# Lord Marksman and Vanadis (2014)

> A young remote lord and an enemy war maiden with dragon-given arms meet on a battlefield and begin a legend of war and romance.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/63364

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 13
- Episode runtime: 23 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, action, fantasy, romance
- Network: AT-X
- Cast: Kaito Ishikawa, Haruka Tomatsu, Ai Kayano, Yuka Iguchi, Sumire Uesaka, Yu Kobayashi, Hitomi Harada, Mariya Ise
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3888026/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: adventurous, romantic, playful, earnest, action-packed

## What critics say

Audience reception is mixed, with a single season rated 9.0/10 by a small audience sample.

## Synopsis

Lord Marksman and Vanadis (2014) is a Japanese anime series adapted from a light novel and produced by SATELIGHT for AT-X. Tigrevurmud Vorn, the young lord of a remote northern region, is ordered by his king to join a war against a neighboring kingdom, and his path crosses that of Eleonora Viltaria, one of the seven Vanadis wielding supernatural arms granted by a dragon. The engine of the series is the tension between duty to a distant crown and a growing bond with a foe, with each episode built around skirmishes, strategy, and the sway of magical combat. Vorn is voiced by Kaito Ishikawa and Viltaria by Haruka Tomatsu, with Ai Kayano and Yuka Iguchi in supporting roles. The single season runs thirteen episodes of roughly twenty-three minutes, a serialized fantasy war story told with a narrator framing it as a legend. Set in an invented medieval-style kingdom, the show has an adventurous, romantic, and sometimes ecchi tone, with a lush, action-forward look. Fans of Re:Zero, Arifureta, and Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? will find familiar pleasures in its blend of fantasy battle and romance.

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