All the RPG-cliches pass by one by one, and each and every one is ridiculed brilliantly. Subtle and very unsubtle references to Dragonball Z, The Guyver and Neo Genesis Evangelion pass by, as well as a host of crazy characters. In fact, the only experience remotely similar to it that I can remember would be Disgaea.
Not going to tell you much of the story though, because, well, each and every moment of it is as predictable as can be, and it’ll ruin the final scenes. But there will be quite a few moments that will make you go omg-wtf-oink-mate.
Oh, and there’s a combination of non-human girl, tentacles and underwear too. Just so you know.
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