Opening Theme:
"Kuchizuke" (くちづけ) by Buck-Tick
Ending Theme:
"Walk no Yakusoku" (walkの約束) by nangi
The story takes place in a small and what appears to be a peaceful village called, Sotoba. However, this is no ordinary village. Death seems to be tormenting the village and it is a common thing in Sotoba. Natsuno Yuuki, a new resident in Sotoba, hates the village and wants to move back to the city. However, he is determined to solve the mystery behind the strange death occurrences.
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Mobile Suit Gundam 00
DVD - Season 2 Part 1
Synopsis:
Gundam 00 DVD Season 2 Part 1
Four years have passed since Celestial Being perished and a world government was forged in the flames of its passing. In the intervening years the newly formed Federation has grown increasingly dictatorial while the A-LAWS, its autonomous mobile suit army, has become a futuristic Gestapo with no qualms about the slaughter of innocents. Surveying what they have wrought, the surviving members of Celestial Being are not pleased. Dissatisfied, the organization rises from the dead to take on the world once more; not for the abstract plans of a supercomputer or the dreams of a long-dead genius, but for their own sakes.
Review:
Synopsis:
Gundam 00 DVD Season 2 Part 1
Four years have passed since Celestial Being perished and a world government was forged in the flames of its passing. In the intervening years the newly formed Federation has grown increasingly dictatorial while the A-LAWS, its autonomous mobile suit army, has become a futuristic Gestapo with no qualms about the slaughter of innocents. Surveying what they have wrought, the surviving members of Celestial Being are not pleased. Dissatisfied, the organization rises from the dead to take on the world once more; not for the abstract plans of a supercomputer or the dreams of a long-dead genius, but for their own sakes.
Review:
For pure episode to episode propulsion, that quality of plot and pacing that makes you want to tear into the next episode like a starving hyena, the only series that can currently match Gundam 00 is probably Code Geass R2. Every episode of Gundam 00 leaves you raring for the next—thank you very much Yousuke "Cliffhanger" Kuroda—and the end of the volume comes as a sudden and unpleasant surprise. That Bandai has switched from the 9-8-8 three-set release of season one to a 7-6-6-6 four-set release akin to R2's doesn't help things.
Gundam 00 wastes no time. From its opening scenes of Saji Crossroad learning firsthand the oppressive ways of the new world order, the series charges full tilt ahead. The first episode darts from character to character, updating us on the circumstances of each, before triggering a bloody jailbreak that alters those circumstances permanently. And so it goes in every episode thereafter. Not a one passes in which some character's life doesn't undergo a sea change or a country isn't razed to the ground. Something is always happening somewhere. If personal and political landscapes aren't reshaping themselves, then Wang Liu Mei is playing both ends against the middle, the creepily androgynous Innovators are plotting their evil way across the background, or A-LAWS slime-buckets are tossing buckets of slime. After years of meandering shonen series, space operas in which nothing or no one really changes and comedies that are content to dance their dippy little jigs in exactly the same place, a series that fills every minute with relevant detail and relentless forward motion is mana from animation heaven. The first episode alone covers more ground than, say, the first eight of Naruto Shippūden. Perhaps that's why it's such compulsive viewing: true to the laws of physics, the narrative is so dense that once it starts moving, its momentum makes it damned hard to stop.
Or perhaps it's those altered personal landscapes. Four years and the climactic calamities of season one have been good to the characters—if not particularly kind. Where they were all badass ciphers with basic personalities and irritating tag lines in season one, by the opening of this set they've seasoned (no pun intended) into flawed but fundamentally sympathetic characters. Setsuna is softer and more textured, though still a textbook hard case; Sumeragi Noriega is consumed by her own impotence, exposing the core of vulnerability beneath her alcohol-hardened shell of professionalism; and perhaps most shockingly Saji moves front and center, baring the ugly selfishness beneath his peacenik stance, and in the process becoming an honest-to-goodness character. Not all of it is pretty, and not all of it successful—Tieria is still annoying and playing the identical twin card with Lockon is plain cheap—but it is uniformly interesting, and like the series itself the characters never stay in the same place for long, their ever-changing interactions providing enough dramatic lubricant to make the series' dry bits (e.g. its continued flirtations with politically relevant observations on the abuse of power and the place of violence in its rectification and inaction in its propagation) go down easy.
Or perhaps it's simply that it looks good. Certainly looking good has much to do with the sympathy the characters garner. Call me shallow, but it helps that characters like Soma Peries and Sumeragi look good enough to eat, with the extensive male cast serving as a substantial dessert (or vice versa depending on your preferences). Other places slick visuals help: in the creation of believable future settings (which are many, varied, and finely detailed), in capturing body language (which, despite the mild downgrade in animation quality, continues to be expressive), and in the liberal application of unadulterated robo-porn. Particularly the latter. The mechanical designs, all altered subtly in much the same manner as their pilots, are meticulous, suitably fetishized, and frequently pushed into feats of aeronautical violence that are really quite cool. Not an achievement to be sneezed at given the increased (increased; not prevalent) use of shortcuts and downgraded detail levels in the action scenes.
Kenji Kawai's score is not a subtle tool. It is big, spectacular, and even beautiful, but definitely not subtle. Keep an ear out for some eerie vocal work and the superior deployment of insert songs.
Bandai's dub isn't a huge draw. To be sure, it's professionally done (none of that outsourcing to Singapore that tanked a couple of their dubs some years back), but it's also seriously low-tension. You can lay most of that at the door of their subtitle-hugging script with its loving preservation of the original's cheese factor (for added fun, mentally replace any mention of "A-LAWS" with "in-laws"), but the actors must lay claim to a share of the blame as well. Too few of the roles are played with any energy, and when they are—as with Brent Miller's Smirnov—it's the wrong kind (goodbye soldierly formality, hello blustering Patton impersonation). There is good work throughout, for example Cathy Weseluck's hard-edged female commander Mannequin and basically anyone who did well in season one, but not enough of it. Saji's crisis of conscience, Soma's reaction to an inhuman A-LAWS tactic, Marie and Allelujah's reunion—any number of important developments lose crucial impact in the dub.
Aside from the usual complement of goodies (textless songs, etc), the extras section also includes a recap episode (a fine place to locate it) and two commentaries with a lively smorgasbord of cast and crew delivering fun and info, not necessarily in that order.
Really, though, it's none of those "perhapses" that keep us coming back, but rather how they all—densely packed story, satisfyingly evolved characters, royal mecha butt-kickings—roll together into one tight, thorny ball of excellent entertainment. And then bowl forward without looking back. Maybe it has a few too many inconclusive fights, and maybe it'll never reach the wonderful emotional heights of Gundam Seed, but it's a heck of a lot of fun to watch nonetheless.
Grade:
Production Info:
Overall (dub) : B
Overall (sub) : B+
Story : B+
Animation : B+
Art : A-
Music : B+
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Sotobamura is a small village with around 1300 residents; so small the village isn't even connected to a single highway. An isolated village in which old customs, such as the burial of the dead, are still practiced. One day, the bodies of three people are found dead. Although Ozaki Toshio, the village's lone doctor, feels uncertain, he treats the deaths as a normal occurrence. However, in the days following, the villagers start to die one after the other. Is this mere coincidence, an epidemic, or something else entirely...
Alternative title:
屍鬼 (Japanese)
Genres: horror, mystery, supernatural
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Nadia - Secret of Blue Water
DVD 4: Battleground
Synopsis:
Nadia DVD 4
In 1889, the crew of the Nautilus take a break to replenish their supplies on a nearby island. Marie and King take the chance to play together in the sunshine, but theyu soon find themselves being chased once again by Gargoyle's minions! Can they make their way back to the ship before being captured? Will the Nautilus find its way out of danger from mysterious creatures of the deep, from the dreaded Garfish and from an American fleet that still believes it to be a sea monster? The adventure continues in another exciting volume of Nadia-The Secret of Blue Water the beloved series from the creators of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Review:
Synopsis:
Nadia DVD 4
In 1889, the crew of the Nautilus take a break to replenish their supplies on a nearby island. Marie and King take the chance to play together in the sunshine, but theyu soon find themselves being chased once again by Gargoyle's minions! Can they make their way back to the ship before being captured? Will the Nautilus find its way out of danger from mysterious creatures of the deep, from the dreaded Garfish and from an American fleet that still believes it to be a sea monster? The adventure continues in another exciting volume of Nadia-The Secret of Blue Water the beloved series from the creators of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Review:
Volume four of Nadia is definitely more exciting than the previous DVD. It's got Neo-Atlanteans, life and death struggles and some secrets about the origins of Nemo and his crew are revealed. Nadia's dislike of Captain Nemo intensifies in the beginning as he guns down a member of Gargoyle's crew, and the audience's dislike of Nadia's Pollyana “Let's all get along” ways increases as well. Of course Nadia and Grandis soon fall ill and who's the only person that can save them? Nemo of course. It's safe to say without giving away the end of the series that Nadia survives and that adds in some nice tension. She hates Nemo but owes him her life on several occasions.
The best part of the DVD however is towards the end when we finally see Atlantis. The colors used are fantastic and is probably one of the best backgrounds out there. We also find out a bit about Nemo and his crew and why they are battling against Gargoyle. We also find out their level of commitment which greatly adds to the drama of the series and frames everything within the context of good versus evil. While this would seem to limit it by making the series more black and white, it actually adds to the feeling of watching an epic unfold.
Volume four is a great addition to the series. It has everything a viewer could want: plot advancement, humor, excitement, danger. It is very hard to actually find anything wrong with it.
But not impossible.
While the animation is great and the plot is good, even the best of writers cannot hide cliches when they're used. And while the story doesn't make use of the typical cliches, it is easy to predict where what will happen next and why. By this point in the series we know the characters and we know what they will do, so the way they react to situations is not really surprising for us.
But like all great epics, it shall not be judged on the quality of the story so much as the quality of the storytelling. And the storytelling is excellent so far. Although the audience can pretty much figure out that Nemo won't let Nadia die and will give up pursuit of Gargoyle to save her life, the way it is presented leaves just the smallest bit of suspense about what Nemo will do. Viewers aren't exactly sure that he will do what they think he will do. And that is helped greatly by framing everything within the confines of good versus evil. In that eternal struggle there are casualties, even children. So Nadia might seem like an acceptable loss if it means stopping Gargoyle once and for all.
Like the last volume the one thing this DVD heavily lacks is Gargoyle. The man just needs more air time. What is it about this villain that just makes him so cool? Perhaps it's the way he pulls off the disgruntled mime look so well, but he is just bursting with evil potential and flavor.
Overall, this is an excellent DVD for the value. Granted, there is the usual lack of extras that most ADV DVDs have, but the episodes are so good that they make up for it. Getting DVD quality video and being able to switch out of the annoying dub to subtitles is worth the extra few bucks. This series is a definite must for any fan and this volume is one of the best yet in the series.
Alternative title:
屍鬼 (Japanese)
Genres: horror, mystery, supernatural
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Nadia - Secret of Blue Water
DVD 4: Battleground
Synopsis:
Nadia DVD 4
In 1889, the crew of the Nautilus take a break to replenish their supplies on a nearby island. Marie and King take the chance to play together in the sunshine, but theyu soon find themselves being chased once again by Gargoyle's minions! Can they make their way back to the ship before being captured? Will the Nautilus find its way out of danger from mysterious creatures of the deep, from the dreaded Garfish and from an American fleet that still believes it to be a sea monster? The adventure continues in another exciting volume of Nadia-The Secret of Blue Water the beloved series from the creators of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Review:
Synopsis:
Nadia DVD 4
In 1889, the crew of the Nautilus take a break to replenish their supplies on a nearby island. Marie and King take the chance to play together in the sunshine, but theyu soon find themselves being chased once again by Gargoyle's minions! Can they make their way back to the ship before being captured? Will the Nautilus find its way out of danger from mysterious creatures of the deep, from the dreaded Garfish and from an American fleet that still believes it to be a sea monster? The adventure continues in another exciting volume of Nadia-The Secret of Blue Water the beloved series from the creators of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Review:
Volume four of Nadia is definitely more exciting than the previous DVD. It's got Neo-Atlanteans, life and death struggles and some secrets about the origins of Nemo and his crew are revealed. Nadia's dislike of Captain Nemo intensifies in the beginning as he guns down a member of Gargoyle's crew, and the audience's dislike of Nadia's Pollyana “Let's all get along” ways increases as well. Of course Nadia and Grandis soon fall ill and who's the only person that can save them? Nemo of course. It's safe to say without giving away the end of the series that Nadia survives and that adds in some nice tension. She hates Nemo but owes him her life on several occasions.
The best part of the DVD however is towards the end when we finally see Atlantis. The colors used are fantastic and is probably one of the best backgrounds out there. We also find out a bit about Nemo and his crew and why they are battling against Gargoyle. We also find out their level of commitment which greatly adds to the drama of the series and frames everything within the context of good versus evil. While this would seem to limit it by making the series more black and white, it actually adds to the feeling of watching an epic unfold.
Volume four is a great addition to the series. It has everything a viewer could want: plot advancement, humor, excitement, danger. It is very hard to actually find anything wrong with it.
But not impossible.
While the animation is great and the plot is good, even the best of writers cannot hide cliches when they're used. And while the story doesn't make use of the typical cliches, it is easy to predict where what will happen next and why. By this point in the series we know the characters and we know what they will do, so the way they react to situations is not really surprising for us.
But like all great epics, it shall not be judged on the quality of the story so much as the quality of the storytelling. And the storytelling is excellent so far. Although the audience can pretty much figure out that Nemo won't let Nadia die and will give up pursuit of Gargoyle to save her life, the way it is presented leaves just the smallest bit of suspense about what Nemo will do. Viewers aren't exactly sure that he will do what they think he will do. And that is helped greatly by framing everything within the confines of good versus evil. In that eternal struggle there are casualties, even children. So Nadia might seem like an acceptable loss if it means stopping Gargoyle once and for all.
Like the last volume the one thing this DVD heavily lacks is Gargoyle. The man just needs more air time. What is it about this villain that just makes him so cool? Perhaps it's the way he pulls off the disgruntled mime look so well, but he is just bursting with evil potential and flavor.
Overall, this is an excellent DVD for the value. Granted, there is the usual lack of extras that most ADV DVDs have, but the episodes are so good that they make up for it. Getting DVD quality video and being able to switch out of the annoying dub to subtitles is worth the extra few bucks. This series is a definite must for any fan and this volume is one of the best yet in the series.
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Sotobamura is a small village with around 1300 residents; so small the village isn't even connected to a single highway. An isolated village in which old customs, such as the burial of the dead, are still practiced. One day, the bodies of three people are found dead. Although Ozaki Toshio, the village's lone doctor, feels uncertain, he treats the deaths as a normal occurrence. However, in the days following, the villagers start to die one after the other. Is this mere coincidence, an epidemic, or something else entirely...
Alternative title:
屍鬼 (Japanese)
Genres: horror, mystery, supernatural
Shiki Episode 15 part 1
Shiki Episode 15 part 2
Le Chevalier D'Eon
DVD 6 - Bete Noire
Synopsis:
Le Chevalier D'Eon DVD 6
The struggle over possession of the Royal Psalms reaches its peak as d'Eon attempts to return it into the hands of Louis XV and Maximilien seeks to use it as a tool for revolution. Teillagory's betrayal of d'Eon to the Duke of Orleans disillusions Robin and forces him to make some difficult decisions, but d'Eon and Lia, who become more fluidly interchangeable with each passing day, will not be hindered in their duty even by their former master. At Versailles, Anna anticipates d'Eon's return while comforting Auguste, but around her the court descends into deadly chaos as schemes unravel and Louis takes progressively more drastic steps to assure that the secrets hidden within the Psalms never get discovered. Truths are revealed, legacies are carried on, allegiances change, Poets duel, and the circumstances of Lia's death, and how they are connected into everything, finally come to light as all the characters assume their proper places in history.
Review:
Synopsis:
Le Chevalier D'Eon DVD 6
The struggle over possession of the Royal Psalms reaches its peak as d'Eon attempts to return it into the hands of Louis XV and Maximilien seeks to use it as a tool for revolution. Teillagory's betrayal of d'Eon to the Duke of Orleans disillusions Robin and forces him to make some difficult decisions, but d'Eon and Lia, who become more fluidly interchangeable with each passing day, will not be hindered in their duty even by their former master. At Versailles, Anna anticipates d'Eon's return while comforting Auguste, but around her the court descends into deadly chaos as schemes unravel and Louis takes progressively more drastic steps to assure that the secrets hidden within the Psalms never get discovered. Truths are revealed, legacies are carried on, allegiances change, Poets duel, and the circumstances of Lia's death, and how they are connected into everything, finally come to light as all the characters assume their proper places in history.
Review:
With this volume Le Chevalier D'Eon draws to a close, and the final four episodes assure that it goes out with a bang. Every scheme and intrigue that has populated the series comes to some kind of resolution, including a couple whose existences and true natures do not even become apparent until the final episode, and that's only for starters. To the end the series continues its penchant for peppering its dense plotting with numerous bombshells, including the stunning revelation of who Belle (the talking child's skull) really is and how she ended up dead, the startling truth behind who killed Lia and why, and the staggering, won't-see-it-coming secret motivating King Louis and his right-hand man Broglie to do what they do. Add in to that the change in character Robin undergoes, the truth behind Teillagory's actual motivations, the Duc of Orleans' plan and how the king counters it, the fates of various important characters, and a couple of heartbreaking developments and you have a full feast of plotting goodness paced well enough to keep the tension consistently high. Anime stories do not get much juicier than this.
For all that goes on, the factor that ultimately separates this one most from other anime period pieces is how skillfully it blends its supernatural plot with actual historical characters and developments. Granted, it plays around with exact timing a lot and alters some circumstances quite a bit, but in the end nearly everything falls at least generally in line with what is known about the historical figures in question; even the gross discrepancies involving the Maximilien Robespierre in this series and his historical counterpart get resolved in a clever and unexpected way. Up until this point neither Robin nor Belle had appeared to be based on actual historical figures, but both are, and exactly how they are provide two of the volume's biggest revelations. Those who have studied up on the characters may be impressed more but will have little advantage in guessing how anyone's situation other than d'Eon's plays out, as the many twists and turns make anything about this series difficult to predict.
Even to the end the series focuses more on its intrigues than its action, but it does not fail to deliver several intense action scenes, too. Swords flash in involved duels, animated gargoyles attack, pistols shoot people down, and Poets (and those with the power of poets) engage in Psalms-based spell battles, with one scene in the final episode having all four. The graphic content here is higher and more intense than in any previous volume, though not so much as to pass beyond a TV-14 rating. If the drama, secrets, and intrigues do not thrill you, the action may still carry the load.
Little can be said about the artistry that has not been mentioned in previous reviews. Its historically-based character designs and background art still impress, and its action scenes represent the best examples of its animation. The CG renditions of the flowing Psalms text work better than they probably should save in one corny-looking scene near the very end. The subtle changes to d'Eon's appearance over time to reflect the growing influence of Lia (such as him having more colored and defined lips) is a nice touch, as are the appropriately-aged views of him later in life at the end. If the series has a visual weakness, it lies in its use of facial expressions, which sometimes lack proper and convincing reactivity to the situations at hand. Its musical score, as usual, is also fully up to the task of appropriately dramatizing the events on the screen.
The English dub holds true to the standards set by previous volumes: while not overly impressive, it nonetheless does the job satisfyingly well, with the entire cast maintaining established performance patterns through to the end. The Psalms sound a little more distinctive in English, while the voice of Belle sounds a little better in Japanese, but otherwise little qualitative variation exists between the two dubs. The English script usually stays very tight.
The Historical Notes on the disk this time around entirely concern period background events having little or no direct impact on the story, such as the Wars of Spanish and Austrian Succession and the Seven Years War. Also included are the standard clean opener and closer and a 24-minute round table discussion involving several key members of the Japanese cast, who discuss performance issues and insights into important characters. In an unusual practice for ADV, they also retain the original Japanese closing credits on the final episode, with translated credits following. The case has the normal cover, and the included booklet contains cast and staff credits, an interview with the seiyuu for Lia, and another script serialization focusing on the carriage drivers and their families from much earlier in the series with a note referring the reader to a Web site for the final installments. The oddest addition is a collection of chibi images of main cast characters drawn by the character designer for a Japanese Web site.
The final episode (and, arguably, the final entire volume) merit a second view to make sure you have all the plot points it throws out straight, but otherwise the series as a whole is a great example of pacing and plotting. It rarely sags, always delivers a wealth of interesting events, and achieves as much intensity through its intrigues as through its action. Some may find some of the resolutions in the final volume a little too compact and simplistic, but ultimately it tells a complete story with a proper conclusion that wraps up its innumerable plot threads. ADV's signature series for 2007 ends as strong as it started, and perhaps even a little stronger.
Grade:
Production Info:
Overall (dub) : A-
Overall (sub) : A-
Story : A-
Animation : B+
Art : A-
Music : A-
Alternative title:
屍鬼 (Japanese)
Genres: horror, mystery, supernatural
Shiki Episode 15 part 1
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Le Chevalier D'Eon
DVD 6 - Bete Noire
Synopsis:
Le Chevalier D'Eon DVD 6
The struggle over possession of the Royal Psalms reaches its peak as d'Eon attempts to return it into the hands of Louis XV and Maximilien seeks to use it as a tool for revolution. Teillagory's betrayal of d'Eon to the Duke of Orleans disillusions Robin and forces him to make some difficult decisions, but d'Eon and Lia, who become more fluidly interchangeable with each passing day, will not be hindered in their duty even by their former master. At Versailles, Anna anticipates d'Eon's return while comforting Auguste, but around her the court descends into deadly chaos as schemes unravel and Louis takes progressively more drastic steps to assure that the secrets hidden within the Psalms never get discovered. Truths are revealed, legacies are carried on, allegiances change, Poets duel, and the circumstances of Lia's death, and how they are connected into everything, finally come to light as all the characters assume their proper places in history.
Review:
Synopsis:
Le Chevalier D'Eon DVD 6
The struggle over possession of the Royal Psalms reaches its peak as d'Eon attempts to return it into the hands of Louis XV and Maximilien seeks to use it as a tool for revolution. Teillagory's betrayal of d'Eon to the Duke of Orleans disillusions Robin and forces him to make some difficult decisions, but d'Eon and Lia, who become more fluidly interchangeable with each passing day, will not be hindered in their duty even by their former master. At Versailles, Anna anticipates d'Eon's return while comforting Auguste, but around her the court descends into deadly chaos as schemes unravel and Louis takes progressively more drastic steps to assure that the secrets hidden within the Psalms never get discovered. Truths are revealed, legacies are carried on, allegiances change, Poets duel, and the circumstances of Lia's death, and how they are connected into everything, finally come to light as all the characters assume their proper places in history.
Review:
With this volume Le Chevalier D'Eon draws to a close, and the final four episodes assure that it goes out with a bang. Every scheme and intrigue that has populated the series comes to some kind of resolution, including a couple whose existences and true natures do not even become apparent until the final episode, and that's only for starters. To the end the series continues its penchant for peppering its dense plotting with numerous bombshells, including the stunning revelation of who Belle (the talking child's skull) really is and how she ended up dead, the startling truth behind who killed Lia and why, and the staggering, won't-see-it-coming secret motivating King Louis and his right-hand man Broglie to do what they do. Add in to that the change in character Robin undergoes, the truth behind Teillagory's actual motivations, the Duc of Orleans' plan and how the king counters it, the fates of various important characters, and a couple of heartbreaking developments and you have a full feast of plotting goodness paced well enough to keep the tension consistently high. Anime stories do not get much juicier than this.
For all that goes on, the factor that ultimately separates this one most from other anime period pieces is how skillfully it blends its supernatural plot with actual historical characters and developments. Granted, it plays around with exact timing a lot and alters some circumstances quite a bit, but in the end nearly everything falls at least generally in line with what is known about the historical figures in question; even the gross discrepancies involving the Maximilien Robespierre in this series and his historical counterpart get resolved in a clever and unexpected way. Up until this point neither Robin nor Belle had appeared to be based on actual historical figures, but both are, and exactly how they are provide two of the volume's biggest revelations. Those who have studied up on the characters may be impressed more but will have little advantage in guessing how anyone's situation other than d'Eon's plays out, as the many twists and turns make anything about this series difficult to predict.
Even to the end the series focuses more on its intrigues than its action, but it does not fail to deliver several intense action scenes, too. Swords flash in involved duels, animated gargoyles attack, pistols shoot people down, and Poets (and those with the power of poets) engage in Psalms-based spell battles, with one scene in the final episode having all four. The graphic content here is higher and more intense than in any previous volume, though not so much as to pass beyond a TV-14 rating. If the drama, secrets, and intrigues do not thrill you, the action may still carry the load.
Little can be said about the artistry that has not been mentioned in previous reviews. Its historically-based character designs and background art still impress, and its action scenes represent the best examples of its animation. The CG renditions of the flowing Psalms text work better than they probably should save in one corny-looking scene near the very end. The subtle changes to d'Eon's appearance over time to reflect the growing influence of Lia (such as him having more colored and defined lips) is a nice touch, as are the appropriately-aged views of him later in life at the end. If the series has a visual weakness, it lies in its use of facial expressions, which sometimes lack proper and convincing reactivity to the situations at hand. Its musical score, as usual, is also fully up to the task of appropriately dramatizing the events on the screen.
The English dub holds true to the standards set by previous volumes: while not overly impressive, it nonetheless does the job satisfyingly well, with the entire cast maintaining established performance patterns through to the end. The Psalms sound a little more distinctive in English, while the voice of Belle sounds a little better in Japanese, but otherwise little qualitative variation exists between the two dubs. The English script usually stays very tight.
The Historical Notes on the disk this time around entirely concern period background events having little or no direct impact on the story, such as the Wars of Spanish and Austrian Succession and the Seven Years War. Also included are the standard clean opener and closer and a 24-minute round table discussion involving several key members of the Japanese cast, who discuss performance issues and insights into important characters. In an unusual practice for ADV, they also retain the original Japanese closing credits on the final episode, with translated credits following. The case has the normal cover, and the included booklet contains cast and staff credits, an interview with the seiyuu for Lia, and another script serialization focusing on the carriage drivers and their families from much earlier in the series with a note referring the reader to a Web site for the final installments. The oddest addition is a collection of chibi images of main cast characters drawn by the character designer for a Japanese Web site.
The final episode (and, arguably, the final entire volume) merit a second view to make sure you have all the plot points it throws out straight, but otherwise the series as a whole is a great example of pacing and plotting. It rarely sags, always delivers a wealth of interesting events, and achieves as much intensity through its intrigues as through its action. Some may find some of the resolutions in the final volume a little too compact and simplistic, but ultimately it tells a complete story with a proper conclusion that wraps up its innumerable plot threads. ADV's signature series for 2007 ends as strong as it started, and perhaps even a little stronger.
Grade:
Production Info:
Overall (dub) : A-
Overall (sub) : A-
Story : A-
Animation : B+
Art : A-
Music : A-
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During a fiercely hot summer in Sotoba, a peaceful and quiet village with a population of 1300 people, a series of bizarre deaths begin to occur. At the same time, a strange family moves into a long abandoned mansion in the region. After supposedly visiting this strange family, the fashionable Shimizu Megumi goes missing and the entire village goes out in search for her.
Art: 7
The lines were sharp, and the colors were almost fluorescent. The art of the animation just didn't look like it fits with a subtle setting and plot like that. Not to mention the crazy hairstyles that almost every relevant character had. The animation would be more fit for shounen anime in my opinion.
Sound: 9
The OP got me the first time. It was almost celtic, and goes perfectly with the whole theme. The BGM, it was not intrusive, but yet it'll make you want to jump at times; some even sound like something out of the catholic church, which is awesome due to the ties of religion to vampires;the good thing about it is that they also barely use BGM. The ED is that like something off a romance anime though, but once you get to the later episodes, you will figure out why.
Characters: 8
There were really only 4 main characters in the anime. However, you will definitely tell that EVERYONE is important, even the dead ones. As much as that's a good thing, the downside is that no one really has any room to grow. The viewer really can't see if there is any character progression. However, that really isn't necessary due to the big-picture nature of the plot.
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Eva:2 is #1 BD in 4th Week, Angel Beats Sells 15K+ on 1st Day (Updated)
posted on 2010-06-23 15:20 EDT
Only Biohazard also topped BD charts for 4 weeks; Angel Beats! is #1 on daily chart
Oricon Communications reports that Evangelion:2.22 You Can Not Advance (Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Ha) has sold 8,000 more copies during the June 14-20 week to top the Blu-ray Disc sales chart for the fourth week in a row. The only other Blu-ray release to rank #1 on the Japanese chart for four straight weeks was Biohazard: Degeneration (Resident Evil: Degeneration), which was released in late December of 2008.
The second film in Hideaki Anno and Khara's four-film remake of Gainax's Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series has now sold 419,000 copies and continues to be the top Blu-ray release in Japan in the format's short two-year history. (In its first week of sales, the film had already topped the previous record holder, the 351,000 copies of Michael Jackson's This Is It film.)
The official Twitter account for the Angel Beats! television anime series noted on Wednesday that the first Blu-ray Disc volume topped the daily sales chart that was released on Tuesday. According to Aniplex's publicity representative Yuma Takahashi ("Aniplex Yuma"), the first volume has sold over 15,000 copies on Blu-ray and DVD. Oricon reports that the DVD version was the #6 selling DVD release of the day.
Sources: animeanime.jp, Temple Knights
Update: Oricon reports that the first volume of Mobile Suit Gundam UC is the #4 best-selling Blu-ray Disc in Japan for the first half of 2010 with 93,000 copies. Summer Wars is fifth with 76,000 copies.
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Shiki
Type: TV
Episodes: 22
Aired: Jul 2010
Producers: Aniplex
Genres: Horror, Supernatural
According to the official website, Ono Fuyumi and Fujisaki Ryu's manga Shiki was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. The producer company is Aniplex.
Source: Shiki official website
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