Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight — Season 1, Episode 1: Alchemy and Fairies
Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation • 23 min • 1 season, 12 episodes • ★ 7.3/10
Episode synopsis
"We'll remain best friends forever." The promise made between four young friends were engulfed by the flames of war. During the Hundred Years' War in the 15th century, there was only one way to save a comrade fallen by the assault of the English army: bequeathing the the legendary alchemical substance "Philosopher's Stone" into the body to turn her into an immortal superhuman "Ulysses." The young Montmorency devoted himself to the forbidden research, when the fairy queen Astaroth appeared before him...
About Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight
The story is set in the 15th century, during the Hundred Years' War between France and England over the succession to the French throne. Montmorency, the son of a noble, immerses himself in the studies of magic and alchemy at a royal knight training school. However, following France's crushing defeat at Agincourt, the school is dissolved. Having lost everything and now a wanted man, Montmorency, who had just become an alchemist, encounters a mysterious village girl named Jehanne.