First off, if you're looking for something more than a children's anime, then you should look somewhere else. Fairy Musketeers is a children's anime all the way to the end, using elements and a storyline that typically would not be appealing to those who strive for something more mature. However, if you're looking for a children's anime, like children's anime, or do not mind children's anime, this series is well worth a try. This series could be described as a major fairy tale crossover, combined with mahou shoujo (magical girl) and RPG elements, with a tiny bit of Digimon thrown into the mix.

The storyline is simple. A seemingly normal, young boy with a special item inside of him travels to a magic world with the Three Musketeers (Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, and Briar Rose) and his childhood friend in attempt to finish the fairy tale his mother used to tell him as a child while being hunted by an evil witch named Cendrillion. The storyline isn't strikingly unique and you can surely find hundreds (if not thousands) of stories with the same plot. However, breaking down the individual episodes and examining them one-by-one, there are few interesting elements. Fairy Musketeers does a fantastic job taking familiar fairy tale stories and tweaking them to fit the storyline of the anime. Some of the fairy tale stories were tweaked for character back stories that retained a good portion of their original elements (such as Hansel & Gretel and the Gingerbread House), while some of the fairy tale stories were combined together within the main storyline (meaning that two different fairy tales were combined into one; I would give you an example, but it would be a spoiler).

The music is fantastic, in my personal opinion. It sounds similar to other children's anime soundtracks I've listened to, but the quality and the impact of the music does not deteriorate because of the similarities. Each track is scored perfectly for the series, giving emotion and impact to all the battle scenes, the silly verbal fights often between Snow White and Ringo, the pep talks that all the characters give each other at one point, the music that played in Cendrillion's castle and whenever she makes an appearance, the extremely silly "Bremen" track (which I absolutely adore - it's fun and catchy), and more. It's definitely music that could help bring you, the viewer, into their world.

The characters are great and overall well designed (even though the Three Musketeers' designs strike me as a bit odd, but I'm typically thinking Disney when I think of the character's names). While I'm not going to list all the character designs and what not here, I would like to point out a few interesting points. Snow White is a very conceded princess in this anime, always talking about how beautiful she is and how she's the best at magic out of the Three Musketeers. As annoying as she is like this, it's a nice, unexpected change - I'm sure a lot of us are attached to Disney interpretation of her. Briar Rose (better known as Sleeping Beauty) lives up to her typical title people worldwide know her as, as she tends to fall asleep a lot. Interestingly enough, if she's woken up before she's ready, she's extremely moody (of course, most people are when that happens), while when she wakes up on her own, she's a sweet heart. She also has great observation skills and picks up on a lot of things before the rest of the group. And the last person I'm going to mention is Gretel. She's very, very attached to her brother, Hansel, for she feels that there's no one else who cares for them except each other, so she would do literally anything for him. She seems to cling to him a lot. If you want to know about the other characters, just take a look at the anime itself. They range from kind hearted, quiet souls to tsundere types.

The animation was much better than I expected for a children's show. A lot of children shows I watch seem to often go off model quite a bit, but I've noticed this problem only once or twice throughout this 39 episode long series. The animation flows smoothly and the battle scenes are fun to watch, especially since they move and the characters don't fall off model.

Overall, I highly recommend this series. It had me at the edge of my seat (literally) at certain points, often made me freak out over decisions made or ones that weren't made, and a few episodes actually moved me to tears. The music is fun, catchy, and goes very well, the animation is smooth, the characters are fantastic, and the storyline, while not over-the-top amazing, is still kept interesting with the stories and the characters intertwined with it. So if you like or don't mind childish anime, I say try this series, especially if you're a fan of magical girls and RPGs. It's a fun adventure and worth watching to the end.

I wish there were a continuation of this. The OVA sucks compared to this, and besides- this is the WHOLE story. Part one, I hope, but... the last episode came out last year (2008, December) so....

It's girly but overall a really really really really (infinitely) a great story. Recommended.

When I heard of the fairy musketeers, I thought so little reviews were bad, but then again the info part really caught my eye... I mean, "Join Little Red Riding Hood and her friends to save the magic world" (or something along those lines) is really an eye-catcher. It was a lot more interesting than the other infos, which started with " Name of character is adjective and adjective, adjective, and adjective female/male/girl/boy in place or grade .

The characters were great.

In other words, the best fairy-tale related anime ever!

i loove fairy musketeers.my fav charter is riding hood.shes great.i loove the frist episode i loove it...its a ***** 5 stars.i looooove every episodes so much super super super cool.its 5 stars all over.:p

From the minute the opening scenes & song started on the first episode of this series, I just knew I wasn't gonna be dissappointed & fell in love instantly with everything about it! It's one of the more lengthier series in total episodes (39) that I've chosen to watch in a while, as I usually only ever stick to ones that have no more than 26 episodes, but ti didn't take me too long to get through in the end and was really glad that I chose to watch this series on here! It's really cute, fun, actiony, magical & kiddy (obviously aimed at a more younger audience of anime lovers) but that doesn't bother me as I'm 26 years old and am a complete sucker for anime shows such as this!

All in all, there are no faults or complaints whatsoever that I have about this series & can't give it a big enough thumbs-up! Give it a go & I'm sure that you yourselves will be agreeing with me!

This is a grate story for all ages with a wide arrangement of characters from some of your favorite fairy tails Akazukin (red riding hood), Ibara (sleeping beauty), Shirayuki (snow white) and others it teaches some grate messages like trusting in your friends, team work and many more

ok down to the boring part

Over All 5 out of 5 because it was a grate and hart touching story
Story Line 4 out of 5 because it was mainly a strait forward story not many twist to it
Music 4 out of 5 mainly because ya watch the show and listen to Bremen you will see y
Characters 4 out of 5 mainly because most were not that original but some nice remakes of them
Animation 4 out of 5 only because it could always be better

I loved watching this over the summer because i had nothing to do and i really enjoyed it and if you wanna watch get ready to cry but its also funny ..... i would recommend it its a graet anime and series
love teams
ringo and hamelin
red riding hood and souta
snow white and ?
sleeping beauty and ?
i loved it wat a great show
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My daughter marathoned this series over a couple of days. One of her favorite shows.

From my point of view, I've sampled a few episodes and the show has two main strong points:
The overall art/animation quality is higher than just about any other kids anime I've seen, except maybe Shugo Chara (which is really intended for a slightly older audience), and Red Riding Hood (or more accurately Red Skating Helmet) is both bad-ass and so cuuute in her bizarre little skater-girl outfit.

The storyline both in the main arc and the episode plots is pretty ordinary stuff: Magic-boy needs to be protected from the evil witch. The three musketeers (Japanese pronounced like the English "juicy"???) come from the magical realm to the normal world to protect him from the evil minions of the witch. Girls do transformation sequences. Th kids learn the values of friendship, hard work and cooperation. Toy companies sell Fairy Musketeers toys and trading cards and parents across Japan contemplate murdering the marketing geniuses that came up with the product tie-ins. It seems like they just put all of the anime stereotypes and worn-out plot devices on little slips of paper in a jar and pulled about a third of them out at random to fit them together. I only watched a few episodes, but it wouldn't surprise me to see a) a trip to the beach or onsen and b) a school cultural festival episode marred by the appearance of evil minions. Still, Pokemon has gone on FOREVER with only cross-merchandising to carry it, and this show has at least a little more depth.

On the other hand, another way to view this show is as a grade-school harem anime, with a magical backdrop to that story. All the characters around Souto are girls and there are some obvious jealousies and conflicts that are reminiscent of the the cat-fights that harem-show girls start over the male lead in more adult/shonen oriented series. Nice way to pre-condition your kids, guys.

Overall though, it's a fun little kids show with enough quirky elements (Red Riding Hood) to keep it from being completely annoying to any adults in the room.

This is THE BEST Anime I've eva seen.The characters were brilliant, the music ROCKED, the animation:flawless,and the story line!Oh, so innocent, yet dark.I swear, I used to go all crazy about Shugo Chara but NOW!EVERYONE with half a brain wold agree with me!WONDERFUL!!!Not another anime like it!BRAVO,WHOEVER CREATED THIS!!!

I loved this anime. It was well developed, well written and well scripted. they started with an idea a fairytale and didnt drag it to hundreds of episodes like a lot of anime's like to do. I love it and reccomend that everyone should watch it.

When i say cutest sho ever its not just because of the cute characters.
But the whole show its all the fairy tales you grew up with.
And it has plenty of action and cute little crushes.
Its one of the cutest shows ive ever seen and i hope everyone thinks the same.