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Summary: The Voice of the Instrumentalist
Review: After the dramatic ending of the previous DVD left Ayato stunned and grieving, events in Terra proceed without him. Isshki, the Bahbem Institute's observer, takes over command, to everyone's chagrin. He quickly earns the title of 'White Snake,' convincing Haruka to cooperate with him, and even threatening Ayato with execution. Mysteriously, Reika (Ixtli's human form) shows up at the command center in uniform as an alternate Haruka with an agenda of her own - to start the beginning of the end.But Reika/Ixtli's efforts to initiate the tuning of the world is by no means the only crisis that is building - Mamoru, who knows that Ayato caused the death of his girlfriend appears. He takes advantage of Ayato's guilt over Hiroko to gain the opportunity for revenge and to carry out the Mulian agenda of destroying the island of Hirai-Kanai. Isshki is intent on bringing down the Jupiter barrier, regardless of the effect of freeing the Mu, expecting to win the ensuing battle. But by using an ingenious reversal, the plot manages to turn things upside down, trigger a world crisis, and make Ayato take steps toward assuming the instrumentality he has been desperately avoiding - all without ending the series four episodes too early. If it sounds like a lot is happening in a short period of time, that is the case. Overall, the pace of this series has been fairly steady, but the directors are now trying to make up for lost time and build up steam for the conclusion. And they do a good job of it. The subtle otherworldliness that is created by using Aztec and Nahuatl symbols and names becomes much more blatent in these episodes. This ranges from Reika/Ixtli's declaration "I am but the true face" (Ixtli is the Nahuatl word for face) to the appearance of Aztec sculpture and symbols. However, this never quite makes it to being a plot device, working more like the Kabbalistic symbolism in Evangelion, the series to which RahXephon is most often compared. It adds mystery, and an alien seeming terminology, but doesn't ever rise to being a cause or explanation for what the viewer is seeing. While RahXephon will go throughout it's life being compared to Evangelion, this is unfair to both efforts. While there are similarities both in plot and theme, they really are each truly unique. In addition, RahXephon's commitment to strong artwork and music are outstanding, while Evangelion's animation shows better choreography and use of film angles. both series get high marks for acting. Personally, I'm delighted to have each of them on my shelves as examples of anime at it's finest.
Rating:
Summary: The Voice of the Instrumentalist
Review: After the dramatic ending of the previous DVD left Ayato stunned and grieving, events in Terra proceed without him. Isshki, the Bahbem Institute's observer, takes over command, to everyone's chagrin. He quickly earns the title of 'White Snake,' convincing Haruka to cooperate with him, and even threatening Ayato with execution. Mysteriously, Reika (Ixtli's human form) shows up at the command center in uniform as an alternate Haruka with an agenda of her own - to start the beginning of the end. But Reika/Ixtli's efforts to initiate the tuning of the world is by no means the only crisis that is building - Mamoru, who knows that Ayato caused the death of his girlfriend appears. He takes advantage of Ayato's guilt over Hiroko to gain the opportunity for revenge and to carry out the Mulian agenda of destroying the island of Hirai-Kanai. Isshki is intent on bringing down the Jupiter barrier, regardless of the effect of freeing the Mu, expecting to win the ensuing battle. But by using an ingenious reversal, the plot manages to turn things upside down, trigger a world crisis, and make Ayato take steps toward assuming the instrumentality he has been desperately avoiding - all without ending the series four episodes too early. If it sounds like a lot is happening in a short period of time, that is the case. Overall, the pace of this series has been fairly steady, but the directors are now trying to make up for lost time and build up steam for the conclusion. And they do a good job of it. The subtle otherworldliness that is created by using Aztec and Nahuatl symbols and names becomes much more blatent in these episodes. This ranges from Reika/Ixtli's declaration "I am but the true face" (Ixtli is the Nahuatl word for face) to the appearance of Aztec sculpture and symbols. However, this never quite makes it to being a plot device, working more like the Kabbalistic symbolism in Evangelion, the series to which RahXephon is most often compared. It adds mystery, and an alien seeming terminology, but doesn't ever rise to being a cause or explanation for what the viewer is seeing. While RahXephon will go throughout it's life being compared to Evangelion, this is unfair to both efforts. While there are similarities both in plot and theme, they really are each truly unique. In addition, RahXephon's commitment to strong artwork and music are outstanding, while Evangelion's animation shows better choreography and use of film angles. both series get high marks for acting. Personally, I'm delighted to have each of them on my shelves as examples of anime at it's finest.
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Summary: one of my favorite show
Review: depending on if you liked the previous dvds in my opinion this one is the best so far. it has all the action and story twists your used to but adds a few things you wouldnt expect at this point. it has a little more of an emotional edge to it than the previous, but if you dont like that it dosnt dwell on it too long. This is one of my favorite shows and if your looking for another show to watch i recomend evangelion for the gundam ish take but with alot more style and complexity, cowboy bebop for awesome music style comedy drama and basicly everything else you could ever want(can you tell its my favorite), berserk for all your midevil fighting and killing needs, his and her circumstances for any relationship style anime, either of the kenchin movies are good and i think thats enough of a rant so if you want to know anything more about basicly any anime email me and ill see if i can help you out. i have alot of different stuff.
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Summary: one of my favorite show
Review: depending on if you liked the previous dvds in my opinion this one is the best so far. it has all the action and story twists your used to but adds a few things you wouldnt expect at this point. it has a little more of an emotional edge to it than the previous, but if you dont like that it dosnt dwell on it too long. This is one of my favorite shows and if your looking for another show to watch i recomend evangelion for the gundam ish take but with alot more style and complexity, cowboy bebop for awesome music style comedy drama and basicly everything else you could ever want(can you tell its my favorite), berserk for all your midevil fighting and killing needs, his and her circumstances for any relationship style anime, either of the kenchin movies are good and i think thats enough of a rant so if you want to know anything more about basicly any anime email me and ill see if i can help you out. i have alot of different stuff.
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Summary: Finally! They reveal....nothing....
Review: Here we are on the penultimate DVD of RahXephon, and any thinking viewer still can't adequately explain why anything is happening. It's 23 episodes into a series and there is NO explanation (even assumable) as to why ANY of this is happening. The 'revelations' springing up in the installment aren't really revelations- it was easy to understand all of them through the story so far. There is an old man in some far off bizarro citadel watching a girl play a piano. The Space Aztec Kindergardeners have run amok fingerpainting flat bellies, and that qualifies people as instrumentalists. Some fighter pilot dies after he makes his first only contribution to the story- noticing a flowery hanky. Reika is suddenly in the control room at Terra pulling Jedi mind tricks on Isshki. Mamoru got out of Tokyo Jupiter and makes a lame excuse that he was helped out (but hide me! I don't want them to know I'm here!) and is on a pathetic revenge kick that sort of comes out of the mist, as if his appearence is just waiting for the ability to be hostile. Odd mentions of blue things, and a blue bird in a cage. Isshki acts weird. A voodoo painting gets ripped and the fake-Reika disappears...wait. Who is who? Cities appear floating all over the place, for no real reason. After a death or two, Tokyo Jupiter gets magically replaced over the island headquarters. ....uh... What's happening? This is just a jumble sale of cheap ideas strung into a 'series'. I can't imagine watching this random junk one episode per week. Every week would be a new arbitrary direction, instead of every 22 minutes. Truely the post-modern ultimo spaz out of anime, because even the writing becomes random nonsense to match the graphics. The art hit the mid-series budget crunchies with episode 20, but did it better then almost any other anime series. Simplified BGs and characters did their best to maintain the style and not turn into blobby art. The film is still pretty close to attrocious. But, the art and design is still what makes this series ANYTHING worth watching. How anyone is still buying this series at this point baffles me, unless it is for the art. I buy it just so I can be amazed at how ridiculous it is, and write these truely honest reviews bumping out the 5 star cowboys while providing something substantial to think about. None of the reviewers thus far have really explained anything, they merely say what they saw, or rah-rah the whole cluttered affair. In my opinion, the 5 star guys would think they saw Shakespeare if they were sat before anything with flashing color and sound; Teletubbies. The art IS good, tho! 'Can't you see the sky and oceans are BLUE and therefor owned by those with BLUE blood!' .... uhg....
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Summary: Finally! They reveal....nothing....
Review: Here we are on the penultimate DVD of RahXephon, and any thinking viewer still can't adequately explain why anything is happening. It's 23 episodes into a series and there is NO explanation (even assumable) as to why ANY of this is happening. The 'revelations' springing up in the installment aren't really revelations- it was easy to understand all of them through the story so far. There is an old man in some far off bizarro citadel watching a girl play a piano. The Space Aztec Kindergardeners have run amok fingerpainting flat bellies, and that qualifies people as instrumentalists. Some fighter pilot dies after he makes his first only contribution to the story- noticing a flowery hanky. Reika is suddenly in the control room at Terra pulling Jedi mind tricks on Isshki. Mamoru got out of Tokyo Jupiter and makes a lame excuse that he was helped out (but hide me! I don't want them to know I'm here!) and is on a pathetic revenge kick that sort of comes out of the mist, as if his appearence is just waiting for the ability to be hostile. Odd mentions of blue things, and a blue bird in a cage. Isshki acts weird. A voodoo painting gets ripped and the fake-Reika disappears...wait. Who is who? Cities appear floating all over the place, for no real reason. After a death or two, Tokyo Jupiter gets magically replaced over the island headquarters. ....uh... What's happening? This is just a jumble sale of cheap ideas strung into a 'series'. I can't imagine watching this random junk one episode per week. Every week would be a new arbitrary direction, instead of every 22 minutes. Truely the post-modern ultimo spaz out of anime, because even the writing becomes random nonsense to match the graphics. The art hit the mid-series budget crunchies with episode 20, but did it better then almost any other anime series. Simplified BGs and characters did their best to maintain the style and not turn into blobby art. The film is still pretty close to attrocious. But, the art and design is still what makes this series ANYTHING worth watching. How anyone is still buying this series at this point baffles me, unless it is for the art. I buy it just so I can be amazed at how ridiculous it is, and write these truely honest reviews bumping out the 5 star cowboys while providing something substantial to think about. None of the reviewers thus far have really explained anything, they merely say what they saw, or rah-rah the whole cluttered affair. In my opinion, the 5 star guys would think they saw Shakespeare if they were sat before anything with flashing color and sound; Teletubbies. The art IS good, tho! 'Can't you see the sky and oceans are BLUE and therefor owned by those with BLUE blood!' .... uhg....
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Summary: Wow, totally intense!
Review: Okay, leaving off from one of the saddest episodes, maybe even the saddest I've seen in anime from the last disc, the 6th carries on the emotional charge. And as the plot comes to a close I'm left wondering what's going to happen next, completely on the edge of my seat. This disc was amazing. Action with plot was beautiful, and secrets and questions it was great. So go get it! And for those who haven't seen RahXephon, go get it!
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Summary: Wow, totally intense!
Review: Okay, leaving off from one of the saddest episodes, maybe even the saddest I've seen in anime from the last disc, the 6th carries on the emotional charge. And as the plot comes to a close I'm left wondering what's going to happen next, completely on the edge of my seat. This disc was amazing. Action with plot was beautiful, and secrets and questions it was great. So go get it! And for those who haven't seen RahXephon, go get it!
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Summary: Don't Listen to Steve Ressel
Review: RahXephon is one of the best anime series to date, and to Stevel Ressel, just because you don't understand anything in the series yet, it doesn't mean that it is a bad series. Perhaps you should start at something more to your Level, I heard that Yu-Gi-Oh has some good plot development that can easly be followed by a child. But seriously, if you are fan of Anime and have not yet started watching this series, I highly recomend you do. There is so much I can say about what makes this series unique and touching. After watching this installment of the series, I honestly feel that this is one of the best series ever produced, everything from the art, to the story, and even the characters voice overs are perfect. There is nothing more that an anime fan could possibly ask for in a series!!
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Summary: Still continues to keep me wanting more
Review: Since most of this dvd has been explained in another review I'll just give a couple of my thoughts on it. First, I'll have to agree with a previous reviewer in saying that Rahxephon is one of the best series to date. Since the first volume this series continually impresses me with its strong character development and engaging story. Volume six of this series does a great job of realistically showing the emotions of Ayato and the people around him, especially those of Nanomori and Megumi. This series continues to impress me and its definitely something I recommend you viewing.
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