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Summary: Cute, funny, and warm
Review: Steel Angel Kurumi is another entrant in the boy surrounded by girls genre of anime. Here, the girls are robot women, and the era is 1920s Japan. The robots, then, are technological wonders, unexplained on this disc, but apparently the great mystery of the show.The setup is fairly simple: 11 year-old boy sneaks into a mansion and wakes up a female robot who calls him master and falls in love with him. The Japanese army (and eventually everyone else in the world) wants the robot and its creator, and both comedic hijinks and fighting action ensue. This show works: it's funny when it wants to be, it's always gorgeous to look at, and it moves at a good clip. For once, the age rating on this show is probably too high: it's marked 17+, apparently because of the occasional bare-breasted robot (before she gets activated). That level of nudity certainly is here--but it's both tame and brief. Any other issues would involve the boy getting overwhelmed by Kurumi's affections (hugs, typically), but these are more cute than anything else. I'd like to stop there and give Kurumi 5 stars, but I can't. The first problem is that, in the English dub, the translator decided to fling about a whole load of swearing at the start of the first episode. In most shows, I wouldn't care, but Kurumi deserved better than that--the coarse language is entirely at odds with the cuteness and warmth of the show. (Fortunately, it only scars that first episode.) Second, Kurumi is part of the half-length episode trend in Japan recently: each episode is roughly 15 minutes. There are only 6 episodes on this disc, so you're not getting a particularly good value. The show IS worth it, but I wish we could get more for our money.
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Summary: awesome!
Review: This DVD is great. It has everything a serious otaku would want.
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Summary: the angels have arrived!!!!!!!
Review: this is the collection i have been waiting for. the first disc is a must have, but you will be urged to get the rest of the collection as it is released, the reason is you will love it. go to the ADVfilms web site to check out the release dates.
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Summary: I Dream of Jeannie - Missing Magic
Review: This was a fun show upon first viewing it. The male lead, Nakahito goes into a mansion and finds a robot. By pure accident, the robot falls on him and he kisses it. The robot comes to life afterward. Upon looking at Nakahito, Kurumi which is the robot, sees him as her master. Kurumi calls Nakahito, "Master" throughout the entire show. This is true even for the Japanese version. As the story progresses, other new characters will show up eventually to complicate things. This show feels like watching "I Dream of Jeannie". Kurumi calls Nakahito "Master" throughout the whole show. She will follow him to the ends of the Earth. You can also tell she is in love with him. Kurumi is like a child learning about the modern world. She tries to learn and understand about the culture she is in and adapt to it. Jeannie in "I Dream of Jeannie" was going through the same struggle. The coolest feature on this DVD would be the extras. The extras are listed in edition details. The extras make this disk worth your money. I would highly recommend this title. Although I have only seen the first disk so far, I can tell this can be a very good show.
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Summary: Steel Angel Kurumi - Vol. 1
Review: When I rented this from blockbuster, I saw the cover and went "Say what?!" I've always had a fascination with robots, and then the whole "angel" thing seemed cool, so I figured "Oh, these three (yes, three, they didn't have the fourth DVD, which is now PISSING ME OFF.) DVDs, I was like "Oh, cool! Robotic Angels come to save the world, and stuff!"...Well, I was sort of right. Never-the-less! I LOVED the first DVD, it's so CUTE how they meet!! ^O^. And how he's so taken aback by her approaches, and scared...poor little guy. (*eyes glaze over.* I'd love a girl to be like that on me..) But, enough with MY wants. The kid, Nakahito, really just wants to chill, and by chilling, I mean to become a mystic, like his elder brother. Too bad for HIM, he's got a destiny to fulfill! I suggest you rent it first, then see if you like it. I suggest you get them all, because, like me, you'll wanna watch them over and over again, just to takein the cuteness!...but the subtitles are straight translations from japanese, so if you didn't hear something, and look at the subtitle, it won't be the same. -.-. Just informing you...damn american writers..
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Summary: Steel Angel Kurumi - Vol. 1
Review: When I rented this from blockbuster, I saw the cover and went "Say what?!" I've always had a fascination with robots, and then the whole "angel" thing seemed cool, so I figured "Oh, these three (yes, three, they didn't have the fourth DVD, which is now PISSING ME OFF.) DVDs, I was like "Oh, cool! Robotic Angels come to save the world, and stuff!"...Well, I was sort of right. Never-the-less! I LOVED the first DVD, it's so CUTE how they meet!! ^O^. And how he's so taken aback by her approaches, and scared...poor little guy. (*eyes glaze over.* I'd love a girl to be like that on me..) But, enough with MY wants. The kid, Nakahito, really just wants to chill, and by chilling, I mean to become a mystic, like his elder brother. Too bad for HIM, he's got a destiny to fulfill! I suggest you rent it first, then see if you like it. I suggest you get them all, because, like me, you'll wanna watch them over and over again, just to takein the cuteness!...but the subtitles are straight translations from japanese, so if you didn't hear something, and look at the subtitle, it won't be the same. -.-. Just informing you...damn american writers..
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