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Summary: This series is as much satire/spoof as Nadesico
Review: No one else seems to mention it, but with a lead characters named after food, particularly the Carrot/Kakarrot(DBZ) bit, this show is very funny. I'm sure people think I'm insane as I sit laughing my head off in waiting rooms, fast food joints, wherever, reading the latest manga of this series. Watch it with an eye out for other shows & you'll see what I mean. Marron's my favorite--very cool in the manga, but not necessarily gay(maybe a bit too fond of his brother as we see in the anime with his wish being to see his brother happy)--a very devoted brother to Carrot. Mille Fleur has a larger role in the manga also, flirting with just about everyone in the cast & really enjoys being mistaken for a female. Zaha Torte is one of the coolest & noble villains out there, believing so firmly Big Momma is wrong, he basically becomes the devil of the Spooner Continent to oppose her vision.
I strongly suggest reading the manga which fleshes out the anime, explaining some of the plot dumped in the name of time. (The girls are topless at least once per graphic novel it seems & we lost Gateau's sister & Zaha's other cohorts in the anime. We also find out about Dotta's winged boyfriend & the Glace parents, Onion & Apricot)
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Summary: Repetition drags this down
Review: Sorcerer Hunters is an odd beast. For a show featuring a lecherous hero and two dominatrixes as heroines, it has basically no sexual content beyond some suggestive dialogue. I don't recall any actual nudity, either (if there was any, it wasn't much, although some outfits are revealing). These are good points--the show would be unwatchable if they had moved any further in that direction than they did. The basic premise is simple enough: the group (which is made up of five people, but the other two get basically no screen time) hunts down sorcerers who oppress the innocent; they are given their commands by a quasi-divine entity known as Big Momma. The show is a comedy, hence the outlandish nature of the two female leads. There is some violence, but most is directed at the hero and meant to be funny.The problem with this show is not that it's a bad comedy; rather, the seven episodes on this disc (which should make it a good value) are almost exactly alike. Hero chases girls, heroines punish hero, and almost by happenstance, the villain is dispatched. Repeat five times and the DVD is done (the odd episode out doesn't really have a villain, but otherwise...). Any individual episode would be pretty good; together, you're wondering whether anyone working on this show had more than the one idea which became the premise.
Rating:
Summary: Repetition drags this down
Review: Sorcerer Hunters is an odd beast. For a show featuring a lecherous hero and two dominatrixes as heroines, it has basically no sexual content beyond some suggestive dialogue. I don't recall any actual nudity, either (if there was any, it wasn't much, although some outfits are revealing). These are good points--the show would be unwatchable if they had moved any further in that direction than they did. The basic premise is simple enough: the group (which is made up of five people, but the other two get basically no screen time) hunts down sorcerers who oppress the innocent; they are given their commands by a quasi-divine entity known as Big Momma. The show is a comedy, hence the outlandish nature of the two female leads. There is some violence, but most is directed at the hero and meant to be funny. The problem with this show is not that it's a bad comedy; rather, the seven episodes on this disc (which should make it a good value) are almost exactly alike. Hero chases girls, heroines punish hero, and almost by happenstance, the villain is dispatched. Repeat five times and the DVD is done (the odd episode out doesn't really have a villain, but otherwise...). Any individual episode would be pretty good; together, you're wondering whether anyone working on this show had more than the one idea which became the premise.
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Summary: Bakuretsu Hunters!
Review: This series came highly recommended to me by several of my friends, and I have to admit, it is pretty good. It is certainly more of a shounen (boy) anime, but it is still very funny. The DVD includes seven episodes at the regular DVD price, seven instead of three or four episodes always being a major plus (especially for the ill-funded teenage world, ne? ^_^), and it has the typical ADV previous, some bios, Japanese and English dialogues, and the original trailer. The story is pretty good, an extreme melodramatic comedy, focusing on the lives of the amazing and mysterious Sorcerer Hunters, who's duty is to punish/kill/'take care of' rogue sorcerers using forbidden magic. The team includes the girl- obsessed Carrot Glace, his way too pretty brother Marron, muscle-man Gateau Mocha, and the voluptuous Tira and Chocolate Misu, both of who's job is to keep Carrot in line. This anime is definitely not one I would suggest for anyone younger than thirteen (there is some rather perverted humor and foul language in the show, although nothing worse, at least not in this DVD, and the box rating suggests 15+ -- I haven't seen any farther though so I can't say), but the art is well done, and the Japanese voice cast includes the renowned Megumi Hayashibara (female Ranma, Lina from Slayers, etc) as Chocolate. However, the English dub (most of which I usually avoid with fervor) really isn't all that bad, and some stuff is actually much funnier in the English version. Oh yeah, and the beginnning and ending songs are great! I love them! SO, if you like buxom women, bishi (cute/pretty) guys, and go for extremely melodramatic comedies, try it! Its a good deal, and a promising series!
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Summary: Bakuretsu Hunters!
Review: This series came highly recommended to me by several of my friends, and I have to admit, it is pretty good. It is certainly more of a shounen (boy) anime, but it is still very funny. The DVD includes seven episodes at the regular DVD price, seven instead of three or four episodes always being a major plus (especially for the ill-funded teenage world, ne? ^_^), and it has the typical ADV previous, some bios, Japanese and English dialogues, and the original trailer. The story is pretty good, an extreme melodramatic comedy, focusing on the lives of the amazing and mysterious Sorcerer Hunters, who's duty is to punish/kill/'take care of' rogue sorcerers using forbidden magic. The team includes the girl- obsessed Carrot Glace, his way too pretty brother Marron, muscle-man Gateau Mocha, and the voluptuous Tira and Chocolate Misu, both of who's job is to keep Carrot in line. This anime is definitely not one I would suggest for anyone younger than thirteen (there is some rather perverted humor and foul language in the show, although nothing worse, at least not in this DVD, and the box rating suggests 15+ -- I haven't seen any farther though so I can't say), but the art is well done, and the Japanese voice cast includes the renowned Megumi Hayashibara (female Ranma, Lina from Slayers, etc) as Chocolate. However, the English dub (most of which I usually avoid with fervor) really isn't all that bad, and some stuff is actually much funnier in the English version. Oh yeah, and the beginnning and ending songs are great! I love them! SO, if you like buxom women, bishi (cute/pretty) guys, and go for extremely melodramatic comedies, try it! Its a good deal, and a promising series!
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