Rozen Maiden
Rozen Maiden is a series by TBS based on the manga by PEACH-PIT. It deals obliquely with the pressures placed on children in Japan by telling the story of a student, Jun Sakurada, who cracked under the strain. The series chronicles Jun’s reluctant mental recovery through experiences with the Rozen Maiden, a series of enchanted dolls with a mysterious purpose.
The Rozen Maiden is a collection of dolls created by a craftsman known only as “Father”. Their primary source of power is a human host — a “medium” — that wears a ring to symbolize their bond with the doll. Each Rozen Maiden has her own distinct personality, guardian spirit, and supernatural ability. Their purpose is apparently their participation in the cryptic “Alice Game”, a lethal competition that promises the winner the right to meet “Father” by becoming “Alice”, a being that is supposedly the incarnation of perfect femininity. The game is played through duels in which the dolls fight using both their guardian spirits and respective abilities — such as the manipulation of strawberry vines — as well as the spiritual energy from their medium. The doll that loses the duel loses her “Rosa Mystica”, the very thing that endows her with the ability to move, thus becoming “junk”. The lost Rosa Mystica is then collected and absorbed by the duel’s winner. The doll that gains all of her sisters’ Rosa Mysticae will become Alice.
Rozen Maiden’s first season consists of twelve episodes that aired between October and December 2004. Rozen Maiden ~Träumend~ will also consist of twelve episodes and began airing on October 20 2005.
Links:
Official Site
*Rosa Mystica* (Fanlisting)
Review of Träumend
Source: Wikipedia
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