RANCE: SABAKU NO GUARDIAN
STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
2
RELEASE
July 22, 1994
LENGTH
25 min
DESCRIPTION
Based on the erotic game by Alice Soft.
While Rance might well be one of the best swordsmen in the world, he has the personality of a rancid turd. He is narcissistic, lecherous, abusive and almost without any redeeming social graces. And his underclad and overabused slavegirl Sill knows this, but she is still in love with him. One day Rance is hired to defend a dusty and forsaken desert village from the repeated attacks of scantly clad and oversexed sorceress intent on the resurrection of a long forgotten deamon.
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CAST
Rance
Kazuki Yao
Sill Plain
Rie Iwatsubo
Willis Fujisaki
Misa Watanabe
EPISODES
Dubbed
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REVIEWS
thetickdickler
A funny fantasy romp with some great sex scenes.Continue on AniListBased on a series of games, with the original, "Rance: The Quest for Hikari" (Rance 01: Hikari wo Motomete The Animation), being released in 1989 for a Japanese line of computers called the PC-98 that's still going on today, with the latest game being released in 2018 and has a total of 17 games as of this review, so it's quite the series of hentai games. So naturally, it got an anime adaptation.
Rance: The Desert Guardian follows the titular Rance and his assistant (or more accurately, slave) Sill, who is deeply in love with him, as Rance is hired to defend a dusty and forsaken desert village from the repeated attacks of scantly clad and oversexed sorceress intent on the resurrection of a long forgotten demon.
The OVA immediately sets the tone with Rance saving a woman from a gang of rapists by violently massacring them. After telling his assistant to gather anything valuable, all while she's carrying a comically large and overstuffed sack of equipment on her back, Rance then turns to the woman that he just saved and decides to rape her as a 'reward' for saving her. Rance is very much a black comedy, opening right up with a combination of a rape joke and slapstick, and if you don't like that it's time hop of this train and find something else to crank yourself to.
Rance is a complete scumbag who end up doing a lot of good deeds for less than good reasons, and the whole thing is funny as hell. It's a litmus test for if you're going to be into this hentai. And to tope it all off, the OVA even has a catchy OP for it's intro.
It doesn't have a whole lot of sex scenes, but the few that are there are pretty good. Not quite as good or as plentiful as the 2014 adaptation, but still pretty decent. A lot of the appeal of something like this is the comedy and setting, so come for the nut busting sex scenes and stay for the gut busting comedy.
The OVA also makes a lot of jokes about how it's based on a series of RPG games, referring to the characters leveling up and Rance talking about now being able to get into the boss room right away. And because it's based on a series of RPG games, it even comes with a plot for those who like a little bit of story with their hentai. And it's wrapped up nicely in a single 47 minute episode, so if you're looking for something quick to crank one out to, this one isn't going to take up too much of your time.
I would recommend Rance: The Quest for Hikari to everyone. It's well animated, funny, and actually worth watching for the porn. Highly recommended.
Hilariously enough, the original OVA was released on December 25th, 1993. So I guess it was a White Christmas after all! Merry Christmas to everyone, and to everyone a good night.
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SCORE
- (2.95/5)
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Ended inJuly 22, 1994
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