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Witch Hunter Robin - Arrival (Vol. 1) With Series Box and Collectables

Witch Hunter Robin - Arrival (Vol. 1) With Series Box and Collectables

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: No Words
Review: I know the title is weird, but the show is awesome, I love the dubbed voices. It is so wounderful. A great plot, anybody who is in love with anime u must buy this, or if u have not seen anime yet u still must have this. It is for everyone.
Bye
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PS I love Amon

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: An interesting series with a truly dissappointing end...
Review: I truly enjoyed this series, right up until the last episode. Everything about this series interested me. The whole witchcraft thing was definitely something I hadn't been exposed to yet, and all the mythology and such behind it was interesting to see. However, the ending is something which earns a special place in the darkest spot of Hades. For those of you familiar with anime...it makes Evangelion look conclusive. (..)Highly recommended for those fascinated with witchcraft...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Animated X-Files
Review: If you are like me and miss "X-Files", you will love this. The animation is terrific. The characters are memorable. Lots of good action. One of the series that got me to start liking anime. What's not to like?

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: An interesting series with a truly dissappointing end...
Review: If you are like me and miss "X-Files", you will love this. The animation is terrific. The characters are memorable. Lots of good action. One of the series that got me to start liking anime. What's not to like?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Animated X-Files
Review: If you are like me and miss "X-Files", you will love this. The animation is terrific. The characters are memorable. Lots of good action. One of the series that got me to start liking anime. What's not to like?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Stylish and moody... in a good way
Review: It actually took me a little while (6 or so eps) to get into this series. It has a slow sense of the dramatic, that doesn't exactly throw you into the action. Instead it takes its time, building character, plot and emotion. All the characters are well thought out, and the series shows who they are, not with silly backstories, but by actually making their personalities distinct and different. At the end of the series I knew a lot about Amon, for instance, but I never had to be shown any flashbacks to know this.

The ending is typically japanese, in that they like to leave things slightly up in the air. The story itself is resolved, but it doesn't tell you much more beyond that. This isn't a bad thing, and allows the viewer to believe what they will.

All in all, I found Witch Hunter Robin to be a very enjoyable experience.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Witch Hunter Robin - X-Files meets Carrie
Review: It is the beggining of a 26 episode run for this cult hit animation series from Japan and brought to use by Sunrise and Bandi Entertainment.
Unlike most Japanese anime these DVD's are not all shoot'em up or action but tell a particular story. It is not until after episode ten that things start hopping.
Currently being aired on Cartoon Networks Adult Swim in March 2004 it is well worth getting the DVD's just for the extras which include beatifuly rendered cells of Robin herself in each DVD.

The selections and settings differ on each volume of DVD which contain 5 episodes a piece.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Oh, Dear.
Review: It's Buffy the Vamp Slayer meets La Femme Nikita!

That's all I could think, watching this. It's not bad, mind you; but the dialouge needs a bit of sandpaper to smooth it out. It seems firmly targeted at fans of those two series.

And I'm sorry, but the opening scene is kind of funny. It's not supposed to be, but please. You can't make up a broody character just to have a broody character because they're popular with girls; you actually have to want a broody character in the show. So, the whole "I'm so dark and mysterious" bit that goes over well in some TV shows... falls a little flat when it looks this calculated. The whole show looked a little calculated to me.

Anyways, I kind of liked it, when I could get into it. Good animation, standard premise, not-so-hot dialouge. A bit slow and I think they were trying to make it that way, but they don't cary it off as smoothly as you ought when you're going for that feeling.

All in all I think it could get better but right now it seems a bit too pre-packaged to succeed. Who knows, maybe this will break anime into the main in America the way more unique, difficult and well-made shows couldn't. I generaly watch anime because it's not the same as American shows; but most people like the familiar more than the new and strange, have to be eased into it a bit more. Maybe this will be something like a bridge for more of the TV-watching population. There arn't any of the really challenging concepts in this one, the way there are in a lot of other anime.

All in all, it's not bad.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Snaps for WHR!
Review: Let me just say... I expected this series to be bad - REALLY bad. My friend, however, forced (yes, it's true - forced) me to watch the first five episodes. I was pleasantly surprised. This series uses a unique combination of digital graphics and hand-drawn animation (at certain times, the combination is overly obvious). I would definitely recommend this DVD.

Oh! And for anyone who watches "Trigun": The man who does Vash's voice in the dubbed version also does the voice of one of the characters!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Awesome Series that starts slow....
Review: Many who watched only the 1st DVD might think that this series is slow and have several disjointed stories for each episode...

But keep watching, and u'll realise each episode servers a purpose.... usually to build up the character.

From episode 9 onwards, the story picks up a different pace and swings to an ending that is quite frustrating for some, but perfect IMO.

I hope they do not make a WHR2. Coz I think they way it ended is "just nice".

Good music, awesome artwork (look at the detail and style...), good story. What else can you ask for?

It's my all time favourite anime (I'lll even rank it above Bebop)

Children/minors might have some problems catching the whole theme and story arc though.


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