This anime also reminds me alot of Eiyuu Gaiden Mozaicka with the vengeance seeking stoic bishounen warrior banding together an array of colourful personalities to take down an imposing masked villain bent on conquest. I'd call this anime extremely generic fantasy; in plot and art direction if it wasn't such an early example of fantasy anime as mentioned above. The art/animation is pretty much equal to the period's TV anime (but not say, Dirty Pair good) and we've seen this stop the villain from obtaining the ultimate power plot countless times.
There is a decent amount of fight scenes and likable enough characters to root for (blue haired bishies are always good to have). A few of my favorites scenes are:
-the giant city on a turtle, I wonder if there are earlier example of this trope
-the duel of the wizards
-the big bad's face reveal
-the pastoral look of the hallucination sequence where they ditch the black linework completely
-last and not least, beating the crap out of a pack of filthy furries
If you like classic anime fantasy with a satisfying side of cel shaded blood splatter and a yamaha powered 80s synth ost, this anime is an interesting historical footnote for you to enjoy. If you prefer your fantasy with rpg mechanics or god forbid, with visual novel aesthetics, stay clear away from this one!
