I've just seen the first episode of a series recommended to me by a friend... And, yes, I'm well aware that this is a French series (that fact that it's subtitled while everyone's speaking French is undoubtedly the biggest clue), but it has an anime style of art similar to Code Lyoko (another French animated show I like). In short, yes, I'm counting this as an anime. It's really a Japanese shorthand for their pronunciation of "animation", so technically all animation is "anime". As for what I thought of it...
It's set in an awesome fantasy world (always a "plus" in my proverbial books) that features a type of magic/life force for which the series seems to be named after. The personality and/or attitude of our hero, Yugo, is in such a way that I wouldn't be at all surprised if he and Klonoa were long lost siblings or something. Along with the beginnings of some plot threads... Is Yugo really a "dragon"? (If that means "magical reptilian beings" or something else is yet to be determined.) How much of a threat are these demonic beings/items/whatever beings referred to as "Shushu" really? Not to mention who the crap was that guy from earlier who tried to kill both baby Yugo and that "dragon" guy (I can't remember his name but it's kind of long.)... But it seems that this first guy we saw who got possessed by a "Shushu" is not only going to be hanging around for a while, but he also thinks he's the hero of this story... (LOL! That's a laugh...)
So, just as that friend of mine suspected, I like this series and I'm going to watch the second episode just after I'm done typing and posting this! Anyway, I'm also going to put a link to the first episode in right... Here! But, FYI, if you're using an AdBlocker program, I'd suggest you disable it for this site. It can prevent you from seeing it past the start of the opening theme.
