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Summary: Yup, it's a great anime...
Review: I love this anime, and would reccomend it to fans of shounen-ai and angels everywhere. Although the scenes involving Kagetsuya and Chihaya could have beenmore detailed, I still loved it. I've heard that the manga is much better, but I still can't read Japanese.
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Summary: Did the other reviewers watch the same movie I did?
Review: It seems not. I suppose if you follow this from the manga you might love seeing your characters come to life, but for someone who has never read it and does not know the preexisting story, this DVD was one giant "WTF?" moment. The story is exceptionally disjointed; it seems to be jumping randomly forward in time while leaving out the actual reasons for the characters actions. Moments such as planet Eden deciding Earth must be destroyed and shooting off a laser are followed by something totally unconnected with a line that mentions that one of the main characters saved the world. Huh? The actual art is well done, although the music would surely be welcome on an elevator - it lacks energy. In all, if you are a current follower of this in the manga, you might love it... otherwise too much of the between story is missing for it to be a complete story.
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Summary: It's a Sad story....
Review: It was a masterpiece made by the people of CLAMP.. it is very heart warming.. it is a very nice movie that everyone can watch...
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Summary: It's an OAV people.
Review: Ok so Earthian as an OAV might not be the best thing out there, but for the time it was made (which is early 90's or late 80's I don't remember) it's a great anime. Certainly there aren't many indications of a concrete story, and the characters can seem cliche at times, but I still loved it.The quality of animation far surpassed some of the more popular anime being sold currently, of which I shall not even mention *turns green*. And I do thoroughly recommend it to anyone who hasn't read the manga yet, in fact I'd say to watch this then read the manga, you'd have a steady introduction to the cast. And about the whole "angel" and "heaven" theme, I think the mangaka said that the original idea was to have the people with wings as an alien race, who live on a different planet called Eden. And by watching humans and their behavioural patterns, they could basically decide whether to leave us alone, or stop our growth so that it doesn't harm their planet.
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Summary: Beautiful...
Review: Okay, two points to make here. One, if you don't like shonen-ai (um... boy love) too much, then this won't be too bad for you. There's only one really gross scene, but it's so short, I don't see how it can be offensive. Two, if you really like the really lovish scenes where they kiss a lot and all that, then this won't really help you much. As I said, the only time I saw them kiss was this one time in the third episode, Fallen Angel. The art's okay, and it reminds me a lot of Gravitation, meaning it's totally kawaii- cute. I trust Yun Kouga, and I totally trust this show. I liked it, but it didn't really stick to the whole Judgement theme they depicted... The plot pretty much circulates over particular peoples throughout... You decide if you really wanna go through with this one.
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Summary: Good, but leaves a lot of unanswered questions
Review: The problem with the Earthian OAV series (OAV = Original Animated Video; an anime that was released directly to video) is that you really have to read the manga to get it- the anime leaves out major plot points, and, from what I've heard, adapts some of the *least* interesting stories from the manga. This particular piece, "Angelic Destroyer", starts with an unexplained rescue, shows Chihaya and Kagetsuya much further along in their relationship than they'd been at the end of the last part ("Fallen Angel"), and talks about events viewers have never seen (and will never see). Also, it's the first half of the last OAV (In Japan, it was one OAV); the story ends in "Final Battle". Still, the story does stand alone to some extent; though it helps if you've seen the two previous Earthian OAVs, "Beginning of the End" and "Fallen Angel". That said, I will say that I did like what I *did* see in this OAV. The animation is beautiful (as it is in all the Earthain series), and I really like the characters. In "AD", we meet a new character, the black-winged angel named Messiah. Chihaya, also a blacked-winged angel, wants desperately to know why his wings are black; and will go to any lengths to find Messiah in hopes of finding out why they share this trait. Will his search for Messiah prove to be his salvation- or his destruction?
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Summary: Hmm...
Review: The reason I first got this box set was because I heard from a friend that it had shonnen-ai (boy's love) in it. I was a bit dissapointed, for the romance didn't really come until the third episode, but it was still good. Earthian is only four episodes. It's about two angels; one has to record the bad side of humans, and the other the good. Then there's a main plot going through the four episodes, with side plots to make everything more spaced out (in my oppinion). I would recommend this if you wanted it for the story, but if you were like me and only got it for the boy's love, then I'd say get something else.
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Summary: Angels are among us
Review: The three tape Earthian OAV (Original Animated Video) series is based off of a shoujo (girl's) manga series by Yun Kouga. The story is about angels who live on Eden and who have been watching over the Earth and the Earthians (humans)to determine the fate of the Earth along with the Earthians. Pairs of investigators are sent to Earth to study the activities of the Earthians. Each team is made up of a plus checker and a negative checker. This OAV series follows the lives of two angels, Chihaya (a plus checker) and Kagetsuya (a negative checker). Chihaya an angel who was born abnormal with black hair and black wings feels a strong affection for the Earth and the Earthians. His affection leads him to become personally involved in the lives of Earthians. As a result he meets two bio-humaniods, Taki and Takako who have escaped from the cruel hands of a mad scientist. Chihaya's encounter with the two compromises both angel investigators safety and causes the Earthians to become aware of the presence of angels among them. This is a very unique, stylish, and fun anime series that all anime fans should own.
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Summary: LOVELY YAOI ANIME
Review: This is another great yaoi anime, it has angels and yaoi, what else do you want or need? lol but seriously it's very moving and although the whole Messiah deal gets on my nerves to no end (i hate him!, Chihaya and Kagetsuya forever) i still love it
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Summary: Confusing, but Well Done
Review: Though I've only seen the first part to this series, many questions arose in my mind. For example, is Chihaya yaoi (gay) or just very feminine? He's definitely not a woman, but he was drawn with the large eyes that are used for females in anime. The English dub also gives him a high voice, though it's noticibly male, which is a good thing. He's very sensitive to humans (as well as the humanoids he encounters), and the yaoi fangirl in me became suspicious when Chihaya seemed to have a slight crush on Taki, the dashing Aqua-haired humanoid (Who, by the way, is pretty cute for an anime guy). However, when Chihaya was captured, he called for Kagetsuya, his angelic partner, and noticibly blushed for a few seconds when the handsome blonde angel kissed a wound in his chest to heal it. Perhaps it's just that angels have no preference in this sort of thing, but a fangirl can always hope, can't she?? See it!
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