The queen has disappeared many years ago and the heir to the throne, king Arthus, is too young to rule and wield Xcalibur.
The story began with the assassination of King Edwan by his brother prince Bragan. Xcalibur is obviously based on King Arthur legends.
#Xcalibur movie series#
He is quite be quite an interesting character and the story will shed some light on his background though, not necessarily explaining everything which may leave you with the feeling that something has been left untold/undone as the series ends. So where are the dragons in all this? There is a characters called Wip, he plays a secondary role in the series but you will see him on a regular basis. Personally, I had the impression that it was technology (much like Final Fantasy 3 where they have medial soldiers using Mechs) but that does not necessarily reflect the authors' views on the subject. Clarke's Third Law states that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, so I guess it become hard to tell if it is magic of just technology. Xcalibur was produced using Maya and FilmBox software, and combines motion-capture technology of humans and horses with key-frame animation that allows for camera moves that are physically impossible.Īlso, in the series there are several places where technology (or magic?) plays a role that contrast with the period of the story. The set doesn't contain any extra, the chronology of the episodes isn't respected and the quality is not completely uniform across the episodes but it's better than nothing. Moreover, in 2004, Anchor Bay released the series on a 10-disc DVD set (PAL, region 2 only). The odd thing is that TVA never put the show on air while TQC and YTV did. The Xcalibur series is a co-production between Montreal-based production company TVA International Inc. That right, I recently found a new computer animated series in a Camelot-style world of knights and sorcery. A rating of 5 stars on 10 is considered as the average which mean it is not good but not bad either.Ĭomputer-generated animation isn't just for androids and mainframes anymore. This rating indicates how good or how bad was the movie/game/episodes reviewed. This rating only indicates the dragon contents and importance they play in the movie/game/episodes reviewed.
Production: Ellipsanime, TVA International Dungeons & Dragons - Wrath of the Dragon God