Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne...
Over the weekend, I picked up Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne...
John of AnimeNation comments on Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne...
Early on in Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne, we meet the main villains. Laura, an assassin, skilled with firearms and other weapons, repeatedly tries to assassinate our heroine, Rin. Sayara has a sadistic personality, often torturing her captives to death. Apos, the main antagonist, seems to have no concept of human morals but instead, has a sadistic sense of amusement and beauty. Apos is sometimes seen in his castle, playing a tortured variant of chess with immortals.
Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne is certainly not for the younger anime fans among us. There is plenty of gore and more than a few naughty bits. When Sayara encounters Rin, although, we only catch a few glimpses of their time together, but, the aftermath is not pleasant.
Even though Laura, throughout the series, doesn't do anything nice to Rin at all, I found myself looking forward to Laura's appearances, since her appearances serve to break up some of the monotony of the series and add a bit of sparkle to what would otherwise be a very dark and depressing series. I was thoroughly impressed with Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne. I give it a 4 out of 5.
Somehow, I managed to overlook Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne during its original release. I caught a preview of the series recently and it looked very intense. The image, of two people seated on either side of a chess board with one of the two horribly mutilated and impaled by all manner of sharp implements while the other was casually seated, was just too shocking to ignore. On the strength of the preview, I immediately picked up the series.Rin Asogi is an immortal private detective with a thirst for vodka and a talent for attracting things that go bump in the night. In a series of nightmarish vignettes spanning sixty-five years, Rin's lush body is sadistically pierced, blown up, and mulched to a bloody pulp. The fiend behind her tortured existence is Apos, an eternal being obsessed with sacrificing Rin to Yggdrasil, the tree of all life.
While Rin struggles to unravel the secrets of her endless agony, Apos lurks in the shadows, eager to tear into her ripe body and devour the memories of her countless lives. Rin's no stranger to the realm of the dead, but her next visit could last forever.
John of AnimeNation comments on Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne...
... Given my personal penchant for anime of the 1980s and early 90s, it’s inevitable that I’d be a fan of the 2008 Mnemosyne television series. (I’m aware that the length of the episodes, and the total of only 6 episodes suggests that Mnemosyne should be considered an OVA series, but the program was promoted as a Japanese television broadcast series, so I consider it a TV series.) ... With its components consisting of attractive women, sex appeal, a sci-fi/fantasy theme, plenty of gruesome gore, and a somewhat indecipherable story that fills in narrative gaps with pure atmosphere, Mnemosyne practically is an 80′s or early 90′s anime production animated in 2008. ... The show is adult, stylish, smart, sexy, and violent. With the exception of having a strong leading male character, Mnemosyne provides everything that many American anime viewers appreciate about anime. ...
Early on in Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne, we meet the main villains. Laura, an assassin, skilled with firearms and other weapons, repeatedly tries to assassinate our heroine, Rin. Sayara has a sadistic personality, often torturing her captives to death. Apos, the main antagonist, seems to have no concept of human morals but instead, has a sadistic sense of amusement and beauty. Apos is sometimes seen in his castle, playing a tortured variant of chess with immortals.Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne is certainly not for the younger anime fans among us. There is plenty of gore and more than a few naughty bits. When Sayara encounters Rin, although, we only catch a few glimpses of their time together, but, the aftermath is not pleasant.
Even though Laura, throughout the series, doesn't do anything nice to Rin at all, I found myself looking forward to Laura's appearances, since her appearances serve to break up some of the monotony of the series and add a bit of sparkle to what would otherwise be a very dark and depressing series. I was thoroughly impressed with Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne. I give it a 4 out of 5.
