Maiden Japan has announced its acquisition of Ruin Explorers, a tale of dungeons, dangers and dysfunctional damsels. This
four episode OVA series features direction and screenplay by Takeshi
Mori (Gunsmith Cats, Vandread) with character designs by Toshihisa Kaiya
and music by Masamichi Amano (Princess Nine, Giant Robo).
Maiden Japan will be distributing Ruin Explorers in conjunction with home video distributor Section23 (Clannad, High School of the Dead, Appleseed,) on bilingual DVD (July 2nd) and in digital formats.
Synopsis: Ancient
curses, enchanted artifacts and plain old fashioned dungeon diving:
that’s what Fam and Ihrie do for a living - whenever these lovely young
ladies can get someone to pay them for it, that is. As two highly
trained magic users with slightly faulty spelling abilities (Fam can’t
do anything destructive and Ihrie keeps turning into a mouse,) they’re
off on a quest for the “Ultimate Power.” All they have to do is find
three artifacts: the Proof Of Royalty, the Sword of Sargus and the
Mirror of Truth. So how hard can it be?
Unfortunately, Sorceress Rasha
and her muscle-headed partner Migel are on the same quest, as are the
mysterious Prince Lyle, the anything for a buck merchant Galuff with his
dog Gil, and the sinister magician Rugudurol! And to make this epic
odyssey even more odd and complex, it’s not really clear as to exactly
which ones are the bad guys! Hold onto your talismans and amulets,
because the road to high adventure is about to have a multi-mage pileup,
and the fate of all humanity may just be in the hands of two underpaid
young women trying to make a living as RUIN EXPLORERS!
