Bastard - Complete Collection

Rating:
Summary: Not at all bad, but it could have been so much more.
Review: Well, first let me warn you that Bastard!! is not a film for the easily offended. There is nudity and much sexual joking in the film, as well as a lot of rather graphic violence. In fact, I think this was done consciously to make fun of some of the various anime cliches. If you don't mind that, it's a rip-roaring adventure that is a lot of fun to watch. The hero is so audiacious and shallow at times that you want to dislike him, but his antics are just too much fun to watch. The main flaw that I saw was that too much plot was crammed into too little time. So much more could have been said about the pasts of the characters and thier feelings for eachother, and the ending seems very rushed. Truthfully, there is plenty of room for a sequel, as the ending leaves many "loose-ends" unresolved. As I said in the title, it was not at all bad, but it could have been so much more.

Rating:
Summary: I once wrote a paper on the antihero
Review: With Lina Inverse being the perfect example (doing justice only because she may have a chance to fill her pocket and her stomach), this guy is a close second. He hasn't very clear reasons why he wishes to save the nearby town, but he fights against his own former allies just for the heck of it.