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Angel Sanctuary is definitely both an anime and manga that I’d warn is not for the weak of heart, as the concept deals with, war, angels, demons, incest, blood, cross dressing, resurrection, swords, and underlying tones of shonen ai, to be brief.  Despite its heavy load of emotional and physical turmoil, this is an absolutely fascinating show and beautifully animated on top of it.

Unfortunately, Angel Sanctuary was given the same poor deal that my beloved Fake was given, in terms of becoming an anime show.  This drama was only given OVA status, producing just three episodes and a teaser preview to the fourth episode, that was never made.  The show skips the side stories and build up, going right for the meat of the conflict, which even with three episodes, had just started to touch the depth of the story.

Angel Sanctuary follows the life of Setsuna Mudo, a teenage boy who is in love with his blood sister, Sara.  He tries to distance himself from her, but is unable and in the process, discovers Sara feels the same way about him.  While Setsuna is confronted with the decision of whether or not to pursue an incestuous relation with her, he is followed by two people claiming to be demons from hell, as well as Rosiel, an insane angel determined to awaken the angel, Alexiel, whom Rosiel claims Setsuna is.

The show has a powerful and beautiful climax with fantastic closing lines, but the ending is one that is opening a door to the rest of the story’s world, leaving the viewer almost unsettled, as there are so many unanswered questions and possibilities that are left behind without the continuation of episodes.  Like many shows, I’m sure Angel Sanctuary’s brief life on television had to do with licensing, money and a large array of other business reasons the show wasn’t developed completely, but I think, had the studios followed through with an adapted version of the manga, they would have had a real big seller.  The show is so risky with some of its content that I feel the older audience that its aimed for wouldn’t be able to help wanting to watch it all, just to see how wonderfully Kaori Yuki’s characters deal with concepts like incest and unrequited feelings towards best friends.  These are very powerful tools for an anime, should they be handled with class, which, from the direction the three episodes were going, I feel they would have.

I recommend this show to fans who are looking for something deep and dark.  The manga should be read if you enjoyed the anime and its popularity makes the books readily available in, Japanese, English, German, Italian, Spanish, French, and Polish.