Deltora Quest (TV Series 2007–2010) Poster

(2007–2010)

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8/10
Surprisingly accurate to the book!
ladybird-queen21 September 2008
As someone who enjoyed these books when she was young I was ecstatic to find it had been made into an anime! While lots of adaptations from books are unfaithful, I was excited to find the same characters I adored and if not identical dialogue to the book I fell in love with.

Leif, a blacksmiths son, together with Barda and Jasmine are on a journey to rid Deltora of the evil Shadow Lord who controls all the cities and destroys happiness. To do this they must locate the seven magical stones that will overpower and destroy the Shadow lord. But the journey is perilous and will take them to the farthest reaches of Deltora to fight grizzly servants of the Shadow lord who are in possession of the stones.

Even people who have not read the book will find this series very enjoyable if they usually enjoy fantasy books or anime : )
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7/10
not as bad as people say
samuskay7 February 2012
when i heard that deltora quest was being made as an anime i was a bit worried, but its actually pretty good.

while the anime makes some small changes (most noticeably the start) the dialogue and the story are pretty much unchanged. if i had something to complain about it would be that it bothers me that one of the main characters who has been living in the forest all her life doesn't have clothes that would suggest that. anyway bassicly if you enjoy anime (even a bit) and you like deltora quest then this is worth spending your time and money on. if you hate anime or if you think your not going to like it then you should try and have a look at it before you spend money on it.

its not perfect but its pretty enjoyable
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6/10
As the story goes on, you learn the hate the main trio.
naivement6 July 2011
Warning: Spoilers
Deltora quest is a story that, from the outside, looks like a successful one. The beginning of the story starts off well, the first time we meet Lief he is teasing Gray Guards in his town and then he discovers that he needs to go on this journey to save the land. Standard issue hero story. He is joined by the beggar from the front of his house, who is actually was a castle guard back before the big bad guy moved into town. And lastly, he is joined by a girl who grew up in the forest, Jasmine, with a weird furry companion that's called, Filli and a raven called, Kree. Together they travel the land searching for the gems that were united ages ago to fight off the evil of the big baddie.

And like I said, it starts off well enough, but the further you get into the story the more the main trio seem to be a pack of idiots rather than clever travelers. The most wicked man in the world could walk right up to the trio of Deltora Quest and get them to perform any deed they wanted so long as they had a smile on their face. This happens a LOT in this cartoon, so be warned. Jasmine and Lief soon turned into my most hated characters because of their self-righteousness and ignorance; they get upset with characters who have a good heart and who saves their skins more than once just because they don't smile(one man in particular, Doom, when he ever comes into the picture you will undoubtedly hate Jasmine). Or you will hate Lief and Barda for being the stupidest pair for walking right into a trap because the bait smiled and was nice to them. The trio are told time and again to watch out and be cautious, and they constantly get everything wrong, they constantly get into trouble because they're so stupid, it's very irritating to watch these parts of the story, another warning.

And then the ending...no words can describe how lame of an ending that was...All Lief's plan for finding the heir to the throne was to grasp at straws! There was no thought or plan to anything! That ending is just completely lame, I would have preferred Lief to be the humble son of a blacksmith, and I would have preferred for Jasmine to remain an orphan and I would have preferred for Doom to be someone unconnected to the royal family and even the castle.

Again, that ending is just lame...
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9/10
A great series with an amazing story
floonath9 October 2020
The whole point of this anime was that the creators were the only ones who were going to stick with the original hit books. That's exactly what they did and the anime turned out great. The author was offered a movie but that was probably going to turn out like Percy Jackson. Definitely a worthwhile watch for any fan of the books or new to the story.
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9/10
Great anime
enricoshapka25 May 2021
Great characters and simple story but still fun to watch. Two things that I love are that the story is based around the gems and every guardian they fight is in cg style. I recommend watching till episode 65 which are exclusive to japan as that's where it ends.
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10/10
What?!
jamesnroller15 February 2021
I love this!bskosdjspdjsldjdpsjfosyfjcpshcpajcosjfialchwoc
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3/10
Terrible version of the classic books
duffman1132111 July 2011
I have to say first of all that I am NOT a fan of anime in any form. That being said, Deltora Quest is one of my favourite book series. When I heard that there was finally going to be a TV adaptation made, I had to watch it, even though it was anime.

While this series may be fairly true to the books in content, they are made in the typical anime style of OTT voices and cruddy sound effects. And don't get me started on the animation style. Fans of both anime and Deltora Quest will like this series, but fans of only DQ may find it a bit lacking in quality.

The only reason Jennifer Rowe sold the rights to OLM is because they were the only ones who assured her that they would not change the content in the series, however if they made the series like "Legend of the Seeker" (I mean production value-wise) it would be much better.

For my views on how it should be done, check here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0926230/board/nest/85725404
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5/10
Totally disappointing
briancham199431 May 2020
Deltora Quest is my favourite book series so I was quite excited when this was released but I was so disappointed. It is overly cutesy and dumbed down even by the standards of children's media. I am certain that as a child, you must have encountered something once that made you go, "do these creators think that children are complete idiots?" This TV show is one of those things.
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5/10
IT passes the time
sims39-56-15146829 February 2020
Being true to a book is a stupid reason to like or hate a show. What is great for the medium of a book doesn't mean it translates well to the media of screen.

Anyway, the problem with this show isn't that it is an anime either (saw naive reviews written from a disdain of anime).

The problem with this is clearly the director: -this is very slow paced, boring quite a bit in every way (angles, dialogue delivery, scene coverage, many things) -a lot of this series is mind-numbingly dumb, always spoon-feeding us, characters being extremely stupid and speaking exposition, seemingly taking forever to deduce and then speak openly about something that we -- the audience -- don't need to be told. Maybe they think children are stupid? -I'm not sure I like the random narrator's voice every now and then either, or the cheesy flashbacks. But it's because the pacing is so slow and boring too. -The character's are winy and have a lot of horrible qualities and seem to contain zero critical thinking skills. Modern audiences rquire non-retarted main characters.

Seriously, this needs to be remade by Netflix and a modern anime studio with modern dialogue and scene coverage.

Books are books. TV is tv. Deal with it.
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