Lance N' Masques
ランス・アンド・マスクスYoutarou Hanabusa is a Knight of the World, an order of knights active in the present time, whose job it is to aid those in need. Whenever someone cries out for help, Youtarou will be there! As the hero Knight Lancer, Youtarou dons a cape and mask, and wields an impressively powerful lance. His intentions might be noble, but a knight kissing ladies’ hands in the 21st century can come across as just a bit strange… Youtarou just can’t help himself. He has what he calls White Knight Syndrome: whenever someone is in need, his body reacts automatically in a “knight-like manner.” His fighting abilities and kindness are put to the test when he saves the young Makio Kidouin. Youtarou discovers that Makio is the only daughter of a wealthy family, and lives alone in the care of a group of maids. All Youtarou wanted was to leave his knighthood behind and start a normal life. But when he decides to take Makio under his wing, he becomes involved in something much bigger than him. Now Youtarou must defend Makio, without giving away the secret identity of the Knight Lancer she idolizes.
Reviews
dubuque.bella - 2016-01-19 07:07:10
a anime with knight but mixed with the actual life we have today i mean this is not medieval or fantasy but there some Super-Power Knight present with the actual life so i was pretty curious first but that's not medieval.. i'm not disappointed but this is okay.. not a very bad one but can be weird.... so let's begin now !
About The Story
the story begin in a kind of park where we see a little girl like aged of 8-9 year playing in park and thinking about being a hero and on the others side a boy who have a problem with the Knight Syndrome because he want to be normal but have been train to be a Knight , the little girl fall off from a rock because she have want to climb it but thing turn bad , now the Knight "boy" hear and feel that something is wrong and run saved her because for some reason he know the emplacement but yeah... , the story don't really turn around a goal this is a little bit confusing i will this say this is pretty random because there some fight for some reason and i really have some problems to understand why that's happening the story is not soo good but stay reasonable because the interpretation is pretty bad... there some potential here but i think this is too much weird and unclear... i have difficulty to take the thing who happen seriously and can make feel some people uncomfortable during the anime.. the story just happen to be that the Knight need a Princess but he hide his identity to the people because he want to be normal but we never gonna really see them going to school or something normal so.. this is really confusing and difficult to describe the story when there not soo much story... there a lot of problems who happen but don't really look like a story who i'm supposed to follow... this is more like kinda random but that's not bad okay ? this is just in the middle of being bad and good but i will say this is more 50/50 really depend on your genre here because this anime can be dropped easily by some people and i have liked the concept of the Masked Knight but the development is not like i have expected and make this random too much , this is the kind of story we gonna only watch when that's coming out and not very a anime produced for watching it in don't stop.. and don't think me wrong... i have liked it but not too much because this is confusing and look like a little bit too much free and out of control , sometimes there is too much Drama for soo much little thing... and this is the kind of story that the relationship is giving power so be careful with that.. !
About The Animation and Sounds
the animation is clean and great but they have done some copy paste like re-showing a animation we have already seen in the combat... and they characters look like to have a kind of Moe Style who making the anime a strange style with what this is supposed to be .. i mean they really like to be young and when i say young i have difficulty to know who is adult or teen here or under aged , near of the end they have take a part of the Opening and don't make a important animation who will make us understand clearly what have happened... they have only put the voice acting so this is a little bit confusing... but i have understand it but i mean... they could have done a real animation for the end instead of putting only the voice acting and using the Opening part , for the Opening and Ending they are pretty great but the Opening is not showing anything about the anime... and only show the little girl.. i was pretty disappointed they only put soo much little resource on it... because the Knight was a pretty important characters... that's mean normally you put it in the Opening... , for the Ending i think that's represent more the anime and more fit the anime because they take the time to show the important characters instead of putting only 1 characters. so yeah this is just good but i highly prefer the Ending and i want to say that i have notice they put some image from the Light Novel i think and the look of the Light Novel look pretty more nice than the actual animation we have in the anime and the Light Novel design look more serious.. , but now i will give you now the link for it...
Opening
Ending
About The Characters
the characters are sometimes dramatizing too much for little event i mean i don't have understand why they have scream to death sometimes in the anime and i was like... wow calm down ! but they are good characters but tehy dramatize a little bit too much.. ! i will talk about the important one so.. they don't gonna be all here
Yōtarō Hanabusa / the Masked Knight who have the Knight syndrome so he don't act like normal when he is into his outfit but he have been train for being a Knight of Justice before so that's why he have this kind of problem but he tried soo much to live normally but cannot resist to save people and talk like a Knight when someone need help , he is the boy of the Legendary Knight too , a nice guy who are pretty normal when he is not a Masked Knight and later he will take the choice to stay with the little girl he have saved at the beginning named Makio for protecting her... at the same time he will hide his identity of Knight Lancer from her
Makio Kidōin / daughter of a family who are never here.. she completely live alone in a Manor and she is like 8-9 year old and she want to be a hero that's why in the beginning we see her wanted to be a hero but got saved by Yōtarō in Masked Knight and she will be friend with him , and she will like a lot the Masked Knight like having a crush on him or admiration , but she will fall on Yōtarō normal and be friend with it too because she didn't notice that he is the Masked Knight called Knight Lancer and will decide to be a Lady for Knight Lancer , she is pretty adorable too and very lovable and kind at the same time , plus she like drawing
Yoriko Sudō / well my favorite one because she is the most serious character in the anime and the one who look very strong and have some authority on the others because of her strict attitude and she have the job to protect Yōtarō and take care of him and she is the one who train him for being more strong but she is very but very strict and can punish a lot... , so yeah this is a nice characters because of her intimidating attitude with the others and she is really strong too... oh i forgot to say she is a Maid but stay like a Mentor for Yōtarō because she is the one who have training him a lot during his childhood
Alice Cleveland / she is a apprentice knight who are the Squire of Yōtarō , she is the kind of girl who are very gentle and kind but a little bit innocent but want to help and like helping instead of doing nothing and watch
Yufeng He / a girl who are like a ninja samurai but have lost her dad she will be later the Daughter of Knight Lancer and Makio because she got like adopted and some others reason , she is pretty skilled with a sword and will like Knight Lancer and take Knight Lancer like a Dad and Makio like her Mother so yeah she is silence and shy because she don't have got soo much friends before so she is lacking in communication
Shirohime / she is a White Horse who can take a form of Human or Horse and she have been raised to be the Horse of Yōtarō , she is a funny characters who talk a lot in the preview of the next episode too but we rarely see her in Human form and this is pretty sad.. because this is more fun when she talk instead of doing only one sound , she care a lot about Yōtarō too because they are like partners
About The Enjoyment
well this anime is fun to watch but contain some randomness who can make the people a little bit uncomfortable with it , there a lot of fight but the fighting are short the most of the time but i don't think that everyone can be satisfied with the thing who happen in this anime and sometimes there some Comedy who are funny in it but yeah i don't think everyone will enjoy it
i will only recommend that if you are not difficult with anime because this one don't have the real deal and contain a lot of random and don't have any goal.. i mean there one goal but we talk only about it in the beginning and the end... so this is not soo much a real goal.. this is funny but i don't think everyone will be pleased to watch this kind of anime plus the design can bother a lot of people.. if you are interested in it i would like to mention that this is not medieval and don't contain soo much fantasy and everything happen in the actual generation of today but contain Knight , but if you want to give it a try go for it but i cannot guarranted you will like that.. !
west.christop - 2015-12-18 01:24:18
So to start out all those people that reviewed this show after 1 episode need to get a life and stop forming opinions on something before they have seen ALL of it. This is also the reason why I am writing this review before the show is over and giving it more than I think it deserves.
The show isn't as bad as people try to make it out to be, and as someone that looks at a show then drops it after one episode at times, I get what people are thinking, but don't review it. Reviewing it after one episode is like driving a car 2 feet and saying that it is the worst car you ever drove. how does that make sense? It doesn't and your review should be disregarded.
Like I said the show itself is not as bad as people make it out to be. It is lolicon fanservice that at times makes some one that has seen and loved Astarotte's Toy uncomfortable. does that mean it is bad? No, the plot itself takes a while to be kickstarted but it does pick up and it does start to go somewhere interesting. Are the characters unique? I would not say they are that unique but they are rather interesting. They don't appear to be unique until you actually get into the actual story, then you start to see their quarks and there faults. I would have to say that this show has some of the more "interesting" characters I have seen. As far as the animation... the style looks like it is from a children's series, which fits and almost makes it satirical on that part alone, as this is not a children's series. The animation doesn't do anything spectacular or new, which I don't expect. We are in 2015 people what do you expect in animation anyway? It to be as fluid and effect driven as the GI Joe Movie? No, don't think so. I would actually think the animation was 100 times better if every single frame of it was done by hand. but you know what? We are in 2015. This was probably done on a computer in PhotoShop.
Edit: Now that I have seen the entire thing, I will have to say it is a great show with wonderful characters and story, towards the end it gets pretty stupid but episode 12's end is pretty satisfying. This is still not the best show in the world, and will never be. what it is however is cute, heart warming fun, featuring likable characters and an interesting plot. It takes a few episodes to get going but it is worth it. The end leaves much to be desired and feels rushed/forced at times, but leaves you satisfied, but with enough loose ends to continue.
The characters are unique. I have not seen any characters with most of the defining quarks these characters have. The horse is adorable as all get out. Yufeng has some real issues, Makio is the most noble kid her age i have seen in a show yet, while still being adorable. Yotaro... while yes he is pretty generic with only one defining trait, he does get some massive development over the 12 episodes this show has, some of his development while it remains common, is unique in its own right.
The show its self is about "being true to one's self" and "protecting the one's you love." Typical shonen junk, but the way it goes about telling it is better than most. It doesn't dodge around character development just to prolong the story, what happens to the characters are actually reflected in their development. and if a character gets injured they stay that way for a realistic time frame. Not sure for what time period this show takes place, but it has to be at least a few months. enough time to break some bones early on then have them heal by the 8th episode. This is one thing i do wish more shows did, actually show the passage of time and healing in a realistic time frame.
This show does not deserve a 5/5 but it also does not deserve the hate it gets. personally if i had to rate this the most true to what it is worth, it would be around a 4/5. It's not anywhere near my favorites, but definitely above average.
TL;DR:
Is this show worth your time?
Yes, if you have nothing better to watch or have the time to spare, but if you do decide to watch it, watch at least 3 episodes before you call it quits.
Is this show a show for lolicons?
Yeah kind of, while it features characters that definitely fall into the shota and loli category outside of episode 6, there is not much fan service to speak of. If you have an issue with shota or loli's in general, don't watch it. If episode 6 makes you uncomfortable, skip it, not much happens outside of the last few minutes.
Is this show as generic as a brick?
No, but I would say it is not the most unique pebble in the bunch, It sure isn't a snowflake nor is it a brick.
Is the show cheesy/campy?
Yes, and that is the reason why you shouldn't and the show doesn't take itself seriously. It would be a disaster if the show tried to be serious. The show knows what it is, and takes full advantage of that fact. Most things are pretty overtly ridiculous, and stupid. Somethings if you try to take seriously... will just make you hate it quite quickly.
Would you recommend that i watch it?
Yeah, like I said, it is not the best show in the world but a good one to kill time with. I would not recommend it if you have better things to do with your life. It is a good time waster, and that is about it.