Countdown...
A while back, I picked up the VHS version of Countdown...
The stories depicted in Countdown had an element of strangeness to them, but, in retrospect were very tame compared with more recent titles. The animation quality is consistent with a vintage title, but, then, given the subject matter, expectations are not very high. I gave Countdown a 2 out of 5. In the aftermath of the Ultimate Otaku Fall Cleanup, I decided not to keep it in my archive. Overall, Countdown is an average, hentai anthology in the same league as Rei Rei. Actually, Rei Rei is a little bit better. Way back when VCRs still stalked the Earth, Countdown was released on two VHS tapes (i.e.: Countdown and Countdown Continued). With the advent of DVD, the series has since, been consolidated onto one DVD.
Both Countdown and Countdown Continued originally had three parts and were censored by the American distributor, presumably for content. According to Anime News Network:Erotic shorts from the adult manga by Hiroyuki-Utatane are brought to life in these sizzling anthologies.
Countdown
Alimony Hunter
Countdown brings animated life to two of the series' most popular episodes: in "Alimony Hunter" an encounter on the subway leads to an extremely unusual three-for-all in which not everybody turns out to be what they appear, and in which all concerned get what's coming to them in the end!
Seek
In "Seek", a heroic machino-adventurer of the chain-mail wearing persuasion learns the joys of being on the receiving end of another kind of chain when he rescues a lovely young lady with a knack for subduing knavish knights! Who says being tied up is such a bad thing?
Countdown Continued
If you thought the first Countdown was wild, you won't believe what goes on in Countdown Continued, another great pair of twisted tales based upon the hit graphic series from Hiroyuki-Utatane!
Virgin Road
In the first installment, a nervous young bride to be has a last minute fling... in the back of the chapel waiting room with another woman!
Famous Trick History Hooligan Boy
Next, a Samurai Policewoman and her sexually challenged giant robot must take on a giant walking statue controlled by a sex-crazed megalomaniac!
"Kurenai" was the last of three segments in Countdown and depicted a lonely rich young man playing with his new sex toy, a mindless female clone.
"Sweet Lips" was the first of three segments in Countdown Continued and depicted the seduction of a girl and her mother by a she-male teacher.
The stories depicted in Countdown had an element of strangeness to them, but, in retrospect were very tame compared with more recent titles. The animation quality is consistent with a vintage title, but, then, given the subject matter, expectations are not very high. I gave Countdown a 2 out of 5. In the aftermath of the Ultimate Otaku Fall Cleanup, I decided not to keep it in my archive. Overall, Countdown is an average, hentai anthology in the same league as Rei Rei. Actually, Rei Rei is a little bit better. Way back when VCRs still stalked the Earth, Countdown was released on two VHS tapes (i.e.: Countdown and Countdown Continued). With the advent of DVD, the series has since, been consolidated onto one DVD.
