The second Tsuneo Kobayashi anime of the decade, and it’s a severe diversion from the comedy of Super GALS. Twelve Kingdoms is based on Fuyumi Ono’s series of light novels of the same name. The good reviews it musters and the fact that Shou Aikawa (Oh Edo Rocket, Ayakashi Ayashi) was writing makes me tempted to pick it up at some point (the complete collection is dirt cheap for a 45 episode show).