Lost Universe - The Ultimate Fowl! (Vol 2)

Rating:
Summary: Lost Universe is a decent series
Review: Lost universe is a decent series, but you may find yourself a little bored during the first few episodes. Near the ending of this series is where the real excitement is. The same animators from The Slayers did the animation for this series. The resemblence of the main character of Lost Universe to Lina Inverse is amazing. The story of this series is very similar to Star Wars. This is definitely a series not to miss, you just have to get through the beginning episodes.

Rating:
Summary: Mediocre in English - Excellent in Japanese!
Review: The second volume of Lost Universe brings us more adventures from our interplanetary animated crew. Crossing the galaxy in their ship 'The Swordbreaker', the action follows our heroes Kane, the resident fighting type guy, and his female companion Milli, the number one cook in the universe who's also pretty handy with the ship's sizeable defence systems. The Swordbreaker comes with the services of Canal, a female hologram who's on hand to help out when things get tight - which they do, all the time.

Lost Universe is an enjoyable anime with likeable characters, good humour and a story that will swiftly draw you in. Come for the eye candy, stay for the story - make no mistake, there is no escape from the Lost Universe.

Rating:
Summary: Interplanetary Anime
Review: The second volume of Lost Universe brings us more adventures from our interplanetary animated crew. Crossing the galaxy in their ship 'The Swordbreaker', the action follows our heroes Kane, the resident fighting type guy, and his female companion Milli, the number one cook in the universe who's also pretty handy with the ship's sizeable defence systems. The Swordbreaker comes with the services of Canal, a female hologram who's on hand to help out when things get tight - which they do, all the time.

Lost Universe is an enjoyable anime with likeable characters, good humour and a story that will swiftly draw you in. Come for the eye candy, stay for the story - make no mistake, there is no escape from the Lost Universe.

Rating:
Summary: Mediocre in English - Excellent in Japanese!
Review: While the dubbing was alright in the first volume, from then on it unfortunetly goes downhill. Some episodes are worse than others, of course, but similar to the Slayers, (another anime by the same creator, it's a little more well known) it's best viewed in Japanese. I must admit the lame LAME lines used by the english Kane made me laugh, "I'm really one of the coolest people you'll ever meet!! Yeah!" but it really makes him into a completely different character. (He's supposed to be a little more serious - cool even!) The english dub of this volume is still enjoyable to watch, but it doesn't really compare to the english-subbed version. The dialogue, plotlines and even jokes seem more understandable in their original form - A lot seems to have been lost in the translation, unfortunetly. Also, the Japanese version features many big name seiyuu, like Megumi Hayashibara(Canal), and Hikaru Midorikawa (Rayle) as well as many others. After seeing both, I would choose the subbed version over the dub. It's a bit more money, but it's worth it in the end!