Hi I'm Dranzerstorm
You may remember me as a regular contestant on the caption battle contest.
Welcome to Retro Retrospective, my world dedicated to the old guard of the Otaku world; expect some reviews of the old & obscure, and in-depth geeky knowledge with the occasional top ten and I now have a logo.

Little info about me
Well I'm British and I'm in to all things animated and nostalgia.
I've grown up with every cartoon going and have watched hundreds of anime.
Oh and to answer a question I was asked once, no I don't wear glasses in real life, I would wear Loke's sunglasses though.

Elemental Gelade Review

See if you can make sense of this one.

Coud Van Giruet is a rookie Sky Pirate aiming to make a name for himself until he stumbles upon Ren, a mysterious girl known as an Edel Raid, identified by a mysterious jewel on her body along with a much longer real name who can also transform into a powerful weapon for Coud to use. Joined by Arc Aile, defenders of Edel Raids, the group travel the world fighting Edel Raid hunters and freeing other Edel Raids from crime bosses and other evil doers.
Elemental Gelade went to a lot of effort to create this universe, creating a lore that seems to go on for ages but is surprisingly well backed up by the right cast with much of the bulk of the best stories revolving around the likes of Rasati, Wolx and even dogged nice guy Rowan although most of it's best moments come from the manga including being more expressive and using much higher stakes that the anime skips in favour of a replacement final boss that come off as bad preachers.
The dub is fine but the Japanese cast are much stronger with their performances and can be less annoying than some of the English choices, looking at you Cisqua.
Final Verdict: It's lore can be a little hard to crack and it's hard not to look at the elephant in the room of this simply being a Waifu Weapons anime but the characters are great and I enjoyed the story but the Manga is still superior to the anime.