Tales of Byston Well: Garzey's Wing (バイストン・ウェル物語 ガーゼィの翼, Baisuton Weru Monogatari Gāzei no Tsubasa) is a three-episode anime OVA by Japanese director Yoshiyuki Tomino based on volumes 1 and 2 of the five-volume novels series by the same name. It is widely regarded as one of the worst anime ever made, and has become a cult classic.
Garzey's Wing | |
ガーゼィの翼 | |
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Genre | Sword and sorcery[1] |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
Written by | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
Music by | Shirō Sagisu |
Studio | J.C.Staff |
Licensed by | |
Released | 21 September 1996 – 9 April 1997 |
Runtime | 30 minutes per episode |
Episodes | 3 |
The protagonist, Chris, is abruptly whisked away to a parallel world called Byston Well, while his physical body remains in his home world. In Byston Well, Chris' spiritual manifestation is thrust into a rebellion. Chris is told that he has a mystical power called "Garzey's wing", which causes large wings made of light to come out of his ankles, allowing him to fly and run quickly.
Chris is told to fight against slave owners and the King's army as the slaves of the Metomeus tribe make their escape from the palace at Izumido. The Ashigaba army fights back with horses, bows, and dinosaur-like creatures called War Beasts. The series centers around the slaves' escape, the conflict between the King's army and the slaves, as well as Chris' struggle to make sense of his convoluted situation.
Chris exists simultaneously in Byston Well and the real world, and the two can communicate to each other through a necklace they both wear. Real-world Chris feels the bruises and pain Byston Well Chris experiences while fighting soldiers, and training he does in the real world allow him to learn it in Byston Well. While one Chris is in Byston Well surrounded by 12th- and 13th-century foreigners and being chased by a real army, earth Chris must do Chi exercises to strengthen his mind.
In the end, Chris fights off the army and saves Byston Well, but his spirit remains there. Meanwhile, in the real world Chris gains the power of Garzey's wing himself.
Christopher Senshu
Rumiko Nakato
King Fungun
Zagazoa
Gelgog Aji
Leelince
Hassan
Aishe and Tance
Ketta Keras
Philocres
Chifchi
Domon
Giant Tawrad
Ondel
Kurino
Sechuku
Lord Tawazzan
Chris' other friends
Falan Fa
Daragau
Dragorol
Bandou-ran
Role | Japanese | English[2] |
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Christopher Senshu | Tetsuya Iwanaga | Rik Nagel |
Rumiko Nakato | Junko Iwao | Suzanne Savoy |
Falan Fa | Maya Okamoto | Roxanne Beck |
Hassan | Aya Hisakawa | Veronica Shea |
Leelince | Yumi Touma | Amanda Goodman |
King Fungun | Seizou Katou | Keith Howard |
Zaginis Zoa | Tooru Furusawa | Greg Stuhr |
Gelgog Aji | Akio Ootsuka | |
Ketta Keras | Tesshou Genda | Lee Moore |
Towazzan | John Knox | |
Philocres | Tomomichi Nishimura | Harry Peerce Epstein |
Euforio | Tarou Arakawa | David Fuhrer |
Hendock | Hidenari Ugaki | Ben Coates |
Domon | Hideyuki Umezu | Vincent Bagnall |
Chifchi | Kiyoyuki Yanada | Sahaj |
Migira | Peter Patrikios | |
Ondel | Sy Springer | |
Reijirou | Timothy Breese Miller | |
Undo N'gau | Masashi Ebara | Michael Goldwasser |
Chris's Grandmother | Seiko Tomoe |