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There was something about the animal mascot-like thing in Gleipnir , that said watch me, so I did... Shuichi is an ordinary student with the unusual power to transform into a monstrous dog with a revolver and a zipper down his back. Unsure of where his power came from or whom to trust, he'll risk it all to save a beautiful classmate named Clair. There was something about the cover art featuring an animal mascot-like thing that just attracted my attention. The series starts out on a strange note when the animal mascot-like thing attempts to save a girl in a burning building and takes matters a step too far, when after the save, the mascot-like thing decides to take a free peek at the girl. Things go from bad to worse, when the average guy, behind the animal mascot-like thing, loses his phone and the girl he saved, tracks him down the next day. Oops. It seemed at first, that the series was headed in a weird direction, but, after a while, it's school-yard battleground genre ro...
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Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit looked like something I might enjoy... The world is filled with elves, dwarves, vampires, homunculi, and humans. It’s a time of peace until Nine stirs up chaos. To stop them, the police have created Special 7, and Seiji is a new recruit with ties to Nine's previous airport attack. Recently, I watched Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit . The series concerns an elite group of investigators who deal exclusively with crimes involving an organization known as Nine. The series follows the seven members of the Special Crime Investigation Unit as they go about their work. In this world, there are all sorts of beings that go bump in the night, but, magic use has waned in recent times as modern conveniences have taken hold of society. Humans and non-humans live in relative peace in this new modern age. The series has a rather dry, mundane appearance -- it could almost be mistaken for a typical cop drama. In fact, were it not for the oc...
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Not long ago, I had the opportunity to watch Angel's Egg aka Tenshi no Tamago ... A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg. The young girl is the sole protector of a very precious, large egg. Her lair is near a large, abandoned, decaying gothic city inhabited by restless shadows. A mysterious young man arrives one day, and eventually wins her trust. I had heard about this rather enigmatic title a while ago, but, not long ago, I decided to venture out into the depths of YouTube to track it down. According to the Anime Encyclopedia by Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy (page 14). ISBN# 1-880656-64-7... Plotless and highly symbolic with hardly any dialogue, reputedly a stream-of-consciousness exercise by [Mamoru] Oshii, the film features his trademark Christian imagery and an inexplicable passage through the town of soldiers with motorized artillery. Surreal elements recall Oshii's work on URUSEI YATSURA, including spaces...
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