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Moldiver - The Perfect Collection

Moldiver - The Perfect Collection

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Pretty Good Anime...
Review: Pretty good anime overall. The movie didn't go in-depth with the characters too much, but the plot was good.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A good series, but not a professional release
Review: The OAV series is highly amusing and enjoyable to watch. The series does have a little bit of fan service, but I guess that is to be expected in most series nowadays.

The only reason that I didn't rate this series higher is that Pioneer did one of the WORST jobs I have ever seen in the subtitling department. The timing was way off, and the translation was horrible in places (it looks like they did a dubsub, it means that they pretty much used the dub track as the translation). There are so many poorly translated lines and horrible timing that it is painful to watch at times. The dub is much preferable to watching the subtitled version. I might give it a try watching it in Japanese without subtitles though, the subtitling job is THAT bad.

The only subtitling job this poor that I can think off of the top of my head was the 4th Utena tape that CPM put out, it didn't have a bad translation per say, it was just that the timing was at times 20 seconds off and they missed some lines completely. It is really a shame since the Moldiver OAVs are quite a bit of fun.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Silly, bizarre, different - lots of bang for the buck
Review: There was around 3 hours!!! of stuff on this DVD. Yes, it was a little silly, the plot farfetched - even for Anime, and the cartoon nudie shots superfluous, but it was still a fun romp. Sure there is better Anime, but to be honest, for three hours of entertainment it's not bad.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Silly, bizarre, different - lots of bang for the buck
Review: There was around 3 hours!!! of stuff on this DVD. Yes, it was a little silly, the plot farfetched - even for Anime, and the cartoon nudie shots superfluous, but it was still a fun romp. Sure there is better Anime, but to be honest, for three hours of entertainment it's not bad.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Unexpected Gem!
Review: There's a lot of anime out there. Some good, some bad, some just mediocre. There are also incredible anime adventures, but they can be pretty expensive.

"Moldiver" is one of those rare anime gems that pop up now at then and a price mere mortals can afford. A fun, enjoyable romp through six episodes, "Moldiver" is a great way to spend an anime afternoon. A spoof of superhero/mecha anime, the "Moldiver" series is one of those that you just wish had continued past six installments.

Set in a futuristic city where technology has solved all of mankind's problems, the Moldiver Unit is created by Hiroshi, a brilliant, but awkward, young man working from home. The unit will make his dreams of becoming a superhero a reality.

Unfortunately, his sister Mirai gets hold of the unit, with comical results. She becomes a superheroine, which makes their little brother jealous (and he later creates his own Moldiver!).

Dr. Machinegal, who maintains a veneer of respecability as a great scientist and philanthopist is secretly plotting to take control of the city. Naturally, he wants the Moldiver secret for himself.

As the Amazon reviewer mentionms, things take a bit of a downturn around Episode 4, and the series ends on a somewhat sappy, but reasonable resolution. Even so, one should not pass it up because "Moldiver" is just too fun!

To be sure, this is not "Escaflowne" or "Project A-ko", but "Moldier" is great to watch while saving up some dough for your next, more expensive, anime selection.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Not worth the time and money to collect.
Review: This is one of the worst anime I've seen so far.

Although I like the anime drawing style... very similar to that of Blue Seed, characters and storyline are rather on the weak side. I really got the impression this OVA is somewhat a rush job and a bit amateurish. Voice actings are somewhat tolerable.

The captions are somewhat less than desirable. Sometimes sentences appears before it is being spoken. The name of character in front of spoken lines are really not necessary if they had done the caption right.

Frankly I would rather watch Pokemon again and again than this.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A good series, but not a professional release
Review: This story is about sibling interactions in the framework of a cute, sweet, and totally wacky parody. Older brother wants to be superman, so he engineers this Moldiver device. Sister (Marai) figures out what is going on and modifies the Moldiver to suit her purposes. Can they handle all the attention (and duties) of being a super hero? Will little brother join in their sibling rivarly?

There's something for everyone in this one. Guys will appreciate that Marai just happens to be a race queen (Japanese motor sports bikini contest model.) Gals will appreciate that she's in a romantic rivarly with another race queen, and the targeted fellow is really handsome. Lots of outlandish mecha fights too, since the hobby-super heroes have attracted the attention of an evil mad scientist. The animation style is smooth and quite pleasing.

Tenchi Trivia note: This is Mihoshi's favorite T.V. Series. Look carefully, and you will notice her watching Moldiver in Tenchi Universe episode 8.

This isn't "the best-ever anime series ever" (typical hype statement), but it's very much worth watching. You will like this if you also like parodies such as Project Ako, Dragon Half, Fraulein Yuna, Nuku Nuku and Digi Charat.

Considering this is a 6-episode OVA series, it's a great value.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: silly, but cute spoof with a romantic twist (no spoilers)
Review: This story is about sibling interactions in the framework of a cute, sweet, and totally wacky parody. Older brother wants to be superman, so he engineers this Moldiver device. Sister (Marai) figures out what is going on and modifies the Moldiver to suit her purposes. Can they handle all the attention (and duties) of being a super hero? Will little brother join in their sibling rivarly?

There's something for everyone in this one. Guys will appreciate that Marai just happens to be a race queen (Japanese motor sports bikini contest model.) Gals will appreciate that she's in a romantic rivarly with another race queen, and the targeted fellow is really handsome. Lots of outlandish mecha fights too, since the hobby-super heroes have attracted the attention of an evil mad scientist. The animation style is smooth and quite pleasing.

Tenchi Trivia note: This is Mihoshi's favorite T.V. Series. Look carefully, and you will notice her watching Moldiver in Tenchi Universe episode 8.

This isn't "the best-ever anime series ever" (typical hype statement), but it's very much worth watching. You will like this if you also like parodies such as Project Ako, Dragon Half, Fraulein Yuna, Nuku Nuku and Digi Charat.

Considering this is a 6-episode OVA series, it's a great value.


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