domingo, 22 de marzo de 2009

Hellsing

Hellsing

En un enésimo birlibirloque de readaptación de los personajes de Bram Stoker, una combinación de talentos de la animación japonesa revive a los herederos del cazavampiros Hellsing en una organización altamente miltarizada orientada a limpiar la faz de la tierra de las fuerzas de la oscuridad. El protagonismo se reparte así entre Lady Integra Wingate Hellsing, heredera al mando de la organización; Alucard (atención al nombre), vampiro de antiguo poder al servicio de la lucha contra sus semejantes; y Ceres Victoria, su última captura, ex-policía convertida en vampiro e integrada en el cuerpo. A través de sus ojos veremos el funcionamiento de Hellsing, su labor para ocultar los vampiros a los ojos de la sociedad y las luchas intestinas con otras organizaciones que comparten sus objetivos pero no sus métodos, como el propio ejército británico o Iscariote 13, una rama secreta del mismísimo Vaticano.

A lo largo de los 13 capítulos de que consta la trama asistimos a los giros justos y necesarios para no aburrir. Algunas de las propuestas son realmente atrevidas y originales, pero el interés tiende a decaer cuando las escenas de enfrentamientos entre grandes rivales se limitan a largas secuencias de autohalagos y amenazas en la peor tradición "Dragon Ball ZZ", destrozando el ritmo, ya de por sí pausado, de la serie hasta casi paralizarla. Qué digo casi: al final del último capítulo (e intentaré que esto no sea un spoiler, sino una advertencia), una frase escrita en pantalla acompañada de la correspondiente voz en off nos informa de que dos de las grandes tramas de la serie nunca se llegaron a resolver. Y se quedan tan anchos.

En ese sentido la serie resulta un tanto decepcionante. Tras este mejunje se encuentran cocineros de la talla de Yasunori Urata, director entre otras de "Sin: The Movie", quien comparte las tareas de mando con Umanosuke Iida, entrenado con su trabajo en "Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team", mientras que los guiones son de un experto en el oficio como Chiaki Konaka, curtido en series como ""RahXephon"", "Astro Boy", "UltraMan" o "Lain", por citar sólo unas cuantas. Extraña, por tanto, que todo el universo creado se quede al final en tan poco, aunque ya estamos acostumbrados a que la animación japonesa sea más hábil creando escenas (y personajes que vender como figuritas) que historias. Así, las situaciones presentadas en "Hellsing" atraen e interesan, pero a la larga las hebras no acaban de atarse y son todo cabos sueltos.

Portada de Hellsing (anime) Ceres Victoria es tomada como rehén en el primer episodioLa némesis de AlucardLady Hellsing y su fiel mayordomo WalterAlucard y su fiel compañera



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kanokom

Kanokon

La historia trata de un chico llamado Kouta Oyamada que se muda del campo a la ciudad, y en su nueva escuela hay dos chicas que se enamoran de él. Lo sobrenatural del asunto es que las chicas son deidades animales con forma de humanos, una es una zorra y la otra una loba. Aquí están en stream los episodio que han salido con subtítulos en español.

my_hime

Mai Hime by W_ZERO, Humor , Drama , Romance , Fantasía , Acción,
Nombre: Mai Hime
Nº de tankoubon: 26 capítulos (emitidos entre 2004-2005)
Genero: Humor , Drama , Romance , Fantasía , Acción,
Estudio-Autor: Hajime Yatate _ Estudio Sunrise
Datos: 舞-HiME (Japanese) - My-Hime - Historia, Todo comienza en un barco, Mai Tokiha y su hermano Takumi se dirigen a la academia Fuuka; por cosa del destino se percatan de que una niña (estaba flotando inconsciente en el medio del océano, el personal del barco la rescata y la sube a bordo; ya aquí las cosas se ponen extrañas, cuando le sacan a la chica una extraña espada, esta reacciona y corta las amarras del bote salvavidas y la espada termina en el fondo del océano.
En el barco hacen su aparición Yuuichi Tate y Shiho Munakata; la cosa no empieza muy bien ya que Tate no se puede resistir a ver los senos de Mai, por lo que esta ya empieza a desconfiar de el.
Mikoto es llevada a la enfermería, por su parte la espada que había caído en el fondo del mar aparece junto a ella. Una misteriosa mujer aborda el barco (Natsuki Kuga) y enseguida comienza una pelea con Mikoto, la pelea es extrema, por lo que Natsuki llama a su Child (Duran). Como consecuencia de la pelea el barco se hunde y tanto Mai como Mikoto caen al mar. Misteriosamente aparecen en la preparatoria Fuuka, dejando tras ellas un rastro muy extraño.
Cuando Takumi se pierde en el bosque Mai va a buscar con ayuda de Natsuki, y mientras enfrentan unos monstruos (Ophans), Mai despierta como una Hime y hace un trato con el Child del fuego Kagutsuchi.
La historia avanza con normalidad, muchos personajes van apareciendo, y las batallas y escenas cómicas están a la orden del día; hasta que durante la fiesta de la escuela, Miyu Glear mata al child de Akane Higurashi. Como consecuencia de esto la persona mas importante para ella muere (Kazuya, el novio de Akane).
La trama se vuelve confusa, tanto Miyu, Allysa, el padre Joseph Glear y la hermana Yukariko parecen estar involucrados con la organización Searrs, que pretende controlar el poder de las Himes. Cuando Mai derrota al Child de Allysa (Artemis), ella desaparece junto con Miyu. Parecen que todos los problemas se solucionaron, pero muy pronto se revela la verdad, existen un total de 12 Himes, desde la antigüedad las Himes están destinadas a pelear entre ellas, y así la ultima en sobrevivir tendría suficiente poder como para controlar el poder de la estrella Hime y decidir el destino del mundo. Por supuesto ni Mai y las demás pretenden enfrentarse, pero una serie de engaños da comienzo a rivalidades entre ellas y además, no pueden estar seguras si las Himes restantes tomaran la misma iniciativa que ellas…
El manga: es posterior al anime, cuenta con diseños de personajes un tanto distintos y la historia tomo un rumbo distinto que el anime, centrándose en Tate y su punto de vista de los acontecimientos, el final es distinto al del anime.
El video juego: Casi una semana después de que se estrenase en Japon el anime, ya se anuncia y promocionaba por las pantallas niponas el juego para Pay Station 2 de Mai Hime. Mai Hime: The another, cuenta la historia desde un punto de vista completamente distinto al anime, los diseños de personajes son diferentes a los del anime y el manga (son mucho mas pulidos).
Informacion Extra
My Hime TV (adaptacion): 26 episodios
Opening Theme:
"Shining Days" by Minami Kuribayashi
Ending Theme:
#1: "Kimi ga Sora datta" by Aki Misato
#2: "It's Only The Fairy Tale" by Yuko Miyamura
#3: "Shining Days" by Minami Kuribayashi
Official website:
Sunrise's My-Hime Site (Japanese)
TV Tokyo's Official "Mai Hime" Website (Japanese)

sábado, 21 de marzo de 2009

Mahoromatic

Mahoromatic

Mahoromatic
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Mahoromatic -
Automatic Maiden -
Combat Maid (Vol. 1)

Anime DVD Review

Ever wonder what would have happened if Aeon Flux had lived through at least one episode of her TV series? Could she have, say, retired and gotten a job as a maid for a young man with an inferiority complex? This is pretty much the plot of Mahoromatic Automatic Maiden, although the Aeon Flux here is an perky android named Mahoro who's spending her declining days wearing an apron instead of battle armor.

MahoromaticShe just doesn't quite know how to act in front of her charge, Suguru. He's a healthy young man who finds her attractive, however, he doesn't yet realize that she only has a year left on her warranty. On the surface it's a innuendo-laden romantic comedy in the tradition of Urusei Yatsura. Deep down it examines an avenue few anime series have even considered. Does Mahoro have a place in the world she championed?

Mahoromatic

Girls Bravo

Girls Bravo

Girls Bravo Website Links:


Fuji TV's Girls Bravo Site (Japanese)

Girls Bravo DVD

Official Girls Bravo TV Site (Japanese)

Kadokawa's Girls Bravo Site (Japanese)

Girls Bravo (TV) entry at Anime News Network

Girls Bravo (manga) entry at Anime News Network


Girls Bravo

Girls Bravo



Girls Bravo (Vol. 1)
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Girls Bravo (Vol. 1)
Anime DVD Review

You get one guess as to what this series is about... If you guessed fan-service and lots of gratuitous nudity, you're right! Girls Bravo is essentially Tenchi Muyo taken to a ridiculous extreme, but, it's a lot of fun, cute, and mostly harmless.

Girls Bravo (Vol. 1)High-School student Yukinari, who has been bullied by girls his whole life (particularly by his neighbor), is allergic to them — so imagine what happens when he is magically transported to another world where males only consist of 10% of the population. He gets back to Earth, but, he opens the door for members of the opposite sex to come visiting Earth — with hilarious results. If you like the DVD, the manga is also available from Tokyopop.
Girls Bravo

Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, November 2005




Girls Bravo

Girls Bravo Website Links:


Fuji TV's Girls Bravo Site (Japanese)

Girls Bravo DVD

Official Girls Bravo TV Site (Japanese)

Kadokawa's Girls Bravo Site (Japanese)

Girls Bravo (TV) entry at Anime News Network

Girls Bravo (manga) entry at Anime News Network


Girls Bravo

girls bravo

Girls Bravo




Girls Bravo

Girls Bravo (Vol. 1)
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Girls Bravo (Vol. 1)
Anime DVD Review

You get one guess as to what this series is about... If you guessed fan-service and lots of gratuitous nudity, you're right! Girls Bravo is essentially Tenchi Muyo taken to a ridiculous extreme, but, it's a lot of fun, cute, and mostly harmless.

Girls Bravo (Vol. 1)High-School student Yukinari, who has been bullied by girls his whole life (particularly by his neighbor), is allergic to them — so imagine what happens when he is magically transported to another world where males only consist of 10% of the population. He gets back to Earth, but, he opens the door for members of the opposite sex to come visiting Earth — with hilarious results. If you like the DVD, the manga is also available from Tokyopop.
Girls Bravo

Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, November 2005




Girls Bravo

Girls Bravo Website Links:


Fuji TV's Girls Bravo Site (Japanese)

Girls Bravo DVD

Official Girls Bravo TV Site (Japanese)

Kadokawa's Girls Bravo Site (Japanese)

Girls Bravo (TV) entry at Anime News Network

Girls Bravo (manga) entry at Anime News Network


Girls Bravo

Sailor Moon

Sailor Moon

Sailor Moon Manga
Sailor Moon
Manga Review

It is high time to relive the beauty and magic that is Sailor Moon, but this time, we get to really experience it where it all began... with the manga!

Like the popular anime, Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon is the story of a young girl named Usagi who, with the guidance of a talking cat named Luna, becomes Sailormoon — a fighter for love and justice. Along the way, she is joined by nine other sailor soldiers to fulfill their destiny.

Sailor Moon MangaWhile the anime devolved into "monster of the episode" which essentially made Sailor Moon out to be Voltron but with Magical Girls, the manga is not nearly as redundant. Also be aware that the personalities here will be a little different, for example, Serena/Usagi isn't quite as much the ditz, here in the manga she's much more serious about her position as leader of the Sailor Scouts.

There are different power attacks that nere made it to the anime, and deeper, more insightful characterizations that the TV show just didn't have time for (and may have been a bit too hentai for TV (i.e. Uranus and Neptune).

While the manga is quite different, this is a plus, as you get to fall in love with these characters all over again as well as discover WHY this manga broke all sales records and spawned one of the most successful anime franchises of all time.

Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, May 2008

Sailor Moon Super S - The Complete Series
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Sailor Moon Super S -
The Complete Series

Anime DVD Review

"In the name of the Moon, I shall punish you" - if you don't watch this super series! Available in its original, uncut story arc, Sailor Moon Super S, all 39 episodes in one super box set of 7 DVDs. For sailor Moon fans, this is a must-have.
Sailor Moon Super S - The Complete Series
Directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara (creator of Utena), this shoujo series has enchanted girls the world over with its empowered female leads and has enticed adolescent males with its long-legged super heroines in short school-girl skirts (Rei Hino.... Mmmmm.) Although the plot centers around annoying Chibi-Usa (Usagi's yet to be born daughter), there's plenty of Sailor Scout action for guys and gals to enjoy.

Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, September 2004

Sailor Moon Uncut
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Sailor Moon - Season One
Complete and Uncut
(Japanese Language Edition)

Anime DVD Review

Drool, drool, pant, pant! The unreleased version of Sailor Moon is finally on our shores! If you thought the English-dubbed version of the show was cool, watch out! This complete and uncut version is darker, bloodier, and has many more plot twists than what was shown on American TV. Now find out *why* this show has the insane legion of fans it ardently deserves. Be prepared to laugh, be shocked and shed lots and lots of tears.

Sailor MoonThis boxed set contains all 46 episodes (some never aired in the US) of the show's first season, as a set of 8 DVDs (with optional English subtitles) packaged in a handsome foil-stamped art-box. Usagi never had a treatment so nice. In the name of the Moon, you shall buy this!

Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, October 2003

Sailor Moon and the Scouts
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Anime Soundtrack Review

Love it or hate it, there's no denying that Sailormoon has great music. Even the American adaptation had fantastic songs and inspired an audio CD. However, that first CD to come out from the American adaptation of Sailormoon didn't feature any of the Japanese music.

Who needs Britney when you have Sailor Moon?This new CD tailors more to the hardcore anime fan as it features two Japanese tracks, "Moonlight Densetsu," (the original Japanese opening theme song), and "Ai No Senshi" from Sailor Moon R. Of the five original American tunes, Sailor Moon (Jennifer Cihi) has another single, her peppy battle theme "The Power of Love" (definitely one of the best on the CD). Two other singles are Sailor Jupiter's "Daddy's Girl" (a gentle lament about growing up) and Sailor Mars's comforting "Nothing at All." The final two are the three Sailor Scouts' yeah-yeah trio about boys, "I Want Someone to Love," and Sailor Moon and Mars's musical spat, "Who Do You Think You Are?"

Clearly, the producers of Sailormoon are listening to the fan base by bringing us this new album that includes music from the original series. If you're a fan of Sailormoon this CD is a must-have. It's more balanced than the first CD, and gives you the added bonus of the two Japanese tracks. Who could ask for anything more?

Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, May 2002

 Sailor Moon the Novels: A Scout Is Born (Mixx Readz)
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Sailor Moon the Novels:
A Scout Is Born (Mixx Readz)

Anime Book Review

This series of Young-Adult Sailor Moon novels are much more fun to read than any old Harry Potter book, and continue the story of the series (as told by the DIC TV Show as it was run here in the US). The advantage of the novels is that they give you much better insight into the characters than the show ever could and you end up appreciating them more.
Sailor Moon
The authors do a great job of making the books easy to read, fun and funny! You'll be laughing out loud on the bus each morning. The young ladies of the world need an empowered heroine to help them through their troubled childhoods. Sailor Moon is there to fill that need. Get 'em all!

Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, October 2004





Sailor Moon

Sailor Moon Website Links:

Official Sailor Moon Channel (Japanese)


Toei's Official Sailor Moon Homepage (Japanese)

Sailor Moon Universe (fan website)

The Manga of Naoko Takeuchi
(Sailor Moon fan website)


The Sailor Senshi Page (fan website)

Sailor Moon Uncensored! (fan website)

In Defense of SuperS (Sailor Moon fan website)

Henshin: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (fan website)

Sailor Moon (TV) entry at Anime News Network

Sailor Moon R (TV) entry at Anime News Network

Sailor Moon S (TV) entry at Anime News Network

Sailor Moon SuperS (TV) entry at Anime News Network

Sailor Moon R Movie: Promise of the Rose entry at Anime News Network

Sailor Moon S Movie: Hearts in Ice entry at Anime News Network

Sailor Moon SuperS Movie:
Black Dream Hole entry at Anime News Network


Sailor Moon entry at Wikipedia



Sailor Moon