Art of El Hazard: The Magnificent World
/El Hazard: The Magnificent World is an animation series created by by AIC, and directed by Hiroki Hayashi in 1995. The series began as a seven episode OVA. It was popular enough to be remade into a twenty-six episode TV series, The Wanderers, a standalone series set in an alternate time-line. A second four-episode OVA series, El-Hazard: The Magnificent World 2, followed by El-Hazard: The Alternative World (continuations of the original OVA) is a thirteen-episode TV series with a follow-up special later released on laserdisc called "A Night of Captivation, Temptation, and Purification". The pictures on this page are a collection of artworks created for the first series.
THE STORY
When high school student Mikoto Mizuhara investigates an ancient ruin beneath his school, a strange woman appears and transports him, his bitter rival Katsuhiko Jinnai, Jinnai's sister Nanami, and their teacher Masamichi Fujisawa to the fantasy world of El Hazard, where each of them eventually discovers a peculiar special ability: Mikoto can awaken ancient technology, Katsuhiko can communicate with a buglike race called Bugrom, Nanami can see through illusions, and Mr. Fujisawa gains phenomenal strength and fighting ability when sober (a problem, since he often isn't). Scattered across the breadth of El Hazard, the four transplants eventually become embroiled in a cruel war between the Bugrom on the land of Roshtaria and her allies…
