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Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens to the anime ratings database...
The goddess Nagi has arrived and wants you to worship her!
Nagi is the local deity spirit of the town of Kannagi and she was able to take a physical form when Jin Mikuriya carved a wooden statue of her out of a block of wood from the sacred tree of his family shrine. Nagi's mission is to cleanse the impurities that plague the land, but since her sacred tree has been cut down, she can only do this with Jin's help.
While pursuing an impurity, Nagi is reunited with her sister, Zange, who happens to have converted to Catholicism. Zange's power is greater than Nagi's due to her scared tree still being intact and becoming a local celebrity taking confessions on the street at night. The only way for Nagi to regain her power is to gather her own followers and gain popularity.
Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens is an interesting show, but, judging by the distributor's actions, it seems as if the distributor doesn't have faith in the success of Kannagi. Most anime distributors are very happy to promote their new titles, but, Kannagi is unusual in that it arrived in the U.S. without a formal announcement from its distributor, Bandai.
Because of it's unusual distribution scheme, Kannagi had to be ordered, it will not be available in my local video store. There were a handful of items that I wanted to order, so, I added Kannagi to the order and a couple of weeks later, it arrived. There was nothing spectacular about the packaging or special features. And, given the distributor's lack of interest, I could only hope that Kannagi might not be a disappointment.
The animation quality is very good, but, since the series is a somewhat of a slice-of-life type drama, there really aren't any jaw-dropping special effects to drool over. The look and feel of the series is quite understated and ordinary. The "impurities" are just black silhouettes and don't always appear very convincing. There is some humor in the series, but, for the most part, the story is a character-driven drama.
Although, there isn't much in the way of eye candy, Kannagi turned out to be a fairly entertaining and engaging series. Even though, it'll have to be ordered, and the series may not appeal to everyone, I highly recommend the series.
Tokyo-3 still stands after most of civilization was decimated in the Second Impact. Now the city endures the ceaseless onslaught of the deadly Angels, bizarre creatures bent on eradicating the human race. To combat this strange and ruthless enemy, the government agency NERV constructs a fleet of towering humanoid machines - the Evas - and Shinji Ikari is called into action, reluctantly taking his place at the controls of Eva Unit 01.
The 20th anniversary edition has been digitally remastered and "color corrected". Also, this release marks the first time that the widescreen version of the movie has been available. I think that the most striking difference between the earlier version and the current version is the color. The new version is *much* brighter than the old version. In some scenes the color correction doesn't seem quite right. Just look at poor Hot Rod -- he's pink!
