fuckin' beautiful
the severe lack of originality was more then made up for by the most goddamn beautiful animation I have ever seen.
my only complaint is the main character. he looked like every other anime hero i have ever seen. the red eyes had no reason to be there, though i first assumed he was transformed by the king somehow. and i must say, why didn't he even have a trace of a beard? if i was an ex-knight, haunted by the ghosts of my dead comrades, driven to attack my ex-king's castle single handedly, shaving wouldn't be too high on my priorities list. for some reason that bugs me.
but that is made up for by the centaur, which truely kicked ass.